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17 DENVER CATHOLIC | DECEMBER 23, 2017-JANUARY 26, 2018 No child is ever turned away. When a family becomes desperate, we are there. Learn how you can make a $1,000 donation to Catholic Charities for as little as $300 at ccdenver.org/yearend.* * All donations are tax deductible. Your gift goes even further when you give to Catholic Charities Enterprise Zone or Childcare Tax Credit by December 31, 2017. Please give today! ccdenver.org/yearend The following Assignment by Reverend Ronald Mercier, Provincial of the Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province, is Confi rmed by Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila, S.T.L.: Reverend E. Eugene Arthur, Presbyteral faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, and appointed him for Mission and Ministry at the Xavier Jesuit Center in Denver, Colorado, e¦ ective immedi- ately, until his time in ministry here is completed. The following Assignment by Reverend Christo- pher Popravak, OFM Cap., Provincial Minister of the Capuchin Province of Mid-America, is Con- fi rmed by Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila, S.T.L.: Reverend Amlesom Gaim Gawed, OFM Cap., Presbyteral faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, and appointed him for Mission and Ministry to the Denver Community of the Capu- chin Friars of Mid-America in Denver, Colorado, e¦ ective immediately, until his time in ministry here is completed. The following Assignment by Reverend Christo- pher Popravak, OFM Cap., Provincial Minister of the Capuchin Province of Mid-America, is Con- fi rmed by Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila, S.T.L.: Reverend Anil George Palakkal, OFM Cap., Presbyteral faculties of the Archdiocese of Denver, and appointed him for Mission and Min- istry to the Capuchin Province of Mid-America in Denver, Colorado, e¦ ective immediately, until his time in ministry here is completed. The following Assignment by Alessandro Moroni, Superior General of the Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana, is Confi rmed by Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila, S.T.L.: Reverend Daniel Cardo, S.C.V., reappointed Pastor at Holy Name Parish in Englewood, Colorado, e¦ ective immediately, for a period of six years . Reverend Marcus Mallick appointed Parochial Vicar, at Notre Dame Parish, Denver, Colo- rado, e¦ ective November 20, 2017, ad nutum archiepiscopi Reverend Eustace Sequeira, S.J., was reap- pointed Chaplain for the Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado for a period of one year beginning July 3, 2017 until July 3, 2018. Deacon James Blume, relieved of duties at St. Pius X Parish in Aurora and appointed deacon at Annunciation Parish and supporting St. Pat- rick Mission in Denver, e¦ ective December 1, 2017 Deacon Ruben Duran, reappointed deacon at Ascension Parish in Denver, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Craig Fucci, reappointed deacon at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Aurora and at Buckley Air Force Base, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Antonio Guerrero, reappointed deacon at St. Dominic Parish in Denver, e¦ ective Janu- ary 1, 2018 Deacon Timothy Hathaway, appointed deacon at Our Lady of Loreto Parish in Foxfi eld, e¦ ec- tive December 1, 2017 Deacon Brian Kerby, relieved of duties at Christ the King Parish in Evergreen and appointed deacon at St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Littleton, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Clarence McDavid, reappointed deacon at Cure d'Ars Parish in Denver, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Rick Montagne, reappointed deacon at Light of the World Parish in Littleton, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Pedro Mota, reappointed deacon at Our Lady of Peace Parish in Greeley, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Lawrence Tong Ngo, reappointed deacon at Queen of Vietnamese Martyrs Parish in Wheat Ridge, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Anthony Pierson, reappointed deacon at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Aurora, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon David Plevak, reappointed deacon at Ascension Parish in Denver, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Norm Ridder, appointed deacon at Spirit of Christ Parish in Arvada, e¦ ective December 1, 2017 Deacon Jose Rodriguez, relieved of duties at St. Theresa Parish in Frederick and appointed deacon at St. John the Baptist Parish in Long- mont, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Pablo Salas, relieved of duties at Holy Rosary Parish in Denver and appointed deacon at Presentation Parish in Denver, e¦ ec- tive December 1, 2017 Deacon Alan Spears, reappointed deacon at St. Jude Parish in Lakewood, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon William Stow, reappointed deacon at St. Bernadette Parish and Kateri Catholic Community in Lakewood, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Mario Vielma, relieved of duties at Holy Cross Parish in Thornton and appointed deacon at Our Lady Mother of the Church in Commerce City, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Richard Vieira, reappointed deacon at Holy Family Parish in Denver, e¦ ective January 1, 2018 Deacon Martin Wager, reappointed deacon at All Souls Parish in Englewood, E¦ ective Janu- ary 1, 2018 Deacon Mark Wolbach, appointed Member of the Diaconate Personnel Board, e¦ ective November 1, 2017 OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS to point that out when I can. But it's the culture; there's no one answer. It's always both/and. The culture is good, the culture is bad. The culture refl ects the Church, the culture opposes the Church. The evangelist has to be adept enough to both criticize and integrate, and that can get both sides mad. If you start critiquing culture, then you're a cul- ture warrior, and if you embrace the culture, then you're a relativist and an accommodationist. Well, the point is, you're both a critic and a celebrator of the culture; you've got to be able to pivot and weave and make your way through the culture. I learned that from my great mentor Cardinal George of Chicago. He was a great one for the evangelization of the culture. He never liked when people said they were culture warriors; he said it was like a fi sh saying I'm against the ocean. The culture is, whether we like it or not, the air that we breathe; the ocean is full of all kinds of junk and pollution, and it's what the fi sh lives on. The same is true of our culture; it's full of all kinds of unsavory things, and it's also the air that we breathe. You can't just stand against it.