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Insights from Behold Your Child's ministry to support grieving parents. (Photo: Lightstock) Studies estimate that one in every five pregnancies ends in the loss of a child, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth or infant mortality. That’s a significant number, yet most mothers and fathers suffer this loss alone because it is difficult to talk about, and the stages of grief are not linear. There can also be a stigma around early loss, so many don’t share openly that it is something they’ve...

How the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (OCIA) calls the entire parish into accompaniment, especially as conversions are on the rise. Our Lady of the Mountains Parish in Estes Park recently celebrated the Rite of Entrance and Rite of Welcoming for those seeking to enter the Catholic Church, their first such celebrations in recent memory! (Photo provided) By Cecilia Dietzler The number of adults entering the Catholic Church is steadily increasing in the Archdiocese of Denver. The...

Former Super Bowl-winning Broncos coach reflects on football, family and keeping God first. Gary Kubiak, then the Denver Broncos’ head coach, signs autographs during a military training camp at the Denver Broncos’ University of Colorado Health Training Center Fieldhouse in Englewood, Colo., August 25, 2016. The camp invited ten, five member teams to compete against each other and be a part of the NFL boot camp experience. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gabrielle...

What Catholics should know — and pray for — as lawmakers return to the Capitol (Photo: Unsplash) As the Colorado State Legislature opens its 2026 session, lawmakers return to the Capitol amid heightened political tension, fiscal uncertainty and a growing sense of division across the aisle. For Catholics, this moment invites both awareness and prayer, as decisions made in the coming months will shape policies that affect human life, families and communities throughout the state. The Colorado...

Archdiocesan deacons gather for Deacon Day at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Northglenn in 2023. (Photo by Daniel Petty/Denver Catholic) Here’s a list of all the new deacon assignments for the Archdiocese of Denver, including deacons being reassigned to new parishes and deacon retirements. Deacons Assigned to New Parishes Deacon Joseph Crotty, Nativity of Our Lord Parish, Broomfield, effective September 14, 2025, ad nutum archiepiscopi . Deacon Roberto Cuevas, Ascension Parish,...

In this fourth installment of our series on sacred and religious artists, a local iconographer and Denver Catholic columnist reflects on the interplay between truth and beauty and how both can lead us to Heaven. (Photo provided) By Joe Donelson “I want more people to stop and look at art again,” said artist, iconographer and Denver Catholic columnist Elizabeth Zelasko. As a frequent collaborator with churches and religious institutions in the development of sacred art for sacred spaces,...

(Photo: Lightstock) During my morning prayer, I was reading 1 Corinthians 13 when I was struck by the verse that says, “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood” (1 Corinthians 13:12). The Ignatius Study Bible notes that ancient Corinth manufactured polished bronze “mirrors.” Although known for their excellent quality, the reflected image was nonetheless hazy and indistinct (p. 2041). As I...

St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Denver will welcome Christian leaders for prayer and dialogue for a second consecutive year. (Photo courtesy of St. Catherine of Siena Parish) Each January, Christians around the world pause to pray for a unity that reflects Christ’s own desire for his disciples: “that they may all be one” (John 17:21). From January 18 to 25, the universal Church observes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a time dedicated to prayer, reflection and mutual understanding...

In this third installment of our series, Casey Batt reflects on her journey, through job loss, prayer and parish life, to painting God's healing grace at All Souls Parish in Englewood. Casey Batt paints the Wedding at Cana in her home studio. The painting was installed at All Souls Parish in Englewood, as part of the parish's recent renovation and rededication. (Photo by Matt Walker) By Matt Walker After 18 years, Casey Batt lost her job when her company laid off thousands of employees at...

Entrusting lawmakers, families and the common good to God’s providence, asking him to guide decisions that affect life, dignity and society. (Photo: Pixabay) As Colorado’s elected officials return to the State Capitol, a new legislative session begins — a season that will shape laws, policies and priorities affecting families and communities across the state. Each year, the opening of the Colorado State Legislature marks more than the start of debate and decision-making. It is also a moment...

Jimmy Lai's 2025 Christmas card featured a moving confession of faith amid suffering. (Courtesy photo) In a 1974 address to a group of lay Catholics, Pope Paul VI noted that "Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses" — an acute observation he later reiterated in his spiritual testament, the 1975 Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi (Announcing the Gospel). That witnesses can be more persuasive...

(Photo: Denver Catholic file photo) The Archdiocese of Denver has launched a new Office of Capital Campaigns, a significant investment in the future of parish life across Northern Colorado. Led by David Mehr, executive director, the new office is designed to help parishes confidently move forward with major projects that support worship, formation and community. The Office of Capital Campaigns will operate as a centralized Curia-based resource, with services retained directly by parishes....