LIMON. The Diocese of Colorado Springs will hold a youth rally on June 25 from 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. at Prairie Ridge Buffalo Ranch in Limon.

MONUMENT. St. Peter Parish in Monument has formed a new ministry called the St. Anne Society for Grandmothers. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. With the end of each school year comes excitement and bittersweet goodbyes, and the end of the 2021-2022 school is no exception. For St. Mary’s High School, the end of this year brings some new courses for students to look forward to next year, as well the retirement of some longstanding faculty members.

If Roe v. Wade is indeed overturned, as the recently leaked Supreme Court majority opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health indicates, 26 states are poised to either ban or restrict abortion. Colorado will not be one of them.

I have been a Missionary of Mercy since 2016, the Jubilee Year of Mercy. There are roughly 1000 priests around the world serving in this apostolate. Here in our Diocese of Colorado Springs, Father Andre Szczesnowicz, Father Frank Quezada, and I serve in this ministry. 

VATICAN CITY. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, encouraged men and women in the military to download a new app designed to connect them to the Catholic faith and provide the consolation of prayer in times of war and uncertainty

The part of our mission statement that reads “challenging students through faith, academics, and service” is one that we don’t take lightly. It is the core of what it means to be a Divine Redeemer Cardinal. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. Artist Kim Le Nguyen enters her studio, lowers herself on to a chair and picks up a brush waiting for the first application of the day.

Nguyen studies her work for a moment, then applies the first stroke to her latest creation, using the brush and paint as a writer uses a computer and words to evoke an emotion.

Bishop James Golka has announced the following clergy assignments, effective July 1, 2022. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. Anyone who has tried to complete a home remodeling project over the past couple of years has probably encountered a shortage of materials, and St. Mary’s Cathedral was no exception. The interior renovation of the church, which began late last summer, will be finished in early May — several months later than expected.

COLORADO SPRINGS. On April 9, more than 100 supporters gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony for Mater Filius Colorado Springs (MFCS), a home for pregnant moms and their children to be built on the grounds of St. Gabriel the Archangel parish in Briargate.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Hard work pays off. For seven St. Mary’s seniors, who moved forward in major college scholarship programs, hard work and persistence throughout their high school careers prepared them for the application process.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Father John W. Krenzke, who served at several parishes in Denver and Colorado Springs, died March 30 at age 91 in Denver.

MONUMENT. The Diocese of Colorado Springs’ Office of the Permanent Diaconate will hold an informational meeting for men who want to learn more about this vocation on May 7 at 9 a.m. at St. Peter Parish in Monument. A new class of deacon candidates will form in 2023. For more information, contact Deacon Cliff Donnelly at cdonnelly@diocs.org.