Mass Times
Sunday:
8:30am & 10:30am &
5:30pm
(Traditional Latin Mass)
Monday & Thursday:
6:00pm
Tuesday, Wednesday &
Friday:
8:30am
Saturday: 4:30pm
Assumption Parish
2361 E. 78th Ave,
Denver, CO. 80229
assumptiondenver.org
Parish Office:
303.288.2442 x100
School Office:
303.288.2159 x110
Sacramental
Emergency:
720-437-9953
Eucharistic Adoration
Wednesday:
9am - 7pm
Thursday:
6am - 6pm
Saturday:
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Reconciliation
Sunday:
4:30 - 5:15pm
Thursday:
5pm - 5:45pm
Saturday:
3:30 - 4:15pm
Also by appointment– Please
call the Parish Office
Office Hours
Monday–Friday:
9:00am - 3:30pm
Closed Saturday &
Sunday
Food Bank
Wednesday:
8:30 - 11:30am
Serving anyone in
need without
restrictions.
Parish Mission Statement
Under the patronage of Our Lady of the Assumption, we seek to imitate Her obedience and love for
God through worship, teaching, and acts of mercy so that all may come to know Christ and do His
holy will.
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time| September 19, 2021
Benediction
Thursday: 5:50pm
Saturday: 4:20pm
Church is open for
prayer daily:
7am - 7pm
SACRAMENT INFORMATION REMINDERS
Baptism
Parents are asked to call or email Calysta Kohlrust to
register for a Baptism Preparation Class. Both parents
and godparents are required to attend one of these
classes. You can reach her at 303-288-2442 Ext. 132 or
Marriage
Couples are asked to arrange a proposed marriage
date with our priest via the Parish Office at least
eight months in advance. At least one of the engaged
couple must be an active, registered member of our
parish for at least the last six months prior to
requesting a wedding date.
Reconciliation
Confessions are heard on Thursdays from 5pm-
5:45pm, Saturdays from 3:30-4:15pm and Sundays
from 4:30-5:15pm or by appointment. Please call the
Parish office. Confessions at other times can also be
heard by appointment made in advance with the
priest via the parish office.
Envelope– Questions
Email: [email protected]
Easy Ways to Help Support Our Parish
• faithdirect.net using our code CO472
• smile.amazon.com select Assumption of the BVM
• Catholic Parish as your amazon charity
• Connect your King Soopers/City Market
Rewards to Assumption or by using the NPO (Non-Profit
Organization) Number LV472
• Venmo to Assumption Catholic Denver
• Buy, Scan, Earn with Box Tops
WEEKLY OFFERTORY
Thank You for your Generosity
STAFF
Pastor - Father Nick Larkin [email protected] X100
Deacon Derrick Johnson [email protected] X100
In Residence - Father Joe Grady
Parish Office Manager - Christina Jagodzinski [email protected] X123
Director of Evangelization and Discipleship - Calysta Kohlrust [email protected] X132
Parish Events Coordinator [email protected] X132
Music Director - Heather Schenck [email protected] X100
Maintenance Director - Joe Domenico [email protected] X121
Parish Administrative Assistant - Jeanette Salazar [email protected] X100
Principal - Dana Ellis [email protected] X109
School Office Manager– Mary Jo Fontaine [email protected] X110
Adoration is open to committed adorers.
We are in need of adorers for the following days/hours.
Wednesday: 10am, 11am, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 8pm,
10pm, 11pm
Thursday: 12am (midnight), 1am, 3am, 4am, 5am, 8am,
9am, 1pm, 2pm, 4pm
If you have an interest in being scheduled for an Adoration
Hour please either email or call Jennifer Ruder at
[email protected] or at 303-547-2933.
Total Offertory-09/05/2021
Masses
$ 5,428.74
$ 4,786.24
$ 642.50
Total Offertory-09/12/2021
Masses
$ 5,433.50
$ 3,677.50
$ 1,756.00
HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS REQUESTED BY
Monday, September 20
5:30pm Father Nick Larkin Secular Servites of Assumption
Tuesday, September 21 8:30am Francis Gallegos † Vic & Norma Frank
Wednesday, September 22 8:30am Billy Proksch † The Callaghan Family
Thursday, September 23 5:30pm Elijah Saindon Melissa Saindon
Friday, September 24 8:30am Isaiah Perez (16th Birthday) Jeanette Salazar
Saturday, September 25 4:30pm Joseph Mazotti † Anonymous
Sunday, September 26
8:30am
10:30am
5:30pm
Pro Populo
Benny Molinaro †
Glenn Stephens
The Molinaro Family
Delmi Stephens
Readings for the week of
September 19, 2021
Sunday: Wis 2:12, 17-20/Ps 54:3-4, 5, 6-8 [6b]/Jas
3:16—4:3/Mk 9:30-37
Monday: Ezr 1:1-6/Ps 126:1b-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 [3]/Lk
8:16-18
Tuesday: Eph 4:1-7, 11-13/Ps 19:2-3, 4-5 [5]/Mt 9:9-13
Wednesday: Ezr 9:5-9/Tb 13:2, 3-4a, 4befghn, 7-8
[1b]/Lk 9:1-6
Thursday: Hg 1:1-8/Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b [cf.
4a]/Lk 9:7-9
Friday: Hg 2:1-9/Ps 43:1, 2, 3, 4 [5]/Lk 9:18-22
Saturday: Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a/Jer 31:10, 11-12ab, 13 [cf.
10d]/Lk 9:43b-45
Next Sunday: Nm 11:25-29/Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 [9a]/
Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
Melissa Bender
Laura Bowers
John Brandt
Chris Buckius
James Duran Jr.
Patrick Fulton
Flo Garcia
Jesus Garcia
Frank Givan
Randy Gonzales
Jercinovic Family
Shavon Jimenez
Tina Little
George Dennis McGoff
Karissa McGoff
Jarod Medina
Kathy Montoya
Maria Elena Moreno
Fr. Brian Morrow
Terry Morrow
Rex Portner, III
Brenda Rodriguez
Deborah Rojas
Elizabeth ‘Bella’ Rojas
Shawna Rossi
Rosemary Rule
Austin Schroeder
Phyllis Torres
Jaelynn Thomas
Tim Wood
Frank Zupancic, Jr.
PRAYER REQUESTS:
Please pray for the sick and those in need of our prayers at the request of our friends and parishioners:
Note: Names will be left on the list for 1 month, unless arrangements
are made with the office. Please call the office to add a name.
For the Repose of the Souls of the
Recently Deceased:
Harold Francis †
Ernest Romero †
Deborah Warner †
"We live in a world which permits everything and
forgives nothing. We live in a Church which forbids
many things but holds out the possibility of
forgiveness for all things."
-Cardinal George
UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR Date Time & Event
Monday, September 20 6:30pm: Choir Practice
Tuesday, September 21 6:00pm - 8:30pm: RCIA
Wednesday, September 22 8:30am - 11:30am: FOOD BANK
9:00am - 7:00pm: Eucharistic Adoration
Thursday, September 23 9:00am - 4:00pm: Eucharistic Adoration
5pm - 5:45pm: Holy Hour & Confessions
Friday, September 24
12pm - 2pm: BINGO - Turn II Bingo
(We Need YOU to Volunteer–Please Call
Stephanie Herrera, 720-339-0761)
All are Welcome!
7:00pm – 9:00pm: Rivers of Living Water
Saturday, September 25
12:00pm: Alumni Mass
3:00pm - 10:00pm: Bazaar
3:30pm - 4:15pm: No Holy Hour &
Confessions
6:00pm: No Evening Mass
Sunday, September 26
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Kickball w/the
Seminarians
4:30pm - 5:15pm: Confessions
5:30pm: Traditional Latin Mass
September 25th: Alumni Reunion
and Bazaar Prior to, our Annual Bazaar will be host
to the Assumption Alumni this year as
they celebrate 101 years of students
attending Assumption Catholic Schools.
(The alumni reunion is 12-3pm. The
Bazaar is from 3-10pm.) Agenda for the
day to include an Alumni Mass, tours of
the school, an Ice Cream Social, as well
a special added feature – a visit to our
memorabilia room which I’m sure will
bring back favorite memories. Come
and enjoy a great day of renewing old
friendships and enjoying the festival of
great food, entertainment, games, and
fellowship.
Father’s Challenge Weekend
September 24th-26th (English)
You are invited to experience a
powerful weekend retreat of men like
you who are working so hard to meet
the challenges of balancing life
between being a Husband, Father,
Grandfather, or Male Role Model.
For more information, contact Joe
Gomez at (303) 549-4739 or visit our
website at
www.fatherschallengeweekend.com
Holy Family Middle School / High School Information Night
Holy Family Middle School information night Holy Family High school will be holding a Middle School information night on Tuesday,
October 12, 2021, from 6:00pm-7:00pm. The Middle School Information night is for students in
grades 6-7 who are just beginning the process of thinking about high school for their student, or for 8th graders
who are just starting the application process. Current students and parents will be available to answer questions
and talk about why they chose Holy Family for their student. The Admissions team and members of the Admin-
istration will be available for questions. Space is limited- Registration is required. Please visit our website
at www.holyfamilyhs.com and click on Inquire Now to register.
Holy Family High School Open House Tours
Holy Family High School will be holding Open House Tours for prospective students in 7th and 8th grade, on
October 25 - 28, 2021 at 3pm, 4:30pm, and 6pm each day. This is a great time to visit the school, see the
classrooms, gym, fields, theater, and our beautiful chapel. You will be able to meet members of the
administration and enjoy one of our famous cookies! Registration space for each time slot is limited. To register
visit our website at www.holyfamilyhs.com and click on Inquire Now. If one of these tour times does not work
for your family, please call the Admissions office to arrange another personal tour time at 303-410-1411. We look
forward to meeting your family!
Bazaar Set Up Begins
Sunday, September 19th - 8:00 - 12:30pm.
From a Letter by Saint Peter Claver Yesterday, May 30, 1627, on the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, numerous blacks, brought from the rivers of Africa,
disembarked from a large ship. Carrying two baskets of oranges, lemons, sweet biscuits, and I know not what else,
we hurried toward them. When we approached their quarters, we thought we were entering another Guinea. We
had to force our way through the crowd until we reached the sick. Large numbers of the sick were lying on the wet
ground or rather in puddles of mud. To prevent excessive dampness, someone had thought of building up a
mound with a mixture of tiles and broken pieces of bricks. This, then, was their couch, a very uncomfortable one
not only for that reason, but especially because they were naked, without any clothing to protect them.
We laid aside our cloaks, therefore, and brought from a warehouse whatever was handy to build a platform. In that
way we covered a space to which we at last transferred the sick, by forcing a passage through bands of slaves. Then
we divided the sick into two groups: one group my companion approached with an interpreter, while I addressed
the other group. There were two blacks, nearer death than life, already cold, whose pulse could scarcely be
detected. With the help of a tile we pulled some live coals together and placed them in the middle near the dying
men. Into this fire we tossed aromatics. Of these we had two wallets full, and we used them all up on this occasion.
Then, using our own cloaks, for they had nothing of this sort, and to ask the owners for others would have been a
waste of words, we provided for them a smoke treatment, by which they seemed to recover their warmth and the
breath of life. The joy in their eyes as they looked at us was something to see.
This was how we spoke to them, not with words but with our hands and our actions. And in fact, convinced as
they were that they had been brought here to be eaten, any other language would have proved utterly useless.
Then we sat, or rather knelt, beside them and bathed their faces and bodies with wine. We made every effort to
encourage them with friendly gestures and displayed in their presence the emotions which somehow naturally
tend to hearten the sick.
After this we began an elementary instruction about baptism, that is, the wonderful effects of the sacrament on
body and soul. When by their answers to our questions they showed they had sufficiently understood this, we
went on to a more extensive instruction, namely, about the one God, who rewards and punishes each one
according to his merit, and the rest. We asked them to make an act of contrition and to manifest their detestation of
their sins. Finally, when they appeared sufficiently prepared, we declared to them the mysteries of the Trinity, the
Incarnation and the Passion. Showing them Christ fastened to the cross, as he is depicted on the baptismal font on
which streams of blood flow down from his wounds, we led them in reciting an act of contrition in their own
language.
Do you attend daily Mass at Assumption? Would you consider sitting with our middle school students
on Friday? We are in need of volunteers to sit amongst us at Mass on Friday and to gently guide and
model for our children appropriate Mass behavior. Middle School students will sit in the first 10 rows,
with one student on each end of the pew (aisle and window) and space available between them in each
pew. Pick a row, meet a few children and help us continue to grow disciples for Christ! Seeking volunteers to
help with 1-1 help with students reading, doing school work and helping them get organized. Days and times are
flexible. Email if you would be interested! Are you a reader for our Parish? Would you be willing to help our
student readers prepare for reading at the school Mass? Looking for volunteers who could help students each
week. Time commitment is less than hour and this could easily be done after a daily Mass.
Monday, Sept 19: JV Flag Football and XC practice after school
Tuesday: All school Mass at 8:30 am; Choir Practice at 7:30 am; Widget and Varsity Flag Football; XC practice
Wednesday: JV Flag Football and XC
Thursday: Bazaar set up—school parking lot closed; Widget and Varsity Flag Football; XC at Brighton HS
Friday: MS Mass at 8:30; Bazaar set up, school parking lot closed; Picture Day (rescheduled); XC practice
To learn more about our school for preschool through eighth grade, or to schedule a personalized tour, please call
303-288-2159.