COLORADO SPRINGS. The Catherine of Siena Institute (CSI), based in Colorado Springs, has been awarded a $1.25 million grant by the Lilly Endowment as part of Lilly’s “Thriving Congregations Initiative.” 

Priests do so much for us.  We go to our priests for our spiritual needs, prayer requests, Mass offerings, and sacraments (sometimes urgently).  Through the hands of the priest we receive the greatest gift ever given — the Holy Eucharist.  Without our priests, we would not be able to receive the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of our Lord, Jesus Christ.  Yet, how is the priest sustained spiritually in all that he does for us?  Praying for the priest is one of the most generous things we can do for him. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. Deacon Eugene Eastham died Oct. 18 at his home in Colorado Springs. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Oct. 26 at Our Lady of the Pines Parish. Burial followed Oct. 29  at Pikes Peak National Cemetery.

Colorado Catholics have a moral obligation to support Amendment 80. While some well-intentioned partnering organizations are opposing Amendment 80 because of a misunderstanding in the proposed Amendment’s language, the Amendment clearly states the following: “parents have the right to direct the education of their children” and “children have the right to equal opportunity to access quality education” and “each K-12 student has the right to school choice” (defined as “neighborhood, charter, private, and home schools, open enrollment options, and future innovations in education”). The language intentionally uses the word “and” to imply that all of these rights and education options are equal and are not intended to contradict another.

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

COLORADO SPRINGS. The Magificat Ministry is holding a “Come and See” brunch on Nov. 2 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Our Lady of the Pines Parish Life Center, 11020 Teachout Rd, Colorado Springs, 80908. 

If you take nothing else away from this article, I hope you will remember one simple thing: VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 79. Why should you vote NO on 79?

KIOWA. Over the past three years, the diocesan miscarriage and infant loss support ministry, Heart of My Heart, has diligently strived to curate quality Catholic resources to present to families suffering the loss of their preborn and infant children. Though the resources have at times changed, our mission has persisted.

COLORADO SPRINGS. The college student discount was too sweet to pass up — five lessons for five bucks. So, tucked between his studies at California’s Thomas Aquinas College (TAC) in 1976, Leo Raab learned ballroom dances.