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Joyful Expectation: In Advent, be intentional about waiting
It’s been said in recent years that roughly 60 percent of news readers only read headlines. That means that for every four of you reading...

Aaron Lambert
Nov 27, 20195 min read


How St. John of the Cross can save your Advent season
Waiting is never easy. Time slows down and the mind tends to run uncontrollably. Yet, the Church teaches the art of waiting and uncovers...

Vladimir Mauricio-Perez
Dec 12, 20173 min read


Not your ‘this-could-be-for-anyone’ Christmas gift guide
With Christmas rapidly approaching, many of us run into the problem of finding great and unique gifts for our friends and relatives. For...

Vladimir Mauricio-Perez
Nov 22, 20174 min read


Is it possible to be a professional Catholic painter today?
As the Archdiocese of Denver has prepared for consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, one particular image of her stood out — a...

Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 2, 20175 min read


Precedent-setting Masterpiece Cake Shop case to be heard by Supreme Court
(Photo provided by Alliance Defending Freedom) Jack Phillips answered the phone at his bakery, Masterpiece Cake Shop in Lakewood. It...
Wayne Laugesen
Sep 7, 20175 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, 20176 min read


Placing Jesus in children’s hearts
Charged with helping to prepare a 7-year-old girl for her first Communion, Benedictine Sister Immaculata Bertolli’s first lesson was less...

Roxanne King
Oct 30, 20153 min read
Help the homeless during Ride the Rockies
For the fifth consecutive year, Team Samaritan House will be part of Ride the Rockies, which this year starts in Grand Junction on June...

Larry Smith
Apr 15, 20152 min read
Stay tuned for more miracles
Since my arrival at Catholic Charities in April 2013, I’ve said that we serve two kinds of people: those with a need to give and those...

Larry Smith
Mar 5, 20152 min read
Tolkien’s ‘Hobbit’ a children’s book for adults
As a Christmas gift to myself this year, I spent some time with a couple of good friends and we went to see “The Hobbit: The Battle of...

Father Scott Bailey
Feb 4, 20153 min read
Saving one baby every week—and their families
You have been part of an amazing life-saving mission—and we have much more work to do. Lighthouse Women’s Center, located in Denver...

Larry Smith
Jan 12, 20152 min read
A need to give, a need to receive
Our mission at Catholic Charities is to serve Jesus Christ by serving those with the greatest needs: our brothers and sisters who may be...

Larry Smith
Dec 17, 20142 min read
The most charitable act in the world
A man at Samaritan House said recently that the homeless shelter helped him find a job by providing “a place to sleep, a place to shower,...

Larry Smith
Nov 18, 20142 min read
Fight for life with Jason Jones Jan. 31
I’ve written previously about “The real war on women: a life of poverty.” Here’s the reality: “The culture asks women to contracept....

Larry Smith
Oct 15, 20142 min read
Help moms and infants with 100,000 diapers
One of the greatest needs we have at Catholic Charities — at the five Gabriel Houses that serve new moms and on the family floors of our...

Larry Smith
Sep 16, 20142 min read
Making a gift of your life
Look to the Middle East and so many of our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ are fighting for their way of life, their faith and even...

Larry Smith
Aug 13, 20142 min read
Call to Charity: Contraception deception
I read recently about a “remote control contraceptive chip” and wondered: where does it go after that, when is enough enough? Sex is a...

Larry Smith
Jul 14, 20142 min read
Call to Charity: Join Pope Francis in the culture of encounter
As Catholics, we all know we should have a preference for the poor. What does that look like? Pope Francis calls it a culture of...

Larry Smith
Jun 20, 20142 min read
The real war on women: A life of poverty
I recently addressed my brother Knights of Columbus during the Colorado State Council Convention in Keystone, Colo. Charity was a key...

Larry Smith
May 22, 20142 min read
A Marian month for mothers
Mother’s Day falls on May 11 this year and it is the 100th anniversary of this occasion in the U.S. Look back much further, nearly two...

Larry Smith
Apr 24, 20142 min read
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