Faith & Spirituality

“But I’m a good person!”: Why go to Confession?

Photo by Shalone Cason via Unsplash “But I’m a good person!” Or so goes one of a myriad of common excuses for why someone doesn’t need to...

The Biblical roots of Confession

When it comes to the mercy of God, is there any greater encounter we have with that today than in the confessional? In fact, St. Thomas...

Archbishop Aquila’s March prayer intention: To Listen, Repent, and Believe in the Gospel

“At the judgment, the people of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah,...

Why is Ash Wednesday ‘cool’?

We’ve all seen it; someone walks into a restaurant, or a bank, or the grocery store with a smudge of ashes in the shape of a cross on his...

A relic of St. Jude will be coming to Denver Feb. 27 to March 1  

St. Dominic Catholic Church in Denver, in collaboration with the Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus in Chicago, Illinois, invites all the...

The inseparable keys to Lent: repentance and belief

Ashes — the refuse that remains when fire has consumed something — remind us of the humble dust from which we were made and our place...

Eucharistic orientation according to Vatican II: A response to Dr. Staudt’s ad orientem column

St. Paul VI says the Mass versus populum at All Saints Parish (Rome) on March 7, 1965. By Father Felix P. Medina-Algaba Pastor of Queen...

The Unruly History of St. Valentine’s Day

By Seth Fabian SJV Lay Division Instructor St. Valentine’s Day is in every way an odd holiday: originally honoring a martyr who chose...

Confession 101: Receive the Lord’s Mercy 

The Church gives us the Sacrament of Reconciliation to be reconciled with God. As sinful beings, our communion with the Lord and his...

Learning to Do Nothing

“All of man’s misfortune comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to sit quietly in a room.” Blaise Pascal, who offers this...

Mother Cabrini to be inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame

On March 15, 2023, St. Frances Cabrini will be inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in a formal induction ceremony and...

A Day of Light: Candlemas Celebrates the Light of the World

In an often-dreary February, the feast of the Presentation brings illumination. Photo by Amor Santo via Cathopic By Mary Stroka/National...