Surprised African-American girl reading magic book on dark background By Abriana Chilelli Associate Superintendent of Academic Renewal When teaching high school-level Humanities at public schools here in Colorado, I hung a sign on the wall of my classroom. I made the sign after reading an interview with Dr. Joseph Almeida, a professor at Franciscan University, during my days there as a student, long before I became a teacher. The sign quoted Dr. Almeida: “There’s a statemen

The Lord, indeed, works in mysterious and wonderful ways – and this year, several families, having moved their children from public to...

By Carol Nesbitt and Abriana Chilelli While most school districts in Colorado were closed to in-person learning this fall, the Catholic...

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...

This year, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) is doing something special for their annual SEEK conference...

(Photo courtesy of the Augustine Institute) Lent isn’t just a time to give something up; it’s a time to tap into life’s greatest...

Gary Miller, a longtime and beloved employee of the Archdiocese of Denver, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Dec. 26, 2020. He...

(Photo: Denver Catholic Staff) The generosity to the 2020 Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal exceeded expectations and helped accomplish...

Below is the full transcript of Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila’s homily he gave during the Respect Life Mass, celebrated Jan. 23 at the...

Featured image by Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz  | Unsplash 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?  There is, unsurprisingly, no official Catholic “teaching” on the order of priority for vaccine distribution. The Church cannot have an explicit official teaching on each and every scenario. Rather, here is a situation where prudence must apply Catholic principles to the specific case. T

On Feb. 11, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila along with archdiocesan leadership hosted a virtual event which all of faithful of the...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila has released the following statement in support of the statement released by USCCB President Archbishop José...

DENVER, CO, Jan. 11, 2020: The annual Celebrate Life March and Rally was held Jan. 11 at the Colorado State Capitol. Thousands gathered...

In these tumultuous days, everyone is asking the question: ‘What is the truth?’ Based on how they answer that question, and given the...

(Photos provided) Growing up in the streets of Brooklyn, Patrick Lubrano knew what it was like to see people living on the streets and...

Catholic schools in Colorado have a chance to receive some much-needed federal relief funding, but they need your help. Congress recently...

Is civil discourse dead? Two modern-day intellectual giants will address this pressing question next week in a virtual talk hosted by the...

Archbishop Samuel Aquila receives the first dose of the Moderna vaccine, administered by Amy Lantzy, MS, RN, CHFN at St. Anthony’s...

Featured image by Josh Applegate  on Unsplash In our lifetime, there has never been so much expectation for a new year, hoping that we can all turn a corner and leave a difficult year in the past. So much is out of our control, yet there is one thing that we can do to allow our lives to be shaped by the one who is truly in control. Our lives will be better this year if we give more time to God in prayer. But what is prayer really about? I found it startling, when reading th

(Photo provided) After a long journey of searching, learning, praying, working and volunteering in pregnancy centers led to an encounter...