COLORADO SPRINGS. When a parish sends a young man to seminary, it’s an occasion for rejoicing. When a parish sends two, it’s a special blessing. Currently, Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Colorado Spring’s Old North End has eight (!) young men in various phases of seminary formation.

COLORADO SPRINGS. A preschool, an elementary school, and a high school in the Diocese of Colorado Springs recently adopted new names — all unaware of each other’s actions, all for their own distinct reasons, yet all at the same time.

Is there something in the holy water?

COLORADO SPRINGS. The territory for which the district council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is responsible?   Much of Southern Colorado.  The current count of volunteers?  About 100.

 “The poor and marginalized of our community will really benefit when more parishes get involved,” said Steve Sisa, president of the Diocese of Colorado Springs District Council of the Society.

COLORADO SPRINGS. When Jarrod Waugh first offered his life to God in prayer, God said no. “It’s kind of hard to explain,” said Father Waugh, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Colorado Springs. “But nearing the end of high school, I perceived that negative signal very clearly.  God did not want me to enter the seminary at that time.”