What's News at Our Lady of Fatima

It's that time of year! Keep scrolling down for information about fall kick-offs and events coming soon!

Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast
OLF School Notes
RCIA/FAITH AND LIFE Opening Night Dinner
Band of Brothers
Walking with Purpose
Bible and Faith Studies
Youth Ministry - September Launch
40 Days for Life
Habitat for Humanity
Sundancer Oktoberfest News
Healing Ministry
Fr. Frank on Catholic Radio
In the Word
Calendar of Events

The Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfasts are back soon! Join us...

This Sunday, September 8

after the 7:00 and 9:00 AM Masses.

Donations gratefully accepted!

The Knights would like to thank everyone who came to the Pancake Breakfasts last year and this past spring. We were able to raise $3346 that we passed onto several deserving charities.

Remember, the Knights of Columbus Pancake breakfasts are donation only and help us to financially support various activities and programs throughout the year. The breakfast in September will be used to raise funds to assist the Knights of Columbus Our Lady of Fatima Council 9597 to help cover expenses for the many charities we support.

This weekend we celebrate the first Parish-School Mass of the year. School and parish alike have been excited by the positive response to this monthly collaboration, and the students truly enjoy being a part of this central part of our life as one parish family.

There are many exciting things happening at our parish school, including:

Robotics Club (which is participating in a metro area robotics competition in October!)
Chess Club
Lego STEM Club
A planned Washington, D.C. trip that this year's 7th graders are preparing to take at the end of their 8th grade year
And much more!

We are so blessed as a parish to have a parish school! Please pray for our students and their families, teachers, staff, and administrators.

Band of Brothers

The Band of Brothers, OLF's men's group, resumes their weekly breakfast, prayer, and fellowship meetings

Saturday, September 14

6:00 a.m. in the Parish Center

All men are welcome!

For more information, email FatimaBandofBrothers@gmail.com,

call Daryl Trujillo at 720-308-0255,

or check out the blog by clicking on the link below!

Band of Brothers Blog

Wednesday, September 25 - Sunday, November 3

Our Lady of Fatima will provide prayer vigil coverage on Thursday, September 26 and Sunday, October 13 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Pontiac St. in Denver, near the Planned Parenthood clinic.

Father Frank will celebrate Mass Thursday, September 26, at the vigil site at 1:00 p.m.

Sign up to help after all Masses on the weekend of September 21 and 22, or click on the link below.

HELP US SAVE LIVES IN DENVER

40 Days for Life Denver

OLF's Habitat for Humanity Outreach Ministry, in conjunction with Habitat Helpers Coalition, happily announces its 9th build which will begin on October 3.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the official kick-off after all Masses on September 21 and 22. We will have our traditional beam signing and an information table where you can find out how you can help.

SUNDANCER OKTOBERFEST

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5

The Oktoberfest will be held at Our Lady of Fatima. There will be food, a silent auction, games, and our own Folka Polk band.

Tickets are $30 per person and can be purchased after all weekend Masses, and in the parish and school offices.

Saturday and Sunday, September 7-8, we are having a gift card and scratch card drive. There will be a basket at all Masses where you can place your donations. You can also drop cards off at the parish or school offices at any time.

We are still in need of items of value for the silent auction.

Questions? Call Teri Nydegger at 303-525-3395

HEALING MINISTRY

Suffering from a physical affliction and the compounding emotional burden? Receive healing prayer from our parish Healing Ministry. For more information, contact Lou Schornack at 303-956-4826 or lou@cieberlok.com

Father Frank will again be featured on local Catholic radio, 1060 A.M., on Thursday, September 12, from 11:00 a.m. to noon. Be sure to tune in!

In the Word

Readings for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion?”

- Luke 14:28

When I was growing up in northern California, there was a freeway overpass that sat half-finished for years, a crossing of two roads that failed to connect to anything, hanging in the air. A picture of it was preserved on our state history book as an example of government miscalculation.

Jesus is applying this same logic to our spiritual lives. He says: “In the same way, anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple” (v. 33). In other words, the resource we have to have in reserve is renunciation. Like so much of what Jesus says, this seems backwards or upside-down. We need to give up what we’re attached to – our possessions, our “father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life” (v. 26). We need to have less in order to have enough to complete the project we’ve begun. Enough of what?

I would argue that when we give up what we’re attached to, what we get in return is more freedom, more openness, more receptivity to what the Holy Spirit has for us. We are lighter and so better able to carry our own cross and follow him (v. 27).

For further reflection: In Philippians 1:6 Paul says, “I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.” God is the ultimate builder. We are not just tower-builders, but towers for our God. In prayer consider, what might you need to renounce, to have less of, so that God might have enough of your emptiness to fill to the full with himself?

- Christine Sullivan, Director of Adult Formation

Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast, Sunday, September 8, following the 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. Masses, Parish Center

Youth Ministry Kick-Off, Sunday, September 8

RCIA/FAITH AND LIFE Kick-Off Dinner, Wednesday, September 11, 7 - 8:45, Parish Center

Band of Brothers, Saturdays starting September 14, 6 a.m., Parish Center

RCIA/FAITH AND LIFE, More to This Life, Wednesday, September 18, 7 - 8:45 p.m., Parish Center

Senior Brunch and Wednesday Bible Study Kick-Off, Wednesday, September 18, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., Parish Center

Habitat for Humanity Build Kick-Off, September 21-22

RCIA/FAITH AND LIFE, The Journey of Faith, Wednesday, September 25, 7:00 - 8:45 p.m., Parish Center

40 Days for Life, begins Wednesday, September 25

Generations/Walking with Purpose Women's Retreat, Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28

Sundancer at the Oktoberfest, Saturday, October 5

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