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Victory, mourning and the road ahead in post-Roe Colorado
(Photo by Brandon Young/Denver Catholic) With the U.S. Supreme Court sending the issue of abortion back to the states with the Dobbs ...

Lynn Grandon
Jul 18, 20225 min read


The Future of the Pro-life Movement in Colorado
Just as the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973 was a turning point for how our country treats innocent and vulnerable children in the womb, the...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Jul 15, 20224 min read


Seven ways to foster vocations in the family
(Photo: Josh Applegate / Unsplash) “What do you want to be when you grow-up?” This is one of the all-time most popular questions for...

Father Ryan O'Neill
Jun 7, 20226 min read


Mind the Gap: Three Ways to Think about Priests
(Photo: Josh Applegate / Unsplash) The time had come. By 1863, the city of London had grown to such density that it demanded a new form...

Father John Nepil
Jun 7, 20226 min read


Raising the next generation of apostles
(Photo: Lightstock) When I was younger, I remember being regularly inspired by the missionary journeys of St. Paul and the Apostles. I...

Scott Elmer, D. Min.
Apr 21, 20225 min read
Acting like an apostle: Some ‘do’s’ and ‘don’t’s’
Have you ever, in prayer, tried to imagine yourself in the scene of a gospel story? Honestly, I have a terrible imagination, and always...

Mary Beth Bonacci
Apr 18, 20225 min read


Film review: "Father Stu" knocks out bad stereotypes of the priesthood
Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures The film industry is not kind to Catholic priests. Generally speaking, priests as depicted on film fall...

Aaron Lambert
Apr 13, 20223 min read


The missional gift of the Feminine Genius
(Photo: Josh Applegate / Unsplash) In 1639, Ursuline sisters bravely crossed the Atlantic Ocean to become the first religious women to...

Lisa Cotter
Mar 8, 20225 min read


On Solitude and Friendship
(Photo: Benjamin Davies / Unsplash) At 1:30 in the morning on April 4, 2013, Christopher Thomas Knight was arrested for burglary in a...

Father John Nepil
Feb 28, 20228 min read


Three steps to become a joyfully countercultural witness
(Photo: Jacqueline Munguía on Unsplash) One spring break in college, my girlfriends and I decided to go backpacking in the Ozarks of...

Lisa Cotter
Feb 25, 20225 min read


Why should Christmas transform us?
Christmas is a powerful time. The story of the God who became man and came into the world may seem too familiar to us. And yet, if we let...

Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 26, 20213 min read


Christmas wisdom from the early Church
The Nativity by Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1406-10. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) Christmas and the Nativity is not just a fable,...

Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 23, 20212 min read


5 Unique Ways to Celebrate Christmas like a Catholic
(Photo: Lightstock) From mistletoe in doorways to an elf on the shelf, there are dozens of Christmas traditions. Some, like stockings,...

Lisa Cotter
Dec 22, 20214 min read


Know the Eucharist, know your vocation
Photo by Grant Whitty on Unsplash The Eucharist is the body and blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ the Lord. Sadly, those words are...

Father Ryan O'Neill
Nov 4, 20214 min read


Four reasons to believe in the Real Presence
(Photo: Thays Orrico / Unsplash) “Wait, what ?!” I exclaimed, interrupting my youth minister midsentence, “I don’t get it. Jesus is in...

Lisa Cotter
Oct 26, 20214 min read


Fertile ground for the fruits of family
Forty years ago, St. John Paul II issued the apostolic exhortation Familiaris Consortio (The Fellowship of the Family), in which he...

Aaron Lambert
Sep 28, 202110 min read


Finding freedom and truth in history
(Photos: Adobe Stock) Leading schools is like being a helmsman of a ship journeying across the ocean. In charge of navigating, a helmsman...

Abriana Chilelli
Sep 21, 20215 min read


We are the Chosen
“Do you want to be healed?” These words are spoken by Jesus in the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John to a sick man lying by the pool at...

Aaron Lambert
Sep 21, 20216 min read


How many tickets do I need to get into heaven?
(Photo: Adobe Stock) For my last day of elementary school, my entire class went to Chuck E. Cheese for a pizza party. I remember saving...

Father Randy Dollins
Jul 17, 20217 min read


The good news of God’s fatherhood
family, childhood and fatherhood concept - happy father and little son playing and having fun outdoors over autumn park background...

Andrew McGown
Jul 14, 20216 min read
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