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Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception 1535 Logan St. Denver, CO 80203 Telephone: 303-831-7010 - Fax: 303-831-9514
Website: www.denvercathedral.org Email: [email protected]
Archdiocese of Denver Website: www.archden.org
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BAPTISMS
Parents and Godparents are required to attend a class prior to baptism.
Pre-registration is required. If no one pre-registers, there will be no class.
FUNERALS
Please contact the office.
MARRIAGES
Call the office at least 9 months prior to the wedding to book the date.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
In the event of a serious illness or a medical emergency, call the
office.
HOMEBOUND MINISTRY
Please contact the office.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Please contact the office
RCIA/RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS
Brett Manero
MASS SCHEDULE
WEEKDAY MASSES: 7:00 AM, 12:10 PM, 5:30 PM
(Mondays at 3:00 PM 65+ Mass)
Saturday: 7:00AM
Anticipated Saturday: 4:30PM
SUNDAY: 8:30AM, 10:30AM, 12:30PM, & 6:30PM
VISITING HOURS
Weekday: 4:00—5:15pm, 6:15pm—7pm (except Tuesdays)
Sunday: 1:30pm—2:30pm and 7:30pm—8:00pm
Please call the office as special events or recordings may
require closing.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions)
Monday-Friday 11:00am—12:00pm, Saturday 3 PM – 4 PM
Or by appointment, please call the office and wait for a
confirmation call. You will need to wear a mask.
Cathedral Basilica Budget
Offertory July 20, 2020 - July 26, 2020 $5,504.00
Projected Deficit through June 30, 2021: $486,000
Since Shelter in Place, offertory is down $48,000 from budget,.
We also incurred $45,000 in damages from recent vandalism.
Please donate at www.denvercathedral.org
Other Weekend Donations: Poor Box-SVDP $126.00 Food Pantry $68.00 Church in Africa $75.00 Peter’s Pence $25.00 Catholic Communications $25.00
CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION DENVER, CO
Please Remember The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Your Will
ARCHBISHOP OF DENVER: Most Reverend Samuel J Aquila, STL
AUXILIARY BISHOP OF DENVER: Most Reverend Jorge Rodriguez
PASTOR AND RECTOR: Very Reverend Ronald W. Cattany
PAROCHIAL VICAR: Reverend Michael Rapp, S.S.L.
IN RESIDENCE: Reverend Andreas Hoeck
DEACONS: Deacon Robert Finan, Deacon Robert Rinne,
and Deacon Charles Goldburg
DIRECTOR OF WORSHIP: John Brooks
DIRECTOR OF SACRED MUSIC: Phil Bordeleau
PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Brigid Demko
RCIA COORDINATOR: Brett Manero
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: TBD
COORDINATOR OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Dave Martinez
MANAGERS OF FINANCE AND ASSETS: Elizabeth Odum & Joe Cavaleri
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Linda Flores
BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND RECTORY OPERATIONS:
Sebastian Luke Oliver
MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS: Jacob Harper
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Sunday, August 9, 2020
8:30 AM Juanita Hernandez †
10:30 AM Parishioners of the Cathedral Basilica
12:30 PM Timothy Gallagher †
6:30 PM Joan Kraus †
Monday, August 10, 2020
7:00 AM Keith & Kathie Finger 12:10 PM Richard Richardson †
3:00 PM John O’Shaughnessy †
5:30 PM Gabrielle & Evelyn Michalik
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
7:00 AM Filomeno Resendez †
12:10 PM Holy Souls in Purgatory
5:30 PM Gabrielle & Evelyn Michalik
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
7:00 AM Jeanne Rogers
12:10 PM Light of the World Catholic Parish
5:30 PM Charles J. Fedor Jr. †
Thursday, August 13, 2020
7:00 AM Deacon Bob Finan
12:10 PM Father Michael Rapp
5:30 PM Millie Chewing †
Friday, August 14, 2020
7:00 AM Linda Flores
12:10 PM Molly Younger †
5:30 PM Nicole Zohman Saturday, August 15, 2020
7:00 AM Father Piotr Mozdyniewicz & Family
4:30 PM John & June Calichowski †
MASS INTENTIONS
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Pray for Us
SACRED LITURGY
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“Jesus wants...to educate His friends, both then and now, about God’s logic... the logic of taking responsibility for others. The logic of not washing one’s hands, the logic of not looking the other way. ‘Let them fend for themselves’ should not enter into the Christian vocabulary. As a sign of charity, of God the Father’s generosity toward His weary and needy children, He is immersed in the life of His people, He understands their fatigue and their limitations, but He does not allow anyone to be lost, or to lose out. The compassion and tenderness that Jesus
showed...is not sentimentality, but rather the concrete manifestation of the love that cares for the people’s needs. Compassion is not a purely material feeling; true compassion is ‘patire con’ (to suffer with), to take others’ sor-rows on ourselves. Let us not forget this word ‘compassion,’ which is trust in the provident love of the Father, and means courageous sharing.” --Pope Francis
In the Company of Pope Francis
FROM YOUR PASTOR
Do you Share COURAGEOUSLY?
Taking responsibility for others is difficult in the CULTURE we have created for ourselves. To be Politically Cor-rect, Socially Distanced, or Isolated leads to Spiritual Desolation, Social Pacifism, Self-Righteousness...and Loneliness.
And it moves us away from the Church's Call to COMMUNIO...
God created us for Community. He is immersed in the lives of His people. He is with us when we are living His Plan for our life. He is with us when we sin. He knows when we are weary and needy. He understands our fatigue and limitations.
So, He sent His Son who, through the Mystical Body of Christ, established the ULTIMATE COMMUNITY...HIS CHURCH.
It is through this Community that he manifests His Provident Love to move us from real or perceived Abandon-ment to Consolation...Spiritually and Socially.
But there is more. Jesus passes through our life 24/7 through the people, events, and circumstances He places in our life. He makes Himself available to us through His Compassion and Tenderness...through the Gift of the Sac-raments exclusive to His Church...giving us the Grace we need to endure our trials...and helping us carry our Per-sonal Cross through the Darkness of the Pandemic...in those times when we are alone and afraid...
The Catholic Social Doctrine of Solidarity means taking other's Sorrows on ourselves...to Suffer WITH Suffering Humanity. As Social Beings, we are called to be attuned in Charity to the needs of others...the family, the friend, the enemy, the stranger, the immigrant, the refugee, the homeless, the rejected...the invisible.
AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE CALLED TO EMBRACE THE UNEM-BRACEABLE...as Jesus Did.
God, Our Heavenly Father, asks NO LESS OF US than He did of His Son.
Courageous Sharing is not lived in our individual Comfort Zone...in our Room.
It is lived on the fringes...Spatially and Spiritually...
+May God Bless You and Keep You +
-Very Reverend Ronald W Cattany
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SACRED MUSIC
Please pray for all those who are sick or in need of our prayers: Michael Boston, Lawrence Brooks, Douglas Campbell, Joann Coules, Andrew Emmer, Jeannie Harder, Ilse Hartman, Mallori Heeke, Andrea Helaine, Allie Kandt, John Krusinski, Lynn Lengyel, Kitty de Leon, Ethel Litzenberger, Dominic Martinez, Michelle Martino, Mitchell A. Moreno, Randy S. Moreno, Pam Pappas,
Melanie Parker, Jean Pierre, Andrew Pink, Phil Scardova, Jodi Steward, Claude Stieha, A.J. Stiffler, Ana Tejada, Linda Winkler, Chloe Young, Sheila Oliver, Ronald Arnold, Bill & Kim Agnew, Christina Hertz, James M.
Schmitt, Linda Basquez, Mary Figueroa, Shelley Carmosino, Susie Escareno, Ted Haner, Delfina Guzman, Mary Jo McHugh. Monique. Paul Nohara. Zachary Quick, Janet Robson, Juanita Driscoll, Sydney Brisbane, Marlene Bargas, Wener Hahn, Tami Vicars, Michael O. Machado, Joel Ray Asuncion, Patricia Capponi, Cliff Richard, Valeria Pacheco, Brady McHugh, Joseph Delaney, Margaret Harrison, Kimberly O’Brien, Father Daniel Sinn, Joe Ann O’Brien, Father MacEwen, Mr. & Mrs. Parish, Mary Ann Nightingale, Mike Lopez, Sheryl Ventura, George Martin Helfer, Alfred Deldon Sr., Brenda Garrett, Peter James Chavez, Basil Summers, Tina Alvarez,
Nancy Clark, Bill Johns, Befus Brown, Peter Chavez, Ellen Trujillo, Dustin Clark, Roger Amani, Cheryl Ventura, Sister Miriam McLean, Nancy Fox, Lauretta Proulex, Matthew Taylor, Holly Shess, Mary Jo McHugh
Saint Cecilia, Pray for Us
PRAYER LISTS
Please pray for all those in our parish family who have died since Shelter in Place: Mike Farley, Jossie Eyre, Tina Martinez, Jerry Priddy, Lou Jahde, Jessie Mangers, Kara
O’Connor, Joe Vitale, Deacon Anthony Dudzic, Billy Bruce, Kathleen Davis, Bob Roach, Sam Ochu, Scott Collier, Gerald Cucio, Fr. Joe Blanco, Josephine Malesich, Louisa Orduna, Maureen
Rittenhause, Sammy Lopez, Randall Cook, Mike McBride
During this time of social distancing, we have brought our Cathedral Concert Series online!
Head to our website at denvercathedral.org and click on YouTube icon on the left side. See Ken
Mervine’s Concert in our Playlists.
Find our concerts on our YouTube by going to denvercathedral.org
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Pray for Us
Monday-Friday we serve around 200-300 people each day in our breakfast sandwich
line, food pantry, soup and sandwich To-Go at St. Elizabeth of Hungary’s and Snacks on
the Hill.
Please donate to help us keep these outreach ministries operational.
Our St. Vincent de Paul Society helps ~12 households each month with rental and utili-
ty assistance.
Thank you for your generosity.
Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
I just noticed something. In the two accounts of big storms at sea, Jesus is either sleeping through it---Mt. 8: 23-27--- or he’s not in the boat at all---Mt. 14: 2-33. That feels about right. I have a beloved friend who lived her life in prayer. And the only time she absolutely lost her connection to Jesus was when she was desperately ill in the hospital. Her sense was that he was either sound asleep or not in her presence at all.
She recovered, and over time her deep sense of the presence of Jesus was restored. But those two gospel accounts of the disciples ter-rorized at sea are a perfect metaphor for our own experiences of trauma. When we call to Jesus in our trials, do we feel him with us? The gospel suggests that he is there, but so totally confident in God’s power over the sea (and illness, and death) that he is serene dur-ing our thrashings about.
O you of little faith, he says to wave-tossed Peter. Why did you doubt? Well, let’s see. Why do we doubt? We are still in the absolute middle of the storm. We’ve closed down, we’ve reopened, we’ve closed down again. We are those disciples, terrorized in the boat. But we need to be Peter.
Reach, says the gospel. Be courageous and reach. But a lot of times, we are too weak, too far gone, to reach. Are you like that today? Are you just too weak to reach? No worries. The Body of Christ has your back. We reach for you. And look! Here comes Jesus, call-ing your name, reaching out to catch you.
What need do you have that the Body of Christ can fill? Reach out.
Kathy McGovern©2020 www.thestoryandyou.com
Email [email protected]
Cost cov-ered by the Cathedral
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YOUNG ADULT & YOUNG FAMILY MINISTRIES
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frasatti , Pray for Us
Holy Family, Pray for Us
Welcome! We invite you to check out our sports leagues, find a bible study or just stop by for dinner on Sunday evenings. Families always welcome! Find us on Facebook at Cathedral Young Adult and Young Adult Families or feel free to contact our Young Adult Coordinator, Georgie Messing at [email protected]
1. 2020 Labor Day Weekend Camp-ing Retreat,$85pp regular registration ends July 31, more details at Catho-licSports.net/camping, Father Ron, chap-lain
2. Interested in joining a Bible Study? Learn more and sign up for our studies at CatholicSports.net/bible-
studies
3. Join upcoming Volleyball and Soccer, more details at CatholicSports.net/denver-sports-leagues
Sunday Night Socials Returning Soon! Check our Facebook and upcoming
bulletins for more info
Join Father Ron and TRECC on August 29th for a Central City
and Environs TRECC Expedition, including Mass, hike and many history and theological lessons
from our dear pastor.
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JULIA GREELEY GUILD
Servant of God, Julia Greeley, Pray for Us
PRAYER THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF THE SERVANT OF GOD JULIA GREELEY
Denver’s Model of Mercy
Heavenly Father, your servant Julia Greeley dedicated her life to honoring the Sacred Heart of your son and to the
humble service of the poor.
Grant me a generous heart like your Son’s, and if it be in accordance with your holy will, please grant this favor I
now ask through Julia’s intercession. I pray this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
-Archbishop Samuel J Aquila
As part of her Cause for Canonization, Julia’s mortal remains were transferred to Denver’s Cathedral Basilica of the Im-maculate Conception on June 7, 2017.
For more information on Julia’s life and her impact on Denver, head to
juliagreeley.org
JULIA’S CANOE
During her life in Denver, Julia once responded to a request for prayers by saying, “I’ll put you in my ca-
noe with everyone else that I pray for”. Send your prayer intentions to [email protected]
We Pray for the Intentions in Julia’s Canoe during special Masses scheduled:
August 20th @ 5:30pm
September 17th @ 5:30 pm
October 15th @ 5:30 pm
November 12th @ 5:30 pm
December 17th @ 5:30 pm
JULIA GREELEY BOOK FOR SALE
The Julia Greeley Guild is selling the book Julia Greeley: Denver’s Angel of Charity, written and illustrated by the
2018-2019 Annunciation Catholic School 5th Grade Class, as a fundraiser. The cost of the book is $15.00, and monies raised will assist in the process of the Canonization of Serv-ant of God Julia Greeley. For additional information or to order a book, please contact Mary Leisring at the Cathe-
dral Basilica 303-831-7010 or email [email protected].
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SPIRITUAL FORMATION
Saint Philip Neri, Pray for Us
Saint of the Week
Saint Clare of Assisi
One of the more sugary movies made about Francis of Assisi pictures Clare as a golden-haired beauty floating through sun-drenched fields, a sort of one-woman counterpart to the new Franciscan Order. The beginning of her religious life was indeed movie material. Having refused to marry at 15, Clare was moved by the dynamic preaching of Francis. He became her lifelong friend and spiritual guide. At 18, Clare escaped from her father’s home one night, was met on the road by friars carrying torches, and in the poor little chapel called the Por-tiuncula received a rough woolen habit, exchanged her jeweled belt for a common rope with knots in it, and sacrificed her long tresses to Francis’ scissors. He placed her in a Benedictine convent, which her father and un-cles immediately stormed in rage. Clare clung to the altar of the church, threw aside her veil to show her cropped hair, and remained adamant. Sixteen days later her sister Agnes joined her. Others came. They lived a simple life of great poverty, austerity, and complete seclusion from the world, according to a Rule which Francis gave them as a Second Order. At age 21, Francis obliged Clare under obedience to accept the office of ab-bess, one she exercised until her death. The Poor Ladies went barefoot, slept on the ground, ate no meat, and ob-served almost complete silence. Later Clare, like Francis, persuaded her sisters to moderate this rigor: “Our bodies are not made of brass.” The greatest emphasis, of course, was on gospel poverty. They possessed no property, even in common, subsisting on daily contributions. When even the pope tried to persuade Clare to mitigate this practice, she showed her characteristic firmness: “I need to be absolved from my sins, but I do not wish to be absolved from the obligation of following Jesus Christ.”
Contemporary accounts glow with admiration of Clare’s life in the convent of San Damiano in Assisi. She served the sick and washed the feet of the begging nuns. She came from prayer, it was said, with her face so shining it dazzled those about her. She suffered serious illness for the last 27 years of her life. Her influence was such that popes, cardinals, and bishops often came to consult her—Clare herself never left the walls of San Damiano. Francis always remained her great friend and inspiration. Clare was always obedient to his will and to the great ideal of gospel life which he was mak-ing real. A well-known story concerns her prayer and trust. Clare had the Blessed Sacrament placed on the walls of the convent when it faced attack by in-vading Saracens. “Does it please you, O God, to deliver into the hands of these beasts the defenseless children I have nourished with your love? I beseech you, dear Lord, protect these whom I am now unable to protect.” To her sisters she said, “Don’t be afraid. Trust in Jesus.” The Saracens fled.
Monday through Friday, our volunteers give out 20-30 bags of food each day at our food pantry. Each bag of food includes a tuna lunch, chicken noodle soup, chili, peanut butter, peaches, a bot-tle of water, a can of V8, a sleeve of saltines and a granola bar. Each bag costs us about $8.00.
These bags are accessible for anyone in need. We serve our neighbors experiencing homelessness and neighbors experiencing food insecurity.
For $40 a week, you could help us feed a brother or sister in need.
Thank you for your generosity.
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Leave a Legacy
Creating a will is one of the most important ways to record and remember what matters most to you—personally, financially and spiritually. It is an opportunity to make perhaps the most significant charitable
gifts of your lifetime to strengthen our parish and the Catholic Community. We are so grateful to the many who have gone before us and those who have chosen to remember us in their wills.Our parish partners with The Catholic Foundation to provide for our future financial needs. Please consider making a gift or designating a bequest in your will for our fund at The Catholic Foundation. To learn more, please contact Jean Finegan at The Catholic Foundation at 303.867.0613.
MORE THAN YOU REALIZE Denver and Beyond
Pray Your Way Through the Day
With the Cathedral Basilica Online
7am Mass livestream on Facebook
10am Spiritual Communion Prayer 12pm The Angelus
3pm Divine Mercy Chaplet 6pm Immaculate Conception Novena
Find all of these prayers and para-liturgies on our YouTube by going to www.denvercathedral.org and click-ing on the YouTube icon on the left side of the Home Page
MEDITATIONS Also Include:
Youtube.com/cathedralbasilicaoftheImmaculateConception
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