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Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception 1535 Logan St. Denver, CO 80203 Telephone: 303-831-7010 - Fax: 303-831-9514

Website: www.denvercathedral.org Email: cbic2016@denvercathedral.org

Archdiocese of Denver Website: www.archden.org

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BAPTISMS

Parents and Godparents are required to attend a class prior to baptism.

Pre-registration is required. If no one pre-registers, there will be no class.

FUNERALS

Please contact the office.

MARRIAGES

Call the office at least 9 months prior to the wedding to book the date.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

In the event of a serious illness or a medical emergency, call the

office.

HOMEBOUND MINISTRY

Please contact the office.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Please contact the office

RCIA/RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS

Brett Manero

MASS SCHEDULE

WEEKDAY MASSES: 7:00 AM, 12:10 PM, 5:30 PM

(Mondays at 3:00 PM 65+ Mass)

Saturday: 7:00AM

Anticipated Saturday: 4:30PM

SUNDAY: 8:30AM, 10:30AM, 12:30PM, & 6:30PM

VISITING HOURS

Weekday: 4:00—5:15pm, 6:15pm—7pm (except Tuesdays)

Sunday: 1:30pm—2:30pm and 7:30pm—8:00pm

Please call the office as special events or recordings may

require closing.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions)

Monday-Friday 11:00am—12:00pm, Saturday 3 PM – 4 PM

Or by appointment, please call the office and wait for a

confirmation call. You will need to wear a mask.

Cathedral Basilica Budget

Offertory August 10, 2020 - August 16, 2020 $5,973.00

Projected Deficit June 30, 2021: $486,000

Current fiscal year (July 1-30, 2020): $14,150 deficit

We also incurred $45,000 in damages from recent vandalism.

Please donate at www.denvercathedral.org

Other Weekend Donations: Poor Box-SVDP $580.00 Food Pantry $140.00 Outreach Ministry $466.00

CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION DENVER, CO

Please Remember The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Your Will

ARCHBISHOP OF DENVER: Most Reverend Samuel J Aquila, STL

AUXILIARY BISHOP OF DENVER: Most Reverend Jorge Rodriguez

PASTOR AND RECTOR: Very Reverend Ronald W. Cattany

PAROCHIAL VICAR: Reverend Michael Rapp, S.S.L.

IN RESIDENCE: Reverend Andreas Hoeck

DEACONS: Deacon Robert Finan, Deacon Robert Rinne,

and Deacon Charles Goldburg

DIRECTOR OF WORSHIP: John Brooks

DIRECTOR OF SACRED MUSIC: Phil Bordeleau

PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Brigid Demko

RCIA COORDINATOR: Brett Manero

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Luciane Urban

COORDINATOR OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Dave Martinez

MANAGERS OF FINANCE AND ASSETS: Elizabeth Odum & Joe Cavaleri

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Linda Flores

BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND RECTORY OPERATIONS:

Sebastian Luke Oliver

MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS: Jacob Harper

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Sunday, August 23, 2020

8:30 AM Basil Summers

10:30 AM Parishioners of the Cathedral Basilica

12:30 PM Justin & Brittany Knight (anniversary) 6:30 PM St. Frances Cabrini Parish

Monday, August 24, 2020

7:00 AM Sebastian Luke Oliver 12:10 PM Donald Pressley †

3:00 PM Mary Alice Gownley

5:30 PM Jamie Sanchez †

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

7:00 AM Jerry Lovato

12:10 PM Richard Richardson †

5:30 PM Sebastian Luke Oliver (birthday) Wednesday, August 26, 2020

7:00 AM Megan Loveall 12:10 PM Special Intention

5:30 PM Phyllis Schaeffer †

Thursday, August 27, 2020

7:00 AM Linda Flores

12:10 PM Father Mike Rapp

5:30 PM Elmira Cudney †

Friday, August 28, 2020

7:00 AM Marguerite Ward †

12:10 PM Gladys Capolino †

5:30 PM Robert Joseph Capolino †

Saturday, August 29, 2020

7:00 AM Rosemary Coyne Demko 4:30 PM Anna & Emielia Black

MASS INTENTIONS

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Pray for Us

SACRED LITURGY

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“What type of faith is great? What do I do with my story? Do I hide it? We must bring it to the Lord. Let us go to Jesus, knock on Jesus’s heart, and say to Him, ‘Lord, if You will it, You can heal me.' Jesus loves us as we are, without make-up, with a love and compassion that bears our sins, our mistakes, and our failures. Jesus so tremendously wants our well-being. We are the weakness of his love."-- Pope Francis

In the Company of Pope Francis

FROM YOUR PASTOR

How do you find meaning in your Suffering? How do you find meaning in your Brokenness? How do you find meaning in an Uncertain World? HOW ARE YOU HEALED?

The World shapes us. The Popular Culture shapes us. Our Family and Friends shape us. These forces can lead us to Conversion, Trans-formation, and Hope...or they can lead us to Pain, Misfortune, and Sin.

The First Letter of Saint Peter reminds us -- 'Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.'

It is the Devil who rules THIS WORLD -- the crimes against fundamental HUMAN DIGNITY and life, the selfishness and self-absorption that place ME BEFORE YOU, the physical and emotional scars of ABUSE AND NEGLECT that shape a lifetime, and the MEANNESS requiring that you either fit in or get out.

But it is our FAITH that defines how we respond to these forces -- Spiritually, Emotionally, Psychologically, Physically, or Financially.

As a people of HOPE, we cannot be overwhelmed by difficulties and absorbed by fears. Ironically, our HOPE is tempered not from the absence of problems, but from the Presence of God in those problems.

Saint Peter goes on to assure us that we are NOT ALONE in the battle AGAINST EVIL -- 'Resist him, steadfast in faith, knowing that your fellow believers throughout the world undergo the same sufferings. The God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory through Christ [Jesus] will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you after you have suffered a little.'

But there is more...as a people of FAITH and HOPE, we are also a people of LOVE and COMPASSION -- a People of COMMUNI-TY...WE ARE THE CHURCH.

In this time of Pandemic, WE turn to Our Heavenly Father, Jesus, His Blessed Mother...AND TO EACH OTHER. We minister to the Vulnerable... the Disconnected...the Victims...the Invisible...

We MINISTER to...those who are isolated for health reasons...those whose jobs have evaporated temporarily or permanently...those whose businesses have been destroyed by riots...those who are abused or neglected...those who have contemplated suicide out of fear or loneliness...those individuals and families who do not have enough food each day...those whose incomes have declined jeopardizing their rent or mortgage...those who are OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN CHRIST in need of HEALING...

A HEALED SOUL needs a HEALED BODY...and YOU are in PARTNERSHIP with the HEALING PHYSICIAN JESUS CHRIST! YOU are His Hands, His Feet, His Mind...and HIS HEART!

To HEAL THE WORLD, we must also HEAL OURSELVES. This 'Time Out' can be both of time of COMPASSION TOWARD OTH-ERS and a TIME OF INTROSPECTION ON OUR OWN LIFE. Rarely do we get this opportunity. In the TRAGEDY OF PANDEMIC, we can PERFECT OURSELVES as we MINISTER TO OTHERS.

But COMPASSION involves RISK. Jesus showed us that FROM THE CROSS. We risk OUR BODY when we physically reach out to those in need. We risk OUR MIND when we search for solutions to those who are suffering physically, emotionally, or financially. We risk OUR HEART when we use this time to cure the generational effects of racism, elitism, and neglect. We risk OUR SOUL when we do nothing...

This is the essence of the words from the Gospel of Saint Matthew -- 'For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.'

In LOOSING our life TO OTHERS, we are GIVING our life FOR OTHERS.

In this way, EACH OF US BECOMES A FIRST RESPONDER...and PART OF THE CURE.

And it is this Christian Call To Action FOR OTHERS that can become part of our own PANDEMIC HEALING AND CONVER-SION...helping YOU find meaning in Your Suffering, aiding in the healing of Your Brokenness, and giving purpose to Your Isolation.

+May God Bless You and Keep You+

-Very Reverend Ronald W Cattany

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SACRED MUSIC

Please pray for all those who are sick or in need of our prayers: Michael Boston, Lawrence Brooks, Douglas Campbell, Joann Coules, Andrew Emmer, Jeannie Harder, Ilse Hartman, Mallori Heeke, Andrea Helaine, Allie Kandt, John Krusinski, Lynn Lengyel, Kitty de Leon, Ethel Litzenberger, Dominic Martinez, Michelle Martino, Mitchell A. Moreno, Randy S. Moreno, Pam Pappas,

Melanie Parker, Jean Pierre, Andrew Pink, Phil Scardova, Jodi Steward, Claude Stieha, A.J. Stiffler, Ana Tejada, Linda Winkler, Chloe Young, Sheila Oliver, Ronald Arnold, Bill & Kim Agnew, Christina Hertz, James M.

Schmitt, Linda Basquez, Mary Figueroa, Shelley Carmosino, Susie Escareno, Ted Haner, Delfina Guzman, Mary Jo McHugh. Monique. Paul Nohara. Zachary Quick, Janet Robson, Juanita Driscoll, Sydney Brisbane, Marlene Bargas, Wener Hahn, Tami Vicars, Michael O. Machado, Joel Ray Asuncion, Patricia Capponi, Cliff Richard, Valeria Pacheco, Brady McHugh, Joseph Delaney, Margaret Harrison, Kimberly O’Brien, Father Daniel Sinn, Joe Ann O’Brien, Father MacEwen, Mr. & Mrs. Parish, Mary Ann Nightingale, Mike Lopez, Sheryl Ventura, George Martin Helfer, Alfred Deldon Sr., Brenda Garrett, Peter James Chavez, Basil Summers, Tina Alvarez,

Nancy Clark, Bill Johns, Befus Brown, Peter Chavez, Ellen Trujillo, Dustin Clark, Roger Amani, Cheryl Ventura, Sister Miriam McLean, Nancy Fox, Lauretta Proulex, Matthew Taylor, Holly Shess, Mary Jo McHugh, Rose

Marie Bruno

Saint Cecilia, Pray for Us

PRAYER LISTS

Please pray for all those in our parish family who have died since Shelter in Place: Mike Farley, Jossie Eyre, Tina Martinez, Jerry Priddy, Lou Jahde, Jessie Mangers, Kara

O’Connor, Joe Vitale, Deacon Anthony Dudzic, Billy Bruce, Kathleen Davis, Bob Roach, Sam Ochu, Scott Collier, Gerald Cucio, Fr. Joe Blanco, Josephine Malesich, Louisa Orduna, Maureen

Rittenhause, Sammy Lopez, Randall Cook, Mike McBride

During this time of social distancing, we have brought our Cathedral Concert Series online!

Head to our website at denvercathedral.org and click on YouTube icon on the left side. See Ken

Mervine’s Concert in our Playlists.

Find our concerts on our YouTube by going to denvercathedral.org

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Pray for Us

Monday-Friday we serve around 200-300 people each day in our breakfast sandwich

line, food pantry, soup and sandwich To-Go at St. Elizabeth of Hungary’s and Snacks on

the Hill.

Please donate to help us keep these outreach ministries operational.

Our St. Vincent de Paul Society helps ~12 households each month with rental and utili-

ty assistance.

Thank you for your generosity.

Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time

I love how Peter had his great moment of faith, and the accompanying praise from Jesus. He got it right! Had he been coming to this world-changing insight for weeks, maybe years? Or, like so many things that the Holy Spirit reveals, did it just impulsively pour out of his heart? You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God! he cried. And right away he knew that he was right.

Jesus brought him front and center, and announced to all the disciples that Peter was BLESSED, and it was upon his very faith the whole Church would be built. And then Peter, God bless him, brand-new in possession of the keys to the kingdom, opened his mouth again, and, well, that was a mistake.

Exactly two verses later (Matthew 16:23), when Jesus predicted his murder to his horrified friends, Peter, his new BFF, took him aside to correct him. You’ve got it all wrong! Nothing like that will ever happen to you!

And, just like that, Peter went from first place to last. How could he have gotten it so wrong, so fast? Peter, who just minutes before had possessed a great supernatural truth, was now a SATAN, a tempter who was trying to give Jesus a way out. And Jesus, through a lifetime of prayer, must have steeled himself from any ways out from the cross he knew awaited him.

Get behind me, Jesus said. Don’t lead my disciples into magical thinking. The cross, he knew, would await every one of The Twelve. Peter himself got behind Jesus and met his own crucifixion in Rome. The faith of the earliest Christians is the Rock (Petra) of our faith too.

In what ways was Peter’s impetuousness a help and a hindrance to Jesus’ mission?

Kathy McGovern©2020 www.thestoryandyou.com

Email Brigid@denvercathedral.org

Cost cov-ered by the Cathedral

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YOUNG ADULT & YOUNG FAMILY MINISTRIES

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frasatti , Pray for Us

Holy Family, Pray for Us

Welcome! We invite you to check out our sports leagues, find a bible study or just stop by for dinner on Sunday evenings. Families always welcome! Find us on Facebook at Cathedral Young Adult and Young Adult Families or feel free to contact our Young Adult Coordinator, Georgie Messing at gmessing@catholicsports.net

1. 2020 Labor Day Weekend Camping Retreat,$85pp regular registration ends July 31, more details at CatholicSports.net/camping, Father Ron, chaplain

2. Interested in joining a Bible Study? Learn more and sign up for our studies at CatholicSports.net/bible-studies

3. Join upcoming Volleyball and Soccer, more details at Catho-licSports.net/denver-sports-leagues

Join Father Ron and TRECC leader, Michael Lopes, on August 29th Mass at 10am | Hike to Nevadaville | Dinner in Idaho Springs

Email brigid@denvercathedral.org to RSVP

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JULIA GREELEY GUILD

Servant of God, Julia Greeley, Pray for Us

PRAYER THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF THE SERVANT OF GOD JULIA GREELEY

Denver’s Model of Mercy

Heavenly Father, your servant Julia Greeley dedicated her life to honoring the Sacred Heart of your son and to the

humble service of the poor.

Grant me a generous heart like your Son’s, and if it be in accordance with your holy will, please grant this favor I

now ask through Julia’s intercession. I pray this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

-Archbishop Samuel J Aquila

As part of her Cause for Canonization, Julia’s mortal remains were transferred to Denver’s Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Concep-

tion on June 7, 2017.

For more information on Julia’s life and her im-pact on Denver, head to

juliagreeley.org

JULIA’S CANOE

During her life in Denver, Julia once responded to a request for prayers by saying, “I’ll put you in my ca-

noe with everyone else that I pray for”. Send your prayer intentions to juliascanoe@gmail.com

We Pray for the Intentions in Julia’s Canoe during special Masses scheduled:

August 20th @ 5:30pm

September 17th @ 5:30 pm

October 15th @ 5:30 pm

November 12th @ 5:30 pm

December 17th @ 5:30 pm

JULIA GREELEY BOOK FOR SALE

The Julia Greeley Guild is selling the book Julia Gree-ley: Denver’s Angel of Charity, written and illustrated by the 2018-2019 Annunciation Catholic School 5th Grade Class, as a fundraiser. The cost of the book is

$15.00, and monies raised will assist in the process of the Canonization of Servant of God Julia Greeley. For additional information or to order a book, please con-tact Mary Leisring at the Cathedral Basilica 303-831-

7010 or email maryl@denvercathedral.org.

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SPIRITUAL FORMATION

Saint Philip Neri, Pray for Us

Saint of the Week

Saint Augustine of Hippo

A Christian at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41: Many people are familiar with the bio-graphical sketch of Augustine of Hippo, sinner turned saint. But really to get to know the man is a rewarding ex-perience.

There quickly surfaces the in-tensity with which he lived his life, whether his path led away from or toward God. The tears of his mother, the in-structions of Ambrose and, most of all, God himself speak-ing to him in the Scriptures, redi-rected Augustine’s love of life to a life of love.

Having been so deeply immersed in creature-pride of life in his early days and having drunk deeply of its bitter dregs, it is not surprising that Augustine should have turned, with a holy fierceness, against the many demon-thrusts rampant in his day. His times were truly decadent: politically, socially, morally. He was both feared and loved, like the Master. The perennial criticism leveled against him: a fundamental rigorism.

In his day, Augustine providentially fulfilled the office of prophet. Like Jeremiah and other greats, he was hard-pressed but could not keep quiet. “I say to myself, I will not mention him/I will speak in his name no more/But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart/imprisoned in my bones/I grow weary holding it in/I cannot endure it” (Jeremiah 20:9).

Augustine is still acclaimed and condemned in our day. He is a prophet for today, trumpeting the need to scrap escapisms and stand face-to-face with personal responsibility and digni-ty.

Monday through Friday, our volunteers give out 20-30 bags of food each day at our food pantry. Each bag of food includes a tuna lunch, chicken noodle soup, chili, peanut butter, peaches, a bot-tle of water, a can of V8, a sleeve of saltines and a granola bar. Each bag costs us about $8.00.

These bags are accessible for anyone in need. We serve our neighbors experiencing homelessness and neighbors experiencing food insecurity.

For $40 a week, you could help us feed a brother or sister in need.

Thank you for your generosity.

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Leave a Legacy

Creating a will is one of the most important ways to record and remember what matters most to you—personally, financially and spiritually. It is an opportunity to make perhaps the most significant charitable

gifts of your lifetime to strengthen our parish and the Catholic Community. We are so grateful to the many who have gone before us and those who have chosen to remember us in their wills.Our parish partners with The Catholic Foundation to provide for our future financial needs. Please consider making a gift or designating a bequest in your will for our fund at The Catholic Foundation. To learn more, please contact Jean Finegan at The Catholic Foundation at 303.867.0613.

MORE THAN YOU REALIZE Denver and Beyond

Pray Your Way Through the Day

With the Cathedral Basilica Online

7am Mass livestream on Facebook

10am Spiritual Communion Prayer 12pm The Angelus

3pm Divine Mercy Chaplet 6pm Immaculate Conception Novena

Find all of these prayers and para-liturgies on our YouTube by going to www.denvercathedral.org and click-ing on the YouTube icon on the left side of the Home Page

MEDITATIONS Also Include:

Youtube.com/cathedralbasilicaoftheImmaculateConception

September 11, 2020