Denver Catholic

13 DENVER CATHOLIC | JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 9, 2018 THANKS TO OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOL FACULTY AND STAFF FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE especially to center the children around the presence of Jesus. The academics are very important, but we try to also develop an excitement about the holy." Grose taught first grade for 46 years, and initially did so at All Souls, but in 2010 she made the switch to kindergarten. "I felt like Abraham getting a tent and moving on," she said. "I'm loving it!" Married to a retired Russian Ortho- dox archpriest, Grose prays with icons—a devotion she shares with her students—and is a master in the Russian Byzantine tradition of iconography. Last year, for the school's annual fundraiser, she wrote an icon of Christ the Teacher. It was fitting, as making her students aware of Jesus' love for them and nur- turing in them a genuine relationship with Christ and an eagerness to share him with others, is at the forefront of her own teaching. "We are all called to evangelize," she said, adding that she has an image in her classroom that says, "I can be the presence of Jesus," to remind the chil- dren that they too are "ambassadors" for Christ. Former students have come back to thank her not only for teaching them the basics of education, but also for helping them to know Christ. "My family says, 'When are you going to quit?'" Grose said with a laugh. "I just got my teaching contract and I said, One more year!" After serving in Denver Catholic schools for 30 years, Kathy Byrnes contin- ues to do God's work of helping every student reach their full potential, now as princi- pal of St. Louis School in Louisville. PHOTO BY JASON WEINRICH 45 YEARS • Maureen Kraus Shrine of St. Anne 35 YEARS • Mary Ernst • Sue Troxel All Souls • Michael Doherty Regis Jesuit High School • Mary Kolbach St. Mary's Academy 30 YEARS • David Good Holy Family High School • Marilynn Baker Notre Dame • Kathleen Byrnes St. Louis 25 YEARS • Colleen McManamon Most Precious Blood • Sister Loretta Gerk Notre Dame • Rick Sullivan Regis Jesuit High School • Mary Cohen St. Vincent de Paul 20 YEARS • Mary Ellen Hogan Most Precious Blood • Patricia Crnkovich Mullen High School • Kristi Helbig Nativity of Our Lord • Kim Bunker • Ruth Ondrusek Our Lady of Fatima • Lee Feero • Ann-Louise Paull St. Mary, Littleton • Charlie Arbogast • Phil Gentry • Linda Marsh • Ines McCall St. Mary's Academy • Eric Dahn • Barb Doherty St. Thomas More • Alexie Salazar St. Vincent de Paul 15 YEARS • Michael O'Hagan Arrupe Jesuit High School • Cathy Fuller Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary • Mary Fisher • Charle Tate Good Shepherd • Paula Stewart Holy Trinity • Francis Gumerlock • Richard Morris • Ronald Rossi • Mary Vulcani Holy Family High School • Roxie Mountain-Weed • Donna Simington Most Precious Blood • Katherine Schneringer Mullen High School • Mary Job • Bernadette Lamont • Linda Newsome Notre Dame • Robert Bowers • Kelli Lotito • Jenny Lynch • Antonio Maes • Jennifer Meyerrose • Mary Muldoon-Weis • Bernie Sauer • Kim Wagman • Rick Wolf Regis Jesuit High School • Kathleen Runyan St. Mary, Greeley • Lena McCarty St. Pius X • Tuyet Nguyen • Joan O'Toole St. Therese • Carol Sobolik Sacred Heart of Jesus • Sue Gerken St. Vincent de Paul 10 YEARS • Beth Brin • Beth Kelley • Brooke O'Drobinak • John Pimmel Arrupe Jesuit High School • Juanita Koch Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary • Noelle Jung • Chris Rusin • Brenda Scaife Blessed Sacrament • Michael Warszalek Christ the King • Lauren Carranza • Sharon Livengood Foster • Sandra Reese Escuela de Guadalupe • Catherine Winters Frassati Catholic Academy • Joe Barrett • Annette DiGiacomo Good Shepherd • Thalia Burd • Amy Frie • Matthew Gear • Benjamin Peterson Holy Family High School • Meg Brake • Christina Dorchuck Most Precious Blood • Judith Dreiling • Pheap Khum • Joseph Welling Mullen High School • Brittaney Conner • Marie Hulquest • Lisa Matthews • Mary Monks • Judy Stevens Nativity of Our Lord • Deborah Kasberg Our Lady of Loreto • Jean Bordewyk • Charisse Broderick King • Brian Davenport • Rachel Deženbaugh • Dustin Dvorak • Tracey Dwyre • Ann Eazor • Regine Joulie Kuttner • Amory Neal • Ryan Williamson Regis Jesuit High School • Michele Stevens-Clements • Laura Studebaker Sacred Heart of Jesus • Maria Coleman St. Catherine of Siena • Mary Ball St. Clare of Assisi • Karen Gorman St. John the Baptist • Donna Monat St. John the Evangelist • Michele Beaudoin St. Mary, Greeley • Mary Hežernan • Theresa Jones • Pat Kruse St. Mary, Littleton • Celsa Rutan St. Mary's Academy • Kendra Bissonnette St. Pius X • Mark Dennis St. Rose of Lima • Gretchen DeWolfe • Diana Gibbons St. Thomas More • Deb Mellentine • Mary Papich St. Vincent de Paul 5 YEARS • Rachel Miller • Emily Rankin All Souls • Patricia Moncada-Jiron Annunciation • Amy Castillo Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary • Alyssa Clark • John Christopher Clark • Fr. James Claver • Alexander Dobens • John Everhart • Adrienne Prochaska • Maura Shea • Amy Strickland Bishop Machebeuf High School • Kelly Harvey • Shana Krakowiecki • Stephanie Tills Blessed Sacrament • Claudia Ibarra Escuela de Guadalupe • Michelle Cisneros • Debbie Rashid • Ross Schraeder • Jennifer Stoverink Good Shepherd • Susan Broncucia • Patricia Darschewski Holy Family High School • Conor Boyle Most Precious Blood • Katherine Abeyta • Marie Adamson Mullen High School • Lawrence Arkož • Joe Davila • Beatriz Ocampo Nativity of Our Lord • Lisa Unger Our Lady of Fatima • Shannon Aquino • Helen Bingham • Bethany Carmellini • Glenn Churchill • Matthew Darr • Kirstyn Dutton • Guy Farrell • Monica Huggins • Cynthia McNamara • Aldo Pantoja • Mindi Phipps • Tyler Robbins • Daniel Sage • Mary Zimmerman Regis Jesuit High School • Patricia Hershwitzky Shrine of St. Anne • Sandi McPeek • Beth Ann Rosa • Jennifer Vito St. John the Baptist • Jennifer Rogers St. John the Evangelist • Hannah Barnes St. Louis • Christopher Baugh • Samantha Smith • Amanda Zimmer St. Mary, Greeley • Jason Mercado St. Mary, Littleton • Kathleen Hogan • Nina McCaskill • Iswari Natarajan • Kim Sižring St. Mary's Academy • Erin Ugran • Jenna Pettinger • Joanna Sass St. Rose of Lima • Guy Brickell • Cheryl Cormier • Tamela Kenning • Maria Kruse • Elizabeth Mexted St. Stephen • Norma Araiza St. Therese • Barbara Lutrey Sts. Peter & Paul • Scott Dirrane • Joyce Haberkorn • David Strawbridge St. Vincent de Paul

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