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Larry Smith
Nov 18, 20142 min read
The most charitable act in the world
A man at Samaritan House said recently that the homeless shelter helped him find a job by providing “a place to sleep, a place to shower,...
Larry Smith
Oct 14, 20142 min read
Fight for life with Jason Jones Jan. 31
I’ve written previously about “The real war on women: a life of poverty.” Here’s the reality: “The culture asks women to contracept....
Larry Smith
Sep 16, 20142 min read
Help moms and infants with 100,000 diapers
One of the greatest needs we have at Catholic Charities — at the five Gabriel Houses that serve new moms and on the family floors of our...
Larry Smith
Aug 13, 20142 min read
Making a gift of your life
Look to the Middle East and so many of our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ are fighting for their way of life, their faith and even...
Larry Smith
Jul 14, 20142 min read
Call to Charity: Contraception deception
I read recently about a “remote control contraceptive chip” and wondered: where does it go after that, when is enough enough? Sex is a...
Larry Smith
Jun 20, 20142 min read
Call to Charity: Join Pope Francis in the culture of encounter
As Catholics, we all know we should have a preference for the poor. What does that look like? Pope Francis calls it a culture of...
Larry Smith
May 22, 20142 min read
The real war on women: A life of poverty
I recently addressed my brother Knights of Columbus during the Colorado State Council Convention in Keystone, Colo. Charity was a key...
Larry Smith
Apr 24, 20142 min read
A Marian month for mothers
Mother’s Day falls on May 11 this year and it is the 100th anniversary of this occasion in the U.S. Look back much further, nearly two...
Larry Smith
Mar 26, 20142 min read
Time for brave hearts
“We treat Jesus and refer to him all the time as if he’s just a woman, feminine all the time: he’s weeping all the time and he never...
Larry Smith
Feb 18, 20142 min read
Charity begins at home
How can I help? That is a beautiful question. And those who answer it by serving the hungry and the homeless are performing acts of...
Larry Smith
Jan 22, 20142 min read
A beacon of hope in women’s services
Something remarkable is happening in the Archdiocese of Denver. We are participating in, and witnessing, an evolution in women’s...
Larry Smith
Dec 20, 20132 min read
Call to Charity: The joy of giving
A mother with developmentally disabled children was flooded out of her mobile home in northern Colorado during the September floods....
Larry Smith
Nov 27, 20132 min read
Call to Charity: Many Reasons for Thanksgiving at Samaritan House
Before helping serve a dinner recently for military veterans at Samaritan House in Denver, I sat with a table of men to learn about their...
Larry Smith
Oct 22, 20131 min read
Call to Charity: Can you Spare $50 to Help Disaster Survivors?
When we think of the homeless, it’s often those on the street and in shelters, people that Catholic Charities seeks to help every day in...
Larry Smith
Sep 24, 20132 min read
Call to Charity: Special Ops for Men
While visiting a child care center for low-income and homeless families in Denver, I saw a boy about 5 years old shy away from my...
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