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ST. PIUS X PARISH XXVIII Sunday in Ordinary Time October 13, 2019 13670 E. 13th Place, Aurora, CO, 80011 Office: 303-364-7435 Fax: 303-340-0122 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5:00 pm STPIUSXPARISH.ORG & STPIUSXSCHOOL.NET School: 303-364-6515 When Columbus set out for the East Indies in 1492, Europe had fought a thousand-year world war that began when Muslim forces overran the three Christian cities of Damascus, Jerusalem, and Alexandria in the mid-600’s. The crusades, launched in 1096, had been a well-intentioned but poorly-executed attempt to retaliate against Islam and recover the Holy Land. The last real crusade had ended in 1272 but the struggle against Islam continued in Spain. 1492 is precisely the year when the last Muslim kingdom, Granada, was reconquered by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabel of Castile. Once the battle for Spain had ended, Europeans, with the support and urging of the papacy, were determined to strike a decisive blow against Islam, finding a sea route to the East Indies, cutting out the Muslim middlemen in the spice trade and forging an alliance with the legendary Prester John. While the Portuguese sent Vasco da Gama around the coast of Africa, the Spanish backed Columbus in his bid to find a wester- ly route across the ocean. Columbus certainly was eying worldly rewards for his efforts. He insisted on being named Admiral of the Ocean, receiving a tenth of all profits, and being appointed the governor of the lands he discovered. But he was also a man of deep faith. Catholic historian Warren Carroll says that “he was convinced that God had chosen him to reach that land, hidden from the Western world for ages…His discovery would bring the Catholic Faith, to which he was de- voted, to the people who lived in that land”. To be sure, the nobility of his intentions was somewhat marred by brutalities as well. Columbus was a great explorer and sailor, but a very bad governor. In fact, the earliest atrocities occurred because of his lack of control over his men, supposedly under his command. After continued troubles with the island, Columbus took it out on the native peoples, enslaving a thousand of them—But overall, Columbus was not the oppressive colonialist revisionists make him out to be. His discoveries not only paved the way for the evangelization of Latin America but also brought an end to the cannibalism of the Caribs and the tradition of human sacrifices among the Aztecs. Today, Latin America is home to 39 percent of the world’s Catholics and has two of the five countries with the most Catho- lics, Brazil and Mexico. The discoveries also came at a pivotal moment for the Church itself, when Catholicism would face its greatest crisis of faith since the Arian heresy: the Protestant Reformation. “Columbus threw open America at the time when a great storm was about to break over the Church. As far, therefore, as it is lawful for man to divine from events the ways of Divine Providence, he seemed to have truly been born, by a singular provision of God, to remedy those losses which were awaiting the Catholic Church on the side of Europe,” Pope Leo XIII wrote to mark the 400th anniversary of the 1492 discoveries.
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  • ST. PIUS X PARISH XXVIII Sunday in Ordinary Time October 13, 2019

    13670 E. 13th Place, Aurora, CO, 80011 Office: 303-364-7435 Fax: 303-340-0122 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5:00 pm

    STPIUSXPARISH.ORG & STPIUSXSCHOOL.NET School: 303-364-6515

    When Columbus set out for the East Indies in 1492, Europe had fought a thousand-year world war that began when Muslim forces overran the three Christian cities of Damascus, Jerusalem, and Alexandria in the mid-600’s. The crusades, launched in 1096, had been a well-intentioned but poorly-executed attempt to retaliate against Islam and recover the Holy Land. The last real crusade had ended in 1272 but the struggle against Islam continued in Spain. 1492 is precisely the year when the last Muslim kingdom, Granada, was reconquered by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabel of Castile. Once the battle for Spain had ended, Europeans, with the support and urging of the papacy, were determined to strike a decisive blow against Islam, finding a sea route to the East Indies, cutting out the Muslim middlemen in the spice trade and forging an alliance with the legendary Prester John. While the Portuguese sent Vasco da Gama around the coast of Africa, the Spanish backed Columbus in his bid to find a wester-ly route across the ocean. Columbus certainly was eying worldly rewards for his efforts. He insisted on being named Admiral of the Ocean, receiving a tenth of all profits, and being appointed the governor of the lands he discovered. But he was also a man of deep faith. Catholic historian Warren Carroll says that “he was convinced that God had chosen him to reach that land, hidden from the Western world for ages…His discovery would bring the Catholic Faith, to which he was de-voted, to the people who lived in that land”. To be sure, the nobility of his intentions was somewhat marred by brutalities as well. Columbus was a great explorer and sailor, but a very bad governor. In fact, the earliest atrocities occurred because of his lack of control over his men, supposedly under his command. After continued troubles with the island, Columbus took it out on the native peoples, enslaving a thousand of them—But overall, Columbus was not the oppressive colonialist revisionists make him out to be. His discoveries not only paved the way for the evangelization of Latin America but also brought an end to the cannibalism of the Caribs and the tradition of human sacrifices among the Aztecs. Today, Latin America is home to 39 percent of the world’s Catholics and has two of the five countries with the most Catho-lics, Brazil and Mexico. The discoveries also came at a pivotal moment for the Church itself, when Catholicism would face its greatest crisis of faith since the Arian heresy: the Protestant Reformation. “Columbus threw open America at the time when a great storm was about to break over the Church. As far, therefore, as it is lawful for man to divine from events the ways of Divine Providence, he seemed to have truly been born, by a singular provision of God, to remedy those losses which were awaiting the Catholic Church on the side of Europe,” Pope Leo XIII wrote to mark the 400th anniversary of the 1492 discoveries.

  • PARISH STAFF

    MASS SCHEDULE

    MASS OFFERINGS

    We pray for all those who are sick or in need of our prayers:

    Frank Engert , Maureen Hampson, Laura Sheppard, Eu-gene Kazcka, ,Nick & Phyllis Maestas, Narciso & Fumi-ko Alonzo, Leroy Ensley, Fred Smith, Mike Satz, Caden Joseph Keating, Georgia, Chris Young, Daniel West, John Kish, John Vrtis, Matthew Hover, Deacon Dusty

    PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

    Saturday: 5:00 p.m. English Anticipatory 7:00 p.m. en Español

    Sunday: 8:00 a.m. & 10 a.m. English 12:00 p.m. en Español

    Daily Mass Monday through Friday at 8:00 a.m.

    Holy Days 7:00 p.m. Anticipatory, Bilingual

    8:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

    Confessions Wednesday 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

    Saturday 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

    Silent Adoration Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to

    7:00 p.m. - Blessed Sacrament Blessing

    1st Friday of the month 6:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

    Howard Wells Irene Wingo

    PRAY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED

    PASTOR Jorge Agüera (ext. 111) [email protected] DEACONS D. Gregory Martin/Retired D. Adrian Hernandez (ext. 112) [email protected] PASTORAL ASSOCIATE ext. 116)

    YOUTH MINISTRY & TEEN CONFIRMATION Elizabeth Vergil -(740) 318-1977 [email protected] RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COORDINATOR Ruby Leon 303-364-1822 [email protected] BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Edward Steinmetz (ext. 115) [email protected]

    OFFICE SECRETARY Neyda Navarrete (ext. 114) [email protected]

    SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Eileen Michalczyk 303-364-6515 [email protected] MAINTENANCE Michael Tabb 720-431-2589 [email protected]

    Saturday, October 12, 2019 5:00 Julius Bollig † By David & Mollie North Sunday, October 13, 2019 8:00 Ralph & Mary Janet Nigro † By Charles & Elisa Conners 10:00 Selena Galvan † By Rolando Galvan Monday, October 14, 2019 8:00 Tuesday, October 15, 2019 8:00 Wednesday, October 16, 2019 8:00 Thursday, October 17, 2019 8:00 Friday, October 18, 2019 8:00 Saturday, October 19, 2019 5:00 Matilda & James Schuard † By Jeanne Fox Sunday, October 20, 2019 8:00 Ted Forsythe † By the Forsythe Family 10:00 In thanksgiving to St. Anthony

    Sunday: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Sukkot (Jewish Festival of Tabernacles) begins at sundown Monday: St. Callistus I; Columbus Day; Canadian Thanksgiving Day Tuesday: St. Teresa of Jesus Wednesday: St. Hedwig; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque; National Boss’s Day Thursday: St. Ignatius of Antioch Friday: St. Luke Saturday: Ss. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, and Companions; Sweetest Day

    If we have died with [Christ Jesus] we shall also live with him; if we persevere we shall also reign with him.

    — 2 Timothy 2:11‑12a

    SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES

    28 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

  • READINGS FOR THE WEEK

    Silent Adoration

    1st Friday of the month 6:00 pm to 12:00 am

    Wednesday 9:00 am to

    7:00 pm - Blessed Sacrament Blessing

    Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament

    MON Rom 1:1-7; Ps 98:1-4; Lk 11:29-32

    TUE Rom 1:16-25; Ps 19:2-5; Lk 11:37-41

    WED Rom 2:1-11; Ps 62:2-3, 6-7, 9; Lk 11:42-46

    THURS Rom 3:21-30; Ps 130:1b-6ab; Lk 11:47-54

    FRI 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-13, 17-18; Lk 10:1-9

    SAT Rom 4:13, 16-18; Ps 105:6-9, 42-43; Lk 12:8-12

    SUN Ex 17:8-13; Ps 121:1-8; 2 Tm 3:14 — 4:2; Lk 18:1-8

    MARRIAGE & FAMILY

    ST. PIUS X SCHOOL NEWS

    The next: Worldwide Marriage Encounter - November 1-3, 2019 - Dillon

    Space is limited, so reserve your weekend early. Surprise your spouse with a gift that will renew the commitment and passion in your marriage! For more information, please visit www.wwme.org.

    Questions? Feel free to contact Brenda & Gary Granger: 303.604.6202

    RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Office Hours

    Wednesday 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Sunday 10:30 pm - 3:30 pm

    CONFIRMATION Office Hours

    Sunday 4:00 - 5:00 pm Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 pm Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 pm

    Coffee and Donuts will be served following the 8 and 10 am Masses on Sunday in the church basement.

    CONFIRMATION NEWS

    October is an exciting time at St. Pius X Catholic School! Our 6th grade students just attended FOCUS 11, which is a whole day dedicated to learning about vocations. Our whole school is focusing on the saints this month in preparation for our Festival of Saints on All Saints Day. Our 8th graders are being commissioned as the leaders of the school on Oct. 16th following their recent trip to the Saint John Paul II Outdoor Lab where they spent four days looking at God’s crea-tion through the lens of faith and reason. We also are getting ready for our Mustang Stampede Fun Run, which is our big fundraiser this year! Students will be collecting pledges for running laps on our track. The Run is on Oct. 23rd. You are welcome to come anytime between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to cheer on the students and join in the fun! All funds collected will go towards the great work our Home and School Association does putting on community events and sup-porting the teachers with classroom supplies. If you would like to donate to our Run, you can bring a monetary donation directly to the school office (checks made out to St. Pius X Catholic School and mark Fun Run Donation on the memo line). The school office is open M-F from 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. You can also mail a check to us at St. Pius X Catho-lic School, 13680 E. 14th Place, Aurora, CO 80011. Thank you for your continued support of our school!

    Eileen Michalczyk, Principal

    Access FORMED on the go! There are two ways to get FORMED right at your fingertips: 1. Apple users can download the iOS app. 2. Android users visit FORMED website for instructions.

    It is available for all our parishioners, go to FORMED.org and the parish code to access is:

    XBMBR6

    COFFEE AND DONUTS

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