top of page
All Articles


Daniel Campbell
Dec 19, 20234 min read
The ‘Branch’ of Christmas Day
When people ask about the importance of the Old Testament prophets for today, it’s easy to note how the content of their preaching...


Makena Cervantes
Dec 18, 20235 min read
Little holy hearts, giant love for the Eucharist
(Photos: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain, Adobe Stock, Lightstock, Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0, Lightstock) It seems that even the...


Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 18, 20236 min read
Be bold: Share your faith at holiday gatherings with these Christmas facts
Ah, Christmastime. The perfect occasion to come together with family and celebrate the birth of our savior with lots of prayer,...


Jared Staudt
Dec 14, 20234 min read
The Eucharistic Gift of Christmas
(Photo: Adobe Stock, edited) Human beings get hungry. It’s part of our biological nature. But, as spiritual beings, we also feel a higher...


George Weigel
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Books for Christmas 2023
Advent-2023 is as short as Advent can be, so this annual column on Christmas gift books that will inspire, entertain, inform, or all of...


Catholic Charities
Nov 30, 20234 min read
Is it really the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
Photo by S&B Vonlanthen on Unsplash By Dr. Michelle Connor Harris Executive Director, St. Raphael Counseling “It’s the Most Wonderful...


Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 22, 20232 min read
The 2023 Denver Catholic Christmas Gift Guide
Journey to Bethlehem by Mike Moyers. (Used with artist's permission) It’s the most wonderful time of year…again! We present to you Denver...


Guest Contributor
Dec 22, 20226 min read
Christmastide lessons from Linus and the lowly shepherds
(Photo: Adobe Stock) By Deacon Derrick Johnson Permanent Deacon at Assumption Parish in Welby And in that region, there were shepherds...


Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 19, 20221 min read
Looking for Christmas TV Mass? Look no further!
(Photo courtesy of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Denver Reminder: viewing a TV or online Mass does not fulfill the...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Dec 12, 20223 min read
From the Christmas stable, Jesus invites us to abide in him
Saint John Eudes once said that every Christian will go through the phases of Jesus’ life in their own life. This is how God calls us to...


Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 25, 20222 min read
2022 Christmas Gift Guide
The Adoration of the Shepherds, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1650. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) We’re in something of a...


Mary Beth Bonacci
Dec 30, 20214 min read
Jesus came to save the messiness of you and me
(Photo: Adobe Stock) Have you ever googled “percentage of people who dread the holidays”? It’s kind of fascinating. The numbers range,...


Daniel Campbell
Dec 28, 20215 min read
The Nativity through St. Joseph’s eyes
(Photo: Lightstock) We all have particularly poignant moments in our lives that we’ll never forget. The “look” of it, “sound” of it and...


Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 26, 20213 min read
Why should Christmas transform us?
Christmas is a powerful time. The story of the God who became man and came into the world may seem too familiar to us. And yet, if we let...

Aaron Lambert
Dec 22, 20211 min read
WATCH: A Christmas greeting from Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila wishes the faithful of the Archdiocese of Denver a blessed Christmas!


Vladimir Mauricio-Perez
Dec 22, 20214 min read
Christmas 2021: Yes, you get to go to Mass twice!
(Photo provided) Confused about your Mass obligations over this coming Christmas weekend? See the below graphic and article for more...


Lisa Cotter
Dec 22, 20214 min read
5 Unique Ways to Celebrate Christmas like a Catholic
(Photo: Lightstock) From mistletoe in doorways to an elf on the shelf, there are dozens of Christmas traditions. Some, like stockings,...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Dec 20, 20214 min read
The story of the Christmas ambush
In the Garden of Eden, Satan convinced Adam and Eve to doubt God’s trustworthiness. He enticed them by telling them a lie, that they...


Aaron Lambert
Dec 3, 20214 min read
Experience the splendor of the cathedral choir with Lessons and Carols
File Photo by Daniel Petty/Denver Catholic Music, in all its splendor, elevates the soul and casts a glimpse of the divine; and indeed,...

Aaron Lambert
Nov 25, 20212 min read
‘People must know’: “Christmas with The Chosen” beautifully humanizes the Nativity
The worldwide sensation about the life of Jesus, The Chosen, will bring its moving and powerful depiction of Biblical events to the big...
Advertisement
bottom of page