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nool.us | April 28, 2019
“ He breathed on them and
said to them, “Receive the
holy Spirit. Whose sins
you forgive are forgiven
them, and whose sins you
retain are retained.”
- John 20:22-23
DI V I N E M E RC Y
SU N DAY
A M E S SAGE F ROM
OU R PR I E ST S
Dear Parishioners,
THE EASTER SEASON
Firstly a heartfelt “happy
Easter” to one and all. I would
like to use this column to
share a few thoughts on this
Season of Easter which last
fifty days until Pentecost (a
feast who’s very name means
the fiftieth day). So, it is a
FR. MICH A EL seven week long celebration
OPPORTUNITY FOR HOSPITALITY
CA RV ILL of the lord’s resurrection. This I am looking for a family who would be willing to offer
year I have been particularly hospitality to an Italian high school junior from a great
struck by the continual repetition of the antiphon, taken family who supported me during my studies in Italy. The 17
from Psalm 118 “This is the day the lord has made, let us be year old boy has excellent behavior and will be attending
glad and rejoice.” Broomfield High or Legacy.
The church recognizes in these post resurrection days of
Easter the particular appropriateness of these words. Each
of these Easter days is a day “made by the Lord”. They are
made by the Lord through his passion, death and resurrec-
tion. If we were not able to live in the light of this great
victory then we would be poor people, without hope and
light for living. We would have to live with the notion that
evil is stronger than love, and that life is what we make of it.
Instead, we live days of light and hope. Christ’s victory
assures for those things which we call “The promises of
Christ” which are fundamentally the promise of the one
hundred fold here on earth and the promise of eternal life.
This is what the liturgy means points to these days of Easter
as made by the Lord. When we understand this then the
second part of The antiphon becomes much more clear and
spontaneous. “Let us be glad and rejoice.”
Our gladness is borne from the certainty of this gift of hope
and positive expectation. The word “gladness” refers not to a
freedom from trials but rather to a certainty about the
ultimate goodness of our lives. So, these are days of rejoicing.
Let us ask that we may “make experience” as the Italians say,
of this glad rejoicing by taking the time to steep ourselves in
the awareness of the Easter event.
In Christ,
Fr. Michael
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DAILY READINGS FOR MORE PARISH TIMES
Saturday | 4/27 Tuesday | 4/30 Friday | 5/3 Mass Times Confession Adoration
ACTS 4:13-21 ACTS 4:32-37 1 COR 15:1-8 Monday - Friday Thursday Thursday
MK 16:9-15 JN 3:7B-15 JN 14:6-14
7:00am 5:00pm Noon - 6:00pm
Sunday | 4/28 Wednesday | 5/1 Saturday | 5/4
Saturday Saturday Morning Prayer
ACTS 5:12-16 ACTS 5:17-26 ACTS 6:1-7
8:00am/4:30pm 8:30am/3:00pm Monday - Friday
REV 1:9-11A, JN 3:16-21 JN 6:16-21
12-13, 17-19 Sunday Sunday 7:30am
Thursday | 5/2 Sunday | 5/5
JN 20:19-31
7:30am/9:30am 30 minutes prior Saturday/Sunday
ACTS 5:27-33 ACTS 5:27-32,
Monday | 4/29 11:30am/5:00pm to each mass
JN 3:31-36 40B-41 7:05am
ACTS 4:23-31 REV 5:11-14
JN 3:1-8 JN 21:1-19
PARISH OFFICE
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PARISH STAFF
Pastor Executive Assistant to the Pastor Director of Music IT Specialist
Fr. Michael Carvill, FSCB Roberta Hebert Dr. Marcia Marchesi Jim DuBey
m.carvill@nool.us, ext. 114 r.hebert@nool.us m.marchesi@nool.us, ext. 123 j.dubey@nool.us, ext. 115
Associate Pastor School Principal Faith Alive Direct Number Facilities Manager
Fr. Accursio Ciaccio, FSCB Holly Peterson 303-731-0425 Mike Hebert
a.ciaccio@nool.us h.peterson@nool.us, ext. 141 m.hebert@nool.us, ext. 122
Director of Faith Alive
Associate Pastor Business Manager Mark Thomason Administrator of Parish Reception
Fr. Gabriele Azzalin, FSCB Kyle Hubbart m.thomason@nool.us, ext. 104 & Office Operations
g.azzalin@nool.us k.hubbart@nool.us, ext. 108 Jen Kuzik
Director of Religious Education
j.kuzik@nool.us, ext. 100
Associate Pastor Business Office Accountant Diane Irby
Fr. Emanuele Fadini, FSCB Carol Sullivan d.irby@nool.us, ext. 103 Admin. Assistants - Front Desk
e.fadini@nool.us, ext. 166 c.sullivan@nool.us, ext. 109 Lindsay Smith
Faith Alive Assistant
l.smith@nool.us, ext. 112
Deacons Accounting Assistant Tricia Fankell
Martin Hetzel Suzie Sloan t.fankell@nool.us, ext. 103 Pastoral Associate, Charity &
m.hetzel@nool.us s.sloan@nool.us, ext. 140 Outreach
Stewardship Director
Steve Vallero Lynne Gallagher
Parish Registrar Diane Denfeld
s.vallero@nool.us l.gallagher@nool.us, ext. 101
Merrilyn Sikora d.denfeld@nool.us, ext. 106
David Arling m.sikora@nool.us, ext. 110 Director of Communications
d.arling@nool.us Development Director
Jacquie Fankell
Parish Sacristan Ilene DuBey
Sisters: sisters@nool.us j.fankell@nool.us, ext. 135
Marylou Sivigliano i.dubey@nool.us, 303-641-3667
Sr. Maria, Sr. Marilú, Sr. Teresa, m.sivigliano@nool.us, ext. 136 Communications Associate
and Sr. Eleonora Drake Fontana
d.fontana@nool.us, ext. 135
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MASS INTENTIONS Carol Dankey
Saturday | 4/27
8:00am | † Jack Gallagher by Roz and Family
PARISH CALENDAR
4:30pm | Ken and MaryAnn Cole Wedding Anniversary
Sunday | 4/28 Sunday | 4/28 Thursday | 5/2
7:30am | † Wilbeth Ortega Flor Ortega 8:00am | CL 9:00am | Endow
9:30am | People of the Parish 11:00am | Parishioner's Rosary 10:30am | SVdP
11:30am | † Mary Fisher by Mary C Baylie 1:00pm | Divine Mercy Sunday 6:30pm | Dante's Divine Com.
5:00pm | RE Teachers by Faith Alive 2:30pm | Word of Life Meeting 7:00pm | Sojourners
6:00pm | HS Youth Group 7:00pm | NM Catholic Singles
Monday | 4/29 7:00pm | School of Community
Monday | 4/29
7:00am | Colin Gillis by Faye Gillis Friday | 5/3
8:00am | 1st G. Readiness Test
Tuesday | 4/30 9:30am | Endow 7:30am | Men of Emmaus
10:30am | SVdP 9:00am | Endow
7:00am | † Kelvin Doss by Bethany Doss 1:00pm | Rosary Prayer Grp. 10:30am | SVdP
Wednesday | 5/1 6:30pm | SVdP 5:00pm | Crawfish Boil
7:00pm | Nativ. Band Concert 5:00pm | GS
7:00am | † Fred Farver by Jim and Joanne Farver
Tuesday | 4/30 Saturday | 5/4
Thursday | 5/2
9:00am | Endow 7:00am | MASH
7:00am | † Caroline Kreig by Anne Kreig 10:30am | SVdP 7:30am | Pro-Life Rosary
1:00pm | Rosary Making Grp. 9:00am | Senior Retreat NMCS
Friday | 5/3 4:30pm | RE 9:00am | Marian Pray Cenacles
7:00am | Special Intention by The Brozovich Family 6:00pm | Venturers 9:00am | Spanish Bible Study
6:30pm | RE 9:30am | Italian Class
Saturday | 5/4 6:30pm | RCIA 11:00am | Baptisms
7:30pm | IN IPSO
8:00am | † Alma Meek by Nativity Parish and Staff Sunday | 5/5
4:30pm | † Clyde Fonio by Pat Fonio Wednesday | 5/1
8:00am | CL
Sunday | 5/5 5:45am | St. Joe’s Men’s Grp. 11:00am | Parishioner's Rosary
10:30am | SVdP 6:00pm | HS Youth Group
7:30am | † David and Betty Malysa by David 4:30pm | RE
9:30am | People of the Parish 5:30pm | Grief Support
11:30am | RE Teachers by Faith Alive 6:30pm | CL
5:00pm | Leonard and Margaret Zylla Wedding Anniversary
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Today is Divine Mercy Sunday and Announcement We, here at Nativity, would like to extend a warm welcome
Weekend for the 2019 Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal. One to the newest members of our parish family! Thank you for
powerful expression of gratitude to God for His infinite joining us and welcome to Nativity:
mercy shown to us is by extending mercy to others. Your
Rachel, Ashley, Sarah; Stefano, Sarah, Clare, Francis;
donation to the Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal will fund
Mario, Janice; Kenny, Claire; Jacob, Christina; Shirley,
archdiocesan ministries that extend mercy, compassion,
Hope Marie; Thomas, Kathleen; Ricardo, Camilia,
and assistance to others.
Juliette; Sadienye, Rachel, Dubenchi, Munachi, Tobechi;
Please visit: archden.org/givetoday to make your gift today Christopher; Ruben, Rebecca; Francis, Susan, John,
or call 303.867.0614. Meghan, and Ryan.
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4) Complete the Thurs., Aug. 29 - 8:30am Tues., Nov. 12 - 6:00pm
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VIDEO BIBLE STUDIES FOR MORE NATIVITY WIDOWS
EXODUS: CALLED TO FREEDOM | Begins May 8 WIDOWS LUNCHEON | May 8 | Broomfield
Exodus: Called to Freedom, Dr. Tim Gray’s DVD bible study Nativity Widows Luncheon will be on May 8 at 11:00am at
on the book of Exodus looks through the lens of Christ and the Egg and I in Broomfield, 799 US-287. For more
the Church to show that, more than just seeking to free His information please call Mary Baylie at 303-466-1125 or
people physically from the domination of Pharaoh, God Genny Lane at 303-466-9377. All widows at Nativity are
desired to free His people from the far more dangerous grip welcome to join.
of sin. The class will show
how the Exodus story is not
justIsreal’s but ours as well. MEN’S SOFTBALL
Sessions will cost $20 for
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scholarships available. Class
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and 7:00pm in Weibel I. which will play a 12-game season in Broomfield beginning
Registration will be available May 5. Any men (ages 16+) interested in playing, please
through the Front Desk. contact Don Clark at 303-257-5472 or at
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RESPECT LIFE FOR MORE HOPE CORNER
PRAYER IN THE SQUARE | May 4
FREE MENTAL HEALTH PRESENTATION | May 6
Saturday, May 4, Join us at 10:00am for Prayer in the
Square at N. Midway Park in Broomfield. The Hope Corner is a free mental health ministry commit-
ted to instilling hope and reducing stigma. It provides stress
PEACEFUL PRAYER | Tuesday, April 30 | Boulder management, wellness tips, screenings, information, sup-
Join us on Tuesday, april 30 to pray peacefully outside the port, encouragement and faith/community-based resources.
Boulder abortion clinic, where late term abortions are The next Hope Corner is May 6 from 5:30pm-7:30pm in
performed. We will carpool from Nativity at 8:00am. Dresen Hall. Everyone is welcome whether you have a
ANNUAL BABY SHOWER | May 11 - June 16 question, would like a screening, or have a family member
with a mental health concern. With questions and to set an
We will again be collecting donations for our parish baby appointment, please contact Becky Kusick, MA, LPC, CPSII
shower to give to Gabriel House, Marisol health clinic, and at 303-907-6499 or at hopecornerministry@gmail.com.
the Little Flower pregnancy center. You may drop off your
donations at the crib in the narthex beginning May 11-12.
We will continue to collect gifts through Father’s Day, WOMEN’S GUILD
June 16.
Suggested items: diapers, wipes, gently used and new NATIVITY CRAFT FAIR | November 9-10
clothing, blankets, bibs, burp clothes, bottles, nursing
pillows, new strollers, new carseats, new cribs. We will have Save the date for the Women’s Guild annual Nativity Craft
a concise list in upcoming bulletins. Thank you for you Fair is scheduled for November 9-10. Mark your calendars
generosity! now. We need new, handcrafted donations for the Guild’s
sales table. Please help the Women’s Guild by donating.
RESOURCES FOR LIFE
NEXT MEETING | May 13
For a list of Resources for Life for unexpected pregnancy,
post-abortion healing, etc. please visit: The May 13 Guild Meeting will be a Salad Supper at
6:30pm in Weibel II Hall followed by a brief meeting. We
nool.us/ministries-1/respect-life assume all committee chairpersons will continue in their
If you have any questions please contact: current positions if they have not called to resign.
Eloise Georgen: 303-469-8156; eegptg@msn.com All ladies of the parish, especially those newly registered,
Carrie Kudrna: 720-261-7622; ckudrna@ctpower.com are welcome and encouraged to attend. Beverages and place
Janet Carpenter: 720-939-7192; janetacarpenter@comcast.net settings are furnished. Please bring your favorite salad to
share. With questions, call Nicki Battista at 303-469-0670.
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FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE St. VINCENT de PAUL FOR MORE
Vocation and Discernment: A Talk for Parents Blessed Rosalie Rendu – A Great Vincentian
May 6 | St. John Paul II Center for New Evangelization Role Model
The Vocations Office, of the Archdiocese of Denver, is host- Two weeks ago we mentioned that the first president of the
ing a talk for parents on the subjects of vocation and Society of St. Vincent de Paul sent Frederic Ozanam and
discernment this May. All parents are welcome to attend. the other members of the Society to Sister Rosalie Rendu
There will be no childcare available. With questions please (1786-1856) to gain first hand experience in how to help
contact the Vocations Office at 303-282-3429. the poor. Frederic and the other Vincentians couldn’t have
asked for a better mentor. By the time this happened in
Denver Marian Conference 1833 Sister Rosalie had already been serving the poor in
SAVE THE DATE | BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER | May 10-11 one of the most destitute districts of Paris for thirty years.
Let us come together this Mother’s Day Weekend to Honor Sister Rosalie grew up and lived in politically tumultuous
Our Heavenly Mother and all mothers! This two day confer- times (the French Revolution, the Revolution of 1830, and
ence, at the Crowne Plaza Convention Center, will include the Revolution of 1848). It was also a time of myriad social
speakers, confession, Mass, adoration, and more. Rates will ills characteristic of the early Industrial Revolution as well
increase after April 30. For more information please visit: as a time of anti-clericalism and especially of anti-Catholic-
DenverMarianConference.com. ism. From an early age Sister Rosalie saw her parents put
their faith into action as they often used their home to
Denver Seminarians: Discernment Retreat provide refuge to priests fleeing the extremism of anti-
MIDDLE SCHOOL | May 19 | Grades 6-8 clerical government officials.
St. John Vianney Seminary, in Denver, is hosting a Middle She was allowed to enter the Motherhouse of the Daughters
School Boy’s Discernment Retreat on Sunday, May 19 from of Charity, the religious organization founded by St. Vincent
9:00am - 2:00pm. Find more information and/or register de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac, when she was 17. She
at denverseminarians.org. spent over fifty years living out her vows to serve God and
the poor with humility and with respect for those she served.
Archdiocesan Youth Summer Camp Her example had a powerful impact on Frederic and it is
5 SESSIONS | June - July | Grades 4-12 still felt today. The SVdP helpline number is 720-452-2520.
In a few short months, the youth of the archdiocese will be
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adventure and friendship in a dynamic faith-filled environ-
ment. With our inaugural summer camp schedule beginning
in June, we will host five one-week sessions. Sessions are MOTHER’S DAY CARDS | April 27 - May 5
open to both boys and girls in grades 4-12. Interested in giving a very special Mother's Day gift? The
Programming will include rock climbing, hiking, small Bottom Line Diaper Bank of Catholic Charities is offering a
group formation, Mass outdoors, and so much more. For unique card celebrating Mom and making a diaper donation
more information about dates, pricing, and to register, in her honor. A $5 donation for each card will directly
visit: provide at least 30 diapers to a mother and child in need.
These special cards will be available after Masses April 27-28
annunciationheights.org/summer-camp and May 4-5.
Space is limited, sign up today! The card cover is original art from Devin Montagne depict-
ing Mary holding baby Jesus. The inside message highlights
the donation of diapers made in honor of the recipient.
NMCS Cards are limited - please make sure to buy this special
Mother's Day card the weekends of April 27-28 and May 4-5.
For more information, please visit ccdenver.org/diaper.
SPIRITUALITY in a NON-SPIRITUAL WORLD | May 4
TOOTSIE ROLL DRIVE | May 17-19 | Loacl Grocery Stores
North Metro Catholic Singles is hosting a retreat, "Our
Spirituality in a Non-Spiritual World," on May 4 from All parishioners and families, please consider helping the
8:30am-2.00pm at Nativity. Directed by Fr. Joe Danhorst, Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive May 17-19, support-
the cost is $20 and includes continental breakfast and lunch. ing people with intellectual disabilities, by handing out
The deadline for reservations is April 27. For more inform- Tootsie Rolls at local grocery stores. Sign-up sheets available
ation, contact Sue at 720-545-6073. Make checks payable to after masses weekend of May 4 and 11. Or contact Frank
Sue Klemoff: 13418 Alcott St. Broomfield, CO 80020. Schaffer 720-883-3478 for more information.
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A M E S SAGE F ROM FOR MORE
OU R POPE
POPE FRANCIS And instead, we are all sinners before God and we have
reason to beat our breast - everyone - like the tax collector in
GENERAL AUDIENCE
the Temple. In his First Letter, Saint John writes: “If we say
St Peter's Square we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in
Wednesday, 10 April 2019 us” (1 Jn 1:8). If you want to deceive yourself, say that you
have not sinned: this way, you are deceiving yourself.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We are debtors above all because we have received much in
It is not a very nice day but
this life: a father and a mother, friendship, the splendours of
just the same, good morning!
creation... Even if we all happen to experience difficult days,
After asking God for our daily we must always remember that life is a grace. It is the
POPE FR A NCIS bread, the “Lord’s Prayer” miracle that God drew out of nothing.
enters the sphere of our
Secondly, we are debtors because, even if we are able to love,
relationships with others. Jesus teaches us to ask the Father:
none of us is capable of doing so solely by our own strength.
“forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors”
True love is when we can love, but through the grace of God.
(Mt 6:12). Just as we need bread, we also need forgiveness;
None of us shines of our own light. There is what the
this too, this every day.
ancient theologians called a mysterium lunae, not only in
A Christian who prays asks God first of all that his debts be the identity of the Church, but also in the history of each of
forgiven, that is, his sins, the bad things he does. This is the us. What does this mysterium lunae mean? That it is like the
first truth of every prayer: even if we were perfect people, moon, which does not have its own light: it reflects the light
even if we were pure saints who never deviate from a virtu- of the sun. Nor do we have our own light. The light we have
ous life, we continue to be children who owe everything to is a reflection of God’s grace, of God’s light. If you love, it is
the Father. What is the most dangerous attitude for every because someone other than yourself made you smile when
Christian life? It is pride. It is the attitude of those who you were a child, teaching you to respond with a smile. If
stand before God thinking that they always have their affairs you love it is because someone beside you has awakened you
in order with him: the proud think they have everything in to love, making you understand that the meaning of life lies
order. Like that Pharisee in the parable who thinks he is therein.
praying in the Temple, but in reality, he is commending him-
Let us try to listen to the story of some person who has made
self before God: “I thank you, Lord, because I am not like the
mistakes: a detainee, a convict, a drug addict... we know
others.” And the people who feel they are perfect, the people
many people who make mistakes in life. Notwithstanding
who criticize others, are proud people. None of us is perfect,
the responsibility, which is always personal, you sometimes
no one. On the contrary, the tax collector, who was at the
ask yourself who is to blame for their mistakes; whether it is
back of the Temple, a sinner despised by everyone, stops at
just their conscience, or the history of hatred and abandon-
the threshold of the Temple and does not feel worthy to
ment that some carry within.
enter and entrusts himself to God’s mercy. And Jesus
comments: “this man went down to his house justified And this is the mystery of the moon: first and foremost, we
rather than the other” (Lk 18:14), that is, forgiven, saved. love because we have been loved, we forgive because we
Why? Because he was not proud, because he recognized his have been forgiven. And if someone has not been illuminat-
limitations and his sins. ed by the light of the sun, he becomes icy like the ground
in winter.
There are sins that are seen and sins that are unseen. There
are glaring sins that make noise but there are also sins that How can we fail to recognize in the chain of love that
are devious, that lurk in our heart without us even noticing. precedes us, also the presence of God’s Providential love?
The worst of these is pride, which can even infect people None of us loves God as much as he has loved us. It is
who live a profound religious life. There was once a well- enough to place oneself before a Crucifix to understand the
known convent of nuns, in the 1600-1700s, at the time of disproportion: he has loved us and will always love us first.
Jansenism. They were utterly perfect, and it was said of
Let us therefore pray: Lord, not even the most holy in our
them that they were really pure like angels, but also proud
midst cease to be in your debt. O Father, have mercy on
like demons. It is a bad thing. Sin divides fraternity; sin
us all!
makes us imagine we are better than others; sin makes us
think we are comparable to God.Save
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303-986-1994
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NOOL Parishioner since 1998
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