Naughty brothers make funny face, there are playing In the church with formal suit. There’s nothing quite as joyful as the sound of a...

Featured image: St. Joseph, Terror of Demons, Bernadette Carstensen, 2020, consecrationtostjoseph.org. The Year of St. Joseph points us to Jesus’ adoptive father, Joseph, as the essential model for fathers. Joseph not only manifests genuine masculinity, he also images God’s own fatherhood, as Pope Francis makes clear in his apostolic letter, Patris Corde : “In his relationship to Jesus, Joseph was the earthly shadow of the heavenly Father: he watched over him and protected hi

When it comes to the daily sufferings of those who are homeless, there’s nothing like a 29,029-foot bike ride to keep things in...

DENVER, CO, APR, 21, 2004, Archbishop Chaput to lead 'A Call to Compassion' rally for the needy, Catholic Charities co-sponsors gathering on west steps of State Capitol April 24 04-21-04. (Photo by James Baca/Denver Catholic) CD#0084 On June 8, the First Regular Session of the 73rd General Assembly adjourned. Over 600 bills were introduced this session. Policy primarily focused on transportation, agriculture, healthcare, fiscal policy, and the state budget. However, the legis

Although consecrated life was always a consideration for Mirjana Coccia while growing up, it wasn’t on her mind when she met the Community of the Beatitudes in Denver after relocating from Phoenix in 2017. Coccia had recently decided she didn’t want to teach, which is what had taken her to Arizona armed with a newly minted bachelor’s degree in theology from Thomas Aquinas College in California. Being laid-off from her post-teaching customer service job and a breakup with her

The annual and always amazing Steubenville of the Rockies youth conference is just around the corner, happening July 2-4 in Denver. For...

On Dec. 14, 2012 Jennifer Hubbard’s six-year-old daughter Catherine died when a lone gunman shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and gunned down 20 first-graders and six adults before killing himself. In her suffering, compounded by the end of her marriage and the death of her father, Hubbard grew closer to God and deepened her faith. She found purpose and grace in just doing the next thing that needed to be done, particularly as she helped her s

For our Catholic high school students, this past year was one marked by unprecedented adversity and unique challenges. When the class of...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) This Friday, on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the universal Church is invited to partake in the World...

At 92, widower and former teacher Norbert Brady relishes sharing time with his seven children and their families — which includes 20 grand- and great-grandchildren — golfing when the weather permits, reading, and worshiping at Holy Name Church in Denver. Filled with photos of loved ones and statues of saints, the home he and his late wife Agnes built in 1970 speaks of family and faith. Active with the vocations-fostering Serra Club, in August, via Zoom, his club featured De

(Photo provided) We sat down with Michele Buice, the new Director of Parish Finance for the Archdiocese of Denver, to talk about her...

Father Vincent Leo Smith, a beloved priest of 55 years for the Archdiocese of Denver, died May 23. He was 82 years old. Born to Francis...

happy child dreams of traveling and playing with an airplane pilot aviator in outdoor in the summer You don’t have to be a doom and gloomer to see that things are unravelling very quickly in our country. Two metrics are enough to prove the point: a drastic decline in the marriage and birth rates and the recent news that church-going Christians are now a minority within the U.S. Although William Butler Yeats wrote with the First World War and the 1918 flu pandemic in the backg

(Photo provided) Father Paul Wicker, who served as pastor of Holy Apostles Parish in Colorado Springs for more than 35 years, died May 31...

Catholic School Children, Photo by James Baca Any teacher will tell you that reading when young increases students’ academic success as...

WESTMINSTER, CO - OCTOBER 9: Students and teachers learn at Blessed Miguel Pro Academy on October 9, 2020, in Westminster, Colorado....

(Photo: Denver Catholic file photo) Father Dorino DeLazzer, a priest of over 60 years who served chiefly in the Archdiocese of Denver,...

The beautiful artwork that adorns the latest and the last two covers of the Denver Catholic tell a story; namely, your story. In the...

(Photo from CSU Students for Life Facebook page) Many pro-life pregnancy resource centers fight an uphill battle against the...

Featured photo by Daniel Petty Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver expounded on his recent open letter on the German bishops’ “Synodal Way,” in an interview with CNA Deutsch on Friday. The German bishops’ “Synodal Path” began in 2019 and is ongoing, expected to conclude in February 2022. It includes bishops and lay people, and is meant to address four major topics: how power is exercised in the Church; sexual morality; the priesthood; and the role of women. While the bishops i