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National Catholic Register
May 10, 20233 min read
Start Spreading the (Good) News
(Photo: Lightstock) By John Clark/National Catholic Register Some years back, a Catholic friend asked me if I would speak to her...


Makena Cervantes
May 8, 20234 min read
Diamond in the rough: Priests find faith and vocations at CU Boulder
While known to some for its party culture, multiple Denver priests think of the University of Colorado in Boulder as a turning point in...


Bishop Robert Barron
May 2, 20234 min read
Practical strategies of evangelization
(Photo: Lightstock) Over the years, I have been laying out what I take to be the basics of evangelization. Proclaiming the Good News has...


Andrew McGown
Apr 27, 20237 min read
From ‘lost’ to found’: Evangelization and the thresholds of conversion
(Photo: Lightstock) Evangelization can seem mysterious. For much of my life, I had very little idea of the process of conversion. I...


Guest Contributor
Apr 25, 20237 min read
Bringing 25 Years into FOCUS
Leaders of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students Celebrate the Past and Look to the Future Photo provided by FOCUS By Christina...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Apr 21, 20234 min read
Evangelization is Everyone’s Responsibility
We are blessed at Masses throughout the Easter season to listen to the great works of the Holy Spirit and the stories of evangelization...


Dr. Jim Langley
Apr 4, 20235 min read
The healing power of forgiveness
Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ." (Eph 4:32) Photo by Ante Gudelj on...


André Escaleira, Jr.
Mar 30, 20233 min read
Christ in the City to premiere ‘Homeless But Human’ documentary April 14
Photo provided Imagine going months without hearing your name. Imagine hundreds of people walking right by you, without eye contact or a...


Brianna Heldt
Mar 24, 20236 min read
In the daily toil of family life, grace and consolations abound
Photo by Jordan Whitt on Unsplash By Brianna Heldt/National Catholic Register As I’m now firmly planted in my (early) 40s, with a grown...


Makena Cervantes
Mar 21, 20234 min read
What’s the St. Tom’s secret to forming missionary disciples? ‘It’s Boulder.’
After interviewing three priests in January who were students at CU Boulder , we spoke to the men and women behind the ministry to figure...


André Escaleira, Jr.
Mar 14, 20232 min read
Pray for unity at the second annual Mass of Healing and Reconciliation March 23
Photo by Yandry Fernández Perdomo via Cathopic “I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,...


André Escaleira, Jr.
Feb 24, 20233 min read
New Abbey of St. Walburga nun finds ‘surging joy’ in making solemn profession
Sister Maria of Jesus (center) of the Abbey of St. Walburga made her solemn monastic profession on Feb. 10, the feast of St. Scholastica....


Jared Staudt
Feb 9, 20235 min read
Learning to Do Nothing
“All of man’s misfortune comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to sit quietly in a room.” Blaise Pascal, who offers this...


André Escaleira, Jr.
Feb 2, 20234 min read
Sodalits at Holy Name Parish welcome one new priest, two consecrated laymen
(Photo by André Escaleira, Jr.) The Archdiocese of Denver has a new priest here within our community! And two newly perpetually professed...


André Escaleira, Jr.
Jan 27, 20235 min read
Fraternas to bid farewell to Denver after 25 years of fruitful ministry
From left to right, Fraternas Carmen Villa, Lara Montoya and Mayé Agama with Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila. (File photo) Nearly 25 years...


Dr. Michel Therrien
Jan 16, 202313 min read
Religious Freedom is More Than You Realize
(Photo: Denver Catholic File Photo) By Joshua Karabinos and Dr. Michel Therrien As Americans, we tell ourselves not to talk about two...


Lynn Grandon
Nov 29, 20223 min read
A new direction for Respect Life Denver efforts in 2023
Photo by Olivia Britt Photography I’ll bet many of you know exactly where you were when you heard the news in June about Roe v. Wade ...


Paul Dudzic
Nov 10, 20223 min read
Eucharistic Miracles, Miraculous Gifts
(Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a cornerstone of Catholic doctrine. But...


Scott Elmer, D. Min.
Oct 24, 20225 min read
Through him, with him, in him: An introduction to the National Eucharistic Revival
(Photo: Adobe Stock) The Bishops of the United States have launched an exciting initiative called the National Eucharistic Revival. The...


Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 4, 20221 min read
Msgr. James Shea to speak Oct. 6 on what “apostolic mission” means in Denver
Photo: Prime Matters There’s been a lot of talk about “apostolic mission” in the Archdiocese of Denver over the last two years. But what...
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