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10 JUNE 9-22, 2018 | DENVER CATHOLIC In-Depth Now with our "Wheels For Wheels" program, you can donate your old vehicle to DHHA. Your old wheels will provide new wheels for those in need! Turn your Clunker into Cash! Go to svdpUSAcars.com Or call 1-800-322-8284 e Society of St. Vincent de Paul has a quick and easy way to turn your unwanted car, truck or boat into cash and help those in need. BY CARMEN ELENA VILLA carmen.villa@archden.org @EPCatolico Independent Living Assisted Living 2835 West 32nd Avenue | Denver, Colorado | 303.964.3804 homeishere.org We are thrilled to announce our Catholic independent senior living tower is getting a complete top to bottom renovation including new penthouse apartments with spectacular views and a total makeover of apartments on lower levels. The Gardens at St. Elizabeth is one of the top senior living communities in Denver's Highland neighborhood and oers daily Mass in it's 120 year-old chapel. The Gardens at St. Elizabeth It's all here and getting even better. ST. LOUIS MARTIN (1823-1894) Martin is the father of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and was canon- ized with his wife by Pope Francis in 2015. He was born in Bordeaux, France and was known for being a pious man and having a good heart. At age 35, he married Zélie Guerin, with whom he had nine children, four of whom died at birth. The fi ve daughters that lived embraced the religious life. In his family, virtue was nurtured through daily Mass, personal and communal prayer, frequent confession and participa- tion in parish life. They were a mid- dle-class family but lived a simple life. His wife died of cancer in 1877. His oldest daughter, Marie-Louise, undertook her mother's respon- sibilities at age 17. St. Thérèse was only four years old. His daughters joined the convent: Pauline in 1882, Marie-Louise in 1886, Thérèse in 1888 at age 15 – for which she had to obtain a dispensation from Pope Leo XIII – and Leonine in 1899. "It is a great honor that the Lord wants to take all of my daughters," Louis once said. He had a stroke in 1887 and lost his memory, the ability to talk, began to su§ er from halluci- nations and desired to embrace the monastic life. He died in Septem- ber 1894, after which Celine, who had been taking care of him, also entered the Carmelite convent. ST. THOMAS MOORE (1478 – 1535) Thomas Moore was born in Cheap- side, England. At age 13, he moved to the house of the Archbishop of Can- terbury to work as a messenger, and when the prelate became aware of the intellectual potential of the young Moore, he sent him to Oxford Uni- versity. He obtained his doctorate in law at age 22. Moore thought he was called to be a Carthusian and moved to a monastery. Four years later, he realized this was not his vocation. He married Jane Colt in 1505 and had four children: Margaret, Elizabeth, Cecily and John. His obligations often required him to be away from his family, yet he articulated his love to his children and his constant con- cern for them. His wife died six years after their wedding. Moore married a widowed woman Alice Middleton. In 1529, he was named High Chancellor of England. Two years later, King Henry VIII divorced his wife and asked the Holy See to accept a second marriage to Ana Bolena. But since the pope denied his request, the king declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England. The King then began to persecute those who did not accept the new order. Among those who opposed was Moore, who was apprehended for rejection the law. "I must obey my conscience and think of my soul's salvation. That is much more important than anything the world can o§ er," he said while impris- oned. He was sentenced to death and was beheaded in July 1535. F atherhood is undoubtedly a sure path to holiness. Being a faithful husband, educating one's chil- dren in the faith and having Jesus at the center are all concrete ways of living according to the vocation of married They were fathers

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