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<p><a href="http://www.saintgabriel.net/" title=""St. Gabriel the Archangel" "><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="118" height="120" style="width:1.2291in;height:1.25in" id="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:695eb444-1248-42c2-b00a-5ae64a98bf96" alt="St. Gabriel the Archangel"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Saint Gabriel the Archangel Parish</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h2><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">March 12, 2021 (See this weekend’s</span><a href="https://www.saintgabriel.net/parish-info/bulletins/send/2-bulletins/3479-march-14-2021"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Bulletin</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0">Lenten Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0">Stations of the Cross Tonight Followed by Knights of Columbus Fish Fry
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Stations will be held each Friday of Lent at 6pm followed by a Soup Supper or Fish Fry at 6:30pm.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mar 12: Stations followed by Fish Fry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mar 19: Stations followed by soup supper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mar 26: Station followed by soup supper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Apr 2: Spanish Stations of the Cross<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0">Lenten Fish Fry
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Knights of Columbus will be hosting it’s final Friday fish fry on March 12 immediately following Stations of the Cross. The price for these dinners is $10.00 per adult,
$5.00 per child 3-12 years of age, and children under 3 are free. Menus includes fish, baked potato, salad, coleslaw, chips, and rolls.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0">Extended Confession Times<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">March 20th 1:30-3:30pm and March 27th 1:30-3:30pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0">The Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This solemnity falls on Friday, March 19 each year. In this year dedicated to St. Joseph, we will offer Stations of the Cross at 6:00 PM, followed by the Consecration to
St. Joseph for those participating in the parish book study, and finally, a FEAST in our new Parish Hall. It is a traditional Sicilian custom to offer a St. Joseph’s Table, a table overflowing with good food honoring St. Joseph, and to share our blessings
with the poor. The feast of San Giuseppe began in the Middle Ages when Sicily was suffering from a severe drought and the desperate people begged St. Joseph for rain. When they received rainy weather in response, they held a huge "feste" in Saint Joseph's
honor. We hope you can join us for the festivities! If you can’t, plan a smaller affair with your own family, complete with prayers to St. Joseph, a little procession with candles for the older children and your favorite hymns, and then the father of the family
ought to say a special blessing over the food before you begin. If you would like to help us organize this table for St. Joseph, or the feast that follows, please contact Dcn Mike McGrady in the parish office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0">Faith Formation Inclement Weather Policy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Due to the unpredictable weather this weekend, if Faith Formation classes are cancelled, they will be cancelled 2 hours prior to the event.
Notifications will be sent out via Flock Note, Eblast, Facebook, and Emails. Classes that might be affected are KidZone, Mask-a-Rade Ball, Baptism Class, Bible Studies, and Faith Formation Classes. The RCIA/RCIC Scrutiny will take place on Sunday at the 8am
Mass as scheduled. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0">Mask Mandate</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Effective July 17, 2020, all Colorado residents over the age of 10 are required to wear masks indoors. Please make sure to bring a mask with
you when you come to the church building. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0">Mass Schedule </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Daily Mass 7:30am Tuesday – Friday; Daily Confessions – following the 7:30am Mass. Reservation for Mass is no longer required for Daily Mass<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wednesday Adoration 8am-6pm; Rosary, Evening Prayer, Benediction begins at 5pm.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">First Friday Adoration 8am-12pm.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Saturday Mass 4pm; Saturday Confessions 2:30-3:30pm</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.<span style="color:#1F497D">
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sunday Masses 8:00am and
<b>10:00am-</b>both in the Nave. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-left:.5in"> <b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Spanish Schedule</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wednesday<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>Spanish Mass 7pm; Confession before Mass at 6:30pm.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Saturday Spanish Mass 7pm; Confessions before Mass at 6:30pm<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sunday Spanish Mass 1:00pm; Confession before Mass at 12:30pm</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spanish Holy Hour<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>2<sup>nd</sup> Thursday of the Month-</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">7pm<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No daily Mass sign ups on Eventbrite – You will still need to sign in on the sign in sheet with name and telephone number.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Eventbrite sign up still needed for weekend Masses only.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D2129">English Mass –
</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mass-rsvp-english-tickets-105181783546"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Sign Up (Click Here)</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
or </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D2129">Spanish Mass –
</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mass-rsvp-spanish-tickets-105417839596"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Sign UP (Click Here)</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:10.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0;background:white">Sunday Mass will continue to be available online on Sunday after 10:00am (English or Spanish)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:10.5pt"><a href="http://www.saintgabriel.net"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">www.saintgabriel.net</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Offertory Donations: Your continued offertory support can be mailed, dropped off in the church mailbox, or use our online portal. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://giving.parishsoft.com/app/giving/stg8755101" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#954F72">Online
Giving</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#050505">
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<p class="Headline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0;mso-ligatures:none">Open House</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The weekend of March 20-21 there will be an open house for the new addition. There will be opportunities to explore the new facility and ask questions from different department
representatives. Knights of Columbus, Hospitality Committee, and Daughters of Mary will be helping with refreshments. The schedule is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">*Parishioners attending the March 20th 4pm Mass are invited to stay after Mass and those parishioners attending the March 20th 7pm Mass are invited to come before Mass to
attend the open house from 5-6pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">*Parishioners attending the March 21 8am are invited to stay after Mass to attend the open house from 9-10am.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">*Parishioners attending the March 21st 10am Mass are invited to stay after Mass and those parishioners attending the 1pm Mass are invited to come before Mass to attend the
open house from 11am-12pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Bishop Sheridan will be presiding at the 10am Mass on March 21. Bishop will bless the doors of the new facility after Mass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0">Relics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On Sunday, March 21, Bishop Sheridan will celebrate Mass and bless the new Adoration Chapel & Stations of the Cross. He will expose a collection of relics, which will remain
in permanent residence in the new adoration chapel:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:75%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:75%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">1. Relic of the House of Loretto 7. Saint Anthony Mary Claret<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:75%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:75%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2. Saint Joachim 8. Saint Maria Goretti <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:75%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:75%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">3. Saint Anne 9. Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:75%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:75%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">4. Saint Pius X 10. The Blessed Virgin's Veil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:75%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:75%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">5. Padre Pio 11. True Cross<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:75%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:75%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">6. Saint Mother Teresa 12. A fragment of the Shroud<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The word relic comes from the Latin relinquo, meaning I leave, or I abandon. A relic is a piece of the body of a saint, an item owned or used by the saint, or an object
which has been touched to the tomb of a saint. The veneration of relics in an ancient tradition that dates to the New Testament. Consider the story of the woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years who came up behind Jesus and touched the tassel on his
cloak. She said to herself, <i>“If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured”
</i>(Matt 9:20-21). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Venerating relics is a beautiful practice that brings us close to those who walked before us in faith. They “ran the race” and reached the end goal of Heaven. Seeing
relics inspires us to strive for holiness. Someone venerating a relic can simply stand near the relic in a prayerful attitude, raising one’s heart and mind to God and invoking the intercession of the saint. Other acceptable gestures include signing oneself
with the sign of the cross or kneeling in front of the relic in prayer. The Church recommends an exterior gesture that fits the occasion and corresponds to a person’s interior disposition. Whatever gesture a person chooses to use to venerate a relic, it
must not be done out of superstition, but out of love for the saint and for God. Think of the practice in a similar way to someone who takes out a photograph of a beloved family member and kisses it every time he or she puts it back. The gesture is a sign
of love for that person and contains no hint of superstition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> There are three classes of sacred relics. The first-class is a part of the saint’s body. The second-class is a piece of the saint’s clothing or something used by the
saint, while the third-class is an object which has been touched to a first-class relic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Paragraph 1190 of the Code of Canon Law states that it is absolutely forbidden to sell sacred relics. Relics of great significance and other relics honored with great
reverence by the people cannot be alienated validly in any manner or transferred permanently without the permission of the Apostolic See. Our parish has received permission from the Apostolic See to display these relics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Eucharistic Adoration in the new Adoration Chapel will be starting April 12<sup>th</sup>. Adoration will be Monday through Friday from 8am-9pm. Visit
</span><a href="http://www.saintgabriel.net"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.saintgabriel.net</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> to sign up for an hour or two. Select the Adoration
Pro link from the St. Gabriel website. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me Mt 25:41<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">During this Lenten season, answer Jesus’ call to help serve the poor and less fortunate. We are asking all families to prayerfully consider filling a one-gallon Ziploc
bag with any or all of the following items:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#111111">Toothbrushes, Conditioner (travel size), Hats (Adult), Hand Warmers, Handi Wipes/Moist wipes, Band-aids, Batteries (AA, AAA), Soap/Shampoo, Socks (Adult), Stamped
envelope, Toothpaste (travel size), Toiletries, Mittens/gloves( Adult), Space Blankets, Cough Drops, Non - perishables High Protein snacks, Pillar type Candles (not tapers), Small Tissues, Chapstick, Granola Bars, Bungee cords -</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#C00000">No
mouthwash, No water, No children’s items</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#111111">. Place items in the marked bins on the counter in the hallway by
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#C00000">April 4.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#111111">Return care packages to your classrooms or the marked bins on the counter in the hallway by
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#111111">The YDisciple team will distribute items to the homeless in the city parks downtown and at the Marian House on April 17. Work as a family to prayerfully decide what can
be give to this much-needed project. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span style="color:#4D4D4D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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