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Aaron Lambert
Feb 23, 20214 min read
Remembering Father Leo Heinrichs, Denver’s little-known martyr who could one day be a saint
Father Leo Heinrichs woke up the morning of Feb. 23, 1908, and prepared for the 6 a.m. Mass at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in Denver....
Aaron Lambert
Feb 19, 20214 min read
‘He has chosen you at this time in history,’ Archbishop Aquila tells eight new transitio
As a cold snap worked its way across Colorado last Saturday morning, a divine warmth emanated from the Cathedral Basilica of the...
Amy Bryer Brumley
Feb 19, 20212 min read
Longtime Denver family business owner Ed Routzon is inspired by Mercy
Denverites have been walking all over Ed Routzon’s family name for more than half a century, but he doesn’t mind. Routzon’s family...
Jared Staudt
Feb 18, 20215 min read
We live in a fallen world. Now what?
Once, an editor of The Times newspaper asked G.K. Chesterton, “What is wrong with the world?” Chesterton, the great master of common...
Aaron Lambert
Feb 17, 20214 min read
This Lent, choose to be intentional about what you do
Lent is here…again. Though it seems like Lent was just yesterday (or never really went away at all), here we are, 40 days before Easter...
Archdiocese of Denver
Feb 17, 20211 min read
Pray a 54-day Rosary novena for mission renewal beginning Ash Wednesday
Beginning today, join Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila and the entire archdiocese in praying a 54-day Rosary novena for a renewal of mission...
Archdiocese of Denver
Feb 16, 20211 min read
Watch Archbishop Aquila discuss <em>The Search</em> live with Chris Stefanick this Thursday, Feb. 18
In a Lenten collaboration with Real Life Catholic, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila will appear live on Chris Stefanick’s’ The Life You Were...
Aaron Lambert
Feb 15, 20214 min read
Montessori meets deep faith formation in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me,” and a religious education method used in a growing number of Denver’s Catholic schools...
Rocio Madera
Feb 8, 20212 min read
Calling all middle school superheroes: Mountain Madness needs YOU!
Calling all middle school superheroes: Mountain Madness needs your superpowers! The Archdiocese of Denver is inviting all middle school...
Archdiocese of Denver
Feb 4, 20214 min read
Honoring our Catholic educators for their years of service
“The Church needs men and women who are intent on teaching by word and example – intent on helping to permeate the whole educational...
Denver Catholic Staff
Feb 4, 20214 min read
‘Education is about becoming more human’
By Abriana Chilelli Associate Superintendent of Academic Renewal When teaching high school-level Humanities at public schools here in...
Carol Nesbitt
Feb 3, 20215 min read
Making the switch: Families find blessings in shifting from public to Catholic schools
The Lord, indeed, works in mysterious and wonderful ways – and this year, several families, having moved their children from public to...
Carol Nesbitt
Feb 2, 20214 min read
‘We’re OPEN!’ Denver’s Catholic schools mark a successful, ‘herculean’ semester of in-pe
By Carol Nesbitt and Abriana Chilelli While most school districts in Colorado were closed to in-person learning this fall, the Catholic...
Carol Nesbitt
Feb 1, 20215 min read
For the Harveys and Blessed Sacrament school, it’s all in the family
Ask anyone at Blessed Sacrament Parish or school who the Harveys are, and they’ll know. Jim Harvey’s parents joined the parish in 1950...
Rocio Madera
Jan 29, 20213 min read
Come. See. Hear. Encounter. This year, SEEK21 is coming to you
This year, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) is doing something special for their annual SEEK conference...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jan 29, 20213 min read
<em>The Search</em> could make this Lent your most meaningful ever
Lent isn’t just a time to give something up; it’s a time to tap into life’s greatest questions, search for meaning and ultimately,...
Aaron Lambert
Jan 28, 20213 min read
Gary Miller, longtime archdiocese employee, remembered for big heart and enormous talent
Gary Miller, a longtime and beloved employee of the Archdiocese of Denver, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Dec. 26, 2020. He...
Amy Bryer Brumley
Jan 28, 20212 min read
2020 Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal Reaches Goal
The generosity to the 2020 Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal exceeded expectations and helped accomplish ministry needs during an...
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Jan 27, 20217 min read
Archbishop Aquila at Respect Life Mass: If dignity of human life does not exist at the beginning and the end, it will not exist in between
Below is the full transcript of Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila’s homily he gave during the Respect Life Mass, celebrated Jan. 23 at the...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jan 26, 20215 min read
‘Who should get the shot first?’: Catholic wisdom as applied to COVID-19 vaccine distrib
By Josh Evans Who should get the COVID-19 vaccine, and in what order? Does Catholic thinking have any wisdom to offer on this question?...
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