October 28, 2018 Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

695 Julian Street

PARISH CENTER 665 Irving Street

Denver, CO 80204 (303) 534-4882

FAX: (303) 893-5056

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Mon - Fri. 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WEB SITE www.presentationdenv

er.org

PRESENTATION OF OUR LADY’S MISSION STATEMENT

We, the people of Presentation of Our Lady Catholic Church, are inspired by the Holy Spirit to live out Christ’s

commandments by showing love to all people, through the gifts God has given each of us. We commit ourselves to the virtues of faith, hope and love by worshipping God in

word and sacrament. Strengthened by God the Father, we shall strive to live out the Gospel in serving the needs of

our parish faith family and the global community.

Welcome New Members!

Please register as a member of the

parish. Forms are available at the

Church entrance or at the Parish Office.

Return forms to an usher or to the parish

office.

Moving?

Please notify the parish office.

Sacramental Emergencies Anointing of the Sick

Last Rites Death

Please call (970) 471-1641 anytime

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Children’s Classes 9:30 -10:30 a.m.

Sundays, October - May

ADULT INQUIRER’S CLASSES

Sundays, Classes 9:30 -10:30 a.m.

October to Easter Vigil

Call Parish Office for information

BAPTISM CLASSES

Call Parish Office for information

MARRIAGE PREPARATION

Eight months prior to marriage

Call Parish Office for information

SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday Evening 4:30 p.m.

Sunday 8:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

(Bilingual)

12:00 p.m.

(Spanish)

WEEKDAY MASSES

Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m.

ADORATION CHAPEL

Mon. through Fri. 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. &

Fri. 5:00 p.m.— 9:00 p.m.

CONFESSIONS

Saturday 3:30 p.m.

Sunday (Spanish) after 10:30 a.m. Mass and

PARISH STAFF

Presentation of Our Lady

Pastor Ext 119 Rev. Edward J.

Poehlmann

Deacon/

Religious Ed

Ext 117 Deacon Pablo Salas

Deacon Deacon Sid Atencio

Deacon Deacon Edgar Valle

Business

Manager

Ext 118

Cell

Julie Harris

303-854-7037

If you need assistance from St. Vincent

de Paul their extension is 122.

October 28, 2018 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear parishioners:

Thursday, Nov. 1 is a holyday of obligation, the Feast of All the Saints.

Anticipated mass will be in Spanish, Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. Masses on

Thursday: 8:30 a.m. (School mass) and 6 p.m. English/parish.

Nov. 21 is the Feast of the Presentation of Our lady, Mass is at 8 a.m. but

we will have a celebration on Sunday Nov. 18 after the morning masses

in the gym.

Classes for sacraments are underway. All parents are asked to attend a

Sunday morning class at 9:40. The materials in English and Spanish are

posted each week on the parish web site: presentationdenver.org. We

have a Confirmation project for the older students. We will explain it

shortly.

All Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion need to attend a two hr. workshop at the John Paull II Center Room 123, 1300 So. Steele on Sat. Oct 27

th from 9 to 11 a.m. You will receive a letter of appointment from

the Archbishop for a 4 yr period beginning the First Sunday of Advent.

Families asking for infant baptism must make sure that godparents (padrinos) are married in the church and are confirmed. Parents must be registered in the parish. Call Deacon Pablo for preparation class. We will run one per month on the second Monday evening 6 p.m. Spanish; 7:30 p.m. in English. Call the parish office: 303-534-4882 x117 to register. Marriage preparation: please see us 8 months before your marriage.

Quinceaneras celebrations will be scheduled through the parish only. The girl and her escorts must be baptized and confirmed to do these celebrations. No exceptions!! They also need to take a 4 class workshop at St. Joseph Church, located at 6th and Galapago offered by Endow. The Thanksgiving food drive is underway! Help us replenish our food bank. Canned and dry food only!!! Congratulations! We earned almost $300 this month from the grocery cards. Lets double that is November! If every family (using the reloadable $10 gift card that you purchase from Presentation) bought $50 worth of groceries at King Soopers we would make almost $2000. Also remember that practicing Catholics are pro-life. The seamless garment of life is from the moment of Conception to natural death. Join Formed.org. You can register on our parish website. The books and films are free to all parishioners.

God bless you and your Families this fall

Fr. Ed

Remember to log onto our website:

www.presentationdenver.org and

click on the link for FORMED. You

can read a book, watch a movie, start

a Bible Study, listen to music, start a

group...

Early Church Fathers and Abortion

One of the arguments in Roe v Wade court was: “It perhaps is not generally appreciated that the restrictive criminal abortion laws ...are not of ancient or even of common law origin." This is misleading. Consider the following teachings by early Church Fathers. The first passage comes from the Didache (Greek for “teaching”), which is usually dated as early as the end of the first century: “…you shall not murder a child by abortion nor kill that which is begotten” (chapter 2). This statement is as clear as it gets. The second passage is from St. Barnabas from the early second century: “You shall love your neighbour more than your own soul. You shall not slay the child by procuring abortion; nor, again, shall you destroy it after it is born” (Chapter 19). St. Basil the Great (c.330-379): “Women also who administer drugs to cause abortion, as well as those who take poisons to destroy unborn children, are murderesses” (Letter 188, to Amphilochius concerning the canons, section 8). Notice here how St. Basil is not making any distinctions about what stage in the pregnancy is okay to administer drugs to cause abortion. Nowhere in these quotes is there a distinction being made between any "stages" of life. For the Fathers, abortion is unequivocal taking of life.

Barbara Archuletta, Katherine Padilla, Betty Cummings, Fr. Thomas Bradtke, Roxie Fernandez,

Will Atencio, Victor Garcia, Catalina Rodriguez,

Deacon Geno Torrez, Joan Pfenning, John Erger, Andrea Montoya, Michael Pfenning Jr., Nathan

Haggensberger, Toni Jaquez, Kevin Dwyer, Judith

Roehl, Vivian (Joy) Garcia, Hilbert Martinez, Paul David Salas, Cordy Maestas, Norma Aguilar, Fr.

Jim Halloran, Fr. Mel Thompson, Dorothy Warner,

Pauline Velarde, Rosemary Denning, James Bruce, Joe Cornejo, Mary Heit, Cruz Rodriguez, Teresina

de Caprio, Robert Gallegos, and all those friends and

family members who have gone before us, may they rest in eternal peace!!!!!

Offertory

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Offertory $3,467.24

Candles 50.00

Thank you very much for your

continual and generous support!

VOCATIONS PRAYER

CALENDAR Sun 4th Theology & 3rd Theology

Mon 2nd Theology & 1st Theology

Tues 2nd Philosophy & 1st

Philosophy

Wed Spirituality Year

Thurs College Sophomores &

College Freshmen

Fri Vocations Ministry

Sat Applicants and Prospective

Opel Enirson

Fr. John Kaufman

Fr. Tim Kremen

Louise Stitzer

Linda Torrez

Georgina Sivla

Gail Silva

Debbie Cruz

Celia Schnur

Andrew Lucero

Melissa Huerta

Jerry Phillips

John Arguello

Lydia Peter

Benita Salas

Deacon Pablo Salas

Deacon Sid Atencio

John B. Rendon

Aida Andreatta

Clorinda Trujillo

The Parents of Laura Dement

George Cummings

Shirley Goetzfried

Audrey Medina

Mary Jaromillo

Catherine Gordon

Dinah Batchelor

Michael Danahy

Msgr. Michael Glenn

Charles Waugh

Mary Gamez

Robert Fox

Gloria Garcia

Lu Linan

Joe Nation

Daniel Miles

Day Date Time Intention Offered By

Sat. Oct 27 4:30 p.m. †Pat Barela & Steve Barela The Barela Family

Sun. Oct 28 8:30 a.m. †Betty Cummings Ladies Auxiliary of the

Knights of Columbus

10:30 a.m. †Kris Martinez Deacon Sid Atencio

12:00 p.m.

(Spanish)

†J. Santos Ibarra Alvardo Children

Mon. Oct 29 8:00 a.m.

Tues. Oct 30 8:00 a.m.

Wed. Oct 31 8:00 a.m. †Gene Biehl Joan Biehl

6:00 p.m.

(Spanish)

Thurs. Nov 1 8:30 a.m.

(School Mass)

†Gene Biehl Joan Biehl

6:00 p.m.

Fri. Nov 2 8:00 a.m. †Casey, †Flora, †John

& †Steven Abeyta

Richard Abeyta

Sat. Nov 3 4:30 p.m. †Art Romero

(B/D)

The Rendon Family

Sun. Nov 4 8:30 a.m. †Katherine Padilla Ladies Auxiliary of the

Knights of Columbus

10:30 a.m. †Leola Sandoval The Sandoval Family

12:00 p.m.

(Spanish)

Parishioners Fr. Ed

Baptism classes will be given the 2nd

Monday of every month except

December at St. Joseph Hall in Spanish

at 6:00 pm and in English at 7:30

pm. You are required to contact the

parish office to register for the class.

This is a tithing parish and when we

mention different charities that are

receiving a tithe on certain weekends

(unless otherwise specified) that means

that specific charity/program will

receive 10% of the total offertory

collection that weekend.

Christmas is a season of joyful celebrations and cherished time with family. For more than a decade, Catholic Charities has shared this season of hope with women, men and children in need across Colorado through our Adopt-A-Family program. Beginning November 1st, we invite you and your family to join us in this wonderful Christmas tradition! To find the perfect match, please visit ccdenver.org/adoptafamily beginning Thursday, November 1st. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact us at 720-799-9316 or aaf@ccdenver.org.

JOHN ERGER CHURCH GOODS

BIBLES•CRUCIFIXES•ROSARIES

866-401-8707

Archdiocese of

Denver Mortuary Dedicated To Serving

The Catholic Community

Our Mission Is To Care For Our Deceased, Their

Families & Their Friends 12801 W. 44th Ave.

Wheat Ridge

303-424-7785

Mt. Olivet

King Sooper Cards

Remember to reload them.

We receive 5% at no cost to

you. To purchase, please see

Father Ed after Mass.

Voting with a Clear Conscience

Since Roe v. Wade in 1973, it has possibly never been more important to support pro-life politicians as it is at the present time. The pro-life movement has recently gained considerable momentum. There has been numerous pro-life initiatives in Congress, such as the suspension of the dangerous RU-486 abortion drug, the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, putting an end to taxpayer support of Planned Parenthood, protecting babies who survive abortions and granting a woman's right to view her ultrasound prior to having an abortion.

Election Day is Tuesday, November x. Our loyalty to Jesus Christ should be stronger than our loyalty to any political party. Life is the most precious gift that God gives us and so a politician's position on abortion is the most important issue and outweighs all others.

Please vote with a clear conscience for LIFE and having done so, trust the Lord to bring about the victory for a Culture of Life!

Votando con una Conciencia Clara Desde el caso Roe versus Wade en 1973, posiblemente nunca ha sido más importante apoyar las políticas de pro-vida que en el presente. El movimiento pro-vida a ganado considerable impulso recientemente. Hay numerosas iniciativas pro-vida en el congreso, tales como la suspensión de la peligrosa droga para abortar RU-486, el acta de conciencia del dolor del feto, finalizando el apoyo de los contribuyentes a la planificación familiar, protegiendo los bebes que han sobrevivido abortos y ofreciéndoles a las mujeres el derecho de ver su ultrasonido antes de tener un aborto. Las elecciones son el Martes, x de Noviembre. Nuestra lealtad con Jesús Cristo debe ser más fuerte que nuestra lealtad con cualquier partido político. La vida es el regalo más preciado que Dios nos ha dado y por eso la posición de un político respecto al aborto es el problema más importante y pesa más que todos los demás. Por favor vote con una conciencia clara por la VIDA y habiendo hecho eso, confíe en el

señor para lograr la victoria por una Cultura de Vida