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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

Colorado’s first Hispanic Serra Club begins with more than 120 members and a mission to strengthen priestly and religious vocations in the Church through prayer and service. Bishop Jorge Rodríguez (third from left) and Father Sean Galvin, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Lafayette (third from right), hold plaques from Serra International during the chartering ceremony for the new Hispanic Serra Club in the Archdiocese of Denver. (Photo by Christina Antus/Denver Catho

Serra Clubs quietly support seminarians, priests and religious vocations through prayer, friendship and encouragement — a mission Archbishop James Golka says the whole Church can share. Denver Archbishop James Golka greets Serrans after Mass, thanking them for their prayerful support of vocations in Colorado. (Photo by Madisen Martinez/Denver Catholic) On Saturday, August 29, Archbishop James Golka celebrated his first Mass for the local Serra Clubs and their members at the C

The new Benedictine nun, a Colorado local, makes vows of obedience, stability and conversatio morum (conversion of life) in the Order of St. Benedict, committing to live a joyfully countercultural vocation of prayer and work for the Church and the world. Bishop Stephen Lopes of the Personal Ordinariate of St. Peter places a floral crown on Sister Maria-Benedicta's head as part of the Solemn Profession liturgy. (Photo by Grant Whitty/Denver Catholic) By Grant Whitty Nestled i

A Walburga nun works on a Paschal Candle, which will be blessed and dedicated on the Easter Vigil. These holy candles burn at liturgies throughout the Easter season, at Baptisms and funerals, as a symbol of the light of Christ, even amid darkness. (Photo provided) There's a small but growing group of women who've dedicated their lives to Jesus Christ on the Colorado-Wyoming border. The Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of St. Walburga largely fly under the radar, having vowed to

This year’s January 3–4 collection helps provide essential care for the sisters, brothers and priests who shaped our faith. (Photo by Jim Judkis. © 2025 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Used by permission) Every year, Catholics across the Archdiocese of Denver unite to support women and men whose quiet sacrifices shaped the Church in the United States: our aging religious sisters, brothers and religious order priests. This year’s Retirement Fund for Religious col

In the quiet plains near the Wyoming border, the Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of St. Walburga live a life of prayer and praise — a hidden wellspring of grace for the Church and the world. (Photo courtesy of the Abbey of St. Walburga) If you’ve never been to Virginia Dale, Colorado, it’s quiet. There’s not much “going on” by worldly standards, and most people might just be passing through on their way to Laramie or Fort Collins. But in that quaint and quiet town, mere miles f

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila celebrated the solemn profession Mass of Sister Assunta of the Abbey of St. Walburga on July 22, 2023, in...

Sisters at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Walburga in Virginia Dale. This is an installment of an occasional series on various aspects of...