On Mission

Part Seven: After hearing the Kerygma, the saving news of the Gospel, and making a decision to follow Christ, the person being accompanied needs to hear what it means to follow Jesus. (Photo: Lightstock) Editor's Note: This column is part of a yearlong series on evangelization, breaking down what often feels like a tall order into real, practical, actionable steps towards intentional accompaniment. Part One: A Practical Guide for Everyday Catholics Part Two: Be A Disciple First Part Three:...

The United States Supreme Court is currently made up of nine justices. Front row: Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Samuel A. Alito and Elena Kagan. Back row: Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. (Photo: Fred Schilling, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons) Article III of the Constitution, which establishes the Supreme Court, is the shortest of the three articles that define the...

The 38 awards, a new record for Denver Catholic and El Pueblo Católico, reflect the Archdiocese of Denver’s continued efforts to evangelize through media. The Archdiocese of Denver Marketing and Communications team is honored to have brought home 38 awards from this year's Catholic Media Conference. (Denver Catholic photo) By Denver Catholic Staff Day in and day out, your archdiocesan communications team works devotedly to share the best in Catholic news across Northern Colorado and the...

Through prayer, worship and community, hundreds of young Catholics explored what it means to be beloved children of God. Archbishop James Golka celebrated Mass at the annual Steubenville of the Rockies conference, encouraging teens to rediscover their identity as beloved children of the Father. (Photo by Kim Rivera/Denver Catholic) Amid the flashin’ lights, rockin’ music and resoundin’ truth came a still, small voice: you are worthy. Heard throughout this year’s Steubenville of the Rockies...

Archbishop James Golka was installed as archbishop of Denver on March 25. Archbishop James Golka of the Archdiocese of Denver. (Photo: EWTN News screenshot / Francesca Fenton) By Francesca Pollio Fenton/EWTN News DENVER — On March 25, Archbishop James Golka was installed as the new archbishop for the Archdiocese of Denver after serving as bishop of the Diocese of Colorado Springs since 2021. Archbishop Golka follows in the footsteps of Archbishop Samuel Aquila, who led the archdiocese since...

Founded in Colorado, the growing ministry now serves nursing homes and assisted living communities in 30 states. The Rosary Team volunteers make rosaries to support the ministry's work of encountering the elderly in assisted living facilities nationwide. (Photo provided) By Teresa Rodriguez In Boulder County, a group of volunteers gathers around tables spread with gemstones and glass beads, crucifixes and centerpieces. They handcraft rosaries, praying for the person who will receive each one,...

Through catechesis, works of mercy, hospitality, military chaplaincy and hidden priestly witness, these Catholics show that every age needs missionary disciples. (Photo: Denver Catholic design) By Cecilia Dietzler Evangelization Specialist Archdiocese of Denver In every age and time, though much differs and changes, one thing remains steadfast: God raises up saints to manifest his loving kindness to his people. He inspires people to live holy lives, following him even to the Cross, in love...

The annual archdiocesan celebration highlighted human dignity, Black Catholic faith and the healing power of Christ's love. (Photo by Matt Walker/Denver Catholic) “This is my first Juneteenth celebration as a priest or a bishop. I'm honored that this could be my first, right here,” Denver Archbishop James Golka said during the Mass commemorating Juneteenth at Curé d’Ars Parish in Denver on Sunday, June 14. Celebrating the day the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved African Americans in...

(Photo: Lightstock) While praying through the second letter of St. Paul to Timothy one morning, the words in the chapter seemed to leap off the page and strike me in the heart. As someone who writes and reads online, I feel ever more strongly the need for wisdom and discernment in what I consume and say. The digital world is the new Wild West: a place of bots and trolls, but also an opportunity to evangelize. You and I might be one of the only Catholic voices others hear (or read) online, and...

The statewide event brought together hundreds of priests, seminarians, deacons, bishops and faithful supporters for a day of fraternity and gratitude. Archbishop Emeritus Samuel J. Aquila's golf foursome, with Will Ives, an archdiocesan seminarian, Father Chris Considine, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Boulder, and Father Brady Wagner, the coordinator of the spirituality year at St. John Vianney Seminary in Denver, led the 16th Annual Priest and Seminarian Appreciation Day's...

Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Society of St. Pius X, in 1981. (Photo: Antonisse, Marcel / Anefo, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 nl) The Holy See has declared that, if the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) proceeds with the ordination of bishops in July without a papal mandate, those involved in these illicit ordinations are automatically (latae sententiae) excommunicated — that is, excommunicated by their own acts. One may, indeed one should, hope that it does not come to that....

Newly installed Denver Archbishop James Golka preaches during the Mass of Taking Possession of the Cathedral on March 26, 2026. (Photo by Daniel Petty/Denver Catholic) As Colorado approaches its 150th anniversary, the mother church of the Archdiocese of Denver — and indeed, the state — marks 120 years on the corner of Logan and Colfax in Downtown Denver. From that perch, just slightly higher than the Colorado State Capitol, the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver has...