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Julia Greeley
Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 15, 20182 min read
Julia Greeley’s cause off to the Vatican
On August 10, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila presided over the solemn closing session of the diocesan inquiry of the cause of beatification...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 20, 20183 min read
Denver’s Cathedral close to reclaiming its former glory
The majestic towers of Denver’s iconic Cathedral Basilica now stand immaculate as they once did over a century ago. After months of...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 13, 20182 min read
Archdiocese honors Julia Greeley on 100th anniversary of her death
Hundreds gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception the evening of June 7 to celebrate Mass for Servant of God Julia...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jun 7, 20183 min read
From slavery to a tomb fit for a dignitary
The year was 1883 and Colorado was hit with an economic recession that left thousands of people jobless. Silver miners were hit...
Denver Catholic Staff
May 9, 20183 min read
June 7 marks 100 years since Julia Greeley’s death
“Is she a saint?” File photo So read the headline on the cover of the April 15, 1998 issue of the Denver Catholic Register, coupled with...
Denver Catholic Staff
Apr 12, 20182 min read
Have a devotion to Julia Greeley? The archdiocese wants to hear from you
You can help the Archdiocese of Denver in the cause for canonization of the Servant of God Julia Greeley, if you, or someone you know,...
Denver Catholic Staff
Feb 7, 20183 min read
How to live Lent, according to the Catechism
If there’s one thing we think we know about Lent, it’s that we’re supposed to “give something up.” We’re not sure why, but we pick...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jan 2, 20185 min read
Year in review
When the year 2017 is looked back on as a chapter in the rich history of the Archdiocese of Denver, it will likely be remembered as a...
Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 16, 20173 min read
Black Catholics, heroic lives
We have chosen to honor four of the most influential African-American Catholics in the history of the United States during Black Catholic...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 31, 20172 min read
Saints, holy figures come back to life at first ‘Night in the Cemetery’
The week before Halloween, the dead rose from the graves at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. It was much less frightening than a scene from Night of...
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 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
Dec 20, 20163 min read
“Simple, humble” Julia Greeley placed on path to sainthood
An ex-slave from Hannibal, Missouri, who found her way to Denver and the Catholic Church in the late 1800s, is now the first person the...
Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 17, 20165 min read
Denver’s ‘Angel of Charity’ on road to sainthood
A freed slave, a servant, and perhaps one day a saint – Julia Greeley was not your average Denverite, according to her biographer,...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 13, 20162 min read
‘Witnesses of Mercy in the Americas’ explored at symposium in Rome
The examples of four models of mercy from the Americas were recounted at a Sept. 24 symposium in Rome, called “Witnesses of Mercy in the...
Denver Catholic Staff
Sep 14, 20162 min read
Rome symposium to explore lesser-known witnesses of mercy — including Denver’s Julia Greeley
In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, it’s important to recall and reflect upon the examples of those who were bold witnesses of mercy before...
Denver Catholic Staff
Sep 7, 20163 min read
Archdiocese to hold first Day of Remembrance for babies lost to abortion
Unnamed and largely unknown, more than 3,300 babies are lost to abortion every day in the United States, according to the Guttmacher...
John D. LaBarbara
May 10, 20163 min read
Why charity must be effective
In Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical, Charity in Truth, he taught that: To love someone is to desire that person’s good and to take...
Denver Catholic Staff
Feb 22, 20163 min read
Julia Greeley tour reconnects old family friend
A faith-filled group of pilgrims followed in the footsteps of Denver’s “Angel of Charity” Julia Greeley last weekend, but for one...
Denver Catholic Staff
Feb 10, 20164 min read
Decoding the Julia Greeley icon
Julia Greeley is the Archdiocese of Denver’s official model of mercy for this jubilee year. Unfortunately, the only existing picture of...
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