DAILY CATHOLIC MONDAY April 26, 1999 vol. 10, no. 81
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ARCHBISHOP OF DENVER: "WE NEED TO CHANGE"Denver, 23 (NE) "We need to change" said Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, during the prayer service held yesterday at the city's Civic Center Park.The Archbishop raised his prayers for the victims of the tragedy of Littleton, and stated that "violence is pervasive in our society". "The causes of this violence are hostility, hatred, racism, despair, indifference and a growing coarsening of our views of the value of human life", he said. "It's in some ways a very unconsious part of our lives, but a very real part of our lives". Archbishop Chaput emphasized the importance of personal change in order to achieve a society that values the authentic human dignity. "We sometimes talk easily about our society needing to change. But societies change when our families are changed. And our families are changed when we as individuals have an experience of conversion to non-violence and to love within our own hearts", affirmed the Archbishop. "It is not enough for us to speak about society, or our communities. We need to speak about ourselves". "I ask you to join me in praying today and throughout this week, in a very special way for the families that have been affected by this violence in such a personal way. But I also ask you to pray that each of us, including myself, will experience a deep conversion in our hearts towards love and non-violence in all our relationships with others".
Hundreds of students, parents, teachers and community members
have filled churches in the archdiocese for prayer services.
Community-wide gatherings of prayer and support are taking place
in the archdiocese, especially at St. Frances Cabrini and Light
of the World churches in Littleton.
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