Faith & Spirituality

Christmas 2021: Yes, you get to go to Mass twice!

(Photo provided) Confused about your Mass obligations over this coming Christmas weekend? See the below graphic and article for more...

The Marvelous Exchange and the Church’s Mission

The Son of God Becomes the Son of Man The Christmas season is a privileged time to contemplate both the marvelous exchange that takes place at the Incarnation and how that exchange impacts the mission of the Church. The Son of God becomes the son of man, so that men may become children of God. ¹ This marvelous exchange points directly to the kerygma. It brings us back to the liberating power of the Gospel, ² to the salvific proclamation that the Son of God became man for us and for our...

WATCH: Take a virtual tour through Denver’s Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception

Dr. Jared Staudt takes you on tour of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado. In this video you’ll learn...

U.S. bishops try to keep focus on Eucharist, not politicians, in new document

Photo: CNA/EWTN By Lauretta Brown/National Catholic Register The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted overwhelmingly to approve a...

Beat the winter blues with one of these upcoming SJV Lay Division courses

Does the impending cold have you feeling like you need a spiritual pick-me-up? Then look no further; the SJV Lay Division has you...

Archbishop Aquila: The Eucharist can transform your life

DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 13: Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila celebrates the Liturgy of the Eucharist during an ordination for deacons at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on February 13, 2021, in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Daniel Petty/Denver Catholic) The archbishop of Denver criticized media coverage that frames the bishops’ discussion on the Eucharist as a debate over whether or not President Joe Biden can receive Holy Communion. The secular media, Archbishop Samuel Aquila...

Don’t waste this Year of St. Joseph; register for this Dec. 4 workshop now!

This “Year of St. Joseph” presents the faithful with a unique opportunity to draw deeper into union with and grow in devotion to the man...

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...

All Saints’ Day not a Holy Day of Obligation in 2021, but go to Mass anyways!

This year, the solemnity of All Saint’s on November 1 will not be a holy day of obligation. Faithful in the United States are not...

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...

FORMED Denver: A match made for Mission

By Susan W. Murray Special to the Denver Catholic In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, 430 parishioners from St. Thomas More Church in Centennial joined either a virtual or an in-person “family bubble” group to participate in the Augustine Institute’s program The Search. Featuring well-known Catholic evangelist Chris Stefanick, The Search’s seven beautifully filmed episodes pose life’s critical questions:  “What do you seek?” “Who are you?” “Why a God?” “What’s our story?” “Who...

Jesus may not ‘need’ our adoration, but he asked for it

Photo by Josh Applegate on Unsplash By Elizabeth Scalia Editor-at-Large for Word On Fire A recent conversation with a friend I know to be a faithful Catholic left me feeling disturbed. This fellow participates at Mass regularly, volunteers to help out both in his parish and within his community, and receives Holy Communion with reverence and hope. Unlike 70% of Catholics, he understands the teaching about transubstantiation and believes that the Eucharistic Host is the Body and Blood, Soul...