During this Jubilee Year of Hope, the Church calls for all of us to be “tangible signs of hope for those of our brothers and sisters who experience hardships of any kind” (Spes Non Confundit, 10). Finding reasons for hope and sharing that hope with others is part of our vocation as Christians. Perhaps one of the greatest areas where the hope of Jesus Christ is needed here in the United States is mental health.

COLORADO SPRINGS. At 2 a.m. on April 21, Stacy Paris — hours away from leaving for Italy with 24 teens and 16 other adults to witness the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis scheduled for April 27 — received a phone call from her daughter letting her know that Pope Francis had died. Although the news came as a surprise, it quickly became clear to Paris that the group should follow through on their original travel plans, she said.

COLORADO SPRINGS.  Knights of Columbus councils in the Diocese of Colorado Springs had another successful year in 2024 and were honored accordingly by the Colorado Knights of Columbus at the State Convention held recently at the Antlers Hotel.

Bishop James Golka announces the following clergy appointments:

COLORADO SPRINGS. “The Gift,” a six week series beginning May 8, 6:30-8 p.m., will be held at Holy Apostles in Wicker Hall.

Schedules for Good Friday, April 18, through Easter Sunday, April 20, for parishes in the Diocese of Colorado Springs.

He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep." (Jn 21:17)

For the past year or so, a group of men from Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish have been working together on a monthly distribution of food and clothing to the homeless community in Colorado Springs.

COLORADO SPRINGS. A young Italian website designer will be canonized on April 27 at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome for using his computer skills to praise God and spread devotion to the Eucharist.

Carlo Acutis created a website dedicated to cataloguing every reported Eucharistic miracle in the world and maintained a list of the approved Marian apparitions of the Catholic Church.

Included here are the parish and diocesan Divine Mercy Sunday devotions. 

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.