2375 EAST ARIZONA AVENUE, DENVER, COLORADO 80210 303-744-6119 WWW.SAINTVINCENTS.ORG

PARISH SCHOOLPrincipal: Sr. Dominic Quinn, O.P., ext 100Assistant Principal: Mary Cohen ext. 101 1164 South Josephine StreetDenver, Colorado 80210303-777-3812info@svdpk8.com | www.svdpk8.com

PARISH STAFFPastor: Very Rev. Andrew Kemberling, V.F.Parochial Vicar: Rev. Douglas GrandonDeacons: Tim Kelly and Marvin HegartyPastoral Associate: Dcn. George Morin, ext 202Director of Communications and Stewardship: Mila Glodava, ext 205Director of Music: Mary Beth Church, ext 222IT Director: Mark Weiland, ext 210Sacramental Prep: Kelly Archer, ext 135Secretary/Receptionist: Meg Robinson, ext 203Bulletin Editor: Mark Weiland ext 210

PASTORAL COUNCILJulie Buckley, Chuck Masur, Katie McCloskey, Philip Nearing, Lucas Stine, Shari Sullivan, Secretary: Virginia Zordani

FINANCE COUNCILMarc Bradac, Jody Block, Cathleen Gillies, and Craig Saeman

SACRAMENT OF THE SICKContact Parish Office at onset of illness. In case of death in the family, contact Parish Office immediately.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONYContact Parish Office at least eightmonths prior to the wedding

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISMContact Parish Office to schedule.

RECONCILIATIONMonday – Saturday: 7:30 am – 7:45 amSaturday: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pmAlso by Appointment

DAILY MASSMonday – Friday: 6:30 am and 8:00 amSaturday: 8:00 am

SUNDAY MASSESSaturday: (Anticipatory) 5:00 pmSunday: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, and 11:30 am

5TH SUNDAY OF EA STER | MAY 14 , 2017

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Go and Make Disciples - Matthew 28:19

5TH SUNDAY OF EA STER

This Week’s Mass Intentions:

Monday, May 15th: 6:30am Michael Hewitt 8:00am Michael Cullinane†Tuesday, May 16th: 6:30am Jan Marino† 8:00am Louise Pennington†Wednesday, May 17th: 6:30am Leslie Malone 8:00am Deacon Joe DonohoeThursday, May 18th: 6:30am Ben Urbish† 8:00am Michael LyonFriday, May 19th: 6:30am Stephen Whitten† 8:00am Anna BradacSaturday, May 20th: 8:00am Margaret Mandel† 5:00pm Our SVdP ParishionersSunday, May 21st: 7:30am Sam Maglione 9:30am Courteney Saeman† 11:30am Bertha Avalos Sanora†

Stewardship of Prayer

Pastor’s MessageDear Parishioners,Not all women become mothers and not all men be-come priests. Our religion places great importance on Motherhood. Wives and husbands are called to find perfection in unitive and procreative love. Unitive love never separates relationships from sexuality as the world often does. Fruitfulness makes procreative love true to life. Children are a gift from God and are the

living image of God. We cooperate with the creator and a miracle of God’s love is multiplied. Life is holy, as holy as God. Women and men alike stand in awe of these truths.Mother’s Day takes on even greater meaning because of our religion. Mary’s highest title is “Mother of God.” The wise and nurturing mother steadfastly cares for her children. The sacrifices that mothers make are part of the self-giving roles women nobly accept. Our gratitude to God for our mothers is a debt of gratitude we owe to God. Let us be thank-ful to both God and our mothers. I stand in reverential awe of mother-hood. Happy Mother’s Day!Sincerely in Christ,

Readings for the Week ofMay 14, 2017

Sunday: Acts 6:1-7/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19/1 Pt 2:4-9/Jn 14:1-12

Monday: Acts 14:5-18/Ps 115:1-4, 15-16/Jn 14:21-26

Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28/Ps 145:10-13ab, 21/Jn 14:27-31a

Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6/Ps 122:1-5/Jn 15:1-8

Thursday: Acts 15:7-21/Ps 96:1-3, 10/Jn 15:9-11

Friday: Acts 15:22-31/Ps 57:8-10, 12/Jn 15:12-17

Saturday: Acts 16:1-10/Ps 100:1b-3, 5/Jn 15:18-21

Next Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20/1 Pt 3:15-18/Jn 14:15-21

Our ill parish members & relatives: Anita Barfield Peg Doppes Donna Glodava Kristen Lowry Angie SandersOur deceased parish members & relatives: Michael Cullinane Mike Dire

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 303-744-6119.

In this Issue

Stewardship of FaithSee Page 3

SVdP School NewsSee Page 4

Stewardship of VocationsSee Page 4

Stewardship of Time and TalentSee Page 5

Stewardship of TreasureSee Page 6

Catholic Events and ResourcesSee Page 7

Baptisms

Connor Murdoch Gillis, son of Reed and Janet2

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Stewardship of FaithSacramental Preparation

Confirmation:Thursday, May 18th

3:30 pm to 5:00 pm - Mandatory Confirmation Rehearsal

Friday, May 19th6:00 pm - Celebrate the Sacrament (please have Confir-mandi here by 5:20 pm)

Learning about our Saints and ReliquariesPrayer in the Square

Saturday, June 3rd

Come pray for the sanctity of hu-man life and for an end to the per-secution of Christians worldwide.

Our rosary begins at 8:30 am following the 8:00 am mass. Please join us at the Ten Commandment Monument located on our parish grounds. We will meet on the fol-lowing Saturdays:

June 3rdJuly 1stAugust 5September 2nd

October 7thNovember 4thDecember 2nd

What is a 1st Class Relic?

There are three classes of relics:• A first-class relic is a part of the saint’s body (this is the part insert-ed in the altar).• A second-class relic is a piece of the saint’s clothing or something used by the saint.• A third-class relic is an object which has been touched to a first-class relic.

So if your rosary, medal, or holy card has touched a first-class relic, you now have custody of a third-class relic!

from Mila Glodava’s BlogOctober 15, 2015

St. Simon Stock

Itinerant preacher. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands, but left when invading Muslims chased out Christians. Joined the Carmelite Order soon after its arrival in England. Simon lived and studied for several years in Rome, Italy and Mount Carm-el. Elected sixth general of the Carmelites in 1247 around age 82. He helped the Order spread through England, southern and western Europe. Founded houses in Cambridge, England in 1248, Ox-ford in 1253, Paris, France in 1260, and Bologna, Italy in 1260. Revised the Rule of the Order to make them mendicant friars instead of her-mits. Our Lady appeared to Simon bringing him the brown Scapular of Mount Carmel.

“Call of the Crucified Heart: A Program with Relics of Christ’s Passion”

Sunday, June 4th - 2:00 pm

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Parish and School will host a presentation called, “Call of the Crucified Heart: A Program with Relics of Christ’s Passion on Sunday, June 4 at 2:00 PM. This event allows participants of all ages, in any level of spirituality to deepen and grow in their faith. A unique collection of relics has been brought together in a pro-gram of meditations, music and prayers commemorating the events of Passion of Our Lord, Jesus Christ.

For those of you that have attended this program in past years, this year’s version takes you to an even deeper level in your walk with Jesus during His Passion. We encourage you to join us for a special opportu-nity that is sure to touch your heart and connect you with the roots of your faith.

Extend your mercy towards others, so that there can be no one in need whom you meet without helping. For what hope is there for us if God should withdraw His Mercy from us?

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Stewardship of VocationsWhat are RAD Retreats?

“The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few; pray therefore

the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Matthew 9:37Radical Awareness of Discipleship

(RAD)

RAD is a gathering of high school age men who are open to following Jesus Christ as Catholic priests. Events are sponsored by the Office of Priestly Vocations of the Archdiocese of Den-ver and led by Vocations Director, Fr. Ryan O’Neill, and seminarians of St. John Vianney Theological Seminary.

Retreats include: Prayer, Mass, Small group discussions, Opportunity for Question & Answer with Archbishop Aquila or seminarians, Sports, Food, and Friendship

All RAD Retreats are free!

Retreats are held at St. John Vianney Seminary (1300 South Steele St., Denver, 80210).

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic SchoolOur Week at a Glance

Wednesday, May 17thEarly Dismissal - 2:15 pm

Thursday, May 18thAll School Mass - 8:10 am

No hot lunch served; please send children with packed lunches.

Friday, May 19thLast day of school for Preschool

Upcoming events

Saturday, May 27thSpring Spruce up 9:00 am-3:00 pm

Monday, May 29thMemorial Day - Office and School closedf

SVdP Catholic School’s New Outdoor Learning Lab

Our birds have now hatched and are being used to discuss many topics from the life histories of birds to our stewardship of the natural world

that surrounds us. We’ve also learned about the difficulties that birds experience hatch-ing from their shells. Please feel free to call the school office if you would like to see our “flock”!

Full Day Preschool and Part-Time Options

As the 2017 - 2018 School year approaches, please keep in mind that we are of-fering at least 10 seats for a full-day preschool program. Please call our school’s office for further details: 303-777-3812

Importance of Praying for Vocation

Prayers for vocations are for more men and women to dedicate themselves to serving our Lord and His flock in the religious life. Now more than ever, in these difficult times, “the world needs heroes,” as the New York Archdiocese’s Office of Vocations puts it. Our police and firemen are considered heroes when they save lives. Why not also think of our priests that way when they do so much to save souls?

As Christ once said, in sending out His disciples in ministry, “the harvest is great but the laborers are few” (Matt 9:37).

We offer these prayers for vocations to help send more “laborers” to bring our Lord an abundant crop of people whose lives have been transformed by the graces they receive from our faith! from CatholicPrayers.com website

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 April 30th is the: Gillies Family

Sign up, in the back of the church, to host the Vocation Chalice at your home or in your SVdP classroom!

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Altar ServersSaturday, May 20th:5:00 pm Andrew DiPentino Francis DiPentino Olivia MellentineSunday, May 21st:7:30 am Tristan Christofferson Grant Keelin9:30 am Maggie McCloskey Molly Kate McCloskey Noah Naiman Ella Neiman Annie Tartell Matthew Tartell11:30 am Jack Doyle Sofia Zienkewicz

Stewardship of Time & Talent

Activities & Meetings

Monday, May 15th:• Boy Scouts Troop 140 - 6:00 pm to

8:30 pm, Cafeteria• Men’s Basketball - 8:30 pm to

10:00 pm, GymTuesday, May 16th:Expose 1st Class Relic - St. Simon Stock

• Catholic Biblical School – 8:30 am to 11:30 am, Garden Room

• Tuesday Rosary - 8:30 am to 9:30 am, Church

Wednesday, May 17th:• Dynamic Catholic Meeting - 1:00

pm to 3:00 pm, Mother Cabrini Room

Thursday, May 18th:• Thursday Bible Study - 9:00 am to

11:30 am, Garden Room• Mandatory Confirmation Practice

- 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm, Church• Revive 1787- 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm,

School Auditorium• Knights of Columbus Meeting-

7:15 pm to 10:00 pm, Mother Cabrini Room

Friday, May 19th:• Patriarchs - 6:30 am to 7:30 am,

Garden Room• Confirmation - 6:00 pm to 7:30

pm, ChurchSaturday, May 20th:

• Trinity Dome Collection• Anticipated Mass - 5:00 pm,

ChurchSunday, May 21th:

• Trinity Dome Collection • Sandwiches - 1030 am to 11:30

am, Cafeteria

Calling all Editors, Photographers, Story Tellers, and Writers!

Our next issue of “The Call” will feature a variety of stories about our ministries, people who made this parish what it is today, and projects such as the school’s new Outdoor Education Lab.If you would like to submit a story, a photo, or

help edit this publication, please contact Mila Glodava.She can be reached by phone at 303-744-6119, extension 205 or via email at mila@saintvincents.org

THECall

Wellness Clinic

Wednesday, May 16th, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm, Garden RoomThis Clinic takes place on the third Wednesday of Each Month. Medical Foot Care and Blood Pressure Checks provided by the Visiting Nurses Association. The cost per visit is $35, or it may be covered by some Kaiser Health Plans.

Thursday Lunch Bunch

Thursday, May 18th - 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, CafeteriaThis month’s lunch bunch will be provided by the parish. Surprise!If your last name begins with an A through G, please bring a Side Dish, H through O, a Dessert, and P through Z a Salad. Please RSVP to let us know you are coming for lunch! Contact: Parish

Office, 303-744-6119.

Revive 1787

Wednesday, May 17th, 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm, School AuditoriumAny and all who are interested in discovering the wonders of the U.S. Constitution and the problems facing the nation today are invited to join in an informal give and take discussion of what is being done, what needs to be done to save our Republic. The format is of the ques-tion sea answer type.

We are meeting in St. Vincent de Paul’s school auditorium every 3rd Wednesday of the month, from 7: pm to 8:15 pm. Come join us and bring others. Questions? Call Jim Zordani at 303-756-1078. (Free pocket-sized copies of the Constitution will be given to all who attend.)

Sandwich Sunday

Sunday, May 14th - 8:30 am to 9:30 amTwice per month volunteers make about 500 sandwich-es for the sandwich line at the Cathedral. Sandwiches are made after the 7:30 am Mass on the second Sunday of the month and after the 9:30 am Mass on the third

Sunday of the month. Contact: Parish Office, 303-744-6119.

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5TH SUNDAY OF EA STER

Stewardship of TreasureWelcome to all of our new

parishioners!

Manuel & Naé Marina Breidenbach and FamilySue & Gary Chow and FamilyKasia Kocol & Matthew Close and FamilyPeter & Amy Corrigan and FamilyClaire CoughlinDaniel & Jessica Diorio and FamilyDon Fritz and Julie HunterAshley Garcia & Alex Cooper and FamilyRobert & Penni GeorgeRobert & Danora Gotto and FamilyChristopher Hewatt & Catherine OBrien and FamilyKathleen & Jeff Hooker and FamilyCourtney & Matthew Howard and FamilyLarry & Kim JennetteLuis & Erica Jimenez and FamilyBradley & Jeanne KeefeMark & Allison KeoughRalph & Kay LongJames & Paula Lopez and FamilyDouglas & Crystal MacDougall and FamilyShantel Mackintosh and FamilyMichael & Meredith Malak and FamilyJim & Christine McCormack and FamilyMatthew McNeilSamantha MerrionCreagh & Maribeth Milford and FamilyJenna MurphyAnthony & Ally NaesJon & Molly Phillips and FamilyAndrew & Amy Qualey Mason and FamilyAnthony & Karina Raia and FamilyJeong Bo (John) ShimKevin & Melissa Vincent and FamilySarah Young

Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal

Today is Follow-Up Weekend for the 2017 Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal. When determining your level of support to help promote the works of our Church, remember that YOU also will receive blessings: you will ex-perience a profound joy in knowing that you are helping others, while also storing up treasure in heaven. Please visit www.Archden.Org/GiveToday or call 303.715.3111 to make your gift today. Our parish goal is $121,813.

Charitable Contributions from Saint Vincent’s Tithe of the Tithe

This special collection held on Mother’s Day in May supports the oper-ating expenses of the Archdiocese’s Respect Life Ministry, and the con-tinued training of clergy, parish staff, and other representatives on the vast array of life issues and healthcare directives in relation to Catholic Social Teaching.

In lieu of a second collection, St. Vincent de Paul Parish will donate, on behalf of parishioners, $1,500 to promote the sanctity of life from concep-tion to natural death. As a Stewardship parish we believe in sharing God’s many gifts with those less fortunate than ourselves. Thank you for your support to our parish.

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Catholic Events and Resources

Fifth Sunday of Easter

If you saw me driving around these days you’d probably worry about my mental health. That’s because I’m listening to Charles Dickens’ third and funniest novel, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Parts of this book are so hilarious I’m laughing out loud, all alone in the car.

There are, of course, terrible, cruel adults oppressing innocent, orphaned children. But, oh, how luminous are the adults in the book who model Jesus’ words in today’s gospel: “Whoever believes in me will do the works that I do.”

In a world of greedy, greasy sociopaths stalking the streets of London, we meet the Cheeryble brothers, a pair of middle-aged, millionaire businessmen who inhabit every gift of the Holy Spirit, and spend their lives cheerfully (note their onomatopoeic surname) carrying out the corporal works of mercy.

It’s so healing to observe their kindness and thoughtfulness toward each other. These two brothers cherish each other. They abound in gratitude for their business acumen, which has brought them a fortune that they delight in sharing with everyone who comes their way.

Somehow they are still shocked and outraged that any child would ever be hurt in their beloved city. No hungry person is ever met with anything but the warmest friendship. Jobs are found, apartments are found, food and fireplaces and new clothes are found.

Dickens allows us to imagine a world where everyone behaves with outrageous, passionate love, doing the works that Jesus did. The two brothers prefigure, I suspect, his later immortal character Ebenezer Scrooge, who wakes up just in time to learn that humankind was supposed to be his business. That’s our business too, of course. So, how’s business?

In this Easter season, how are you doing the works that Jesus did?

Kathy McGovern ©2017

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Who better to look to for guidance on evangelization than the Apostles and disciples of the early Church? And what better place to read their stories than in the firsthand account of the Acts of the Apostles? In the ten-part series Evangelization and the Acts of the Apostles, Dr. Mary Healy combines insightful biblical

study with Church teaching and practical advice to show how modern Catholics can effectively impact their world for Jesus Christ.She explores topics such as the call of Jesus to evangelize, the power of the Sacraments, the role of charisms for building up the Body of Christ, techniques from St. Paul for reaching a secular culture, and more.Using the Lectio Divina approach of reading, reflecting, responding, and contemplating, the accompanying workbook presents classic artistry, penetrating questions, and personal reflection to take the teachings to a deeper level.

The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic

Wednesday afternoons, 1:30 – 3 pm in the Mother Cabrini Room Four-week discussion about the four signs of a dynamic Catholic as presented in Matthew Kel-ly’s book - which parishioners received at Easter. May 17 – Study (chapter 3)May 24 – Generosity (chapter 4)May 31 – Evangelization (chapters 5 & 6)No registration required – you are welcome to attend any or all of the sessions. Please enter via Meg’s Office so you can be directed to the Mother Cabrini Room.If you have any questions: Call Bernadette Billinger at 303-945-4203

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