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Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 21, 20235 min read
How gratitude leads to joy
The Thanksgiving season is usually when we more intentionally think about gratitude — but it often ends with the holiday. While it’s good...
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Daniel Campbell
Nov 20, 20233 min read
Gratitude: A moral obligation
The Thanksgiving holiday always provides the occasion for reflection on gratitude, a virtue fundamental to loving our neighbor. We speak...
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Guest Contributor
Nov 13, 20233 min read
The Significance of Black Catholic History Month
Photo by CarlosVdeHabsburgo via Wikicommons By Kateri Joda Williams Director of the Office of Black Catholic Ministry November is the...
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Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 4, 20235 min read
The joys and sufferings of a priest, and how laypeople can help
By Dr. Jim Langley I became an altar boy at the tiny Holy Rosary chapel in Cascade when I was eight. As I got to know the priests, I...
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Kevin J. Jones
Nov 4, 20233 min read
Be transformed by the love of God the Father, Archbishop Aquila tells catechists
Catechists with the Neocatechumenal Way sing together at the conclusion of their retreat held last week in Aurora. Photo by Neil...
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Archdiocese of Denver
Nov 2, 20232 min read
Archbishop Aquila’s November prayer intentions: For the dead and for peace in the Middle East
“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit.’...
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Catholic News Agency
Oct 31, 20232 min read
‘A cinematic meditation’: Catholic film on religious life in U.S. theaters Nov. 2
A still from the movie "Free." | Credit: Bosco Films By Courtney Mares A new documentary on Catholic religious life, filmed in some of...
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Kevin J. Jones
Oct 28, 20235 min read
In school visit, Cardinal Stafford introduces a new generation to St. John Paul II
Cardinal James Francis Stafford speaks with students at John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Denver on Thursday, October 26. Photo...
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Catholic News Agency
Oct 24, 20234 min read
The faithful servant of Christ and the Church who was assassinated by Soviet communists
Blessed Theodore Romzha. Left: A painting in the Basilian monastery of Glen Cove, New York, painted in the 1980s. Photo taken by Josaphat...
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Catholic News Agency
Oct 20, 20236 min read
Why many Catholic dioceses offer free interment of cremated remains
Credit: Fernando Macias Romo/Shutterstock By Mary Farrow There are many ways – some more conventional than others – that cremated...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 19, 20231 min read
WATCH: The Spirit of a Pilgrim
Ann Sieben has reached a milestone most others can only dream of. The mendicant pilgrim has walked more than 50,000 miles – that’s double...
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Guest Contributor
Oct 18, 20237 min read
Recentering the Tabernacle – and our lives
Photo by Josh Applegate on Unsplash By Father Daniel Ciucci In high school, I took a gym class in which breathing, stretching and...
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Mary Beth Bonacci
Oct 16, 20234 min read
Why you shouldn’t major in the occult
Photo by Josh Olalde on Unsplash I just read that Exeter University has launched a new master’s degree program — in the occult. That’s...
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Catholic News Agency
Oct 15, 20236 min read
Pope Francis highlights ‘little greatness’ of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in apostolic letter
By Hannah Brockhaus Pope Francis has commended the “little greatness” of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in a new message focusing on the...
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André Escaleira, Jr.
Oct 14, 20232 min read
Wise Words from Avila: 10 Quotes from St. Teresa
(Photo: Cathopic) In an age of difficulty and suffering for the Church, God raises up saints. Sixteenth century Europe was no different!...
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Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 13, 20236 min read
Fatima: A message of hope for our times
More than a hundred years ago, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three little shepherds in Fatima, Portugal, with a crucial message for...
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Catholic News Agency
Oct 8, 20233 min read
Read some of the reactions to the pope’s ‘heartfelt appeal’ on climate change
Credit: Unsplash By Daniel Payne/Catholic News Agency Church leaders, environmental activists, and Catholic groups around the world...
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Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 6, 20233 min read
Chesterton Academy follows “hometown hero” Julia Greeley on pilgrimage through streets o
It was a scene from the history books as hand-pulled wagons packed with essentials made their way down Larimer Street in Denver earlier...
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Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 6, 20236 min read
St. Joseph Hospital marks 150 years, looks forward to “the good yet to be”
In 1873, four Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas, opened a hospital in a small 6-room brick house at 14th Avenue and Arapahoe St....
André Escaleira, Jr.
Oct 5, 20233 min read
Chesterton Academy follows “hometown hero” Julia Greeley on pilgrimage through streets of Denver
It was a scene from the history books as hand-pulled wagons packed with essentials made their way down Larimer Street in Denver earlier...
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