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

. CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION DENVER, CO

ARCHBISHOP OF DENVER: Most Reverend Samuel J Aquila, STL MASS SCHEDULE AUXILIARY BISHOP OF DENVER: Most Reverend Jorge Rodriguez WEEKDAY MASSES PASTOR AND RECTOR: Very Reverend Ronald W. Cattany : 7:00 AM, 12:10 PM, 5:30 PM PAROCHIAL VICAR: Reverend Michael Rapp, S.S.L. (Mondays at 3:00 PM 65+ Mass) IN RESIDENCE: Reverend Andreas Hoeck Saturday: 7:00AM DEACONS: Deacon Robert Finan, Deacon Robert Rinne, Anticipated Saturday: 4:30PM SUNDAY: 8:30AM, 10:30AM, 12:30PM, & 6:30PM and Deacon Charles Goldburg

DIRECTOR OF WORSHIP: John Brooks VISITING HOURS DIRECTOR OF SACRED MUSIC: Phil Bordeleau Weekday: 4:00—5:15pm, 6:15pm—7pm (except Tuesdays) PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Brigid Demko Sunday: 1:30pm—2:30pm and 7:30pm—8:00pm RCIA COORDINATOR: Brett Manero Please call the office as special events or recordings may RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Luciane Urban require closing.

COORDINATOR OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Dave Martinez MANAGERS OF FINANCE AND ASSETS: Elizabeth Odum & Joe Cavaleri SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions) ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Linda Flores BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND RECTORY OPERATIONS: Monday-Friday 11:00am—12:00pm, Saturday 3 PM – 4 PM, Sunday 5:30—6:30pm Sebastian Luke Oliver Or by appointment, please call the office and wait for a MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS: Jacob Carper confirmation call. You will need to wear a mask.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK BAPTISMS In the event of a serious illness or Parents and Godparents are required a medical emergency, call the to attend a class prior to baptism. office. Pre-registration is required. If no one HOMEBOUND MINISTRY pre-registers, there will be no class. Please contact the office. FUNERALS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Please contact the office. Lu Urban MARRIAGES RCIA/RITE OF CHRISTIAN Call the office at least 9 months prior INITIATION OF ADULTS

to the wedding to book the date. Brett Manero

Cathedral Basilica Budget

Offertory March 1—March 7, 2021 $10,575.50

Projected Total Deficit June 30, 2021: $146,000

Please donate at www.denvercathedral.org Other Weekend Donations Poor Box-SVDP $383.00 Food Pantry $372.00 Black & Indian Mission $5.00 Church in Central & Eastern Europe $5.00 Church Support Box $59.00 Catholic Relief $20.00

Please Remember The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Your Will

. SACRED LITURGY Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Pray for Us

MASS INTENTIONS Sunday, March 14, 2020 Sunday March 14, 2020 8:30 AM Margaret Utz † 10:30 AM Parishioners of the Cathedral Basilica 12:30 PM Edward Archuleta † 6:30 PM Presentation of the Ages Donors Monday, March 15, 2020 7:00 AM Anthony Dinh Van Le † 12:10 PM Travis, Frances & Suzie Robson 3:00 PM Father Mike Rapp (birthday) 5:30 PM Deacon Anthony Dudzik † Tuesday, March 16, 2020 7:00 AM Anthony Nguyen Van The † 12:10 PM Mathew Wellington (birthday) Year of Saint Joseph Prayer 5:30 PM Gary Miller † Wednesday, March 17, 2020 7:00 AM Light of the World Parish 12:10 PM Paul Bordeleau † 5:30 PM Mike McNulty Thursday, March 18, 2020 7:00 AM Anna Duyen My Thi Le † 12:10 PM Sabino Huanca 5:30 PM Teresa Gordon Friday, March 19, 2021 7:00 AM Tom Demko Jr. 12:10 PM Jimmy Dougherty † 5:30 PM Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Saturday, March 20, 2021 7:00 AM Ashley Brown

To you, O blessed Joseph, 4:30 PM Dolly Lachermeier † do we come in our tribulation, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also.

Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities. O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness.

As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God's Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen. Source: US Conference of Catholic Bishops ++++++++

. In the Company of Pope Francis ""The lowliest may be pardoned in mercy, but the mighty will be mightily tested...While the power, the glory and the vanity of the world pass away, love remains...Witness is the way to em- body the wisdom of Jesus, not by power and might, but by the Beatitudes...God wants to work wonders precisely through our weaknesses.” —Pope Francis FROM YOUR PASTOR March 17th is Saint Patrick's Day. We normally think of a manifestation of the senses...the parades, the songs, the food, and the bever- ages! Collectively, it places us in a time...perhaps even a place in our life. We think of Saint Patrick in terms of Breastplate, Snakes, and Missionary. But, what about the man behind the caricature? How much was he like You and Me? Perhaps more than you think! Lesser known is his CONFESSIO...or Confession of St Patrick. It was probably written after he was attacked by the people in pow- er...either personally or in ministry. Through it we see his Heroic Virtues of Abandonment, Humility, Courage...and most of all Holiness. Consider his words... >I, Patrick, a sinner, most rustic, the least of all the faithful, and utterly despised by many. >I was then about sixteen years of age. I did not know the true God. I was taken into captivity to Ireland with many thousands of people. >And there the Lord opened the sense of my unbelief that I might at last remember my sins and be converted with all my heart to the Lord my God, who had regard for my abjection, and mercy on my youth and ignorance, and watched over me before I knew Him, and before I was able to distinguish between good and evil, and guarded me, and comforted me as would a father his son. >Hence, I cannot be silent—nor, indeed, is it expedient—about the great benefits and the great grace which the lord has deigned to be- stow upon me in the land of my captivity; for this we can give to God in return after having been chastened by Him, to exalt and praise His wonders before every nation that is anywhere under the heaven. >Although I am imperfect in many things, I nevertheless wish that my brethren and kinsmen should know what sort of person I am, so that they may understand my heart's desire. >I give unwearied thanks to God, who kept me faithful in the day of my temptation, so that today I can confidently offer Him my soul as a living sacrifice—to Christ my Lord, who saved me out of all my troubles. >I must accept with equanimity whatever befalls me, be it good or evil, and always give thanks to God, who taught me to trust in Him always without hesitation, and who must have heard my prayer so that I, however ignorant I was, in the last days dared to undertake such a holy and wonderful work—thus imitating somehow those who, as the Lord once foretold, would preach His Gospel for a testimony to all nations before the end of the world. >So, now I commend my soul to my faithful God, for whom I am an ambassador in all my wretchedness; but God accepts no person, and chose me for this office—to be, although among His least, one of His ministers. >May He search the hearts and deepest feelings; for greatly and exceedingly do I wish, and ready I was, that He should give me His chalice to drink, as He gave it also to the others who loved Him. >I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God. >For this sun which we see rises daily for us because He commands so, but it will never reign, nor will its splendor last; what is more, those wretches who adore it will be miserably punished. Not so we, who believe in, and worship, the true sun—Christ—who will never perish, nor will he who does His will; but he will abide forever as Christ abides forever, who reigns with God the Father Al- mighty and the Holy Spirit before time, and now, and in all eternity. Amen. >This is my confession before I die. Use this Lent to discern... What is your Mission? What are your Virtues? What is your CONFESSIO? +May God Bless You and Keep You+ Very Reverend Ronald W. Cattany

. COMMUNITY OUTREACH Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Pray for Us Monday-Friday we serve around 200-300 peo- Servant of God ple each day in our breakfast sandwich line, Father Leo Heinrichs, OFM food pantry, soup and sandwich To-Go at St. Elizabeth of Hungary’s and Snacks on the Assassinated at Hill. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church February 23, 1908 Please donate to help us keep these outreach Father Leo, Pray For Us! ministries operational.

Our St. Vin- cent de Paul Society helps ~12 households each month with rental and utility assistance.

Thank you for your gen- erosity.

Fourth Sunday of Lent Do you remember the exhilaration of getting your first pair of Keds, say, when you were five? I could absolutely jump higher and run faster than ANYBODY, just watch me! watch me! watch me! My parents, ever indulgent, oohed and aahed at the ecstasies of all of their kids. And, in those early years, I thought their love and admiration for me was directly tied to how blindingly fast I was, and how shockingly high I could jump. It wasn’t until my baby brother aged into the new Keds experience, and they clapped and praised his athletic genius too, that it hit me. Oh. Our parents don’t love us for what we accomplish. They egg us on into believing we are super-human in all our endeavors be- cause they know that makes us happy. They love us because they love us, not because we are great at anything we do, because, well, we really aren’t. What a grace it is to read John 3:17: For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that through Him the world might be saved. What a get-out-of-jail passage that is. God didn’t love us unto death because of anything, anything, that we did. The word “grace” means “undeserved kindness.” It’s like when the judge orders a stay of execution for the (guilty) guy on death row. We are saved because of the undeserved kindness of God. Now we are free to run as fast as we can to the finish line, life on high in Christ Jesus (Phil. 3:14). And, in our joy, we jump as high as we can to feed, and clothe, and bring justice to God’s earth. What good works that you perform make you the most conscious of the undeserved kindness of God? Kathy McGovern©2020 www.thestoryandyou.com

. PRAYER LISTS

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, Basil Summers, Tina Alvarez, Nancy Clark, Bill Johns, Befus Brown, Ellen Trujillo, Dustin Clark, Roger Amani, Sister Miriam McLean, Nancy Fox, Lauretta Proulex, Matthew Taylor, Holly Shess, Mary Jo McHugh, Rose Marie Bruno, Gabriella McHugh, Joe Anthony Gonzalez, Bob and Donna Cornell, Patricia Hivley, Walker Stevens, Melinda Montoya, John Palladino, Donna Kaye Cornell

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, Peter James Chavez, Paul Bordeleau

SACRED MUSIC Saint Cecilia, Pray for Us

March 14th at 3 PM Livestream Concert

Mors et Resurrectio: A Journey

Music for the Lenten Season

Cyrissa Anderson: Soprano Richard Robertson: Organist

Works by J.S. Bach, Nicholas de Gringy, Hendrik An- driessen, Jean Langlais, and Jaromir Weinberger

To watch this program, visit our website at www.denvercathedral.org/concerts C ONGRATULATIONS!

. 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, YOUNG ADULT MEN’S and YOUNG ADULT WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDIES! 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]

Auraria Catholic Club ADORATION and light Supper Monday March 15, 2020 at 6:45 PM

CBIC Weekly Adoration Monday through Friday 4:15—5:15 PM

Holy Hour for the Sanctification of Priests and Vocations to the Priesthood Mondays from 4:15– 5:15 PM

Livestreamed Holy Hour

Holy Hour for the Sanctification of Priests and Vocations to the Priesthood

On Mondays, check out the livestream on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ cbicdenver

. JULIA GREELEY GUILD Servant of God, Julia Greeley, Pray for Us

Frankie Rachell-Bruce leads the Servant of God Julia Greeley Prayer and the Lita- ny of the Sacred Heart at the January 1st Mass for Julia’s Canoe

JULIA GREELEY BOOK FOR SALE PRAYER THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF THE SERVANT OF GOD JULIA GREELEY Denver’s Model of Mercy

Heavenly Father, your servant Julia Greeley ded- icated 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 inter- cession. I pray this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

-Archbishop Samuel J Aquila

The Julia Greeley Guild is selling the book, Julia Greeley: Denver’s Angel of Charity, written and JULIA’S CANOE illustrated by the 2018-2019 Annunciation During her life in Denver, Julia once responded to a Catholic School 5th Grade Class, as a fundrais- request for prayers by saying, “I’ll put you in my ca- er. The cost of the book is $15.00, and monies noe with everyone else that I pray for”. Send your prayer intentions to [email protected] raised will assist in the process of the Canoni- We Pray for the Intentions in Julia’s Canoe during special zation of Servant of God Julia Greeley. For ad- Masses scheduled: ditional information or to order a book, please contact Mary Leisring at the Cathedral Basilica April 9th at 5:30 pm 303-831-7010 or email mar- May 7th at 12:10 pm [email protected]. June 4th at 5:30 pm

. SPIRITUAL FORMATION Saint Philip Neri, Pray for Us

Saint of the Week QUO VADIS? Saint Louise de Marillac

“Lord, Where you are you going?” Born near Meux, France, Louise lost her mother when she was still a These are the words that Peter spoke to Jesus when child, her beloved father when she was but 15. Her desire to become a nun was discouraged by her confessor, and a marriage was arranged. Our Lord appeared to him on the Appian Way as Pe- One son was born of this union. But Louise soon found herself nursing ter fled persecution in Rome. her beloved husband through a long illness that finally led to his death. Louise was fortunate to have a wise and sympathetic counselor, Francis Jesus answered, de Sales, and then his friend, the bishop of Belley, France. Both of these "I am going to Rome to be crucified again" men were available to her only periodically. But from an interior illumi- nation she understood that she was to undertake a great work under the guidance of another person she had not yet met. This was the holy priest Monsieur Vincent, later to be As we each continue on our particular faith walk, known as Saint Vincent de whether we are cradle Catholics or converts, prayer Paul. and sacraments are imperative to the vitality of our At first, he was reluctant to be Church. We come together to persevere in communi- her confessor, busy as he was with his “Confraternities of ty and education, prompted and sustained by grace. Charity.” Members were aris- tocratic ladies of charity who Please join us on Wednesday evenings during our were helping him nurse the poor and look after neglected RCIA formation classes to learn about the most im- children, a real need of the day. portant pillars of our faith and to give witness to But the ladies were busy with those becoming Catholic. many of their own concerns and duties. His work needed many more helpers, especially ones who were peasants them- selves and therefore, close to WEDNESDAY NIGHTS at the Knights of the poor and able to win their Columbus at 16th and Grant hearts. He also needed some- one who could teach them and QUO VADIS 6:30 PM organize them. RCIA 7:15 PM Only over a long period of time, as Vincent de Paul became more ac- quainted with Louise, did he come to realize that she was the answer to his prayers. She was intelligent, self-effacing, and had physical strength and endurance that belied her continuing feeble health. The missions he sent her on eventually led to four simple young women joining her. Her rented home in Paris became the training center for those accepted for the service of the sick and poor. Growth was rapid and soon there was March 17th: Saint Patrick– Apostle to the need for a so-called “rule of life,” which Louise herself, under the guidance of Vincent, drew up for the Daughters of Charity of St. Vin- Ireland and Catholic Social Teaching cent de Paul. Monsieur Vincent had always been slow and prudent in his dealings March 24th: Catholic Social Teaching: with Louise and the new group. He said that he had never had any idea of starting a new community, that it was God who did everything. Protecting Human Dignity “Your convent,” he said, “will be the house of the sick; your cell, a hired room; your chapel, the parish church; your cloister, the streets of the city or the wards of the hospital.” Their dress was to be that of the peasant women. It was not until years later that Vincent de Paul would finally permit four of the women to take annual vows of poverty, chasti- ty and obedience. It was still more years before the company would be formally approved by Rome and placed under the direction of Vincent’s own congregation of priests.

Many of the young women were illiterate. Still it was with reluctance that the new community undertook the care of neglected children. Louise was busy helping wherever needed despite her poor health. She traveled throughout France, establishing her community members in hospitals, orphanages and other institutions. At her death on March 15, 1660, the congregation had more than 40 houses in France. Six months Picture: Church of Domine Quo Vadis in Rome later Vincent de Paul followed her in death. Louise de Marillac was canonized in 1934 and declared patroness of social workers in 1960.

. MORE THAN YOU REALIZE Denver and Beyond

Read Archbishop Aquila’s full Pastoral Note:

www.archden.org/our-apostolic-moment/#

Jason Lee, Young Adult Cathedral Catholic Club Co-Founder, is volunteering to Spring Clean the Mary Garden on Saturday mornings… Thank You, Jason!

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