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Bringing hope and healing through mental health ministry

By Kathleen McCarty

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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.

Teens unexpectedly are in Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral

by William J. Dagendesh

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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.

Misioneros de San Francisco evangelize by serving the homeless

By Javier Cervantes

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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.

Trip of a Lifetime: Teens from Our Lady of the Pines will travel to Rome for canonization of Carlo Acutis

by William J. Dagendesh

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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.

Sacred Place: First-ever diocesan shrine to be established at DR Church

By Veronica Ambuul

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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.

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