July 4, 2021 The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Parish Office Pastor 6673 West Chatfield Avenue • Littleton, CO 80128 Rev. John Paul Leyba
www.sfcparish.org Parochial Vicars 303-979-7688 Parish Office Rev. Israel Gonsalves, O.C.D. Open: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm Rev. Ron Sequeira, O.C.D. (closed 12:00 noon-1:00pm daily) 303-979-7688 Voice mail access after 5:00pm 303-953-7777 Youth Office (Jr. & Sr. High, Young Adult) Deacons 303-972-8566 Fax Line Rev. Mr. Chet Ubowski 303-979-7688 SACRAMENTAL EMERGENCIES Rev. Mr. Marc Nestorick 24 hrs/day Rev. Mr. Brian Kerby
St. Frances303-953-7770 Cabrini Weather/Emergency Hotline Rev. Mr. Spencer Thornber (for schedule changes due to inclement Rev. Mr. Paul Grimm (retired) weather/emergency situations) Rev. Mr. Witold Engel (retired) Welcome to Our Parish! We are glad you are here! If you are a visitor and would like to join our parish family, please pick up a registration form in the gathering space, visit the parish office during the week or you may visit our website to register. Sacramental Information Mass Schedule
Infant Baptism: Please contact Deacon Chet at 303-953-7783. Weekend ... Saturday (Anticipatory) 4:15 pm; Sunday 7:15, 9:15, 11:15am & 5:15pm Marriage Preparation: Please contact Trudy at 303-953-7769 at Weekday ...... Monday-Friday 9:00 am; least 9-12 months prior to your wedding to make arrangements. Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 6:30am RCIA: Interested in becoming Catholic or questions about the faith? First Saturday ...... 10:00am Call Deacon Chet at 303-953-7783. Holy Day ...... (Vigil) 5:30pm; (Day) 9:00am & 7:00pm Care of the Sick / Dying: Please call if someone is ill or hospitalized and would like the Sacrament for the Anointing of the Sick. In case of death, call the Parish Office immediately. Sacrament of Reconciliation
Home Communion: Visits may be scheduled through the Parish Saturdays: 8-9:30am Office. Tuesdays: 6:30-7:30pm
Our Parish Mission: To EMBRACE our Meditating on the Gospel Faith, to NOURISH our formation as The 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Catholics and to SERVE in a community
It’s all so ordinary that we can easily miss it. The seagulls hunting and filled with the Holy Spirit.” diving for mollusks at the beach offer a display of determination and precision as they gather their food for the day. It’s simply what these Morning Rosary Returns creatures do. Yet, there’s a magical artfulness and skill to their work that Please join us every weekday morning, speaks volumes about the One who breathed life into their being. This is Monday - Friday, at 8:15am pretty much the way it is with God’s presence. God comes in common in the Church to pray the Rosary. ways through common things and ordinary people. Sadly, we are so The Rosary is being led by fellow engulfed in our little worlds of order and ideas to notice the beauty and wonder of it all. Many have numbed themselves to the Divine spark at parishioners. If you have never the essence of all life because that’s just the way it is. What’s so special prayed the Rosary as a group about it? A sunset is a sunset and a seagull is a seagull. That’s precisely before, this is a great opportunity what they thought about Jesus too. After all, isn’t he just the carpenter’s to come experience the joy of son? What merit can his words possibly have? praying together. All are welcome! If we’re looking for God to come in an event that is so dramatic and intense that it knocks our socks off, then think again. When pondering God’s relationship with His people and God’s action in our lives, we have to go back to the stable and the recurring, creative, unending power of God’s presence. It was a quiet, run of the mill kind of night. There was nothing spectacular or extraordinary. To the naked eye, a woman gave birth to a child and there wasn’t anything extraordinary to see. We have a hard time understanding God’s ordinary-ness. Jesus grew up in an ordinary town, had neighbors and did normal human things. Perhaps that’s why we don’t always like the Gospel. It doesn’t dazzle us with extraordinary things but simply challenges us to take a different look at our ordinary stuff. That makes us uncomfortable. We prefer things as they are. Our lack of faith can even cause us to take offense at what Jesus says and does, dismissing it as folly. God’s life-giving presence continues to sustain that seagull in flight and keep all things in being regardless of whether we have the faith to see and understand this. Our personal agendas, preconceived ideas, misconceptions, Faith Direct and expectations can often cause us to be hardened and blinded to what God St. Frances Cabrini Parish continues to is doing or desiring to do. While God continues to do what he has done for depend on your donations to continue our all eternity, faith is needed for God’s presence to bear fruit. The blinders we ministry. We prayerfully invite you to sign wear and the expectations we bring to life can up for eGiving from your computer, often prevent us from seeing graced moments smartphone or tablet and set up a recurring that radiate with God’s graceful presence. donation or make a one-time gift. They also prevent God’s transforming, Sign up today by visiting sfcparish.org/give healing, and hope filled vision for our world or text “enroll” to 720-713-3309. from being realized. Without faith, God won’t Thank you for your continued generous be able to do much for us either. ©LPi support of our parish family! St. Frances Cabrini 2 Littleton, Colorado SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS We Welcome Deacon Spencer Archbishop Aquila has assigned How Free Can We Be Deacon Spencer Thornber, one of the two men ordained to the permanent diaconate from our parish this year, to Freedom in America St. Frances Cabrini for ministry. We celebrate that Deacon Spencer can minister in his local and The Catholic Ethos parish. We are grateful for this assignment and we welcome our new Deacon in his new role as a A Presentation by Fr. John Paul, member of the clergy. Please congratulate Deacon Spencer when you meet him and a Few Squirrels, and a Guitar welcome him as part of the Cabrini clergy team. For those who are interested, Archbishop Aquila also assigned our other former parishioner, the Thursday July 8th, 6:30pm newly-ordained Deacon Michael Seback, to St. in the Parish Halls Mary parish in Littleton, for ministry. Office Closure: The Parish Office and Adoration
Chapel will be closed on Monday, Dear God, we pray that you watch and protect July 5th in honor of Independence our country, the United States of America, one Day. Mass will be celebrated at nation under God. We pray that you keep us from 6:30am and 9am. harm, from evil forces who threaten the stability of love, peace, togetherness and wholeness as a Office Closures nation under your protection. The Parish Office will close at noon on We pray that you restore our country to pray for Fridays during the month of July. understanding, protection, kindness and love among all the people whose ancestors created this Garden Angels Wanted great nation and continue to live and believe that Our prayer gardens God is the overseer of us all as One Nation Under are in need of pruning, God! mulching and all-around - Written by Lu Liñan, the mother of a parishioner care. If you have extra
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish time and love to get your together as fools.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. hands in the dirt, please contact JoAnn at 303- 979-7688.
If you would like information about upcoming funerals, you may click on the “Upcoming Funerals” box on the main page of our website, www.sfcparish.org.
Denver Marian Conference: “Be Not Afraid” Knights of Columbus October 1st-3rd at Crowne Plaza Denver Airport All men of the Parish are invited to Convention Center join the Knights of Columbus at Speakers include Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, Fr. Chad Ripperger Cabrini. Please visit https:// FSSP, Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OMV, Susan Tassone and much more! www.kofc.org/secure/en/join/join- There is limited seating due to COVID restrictions, so reserve your seat the-knights.html to sign up. now at www.denvermarianconference.com. The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 3 July 4, 2021 OUTREACH & ASSISTANCE St. Maria Goretti Stuff the Bus - July 31st/August 1st Feast Day July 6 It is time to start looking ahead at “Stuffing the Bus!” Many office supplies and discount stores continue their back to school sales and it’s the perfect time to stock up with some great deals. We need pencils, mechanical pencils, washable Crayola markers, erasers, boxes of 24 crayons, glue sticks, white glue, pocket folders, ballpoint pens, red pens, 3-ring notebooks, composition books, 3 and 5 subject spirals, highlighters, sandwich bags, hand sanitizer and backpacks, to list just a few of the needed items. “He loves, He hopes, He waits. We will have the list up on the website and in the Our Lord prefers bulletin soon. to wait Himself for the sinner for years Annual Priest and Seminarian rather than keep us Appreciation Day waiting an instant.” Monday, August 23rd Priest and Seminarian Appreciation Day is happening!!!! Due to the Baby Bottle Boomerang tireless efforts by Karen M and her core team of volunteers thinking, Thank you to everyone who picked up a planning and re-organizing, they are making this event possible. bottle for the Baby Bottle Boomerang. If you This year we are inviting small faith communities to consider participating have not yet been able to return your by either attending or donating Denver area restaurant gift cards or VISA bottle, you are welcome to bring it to the gift cards. These gift cards will be distributed to the priests in appreciation front office during the week. St. Frances of all they do and sacrifice for us. If your community has decided to donate Cabrini’s Annual Baby Bottle to this event, please drop off the gift cards by Aug 16th. You may drop them Boomerang is for the benefit of off in the front office. Please do not forget to label your donation with your Birthline, Inc. name or your community’s name. If you have any questions please contact Karen L at 303-953-7765 or [email protected]. Items must be dropped off in the front office by Cabrini’s Cupboard Aug 16th. Give us this day our daily bread… We want to give Cabrini Loving Hands the kids a big shout The next gathering will be Sat., July 10th. The Loving Hands out for climbing Knitting and Crocheting group meets once a month (Jan.-Nov.) aboard the Rocky on Saturday between 10am-3pm in Parish Halls B & C. Join us if Railway VBS! you would like to learn to knit or crochet or to share your talents What a site to see and socialize as we make a variety of items for those in need. Contact all those sweet little Karen S at 303-588-0461 for more information on this ministry. hands and feet walking in with cereal donations for Cabrini Piecemakers Quilt Group Cabrini’s Cupboard. Over the week, kids Fri., July 16th, 9:30am-2pm, Hall B marched in 266 boxes of cereal! What an Sat., July 24th, 9:30am-3pm, Frassati Room amazing gift from the families of St Frances Piecemakers quilt with love to warm the body and comfort the Cabrini parish. We can’t thank you enough for soul of those in need. We invite you to join us! For more your generosity and kindness! information, please contact Karen at [email protected]. Without your support, our shelves would be empty, especially during the summer months. Thank you! Cabrini Rosary Makers Current needs: Cereal, spaghetti sauce, pasta By its nature, the recitation of the Rosary calls for a quiet noodles, snacks for kids, canned fruit, rhythm and a lingering pace, helping the individual to Hamburger Helper, ravioli, Spaghetti Os, hearty meditate on the mysteries of the Lord’s life as seen through soups, peanut butter and jelly, shampoo and the eyes of her who was closest to the Lord.- Rosarium conditioner, body wash or hand soap and size 4, Virginis Mariae by St. Pope JPII 5 & 6 diapers. You may stop by Parish Halls B & C on Tues. July 6th, Please be sure to double check expiration dates, any time between 9:30-11:30am to replenish your supplies as we are not able to shelve or distribute expired and drop off rosaries for distribution and stay if you would food. Please keep the clients of Cabrini’s like. We will be praying the Rosary. For more information, Cupboard in your prayers! Thank you! please call Teresa at 303-988-6517, Loretta at 720-981-5114 Thank you for your continued or Sandy at 303-932-1501. support and generosity! St. Frances Cabrini 4 Littleton, Colorado WORSHIP MINISTRY Adoration Chapel Hours Mass Intentions for the Week
We are hoping to increase the hours the Monday July 5 Adoration Chapel is open, but this depends on 6:30A Rush Limbaugh people who are willing to commit to a weekly 9:00A Rud Holmboe Holy Hour (on a specific day and time). The Tuesday July 6 expanded hours would be: 6:30A Ed Moschetti Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 7am - 7pm 9:00A Bob Conditt Wednesday: 10am - 7pm Florence Pacifico Friday: 7am - 6pm Wednesday July 7
We especially need to fill the new 7am, 8am and 9am times. If you 9:00A Roger Gonzales would like to sign up to be a new adorer, please visit www.sfcparish.org Thursday July 8 and click on “Adoration Chapel” under “Get Involved.” 6:30A Bert Burton
Emails were sent out to all current adorers. If you did not receive an 9:00A John Kenehan email, please visit our website and sign up again. Marianne McRae Friday July 9 “Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love.” (Pope St. John Paul II) Come spend some time with Jesus! He is waiting for YOU. 6:30A Fr. Tom Scherer - SI 9:00A Kim Kelley Saturday July 10 Healing Masses at St. Frances Cabrini 4:15P Ropelewski Boys The next Healing Mass will be on Mon., July 12th, 7pm. Sunday July 11 God is always with us to heal us and comfort us in our sufferings. 7:15A Parishioners These Masses are special opportunities to invite the Holy Spirit to 9:15A Richard Mondragon touch you deeply and heal those emotional, physical or spiritual places 11:15A Tony St. John that are in need of God’s healing graces. Please join us to praise God 5:15P Peter Levesque - SI and be open to how He wishes to work in our lives as we humbly come before Him, who is rich in mercy. If you have any questions, please contact Fr. Israel at [email protected]. Please pray for the souls of our recently deceased loved ones, that they may rejoice in the gift Holy Father’s July Prayer Intention: of eternal life: Lou Sugo, Eunice Romano, We pray that, in social, economic and political situations of conflict, we may Joe Beery Jr., Bette Plumley, Sarah be courageous and passionate architects of dialogue and friendship. Soehnlein, Jim Bujalski, Jerry Boswell David Sequeira and Gil Lopez. Weekly Vocation Prayer Intentions Sunday: Seminarians in their 2nd Theology and 1st Theology years Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, Monday: 2nd Philosophy and 1st Philosophy and let perpetual light shine upon them. Tuesday: Spirituality Year and Itinerancy May the souls of the faithful departed, Wednesday: College Sophomores and Freshmen through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. Thursday: Vocations Ministry Friday: Applicants and Prospective Seminarians Saturday: 4th Theology and 3rd Theology Prayer Line Deacon Brian, with the Intercessors of the Trinity, has been If you have a prayer request for yourself or for live streaming every Tuesday from 7-8:30 pm. They are able to someone else, call the prayer line at 303-953-7794 take your prayer requests and pray live with you. You can and leave your name, phone number and prayer connect at their website: IntercessorsoftheTrinity.org. intention (spelling all names for clarity) on the voice mail. Also, if you would like to join our ministry, Readings for the Week of July 4, 2021 please leave your name and phone number on the Sunday: Ez 2:2-5/Ps 123:1-4 [2cd]/2 Cor 12:7-10/Mk 6:1-6a voice mail and Karen Smoody will contact you. Monday: Gn 28:10-22a/Ps 91:1-4, 14-15 ab [cf. 2b]/Mt 9:18-26 Tuesday: Gn 32:23-33/Ps 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7ab, 8b & 15 [15a]/Mt 9:32-38 Monthly Stewardship Wednesday: Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a/Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19 [22]/ A heartfelt THANK YOU Mt 10:1-7 for your continued support and generosity! Thursday: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5/Ps 105:16-21 [5a]/Mt 10:7-15 Friday: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30/Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40 [39a]/Mt Your contributions support the continuation of the Parish mission and ministries. 10:16-23 Saturday: Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a/Ps 105:1-4, 6-7 [cf. Ps 69:33]/Mt June Offertory Envelopes ...... $101,810 10:24-33 June Online Giving ...... $94,819 Next Sunday: Am 7:12-15/Ps 85:9-14 [8]/Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10/Mk 6:7-13 Total June (4 weeks) ...... $196,629
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my path. - Psalm 119:105 If you are not a registered parishioner, we are not able to track your contributions. The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5 July 4, 2021 Marriage Ministry Support Needed Our marriage ministry is in the process of building our Wedding Rehearsal and Decorator Teams to assist our newly engaged couples. The teams assist the priests and deacons in coordinating the details of the wedding day. Please consider being a part of this fun and rewarding ministry as we share the joy of our couples in their decision to participate in this beautiful sacrament. If you would like to join us in building our team or would like more information, please contact Trudy at 303-953-7769. We look forward to having you with us! ADULT FAITH FORMATION
RCIA Process Baptism Classes The RCIA process is for anyone (adults, Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole teens, children) who was baptized Christian life, the gateway to life in the Catholic and never received their first Spirit and the door which gives access to Holy Communion or the Sacrament of Confirmation. It is also for our the other sacraments. -ccc 1213 brothers and sisters who were baptized in a different Christian faith and It is a requirement that parents attend a would like to be received into the Catholic Church and for those who were baptism class prior to the baptism of their never baptized and would like to be baptized into the Catholic faith, For child so they may be adequately prepared and more information, please contact Deacon Chet at 303-953-7783. understand the spiritual obligations.
A Free Gift for You from St. Frances Cabrini! Godparents are welcome and encouraged to attend. Parents are also invited to register in Already have a FORMED Account? Follow these steps: the parish. We celebrate many baptisms in 1)Visit FORMED.org, 2) Click SIGN IN, 3) Enter your our community, so we recommend contacting email, 4) Click the link in your email, 5) You’re in! No us prior to the birth of your child. To register more passwords! (Remember, when you return to for the class or to schedule your child’s FORMED, just click the sign in button.) baptism, call Deacon Chet at 303-953-7783.
Want to create a new FORMED account with your parish? Follow these steps: 1) Visit formed.org/signup 2) Select “St. Frances Cabrini” by What’s In The Kiosk? entering name, city or zip, 3) Register with your name and email address, 4) Jennifer Fulwiler had it Check that email account for a link to begin using FORMED. all: a life of travel, a husband with a stack of What’s on Formed.org? Ivy League degrees, a swanky condo in the heart This inspiring and unique new film tells the of Austin, and a beautiful first-born son. Then, moving story of France's little known religious civil one night, the questions she had been holding at war in the years following the French Revolution. bay by a life of fun and excitement came Featuring an exuberant and gifted cast of over 250 flooding over her. Raised in an The War of the Vendée young Catholics (playing all the roles), it is a atheist home in Bible Belt Texas, powerful story of sacrifice and martyrdom. It is told Jennifer mocked Christianity from with a careful sense of reserve and is an outstanding movie for the whole family. her childhood. One fateful In 1793, after enduring three and a half years of Church persecution under the experience as an eleven-year-old architects of the French Revolution, a small band of faithful peasants and nobles caused her to experience the fear of from the Vendee region of France began a Catholic "counter-revolution." This is mortality, which she only managed the unknown, heroic story of the valiant, six year struggle of the people of that to ward off by focusing on the next small section of western France to restore their Holy Religion and their King. big plan for her life. Once she began Steeped in the spiritual influence of St. Louis de Montfort, and wearing their to allow herself to pose those rosaries and emblems of the Sacred Heart, their sacrifices resulted in countless questions again, she set out on a blog-writing and martyrdoms, and ultimately won the restoration of religious freedom for all of book-reading quest for the truth about suffering, France. This beautiful film is a love-letter to the Vendean people, and was evil, death, and whether or not Jesus Christ is produced to honor the memory of these brave men and women who willingly who he said he was. A moving memoir of her sacrificed their lives, "for God and King." This wonderful film features stunning conversion, Jennifer Fulwiler is poignantly, often performances by the large, talented cast of young people, gorgeous hilariously, honest in Something Other Than cinematography, and a glorious original music score that will inspire audiences God. For more info about Lighthouse offerings, with its timeless themes of courage, faith, and love. contact DeAnn at 303-953-7792. Summer Classes at St. John Vianney Lay Division Short Course: • “Lessons from St. Joseph: Husband, Father, Saint” is a 6-week course offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 13th - Aug. 26th, taught by Daniel Campbell, Director of the Lay Division at the Seminary. Fee: $100. As a special promotion for the “Year of St. Joseph,” students in this summer course will receive a $100 tuition credit toward enrollment in any 2021-2022 full-year Biblical School, Catechetical School or Enrichment Course with the Lay Division. One Day Workshop on the Sacred Heart of Jesus on August 28th. Daniel Campbell will be teaching a livestreamed workshop that will explore the love of Jesus Christ and His Most Sacred Heart. Fee: $40.00 For more information or to register for any of these classes, visit https://sjvlaydivision.org or call 303-715-3195. All classes are open to any interested person(s), so please spread the word to your family and friends, near and far!
St. Frances Cabrini 66 Littleton, Colorado RESPECT LIFE
USCCB Prayer for Religious Freedom Reproductive “Freedom”
O GOD OUR CREATOR, from your provident hand we A Misleading Term have received our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You have called us as your people and given As we celebrate our country’s independence us the right and the duty to worship you, the only true this weekend, we give thanks for the many God, and your Son, Jesus Christ. Through the power and freedoms that we enjoy in the United States, working of your Holy Spirit, you call us to live out our faith in the midst and rightfully so. However, the word freedom of the world, bringing the light and the saving truth of the Gospel to every can often be used in misleading ways as it is corner of society. We ask you to bless us in our vigilance for the gift of when used in the term reproductive religious liberty. Give us the strength of mind and heart to readily defend “freedom.” Our culture has coined this term to our freedoms when they are threatened; give us courage in making our voices heard on behalf of the rights of your Church and the freedom of refer to a woman’s decision about whether or conscience of all people of faith. Grant, we pray, O heavenly Father, a when to have a child. In the name of clear and united voice to all your sons and daughters gathered in your reproductive “freedom,” millions of lives of Church in this decisive hour in the history of our nation, so that, with children are taken every year through abortion every trial withstood and every danger overcome— for the sake of our and through reproductive procedures that children, our grandchildren, and all who come after us— this great land destroy embryos. Through this twisting of the will always be “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice word freedom, not only are innocent lives for all.” We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. ended, but millions of women are enslaved as well. The grief, shame, confusion, and Support the Hyde Amendment depression that often afflicts women after The Hyde Amendment protects taxpayers money from funding having an abortion does the complete opposite elective abortion. This amendment is now in danger of being taken of what the flippant use of the term away. Billions of taxpayer dollars could then be used to pay for reproductive “freedom” promises. Rather than abortion. We urge you to send a message to congress in defense of the provide freedom, there is pain and bondage. Hyde Amendment by signing the petition on So this weekend, may we keep in our prayers www.notaxpayerabortion.com. all of those women who may be contemplating having an abortion hoping to find the freedom Interesting Pro-Life Fact that they have been told will come with this The United States abortion rate is among the highest of developed decision. May they instead embrace life and countries. Nearly 1 in 4 pregnancies in the United States ends in experience the true freedom that can only be abortion. found in God’s loving plan for their lives.
https://prolifeacrossamerica.org/did-you-know-pro-life-facts/
Create a homemade card for a new mother in the hospital. Have your kids and grandkids make cheerful cards for new mothers and then take them to the maternity ward of a nearby hospital. This small act of kindness is sure to touch the hearts of new moms.
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Lace up your running shoes and register for the 10th Annual Respect Life 5K at Light of the World Catholic Parish on July 24th at 8:00 am. The race is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council 12567. All proceeds from the race will be used to assist in the purchase of an ultrasound machine for a pregnancy crisis center in Colorado as part of the Knights of Columbus Ultrasound Initiative Program. The race starts at 8am. Race day registration and packet pick-up begin at 7am. The course starts and finishes at Light of the World Catholic Church and winds through the adjoining neighborhood. There are two team categories (see registration website for more information). Team members are also eligible for individual awards. All 5K participants are also eligible for the prize drawing. Free parking is available on site. A free breakfast is provided by the Knights of Columbus to all participants, supporters and volunteers. A free kids fun run (12 and under) will be held following the 5K. For more information and to register, visit https://www.raceentry.com/respect-life-5k/race-information. Email [email protected] if you have any specific questions.
The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7 July 4, 2021 CHILDREN’S FAITH FORMATION Children’s Faith Formation Re-enrollment & Registration for 2021-2022 Has Started! Re-enrollment information for the 2021-2022 C.F.F. Program Year was mailed out several weeks ago to existing C.F.F. families whose children were enrolled (in-person, online or home study) in the 2020- 2021 C.F.F. program year. Please visit our C.F.F. web page at www.sfcparish.org/cff to complete your child’s re-enrollment for 2021-2022. Online registration for the 2021-2022 C.F.F. program year has opened up to the entire parish community. **Online classes will not be offered for the 2021-2022 C.F.F. program year. The 2021-2022 C.F.F. Program Year Calendar will be mailed out, along with Sacrament Prep paperwork for 2nd and 3rd grades, in July. Have a safe, restful and joy-filled summer! May the Lord bless each and every one of you! VBS at SFC - With Deepest Gratitude! Rocky Railway: Jesus’ Power Pulls Us Through! Where do we begin?! The Children’s Faith Formation Office extends our most profound appreciation to the over 50 volunteers that made our second VBS program at St. Frances Cabrini such an enriching and wonderful experience for the 101 “Rocky Railway” participants!! From all the prep work (cutting, counting, laminating), to preparing the snacks, to decorating the environment, to developing the curriculum, to leading Bible Study, to teaching the songs and hand motions, to leading outdoor activities, to craft set-up and instructions…Phew!! Our VBS volunteers are truly the MVP’s of our “Rocky Railway” VBS program! Thank you to all the amazing passengers (children) who brought their smiles and joy, and their families for choosing St. Frances Cabrini’s “Rocky Railway” VBS program this summer!! See you next summer!! Be A Witness of the Truth… Confirmation Share the Catholic Faith with Children! and 1st Eucharist Have you ever considered diving deeper into your relationship with Christ by sharing your passion for the Catholic faith with children? It Photos and Banners truly is amazing how teaching the youth can make your own faith come Photos from all three of our Confirmation and First alive even more! Our ministry is in need of catechists and assistants for Holy Communion Masses are now available online the following grade levels: Children’s Liturgy of the Word (3-6 for purchase. If you did not receive the email with the year-olds), 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades. link and password to these pictures, please contact the Here in the Children’s Faith Formation ministry at St. Frances C.F.F. office via phone or email. Cabrini, we provide all lesson plans and materials for our catechists There are still many Confirmation and First from grade levels Preschool – 4th grade. Bring your love of Jesus to Eucharist banners in the Gathering Space for 3rd the youth, and discover the great fruits that you will receive in your Year families to pick up. Families may stop by own faith journey! Contact Kristen Conrad at 303-953-7775 or Monday-Friday during building hours (8:30am-5pm) [email protected] to learn more about this enriching ministry! or during the Mass times on Saturday or Sunday. TEEN/YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY
>>> Visit our website at sfcparish.org/youth for more information and to register for 2021- 2022. <<<
St. Frances Cabrini 8 Littleton, Colorado COMMUNITY LIFE MINISTRY
2 Cor 12:7-10 Have you ever wondered, what exactly is the thorn is Paul’s side? Well, you are not alone. For a couple of centuries scholars and Saints have been pondering the same question. The Church has no official teaching on this thorn, but many have speculated. A few of these speculations are: a metaphor for Paul’s opponents suggested by St John Chrysostom, fleshly temptations suggested by St Thomas Aquinas and finally physical aliment suggested by St. Jerome and Tertullian. Modern scholars have thought the physical aliment to be specifically eye problems. All the above have their
strengths and weakness but, in the end, we just don’t know. As St. Augustine said about the thorn, “Whatever Magnificat Moms: that was.” Maybe it is intended to be a mystery so we can An SFC Catholic Moms Group identify with it in our own lives. Anything that we have that We are very excited for next fall’s is serious, painful, chronic and/or that we want to be program. Our group is made up of moms delivered from can be our thorn. God does have the of all kinds - moms who work outside the power to deliver us from it but in His infinite wisdom does home, stay-at-home moms, moms with babies and not do so, as in the case with Paul. Comfort comes in this moms with school-age kiddos. There is definitely a passage from Jesus, “My grace is sufficient for you, for place for you, too! Mag Moms meets twice a month power is made perfect in weakness.” These are some of during the school year. You can join our community the few words recorded of Jesus outside of the Gospels. on Facebook (Magnificat Moms Group St. Frances
(Reflection by Karen Lotspeich, information is from Dr. Brant Cabrini), Instagram (cabrinimagmoms) or email Pitre, The mass reading explained.) ([email protected]) for resources, encouragement and connections. Support Groups Groups are welcoming and offer support, prayer and fellowship to those in need. If you have general questions, please call 303-953-7765. Abortion Healing/Forgiveness: Caring, confidential group. Open to anyone Al-Anon: Meetings on Mon., 1-2:30pm and Fri., 9-10:30am in person and who has had or been affected by an abortion. Call Lori at 303-904-7414. via zoom, Adults only. Contact Karen at 303-953-7765. Adoptive Families: Looking for support, fellowship & education in a faith- Counseling Referrals: Our Parish has a number of counselors we refer to filled atmosphere? Contact Teresa at 720-988-7847 or [email protected] for for a wide range of issues. For a referral, call Karen at 303-953-7765. more information. Sexual Purity: Join a group of men who are finding hope, healing and Alcoholics Anonymous: 7:30pm Sat. in the lower level. For more info, call freedom from their sexual sin through Christ. For more information, call 303- Eddie at 303-917-8992. 587-6239.
7th Annual NUN RUN - Sept. 12, 2021 Charity Race to Support the Denver Sisters of Life We are looking forward to being together for this year’s race. Invite your friends to join you for a race like nun other. To register, go to nunrunsistersoflife.com. Early bird specials through July 31st. Sacred Relics Of The Saints: Treasures Of The Church Catholic Women’s Conference Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Broomfield presents a teaching and exposition Registration is now open of Sacred Relics on Fri., July 9th, at 6:30 pm. St. Mark in Highlands Ranch for the 5th Annual Catholic will also be hosting the relics on Sat., July 10th, at 10am. Father Carlos Women's Conference of Martins of the Companions of the Cross will be here with an extraordinary Vatican collection of over 150 relics, some as old as 2000 years. Among the Denver being held at treasures will be relics of St. Joseph, St. Maria Goretti, St. Therese of Lisieux, Assumption Parish in St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Denver. The conference will Faustina Kowalska. There will also be a portion of the Veil of Our Lady and take place on Sat., Sept. 18th, with four amazing one of the largest remaining pieces of the True Cross in the world. Those in speakers focusing on The Future of Humanity attendance will be able to examine and venerate each relic. Throughout history, Passes by Way of the Family. Join us for a day of many healings have been worked in the presence of relics; and thousands have holy sisterhood and participate in shopping, been occasioned through this ministry. Do not miss this opportunity. You are adoration, confession, and the Holy Sacrifice of the encouraged to bring your articles of devotion (such as rosaries, holy cards, etc.) Mass. In-person and virtual attendance options are and pictures of ill friends/family members, which you will be able to touch to available. Scholarships available! Learn more the reliquaries as a means of intercession. at denvercatholicconference.com. The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9 July 4, 2021 Help Transform the World… Be a Catechist
Have you ever considered diving deeper into your relationship with Christ by sharing your passion for the Catholic faith with children? It truly is amazing how teaching the youth can help make your own faith come alive!
The Rosary became my favorite devotion by teaching it to 6th graders. I began to Here in the Children’s Faith Formation ministry at St. better understand the meaning of God’s Frances Cabrini, we provide all lesson plans and inspired Word by teaching the Book of materials for our catechists from grade levels 1st-6th Exodus to 7th graders. I began living my grade. Bring your love of Jesus to the youth, and Catholic faith with more conviction by discover the great fruits that you will receive in your teaching the youth, and each year I learn own faith journey! Contact Kristen Conrad at 303-953- something new. ~Catechist of 20+ years 7775 or [email protected] to learn more about this enriching ministry! Catechists are people who keep the memory of God alive; they keep it alive in themselves and they are able to revive it in others.
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