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25 DENVER CATHOLIC | MAY 26-JUNE 8, 2018 "Good Luck and May God Bless You Always" Ella Dane Brustkern Amelia Jane Buche Andrew Brendan Busch Madeline Claire Chomiak Annalee Elizabeth Christopher Sean William Cortney Kate McKenzie Dunne Sydney Ann Egan-Fowler Alexander Loal England Annabel Rinehart Filippini Conlan Theodore Flannigan Claire Elizabeth Godzich Elizabeth Diane Golinvaux Sophia Maria Ovenya Hein Riley James Hotchkiss Katie Charlotte Jack Veronica Clare Futai James Jack Lawrence Kessenich Caroline Burk Kessenich Kiera Anne Killian Marin Patricia Klaess Kathryn McNally Loftus Katherine Lyubchenko Gregory William Mackintosh Julianne Mayes MacNichol Luke Dougall MacPhee Caden Jake Manning Madden Reed McHugh Cameron Eve McMichael Carlyle Frances Najarian Ken Nguyen Edward Thomas O'Brien IV Sara Jane Pak Katrina Lara Pauley Benjamin Clark Rasure Joseph Patrick Riley Hollyn Hummel Robinson Michael Henry Seward Henry Robert Shellhorn William Thomas Spellios Jacob James Sykora Andrew Burke Tolva Campbell Anne Topping Lilliana Grace Turra Caitlin Maclean Vahrenwald 620 Elizabeth St., • Denver, CO 80206 • 303- 321- 6231 www.goodshepherddenver.org GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC SCHOOL Proudly Presents its Graduating Class of 2018 Irving Aguilar-Juarez Elva Alemán Leslie Astudillo-Rangel Berenice Aviña Ibarra Jesus Baez Tapia Tessa Bailón Armendariz Kevin Bailón Cano Luis Bustos Galindo Denisse Cabrera Mendoza Luz Castrejon Marcella Castro Joseph Chavez Martha Coleman Obed Cosme Almeida Jesus Cuevas Martinez Citlalli Cumplido Eric Dawson Victoria De Leon Lorena Delgado-Marquez Kate Dominguez Marquez Dominick Garcia Valeria Gomez Gerardo Gomez Mendez Irene Gonzales Sacheen Gonzales Andrea Gonzalez Miguel Gonzalez Jose Guzman Sylvia Hatch Jessica Hernandez Tena Llubia Ibarra Gaytán Vinh Le Alejandra Lemos Gallo Maily Lopez Ivonne Lopez Hernandez Christopher Lovato Christopher Lucero Valeria Luna-Rodriguez Yvett Madera Garcia Alondra Madera Santoyo Miguel Marquez Saul Marquez Estrada Gissel Marquez Martinez Elijah Martel Cynthia Martinez Daisy Martinez Kevin Martinez Cesar Martinez Reyes Lesly Medrano Isabel Millan Alam Morales Rodriguez Cristian Muñoz-Gomez Aaron Najera Jesus Nuñez Omar Nuñez Robles Armando Palacios, Jr. John Phan Evelyn Pinedo Victor Ponce de Leon-Ward Lesly Quintero Samantha Quinteros Renteria Fatima Ramírez Salgado Shannon Rodriguez Moises Rojas Zuniga Edgar Rojo-Rocha Alexis Sagarnaga Maria Salas Aguirre Jennifer Sánchez Elizabeth Silva-Montoya Ashley Simpson Eleazar Soto Gonzalez Jose Soto Romo Jr. Jesus Tiscareño Jesus Torres Ortiz Ashley Trujillo Rylei Valdez-Reyes Jennifer Vallejo Noemi Vasquez Genesis Vela Garcia Anelia Velasquez Eleazar Vera Espino Nayeli Villalobos-Garcia Alejandro Villalpando Miguel Zarco Jr. 84 Graduates, setting the world on fire! Congratulations, Arrupe Jesuit Class of 2018! 100% College Acceptance Over $13,250,000 earned in merit and community based scholarships towards college education! Attending 21 colleges or universities Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic SCHOOL CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2018 Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic SCHOOL CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2017 Marilyn Anguiano Catherine Bradac Jack Brooks Eoin Canavan Caroline Capra Theresa Castanon Catherine Crowley Joseph Donelson Nicholas Espinola Michelle Esquivel Claudia Farnell Griffin Fritsch Jessica Garofalo Ella Hagg Garrett Heinze Carolyn Johnsen Jonathon Judge Rose Krukowski Sophie Link Elizabeth Luebbers Edward Maxfield Olivia Mellentine Bryan Mottram William Neirynck Jackson Price Ana Salazar Ryan Schmitt Chloe Scott Nicholas Schreiber Amy Seier Erin Staib Jacob Swanno Anne Tartell Regan Vandervelde Trevor Weakland Grace Weigand Michael Wolf St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School 1164 S. Josephine Street Denver, Co 80210 303-777-3812 w w w. s v d p k 8 . c o m St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School 1164 S. Josephine Street, Denver, Co 80210 303-777-3812 www.svdpk8.com Kalven Bubelis Ryan Buckley Natalie Burnham Madeline Cardiff Ellian Chase Tristan Christofferson Lily Delgado Keely Dillon Francis DiPentino Conor Doppes Jack Doyle Dylan Ellerby Shauna Emery Olivia Ennis Carley Ezell Stella Fenton Oliver Garnica Hector Gomez Maggie Hass Lauren Hammond Benjamin Hawes Braeden Keuneke Ava Kloenne Caroline Mahoney Luke Mahoney Andrew Marks Abigail McBournie Molly Kate McCloskey Alicia Muller Emma Oliver Samuel Opferman Christian Orr Lily O'Shaughnessy Marc Papineau Zachary Rhilinger Harrison Schmitt Mary Kate Stern Reagan Stiteler Alexandra Stumpf Katherine Sutherland Ashlyn Viereck Gianna Wallrath Austin Weber Faith Whittington CATHOLIC PACIFISM AND NUCLEAR WARFARE "The Church has seen that the pro- portionality of nuclear warfare is an inherent evil," Dr. Wright said. "The extent of the damage and number of non-combatants that will be killed makes it prohibitive." This has contributed to the rise of a diš erent type of Catholic pacifi sm. "Catholic pacifi sm can fall into two categories," he explained. "One of them is what we call the 'just-war pacifi sts,' [who] accept the principle of war but say that contemporary warfare makes it impossible because you can't avoid killing non-combatants. "Absolute pacifi sts believe that the use of force is always wrong. So, they may accept the principle that states have a right to defend their citizens, but… the only method open to us is what they would call the 'weapons of the spirit': prayer, fasting and penance. The use of force would always be wrong, they argue, because it contradicts the teachings of the Gospel." Some of the passages absolute pac- ifi sts often refer to are the Sermon of the Mount (Mat 5) — "turn the other cheek," "love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you" — and other words of Jesus or his own example of sacrifi ce. A statement from Gaudium et Spes also contributed to these positions, as it opened the idea of a "conscientious objection," which said it was a coherent Catholic position to refuse to partici- pate in war, he explained. IN DEFENSE OF THE THEORY Dr. Wright understands the dif- fi culties a Catholic may experience when supporting the just-war theory or pacifi sm. On one side, he sees that many may fi nd the just-war theory hard to recon- cile with the Gospel. On the other, he thinks it's hard to take pacifi sm strictly, "particularly when trying to defend the innocent." George Weigel, distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, told the Denver Catholic that the theory does not violate the Gospel but compliments it with reason. "Just-war thinking tries to live out the Gospel imperative of responsibility for one's neighbor," he said. "Or to put it in biblical terms, just-war theory tries to answer the question, 'What should the Good Samaritan have done if he got on the scene an hour or so earlier, just when the robbers started to beat up the traveler?'" Weigel believes that one of the great- est problems with most pacifi st thought is that "it gives no answer to the ques- tion of how one keeps a Bashir al-As- sad or Vladimir Putin from murdering innocents with impunity — although some pacifists have tried to think through eš ective means of nonviolent resistance to murderous tyranny." In his book Tranquilitas Ordinis: The Present Failure and Future Promise of American Catholic Thought on War and Peace, Weigel appeals to the comple- mentarity of reason and faith, stating that the Church has always taught that humans have the capacity to shape the world in a Godly way through the use of reason, and a "radical ethics of inten- tion," such as pacifi sm, would deny the human capacity to do so when applied to the public order. Moreover, he dismantled the common "mistake" just-war pacifi sts make in their approach to the theory. "It's a great mistake ... to reduce the just war tradition to 'in bello' ques- tions," he said. "The fi rst purpose of the just war tradition is to create a frame- work for collaborative moral refl ection about 'ad bellum' issues: Who's got the authority to use military force? What's a just cause? And so forth." As tensions among nations increase, Weigel believes there is something very important the governments and Catho- lic should keep in mind: "That prudence is the greatest of political virtues and that prudence involves the hard work of driving the stake of principle into the hard soil of reality without making reality any messier than it already is."

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