Go and Make Disciples. - Matthew 28:19. know your faith live your faith share your faith

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1 2375 EAST ARIZONA AVENUE, DENVER, COLORADO SUNDAY MASSES Saturday: (Anticipatory) 5:00 pm Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, and 11:30 am T H E 2 1 S T S U N D AY O F O R D I N A R Y T I M E A U G U S T 2 7, DAILY MASS Monday Friday: 6:30 am and 8:00 am Saturday: 8:00 am RECONCILIATION Monday Saturday: 7:30 am 7:45 am Saturday: 3:30 pm 4:30 pm Also by Appointment SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Contact Parish Office to schedule. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Contact Parish Office at least eight months prior to the wedding SACRAMENT OF THE SICK Contact Parish Office at onset of illness. In case of death in the family, contact Parish Office immediately. FINANCE COUNCIL Marc Br adac, Jody Block, Cathleen Gillies, and Cr aig Saeman PASTORAL COUNCIL Bernadette Billinger, Julie Buckley, Nick Madsen, Philip Nearing, Skip Rodgers, Lucas Stine, Secretary: Virginia Zordani PARISH STAFF Pastor: Very Rev. Andrew Kemberling, V.F. Parochial Vicar: Rev. Douglas Gr andon Deacons: Hal Goldwire, Marvin Hegarty and Tim Kelly Director of Business and Stewardship: Mila Glodava, ext 205 Secretary/Receptionist: Meg Robinson, ext 203 Director of Liturgy: Catarina R amos, ext 202 Director of Marriage and Family: Kelly Archer, ext 207 Director of Music: Danielle Lombardi, ext 222 Director of IT and Communications (Bulletin Editor) : Mark Weiland, ext 210 PARISH SCHOOL Principal: Sr. Dominic Quinn, O.P., ext 100 Assistant Principal: Mary Cohen ext South Josephine Street Denver, Color ado info@svdpk8.com Go and Make Disciples - Matthew 28:19 know your faith live your faith share your faith

2 THE TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Pastor s Message Dear Parishioners, You are only as strong as the weakest link has meaning when talking about a chain of command. Hierarchy commands authority and the rock of Peter s profession of faith puts our pope at the top of the hierarchy. There are links to his authority and I, as pastor, am one of those links. The good news is that those who minister here at SVdP are also part of the chain. The bottom end of the chain is called subsidiarity. A great importance is given to these links because this is the immediate level of ministry is where God shares his authority. The grace of the Holy Spirit works through us to accomplish the gift of grace and salvation. Servant leadership is in service to subsidiarity especially to the weakest links. I also create new links to be added to the chain. Those that need help always have the hierarchy to help. The closest hierarchical link in the chain is I the pastor. Stewardship of Time and Talent is a time to get plugged into the chain of command. This how Jesus runs his church and now is the time to accept the invitation. Great fulfillment is felt by those who become ministers. They feel like they are a part of something so much bigger than themselves, and they really are. Please join and experience God s joy. Sincerely in Christ, Labor Day is Monday, September 4th Our parish offices will be closed in observance of this National Holiday! Baptisms Lyra Jean Grandon, daughter of Samantha and Christian Charlie Wyatt Markel, son of Caitlyn and Timothy Riley Erin Galvin, daughter of Erin and Mark This Week s Mass Intentions: Monday, August 28th: 6:30 am George Morin Sr. 8:00 am Calude Barkmeier Tuesday, August 29th: 6:30 am Victor Zimmerman 8:00 am George Morin Sr. Wednesday, August 30th: 6:30 am Evelyn Smith 8:00 am Mark & Erin Lancaster Thursday, August 31st: 6:30 am No Intention 8:00 am George Halverson Friday, September 1st: 6:30 am George Morin, Sr. 8:00 am Catholic Alliance Charity Saturday, September 2nd: 8:00 am No Intention 5:00 pm Our SVdP Parishioners Sunday, September 3rd: 7:30 am No Intention 9:30 am Loraine Wolf 11:30 am No Intention 2 Stewardship of Prayer Our ill parish members & relatives: Hunter Johnson Margaret Lowrey Our deceased parish members & relatives: Claude Barkmeier Bill Doyle Don Houlihan Goldie Ziegler Veterans and deceased members of our Armed Forces who serve selflessly to protect our way of life. Due to the Privacy Act, only immediate family members may request a name to be placed on the prayer list. Please call the office at Readings for the Week of August 27, 2017 Sunday: Is 22:19-23/Ps 138:1-3, 6, 8/ Rom 11:33-36/Mt 16:13-20 Monday: 1 Thes 1:1-5, 8b- 10/Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b/Mt 23:13-22 Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: 1 Thes 2:1-8/Ps 139:1-6/Mk 6: Thes 2:9-13/Ps 139:7-12ab/Mt 23: Thes 3:7-13/Ps 90:3-5a, 12-14, 17/ Mt 24: Thes 4:1-8/Ps 97:1, 2b, 5-6, 10-12/Mt 25:1-13 Saturday: 1 Thes 4:9-11/ Ps 98:1, 7-9/Mt 25:14-30 Next Sunday: Jer 20:7-9/Ps 63:2-6, 8-9/Rom 12:1-2/ Mt 16:21-27

3 August 27, 2017 Stewardship of Prayer (continued) Stewardship of Prayer Commitment Weekend Update! Thank you to all of our parishioners that participated in our Stewardship of Prayer commitment weekend. We received 352 commitment cards with the overwhelming prayer intention for this year is: Praying for the Family Please plan on adding this intention to your prayer life as we support the need for a strong family in our country! 39% of our parishioners are using Quiet Time and Mediation in their prayer life. 36% of our parishioners are saying grace before meals and weekly mass as part of their public prayer life. Our parishioners are committing 175 hours per day and 1881 hours per week Stewardship of Treasure Update for August 26/27, 2017 Thank you to all of our Parishioners that graciously pledged and gave to the 2017 Archbishop s Catholic Appeal. When we exceed our goal, in payments, we will receive 1/2 of dollars that we ve exceeded our goal. Pledged to Date: $130, Paid to Date: $107, Number of Families: 1,371 Number of Pledges: 191 out of 1,371 families Percentage of Families Pledged: 14% Consider a Sacrificial Gift to our Parish and School We have many opportunities to strengthen our devotion to God through prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Please prayerfully consider this time to make a current or planned gift to the St. Vincent de Paul Parish and School Fund held at The Catholic Foundation, which will strengthen the ministry of our Catholic community and keep our faith alive for generations to come. Please contact Jean Finegan at The Catholic Foundation at to learn more. Online at: 3

4 THE TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Stewardship of Faith Next Healing Mass Monday, August 28th 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Please join us as Father Cliff McMillan, pastor of Sacred Heart of Mary parish in Boulder, celebrates the Mass of Healing. Feel free to invite others to come and enjoy the healing touch of our Lord. Families of Faith St. Vincent de Paul School Year For any family wanting to bring the Catholic faith more holistically into their home and for parents wanting to equip themselves to answer their child s questions about the faith, this program is for you! Catholic school, public school, or home school families...all ages, come join us! This religious education program is designed to prepare and empower parents to incorporate the faith at home! At the once/ month parent sessions, we will engage parents in discussion on the topic for that month and distribute simple lesson plans and activities to do with your children at home, to develop a vibrant Catholic family life! At the community meeting two weeks later, the entire family will gather with others in the program for fun, fellowship and activities! See our website for dates and times then register by going to our website: saintvincents.org > Ministries and scrolling to the Families of Faith section or by calling Kelly at x207! Parish and School Holy Hour sponsored by Respect Life Tuesday, September 19th - Babysitting Drop-off 3:30 pm Adoration from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm You are invited to share an hour in the presence of the Lord to receive many graces! We will listen to spiritually uplifting music, expose the Blessed Sacrament, pray the Rosary, and reflect on Sacred Scripture. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available along with childcare being provided. Our Holy Hours will meet on the following Tuesdays: Sept 19 October 17 November 28 December 12 - Feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe January 23 Come pray for the sanctity of human life and for an end to the persecution of Christians worldwide. Our rosary begins at 8:30 am following the 8:00 am mass. Please Prayer in the Square Saturday, September 2nd February 20 March 20 April 17 May 15 June 19 July 17 Please plan on taking a few moments of your time to reflect on your many blessings! For further information, contact our parish office at join us at the Ten Commandments Monument located on our parish grounds. We will meet on the following Saturdays: September 2nd October 7th November 4th December 2nd Learning about our Saints and Reliquaries St. Erasma Feast Day - September 3rd Erasma, along with her sister Thecla, and cousins Euphemia and Dorothy and others, were put to death by Aquileia, in the reign of Nero. Euphemia and Dorothy s father, Valens or Valentinus, was a heathen, while Erasma and Thecla s father, Valentinian, was a Christian, who instructed all four in the faith. They were baptized in the river Natissa and consecrated to a religious life by B. Hermagoras, the bishop. A slave denounced them to Valentinus, who gave them over to the prefect. The women refused to give up their faith even after scourging and torture. Valentinus took the task of executioner, beheading all four and throwing their bodies into a river. Valentinian and Bishop Hermagoras recovered the bodies and buried them. Valentinus and his followers were killed by an earthquake and the treacherous slave was possessed by the devil and drowned himself in the same river.

5 Stewardship of Time & Talent SVdP Ministry Fair This weekend, August 26th and 27th Please join us after all of our masses on the weekend of August 26th and 27th. We will have a number of our ministries, providing information about their particular mission at our parish. Contact our parish office for further information at Tuesday Rosary Tuesday, August 29nd - 8:30 am to 9:30 am Please join in praying the Rosary after the 8:00 am mass each Tuesday. We begin our prayer at 8:30 am. Feel free to invite others to come and enjoy the healing touch of our Blessed Mother. Respect Life Committee Please visit our Respect Life Committee at the Ministry Fair. This committee is planning the following events for this year: 40 Days for Life - September Respect Life Month - October March for Life - January Please consider helping with this important ministry. Is there more to life than day-to-day survival?! Thursday, Sept. 7th, 6:30 pm -8:00 pm Do you feel like you come to Mass but don t really understand the deeper meaning of why we do all of this? If you have questions about Christianity (the more basic, the better!) or want to be re-ignited in a personal faith, come share a free meal, listen to an engaging talk, and bring questions for a small group discussion! No commitment, no follow-up just a time of fellowship and learning together! Come see what it s all about Thursday, Sept. 7th, 6:30-8:00 pm! Bring a friend with, and RSVP so we know who s coming and any dietary restrictions we can honor. We can only have 40 guests be one of them! Sign-up to come on Sept 7th online at saintvincents.org > Ministries > Alpha or contact Kelly at x207! Altar Servers August 27, 2017 Saturday, September 2nd: 5:00 pm Claire Crowley Andrew DiPentino Braeden Keuneke Sunday, September 3rd: 7:30 am Tristan Christofferson Samuel Opferman 9:30 am Bernie Diaz Kalven Bubelis Libby Bubelis Nora Bubelis Ashlyn Viereck Gia Wallrath 11:30 am Eoin Canavan Grace Hoyt Activities & Meetings Saturday, August 26th: Ministry Fair after the 5 pm Mass Sunday, August 27th Ministry Fair after all masses Monday, August 28th: Boy Scouts - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, School Grounds Men s Basketball - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Tuesday, August 29th: Tuesday Rosary - 8:30 am to 9:30 am, Church Back To School Night - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, Grades 6 to 8, School Wednesday, August 30th: No Meetings Scheduled Thursday, August 31st: Back To School Night - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, Grades K to 5, School Friday, September 1st: Patriarchs - 6:30 am, Garden Room Saturday, September 2nd: Prayer in the Square - Begins 8:30 am, Parish grounds by Ten Commandments Confessions - 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm, Church Anticipated Mass - 5:00 pm, Church Sunday, September 3rd: St. Erasmus: Expose First Class Relic 5

6 THE TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Stewardship of Vocations Vocation Chalice We need good, holy priests to bring us the Eucharist. Therefore the purpose of our program is to pray for priests and priestly vocations every day. The chalice is the sacred cup that the priest uses at Mass in which the Precious Blood of Jesus is consecrated then given to the faithful. We hope through our efforts and God s grace that this spiritual devotion will plant the seed of a priestly vocation in many young men. Host for the week of August 27th is the: Carreira Family Sign up, in the back of the church, to host the Vocation Chalice at your home!! St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School Our Week at a Glance Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic School wishes to invite you to our Back to School Nights which will be held on: Tuesday, August 29th - K-5 Thursday, August 30th :30 pm to 8:30 pm Please note: Date change as I had the wrong dates in last week s bulletin! Please call our school at , extension 102 for further information! Outdoor Education Lab Updates! The outdoor lab is slowly taking shape as our Raised Bed Gardens are now in place. The chicken coop Is now up, primed, and ready for paint! If you would like to see this work in progress, please visit the lab on the East side of the school. It looks to be an exciting year for our students and school. Substitutes Need for the School Year St. Vincent de Paul School is accepting applications for qualified substitute teachers for the school year. Please submit your letter of interest to Mary Cohen at mcohen@svdpk8.com Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic School is compliant with our Archdiocese of Denver Catholic School policies: Assurance Statement of compliance with the purposes of Title IX Education Act The Catholic schools of the Archdiocese, under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop, and at the direction of the Superintendent, attest that none of the Catholic schools discriminates on the basis of sex in its admission policies, its treatment of students or its employment practices. Notice of Student Non-Discrimination Policy The Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of Denver, under the jurisdiction of Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, S.T.L. and at the direction of the Superintendent, state that all of their Catholic schools admit students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the schools. Furthermore, Archdiocesan schools admit handicapped students in accord with the policy on Admissions in the Archdiocese of Denver Catholic Schools Administrator s Manual. These schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, age, handicap, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of their educational policies, employment practices, scholarship and loan programs, or athletic or other school-administered programs. 6

7 Catholic Events and Resources August 27, 2017 SERRA SALUTE TO HONOR FATHER DOUG GRANDON Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time It s a good thing Jesus didn t give me the keys to the kingdom. Lord knows where they would show up. In fact, if you happen to come across a little keychain with a red heart that is engraved The Story and You could you shoot me an ? I ve looked everywhere. Although he wasn t speaking literally when he handed the keys to Peter, Jesus was using the language of the household, the family. Here s the keys to the house, he said to Peter. Keep it safe from thieves and marauders. Keep it open for all who seek me. Keep it clean, and let plenty of fresh air and sunshine circulate. And keep the lights on, please. Don t ever let my Church be a place of darkness. We live in a time when the lights are, literally, going out in churches all over the world. In places of persecution, like Iraq and Syria, Christians have fled in historic numbers. In 1999, I was with a group of pilgrims who visited a Christian family in Bethlehem whose stone mason business had been operating since imagine this the time of Jesus. They had lived in the same neighborhood since the time of Christ. Five years later we returned to visit them. They were gone. On the other hand, in the prosperous communities of the west, the gospel seems to be losing its power to draw people into church buildings. But here s the thing: the buildings are not the church. The Church is the building. And we need to be with each other to sing, and pray, and hear the scriptures, and be restored by the Eucharist in order to build the kingdom whose keys will never be lost. Friday, September 8th - 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Members of the Catholic community of Northern Colorado are invited to attend the banquet to honor Father Doug Grandon, September 8, 6PM at the Pinehurst Country Club in Denver. Tickets are $100 and $75 for clergy Proceeds are going to the Serra Trust Fund. The objectives and purposes of the Trust Fund are to foster religious vocations to the Catholic Church by providing financial assistance to those in formation and/or discernment for the priesthood or other religious life so that such vocations will not be discouraged or discontinued for reasons of financial hardship. Previous honors of the Serra Salute include: Most Reverend Charles J. Caput, O.F.M. Cap Reverend Andrew Kemberling, V.F Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila, S.T.L. If you have any questions call: Lucy Kane or Renee Law at Mail reservations to: Serra Trust Fund for Vocations, Lucy Kane, 3474 S. Cimarron Way, Aurora, CO Support our Advertisers In what ways are you helping to keep the lights on in your parish? Kathy McGovern Did you know you can find our Bulletins on our website or via this link: 7