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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.

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...

J.K. Mullen’s ‘legendary’ Catholic philanthropy endures in Colorado today

At the farewell Mass honoring the century-plus ministry of the Little Sisters of the Poor at Denver’s Mullen Home for the Aged Poor, Archbishop...

Grants help preserve, restore downtown Denver’s St. Joseph Church

The red brick Victorian-Gothic façade of Denver’s St. Joseph Church has been a dignified landmark at the corner of West Sixth Avenue and Galapago...

102-year-old priest gets long overdue medals earned for World War II service

His tireless life of service, humble, gentlemanly demeanor and shining intellect exemplify why his is called “the greatest generation.” In a recent surprise ceremony, 102-year-old...

Mass to honor 141st anniversary of Servant of God Julia Greeley’s baptism

Over the years, those devoted to Denver’s “Angel of Charity” Julia Greeley have often marked her 1918 death on the feast of the Sacred...

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