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Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 26, 20196 min read
How these college freshmen found the faith through friendship
By Perry West/Catholic News Agency The phenomenon is well-documented. When young Catholics go away to college, a troublingly high...


Makena Cervantes
Aug 23, 20194 min read
Machebeuf basketball star traded success playing hoops for a solitary life of prayer
(Photo provided) Shelly Pennefather led the Bishop Machebeuf High School girls’ basketball team to victory in every game she played in....


Rocio Madera
Aug 22, 20192 min read
Archdiocese of Denver youth invited to a life-changing experience at the NCYC
Youth of the Archdiocese of Denver are invited to join 25,000 other Catholic teens from around the country for an amazing opportunity to...


Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 22, 20194 min read
Trappist monk gets blessing confirming his role as abbot
On Aug. 10, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila gave the abbatial blessing confirming Father Charles Albanese, a Cistercian of the Strict...


Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 22, 20194 min read
Country mission church marks centennial anniversary
A hundred years ago, the Catholics of Weldona, a farm community 80 miles northeast of Denver, built a red brick church topped by a white...


Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 22, 20192 min read
Late Deacon Mooneyham was a ‘humble intercessor’
Deacon Gene Mooneyham, 83, passed away peacefully the morning of Aug. 5. Deacon Gene began his ministry at St. Jude’s Catholic Church in...


Aaron Lambert
Aug 21, 20196 min read
New Catholic school leaders rise to the challenge
There’s never been a more exciting time than now to be a student at one of Denver’s Catholic schools. With robust curriculums that form...

Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 19, 20191 min read
Welcome back! A message from the superintendent as Catholic Schools begin the 2019-2020 academic school year
Elias Moo, Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Denver, took to social media to welcome Catholic schools’...


Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 15, 20194 min read
Denver’s first Catholic classical high school opens under patronage of Our Lady of Victory
Nearly half a millennium ago, thousands of Catholics heeded Pope Pius V’s call to pray the Rosary requesting Our Lady’s intercession for...


Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 13, 20193 min read
Archbishop Chaput recalls Columbine in response to recent mass shootings
By Christine Rousselle/Catholic News Agency Gun control laws alone will not stop mass shootings effectively, Archbishop Charles Chaput of...


Aaron Lambert
Aug 13, 20193 min read
She wasn’t Catholic when she started going to Catholic school. Now she and five others are.
Emily Maerz was in first grade when she decided that she wanted to be baptized, thus starting her journey into the Catholic Church. Her...


Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 9, 20192 min read
Late deacon escaped Vietnam during war, ministered to refugees
Deacon Joseph Van Tam Le, 97, passed away peacefully on the evening of July 18, 2019. Deacon Joseph was assigned to Queen of Vietnamese...


Aaron Lambert
Aug 8, 20194 min read
Teachers’ union abortion declaration a threat to education, Catholic critics say
A new declaration by the nation’s largest teachers’ union is causing some in Catholic education to raise their eyebrows in alarm. Earlier...


Jared Staudt
Aug 8, 20193 min read
What every Catholic should know
Catholic literacy has been in steady decline. A recent Pew poll revealed that only 50% of Catholics know that the Church teaches that...


Rocio Madera
Aug 8, 20192 min read
‘Faith can move mountains’: Come join the EWTN Family Celebration in Denver
EWTN visits Prime Osbourne Center Jacksonville Florida 2018 (Photo: EWTN) Families are invited to come and grow in faith as a family at...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Aug 8, 20193 min read
Is religious freedom disappearing?
If you have been following the recent political debates and the rulings being made by our courts, you will see that we seem to be at a...


Denver Catholic Staff
Jul 25, 20195 min read
Seeds being sowed for new parishes
“It’s not that often that bishops are able to announce the kind of good news I am about to share with you,” Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila...


Denver Catholic Staff
Jul 24, 20193 min read
Archdiocese acquires well-known mortuary in central Denver
To fulfill its corporal work of mercy of burying the dead, the archdiocese operates two cemeteries — Mount Olivet in Wheat Ridge and St....


Denver Catholic Staff
Jul 18, 20196 min read
A holy Church begins with you
Even as the Catholic Church deals with the disgrace and shame of the clergy sexual abuse scandal and moves forward with repentance and...


Mark Haas
Jul 11, 20193 min read
Archdiocese of Denver’s news publications honored with 15 Catholic Press Awards
Coverage of the More Than You Realize conference and reporting on social justice issues were among the 15 honors the Catholic Press...
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