An icon of Blessed Maria Lorenza Longo is unveiled during her beatification in the Naples cathedral on Oct. 9. By Father Blaine Burkey, O.F.M.Cap. Archivist, St. Francis of Assisi Friary The Capuchin Poor Clare nuns of North Denver’s Our Lady of Light of Light Monastery and their benefactors and other friends are excited about the beatification of their 16th-century foundress, Mother Maria Lorenza Longo, in the Cathedral of Naples, Italy, on Oct. 9. Capuchin nuns and friars w

Vandalism on a door of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colo., Oct. 10, 2021. The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Denver was spray-painted with anti-Catholic slogans on Sunday, the latest in a series of vandalism incidents against Catholic buildings in Colorado. Photos shared by local news reporters show slogans such as “Satan Lives Here,” “White Supremacists,” and “Child Rapists, LOL” written in bright red spray paint

Over 400 Catholics in Denver joined a pro-life Eucharistic procession around the state’s largest abortion clinic on Saturday, Oct. 2. The event, put on by the Archdiocese of Denver, sought to highlight the 40 Days for Life movement and the efficacy of spiritual remedies for the wounds caused by abortion. “The testimony I picked up from Hispanic participants was how peaceful and loving is the strength that Jesus brings to us when we process in a place of death,” said Maria Eli

Our Lady of Guadalupe. (Photo: Public Domain) Tomorrow, Oct. 7, the Our Lady of Guadalupe Missionary Image will be at the Cathedral...

She was an Italian immigrant, a loving servant of those in need and the very first American saint, who also happened to walk the streets...

A Catholic parish in Boulder, Colorado, with a memorial to aborted babies on its front lawn was desecrated with pro-abortion graffiti in the early hours of Sept. 29. Sacred Heart of Mary Parish was tagged with numerous spray-painted slogans including “Jesus [Loves] Abortion,” “Bans off our bodies,” “No Wire Hangers Ever,” and a symbol combining an “A” signifying “anarchy” and the traditional symbol for “female.” Mark Evevard, Youth Director and Social Communications Director

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Several valuable items belonging to a Denver Catholic parish, including the tabernacle and vessels used for Mass, were recovered late last week, after the church was robbed nearly a month ago. Consecrated hosts taken from the church were not found. The predominantly African-American parish of Curé d’Ars, located in north Denver, was broken into and robbed overnight Aug. 30-31. All the church’s vessels used for Mass were stolen from the vestry, which the thieves accessed by ki

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash In 2019, the CDC reported that out of 45 states, the divorce rate was 2.7 for every 1,000...

Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash By Anthony Gallegos Anthony is a Catechetical School Instructor and the Enrollment Coordinator for Catechetical School at the SJV Lay Division. Last week I ended the blog with the assertion that if we do not know our history, if we have lost our memory so to speak, then we will inevitably place God in the role of slave master or tyrant . The reason for this, I assert, is that God wishes to recapitulate the story of salvation history

This October, Coloradans are invited to join Our Lady of Guadalupe as she stands against the culture of death that has become commonplace...

By Anthony Gallegos Anthony is a Catechetical School Instructor and the Enrollment Coordinator for Catechetical School at the SJV Lay Division. Last week I accused the world of having lost its memory. This week I want to look at how the Spirit of the Lord, the Holy Spirit, preserves our memory and thereby gives us reason to hope for our future ( Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraphs 2625 , 2685 , 2848 , and others). The mission of the Holy Spirit, in part, is to he

Our Lady of Fatima pilgrim statue - March 19, 2017, Denver, Colorado Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Photo by Andrew...

(Photo provided) For more than 20 years, missionaries for the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) have served on college...

(Photos by Carol Nesbitt) Three Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Denver recently welcomed new principals as they kicked off the...

Featured Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash By Anthony Gallegos Anthony is a Catechetical School Instructor and the Enrollment Coordinator for Catechetical School at the SJV Lay Division. In previous blogs I have accused the world of having lost its mind . Today I will accuse the world of having lost its memory. I will do so, however, in order to set the scene for discussing how the Holy Spirit intervenes to keep us from this collective amnesia and its consequent proble

(Photo by Denver Catholic Staff) Just three years ago, when a priest retired, he had few choices of where to live and sometimes he was...

By a nun of the Abbey of St. Walburga “My dearest daughters, the two of you give witness today, in the midst of the darkness of the times, to the truth of the light of Jesus Christ. You are light and salt in the time in which we live.” These words, spoken by Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, were directed at the two newest solemnly professed members of the Abbey of St. Walburga, Virginia Dale, Colorado, during his homily during the Eucharistic Celebration on August 15, 2021, the S

AURORA, CO - SEPTEMBER 28: Mass and event for military veterans at the Colorado Freedom Memorial on September 28, 2019, in Aurora,...

A historically African-American parish in Denver was robbed Monday night of a number of valuables, most notably the tabernacle and several consecrated hosts. Thieves plundered Curé d’Ars Catholic Church and made off with all the church’s vessels used for Mass from the vestry, which they accessed by kicking in a wooden door. They also took a laptop used for livestreaming Masses, and a sound board used to connect to the church’s microphones. Father Joseph Cao, the church’s pas