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Dec 24, 20233 min read

Celebrate Christmas like a Catholic: How to observe the 14 days of Christmastide

May the joy of Christmas never end! Certainly, the biggest celebration many of us normally have is the Christmas Eve dinner. And on...

Word Made Flesh: Reliving the birth of the messiah — and why it matters today

Denver Catholic Staff

Dec 20, 20236 min read

Word Made Flesh: Reliving the birth of the messiah — and why it matters today

The Nativity scene and other Christmas decorations and traditions go a long way in showing us the deep meaning of Christ’s birth. Yet it...

Looking for Christmas TV Mass? Look no further!

Denver Catholic Staff

Dec 19, 20221 min read

Looking for Christmas TV Mass? Look no further!

Reminder: viewing a TV or online Mass does not fulfill the Sunday or Holy Day obligation, but is intended to be a spiritual resource for...

In the footsteps of the Holy Family: A pilgrimage through the virtues

Denver Catholic Staff

Dec 7, 20224 min read

In the footsteps of the Holy Family: A pilgrimage through the virtues

God has given us a portrait of the virtues in the life of the Holy Family. Unlike a static, cracked ancient stone, we find in their...

Denver Catholic Staff

Nov 25, 20222 min read

2022 Christmas Gift Guide

We’re in something of a golden age for Catholic gifts. From books for all ages to delicious, ethically sourced coffee from companies that...

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...

Denver Catholic Staff

Dec 23, 20212 min read

Christmas wisdom from the early Church

Christmas and the Nativity is not just a fable, fairy tale or an abstract event that may or may not have happened; the birth of Jesus...

How Christmas changed the world — and still can today

Jared Staudt

Dec 22, 20214 min read

How Christmas changed the world — and still can today

The world does not think like God. If we were to plan how to stage the most important moment in history, it might involve a great...

WATCH: A Christmas greeting from Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila

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!

Christmas 2021: Yes, you get to go to Mass twice!

Denver Catholic Staff

Dec 22, 20213 min read

Christmas 2021: Yes, you get to go to Mass twice!

Confused about your Mass obligations over this coming Christmas weekend? See the below graphic and article for more details about why...

5 Unique Ways to Celebrate Christmas like a Catholic

Denver Catholic Staff

Dec 22, 20214 min read

5 Unique Ways to Celebrate Christmas like a Catholic

From mistletoe in doorways to an elf on the shelf, there are dozens of Christmas traditions. Some, like stockings, are widely beloved,...

The Marvelous Exchange and the Church’s Mission

Denver Catholic Staff

Dec 21, 202112 min read

The Marvelous Exchange and the Church’s Mission

By Father Angel Perez-Lopez Vicar for Clergy for the Archdiocese of Denver The Son of God Becomes the Son of Man The Christmas season is...

Experience the splendor of the cathedral choir with Lessons and Carols

Aaron Lambert

Dec 3, 20214 min read

Experience the splendor of the cathedral choir with Lessons and Carols

Music, in all its splendor, elevates the soul and casts a glimpse of the divine; and indeed, anybody who has heard the choir at the...

‘People must know’: <em>Christmas with The Chosen</em> beautifully humanizes the Nativit

Aaron Lambert

Nov 25, 20212 min read

‘People must know’: <em>Christmas with The Chosen</em> beautifully humanizes the Nativit

The worldwide sensation about the life of Jesus, The Chosen, will bring its moving and powerful depiction of Biblical events to the big...

The 2021 Denver Catholic Holiday Gift Guide

Denver Catholic Staff

Nov 18, 20213 min read

The 2021 Denver Catholic Holiday Gift Guide

Can you believe it’s almost Christmas already? It seems like 2021 has slowly passed by as quickly as 2020 came and went. While the...

Celebrate a delicious Epiphany with this Vatican Christmas Cookbook recipe

Aaron Lambert

Jan 4, 20212 min read

Celebrate a delicious Epiphany with this Vatican Christmas Cookbook recipe

Though it doesn’t feel like it, we’re still in the Christmas season; after all, Catholics ought to know the 12 Days of Christmas and the...

Denver Catholic Staff

Dec 26, 20204 min read

The paradox of Christmas

By Ashley Crane We expect Christmas to be a happy and joyous time—a time of merry-making, gift-giving, and extravagant jollification. And...

Finding Christmas Peace in a Time of Anxiety

Dr. Michel Therrien

Dec 24, 20205 min read

Finding Christmas Peace in a Time of Anxiety

I recently happened across a comforting verse from The First Letter of Peter that seems fitting for a time like this. “Humble yourselves,...

Fall on your knees: Where words fail, ‘O Holy Night’ prevails

Aaron Lambert

Dec 23, 20205 min read

Fall on your knees: Where words fail, ‘O Holy Night’ prevails

Celine Dion . Josh Groban . Mariah Carey . The list of musicians who have performed the classic and perhaps most powerful of the...

George Weigel

Dec 22, 20203 min read

What the Magi teach us

Among the tenured professorial skeptics, few Gospel episodes have been sliced, diced, and tossed to the dissecting room floor as...