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JOHN ERGER CHURCH GOODS BIBLES•CRUCIFIXES•ROSARIES 303-455-0456 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 Cemetery Cardom Plumbing & Heating 3880 Pierson Street Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033 303-421-5525 office www.cardomplumbingandheatin g.com Casino Bus trip Date–TBD Cost is $20 a person. Call Julie Gonzales at (303) 985- 4737 to reserve a seat. Must have your Mardi Gras card number or birth date. Burritos, pop and water sold on bus as well as raffles. We will be go- ing to Mardi Gras Casino! King Sooper Cards Remember to reload them. We receive 5% at no cost to you. To purchase, please see Father Ed after Mass. Catholic health networks opt-out of physician-assisted suicide law Local Catholic hospitals are exercising their right to opt-out of participating in the Colora- do End-of-Life Options Act—known during the election cycle as Proposition 106—which legalizes physician-assisted suicide in Colorado. The aid-in-dying law contains a conscience clause, which allows doctors and providers to opt-out of writing a prescription for life-ending medication. Citing this clause, three of Colorado’s major health networks — SCL Health, Centura, which are both faith-based, and HealthONE, which is not — have announced that they will not participate in assisted suicide. In total, these three networks account for nearly one -third of Colorado’s hospitals. What this looks like for each of the networks varies slightly; in the case of SCL Health, it means that doctors and providers employed by its hospitals and clinics are prohibited from administering life-ending prescriptions to patients seeking physician-assisted suicide. “SCL Health caregivers will continue to provide other requested end-of-life and palliative care services to patients and families,” the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth health sys- tem issued in a statement on its website. “Any of our patients wishing to request medical aid-in-dying medication will be offered an opportunity to transfer to another facility of the patient’s choice.” SCL Health, which oversees Good Samaritan Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital, Luther- an Hospital and a dozen other hospitals and clinics, is a faith-based, Catholic health net- work, as is Centura Health, which issued a statement of its own. “Centura Health has a long tradition of believing in the sanctity of life, extending compas- sionate care and relieving suffering,” it said. “As permitted by the statute, Centura Health has opted out of participating in the Colorado End-of-Life Options act.” The hospital network said in the statement that it will continue to provide “palliative care, hospice care, spiritual care services and mental health services, so patients and their fami- lies may live with dignity until the patient ’s time of death.” The Denver Post reported that the physicians at HealthONE are allowed to speak with its patients about aid-in-dying and write prescriptions for life-ending drugs, but hospital phar- macies will not fill those prescriptions, and patients are not allowed to take the medication within the walls of the hospital. Not everyone agrees that these new policies are legal. In an interview with Stat News, Compassion & Choices national director of policy and programs Kat West said, “From what we’ve seen, it appears that Centura’s and SCL’s policies go beyond what is allowed under the law, ” and commented that a legal challenge is “a distinct possibility.” Other health networks, such as UCHealth, have stated that it will allow its doctors to write life-ending prescriptions, so long as the patient meets the requirements outlined in the law. As of this writing, Catholic Health Initiatives, which has its headquarters in Englewood and operates 104 hospitals in 18 states, has not issued a policy on the End-of-Life Options Act.
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JOHN ERGER CHURCH GOODS
BIBLES•CRUCIFIXES•ROSARIES
303-455-0456
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 Cemetery
Cardom Plumbing & Heating 3880 Pierson Street
Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033
303-421-5525 office
www.cardomplumbingandheatin
g.com
Casino Bus trip Date–TBD
Cost is $20 a person. Call Julie Gonzales at (303) 985-
4737 to reserve a seat. Must have your Mardi Gras card number or birth date. Burritos, pop and water sold on bus as well as raffles. We will be go-
ing to Mardi Gras Casino!
King Sooper Cards Remember to reload them. We receive 5% at no cost to you. To purchase, please see
Father Ed after Mass.
Catholic health networks opt-out of physician-assisted suicide law Local Catholic hospitals are exercising their right to opt-out of participating in the Colora-do End-of-Life Options Act—known during the election cycle as Proposition 106—which legalizes physician-assisted suicide in Colorado. The aid-in-dying law contains a conscience clause, which allows doctors and providers to opt-out of writing a prescription for life-ending medication. Citing this clause, three of Colorado’s major health networks — SCL Health, Centura, which are both faith-based, and HealthONE, which is not — have announced that they will not participate in assisted suicide. In total, these three networks account for nearly one-third of Colorado’s hospitals. What this looks like for each of the networks varies slightly; in the case of SCL Health, it means that doctors and providers employed by its hospitals and clinics are prohibited from administering life-ending prescriptions to patients seeking physician-assisted suicide. “SCL Health caregivers will continue to provide other requested end-of-life and palliative care services to patients and families,” the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth health sys-tem issued in a statement on its website. “Any of our patients wishing to request medical aid-in-dying medication will be offered an opportunity to transfer to another facility of the patient’s choice.” SCL Health, which oversees Good Samaritan Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital, Luther-an Hospital and a dozen other hospitals and clinics, is a faith-based, Catholic health net-work, as is Centura Health, which issued a statement of its own. “Centura Health has a long tradition of believing in the sanctity of life, extending compas-sionate care and relieving suffering,” it said. “As permitted by the statute, Centura Health has opted out of participating in the Colorado End-of-Life Options act.” The hospital network said in the statement that it will continue to provide “palliative care, hospice care, spiritual care services and mental health services, so patients and their fami-lies may live with dignity until the patient’s time of death.” The Denver Post reported that the physicians at HealthONE are allowed to speak with its patients about aid-in-dying and write prescriptions for life-ending drugs, but hospital phar-macies will not fill those prescriptions, and patients are not allowed to take the medication within the walls of the hospital. Not everyone agrees that these new policies are legal. In an interview with Stat News, Compassion & Choices national director of policy and programs Kat West said, “From what we’ve seen, it appears that Centura’s and SCL’s policies go beyond what is allowed under the law,” and commented that a legal challenge is “a distinct possibility.” Other health networks, such as UCHealth, have stated that it will allow its doctors to write life-ending prescriptions, so long as the patient meets the requirements outlined in the law. As of this writing, Catholic Health Initiatives, which has its headquarters in Englewood and operates 104 hospitals in 18 states, has not issued a policy on the End-of-Life Options Act.
February 5, 2017 Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time
Roman Catholic Church
695 Julian Street
PARISH CENTER 665 Irving Street
Denver, CO 80204 (303) 534-4882, x.10 FAX: (303) 893-5056
PARISH OFFICE
HOURS Mon - Fri. 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 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 par-ish. 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. 6:00 p.m.— 9:00 p.m. CONFESSIONS Saturday 3:30 p.m. Sunday (Spanish) after 10:30 a.m. Mass and before the 12:00 Mass.
PARISH STAFF
Presentation of Our Lady
Pastor Ext 19 Rev. Edward J. Poehlmann
Deacon/Religious Ed
Ext 17 Deacon Geno Torrez
Business Manager
Ext 18 Cell
Julie Harris 303-854-7037
If you need assistance from St. Vin-cent de Paul their extension is 22.
Feb. 5, 2017 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear parishioners:
The family of Cordy Maestas has requested that memorial gifts in
her honor be sent to Presentation of our Lady Church.
You may still donate a tile for $50 and your name will be placed on
a plaque. Use a plain envelope and mark it “Tile” and place your
name, a memorial or a business name inside for the plaque.
Families asking for infant baptism must make sure that god-
parents (padrinos) are married in the church and are confirmed.
Parents must be registered in the parish.
RE Classes continue today. First Communion students who
did not receive the sacrament of Penance during Advent must
do so on Saturday evening immediately or they will be
dropped from the class!! Adult parent classes will resume in
Lent on Sunday, March 5.
Office hours are Mon. – Fri. 9 – 5 p.m.
Please visit: presentationdenver.org.
The Archdiocese announced that it will have a sliding scale tuition
at all parochial schools starting next fall. Visit the schools and in-
quire about tuition and diocesan funding. Also contact he parish
office about a submittal for your child’s tuition from our Scholarship
Fund. Carlos Hernandez from the office of Catholic Schools and
parents will visit our church and religious programs soon to explain
options for your children. We want to see every child in a Catholic
School. We as a parish help fund students from Presentation in all
these schools including Escuela.
May the Lord of all hopefulness enliven
your faith during this season.
Fr. Ed
The Archdiocese of Denver is con-ducting a feasibility study for the pos-sible creation of three new Catholic high schools. Last Fall, 2016, in the Deanery Meetings, over 100 Archden priests participated in discussions about these three proposed new Catholic high schools. With your
help, we are now ready to send out an electronic survey to each family in your Parish with child(ren) under the age of 14 years. The information gained from this sur-vey will be used to assist the expan-sion feasibility study group, Ala Carte Learning Solutions, Inc., a Colorado public benefit corporation, in the de-velopment of recommendations for the consideration of the Archdiocese of Denver, Office of Catholic Schools. The importance of this survey cannot be overstated. Paper copies are available for those parishioners who do not have access to the Internet and wish to participate.
The link for this survey is: www.alacartelearning.com/survey-link. After clicking on the above link and being directed to the Ala Carte Learning Solutions website, each participant will select the appropriate survey and will then need to enter a password. THE 3 PASSWORDS ARE: English: catholic Spanish: catolica Vietnamese: there is no password Our Catholic families can only benefit from increased opportunities to strengthen their faith and improve their higher education options. As you know, there is plenty of evidence that our Catholic schools consistently out-perform the public school op-tions. We thank you in advance for your assistance with this survey. The fu-ture of our Catholic faith will undoubt-edly be influenced by our efforts at enhancing Catholic Schools and edu-cation.
Paul David Salas, Cordy Maestas, Norma Aguilar, Fr. Jim Halloran, Fr. Tom Dowd, Fr. Mel Thompson, Dorothy Warner, Pauline Velarde, Rosemary Denning, Fr. Ray
Booth, Fr. Steven Voss, James Bruce, Joe Cornejo, Mary Heit, Cruz Rodriguez, Teresina de Caprio, Robert Gallegos, Shari Baca, and all those friends and family members who
have gone before us, may they rest in eternal peace!!!!!
Offertory Sunday, January 29, 2017 Offertory $3,090.40 Church Beautification 25.00 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 Seminarians
Opel Enirson Fr. John Kaufman Fr. Tim Kremen Louise Stitzer Linda Torrez John Erger
Catalina Rodriguez George Cummings Betty Cummings
Shirley Goetzfried Audrey Medina Hilbert Martinez Mary Jaromillo
Catherine Gordon Dinah Batchelor Michael Danahy Cordy Maestas Fr. Greg Ames
Msgr. Michael Glenn Charles Waugh
Robert Fox Toni Jaquez Mary Gamez Robert Fox
Gloria Garcia Lu Linan
Vivian Garcia Joe Nation
Fr. Thomas Bradtke Fr. Jude Gielenkirken
Daniel Miles
Day Date Time Intention Offered By
Sat. Feb 4 4:30 p.m. † Daniel Meza (Ann)
His Kids & Grandkids
Sun. Feb 5 8:30 a.m. Sean Rendon (B/D)
Elisa
10:30 a.m. † David Castillo (1st yr. Ann.)
The Castillo Family
12:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Parishioners Fr. Ed
Mon. Feb 6 8:00 a.m.
Tues. Feb 7 8:00 a.m.
Wed. Feb 8 8:00 a.m.
Thurs. Feb 9 8:00 a.m.
Fri. Feb 10 8:00 a.m.
Sat. Feb 11 4:30 p.m. † D D & † Maria Grisenti Aida Andreatta
Sun. Feb 12 8:30 a.m. Altar & Rosary Society Altar & Rosary Society
10:30 a.m. Parishioners Fr. Ed
12:00 p.m. (Spanish)
FROM THE PRESENTATION
BULLETIN BOARD
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: I will not (after 20 plus years) be overseeing the schedule for you to serve. Cordy Martinez will now be in charge. Thank you all for your dedication and support. Blessings, Aida Andreatta Pastoral Council meeting this Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. in the rectory. Confirmation will be held in Eng-lish on May 9 and in Spanish on May 10 7 p.m. Escuela will have Confirmation on May 22nd.
Valentine Catholic Speed Dating Events in Denver are: 2/11 at Annie's Cafe; Age 30-40 is 7 p.m. 2/10 at Zig-gi's Coffee Westminster; Age 20-45 is 7 p.m. 2/12 at Annie's Café; Age 20-45 is 7 p.m. 2/14 at Ziggi's Coffee West-minster; Age 45 & Up is 1 p.m. 2/4 at Gaetano's, Denver; Valentine CHRIS-TIAN Age 20-45 is 7 p.m. 2/10 at Zig-gi's Coffee Westminster. Fees and info are online at DenverCatho-licSpeedDate.com. RSVP to [email protected].
Mullen High School is hosting their 24th annual Senior Citizens’ Prom on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at no charge to the guests because of the
generous support of the Mullen community. For event information and details on where to send dona-tions please contact Mullen High
School.
