Not Only Did God Lead Me out of Columbine, He Was Leading Me to Himself.”

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BY MARK HAAS [email protected] Not only did God @markhaastv lead me out of Columbine, very school day for almost two “ years, Jenica Thornby would E spend her lunch hour in the he was leading me library at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Every day, except to himself.” April 20, 1999. “I was sitting in my art class when all of the sudden I had this urge to leave school. I remember thinking, there is no way I am going to be talked into staying.” Thornby found her friend that she always studied with and talked her into leaving too. As they drove away in a car her father had bought her just a week earlier, behind them they saw hundreds of other students running out of the school. Thinking it was maybe a ﬁ re FROM drill, Thornby kept driving. Back inside the school, two students had entered with guns, where they would kill 12 students and a teacher, and wound over 20 more people, COLUMBINE before taking their own lives. In the days that followed, Thornby would learn that many of the casualties took place in the library, where on any other day she would have been sitting. “I remember thinking, I always TO CHRIST went to the library, and the only reason I wasn’t there was because Sister Mary Gianna I had this urge to leave. That was really hard to wrap my mind shares how she found God around, and so I really wondered, ‘What gave me that urge, why after narrowly missing the wasn’t I there?’” Two decades later, Thornby Columbine massacre 20 years ago is now Sister Mary Gianna, DLJC, and on the 20th Anniversary PHOTO BY ANYA SEMENOFF » Bethlehem Handicrafts Carving by HAND for over 300 years! OLIVE WOOD Over 1,000 handcrafted Archbishop Aquila blesses new store pieces on display BEAUTIFUL ONE OF A KIND GIFTS 4114 S Parker Rd SCAN ME www.BethlehemHandicrafts.com 720-201-7193 2 APRIL 27-MAY 10, 2019 | DENVER CATHOLIC

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Archbishop’s Column Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila Fighting the darkness: Notre Dame and acts of faith Redemptoris Mater Seminaries. I annual appeal shine forth. The fruit frequently hear from people about we bear constantly reminds us that how impressed they are with our Jesus is truly risen and that he lives seminarians and their witness to the among us. We are able, through your faith. This is a tribute to the dedicated generosity, to bring the love of Jesus e orts of the formators and profes- Christ to hundreds of thousands of sors at our two seminaries. people in a world that is desperately There are nearly 40 ministries that searching for it. I invite you to prayer- benefi t from the appeal, so the impact fully consider how God is calling you of their witness is much more exten- to join this e ort. sive than my brief description. Just Thank you for your generous and as the unfolding of the fi re at Notre sacrifi cial support of the Archbishop’s Dame cathedral demonstrated the Catholic Appeal. May God bless you impact of faith and beauty on so many this Easter season and help you be a people, so, too, does the fruit of the light to the world!

PHOTO BY NISSA LAPOINT @ArchbishopDen Apr. 21 hen the famous cathedral Next weekend, May 4-5, we will of Notre Dame de Paris launch the annual Archbishop’s Cath- Christ is Risen! Our hearts cry out in joy Alleluia, for W went up in fl ames last olic Appeal in all the parishes of the our God is faithful to his promises! May the heart week, you could see and hear the pain Archdiocese of Denver. This appeal in the faces and voices of the onlook- provides the people of northern Col- of every human being open to the eternal love of ers. People spontaneously gathered orado with their chance to testify to the Father revealed in Jesus! Pray for those killed along the banks of the Seine River to the gift of faith and be a light to the & wounded in Churches & hotels in #SriLanka! sing the Hail Mary, paying tribute to world. the importance of Our Lady and the The charity of thousands of people gift of faith. in our archdiocese is already appar- PHOTO OF THE WEEK I, too, remembered the times I ent. Through our homeless shelters, prayed in the Cathedral and celebrated a safe place to sleep was provided for Mass there, and especially the adora- more than 200,000 nights in 2018. tion chapel. The sheer beauty of Notre Our a ordable housing system helped Dame and the feats of skill involved restore dignity by supplying housing in its construction over 800 years ago for almost one million residents. We always fi lled me with wonder. also fed the hungry, o ering 612,158 Paris fi re brigade chaplain Father meals to those in need. Our St. Rapha- Jean-Marc Fournier also gave witness el’s Counseling ministry was able to to the gift of faith when he rescued begin the healing process by counsel- the relics of the Crown of Thorns, ing 667 clients, totaling thousands of the Blessed Sacrament and numer- hours of care. ous other sacred objects. He told the These e orts demonstrate our love French magazine Famille Chrétienne for Christ in the needy. But the Arch- that when he rescued the Blessed bishop’s Catholic Appeal also brings Sacrament it was “an act of faith. … I the gift of faith to countless people asked Jesus — and I really believe he in our parishes and local commu- is present in these hosts — to fi ght the nities. The O¢ ce of Evangelization fl ames and preserve the building ded- and Family Life Ministries trains icated to his mother.” The tragedy of catechists, youth ministers and parish the Notre Dame fi re has brought forth sta in e ective evangelization, these acts of witness to the faith. provides retreats and helps engaged It was also inspiring to see the couples prepare for a happy, lifelong outpouring of pledges for rebuilding marriage. The Leadership Institute Notre Dame that followed the blaze. and other e orts of this o¢ ce make Taken together, this spiritual and valuable contributions to help create Archbishop S muel J. Aquil confi rms confi rm ndi during the E ster monetary support shows that even a culture of missionary discipleship in M ss t the C thedr l B silic of the Imm cul te Conception April 21. if people are far from the faith or not our archdiocese. PHOTO BY DANIEL PETTY even Christian, we are all made for Perhaps the two ministries that beauty and therefore the ultimate have the most direct impact on par- ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE source of all that is true, good and ishes and are funded through the APR. 28: Confi rmation Mass, Sts. Peter and MAY 3: Confi rmation Mass, St. Thomas More, beautiful, God himself. appeal are St. John Vianney and Paul, Wheat Ridge (2:00 p.m.) Centennial (6:30 p.m.) DENVER CATHOLIC | APRIL 27-MAY 10, 2019 3

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BY CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY capital, Colombo, and in Negombo, a city 20 miles to its north. At the same eligious and civil leaders have time, a bomb exploded at a service at the responded with condolences, evangelical Zion Church in Batticaolo, R prayer, and calls for justice after on Sri Lanka’s east coast. several explosions at churches and Pews were shattered by the blast at St. hotels in Sri Lanka killed more than Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo, and ﬂoors 200 people and injured hundreds more and ceilings were covered in blood. The on Easter Sunday. Catholic shrine is the most well-known Calling it “a very, very sad day for church in Sri Lanka and is designated all of us,” Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the country’s national shrine. The ﬁrst Archbishop of Colombo, canceled all chapel on the Church property was built remaining Easter Masses for the day during Sri Lanka’s Dutch colonial period, in the Colombo district. when Catholicism was mostly forbidden At the conclusion of his Urbi et on the island. Orbi address on Easter Sunday, Pope There were also explosions Sunday Francis said the violence in Sri Lanka morning at three luxury hotels in has brought “grief and sorrow” to the Colombo, and explosions outside a zoo people there. and a private home Sunday afternoon. “I wish to express my aectionate The island nation, which is home to closeness to the Christian community, a population of more than 21 million, struck while it was gathered in prayer, has been plagued with periodic violence and to all the victims of such cruel vio- since its 26-year civil war concluded lence,” he said. in 2009. More than 70 percent of Sri “I entrust to the Lord all those who Lankans are Buddhists, roughly 13 have tragically perished,” he said, percent are Hindus, almost 10 percent adding his prayers for those who are are Muslims, and fewer than 8 percent injured and suering from the attacks. are Christians. There are 1.5 million Shortly before 9 a.m., explosions Catholics in the country, constituting were detonated during Easter Mass at the overwhelming majority of the Sri FOR KING & COUNTRY Catholic churches in the Sri Lankan Lanka’s Christians. Additions · Remodels · Full Builds WITH REBECCA ST. JAMES FREE Design Thru Build CONSULTATION Sunda, Jun 30 PARISHIONER Residential & Matthew Alderman c. 720.217.1263 Commercial w. 303.495.2777 General aldermanbuilders.com Contractor

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of the Columbine massacre, minister named Kate. she shared her story with “I remember seeing something « the Denver Catholic of how di erent in (Kate),” said Sister Mary God led her out of her high Gianna. “She was so bright, so full of school that day, and into a deep rela- life. I could tell that she had something tionship with Christ. in her life that was missing in mine.” Sister Mary Gianna said Kate and the SEARCHING FOR FULFILMENT youth group introduced her to a God that Sister Mary Gianna reads the tribute to Rachel Joy Scott at the Colum- Sister Mary Gianna said growing up in loved her, and that had a plan for her life. bine Memorial in Clement Park. PHOTO BY ANYA SEMENOFF Texas, California and then Colorado, she had loving parents, but as a family they RCIA, NET AND DLJC vows. She now serves at The Ark and her, and coincidently, Rachel’s family did not practice any religion or faith. After high school graduation, with The Dove retreat center in Pittsburgh. played a role in her own conversion. After the school shooting, like many the support of her parents Sister Mary Sister Mary Gianna said the day after of her classmates, Sister Mary Gianna Gianna chose to attend Franciscan Uni- CHAIN REACTIONS the shooting she was at a friend’s house struggled coming to grips with what had versity of Steubenville, where her fresh- Standing in the center of the Colum- and her friend’s mom told Rachel’s aunt happened. man year she went through RCIA and bine Memorial at Clement Park, Sister about how she had left just before the “I started drinking and going to par- was received into the Catholic Church Mary Gianna is drawn to the plaque that shooting began. Sister Mary Gianna ties, thinking if I was in a relationship, at the Easter Vigil of 2002. remembers Rachel Joy Scott. said Rachel’s aunt replied, “God must then I’ll be happy,” Sister Mary Gianna After college, she spent a year with Rachel was the fi rst victim on A pril have a plan for your life.” recalled. “I was searching for fulfi lment.” NET (National Evangelization Team), 20, 1999, and after being shot, one of the It was one of the fi rst seeds planted But near the end of her junior year sharing her testimony with teenagers gunmen asked her if she still believed in Sister Mary Gianna’s heart, that a classmate of hers who seemingly had across the country. At the same time, in God, to which Rachel replied, “You started to grow, and as Sister Mary everything going for him committed through the encouragement of others, know I do,” before the gunman shot her Gianna continued to say ‘yes’ to God, suicide, and Sister Mary Gianna said her she began to consider religious life. in the head. led her to the life she has today. senior year she hit rock bottom. “I felt God wanted to use me to lead “Unfortunately, the two boys talked “Even when I didn’t know God that “If he was in so much pain and su er- others to Christ as my youth minister about how they wanted to start a chain day at Columbine, he led me out of ing and took his life, what do I do with had led me to Christ,” said Sister Mary reaction of death and violence and school, he protected me,” said Sister all my su ering and all my pain?” Sister Gianna. “And I felt God was calling me destruction,” Sister Mary Gianna said. Mary Gianna. Mary Gianna said she asked herself. “I to share how he had worked in my life, “However, Rachel had a theory that if “Even in the midst of tragedy, God thought I was going to take my own life my personal testimony.” one person could go out of their way can bring good, God could bring life out by my 18th birthday.” In 2010, Jenica Thornby entered and show compassion and kindness, we of death. The worst tragedy was Jesus It was that year that a friend invited religious life as a member of the Disci- would never know how far it would go, being put to death on the Cross, and it her to come to a youth group at St. Fran- ples of the Lord Jesus Christ, she was and it just might start a chain reaction.” led to our salvation. And even in the ces Cabrini Catholic Church, where given the name Sister Mary Gianna, and Sister Mary Gianna said Rachel’s midst of this tragedy of Columbine, God Sister Mary Gianna would meet a youth last year on Aug. 4, 2018, took her fi nal story has become an inspiration to could bring good.”

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He was 83. “He was a man of God, but he was FILE PHOTO also a man of the people,” said Jennifer Ramos, 22, in a eulogy at the priest’s her heroic charity to the poor. By the vigil and rosary held at Sacred Heart time Marcus attended the parish grade on April 11. school, however, the neighborhood had “Sacred Heart Church meant a lot to fallen on hard times. him,” she continued. “He attended this Wanting to return the once grand church along with his mother and was but by then shabby church to its orig- an altar boy. He grew up in this [Curtis inal beauty, Father Medrano rolled up Still feeling the pinch from tax day? Park] neighborhood. He was shaped by his sleeves and, with the help of two the poverty and injustices that he wit- others, put his restoration skills to use nessed in this community.” refurbishing the altar, pews and wood- MAKE YOUR GIVING By the time Marcus Medrano work. He hired down-and-out artists dropped out of high school at age 15 to restore the original murals. 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Around the Archdiocese Lead others to Christ with a generous gift BY AARON LAMBERT t’s a question you probably ask Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila wrote in a probably shouldn’t spend time trying [email protected] yourself every year: How far does letter to the archdiocese. “Your willing- to do their own fundraising,” Father I the money you give to the Arch- ness to imitate Christ’s life of service to Dollins said. “The ministry should be bishop’s Catholic Appeal really go? all, through your charity to the appeal, able to just be the ministry.” Annual The answer is simple: Really far, and will shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, Each parish has an ACA fundraising yes, it makes all the di erence in the protect the unborn, instruct our youth, goal based on the total annual o ertory world. evangelize college students, nourish for the parish. However, funds raised Archbishop’s The annual Archbishop’s Catholic vocations, comfort the elderly and draw from the ACA have the potential to Appeal o¢ cially launches April 27. many to a deeper union with Christ.” benefi t parishes, too. A two-tier parish Catholic The ACA benefi ts nearly 40 ministries As Father Dollins, Vicar General for rebate program was implemented sev- within the Archdiocese of Denver, each the archdiocese, puts it, it does fund eral years ago as an incentive for par- of which play a crucial part in the opera- some of the less glamorous parts of ishes to encourage parishioners to give Appeal benefi ts tion of the Catholic Church in northern Church administration, but in doing to the ACA. Colorado as a whole. Last year’s appeal so, it supports all ministries and allows “If everyone’s pulling to give to their parishes, nearly raised more than $10 million in dona- them to focus on doing what they were parish, not only are they giving to the tions, which were invested directly into created to do: namely, ministering to nearly 40 ministries, but at a certain 40 ministries those ministries. people and leading them to Christ. level, a percentage goes back to the “This year, I’d like to stress how your Additionally, “there’s a lot of aspects parish and helps them as well,” Father gift will have a real and lasting impact in of the diocese that don’t have the Dollins explained. “It’s a win for the and much more the lives of others and in our world,” means to do their own fundraising and whole diocese and for the whole parish.”

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Additionally, the online giving option “One hundred percent of your appeal has been fine-tuned to provide the same gift will support ministry operations and convenience as the most popular online … no appeal funds were, are or ever will be payment systems and makes it easier for used for legal expenses or settlements,” those who would like to work an ACA Archbishop Aquila wrote. “Donate to donation into their monthly budget. the appeal knowing that your gift will Last year, 900 contributors supported be prudently invested in programs that the works of the Church through the evangelize our faith and serve others.” monthly recurring gift option. Father Catholics are asked to give a lot Dollins encourages people to switch to throughout the course of any given giving year-round instead of the tradi- year, and it’s easy to see the ACA as just tional five months. another ask that bears no significance. “Why not make the ACA a recurring However, for the faithful in the Arch- monthly gift that fits into the way you diocese of Denver, it’s important to see do the rest of your budget?” he said. the needs of the larger Church and how Amid the current Church crisis, far that dollar actually goes. Archbishop Aquila reassures the “It’s really easy to be focused on ‘me’ faithful that he and the Archdiocese and tithing at your own parish, but [we of Denver are committed to full trans- are all] part of a larger Church that has parency and change within the Church. expansive needs,” Father Dollins said. PHOTO BY ANDREW WRIGHT The Promise webpage (archden.org/ “I might be in a small town that doesn’t If a parish exceeds their goal for the rebates at the 50 percent level and 53 promise) contains a wealth of infor- have a need to feed the poor, but the ACA, 50 percent of every dollar raised parishes received rebates at the 25 mation about how the archdiocese has Cathedral does. I can’t necessarily help after that goes back to the parish. For the percent level, for a total of more than handled allegations of sexual abuse of a the poor where I’m at, but the Church parishes that have a harder time meeting $735,000 going back to the parishes. minor in the past, and in February, the is a lot bigger than my one location.” their goal, they also have the opportunity This year’s ACA also continues the archdiocese voluntarily allowed for an for a rebate if they beat the amount of Nine Choir of Angels Giving Society, independent review of all priest files i TO DONATE money raised for the ACA the previous which designates dierent levels of related to the sexual abuse of minors. Visit archden.org/givenow to year. If they do that, they get 25 percent giving with an angelic title. Last year, No funds raised from the Archbish- make a donation to of every dollar raised after that number. 2,500 donors joined this distinction op’s Catholic Appeal are ever used for Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal Last year, 46 parishes received by giving a gift of $1,000 or more. legal expenses.

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2019 ACA PARISH AND MISSION GOALS WEST SOUTHEAST Christ on the Mountain - Lakewood $ 97,347 Church of the Risen Christ $ 175,112 Christ the King - Evergreen 103,147 Most Precious Blood 240,510 Our Lady of Fatima - Lakewood 137,528 Our Lady of Lourdes 106,919 Our Lady of Lourdes - Georgetown 3,825 St. Francis de Sales 22,064 Our Lady of the Pines - Conifer 39,036 St. Louis - Englewood 45,460 St. Elizabeth - Buffalo Creek 4,273 St. Rose of Lima 33,549 St. Joseph - Golden 92,276 St. Thomas More - Centennial 590,806 St. Jude - Lakewood 154,606 St. Vincent de Paul 135,480 St. Mary of the Assumption - Central City 6,539 St. Paul - Idaho Springs 5,728 BOULDER Guardian Angels - Mead 35,566 CENTRAL WEST Immaculate Conception - 20 19 Our Lady of Guadalupe 71,043 Lafayette 133,814 Our Lady of Mount Carmel 37,506 Nativity of Our Lord - Presentation of Our Lady 21,749 Broomfield 239,339 St. Anthony of Padua 51,654 Sacred Heart of Jesus 103,158 St. Bernadette - Lakewood 62,212 Sacred Heart of Mary 123,091 St. Cajetan 52,021 St. Francis of Assisi - Longmont 115,664 St. Catherine of Siena 54,654 St. John the Baptist - Longmont 189,705 St. Dominic 52,616 St. Louis - Louisville 91,359 St. Mary Magdalene 30,825 St. Martin de Porres 28,223 St. Rita - Nederland 4,736 NORTHWEST St. Scholastica - Erie 27,949 Guardian Angels 22,690 St. Thomas Aquinas 106,429 Holy Family 46,703 Holy Trinity - Westminster FORT COLLINS (and Our Lady of Visitation) 120,610 Holy Family 24,196 The Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal funds nearly 40 ministries, Queen of Vietnamese Martyrs - Our Lady of the Mountains - Wheat Ridge 36,486 Estes Park 44,386 including charitable, educational, and pastoral programs. Shrine of St. Anne - Arvada 102,314 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 126,080 Spirit of Christ - Arvada 308,727 St. John the Evangelist - Loveland 207,434 St. Joan of Arc - Arvada 190,859 St. John XXIII 73,034 St. Mark - Westminster 110,121 St. Joseph 176,598 The Appeal also helps your parish by providing centralized Sts. Peter and Paul - Wheat Ridge 63,782 GREELEY resources. In addition, your parish can earn rebate funding SOUTHWEST Holy Family - Keenesburg 5,984 All Saints 50,778 Our Lady of Grace - Wattenberg 6,170 when it exceeds the parish Appeal goal. All Souls - Englewood 111,168 Our Lady of Peace 58,135 Holy Name - Englewood 59,686 Our Lady of the Valley - Windsor 147,319 Light of the World - Littleton 241,504 Sacred Heart - Roggen 8,648 Notre Dame 125,448 St. John the Baptist - Johnstown 33,121 Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Littleton 63,465 St. Mary - Ault 7,927 St. Frances Cabrini - Littleton 327,958 St. Mary 143,483 St. Mary - Littleton 289,994 St. Nicholas - Platteville 12,275 Last year, parishes received St. Peter 97,311 99 EAST St. Theresa - Frederick 33,856 more than Church of the Ascension - Denver 63,872 St. William - Fort Lupton 32,990 $735,000 Our Lady of Loreto - Foxfield 331,193 Our Lady of the Plains - Byers 26,109 EASTERN PLAINS (7.2% of total dollars collected) Queen of Peace - Aurora 214,479 Christ the King - Haxtun 4,253 St. Gianna Molla - Aurora 8,004 Our Lady of Lourdes - Wiggins 6,138 from the parish rebate program. St. Lawrence Korean - Aurora 25,415 Sacred Heart - Peetz 5,169 St. Michael the Archangel - Aurora 245,163 St. Andrew the Apostle - Wray 15,137 St. Pius X - Aurora 74,138 St. Anthony of Padua - Julesburg 10,650 St. Thérèse - Aurora 57,159 St. Anthony - Sterling 60,183 St. Catherine of Siena - Iliff 3,902 CENTRAL EAST St. Francis of Assisi - Weldona 1,456 Annunciation 31,511 St. Helena - Fort Morgan 35,510 Help promote the works of our Archdiocesan Church and Blessed Sacrament 57,088 St. John - Stoneham 4,282 Cathedral Basilica of the St. John the Evangelist - Yuma 14,536 your parish by supporting the Appeal today. Immaculate Conception 65,968 St. Joseph - Akron 13,349 “Nobody is so poor he has nothing Christ the King 107,783 St. Mary - Brush 13,863 Cure d’Ars 35,348 St. Patrick - Holyoke 14,253 Good Shepherd 120,878 St. Peter - Crook 1,678 to give, and nobody is so rich Holy Ghost 83,588 St. Peter the Apostle - Fleming 3,395 Mother of God 40,716 Donate online: Sacred Heart 19,393 WESTERN SLOPE he has nothing to receive.” St. Elizabeth of Hungary 29,390 Holy Family - Meeker 8,560 St. Ignatius Loyola 42,988 Holy Name - Steamboat Springs 71,161 www.archden.org/givenow St. James 64,177 St. Anne - Grand Lake (and Our Lady St. Joseph 19,227 of the Snow and St. Bernard) 42,510 or complete the pledge card in this issue. 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Around the Archdiocese Need a Mortgage? Loveland parish capital SEE US FIRST! campaign will accommodate growing community

BY MOIRA CULLINGS retirees, we had an opportunity to really [email protected] become involved in church life much more so than we were able to do while we were in the military. uring Dick and Sue Reznik’s “We really found in St. John’s time in the military, they a place to establish our faith D found themselves roots,” he said. moving frequently and simply St. John the Evangelist has passing through Catholic par- been a welcoming community ishes as a result. for countless parishioners It wasn’t until they retired since it was established in the and moved to Loveland six early 1900s. years ago that the couple dis- PARISH Consequently, the cur- SPOTLIGHT covered a sense of home at St. rent church building, which John the Evangelist Catholic was constructed in 1969, has Church. undergone the wear and tear that “We found that in so many ways, St. comes with the busy life of a parish. Your savings federally insured to at least $250,000 Visit Fideliscu.org and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government NCUAJohn really demonstrated the love of That’s where the “Blessed Past, for details National Credit Union Administration, a U.S. Government Agency Your savings federally insured to at least $250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government Christ and really brought to life the love Faithful Future” capital campaign NCUA Uniting Your Faith and Finances National Credit Union Administration, a U.S. Government Agency in the city of Loveland,” said Dick. comes in. “We were blown away that as new “This is the next step to be faithful to A RESTORATION FOR THE AGES “Our historic and iconic Cathedral Basilica needs your help.” Father Ron Cattany Pastor and Rector After 100 years INTERIOR EXTERIOR of service to the RENOVATION PRESERVATION Archdiocese Clean Kimball North, East and of Denver, our Organ West Façade Cathedral is in $100,000 Repair $2 Million need of some Clean Altars vital repairs. $100,000 Carpet Cathedral $45,000 Back: Leslie Olsen, Dan Monchunski, Monalisa Shafer, Mike Wherley, Thank you Paint Interior Ron Chamberlain, Ben Kubier, Michael Wellensiek, John Horan, Dan Davis, for your $750,000 Michael Gold, Vanessa Rodriguez, Harry Queen, Lupe Alvarado. generosity! 2021 Seated: Debra Rupp, Janice (Perry) Queen, Kereen O’Connor, Valerie Horan, Consecration Jubilee Chace Grin, John L. Horan, Andrea Horan, Karen Miller, Maggie Roberts, Larry Hagan. Leaking Flat Roof Trust Fund Repairs Additional Catholic sta member: Anthony Spano, Marisa Casillas, Visit $5Million $50,000 Sammantha Ramirez, and Valeria Licón. denvercathedral.org East Door Handi- call us at capped Access 303-831-7010 or Lower Level $50,000 We share your faith email us at Bathrooms and Lift: Colfax Facade CBIC2016@ Convenience & Excellence. When it matters most. • $350,000 $4.5 Million Total: denvercathedral.org from savings • Cathedral Catholic owned. Pre-planning services. for more Sanctuary Savings and Seven metro area locations. information Handrails and Restoration Fund Votive Candles: $2.92 Million • Gifts & Pledges • Pledges & Gifts Call 303.743.8804 OR 303.745.4418 $46,639 $1,151,450.44 HoranCares.com/Catholic All donations are tax deductible DENVER CATHOLIC | APRIL 27-MAY 10, 2019 13

the gift of faith and the community that kind of function.” we’ve received here in Loveland and The new fellowship hall will be will hopefully set us up for the next 50 attached to the church so parishioners years,” said pastor Father Steve Adams. don’t have to walk outside to get there. Co-chairmen of the capital campaign “This will allow us to do a whole lot are the Rezniks, along with Becky and more outreach and evangelization,” Lou Gerken, who have belonged to the said Father Adams, “which is exactly parish for 40 years. where the Church needs to be right “We believe this campaign is critical now.” for our parish to ﬂ ourish and transform For the Rezniks, getting involved in the lives of future generations here in some of the ministries the parish has Loveland,” said Becky. to o er, and particularly this capital “Our hope is to welcome new fami- campaign, has been a blessing. lies and individuals, as well as long-time “It’s been a really unique oppor- parishioners, to practice and share their A capital campaign at St. John the Evangelist Parish seeks to renovate tunity to meet more people that we faith more fully,” she said. and expand the church to meet the growing population in Loveland. It is haven’t met and get involved with St. John the Evangelist plans to build currently the only Catholic church in the northern Colorado city. PHOTO PROVIDED something that’s so important for our a more accessible fellowship hall, parish church,” said Sue. o¢ ce building, rectory and youth room, to reﬂ ect the beauty of the liturgy and One key aspect of the renovation The Gerkens, whose three daugh- as well as enlarge its nursery. It will also enable a deep relationship with Christ project is creating a “one-stop location ters grew up at St. John Catholic School remodel its meeting rooms and reno- and the sacraments,” said Lou. for all of our parish family to access and whose six grandchildren currently vate the interior of the church. This capital campaign is essential those resources under the church attend it, are also grateful to be a part The interior renovations are partic- for St. John the Evangelist, particularly umbrella,” said Dick. of this undertaking. ularly essential for this project, as the because it’s the only Catholic parish This will make it easier for parishio- “We are excited about the current parish seeks to “bring it up to the stan- in Loveland, where the population is ners to access all the parish has to o er. capital campaign and are thankful to dards of the 21st century,” said Dick, somewhere between 75-80,000. “Any big function that the church those who, years ago, had a vision to particularly with modern audio-visual Because of this, “tradition is really doesn’t really have a place for typically pass their faith on to future generations equipment. important,” said Father Adams. “This can go to the Knights Hall, which is a here at St. John’s,” said Lou. The co-chairs hope the upgrades will is the only place for Catholic sacra- very old structure across the street,” “It is time for us to carry that vision enhance parishioners’ faith experience. ments. It’s the only place for Catholic said Sue. “It’s hard in the snow for the forward.” “We want the inside of our sanctuary Eucharist.” elderly to get across the street for any

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Actors reenact Jesus’ A joyous cruciﬁx- ion during the Way Holy Week of the Cross proces- From the Way sion at Queen of of the Cross to Peace Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila Parish celebrates the annual Chrism Mass Conﬁrmations and April 14. April 16, where the holy oils are PHOTO BY BRANDON First Communions, consecrated. PHOTO BY DANNY ANDERSON ORTEGA there was no shortage of activity during Holy Week in the Archdiocese of Denver

Communion and Liberation led Archbishop Aquila oers the Eucharist to a a Way of the Cross procession First Communicant during the Easter Mass at through downtown Denver on the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Con- Good Friday. PHOTO BY DANIEL PETTY ception April 21. PHOTO BY DANIEL PETTY

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The Ratzinger diagnosis week short of his 92nd birth- everything about the abuse crisis, of duplicity — and abuse. That semi- in clerical sexual abuse that followed day, the publication of Joseph course. It does not explain psycho- naries were in intellectual and disci- the penetration of the Church by A Ratzinger’s essay on the epide- paths like Marcial Maciel and Theo- plinary meltdown in this same period the sexual revolution, the Humanae miology of the clergy sex-abuse crisis dore McCarrick. It does not explain compounded the crisis. So did Rome’s Vitae controversy, the breakdown vividly illustrated his still-unparal- the abusive behavior by clergy and failure to promote ecclesiastical disci- of discipline in seminary formation, leled capac- religious in pre-conciliar Ireland and pline in the face of blatant dissent. and the evolution of moral theologies ity to incin- Quebec. It does not explain the chal- It was, in brief, a perfect storm, that deconstructed the notion that GEORGE erate the lenges the Church faces from clerical one in which the dark forces that are some acts are always and everywhere WEIGEL brain-cir- concubinage (and worse) in Africa always trying to destroy the Church wrong? No. As in 2002, there was lots cuits of var- today. But Ratzinger’s epidemiology and impede its evangelical mission of vitriol; but no serious alternative The Catholic Di° erence ious Cath- does address, pointedly, the sharp could wreak terrible damage. diagnosis was o ered. George Weigel is a olic pro- spike in clerical sexual abuse that For this analysis, I was duly blud- And as I’ve noted before, “clerical- distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and gressives. began in the late 1960s and peaked in geoned by a portside Catholic com- ism” is not a serious explanation for Public Policy Center in The origins the 1980s, before the reforms of the mentariat that seemed locked into the sin and crime of clerical sexual Washington, D.C. of the text priesthood and seminaries initiated by denial in 2002. Judging from the abuse. Clericalism facilitates abuse, in written by Pope John Paul II began to take hold. immediate, volatile, and sometimes that abusers prey on those who rightly the Pope Emeritus remain unclear: As it happens, I have been making vicious responses to Ratzinger’s hold the priesthood in esteem. But Did he originally write it to assist the virtually the same argument since memorandum from the same quar- “clericalism” does not explain sexual bishops who met in Rome this past the publication of The Courage To ters two weeks ago, too many on the predation, which has other, deeper February to address the abuse crisis? Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Catholic Left remain in denial about causes and is, in fact, a global plague. But whatever its history, Ratzingerian Future of the Church in 2002. There, the link between doctrinal and moral The Pope Emeritus did the Church diagnosis is well worth considering. I suggested that the clerical self-de- dissent and clerical wickedness. Thus, a service by o ering a diagnosis of the In Benedict XVI’s view, the Catho- ception and duplicity that accompa- the Pope Emeritus was deemed senile abuse crisis that should be taken seri- lic crisis of clerical sexual abuse was, nied widespread dissent from Pope by some, imprudent by others, and ously by anyone serious about healing in the main, an ecclesiastical by-prod- Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical on family disloyal to his successor by the critics. the wounds infl icted on the Body of uct of the “sexual revolution:” a tsu- planning, Humanae Vitae, created an One of these frothing pundits (many Christ by the abuse of Holy Orders nami of cultural deconstruction that environment in which abusive sexual of whom are progressive ultramon- for wicked, self-indulgent purposes. hit the Church in a moment of doctri- behavior intensifi ed. Men who per- tanists for whom Pope Francis’s infal- Those who cannot or will not discuss nal and moral confusion, lax clerical suaded themselves that they need not libility is virtually boundless) even the Ratzinger diagnosis with the seri- discipline, poor seminary formation, believe or teach what the Church pro- went so far as to charge Benedict with ousness it deserves thereby brand and weak episcopal oversight, all of fessed to be true (especially about the being, in e ect, a schismatic. themselves as unserious about resolv- which combined to produce many of ethics of human love) were especially But did any of these critics engage ing the abuse crisis. the scandals with which we’re pain- vulnerable to the tidal wave of the Ratzinger’s argument? No. Did any fully familiar today. sexual revolution; and in short order of the critics o er a di erent, more This diagnosis does not explain intellectual duplicity led to behavioral plausible explanation for the spike I worshipped the goddess of reason — until I met the God of Mercy in Notre Dame am watching Notre Dame Cathe- their graves with their own stories of Notre Dame, as most tourists do. We dral burn on television from my being inside its hallowed walls. climbed the narrow spiral staircase, I living room in Toronto. I want I have visited many churches in all 387 steps. I remember talking to a to look away but I cannot. I have Europe but perhaps outside of St. woman who was having a panic attack watched the spire collapse. I now see Peter’s in Rome, Notre Dame holds halfway up the stairs. I used to have the glow the most meaning. terrible panic attacks so I was able from inside My wife and I went to Paris in Sep- to be reassuring. We were rewarded CHARLES the church. tember 2006 to celebrate our 10th with a spectacular view at the top. LEWIS It is bright anniversary. There was no profound Then we went into the church orange. plan: Eat good food, absorb the gor- proper. Guest Column Now I geous architecture and see the sites. Let me say this fi rst. At this point Charles Lewis is a Toronto- realize it is Everyone should see Paris. I identifi ed with no religion, though I based freelance writer who contributes to the Holy Week. We stayed near the Jardin du Lux- considered myself spiritual. Religion National Catholic Register. And I think embourg. We could see rooftops from seemed unnecessary. Jesus never I hear the our room. The view was postcard-wor- spoke about building giant edifi ces. commentator say the historic church thy. There was an amazing restaurant I used to think the money could be will be gone forever. It is too awful. around the corner. The gardens were spent on something better. Churches Tens of thousands of people a dream. We bought wine for the room were about rules. To me, sin was around the globe are now thinking of and cheeses and bread. subjective. their own visits to Notre Dame. Mil- We walked for miles and miles. In a word, I was clueless. lions since it was built in 1163 went to Eventually we made our way to When we walked into the church, DENVER CATHOLIC | APRIL 27-MAY 10, 2019 19

G. K. Chesterton: Modern Apostle .K. Chesterton — the larger books, which I would highly recom- convert, my friend Sue Scofi eld, who than life writer, playwright, mend to everyone: Orthodoxy; What’s passed away Feb. 10. Sue, who also G poet, and convert — has led Wrong with the World; St. Francis of was a journalist, went through similar many to the truths of the faith, as well Assisi; St. Thomas Aquinas; and The steps of conversion to Chesterton, as a return to common sense. Born Everlasting Man. He also gives an beginning as a non-believer, con- in London overview of his poetry (such as the verting to Anglicanism, and eventu- DR. R. in 1874, he long poems, The Ballad of the White ally to the Catholic faith. She loved JARED became Horse and Lepanto), drama, journalis- conversing on all things good, true, STAUDT famous as tic essays, and his very popular short and beautiful and founded the local a journalist stories on the detective priest, Father chapter of the Chesterton Society to The Catholic Reader and liter- Brown. The Father Brown Stories help others experience the power of R. Jared Staudt, PhD, is a ary critic, have retained their popularity, with a his thought and witness (denverches- husband and father of six, the director of formation for taking on fi lm starring Alec Guinness in 1954, a tertonsociety.org). She also advocated the Archdiocese of Denver, what he TV series in the 70s, and a new series for a renewal of education through a Benedictine oblate, prolifi c writer, and insatiable reader. sensed to be launched in 2013 which continues to Chesterton’s vision. I can’t help but the growing run on the BBC. think that the founding of a Chester- heresies of Responding to a growing devo- ton Academy high school in Littleton his day in a materialistic and inhu- tion, the Diocese of Northampton, this fall, to which she looked forward, man utopianism. Over time he shifted England began an investigation into may be due to her intercession. The to a defense of orthodoxy, understood the possibility of opening Chester- school, Our Lady of Victory (ourla- as a sane view of human life that rep- ton’s cause for canonization. Ches- dyofvictorydenver.com), joins nearly resents a healthy imagination, the Chesterton’s writings are only more terton converted to the Catholic faith 20 others throughout three coun- embrace of ordinary goodness, and relevant, not less, today, and we need in 1922, after years of defending the tries, o ering an integrated liberal our ability to recognize truth. Eventu- him as an antidote to the growing Church as an Anglo-Catholic. Since arts curriculum, a strong emphasis ally, he defended the fullness of truth irrationality and inhumanity we his death in 1936, he has inspired on the fi ne arts, and robust spiritual in the Catholic faith, outlining the face. Chesterton demonstrates how countless conversions to the Catholic formation. genius of the saints and Christ’s ful- Christianity makes perfect sense as faith. His constant pursuit of truth Chesterton has impacted Catholic fi llment of history and our humanity. the answer to the world’s problems and the power of his writing serve as thought and education in profound Knight of the Holy Ghost: A Short and the further we react against it, an enduring witness. Ahlquist relates ways. Ahlquist calls him a knight of History of G. K. Chesterton (Ignatius/ the further we descend into madness: how “we can’t help but admire him, the Holy Ghost, for his defense of Augustine Institute, 2019) provides “It’s the fi rst e ect of not believing in but when we admire Chesterton and genuine humanity and our need for a brief overview of Chesterton’s life, God that you lose your common sense his great genius and his enormous God. We might also call him a modern thought, and holiness by the greatest and can’t see things as they are” (142). creative talents, we are being thankful apostle of the pen, as his writing con- proponent of Chesterton’s thought, Chesterton is known as a master for God’s gifts. God’s gift to us through tinues to communicate needed sanity, Dale Ahlquist. Chesterton is a fi gure of paradox and irony, through which Chesterton. Everything points to good cheer and the beauty of holiness. that every Catholic should come to we fi nd his gift of helping us look at God. And that is what saints do: they know and Ahlquist’s book provides a reality in a fresh and unexpected way. point us to God” (171). helpful introduction. The themes of Ahlquist takes us through his major I saw Chesterton’s impact on one

I remember being impressed by the that I could see into it. There was a I visited a number of churches number of people and the silence. It is beautiful young woman, perfectly over those two weeks. But that inte- rare to see large gatherings of people dressed, kneeling. rior scene in Notre Dame is what I with no sound. I saw others dip their I think the hyperbeauty that struck remember best. There was something hands in the holy water, and I did the me about her had something to do about the rawness, the honesty, of same. I am not sure why I did. with holiness. Here was this woman someone confessing that I had never Then I saw something that has confessing for anyone to see. Who seen before. stuck with me all these years. The does that? I knew that she would fi nd relief confessional, as I see it in my mind’s At fi rst I felt odd looking, but then from her sins. But what about me? eye, was clear glass. I was surprised it was hard not to look. The scene Who was I to bring my sins to? To before me could have been a painting. logic? To reason? Flames and smoke are seen billow- For many years I had been By the time the trip was over, ing from the roof at Notre-Dame attracted to the faith. But I would something was stirring in me. I knew Cathedral April 15, 2019 in Paris, keep talking myself out of it with for certain that I needed to be bap- France. A fi re broke out that after- what I thought was reason. If you had tized and start to live another life, a noon and quickly spread across told me faith was higher than reason, Christian life — which is what I did, the building, collapsing the spire. I would have sco ed. though it took a bit of time. The cause is yet unknown but o¢ - Once we left the church, we went Thanks be to God for that trip to cials said it was possibly linked to for ice cream and then walked more Notre Dame. ongoing renovation work. and more. I did not obsess about what Pray for the people of Paris and PHOTOBYPIERRESUU | GETTY IMAGES I saw, but it wormed its way into me. France. 20 APRIL 27-MAY 10, 2019 | DENVER CATHOLIC

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12 Recurring Total Nine Choirs of Angels Monthly Annual Levels of Leadership Giving Donations Donation All gifts, including properties $42 $504 and securities, are tax deductible Seraphim $50,000+ $84 $1,008 as allowed by law. Cherubim $35,000-$49,999 $125 $1,500 $167 $2,004 For questions about planned Throne $25,000-$34,999 $209 $2,508 giving, please contact The Catholic Foundation at 303-468-9885. Dominion $20,000-$24,999 $250 $3,000 $292 $3,504 Virtue $15,000-$19,999 May God bless you for your $417 $5,004 generosity. Power $10,000-$14,999 Principality $5,000-$9,999 Donate online: Archangel $2,500-$4,999 www.archden.org/givenow Guardian Angel $1,000-$2,499 or complete the pledge card in this issue.