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The Irish Catholic Roots of Denver: A Legacy Written in Faith
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (477+ words) Sacred Heart, St. Patrick and generations of immigrant families helped build both the city and the Catholic faith in Colorado. As America celebrates its 250th'anniversary and Colorado marks 150 years of statehood, it is worth remembering the many immigrant communities that…...
Archbishop Golka Discusses Julia Greeley and Kendrick Castillo with the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (228+ words) While in Rome to receive his pallium from Pope Leo XIV, the Denver archbishop met with Vatican officials to advance the causes of canonization. Denver Archbishop James Golka has been busy while in Rome! In addition to two pilgrimage groups,…...
What America at 250 Needs From Catholics Today
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (667+ words) A call to renewal rooted in history and mission In the span of the memory of the Church, 250 years is just a drop. While the United States is right to swell with pride at the accomplishments of the Founding Fathers,…...
Archbishop Golka Receives the Pallium from Pope Leo XIV
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (477+ words) The Holy Father conferred the pallium on 35 archbishops from around the world, including Northern Colorado's shepherd, at St. Peter's Basilica on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul. Kneeling in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Denver Archbishop James Golka took…...
God Provides: Foundation for Children in Need Brings Hope to Indias Poorest Families, Thanks to Colorado Catholics
3+ day, 9+ min ago (1134+ words) Inspired by faith and supported by generous Catholics, one couple's mission is transforming lives through life-changing surgeries, scholarships and care for the elderly, disabled and disadvantaged in the poorest communities in India. In their part-time home in Arlington Heights, Illinois,…...
Pallium Path: A Church United
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (365+ words) We've been in Rome three days now, and they've been filled with holy saints and sites, with lots to see, experience and learn. St. Paul Outside the Walls was beautiful. Our after-hours tour of the Vatican Museums " and the half…...
Pallium Path: Meeting St. Paul
5+ day, 53+ min ago (513+ words) Today we met St. Paul, face to face. Well, more or less. We visited the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, where St. Paul is buried. After Mass with Archbishop Emeritus Aquila and another pilgrimage group of FOCUS missionaries…...
Born For Such a Time as This: A Joan of Arc Art Reflection for Parents of College Students
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (852+ words) If it is possible to fall in love with someone you have never met, I fell in love with Jules Bastien-Lepage as a young art student in New York City. There have been few painters, in my opinion, that have…...
The Promise and Peril of Religious Freedom for Catholics in America
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (289+ words) As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the gift of religious freedom remains as relevant, radical and necessary as ever. It was repealed five years later during the English Civil War, reinstated three years following, and then repealed a second…...
Pallium Path: A Cloud of Witnesses
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (347+ words) As the archdiocesan group headed to Rome for the Pallium Pilgrimage, the skies call to mind the "cloud of witnesses" that surrounds us each and every day, in Rome, Denver and worldwide. As I spent most of the day on…...