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15 DENVER CATHOLIC | DECEMBER 23, 2017-JANUARY 26, 2018 C F & C S N C A M A D For more information cfcsDenver.org MT. OLIVET CATHOLIC CEMETERY 12801 W. 44th Avenue Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 (303) 424-7785 ST. SIMEON CATHOLIC CEMETERY 22001 E. State Hwy. 30 Aurora, CO 80018 (720) 859-9785 ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER FUNERAL CENTER Serving the greater Denver area (303) 425-9511 Start planning today: Funeral | Cremation | Cemetery | Family Estates WE WANT TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR YEAREND GIVING Please consider making a gift to Catholic Charities by December 31, 2017. ccdenver.org/yearend 303-867-0614 Our sta is available during normal business hours to assist you with your options 3 WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR IMPACT 1. Give a tax-deductible donation to support our greatest need 2. Give $1,000 to Samaritan House Shelter for as little as $471 through Enterprise Zone Tax Credit*. 3. Give $1,000 to Early Childhood Education or Marisol Homes for as little as $327 through Child Care Tax Credit*. ank you for your generosity. We wish you and your family a joyous New Year! *Donation must meet minimum requirement levels cultural signifi cance to the state's Ital- ian-American community," said historian Astrid Liverman. But the saint's infl uence did not stop there. She also founded the parish school in 1902, along with four nuns to serve as teachers. They taught the second-gener- ation immigrant children how to read and write English correctly. Since the students' families and school couldn't a‹ ord supplies, the sisters had the children practice with their fi ngers on chilled windows during the winter, and were paid with monthly food showers. To this day, many parochial activities continue to be heavily infl uenced by the church's Italian heritage, from the annual bazar in honor of the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in July, to the procession with her image through the neighborhood. Coloradans can now recognize what parishioners have known for generations, namely, that OLMC lies at the center of Denver's "profoundly important stories of immigration, faith, and a resilient community's simultaneous embrace of the traditions of the old country and the opportunities of a new land." And St. Francis Cabrini was there to make this happen, leaving a legacy of faith, hope and charity. We receive around 200 attendees at our monthly Italian Mass and many new parishioners are able to return to their Italian roots." FATHER GUENTNER Pastor of OLMC Parish in Denver. "