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Retrouvaille Retreats
R
etrouvaille Retreats are a lifeline for cou-
ples who are struggling with marriage.
Retrouvaille is a community of high-
ly trained individuals who teach married
couples new tools for communication that
enable them to live their marriage f reely and
whole-heartedly in both good times and bad.
The power of the Retrouvaille weekend lies in
the testimony and support of these witnesses
of love who have experienced suffering in their
marriages and have trusted grace and learned
to faithfully work for their married love. The
highly trained volunteers then walk with the
couple for 7 weeks to assist them in creating
new habits. A couple seeking help needs to
know no more than the first step, which is a
phone conversation with a Retrouvaille couple.
The deacon assists the volunteers during
the weekend in miscellaneous small ways, like
helping set up the classroom setting.
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Deacon Gary Miller
Garyevanmiller@msn.com
Racism Program & Ministry
A
rchbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles
and President of the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops wrote the following: "Racism
is a sin that denies the truth about God and
his creation, and it is a scandal that disfigures
the beauty of America's founding vision. In
our 2018 pastoral letter on racism, my brother
bishops and I stated: 'What is needed, and
what we are calling for, is a genuine conver-
sion of heart, a conversion that will compel
change and the reform of our institutions and
society.'"
Bishop Jorge RodrÃguez has established the
Archdiocesan Committee for Racial Justice
and Equality within the Archdiocese of Den-
ver to eradicate the sin of racism within the
Church of Northern Colorado. The deacon is a
member of the committee. They are request-
ing resources f rom the USCCB in order to
structure the Archdiocese of Denver program
and to get resources out to the faithful of the
diocese in the future.
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Deacon Clarence McDavid
cgmcdavid@comcast.net
