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From a mission field in China to a preschool classroom, one Spirit of Christ parishioner's love for others keeps finding new places to go. (Photo provided) Mary Ann Mahoney can still picture the pew: Second from the left, Shrine of St. Anne Parish in Arvada, 9:00 a.m. Mass every Sunday of her childhood, the Christmas Day blizzard of 1982 included. Her family's fidelity to never missing a single Sunday Mass set the pattern for a life that has since taken her from a Chinese m

Children with anomalies in a superstitious part of Ghana are usually cast aside or killed. She nourishes them with food, education, spiritual devotion and love. Sr. Stan Therese Mario Mumuni, founder of the Nazareth Home for God’s Children in Yendi, Ghana, has worked to save children's lives for nearly 20 years, with Archdiocesan support. (Photo provided) In a superstitious area of Northern Ghana in Africa, children who are deformed or developmentally disabled, twins or chi

Father James Spahn, Archbishop Emeritus Samuel Aquila and Northern Colorado Catholics have helped build schools and support a mission community — while discovering how much their brothers and sisters in Tanzania have given them in return. (Left) Father James Spahn, pastor of St. John Paul II Parish in Thornton, and Archbishop Emeritus Samuel J. Aquila (right) smile with (center) Father Rafael Kabuche, parochial vicar, and students at the new boys' high school currently being

Inspired by faith and supported by generous Catholics, one couple’s mission is transforming lives through life-changing surgeries, scholarships and care for the elderly, disabled and disadvantaged in the poorest communities in India. Dr. Geetha Yeruva and Tom Chitta visit college students supported by the Foundation for Children in Need. (Photo provided) In their part-time home in Arlington Heights, Illinois, Dr. Geetha Yeruva and her husband, Tom Chitta, have a sign on their

As the United States marks 250 years, the story of Franciscan missionary Francisco Garcés reveals a Catholic legacy that helped shape the American Southwest. (Photo: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons) After writing about Escalante and Dominguez’s exploration of Colorado, I unexpectedly found myself driving Route 66 across Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona (as the road celebrates its own centennial). Providentially, I was already reading an account of a great missionary and m

In his message for World Mission Day, the pope says missionary renewal depends on spiritual communion and reconciliation among Christians. Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo (Peru), recites the prayer of consecration before Our Lady of Fatima. (Photo: Courtesy of Fátima Mission Peru via EWTN News) By Angela Ambrogetti/EWTN News Pope Leo XIV has set “One in Christ, United in Mission” as the theme for World Mission Day 2026, marking the 100th anniversary of the annual