S T. IGNATIUS L OYOLA ’s Only Jesuit Parish - Warm and Welcoming “Give me only your love and your grace, that is enough for me.” —St. Ignatius of Loyola

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Church Office 2309 Gaylord Street , CO 80205

Monday: 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM Tuesday to Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Phone: 303-322-8042 Fax: 303-322-2927

Pastor Fr. Dirk Dunfee, SJ 303-322-8042 x107 [email protected]

Parochial Vicar Fr. Roy , SJ 303-322-8042 x108 [email protected] MASS SCHEDULE Office Manager Kathy Murzyn Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM 303-322-8042 x101 Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM [email protected] Monday - Friday 7:00 AM Holy Days of Obligation 7:00 AM & 7:00 PM Business Manager (unless otherwise indicated) Patty Klopfenstein 303-322-8042 x105 [email protected] SACRAMENTS

Director of Music & Liturgy Reconciliation Saturday 4:15 PM & by appt. Suzie Wooldridge Anointing of the Sick 1st Sunday of month after 303-322-8042 x103 7:30 AM Mass & by appt. [email protected] Baptism & Matrimony Contact office manager

Ignatian Spirituality Program (ISP) Director Joe Lagan OTHER MINISTRIES 303-320-9995 St. Vincent DePaul Society Young Adults Group [email protected] Hotline for assistance Sarah Moss & Sydney Stulock

Ignatian Volunt. Corps (IVC) Den. Reg. Dir. 303-955-2578 [email protected]

Erin Benson 303-394-2997 Religious Education for Children Rite of Christian Init. for Adults (RCIA) [email protected] Toni Armstead Margaret Wright [email protected] [email protected] 303-283-8995 720-863-8429

MOST HOLY BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST JUNE 23, 2019

Offertory June 15 & 16, 2019 Offertory...... $4174.64 BTW, you have actually seen The Ghost and Mr. Children’s Offertory…...... $45.73 Chicken, haven’t you? Please say you have. Atta boy, Luther! Building Fund………………………………..……...... $35.00 Holiness has a number of meanings. Holiness can Fr. Brady Fund for the Poor…………………………..$600.00 mean sinlessness, although I think we must always be careful to relate holiness and sinlessness to God, and indeed the words have little meaning apart from God. In the sense of never ROSARY: Today at 9 am at Mary’s Altar. having sinned, holiness would be comparable to innocence. WOMEN’S CLUB: Meeting today at 11:30 am, Gesu Room. Holy can also mean given to God, or dedicated to God, which KNIGHTS OF : Meeting today, 11:30 am is what we mean when we say that the Chalice we use for in the Family Center. Mass is holy, or perhaps sacred. In this sense, our church BIBLE STUDY: Monday, June 24 at 6:30 pm in Brady Hall. building is a holy place. Holy can also mean of God, meaning of the nature of God or belonging to God, which is perhaps what we mean when we say that the Mass itself is holy. Holy can also be part of a title, as the is called the Holy Father or the Dalai Lama is called His Holiness. Holy Father doesn’t PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY mean that the Pope is sinless – although we always pray for Come learn about the new Prayer Shawl ministry. If you knit that in ourselves and in others – but that he has been set apart or crochet, or are interested in learning, join us for a short and consecrated for a sacred purpose. meeting after the 7:30 am or 10 am Masses on Sunday, July 14 (Doesn’t it feel like things are out of control or July 21. We’ll meet in the front pews. If you can't make regarding italics? Or italics? There is, BTW and in case you those dates, contact Joan House at [email protected] to were wondering, a difference between a regular period and an learn more. italicized period: . = regular; . = italicized. Get out your magnifying glass and you’ll see. Anyway, going forward how about we just pretend that everything that should be in italics LOYOLA DAY PICNIC – SAVE THE DATE! is in italics and that everything that needn’t be in italics isn’t? Volunteers Needed Or, if you’re an italics wiz, you can supply your own. The annual Loyola Day parish picnic will be held Sunday, Whatever floats your boat.) July 28 from 11 am to 3 pm at City Park, near York Street and On to innocence innocence. Aloyisius Alloyississ 21st Ave. There is no charge. All parishioners, family, and Mississippi Al Aloysius was single-hearted in his devotion to friends are welcome. Watch future bulletins about what food God. Together with his boy- fellows, he was known for will be provided and what you can bring to share. having been innocent. That’s a good thing, in the sense that The Picnic Committee will need volunteers for: games for the sinlessness is better than sinfulness. And of course we’d never adults, setting up, taking down, transporting tables/chairs/ wish sinfulness on anyone. But how useful is innocence? In water to and from City Park, etc. Miss Toni will also need truth, I think it’s overrated. I don’t even know that God needs help with kids’ games. If you can help, please contact Mary at innocent Christians. More useful to God as disciples are 303-949-8889 or Kathy in the office. Christians who know how to get back up again after they’ve stumbled and fallen and Christians who know what it’s like to ask for and receive forgiveness. Which is, BTW, what the Sacrament of Reconciliation is about. Water-cooler fact: Aloysius comes from the same roots as Luigi, or Louis. Good old Lou Gonzaga. Notes from Fr. Dirk Are sinners? Yes. Even though the saints are This (June 21) is the feast of St. Aloyisius holy and even heroically virtuous, they were sinners, the sole Alloyississ Mississippi Al Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591). exception being Mary the Mother of God. Aloysius and Aloysius, the of youth, is one of three Jesuit “boy Stanislaus and John were not sinless, which would suggest saints,” the other two being St. John Berchmans (1599-1621; that innocence might better be understood to mean relative the patron saint of altar servers) and St. Stanislaus Kostka sinlessness. That’s helpful for me because I, accomplished (1550-1568; the patron saint of novices in religious life). sinner that I am, am way past innocence, absolute or even Aloysius, an Italian, was known for his holiness and for his relative. What I can do is confess my sins, make amends, and innocence. avoid the near occasions of sin. Which got me thinking (Really? Impressive!). What St. Aloysius Gonzaga, pray for us. do we mean by holiness? What about innocence? Again, and And who’s beloved of God? You are! in the immortal words of Luther Heggs (The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, 1966), let me clarify that.

NEWS AND EVENTS RECENT SCAM ATTEMPTS In the last week or so, two of our parishioners received 'messages' (by both text and email) made to look like they were coming from SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION Fr. Dirk asking for assistance in purchasing gift cards for If you are Catholic - 18 years and older - and have not been someone in need. Just a reminder to please ignore and DO NOT confirmed, please contact Margaret Wright at 303-898-0473 or RESPOND to any requests like this! It's not a request that Father, [email protected]. Upcoming preparation sessions begin in July. or anyone in the parish office, would ever make. If you have any

questions or have a doubt about a message you have received, PARISH PHOTO DIRECTORY please feel free to call the parish office. If you were unable to have your photo taken for our 2019 Directory while Bettinger Photography was here last week, you may still schedule a time for an appointment at their studio. SECOND COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND Please call 303-733-6076 for available times. The Peter Pence collection provides Pope Francis with the funds to carry out his charitable works around the world. The proceeds RECEPTIONS FOR FR. JOSEPH benefit our brothers and sisters on the margins of society, Join Us After Masses Next Weekend including victims of war, oppression and natural disasters. We will have a reception in Brady Hall after each Mass next weekend to say goodbye to Fr. Joseph. Fr. Joseph will be starting PART-TIME COOK NEEDED his new assignment at the Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House in The Xavier Jesuit Center (the home of Fr. Tom Jost, SJ and Br. Lake Dallas, TX in July. Please plan to come to the reception Don Schlichter, SJ) would like to hire a part-time weekend cook after your Mass to wish him well and to thank him for his beginning in July. The duties would involve putting out Saturday ministry at Loyola Parish. lunch and preparing three meals: Saturday dinner, Sunday Brunch, and Sunday dinner. Some clean-up is required Sunday 2019 ARCHBISHOP’S CATHOLIC APPEAL evening. Approximately fifteen hours a week is anticipated. We are blessed to be members of a thriving archdiocese! Please call Br. Glenn Kerfoot, SJ at 303-480-3900 if interested. However, in order to maintain this vitality, the ongoing sacrifices from the faithful are imperative. To ensure that our Church and CONGRATULATIONS her works continue to flourish, Archbishop Aquila asks everyone Angela T. Anderson, MD completed a three-year fellowship to donate to this year’s Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal. Visit training program in Adult and Child/Adolescent psychiatry at the www.archden.org/givetoday or call 303-867-0614 to make your University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Children’s gift today. Thank you. Hospital of Philadelphia. She has also received a Graduate Education Committee Award from the hospital. SERVICE PROJECT COLLECTION St. Vincent DePaul Society, Loyola Conference The SVDP Loyola Conference is asking for your support for a MASS INTENTIONS service project that young adults and youth will be doing during the SVDP National Conference, held August 28-31 at the Gaylord Sunday, 06-23-19 Rockies. In keeping with the theme of "Longing for Home,” 7:30 am Bonnie Watson+ local young adults from here and around the US will attend social 10:00 am People of the Parish justice workshops then meet with a panel of young people who Monday, 06-24-19 Marguerite Meyers & Family have experienced life as refugees, immigrants or DACA students. Tuesday, 06-25-19 Mass of Thanksgiving To assist refugees in the Denver area, each local parish has been Wednesday, 06-26-19 Fr. Patrick Jones+ invited to help with this service project. If you would like to Thursday, 06-27-19 Intentions of the Celebrant participate, please bring full sizes of Kleenex, Deodorant, Friday, 06-28-19 Gina Diana+ Shampoo, Conditioner, Bar Soap, Hand Soap, Toothpaste and Saturday, 06-29-19 Deceased Members of the Dental Floss to Masses the weekends of July 13/14 or July 20/21. Floyd Family Contact Charlotte McKinney, 303-861-7433 with any questions. PLEASE PRAY FOR... FUNDRAISER FOR JULIA GREELEY FUND Elizabeth Achuil, Angela Anderson, Taeja Billingsley, Louise Bouta, Colorado Rockies Games Loretta Burrell, Deborah Cottle, Nelson Ezell, Jossy Eyre, Ann Feighny, Barbara Floyd-Hall, Juana Jara Garcia, Clarence Grier, Phillis Harris-Brooks, Several Colorado Rockies games will be fundraisers to assist with Daniel Hogan, Healis Howard, Joseph, Jamar Lindsay, Lindsay Family, the financial costs toward the Cause for for Marian McDowell, Kelly McEnany, James McKinney, Deven James Mead, Julia Greeley. These are the upcoming games: Ronda Pruett, Marcello Puma, Zachary Quick, Cordell Robinson, Carol Saturday, August 3, 6:10 pm vs. San Francisco Giants Ryerson, Beatrice Scott, Katie & Melvin Scott, Barb Sercely, Mary Sewing, Deadline to order and pay for tickets for this game is July 1. Angelita Sims, Ken & Carmen Therence, Linda Vialpando

Friday, August 16, 6:40 pm vs. Florida Marlins ETERNAL JOY FOR… Deadline to order and pay for tickets for this game is July 15. Albert (Jerry) Leisring Saturday, August 31, 6:10 pm vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Deadline to order and pay for tickets for this game is August 1. Please visit usccb.org/bible/readings for the daily readings. Tickets for all games are $33 (face value $42) and in section 144. Please mail ticket request and check made out to Julia Greeley If you have been abused by a Jesuit, please call the Central and Fund to: Julia Greeley Fund, attn: Mary Leisring, 1300 S. Steele Southern Province of the Society of Jesus to speak with a St., Denver 80210. professional assigned to cases of abuse, 314-361-7765. You may also call the Archdiocese of Denver, 720-239-2832 or our parish office, 303-322-8042. You may be assured of compassion and discretion.