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Kathy Jung, longtime St. Mary’s High School staffer, dies at age 61
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Kathy Jung, longtime St. Mary’s High School staffer, dies at age 61

COLORADO SPRINGS. Kathy Jung, a longtime volunteer and employee at St. Mary’s High School and a member of St. Paul Parish, died Dec. 23 at age 61. 
Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Jan. 5 at St. Paul, followed by burial at Pikes Peak National Cemetery.

Jung was born Aug. 7, 1961, in Chicago and graduated from Bowie High School in Maryland. She married her husband Steve in 1983 and the couple had four children, all of whom graduated from St. Mary’s High School. For more than two decades, she volunteered and worked for St. Mary’s in various capacities. 

She helped with auctions, drove vans for sports teams and learned to clean and repair books over the summer. She began working full-time in the business office in 2007.  
She is survived by her husband; children Alex, Megan, Samantha and Adam, her mother Johanna Jeffrey, her sister, Brown Eagle “Terrie” Lindsay, her brothers Mark Jeffrey and Kyle Jeffrey, and her five grandchildren.    

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Visit to Ukraine brings both sadness and hope

By Jim Dalrymple

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COLORADO SPRINGS. The recent news from Ukraine would keep most travelers far from eastern Europe, but not Ken Rackers.

Rackers, who is vice present of the board of directors of Catholic Outreach to Northern Ukraine (CONU), visited the wartorn country last October to get a first-hand assessment of the situation and help get the word out regarding the plight of citizens there.

Office of Hispanic Ministry to hold Eucharistic Congress Feb. 25 at St. Mary’s Cathedral

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COLORADO SPRINGS. The Diocese of Colorado Springs’ Office of Hispanic Ministry is sponsoring a Eucharistic Congress on Feb. 25 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral. 
Speakers will include Father Roylan Recio, Father James Gordon F.S.S.P., and Bishop James Golka. All of the presentations will be in Spanish. 

THE CATHOLIC REVIEW: The Benedict Reader - An Introduction to the Writings of Pope Benedict XVI

by Deacon Rick Bauer

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Last month, we had the opportunity to interview Jesuit Father Joseph Fessio, who was a Ph.D. student of then-Professor Joseph Ratzinger in Germany over 50 years ago.

Father Fessio and Pope Benedict XVI had a successful and fruitful partnership in many ways. Of the 66 books that Pope Benedict wrote throughout his life, most of the English versions were published by Father Fessio’s creation, Ignatius Press. If we were to survey all the writings of this prodigious professor/scholar-pastor/theologian, where would we start?

Revive Alive - The Eucharistic Revival in the Diocese of Colorado Springs

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Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you: fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life.

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you: fruit of the vine and work of human hands. it will become our spiritual drink.

— From the Roman Missal: Preparation of the Gifts.

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