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The same weekend as Pentecost, the celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit, JPG graduates were sent out into the world as apostles in faith, intellect and service. 35 graduates tossed their caps in the air, celebrating the first-ever graduation for St. John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Denver. (Photo by Madison Gonzalez, courtesy of St. John Paul the Great Catholic High School, Denver) It was a historic day for a young Denver Catholic school, as 35 graduates ma

Fort Collins’ sole Catholic school celebrates a century of Catholic education, academic excellence and community impact in Northern Colorado (Photo courtesy of St. Joseph Catholic School Fort Collins) (Photo courtesy of St. Joseph Catholic School Fort Collins) High above the doors to enter St. Joseph Catholic School in Fort Collins is a colorful bas-relief of the lamp of learning, signifying intellectual illumination, study and truth. Inside the school, every classroom displa

(Photo courtesy of Kieran Kenny/Holy Family High School) As the 101st graduating class of Holy Family High School in Broomfield prepared to turn their tassels and begin a new chapter, they received a special visit from Northern Colorado's new shepherd. On Wednesday, May 20, Archbishop James Golka joined the graduates, their family and friends and school faculty, staff and students for the annual Baccalaureate Mass, a special liturgy to pray for and with those graduating. Duri

The federal law, supported by Governor Jared Polis, will help generate new scholarship opportunities for K-12 students across the state. Governor Jared Polis, the first Democratic governor to opt into the new federal tax credit scholarship law, joined Seeds of Hope and students from Holy Family High School in Broomfield and Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic STEM School in Wheat Ridge at a celebratory event at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. (Photo courtesy of Seeds of Ho

A firm believer in Catholic education, Denver’s new archbishop joined Regis Jesuit High School, Mullen High School, Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Victory and Notre Dame School for Mass in his first weeks in Northern Colorado. Denver Archbishop James Golka has been busy in his first weeks as Northern Colorado's shepherd, visiting Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, among others. In these visits, the archbishop celebrated Mass, baptized and confirmed students and got to kno

From homelessness outreach to Catholic education, Peter Droege’s life of philanthropy reflects a deep commitment to human dignity and the Gospel. (Photo provided) On a cold Christmas morning in Denver years ago, Peter Droege stood among volunteers serving meals and handing out gifts to men experiencing homelessness. For years, the annual Christmas gathering had become a labor of love, one small way to ensure people who often felt forgotten were reminded that they were seen,

(Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Denver Office of Catholic Schools) Before joining what once imagined itself the world’s greatest deliberative body, U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) was a decorated naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut with four space shuttle missions to his credit. Now, like approximately 80% of his senatorial colleagues, Senator Kelly looks in the mirror in the morning and sees a future president. Before he takes the plunge, however, I hope

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether Colorado may continue to exclude Catholic families from the state's "universal" preschool program. (Photo courtesy of Becket Law) Catholic preschools in the Archdiocese of Denver have been seeking equal treatment for nearly three years, despite Colorado's exclusion of religious schools from its "Universal" Preschool Program (UPK). The fight began in August 2023, when a team of lawyers from Becket filed a lawsuit against Colorado on b

Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic STEM School Students smile for a photo with the ponytails they had cut to support others with hair loss. (Photo provided) By Megan Nix Some children give up eating sweets, watching TV or fighting with siblings for Lent. But this year, 20 girls at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic STEM School in Wheat Ridge gave up something less common: their hair. At noon on Holy Monday, a group made their way to Hendrix Salon for a “cut-a-thon:” each child would dona

The Holy Family Tigers brought home their ninth program title on Saturday, besting rival Kent Denver. (Photo by Brody Vonderhofen, courtesy of Holy Family High School) The girls' basketball team at Holy Family High School in Broomfield might have given up losing for Lent this year, as the Class 4A team took home its ninth program title and second state championship after a 52-46 victory over its old Metropolitan League rival, Kent Denver. After what could have been the most d

The immersive training and community program molds teachers to grow and integrate Christ into their vocation and beyond. (Photo provided) A community of young Catholic teachers in Denver aims not only to infuse the faith into every aspect of their vocation in the archdiocese’s Catholic schools, but also to bring others closer to Christ. Cabrini Teaching Fellows, a groundbreaking professional and personal formation program, has gathered recent college graduates from across th

Daniel Igoe, a seminarian at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, walks to class with fellow seminarians. (Photo by Grant Whitty) From Classroom to Conviction In a theology classroom at the former Bishop Machebeuf High School, Joseph Tynan encountered a line from Gaudium et Spes that would help shape the course of his life towards his vocation. Jesus Christ “fully reveals man to man himself and makes his supreme calling clear," he recalled. “I came to understand t

A timeline of episcopal service in Northern Colorado (Photo by Dan Petty/Denver Catholic) 2015-2016: Restored Order of the Sacraments of Initiation and Sealed & Sent "The world needs saints. Even as our society becomes more distant from faith and more forgetful of God, it still hungers for joyful witnesses who have been transformed by Christ. At the same time, new generations of Catholics need grace to sustain them in a non-Christian environment. To answer these needs, I have

(Photo provided) By Forest Barnette The year is 1912. A tired but determined Italian immigrant sits across from a Coloradan carpenter. Though the mid-April chill doesn’t betray it, a summer heat fast approaches the Rocky Mountain foothills — and there is much to do. Together, this mismatched pair draws up plans to house local orphan girls for the third consecutive summer camp hosted by a fledgling religious order. The head of that community sits at this table against all

Archbishop-designate James Golka welcomes a student to school at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School in Denver after blessing a religious bracelet. (Photo by André Escaleira, Jr.) As students at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School in Denver shuffled their way through the school gates, some still wiping the sleep from their eyes, they were met with a bit of a surprise — even before the Monday morning school bell trilled. Dropping by to welcome students as they arrived were Den

(Photo courtesy of Holy Family High School) For parents of eighth graders, the approach to high school can feel like it arrives all at once. One moment, your child is navigating middle school lockers and homework; the next, you’re weighing decisions that will shape their intellectual, spiritual and personal formation during some of the most influential years of their life. Recognizing how weighty that moment can feel, the Archdiocese of Denver’s Office of Catholic Schools has

(Photo courtesy of Mullen High School, Denver) For Catholic school communities across Northern Colorado, moments of quiet formation often bear fruit far beyond anyone's imagination. This winter, one of those moments unfolded thousands of miles from home — on the cobblestone streets of Bergamo, Italy — as Dale O’Blia, a 2024 graduate of Mullen High School in Denver, carried the Olympic torch. Selected as one of a highly limited number of torchbearers, O'Blia took part in the 6

Justice Department urges Court to reverse Colorado’s exclusion of Catholics from “universal” preschool program (Photo: Denver Catholic file photo) Catholic preschools in the Archdiocese of Denver have been seeking equal treatment for more than two years, in the face of Colorado's exclusion of religious schools from their "Universal" Preschool Program (UPK). The fight began in August 2023, when a team of lawyers from Becket filed a lawsuit against Colorado on behalf of two of

A Catholic vision of education rooted in dignity, faith and human flourishing. (Photo courtesy of Holy Family High School) A robust Catholic Education should be available to everyone who wants it, but, unfortunately, for a long time, families of students with moderate to severe educational disabilities have struggled to find their place in Catholic schools. Thankfully, many devout men and women have stepped up to change that, driven by the conviction that Catholic education s

At Shrine of St. Anne Catholic School in Arvada, love, inclusion and faith are helping a second-grader with autism blossom. Krash, Karvey and Kal Krogh outside of Shrine of St. Anne School in Arvada. (Photo provided) Shortly after Krash Krogh of Arvada turned two, his parents, Meagan and Josh, had the heartbreaking realization that he was not speaking. Diagnosed with severe autism, Krash has been non-verbal for much of his life, except for a short breakthrough when he was fou