COLORADO SPRINGS. Effective Aug. 1, The Colorado Herald will change from a newspaper to a magazine format. The last newspaper will have a publication date of July 11. The new diocesan magazine will be published six times a year, beginning with a September/October 2025 issue. 

ST. LOUIS, Mo. The USA Central and Southern Province of the Society of Jesus announced that Jesuit Father Joe Laramie, who currently serves as national director of the Apostleship of Prayer, is assigned as director of Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat House in Sedalia effective Aug. 1. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. On March 17, Bishop James Golka announced plans to create a new diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Divine Redeemer Church, located at 927 N. Logan Ave., Colorado Springs. A dedication ceremony is tentatively scheduled for the weekend of July 5-6, 2025.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Bill and Ruth Carew of St. Mary’s Cathedral were named the Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME) Longest Married Couple in Colorado and were honored after the cathedral’s 4 p.m. Mass on Jan. 25. Tom and Molly Johnson, co-leaders of WWME in Colorado, presented a certificate and flowers to the couple. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. Father Jim Klein, who served as pastor of Divine Redeemer Parish for nearly a decade, died Jan. 7 at age 66 as the result of a heart ailment.

A rosary will take place Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 22 W. Kiowa St., followed by a funeral vigil at 5:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Jan. 29 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, followed by internment at Evergreen Cemetery.

(Update 2/7/2025) Video of Fr. Klein's funeral may be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0YzZ05defk&t=161s