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Denver Catholic Staff
Jul 20, 20175 min read
How deacons give life to the Church
The calling and ministries of the diaconate are as varied as the men who serve in it. For Deacon Don Tracy, the call to the diaconate was...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jul 13, 20173 min read
Bishop Conley: Silence is the deeper vocation of a teacher
With the opening of Frassati Catholic Academy this fall, the continued success of Our Lady of Lourdes School, as well as the newly-added...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jul 12, 20172 min read
It’s CPA awards season!
Each year, at the annual Catholic Press Association conference, the CPA issues awards to Catholic newspapers all over the country for...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 29, 20176 min read
Make Church art great again
Art in the Church is not what it used to be. But in the past, particularly during the Italian Renaissance, the Catholic Church...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 29, 20173 min read
What makes a Catholic church Catholic?
Catholic churches in the past were immediately recognizable by their exterior grandeur as well as their interior parts; today, that may...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 28, 20174 min read
Our Lady of Fatima is iconographer’s 100th
Vivian Imbruglia, the iconographer who was commissioned to write the icon of Servant of God Julia Greeley for the Archdiocese of Denver,...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 26, 20175 min read
Why icons still matter to a modern world
Icons have existed from the time of the early Church and grew in popularity over the years as an aid in prayer and worship — but today,...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 16, 20175 min read
Narthex laps and cracker crumbs: Dads give tips for surviving Mass with a toddler
Any parent with a toddler knows how ruthlessly exhausting – yet, infinitely rewarding – parenthood becomes when they get to that point....
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 13, 20176 min read
Iron sharpens iron
Courage. Strength. Leadership. These are but a few of the qualities men were created to exude; staples of masculinity that draw each man...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 12, 20171 min read
Cowboy John — Living out his faith
Meet John Calderon, a cowboy and Catholic convert whose life has been radically transformed by Christ. #CowboyJohn #FatherBertChilson...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 12, 20175 min read
Wrangled by faith
He stands against the orange-stained horizon, donned in a cowboy hat and spurred boots. Beside him, a horse grazes in the grass, wearing...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 9, 20174 min read
Former slave Julia Greeley first to be buried at Denver’s Cathedral
In what was a historic first for the Archdiocese of Denver, the exhumed remains of a potential saint were laid to rest at the Cathedral...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 5, 20174 min read
Arvada parish marks half-century of Christian love, community
On the feast of St. Joan of Arc, May 30, the only church in the Denver Archdiocese named after the 15th century French peasant girl...
Denver Catholic Staff
May 24, 20173 min read
FAQs on Assisted Suicide and the Sacraments
Beginning in 2017, it is legal for Colorado doctors to write a suicide prescription for a consenting person who has been diagnosed with a...
Denver Catholic Staff
May 19, 20173 min read
FOCUS missionaries ‘go forth’ beyond college campuses
The Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) has plenty of stories of college students whose lives have been changed by...
Denver Catholic Staff
May 17, 20174 min read
Women, the world and the Church need your creativity
Creating a culture of hope can start with the smallest of seeds: creativity. This was the message “Hello Beauty” — a retreat aimed to...
Denver Catholic Staff
May 11, 20172 min read
Read all about Fatima
May 13 marks the 100 years since Our Lady appeared to the young shepherds in Fatima, Portugal. Though one of the more popular devotions...
Denver Catholic Staff
May 10, 20175 min read
Francisco and Jacinta Marto: Great saints who changed history
One hundred years ago this month, as the world sank deeper into the world war that would leave the continent devastated and millions...
Denver Catholic Staff
May 8, 20176 min read
Priestly ordination on Fatima centennial a reminder of Mary’s role in priesthood
It’s not every year that a priestly ordination falls on the anniversary of one of the Church’s most celebrated events. On May 13, the...
Denver Catholic Staff
May 5, 20174 min read
Science is an act of worship
Bill Nye the Science Guy and the recent Marches for Science would do well to learn a thing or two from Vatican observatory director...
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