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How we answered Christ’s knock in 2016
“The Word who found a dwelling in Mary’s womb comes to knock on the heart of every person” at Christmas, Pope St. John Paul II said....

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Dec 23, 20164 min read
“Simple, humble” Julia Greeley placed on path to sainthood
An ex-slave from Hannibal, Missouri, who found her way to Denver and the Catholic Church in the late 1800s, is now the first person the...

Aaron Lambert
Dec 20, 20163 min read


Denver’s ‘Angel of Charity’ on road to sainthood
A freed slave, a servant, and perhaps one day a saint – Julia Greeley was not your average Denverite, according to her biographer,...

Aaron Lambert
Nov 17, 20165 min read
‘Witnesses of Mercy in the Americas’ explored at symposium in Rome
The examples of four models of mercy from the Americas were recounted at a Sept. 24 symposium in Rome, called “Witnesses of Mercy in the...

Aaron Lambert
Oct 13, 20161 min read
Rome symposium to explore lesser-known witnesses of mercy — including Denver’s Julia Greeley
In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, it’s important to recall and reflect upon the examples of those who were bold witnesses of mercy before...

Aaron Lambert
Sep 14, 20162 min read
Why charity must be effective
In Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical, Charity in Truth, he taught that: To love someone is to desire that person’s good and to take...
John D. LaBarbara
May 10, 20163 min read


Julia Greeley tour reconnects old family friend
A faith-filled group of pilgrims followed in the footsteps of Denver’s “Angel of Charity” Julia Greeley last weekend, but for one...

Denver Catholic Staff
Feb 22, 20163 min read


Decoding the Julia Greeley icon
Julia Greeley is the Archdiocese of Denver’s official model of mercy for this jubilee year. Unfortunately, the only existing picture of...

Denver Catholic Staff
Feb 10, 20164 min read
Let mercy overcome misery
It is the Year of Mercy, and people are starving for God’s mercy, even if they don’t recognize it. I was pleasantly surprised to see...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Feb 9, 20163 min read


Living out the corporal works of mercy
Warm food for the poor and homeless Lent is a time of penance. That means we give up things or habits we are attached to so that we can...

Denver Catholic Staff
Jan 31, 20163 min read
The Advent of mercy
We are about to begin the season of Advent, when we prepare to welcome Jesus with the joy of those who have been rescued from their sins....

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Nov 25, 20154 min read
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