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Roxanne King

Roxanne King is the former editor of the Denver Catholic Register and a freelance writer in the Denver area.

For the greater glory of God: St. Ignatius Loyola Church to mark 100th anniversary

Margaret Wright was 11 when she moved to Denver from Arkansas with her mother and sister in 1962 and began attending St. Ignatius Loyola...

‘Catholic Heroes’ transformed lives, advanced civil and human rights

A humble ex-slave has the honor of being the only person entombed at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception downtown. Julia Greeley, Denver’s...

Our Lady of the Mountains Church in Estes Park to mark 75th anniversary

ESTES PARK, Colo.—Our Lady of the Mountains parishioner Rob Pieper recalls standing outside the rustic church as a boy to hear Mass through open...

Book by local priest explores the blessings, challenges of new ecclesial movements

Pope Benedict XVI once said: “The entire Church, as beloved Pope John Paul II used to say, is one great movement animated by the...

From the Rockies to great rivers, Denver’s Augustine Institute finds new home in St. Louis

Inspired by Pope St. John Paul II’s 1993 World Youth Day visit to Denver, the Augustine Institute was founded here in 2005 to form...

In its 25th year, St. John Vianney Theological Seminary is seen as model for others

In 1999, St. John Vianney Theological Seminary opened in south Denver with 40 seminarians, according to administrators. This year as the seminary observes its...

For Denver Couple, Israel-Hamas war stirs heartfelt memories, fears

As married couple Maire and Topaz Dori go about their daily lives in Denver — she as an event planner and he in finance...

St. Joseph Hospital marks 150 years, looks forward to “the good yet to be”

In 1873, four Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas, opened a hospital in a small 6-room brick house at 14th Avenue and Arapahoe St. in...

30 years later, World Youth Day ’93 remains a spiritual revolution

“Ah, Denver—una rivoluzione (a revolution)!” That was Pope John Paul II’s succinct summary, given with a broad smile to then-Archbishop J. Francis Stafford two...

Learn what the Bible says about God’s mission for grandparents 

God has a mission for grandparents, and contrary to a popular bumper sticker, it’s not to “spend our children’s inheritance” in a self-indulgent life...

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