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Colorado legislation is staying busy. Please take a look at yet another bill of concern.
This Thursday, April 11th, HB24-1363 Charter Schools Accountability, will be heard in the House Education committee. HB 1363 would take away learning options from students flourishing in charter schools.
The committee hearing will begin at 1:30pm in House Committee Room 0107.
Sign up to testify in opposition to the bill HERE!
You can also email the Democrat members of the House Education committee and urge them to vote ‘NO’ on the bill. You can find the list of committee members at the bottom of this email.
If enacted, HB 1363 will impose burdensome regulations that would prevent charter schools from operating effectively and efficiently, including financial constraints, public transparency that goes beyond traditional public-school requirements, and mandates regarding the governing board and student population.
For instance, one provision in the 52-page bill would allow a local school board to revoke or not renew a district charter school charter because of the school district's declining pupil enrollment. In other words, even if the charter school is successful and children are flourishing, their school district could revoke the charter merely because traditional public schools in the district are experiencing declining student enrollment. Based on 2023-24 enrollment numbers, this provision would put 113 charters at risk of closure, sending those students back to their zip-code assigned traditional public school that they originally chose to leave.
Parents, as the primary educators of their children, know their children’s educational learning needs best. It is therefore their right to choose the best schooling option for their children – including charter schools, which have a long and vibrant history in Colorado. Even Governor Polis founded two charter schools in the Denver-metro area.
In a press conference about HB 1363, the bill's prime sponsors made their intent clear: this is the beginning of the end of charter schools in Colorado.
It is imperative that families of school-aged children and the broader community unite against this affront to educational opportunity in Colorado!
Come to the State Capitol on Thursday afternoon and testify in opposition to HB 1363 and use our form to email your representative and senator and tell them to oppose this bill.
You can also email the Democrat members of the House Education committee directly using the list below:
Rep. Barbara McLachlan, Chair, barbara.mclachlan.house@coleg.gov
Rep. Matthew Martinez, Vice Chair, matthew.martinez.house@coleg.gov
Rep. Jennifer Bacon, jennifer.bacon.house@coleg.gov
Rep. Eliza Hamrick, eliza.hamrick.house@coleg.gov
Rep. Meghan Lukens, meghan.lukens.house@coleg.gov
Rep. Tammy Story, tammy.story.house@coleg.gov
Rep. Mary Young, mary.young.house@coleg.gov
Click the link below to log in and send your message:
https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/lNjOeoWwMMqw6JAiM9eUZQ
Now is the time to stand up for life! Join us for the March for Life in Denver this Friday, April 12. The day kicks off with a powerful Mass at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, presided over by Bishop Jorge H. Rodriguez. Following the Mass, we rally at 11 a.m. at the State Capitol and then march at noon.
This event is a crucial collaboration with Pro-Life Colorado, our dedicated coalition fighting to protect life across our state. Let your voice be heard. Let's march, let's rally, and let's defend the sanctity of life together!
This event is a crucial collaboration with Pro-Life Colorado, our dedicated coalition fighting to protect life across our state. Let your voice be heard. Let's march, let's rally, and let's defend the sanctity of life together!
VOTE THIS WEEKEND.
Wellspring Catholic Academy students have been busy creating art in celebration of our patron saints feast day on April 16. All submitted Art will be on display this weekend for us to view and to vote on our favorite piece. Please stop by the vestibule before and after Mass to see which is your favorite and cast your vote. In person voting only for this event.
REVIVAL CORNER
THIS Weekend at St. Bernadette
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
“Cry out with joy to God, sing glory of His name, render Him glorious praise” (Cf. Ps 66 (65): 1-2.
The truth of Jesus is recounted once more by the disciples in Lukes’s gospel this week. While our Easter celebration for this year is new in our hearts the truth of the gospel remains forever. The disciples remind us specifically of Jesus’ exact words. Not something that is made up. Not some summary of what He said in a narrative but the precise quoted words in scripture. Jesus said, “peace be with you”; “why are you troubled?”; “you are witnesses”; “look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself”; “Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins” (Lk: 24:35-48). Our joy should be complete in Jesus’ willingness to sacrifice all for all of us.
Pope Francis describes this week’s gospel meaning from his homily April 19th, 2015. Most importantly we are witnesses. “A witness is a person who has seen, who recalls and tells. See, recall, and tell”. Jesus makes certain He is seen by many after the resurrection in order that disciples and others may see that He is truly risen. We recall this sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus this Easter as did the disciples. And finally, for us to be a clear witness of Jesus is to tell our story with others.
In our Catholic schools’ teachers are asked to give witness in their own lives following the gospel teachings in living their lives as witness to Jesus. In serving and helping others, firefighters, emergency medical providers, military, police, doctors, and nurses serve as witnesses in serving others sacrificing self as Jesus did to help others. Those in the Church, pope, cardinals, priests, deacons, sisters, and lay persons serve Jesus by helping share what they have seen, by recalling the gospels and sharing that with others. And you to my brothers and sisters serve as witnesses in all we do in serving Jesus in our lives.
During this Easter season, hopefully, we have become more like Jesus by helping and serving Him by “recalling” His sacrifice on the cross to heal us from our sins. Hopefully, we have recalled deeply in prayer and reflection what this truly means for our own salvation. Hopefully, we have been so happy and full of joy that we share this truth of the gospel with others. If not, today my brothers and sisters is the day to “see, recall, and tell others of the glory of God”. Be joyful and share the Good News with all we encounter. Cry out with joy for God and share all that love with others.
In Christ,
Deacon Patrick
3rd Sunday of Easter | April 14, 2024
HAPPY EASTERTIDE!
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- Archbishop's Catholic Appeal
- Thank you for the Easter Financial Blessings.
TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH,
FEAST OF ST. BERNADETTE
Bernadette - FORMED From Jean Delannoy, one of France’s foremost filmmakers, comes this top quality feature film production of the story of St. Bernadette and the apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes. Actress Sydney Penny gives a beautiful performance as Bernadette, and the rest of the cast is equally superb. Also stars Roland Lesaffre and Michele Simonnet. It is highly recommended by the Vatican as a “sensitive portrayal of a very moving story that deserves a wide audience.” Shot on location in France with outstanding cinematography and a beautiful music score, this is the film that was chosen to be shown daily at the shrine in Lourdes.
The Passion of Bernadette - FORMED (CCC)Following up the acclaimed best-selling movie, Bernadette, the story of the apparitions of Our Lady in Lourdes to Bernadette Soubirous, this beautiful Jean Delannoy film tells the rest of the story of her life after the Marian visions—the life that made Bernadette a saint. The grotto at Lourdes is flourishing with many pilgrims, and Bernadette leaves to enter the convent of the sisters of Nevers to dedicate her life to God. Under the harsh rule of the Novice Mistress who "doesn't believe in apparitions," Bernadette, now Sister Marie Bernard, begins her life of achieving sanctity through prayer, faith, suffering, and deep charity toward all. With another moving performance by actress Sydney Penny, this film reveals incessant illness and suffering that St. Bernadette patiently, even cheerfully, endured throughout her life in the convent, often repeating her prayer to "suffer and offer it to God." She went to her eternal reward in 1879, at the age of 35. When her body was exhumed many years later, it was found to be incorrupt. Today she lays in rest in a glass case in the chapel of the Sisters of Nevers, where millions have come to see "the little saint of Lourdes."
The first “Children’s Cinema” release from Navis Pictures, “St. Bernadette of Lourdes” is a beautiful and faithful retelling of the familiar story of one of the world’s most beloved saints. Humorous, moving, and reverent, this unique, award-winning, independent film has been seen by millions worldwide and has sold tens of thousands of copies since its release in 2009. Featuring a cast of over 160 mostly home-schooled, Catholic children ranging from 3 to 17 years of age, the film is perfect viewing for the entire family.
Pope from November 2, 676 - April 11, 678 A.D.
Died: April 11, 678 A.D.
Pronounced: DOE-nuss
Give me the scoop on Donus.
A Roman by birth, Donus ascended to the Chair of Peter four months and 17 days after the death of St. Adeodatus II. Not much is known about his life or papacy. Donus welcomed back the archbishop of Ravenna – located in northern Italy along the Adriatic Sea – after a previous bishop had tried to make the diocese “autocephalous,” that is, outside the purview of the pope. Fittingly, the reconciling bishop’s name was Reparatus.
Donus also intervened when a colony of Nestorian monks (who believed that Jesus was two persons, not one) was discovered in a monastery in Rome. Upon their discovery, he scattered them throughout other religious communities in the city and donated the monastery itself to other Roman monks. Donus died less than 18 months into office and was buried in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Donus also intervened when a colony of Nestorian monks (who believed that Jesus was two persons, not one) was discovered in a monastery in Rome. Upon their discovery, he scattered them throughout other religious communities in the city and donated the monastery itself to other Roman monks. Donus died less than 18 months into office and was buried in St. Peter’s Basilica.
What was he known for?
Like his predecessor, Donus devoted much of his short time in office to restoring churches. He had blocks of white marble installed as pavement for the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica, and also made repairs to the basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls and the church of St. Euphemia.
Fun Fact...
Apparently, Donus’ portrait was once able to be seen as a mosaic in St. Martina’s Church in the Forum in Rome. Though the mosaic is gone, the church, having been restored later and rededicated to both St. Luke and St. Martina, still stands in Rome.
What else was going on in the world at the time?
During Donus’ papacy, Constantine I, the Patriarch of Constantinople, died. He was the first of six Constantines to hold that title, the most recent of which was Constantine VI in 1924.
Next....Pope St. Agatho