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Archbishop’s Column Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila The future needs the family Editors Note: In this column, Arch- family. “I am certain,” he said, “that bishop Aquila presents some excerpts the future of the Church is in the from a talk he gave to the National monasteries, because where prayer Association of Catholic Family Life is, there is the future” (“The Benedict Ministers. They have been edited for Option,” p. 242). brevity and clarity. To read the full Cardinal Sarah was talking about talk, visit: archden.org/archbishops_ the monastic community, but he writing/the-future-needs-the-fam- could have been talking about the ily/#.XVwuuuNKgdU family, since the family serves as the incubator for the values and virtues ome of you may have heard of the next generation. … And this is of the Benedictine monks of only possible when prayer stands at S Norcia, the small Italian moun- the heart of a family. The early Church was able to fl our- know if you have ever seen hunger. tain town where St. Benedict was … ish despite a series of persecutions And [the mother] took the rice, born. In 2016, their monastery and My friend and fellow bishop, Arch- that lasted almost 300 years because she divided the rice, and she went the basilica of St. Benedict was com- bishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, our ancestors in the faith had a deep, out. When she came back I asked her, pletely destroyed by the strongest recently gave a talk on “The Pastoral lasting faith in Christ and salvation ‘Where did you go, what did you do?’ earthquake that Italy has experienced State of Marriage and the Family through him. They did not belong to And she gave me a very simple answer: in 30 years. Today.” In it, he asserted that the the world, just as Jesus did not. They They are hungry also. What struck With the aftershocks continuing, main challenge for the Church today were in the world, but not of it. me most was that she knew. And who the monks moved their community is rediscovering the “radical ‘new- I would like to leave you with a are they? A Muslim family, and she to a property outside the town’s walls ness’ of the Christian message about story of love in a family from Saint knew [they were starving]. I didn’t and took shelter in canvas tents. the family.” That message consists of Mother Teresa’s Nobel Peace Prize bring more rice that evening because While their monastery was demol- speaking about marriage as a love that acceptance speech. Listen to the I wanted them to enjoy the joy of shar- ished, their faith remained intact. lasts a lifetime, or a calling from God, power of the family: ing. But there were those children, They continued to celebrate Mass or a path that can lead to holiness … I want you to fi nd the poor here, radiating joy, sharing the joy with and pray the Liturgy of the Hours in and salvation. The Christian concept right in your own home fi rst. And begin their mother because she had the love their new improvised community. of marriage also presents “man and love there. … to give. And you see, this is where love Cardinal Robert Sarah, the prefect woman becoming ‘one fl esh’ and par- I had the most extraordinary experi- begins at home. of the Congregation for Divine Wor- ticipating in God’s own act of creating ence with a Hindu family who had eight Let us devote ourselves to fi rst ship, visited the monks to celebrate new life.” children. A gentleman came to our growing love in our families and then Mass and bless their “tent monas- We are living in spiritually and house and said: ‘Mother Teresa, there is sharing it in our neighborhoods and tery,” which he said reminded him of materially impoverished times. In a family with eight children, they have parishes, states and country. In doing “Bethlehem, where it all began.” this context, the Catholic family can not eaten for so long. Do something.’ so, we will help build up family life Then he made an observation that and should be like a lighthouse illu- So I took some rice and I went there and ensure that our ultimate goal goes to the heart of what this confer- minating the way for others in stormy immediately. And I saw the children, of heaven is made manifest to the ence is about — the future and the seas. their eyes shining with hunger — I don’t Church and the world.

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Late deacon was a ‘humble intercessor’

BY DENVER CATHOLIC STAFF became interested in the diaconate and 2019 attended formation. Then on March eacon Gene Mooneyham, 83, 22, 1975, Deacon Gene was ordained at passed away peacefully the the Cathedral Basilica of the Immacu- D morning of Aug. 5. Deacon late Conception by Archbishop James Vocations Gene began his ministry at St. Jude’s Casey. He was in the second class of Catholic Church in Lakewood and con- men ordained into a permanent diaco- tinued his ministry at Light of nal status. Archbishop Casey the World Catholic Church assigned him to St. Jude’s in WALK in Littleton. Lakewood. Everett Gene In December of 1977, Mooneyham was born Deacon Gene was trans- Saturday, September 14th on Aug. 1, 1936 to Fred ferred by his company and Ruth Mooneyham to St. Paul, Minn. He St. John Vianney Seminary in Atlanta, Ga. Leaving ministered there until Georgia at a young age, January of 1986. Then, 1300 S. Steele St. Denver he grew up in Hyattville, he and his family relo- Md, and attended public cated from Minnesota back schools. After attending col- FILE PHOTO to Littleton. At that time, he lege in Maryland, he joined the United was assigned to the newly established States Air Force in 1959 and served for Light of the World Catholic Church and 10 am Stations of the Cross Walk four years as an electronics technician. remained there until his retirement in While in the Air Force, he met and 2011. 11 am Mass at Christ the King Chapel fell in love with Doris Jean Nible. On Deacon Gene was very involved with Noon FREE BBQ for the Family July 30, 1961, Gene and Doris were mar- Marriage Preparation and Religious ried at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Education. He was also involved in the Alexandria, La. He was baptized in Charismatic Renewal e¨ orts through- the Catholic Church shortly after his out his ministry. marriage on Jan. 8, 1962. The couple “Deacon Gene provided spiritual is blessed with fi ve children; along strength to the diaconate and his com- with eight grandchildren and three munities.” said Deacon Joseph Dono- great-grandchildren. hoe, Director of Deacon Personnel, “His Gene went on to work in various quiet and confi dent presence allowed locations as a systems analyst with him to be a good and humble interces- computers and eventually came to sor for his brother deacons. We will Lakewood, where he attended St. Jude’s certainly miss him; but, are confi dent Catholic Church. While at St. Jude’s, he he is praying for us, even now.” Pray for an increase in vocations to the priesthood BENEFIT GALA and consecrated life SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Infinity Park Event Center in Glendale, CO We invite you to join us for a night honoring the guests we serve and those who help make it possible Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and entertainment For More Details provided by The Beverly Belles & Band www.denverseminarians.org Plus a live auction featuring local artist Devin Montagne

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78-year-old mom for what will probably away shortly after entering, she was not « Machebeuf basketball star be the last time. able to leave the monastery to go to the Mcbournie was not able to make it funeral. McBournie saw how diª cult but will visit Sister Rose Marie this fall. these sacriﬁ ces were for her, especially traded success playing hoops Since she’s kept up with her via letters, in the early years of her vocation. But she is permitted to visit the monastery. the letters show Sister Rose Marie’s joy. for a solitary life of prayer Pennefather attended Bishop “The last 5 to 10 years, I could just Machebeuf High School in Denver from see her say, ‘I’m so blessed to be able to do this’,” McBournie said. “She’s so Shelly joyful.” BY MAKENA CLAWSON Penne- A fellow Machebeuf classmate asked father, McBournie for Sister Rose Marie’s pictured address in order to have a little fun. He helly Pennefather led the Bishop here sent her a $20 bill with a note saying Machebeuf High School girls’ bas- in this he thought she could use a smoke and ketball team to victory in every photo a bottle of wine. S from the game she played in. It was not surpris- Sister Rose Marie did not miss a beat ing to her friends and classmates that Archdi- and in her yearly letter, she responded, she would go on to play college ball for ocese of “I bought incense, and I drank from the Villanova and then play professionally Denver chalice,” McBournie recounted. in Japan. It was not even surprising that archives, But this letter sparked a friendship. she would have a religious vocation. always This classmate has continued to write What was surprising was the order exuded letters and even attended the 25-anni- she chose. In 1991, Shelly Pennefather a deep versary jubilee. drove to Alexandria, Va., where she spiritual “Her letters are still hilarious, still entered the Monastery of the Poor life, her very sarcastic,” McBournie said. Clares. She would become a cloistered former She remembers Sister Rose Marie nun, living a radical life that included class- being reserved and quiet in high school, going barefoot out of penance and pov- mates focused more on school and basketball erty and praying all of the hours of the said. than anything else. Her father was in Divine Oª ce, even at 12:30 a.m. PHOTO BY JAMES BACA the military and the family was very This also meant she would not see disciplined, but they had a good sense of her family except for twice a year from humor and quick wit, McBournie said. behind a transparent screen. She would “Her spirituality permeated her not hug them until 25 years after her existence from the time she was young,” profession. McBournie said. “I was shocked that she chose a clois- Pennefather took the name Sister 1980 to 1983 before transferring for her David Dominguez was a few years tered order,” said Annie Mcbournie, Rose Marie of the Queen of Angels. senior year due to her dad’s military job. ahead of Sister Rose Marie at Mache- graduate of Machebeuf in 1984 and a This past June, Sister Rose Marie cel- She left Machebeuf with a 70-0 record. beuf but remembers her discipline friend of Pennefather’s. “I was not at ebrated her 25th anniversary of her “Her entire high school career, and her talent. He called himself her all shocked that she chose a vocation.” solemn profession: the long-awaited she never lost a basketball game,” cheerleader. Her story was recently featured on moment to greet her family from out- Mcbournie said. “If it was really tight, we would start ESPN, who recounted how Pennefather side the screen, not to happen again for Mcbournie was a cheerleader and yelling, ‘Shelly, Shelly!’” Dominguez gave up being the highest-paid women’s another 25 years. friend of Sister Rose Marie in high said. “It was one of my favorite cheers.” basketball player in the world in 1991 Villanova teammates, friends, school, but a deeper friendship began Dominguez exercised at the Air to live a life in service to the Lord as a Machebeuf classmates, and family 10 years after graduation. Sister Rose Force base gym where Sister Rose Poor Clare. were all in attendance. She hugged her Marie’s brother Dick called Mcbournie Marie would train and play basketball before World Youth Day in Denver in with her dad and brother. 1993 since Mcbournie was still in the “I knew she had incredible skills,” area. Dominguez said. “It was kind of magical Sister Rose Marie had just joined the to watch.” Poor Clares and Dick and McBournie Dominguez also knew she was met up and spoke about the mourning di¨ erent. process the family was going through, “She was living for a di¨ erent pur- McBournie said. Dick mentioned to her pose than everyone else,” he said. that they could write Sister Rose Marie Sister Rose Marie’s devotion and as many letters as they wanted, and one personality remain the same, though day a year, on the Feast of the Epiphany, she has traded in her jersey for a habit. she could write back. Although Sister Rose Marie can only “From that year on, I have been writ- write one letter a year, and can seldom ing her every year,” McBournie said. have visitors, her friendship and inﬂ u- She gives Sister Rose Marie updates ence reach far beyond the monastery on life, pictures from their high school walls. Mcbournie said that their yearly reunions, and prayer requests. letters have brought them even closer Shelly Pennefather (#15) had a 70-0 record playing basketball for “I have witnessed her journey than they were in high school. Bishop Machebeuf in the 1980s, and went on to play for Villanova and through these letters,” McBournie said. “I look forward to her letter every then professionally in Japan. FILEPHOTO/PHOTO COURTESY OF VILLANOVA ATHLETICS When Sister Rose Marie’s dad passed year,” Mcbournie said. DENVER CATHOLIC | AUGUST 24-SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 5

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CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS HOST 47TH BIENNIAL COLORADO STATE CONVENTION IN LAKEWOOD

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Sts. Peter & Paul #2669, in Wheat Ridge was the host for the 47th Biennial Colorado State Convention June 7 – 9 at the Holiday Inn in Lakewood. Bishop Jorge H. Rodriguez, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Denver, Father Jason Thuerauf, Pastor of Sts. Peter & Paul Parish, Father Victor Raj, HGN, also from Sts. Peter & Paul Parish, and Deacon Jay Garland from St. Jude Parish in Lakewood, celebrated the opening Mass at the Hotel. Nine of their twelve Courts were in attendance, including courts from La Junta, Grand 6 Junction, Sterling, Durango, Cortez, Security, AUGUSTLakewood, 24-SEPTEMBER Wheat 14,Ridge, 2019 | and DENVER Brighton. CATHOLIC New state officers were elected at the Convention and the closing Mass was celebrated a\t Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Wheat Ridge. Around the Archdiocese For more information about the Catholic Daughters, visit the state website at www.catholicdaughterscolorado.org. Catholic daughters host 47th biennial Colorado State Convention he Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Sts. Peter & Paul #2669, in Wheat Ridge was T the host for the 47th Biennial Colorado State Convention June 7 – 9 at the Holiday Inn in Lakewood. Bishop Jorge H. Rodriguez, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Denver, Father Jason Thuerauf, Pastor of Sts. Peter & Paul Parish, Father Victor Raj, HGN, also from Sts. Peter & Paul Parish, and Deacon Jay Garland from St. Jude Parish in Lakewood, celebrated the opening Mass at the Hotel. Nine of their 12 Courts were in attendance, including courts from La Junta, Grand Junction, Sterling, Durango, Cortez, Security, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, and Brighton. New state oªcers were elected at the All Attendees at the 2019 Colorado State Convention from nine of their 12 courts including Convention and the closing Mass was celebrated at courts from La Junta, Grand Junction, Sterling, Durango, Cortez, Security, Lakewood, Wheat Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Wheat Ridge. Ridge,A andll Attendees Brighton. atBishop the 2019 Jorge Colorado H. Rodriguez, State Auxiliary Convention Bishop from of the nine Archdiocese of our twelve of Denver, courts Father Jason Thuerauf, Pastor of Sts. Peter & Paul Parish, Father Victor Raj, HGN, also from Sts. For more information visit the state website at including courts from La Junta, Grand Junction, Sterling, Durango, Cortez, i Peter & Paul Parish and Deacon Jay Garland from St. Jude Parish in Lakewood were in atten- www.catholicdaughterscolorado.org. dance.Security, PHOTO PROVIDED Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, and Brighton. We were honored to have His Excellency, Most Reverend Jorge H. Rodriguez, Auxiliary Bishop of the Photo by UMary Student Josh Reiner Josh Student UMary by Photo Archdiocese of Denver, Father Jason Thuerauf, Pastor of Sts. Peter & Paul Parish, Father Victor Raj, HGN, also from Sts. Peter & Paul Parish and Deacon Jay Garland from St Jude Parish in Lakewood. Our newly elected State Officers are We are faithful. We are a Christian, Catholic and Benedictine community with a rich sacramental life, faithful to the Magisterium of the Church in our culture, and educational practice. We are joyful. We are dedicated to forming students into virtuous leaders through an intentional campus culture with 17 NCAA varsity sports, 35+ student organizations and abundant service opportunities. We are grateful. We are grateful for our founding Sisters’ enduring heritage of service and ongoing innovation. In forming servant leaders of moral courage, we o er enriching experiences at our campuses in Rome and Peru, an exciting Year-Round Campus option allowing graduation with a bachelor’s degree in 2.6 years, and the blessing of a growing and thriving campus.

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World & Nation Title X: Protect Life Rule GIVE, comes in as Planned WALK, Parenthood walks out HELP.

BY CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY American taxpayer. “If Planned Parenthood truly cared lanned Parenthood will no longer about promoting health, it would stop receive Title X funds and has peddling abortion and start supporting P withdrawn from the program women. Planned Parenthood’s threat GIVE, entirely. The decision took eëct Aug. to withdraw from the Title X program 19, as the deadline passed for compli- proves one thing: health care is not ance with new program rules. their primary business; abortion is,” The organization, the nation’s larg- said Denny. est chain of abortion providers, con- The abortion provider’s depar- firmed their withdrawal from Title X ture from the program altogether is a Lace up your TenniesWALK, after a court refused to grant an emer- change from their initial response to gency injunction against the Protect the rule. Previously, the organization Life Rule, which bars fund recipients had intended to remain in the program, and Help Us Help the Poor! from referring women for abortions, but refuse funding. HHS Deputy Assis- prevents participating groups from tant Secretary Diane Foley called this Help the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, co-locating with abortion clinics, and arrangement “inconsistent” in a letter HELP. Denver Metro Council Feed, requires financial separation of govern- to the organization. ment-funded programs from those that In guidance issued by HHS on Aug. HelpClothe the and Society Shelter the of Poor. St. Vincent de Paul, carry out abortions. 8, the department responded directly August 19 was the last day for the to Planned Parenthood’s objections to Denverth Metro Council Feed, group to file a “good faith” undertaking the rule, noting that the organization 12 Annual to comply with the new rule. operated less than 10% of participating Clothe and Shelter the Poor. The decision means Planned Par- sites nationwide. enthood will lose about $60 million in “To the extent that Planned Parent- federal funding, about one-fifth of total hood claims that it must make burden- 11th Annual Title X funds, and approximately 15% of some changes to comply with the Final Friends of its annual federal funding. Rule, it is actually choosing to place a The organization’s acting president higher priority on the ability to refer Friends of The Poor Walk Alexis McGill Johnson said Monday for abortion instead of continuing to The Poor Walk that “The Trump administration has receive federal funds to provide a broad th forced Planned Parenthood grantees range of acceptable and eëctive family Saturday,Saturday, September September 28 8:30AM 29th 8:30AM out of Title X.” Johnson had previously planning methods and services to cli- called the Protect Life Rule an attempt ents in need of these services.” by the president to “bully us into with- Despite operating less than 10% Bishop Machebeuf Machebeuf High High School School holding abortion information from our of the Title X fund recipient clinics, 458 Uinta Uinta Way Way patients.” Planned Parenthood received about Denver, CO 80230 Calling the Protect Life Rule a “gag 15% of the country’s total Title X funds. Denver, CO 80230 on health care providers,” Johnson said Title X is a federal program created in a previous statement, issued last in 1965 that subsidizes family-plan- week, that the rule is “a blatant assault ning and preventative health services, Go Goto PoorWalk.SVDPden.orgto PoorWalk.SVDPden.org on our health and rights, and we will including contraception, for low-in- not stand for it.” come families. It has been frequently forfor Walk Walk details. details. Doreen Denny, Senior Director of updated and subject to new regulations. Government Relations at Concerned The administration previously said Lace up your Tennies and Women for America, said it was “a day in June that it would delay enforcement If you cannot make the walk, please send your of reckoning” for the abortion provider. of the rule, provided that fund recipi- donationHelp to: SVdP Us Denver Help Metro the Council Poor. 558 “Planned Parenthood has no enti- ents submitted a compliance plan and tlement to federal funding, and they made a “good faith” undertaking to Castle Pines Pkwy Unit B-4 #107, Castle Pines, CO apparently have no plans to comply comply with most of the rule’s require- 80108. Credit card donations can be made via the with federal rules either,” Denny ments as soon as possible. Facilities are said. “For years, Planned Parenthood required to end co-location with abor- website above. has skirted federal law to promote its tion sites by March 2020. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. abortion business on the backs of the 8 AUGUST 24-SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 | DENVER CATHOLIC

Around the Archdiocese Country mission church marks centennial anniversary Picturesque Weldona church gives witness to faith of its founders, current parishioners

BY ROXANNE KING Deacon Rich Wilson assisted. [email protected] “A hundred years [isn’t long] when @RoxanneIKing compared to the churches in Europe,” Archbishop Aquila said in his homily. hundred years ago, the Catholics “But … it points to the living faith that of Weldona, a farm community has been here and has been handed A 80 miles northeast of Denver, down from generation to generation built a red brick church topped by a to generation. white steeple on the corner of Warren “It is a time to lift up our hearts Avenue and Cottage Street, which they in gratitude to the Father for all that named after St. Francis of Assisi. has been accomplished here and for On July 20, the congregation filled all the celebrations — the Eucharists, their charming gothic-style church to baptisms, weddings, confessions, con- capacity (about 90 people) to mark its firmations, funerals — all that has taken centennial anniversary with a Mass, place here and give thanks to the Lord.” followed by the blessing of a statue of Their church was established their namesake saint, and a luncheon because the founders had a relation- at the local school. ship with Christ and lived lives that bore Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila was the witness to that relationship, the arch- main celebrant of the Eucharist. Mass bishop said. He encouraged the current concelebrants included the pastor, congregation to continue to do likewise. Father Erick Vigil Reyes, parochial vicar “Your neighbors, your co-workers — Father Francis Saleth, former pastor Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila rides in a 1919 Model T Ford owned by all should know that you are Catholic by Father Jason Thuerauf, Father Michael St. Francis of Assisi parishioners Mike and Joan Blossom following the the way you live your life. They should Bodzioch and Father Matt McGee. 100th anniversary Mass for the parish July 20. PHOTO PROVIDED know that there is something diërent

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about you because of your faith in Jesus the Denver Catholic. “We now have the Christ and your trust in him.” sixth generation attending. There’s a St. Francis is a mission of St. Helena lot of other families in the valley like Church in Fort Morgan (Our Lady of that here.” Lourdes in Wiggins is also a mission of Father Reyes agreed. St. Helena). Prior to St. Francis being “The same families who founded the built, the Catholics of the area were community are the ones who continue served by a priest traveling by train to sustain it. They see the church as from Brighton. Father Bernard Froegel something that binds them together,” took care of 18 mission congregations he told the Denver Catholic. “They’re in northeast Colorado. He cele- mostly farmers who live a simple brated the fi rst Mass in Weldona life. They are very hardworking in 1911 in Schafer’s Hall. With the and rely on God’s providence for permission of Bishop J. Henry their crops. They know how Tihen, Father Froegel urged the much they depend on God. people to erect a permanent They have a deep connection Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila poses with members of St. Francis of Assisi church. Fundraising began with God and the earth.” in Weldona, which is a mission of St. Helena Parish in Fort Morgan. July and the Theodora and Henry Over the years, the congre- 20 marked the 100th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi, and Archbishop Arnold family donated the gation of 100-150 families has Aquila presided over a special Mass celebrating the centenery. PHOTO PROVIDED lot on which the present-day PARISH made improvements to their church sits. SPOTLIGHT beloved church, which o¨ ers by installing an outdoor bench. For the bookmark with the prayer of St. Francis, Vivianne Lorenzini, a con- a 7 a.m. Sunday Mass. In 1961, centennial anniversary, they added a and a used Eucharistic candle fi lled with vert to Catholicism, has worshiped at the Union Pacifi c Railroad donated a statue of St. Francis and planted trees. grain from various farms in the valley. the church for as long as she has been frame depot, which the congregation St. Francis, the 13th century Italian Last year, Vivianne Lorenzini’s married, 39 years. It was the faith of moved to a site adjacent to the church founder of the Franciscan orders of family went on pilgrimage to Rome. her husband Rick’s family. Their two and turned into a three-room parish friars and patron of Colorado, of ani- “We all went — me, my husband and now-adult children made their sacra- hall. The church interior has been reno- mals and of the environment, is a fi t- children,” she said. “We visited the Vati- ments there. vated and the original stained glass win- ting patron for the rural church. For the can and all the [main pilgrim] churches. “My husband’s family, both sides dows refurbished. New steps and a ramp anniversary celebration, parishioners They were beautiful, but I feel closest of his family, are among the founding were installed. Parishioners memori- were given a book of the history of St. to God in this church. It’s home and I members of the church,” Lorenzini told alized the church’s 90th anniversary Francis Church and the Weldon Valley, a feel closer to God here.” Learn, love, and share your faith! “Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.” St. Jerome

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Uniting your Faith Trappist monk gets blessing and conﬁ rming his role as abbot Finances for over BY ROXANNE KING 65 years Father Charles Albanese is just the third abbot in Snowmass monastery’s Local banking with Catholic Values. 63-year history

Become a member Today! n Aug. 10, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila gave the abbatial blessing confirming Father Call: 303.424.5037 Click: Fideliscu.org O or Come by today Charles Albanese, a Cistercian of the Strict Observance (or Trappist) monk, FOLLOW US facebook.com/FidelisCatholicCreditUnion as abbot of St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass. The rite took place during a Uniting Your Faith and Finances @FidelisCatholicCreditUnion Mass at the monastery, which is located near Aspen. Father Albanese, 68, is just the third monk to serve that role at St. Benedict’s, which was founded in 1956 and is home to 11 monks ranging in age from 30 to A Ministry of 88. He succeeds Father Joseph Boyle, The Archdiocese OCSO, who was abbot from 1985 until of Denver his death last October. Father Albanese was elected by his brother monks in January and installed by Abbot Damien Carr, OCSO, of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Mass., the same month. The abbatial blessing, The sixth-century Rule of St. Bene- however, is typically conferred by the dict, which the monks follow, explains local bishop. that abbot means abba (father). It also notes that the abbot is believed to hold the place of Christ in the monastery. In his homily, Archbishop Aquila addressed both of those aspects of Father Albanese’s role. “In the blessing for the abbot, it speaks of the abbot as being a father to the Peace of Mind for your Family with Pre-Planning monks. That is the unique relationship entrusted to you and it means prayerfully More info at cfcsColorado.org reﬂ ecting on the deep intimacy Jesus had with the Father. [And like him] of seeking only the will of the Father. “Any of us who are called to authority know in our heart of hearts that we are unworthy of that authority and of what the Church calls us to be,” he said, Father Albanese is only the third gently urging the abbot to trust that monk to serve as abbot of St. God will provide and reminding him Benedict’s Monastery, which that the Holy Spirit accompanies him. MT. OLIVET ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER ST. SIMEON was founded in 1956. The monks “In the role of abbot you have been CATHOLIC CEMETERY MORTUARY CATHOLIC CEMETERY support themselves through a chosen and elected by your brothers… 12801 W. 44th Ave., Serving the 22001 E. State Hwy. 30, retreat house, cattle ranching, a to serve. As the Rule states clearly, you Wheat Ridge, CO greater Denver area Aurora, CO bookstore/gift shop and a cookie are to be about the salvation of souls. (303) 424-7785 (303) 425-9511 (720) 859-9785 business. You are called to imitate Jesus. To be DENVER CATHOLIC | AUGUST 24-SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 11

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila Born and reared in Brooklyn, N.Y., as Improve your sense of hearing. blessed Father Charles Albanese an only child, Father Albanese joined as the new abbot of St. Benedict’s the Air Force in 1969 right after grad- Regain your sense of self. Trappist Monastery in Snowmass uating from high school. It was the Aug. 10. PHOTOSBYCRAIGTURPIN time of the Vietnam War and he was stationed in Florida and England. “While I was in England I was visiting the monasteries and 11th and 12th century monastic ruins … and I got my vocation there,” he said, adding that he was particularly drawn to Mount St. Bernard Abbey, the only Trappist monastery in England. Don’t miss your After his discharge in 1975, he contin- opportunity to schedule ued visiting monasteries in the United States, including St. Benedict’s. Capti- a FREE hearing Get a $25 Walgreens vated by the spectacular mountain loca- screening. Now until tion and the small size of the commu- Gift Card* with your nity, he entered St. Benedict’s in 1977. September 30th! FREE Hearing Screening He made his solemn profession of vows in 1983 on the feast of St. Benedict and was ordained to the priesthood in *Some restrictions apply. Must have hearing loss to receive gift card. One gift card per customer, per 12-month period. 2005. He has a liberal arts undergrad- ©2019 HearUSA. All Rights Reserved. O er expires 9/30/19. Benets vary. Call for verication and eligibility. uate degree and a master’s degree in pastoral theology from the Aquinas Institute of Theology at St. Louis Uni- versity. During his 42 years as a monk 7354 S. Alton Way, Suite 201, Centennial, CO 80112 he has served as novice master, cookie 720-616-6948

manager, work manager, prior and as Advanced Audiology is secretary to the late abbot. now HearUSA. “Our life is one of prayer and hospitality and community,” Father Albanese said of the monastery, which supports itself through its retreat house, cattle ranching, a bookstore/gift shop and Fr. Tim Gallagher, OMV a cookie business. “Our main focus is o¨ ering hospitality to retreatants. presents People come to be nourished in prayer and refl ection, and they participate with us in praying the Divine Oª ce. I’m Begin Again the one who knows Jesus well.” happy we can give people that oppor- Referring to the life of contemplative tunity to get away from the world and The Life of Ven. Bruno Lanteri prayer and work the monks follow, the come rest awhile.” and a Spiritual Program for Life archbishop reminded the abbot and his St. Benedict’s is part of a 900-year- community to faithfully carry out those old contemplative tradition inspired activities. by the desert fathers. Featuring austere OCTOBER 26-27 9am to 3pm “The Rule says you are called to pray Cistercian architecture, the monastery no matter where you are. There’s that is located in a pristine high valley. Holy Ghost Church - 1900 California Street delightful line by St. Benedict: You will “It is a very beautiful place we have Cost: $50 know how well his prayer life is by the here,” Father Albanese said, adding that way he sweeps the fl oor.” his predecessor called it “the sacred This two-day workshop is about Ven. Bruno In addition to conferring the bless- valley.” Lanteri, founder of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. ing, Archbishop Aquila entrusted Father “Mount Sopris is right in our front Lanteri preached and wrote about the infinite Albanese with instilling the Rule of St. yard. It’s Colorado at its best. No one Benedict among the monks and pre- takes it for granted. We’re stewards of Mercy of God. sented him with the instruments of his this land. When it comes my time to go, But more than that, he lived it in his everyday life, oª ce: a ring, symbolizing fi delity to the hopefully, we’ll be able to hand it on to as he taught the Oblates to do. Church, and a crozier and mitre, signs monks who will continue to steward it. of his role as shepherd of his commu- It’s God’s gift.” By reconciliation and spiritual direction, he nity. Father Albanese also received an In his homily, Archbishop Aquila connected with people along their personal abbatial cross. The items had belonged commended Father Albanese and his journey to knowing God’s mercy. Learn how you to his predecessors. Receiving Abbot community for upholding their way of can create a Spiritual Program for your own life! Joseph’s ring was especially signifi cant. life. “It’s an honor to have that,” Father “Your prayer, your contemplative Please contact the church oice at 303-292-1556 to reserve a space or for Albanese said. “He was abbot for over 33 life and your intercessory prayer, espe- more information. PARKING AVAILABLE AVAILABLE through website procedure years. That I’ve been chosen to succeed cially for the world and for the Church, holyghostchurch.org him is humbling.” is needed more today than ever before.” 12 AUGUST 24-SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 | DENVER CATHOLIC

Around the Archdiocese A bold step for priestly formation, and now a leader in the New Evangelization Twenty years later, St. John Vianney seminary continues to bear great fruits

BY MAKENA CLAWSON study the “Paris model,” the idea of having diërent parish houses of sem- n 1994, the seminary in Denver, inarians throughout the diocese. St. Thomas Seminary, closed its Archbishop Aquila and Monsignor I doors. St. John Vianney Theolog- Michael Glenn visited Paris and Ars, ical Seminary opened five years later France to study their seminaries and after a prophetic plan put into place by make plans for the opening of St. John Cardinal J. Francis Staörd and carried Vianney in Denver. out by Archbishop Charles Chaput. Cardinal Staörd drew up blueprints This fall marks the 20th anniversary but was called to Rome by Pope John of St. John Vianney Theological Semi- Paul II after getting to know him during nary opening. the Pope’s visit in 1993. Archbishop This seminary would become a place Chaput, Cardinal Staörd’s successor, where “priestly formation really focused put the plan in motion. on the priest being a man of prayer,” said Cardinal Staörd’s presence in Rome Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila. led to an aªliation with the Pontifical Cardinal Staörd, then Archbishop Lateran University there, and the sem- of Denver, bought the land for the seminary became an accredited institution. inary from the Vincentian Fathers who were running the previous seminary. St. John Vianney Theological Seminary has been at the forefront of Cardinal Staörd chose then-Father priestly formation since it opened in 1999. It celebrates its 20th anniver- Aquila to look into the seminary, and sary as an institution next month. PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. JOHN VIANNEY FACEBOOK PAGE

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DIFFERENT HOUSES SPIRITUALITY YEAR A GRACE OF ST. JOHN PAUL II When Archbishop Chaput was The fi rst class of spirituality year men The seminary’s closing and reopen- assigned to Denver in 1997, Father began in the fall of 1998, but it was not ing reminds us of the gift of having a Aquila showed him the plans and prepa- until they completed this year that the seminary in our own diocese, a gift not rations for the new seminary. Arch- seminary oª cially opened on Septem- They are ones who every city or state can boast. bishop Chaput said to move forward ber 8, 1999, the feast of the Birth of Mary. take their spiritual “There’s a lot to be said for forming with it, Archbishop Aquila recounted. The spirituality year was another life seriously, are fi lled with future priests on their own turf,” Father Archbishop Aquila was subsequently change implemented in the reopening enthusiasm for the Gospel, Selin said. named fi rst rector of the new seminary. of the seminary. As the fi rst seminary “ Many attribute the success of the “It was incredible and a real priv- in the country to have such a program, and have a real desire to invite reopened seminary to the Pope’s visit ilege,” said Archbishop Aquila. “Cer- it was a bold step. others to encounter Christ.” to Denver during the 1993 World Youth tainly something I never expected to “The spirituality year was seen as ARCHBISHOP SAMUEL J. AQUILA Day. do was set up a whole new seminary.” a foundational year in which the men “Certainly, the visit of John Paul II The idea was simple: a large seminary learned how to pray,” Archbishop (preferably fl ip phones) one day a week. to Denver transformed things,” Arch- divided into small communities of semi- Aquila said. The spirituality year concludes with bishop Aquila said. narians living in households, each with a The seminarians do study during the a 30-day silent retreat. “His presence here sparked the new priest to oversee the house as a spiritual, spirituality year, but the emphasis is “I’m still unpacking graces that came evangelization,” said Father Thermos, and in some sense, material father. on prayer. about on that retreat,” said Father Scott one of the many attendees in that World “It’s like being a father of a large, Father James Thermos was one of the Bailey, who was ordained in 2013 and Youth Day crowd. “This seminary is one poor family,” said Father Gary Selin men in the fi rst spirituality year in 1998. just passed his 10-year anniversary of of the direct fruits of that.” about his experience as a house Father “It [the spirituality year] allowed me this retreat. Archbishop Aquila has seen fruit and formator to the men. to enter seminary without the full brunt The spirituality year allows men from the seminary in the quality of Father Selin, a graduate of SJV and of academics,” Father Thermos said. to develop an intimacy with the Lord priests it produces, he said. ordained in 2003, lives at the rectory Father Thermos has been a formator regardless of if they continue on in “They are ones who take their spiri- of St. Joseph’s Parish in Denver. Semi- for seminarians for the last 12 years, and priestly formation, Father Bailey said. tual life seriously, are fi lled with enthu- narians also live at Our Lady of Lourdes specifi cally to the spirituality year men He added the spirituality year pro- siasm for the Gospel, and have a real and Christ the King parishes, along with for the last three years. vided the structure for him to develop desire to invite others to encounter housing at the seminary campus. The way seminarians live this year is the virtue and habit of prayer even Christ,” Archbishop Aquila said. in radical contrast to the current culture, when life gets busy as a priest. including a media fast, where seminari- “Ministry is a lot more fruitful when ans are only permitted to use cell phones you’re praying,” Father Bailey said.

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SERVING THE DENVER New Catholic school leaders rise to the challenge CATHOLIC COMMUNITY Harry Stevenson SINCE 1890. BY AARON LAMBERT here’s never been a more excit- [email protected] 56 Years The heritage behind our mortuaries and ing time than now to be a stu- T dent at one of Denver’s Catholic cemeteries is one of history and tradition. schools. With robust curriculums that form For more than a century, Catholic families have trusted the whole person and a variety of Olinger Mortuaries and Cemeteries to care for their loved ones. Respect for traditions, understanding the needs of the Catholic faith, and providing affordable options is at the heart of what we do. With over 87 years of combined experience, Matt Whaley parishioners Harry Stevenson and Matt Whaley 31 Years assist families with care and compassion. Their expertise combined with professional services in 11 Olinger neighborhood chapels is virtually unprecedented in serving the Denver Catholic community. (303) 455-3663 www.denverfuneralproviders.com ANDREW ROBERT KELLIE BEACH BERNARDIN CARROLL OUR LADY OF LOURDES ST. BERNADETTE BISHOP MACHEBEUF (SOUTH CAMPUS) HIGH SCHOOL Andrew Beach cred- When St. Bernadette For Kellie Carroll, its much of his call to announced they were being at Bishop Mache- the teaching vocation to pausing their operations beuf High School is a bit his parents, who are both last year, Robert Bernar- of a homecoming for her. teachers themselves. din saw it as an opportu- She’s been in education Bethany Doss, MA Beach studied econom- nity. Having previously for 20 years, starting at School Counselor ics and philosophy at worked at Annuncia- St. Pius X in Aurora and University of Colorado tion Catholic School, an then moving on to teach [email protected] Boulder and then went Expeditionary Learning for several public schools 720-377-1359 on to pursue a master’s (EL) school, Bernardin before ﬁ nding her way degree in theology from became very excited back to the Archdiocese straphaelcounseling.com the Augustine Institute. when St. Bernadette of Denver. However, she “From the second I heard decided to re-launch as was also educated in about Lourdes and all an EL school, joining Catholic schools growing that us going on here in Annunciation and St. up and graduated from terms of its classical edu- Rose of Lima as the only Mullen High School. “The Glory of God is man, fully alive.” – St. Irenaeus cation and strong Catho- Catholic EL schools “This is a system that GROUNDED IN lic identity and culture, in the nation. “I was certainly raised me and CATHOLIC MORAL TEACHING I knew it was the school immediately drawn to had a profoundly posi- where I wanted to teach,” St. Bernadette because tive impact on both my Offering services for individuals, Beach said. As a result of I believe deeply in the academic and faith for- children, teens, couples, and families. the school’s expansion, power of EL to elevate mation,” Carroll said. As Beach is now the Head Catholic schools,” Ber- the interim principal at • ADHD, Learning Disorders, of School for Lourdes’ nardin said. Bernardin Bishop Machebeuf High and Autism Testing South Campus. In his believes that Catholic School, Carroll hopes to • Individual Therapy for Adults and Children new role, he hopes to education is transfor- help prepare students for • Family and Couple Counseling assist in guiding Lourdes mative, and as principal life outside of the school toward academic excel- of the re-launched St. walls. “I ﬁ rmly believe • Post-Abortive Counseling lence, but more impor- Bernadette, he is “keen a solid formation in the • Grief Support tantly, he hopes to foster to expand our view of faith and a rigorous aca- an authentic and strong what is possible in Cath- demic setting will pre- Call 720.377.1359 to schedule or Catholic identity within olic schools, to serve as pare them for the adven- www.straphaelcounseling.com the schools. a model of what Cath- ture and challenges life olic schools can be and will bring,” she said. inspire others to follow our lead.” DENVER CATHOLIC | AUGUST 24-SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 17

New Catholic school leaders rise to the challenge

educational models to choose from, stepping into leadership roles begin- children, to help lead their kids to an Catholic schools the absolute best they Catholic schools are a great option for ning this new school year. These are encounter with Jesus Christ. can be at helping to form students into parents seeking more for their chil- individuals are who are passionate The nine new leaders featured below authentic disciples of Jesus Christ. dren’s education. about Catholic education and even bring a wealth of experience to their Even more exciting are the vari- more passionate about partnering with new roles, and they are each excited to ous education professionals who are parents, the primary educators of their rise to the challenge of making Denver’s

GRETCHEN DANA ERIC STEVE TAMARA ANN DEWOLFE ELLIS HOFFER VAUGHN WHITEHOUSE ZECHES ST. THOMAS MORE ST. LOUIS (LOUISVILLE) CHRIST THE KING ST. THERESE OUR LADY OF LOURDES ST. CATHERINE (NORTH CAMPUS) OF SIENA Gretchen DeWolfe Dana Ellis worked in Before starting his Steve Vaughn began Tamara Whitehouse For Ann Zeches, edu- has taught 5th grade at Jeërson County Public career in Catholic edu- his career as a teacher has worked in both public cation is a second career. St. Thomas More Cath- Schools for over 30 years, cation, Eric Hoër had teaching 4th, 5th and 6th and Catholic schools Prior to becoming a mom, olic School for the last 18 of which were as a plans to complete a grade at a few diërent for over 20 years. More Zeches was the assistant five years and will now principal, and then went degree in political sci- Catholic schools in Wis- recently, she has also general manager of a be entering her sixth on to work in Boulder ence and attend law consin and Nebraska. served as an instructor resort. It was when her year as the school’s new Valley Public Schools for school. “However, God Over the last 10 years, for the Denver Catho- children were in school principal. “In my new several more years until had other plans in place he’s been a teacher and lic Biblical School. Her that the seed for Zeches’ role as principal, it is my she retired. After “walk- for me,” Hoër said. He assistant principal at a transition from public career in Catholic educa- duty to support parents, ing around in the desert” converted to Catholicism Denver charter school, schools to Catholic tion was planted. “What the primary educators, for a couple of years, Ellis while in college, and after but he’s now answering schools came after taking I thought teaching in forming their children now finds herself as the graduation, volunteered a call from the Lord to time to stay at home with entailed, and the reality through encounters with new principal of St. Louis with the Brothers of the return to Catholic educa- her children when they are two diërent things,” Christ, which will in turn Catholic School in Lou- Sacred Heart, where he tion. “Having worked in were young. “We dis- Zeches said. “Education deepen that beautiful and isville. As she embarks “fell in love with educa- both Catholic and public cerned God’s call to send is the toughest job I have essential relationship,” on this new foray into tion and my faith.” He’s schools, I can say that our children to Catholic ever experienced, but DeWolfe said. Being in Catholic education, Ellis had a 16-year career in Catholic schools truly schools, and then my the one with incredible Catholic education is is confident that God will various roles in edu- provide an education for own deepening faith rewards. Education has more than simply a job continue to lead St. Louis cation thus far, and the whole child,” Vaughn and desire to instill a love become my passion.” In for DeWolfe — it is a call- down the path it needs to recently completed his said. Speaking for his new for God in young people her new role as princi- ing. “My heart has always go in order to continue graduate degree in Edu- role as principal at St. led me to follow after pal at St. Catherine of been in Catholic schools forming authentic disci- cational Leadership at Therese, Vaughn shared, them when I returned Siena, her goal is simple: … It is an amazing gift to ples of Jesus Christ. “I do the University of Notre “Our goal at St. Therese to work,” Whitehouse “I am forming students be able to teach and live know that God will lead Dame. He feels fortu- is to create saints! It’s said. As she begins her to know the ‘truth’ of our the Catholic faith on a the way, but I don’t know nate to lead Christ the an honor and blessing to new role as the Head faith and how to infuse daily basis,” she said. what that way is going to King Catholic School as be tasked with fulfilling of School for Lourdes’ it into their lives. Ulti- “[This] is what I have be yet,” Ellis said. principal. “If I am able to this mission at my school. North Campus, White- mately, then, they will chosen to dedicate my help each of our students This is exciting, challeng- house hopes to “support be well-educated disci- life to — teaching and understand that they are ing work, but there’s no families in the formation ples of Christ longing to living the truths that beloved children of God other work I’d rather be of their children to know, meet our Lord in heaven Jesus taught us.” and that he has a beau- doing.” love and serve God, and while making their com- tiful plan for their lives, this contribute to the munity a place filled with then I will have made a renewal of Catholic cul- the Spirit.” valuable contribution to ture that is so desperately our archdiocese,” Hoër needed today. said. 18 AUGUST 24-SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 | DENVER CATHOLIC

Around the Archdiocese How do we respond to the transgender trend? Conference seeks to empower parents with facts about the gender movement

BY AARON LAMBERT herself to dialogue e¨ ectively on the or hearing about transgender-identi- transgender issue and wants to give fi ed kids is going from advocacy groups mily Zinos may not be a scholar other parents the tools to do the same. who have an interest in people coming or a doctor, but as a concerned Zinos will be a featured speaker at the to a very particular conclusion,” Zinos E mom who sees the danger of the Made This Way conference Sept. 10 at said. “Unfortunately, that [means] that transgender trend, she brings a unique St. Thomas More Parish in Centennial, thousands of kids across the country perspective to the conversation and hosted by Denver’s Respect Life Oª ce. are losing their fertility and losing their articulates it better than most. Joining her will be Alabama-based plas- heathy body parts. I really think that Emily Zinos will be one of the The St. Paul, Minn., mother of seven tic and reconstructive surgeon Deacon needs to stop.” featured speakers at the Made This (with an eighth on the way) could no Patrick Lappert, MD, who will explain The guide was vetted by experts in Way conference Sept. 10. PHOTO PROVIDED longer remain silent on the issue when the medical and psychological conse- law, medicine and education, Zinos during the 12th year of her kids attend- quences resulting from cross-sex hor- said, and it is also co-branded by fi ve the way we maintain relationships with ing a local public charter school, the mones and surgeries. di¨ erent organizations that “come from people in our lives [who] identify as gender issue “landed on my doorstep.” Zinos is the author of the National across the political spectrum.” trans have to be infused with charity,” “We had a kindergartnerSAMARITAN in school Parent Resource Guide, an adopted ver- Zinos’ e¨ orts do not come from a Zinos said. “And charity doesn’t exist and the parents said that [he] the fi ve- sion of the Minnesota Parent Resource place of hate or bigotry, as some critics outside of truth.” year-old boy was gender-nonconform-HOUSEGuide, which she also wrote. The guide might be quick to accuse her of. Rather, ERCY ing,” Zinos told the Denver Catholic30 Y EARS. OF Mseeks to clarify confusing terminology, she is simply a mom who is trying to MADE THIS WAY “I really hadn’t heard of the phenom- describe the health consequences of the lovingly communicate the truth about i Tuesday, Sept. 10, enon of kids identifying as trans or transgender trend, debunk myths and the human person as created by God 6:30 p.m., $10 gender-nonconforming until that hap- provide parents with the tools to advo- and present the dangers of this trend as St. Thomas More, McCallin Hall pened. But whe n it did, I had really no cate for a “genuinely inclusive environ- it becomes more accepted. However, it Register at choice but to speak up.” ment” in their kids’ own schools. must be done charitably, she stressed. respectlifedenver.org Since then, Zinos has equipped “Most everything people are reading “The way we communicate in public,

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SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER EWTN Family Celebration Made This Way: Male and Female 10 6:30 p.m., St. Thomas More Parish, 8035 Quebec St., Centennial, $10. The Respect Life O ce will be hosting an incredible evening of timely and relevant RESPECT LIFE RESPECT LIFE information, equipping you to RADIO OFFICE understand and dialogue e² ectively on presents the topic of the Transgender Trend. MADE THIS WAY: Speakers Emily Zinos and Deacon Dr. MALE & FEMALE Lapper will provide Insight and education GOSPEL OF LIFE RESPECT LIFE CONFERENCE 2018 DENVERREGISTRATION NOW OPEN on the transgender ideology and special SIGN UP TODAY! help for parents with children in public 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 education. For more details and to McCallin Hall, St. Thomas More Catholic Parish 8035 S. Quebec St., Centennial, CO 80112 register, visit respectlifedenver.org. Featuring Emily Zinos Dr. Patrick Lappert OCTOBERThis Minnesota-based This Alabama-based CELEBRATE LIFE mom and advocate plastic surgeon and RALLY & MARCH 2019 helps parents and deacon in the Catholic educators identify and Church provides address the threats of revelatory insight into transgender ideology. transgender surgery.

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Getting beyond Darwin ishop Robert Barron and Unabomber blew o¨ his right hand and Darwin, who made clear and concrete happened through random mutations others working hard to evan- permanently damaged his right eye but predictions that have (so far) been and you’re forced to consider what B gelize the “Nones” — young didn’t impede his remarkable intellec- falsifi ed.” (This gaping Cambrian hole amounts to cultural heresy: that “the adults without religious conviction — tual, literary, and artistic productivity. in the Darwinian account goes unre- explosion of detailed, precise infor- tell us that a major obstacle to a None In his Claremont Review essay, Gel- marked in the otherwise-magnifi cent mation that was necessary to build embracing ernter gives full credit to what he calls new David H. Koch Hall of Fossils at the brand-new Cambrian organisms, Christian- “Darwin’s brilliant and lovely theory” the Smithsonian’s National Museum and the fact that the information was GEORGE ity is the and readily concedes that “there’s no of Natural History.) encoded, represented symbolically, in WEIGEL cultural reason to doubt that Darwin success- But there is more. For “Darwin’s DNA…” falsify the Darwinian expla- assump- fully explained the small adjustments main problem….is molecular biology:” nation of the big picture. The Catholic Di² erence tion that by which an organism adapts to local a scientifi c fi eld that didn’t exist in David Gelernter is intrigued by George Weigel is a Science circumstances: changes to fur density his era. Given that he knew nothing “intelligent design” approaches to distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and Explains or wing style or beak shape.” But Dar- about the inner-workings of cells these evolutionary conundra but also Public Policy Center in Every- winian evolution can’t “explain the through proteins, Darwin “did bril- suggests that, “as a theory,” intelligent Washington, D.C. thing. And big picture — [which involves] not the liantly” in explaining species adap- design “would seem to have a long if science fi ne-tuning of existing species but the tation. But Darwin and his Neo-Dar- way to go.” But to dismiss intelligent explains it all, who needs God, rev- emergence of new ones.” What Darwin winian disciples can’t account for the design out of hand — to brand it piety elation, Christ, or the Church? To cannot explain, in short, is “the origin incredible complexity of the basic masquerading as science — is, well, be even more specifi c: if Darwin and of species” — the title of the British building-blocks of life: for as we now unscientifi c. The fossil record and the Darwinian theory of evolution naturalist’s fi rst, revolutionary book. know, “genes, in storing blueprints molecular biology now suggest that explain the origins of us (and every- The argument is complex, so it’s for the proteins that form the basis Darwinian answers to the Big Ques- thing else), why bother with Genesis important to read Gelernter’s entire of cellular life, encode an awe-in- tions constitute the real fundamental- 1-3 and Colossians 1:15-20 (much less article carefully, and more than once. spiring amount of information…. ism: a materialistic fi deism that, how- Augustine’s “Thou hast made us for But to be desperately brief: Where on earth did it all (i.e., all that ever shaky in dealing with the facts, Thee and our hearts are restless until First, Darwinian evolutionary “profound biochemical knowledge”) is nonetheless deeply entrenched in they rest in Thee”)? theory can’t explain the so-called come from?” From random muta- 21st-century imaginations. Thus, Gel- That’s why “Giving Up Darwin,” “Cambrian explosion,” in which, tions? Maybe, but very unlikely, for ernter asks whether today’s scientists an essay by David Gelernter in the half a billion years ago, a “striking as Gelernter puts it, “You don’t turn will display Darwin’s own courage in Spring 2019 issue of the Claremont variety of new organisms — includ- up a useful protein by doodling on the risking cultural disdain by upsetting Review of Books, is both a fascinating ing the fi rst-ever animals — pop up back of an envelope, any more than intellectual apple carts. article and a potential tool in the New suddenly in the fossil record.” How you write a Mozart aria by assembling The empirical evidence suggests Evangelization. did this “great outburst” of new life three sheets of sta¨ paper and scat- that the notions of a purposeful Cre- No one can accuse Dr. Gelernter of forms happen? The slow-motion tering notes around.” ator and a purposeful creation cannot being an anti-modern knucklehead. processes of Darwinian evolution Put the Cambrian fossil record be dismissed as mere pre-modern He’s a pioneering computer scientist, can’t answer that question. Gelernter together with the high statistical mythology. That may help a few a full professor at Yale, and a remark- concludes that “the ever-expanding improbability that the informa- Nones out of the materialist bogs in able human being: a package from the fossil record” doesn’t “look good for tion-dense building-blocks of life which they’re stuck. The Catechism: The rest of the story the Bible tells e are all too familiar with the Bible and was thereby converted to Deacon Deogratias, Augustine rest “which is promised to the saints the phrase from the very to the Catholic faith. In that moment makes the desire for rest the central in the world to come.” That is, the W fi rst lines of Book One of Augustine received a grace which concern of the fi ctional inquirer that restlessness of our hearts is, so to St. Augustine’s Confessions, “Thou fi lled his heart and gave him a brief he describes to Deogratias. “Let us … speak, tuned to the key of the whole hast made us for Thyself and our taste of the rest for which he longed. assume that, when asked whether it is universe, from its fi rst creation to its hearts While many know about the theme for some advantage in the present life ultimate culmination. DR. are rest- of the restless heart in Augustine’s that he wishes to become a Christian And then he o¨ ers to his restless SEAN less until Confessions, few are aware that the or because of the rest that he hopes to hearer a stunning promise. Because INNERST they rest common human search for rest is also gain after this life, he replies that it is he has set his sights on the rest pro- in Thee.” the central theme in his manual on because of the rest to come.” vided by God and sought entry into Guest Column That line teaching the faith, written a few years In the catechetical address he then the Church, Augustine says, “It will Dr. Sean Innerst is an about our after the Confessions, called in its o¨ ers to this supposed faith-seeker, be for you to taste its sweetness and assistant professor at St. John Vianney Theological restless most recent translation, Instructing Augustine uses the theme of rest in delight even here.” To achieve this Seminary and teaches hearts, Beginners in Faith (New City Press, a unique way. He says that the very “sweetness and delight,” “the person classes for the Denver Catholic Catechetical School. along with 2006). In response to a request on rest that our hearts seek is that same who longs for true rest and true hap- the famous how to catechize newcomers to the “rest that is meant by scripture when piness must take his hope away from tolle lege Church from a deacon in Carthage it expressly mentions that, from the perishable and transitory things and incident in Book Eight, are among the in North Africa, Augustine presents beginning of the world when God place it in the word of the Lord, so most well-known parts of Augustine’s advice on both the content and meth- made heaven and earth and every- that, by holding fast to that which famous work. Tolle lege refers to the odology of this form of evangelizing thing that is in them, he worked for remains forever, he together with it moment when Augustine received a catechesis. six days and on the seventh day he may also remain forever.” divine inspiration to “take and read” In the sample lesson he provides rested” and that it is also the same In what follows, Augustine tells DENVER CATHOLIC | AUGUST 24-SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 23

A mission of hope: Pray for priests cclesia semper reformanda: itself most directly to priests, I found is necessary is faith, and with faith, The Church must always be much encouragement in the book hope, and with hope, the love that E reformed. These words have through a call to a stronger friendship binds the soul to Me and makes union hit home with Jesus through adoration of the with Me a reality” (200). DR. R. recently in Blessed Sacrament. Although the message of adoration JARED the midst For instance, take this message applies to everyone, the author relates STAUDT of a crisis from December 20, 2011: “The prac- the development of his own vocation of confi - tice of adoration is not diª cult. It is to form a Benedictine monastery The Catholic Reader dence in a gentle abiding in My presence, a dedicated to perpetual adoration for R. Jared Staudt, PhD, is a the Church. resting in the radiance of My Eucha- the sanctifi cation of priests. “By the husband and father of six, the director of formation for The sins of ristic Face, a closeness to My Eucha- prayer of adoration for My priests, you the Archdiocese of Denver, our leaders rist Heart. Words, though sometimes are working with Me for them. You a Benedictine oblate, prolifi c writer, and insatiable reader. have dis- helpful, are not necessary, nor are are working with Me to lift them when couraged thoughts. What I seek from one who they fall, to bind up their wounds, to us, although would adore Me in spirit and in truth deliver them from bondage to evil, to we can also recognize a profound is a heart afl ame with love, a heart open them to My gifts, and to obtain crisis of faith and holiness a¨ ect- content to abide in My presence for them a great openness to the sanc- of praying for priests. “On the Our ing all the members of the Church. silent and still, engaged only in the tifying action of the Holy Spirit. Your Father bead: Eternal Father, I o¨ er The Lord calls his entire Church to act of loving Me and of receiving My union with Me in prayer lessens the Thee the Precious Blood of Thy renewal through prayer and a life love. Though this is not diª cult, it is, resistance of many priests to entering Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, conformed to him. In this renewal, we all the same, My own gift to the soul resolutely upon the path of holiness the Lamb without blemish or spot, must pray for our leaders especially, who asks for it. Ask then for the gift of that I am opening before them” (119). in reparation for my sin and for the our bishops, priests, deacons, and adoration” (208). The book contains many beautiful sins of all Thy priests. On the Hail religious, because we depend on them We can be afraid of silent prayer prayers (compiled also in an appen- Mary beads: By Thy Precious Blood, O to model the Christian life for us and because we do not know what to say dix), which guide us in responding Jesus, purify and sanctify Thy priests. to support us in our own growth. or do. The book invites us simply to to Jesus’ call for increased trust In place of the Glory be to the Father: A Benedictine monk has shared be with Jesus and to spend time with through prayer. Here is one exam- O Father, from whom all fatherhood profound insights on the importance him in love. We do not have to worry ple: “My Jesus, only as Thou willest, in heaven and on earth is named, have of adoration in the life of priests and about making good use of the time, as when Thou willest, and in the way mercy on all Thy priests, and wash the need for everyone to pray for the this puts the emphasis on us, but to Thou willest, To Thee be all glory and them in the Blood of the Lamb” (269). holiness of priests. This anonymous allow Jesus to act in us as we fi x our thanksgiving, Who rulest all things In Sinu Jesu calls us to a deeper monk has shared the inspirations attention and our heart on him. “Give mightily and sweetly, and Who fi llest love of Jesus in the Blessed Sacra- he received of Jesus speaking to me your attention and I will work the earth with Thy manifold mercies. ment, as well as inviting us into the him in prayer: In Sinu Jesu: When the wonders of My merciful love in Amen” (131). needed mission to pray for our shep- Heart Speaks to Heart: The Journal your soul. Hold yourself facing Me. In addition, it proposes a Chaplet herds. In a time of discouragement, of a Priest at Prayer (Angelico, 2016, Abide in My presence gently, without of Reparation, also called an O¨ er- it o¨ ers us hope through the power with imprimatur from the Bishop of forcing yourself to produce thoughts, ing of the Precious Blood for Priests, of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament to Meath). Although the work addresses feelings, or sensations . . . All that which enables us to join the mission renew his Church. in very brief form the whole of the and through what he calls her “sac- respond to that scriptural Revelation that alone makes it attainable. In the biblical story, from the creation of ramenta,” the Latin word he uses to with faith, a faith which is professed, spirit of Augustine the catechist, let Adam and Eve to the early history of describe the sacred signs through celebrated, lived and prayed. I often me suggest that you not just “take the Church as told in the Acts of the which we gain Church entry and a tell my students in the “Ladder of and read’ the Bible, but also take up Apostles, all the while helping his real connection with the story the Ascent” program that we o¨ er here in and read your Catechism. For as we student to see that the story the Bible Bible tells. the Archdiocese of Denver Catecheti- are told in chapter four of the Book tells is intimately related to the move- It’s not surprising that the Cate- cal School that, especially in the Holy of Hebrews as regards the urgency ments of his own heart. chism of the Catholic Church has been Mass, but also in that “liturgy of life” of observing Christian life in the But Augustine also makes clear constructed upon the same pattern which is the Christian living of the Church, “while the promise of enter- that the biblical history he recounts of catechesis presented by this very Beatitudes, the words of the Scripture ing his rest remains, let us fear lest for his hearer is the pre-history of infl uential Father of the Church, come to life, climb o¨ the page and any of you be judged to have failed to the Church. As he says, “Indeed, which is, in turn, the biblical pattern move around in the room! While it is reach it….Let us therefore strive to everything that we read in the holy as well. What it presents is an appeal, true that the popularity of Bible study enter that rest” (Heb 4:1, 11). scriptures that was written before the an invitation to restless hearts, recog- in the Church today is a real sign of coming of the Lord was written for nizing as it does that “The desire for hope, the only way to actually enter the sole purpose of drawing attention God is written in the human heart, the story the Bible tells, is to study the to his coming and of prefi guring the because man is created by God and Catechism and to embrace the life of future Church.” And he makes clear for God” and that only “in God will he faith in the Church that it describes that in this present time, between fi nd the truth and happiness he never and which the Bible promises. the rest that God observed at the stops searching for” (CCC No. 27). In order for the promise of this end of creation and the rest that He The whole structure of the Cate- new Catholic interest in the Bible to To register for Biblical and/or will eventually enjoy in His saints chism presupposes that the only way be realized, we must do more than Catechetical School classes, in heaven, “true rest and true hap- to enter the rest God promises to just read about that promised rest, visit sjvlaydivision.org. piness” is found only in the Church his chosen people in the Bible is to we must live in full the Church’s faith 24 AUGUST 24-SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 | DENVER CATHOLIC

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