When life begins to fall apart, people often begin looking for God. Illness, injury, and the proximity of death tend to strip away our illusions of control. For many who are hospitalized — especially those facing the end of life — the heart opens in ways it may not have in decades. This vulnerability becomes holy ground, a final opportunity for grace to break through.
 

The garden can be a metaphor for our relationship with God. He is the “master gardener” who helps us through our struggles and lovingly celebrates our triumphs. The same can be said of our ups and downs in the garden; Colorado has experienced years of water deficiency, but recent rains have been a true blessing. All one has to do is look to the mountains or across the prairie to see the rich color of green!

God is at work. Sometimes this it is clearer than at other times. These weeks of the Easter Season, within the Jubilee Year of Hope, he has been working through an incredibly rare event in the life of the Church: the death of a pope and the election of his successor. Living and working in Rome, very close to the action, has been the experience of a lifetime and a testimony of grace, which is always difficult to describe. But it’s worth trying.

A new movement is stirring in the Diocese of Colorado Springs —and it’s for women.
Unity Women is a brand-new Catholic apostolate formed from a simple yet powerful desire: to create a space where women of all ages, vocations, and  backgrounds can grow in faith together. Whether you’re a teen, single, engaged, married, a mother, widowed, consecrated, religious, or a grandmother — you belong. 
 

Jesus promised the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, to continue to lead and guide the Church.  The early Church invoked the Holy Spirit to help them make important decisions.  The College of Cardinals, successors to the apostles, continues to work under the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the Church with the recent election of Pope Leo XIV.

Several times each month, a “No One Dies Alone” (NODA) alert reaches approximately 35 compassionate volunteers across the Pikes Peak region. Typically initiated by a perceptive nurse who recognizes that a patient will soon die without family or friends present, the alert prompts contact with the hospital chaplain and sets in motion a coordinated vigil. Led by a NODA coordinator, this vigil attempts a continuous volunteer presence, offering a caring human connection as a life transitions.

Tucked into the natural beauty of Colorado’s landscapes, a Mary Garden offers a peaceful retreat from the hustle and bustle of today’s fast paced world. These sacred gardens — dedicated to the Virgin Mary — blend prayer, symbolism, art and nature in a tradition that dates back to ancient Europe.

My favorite of this celestial company was St. Dympha . . . I found a frame for [her holy card] . . . and for many decades, it sat on my desk in Whitehall, to the amusement or consternation of my colleagues. I had the private enjoyment of knowing, alone among all who labour within the Foreign Office, that St. Dympha is the patroness of those afflicted with nervous disorders. In my profession I will accept all available assistance (Excerpted from “Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes,” Hawthorn Books, 1979).