El primer domingo de Cuaresma, tuve la gran bendición de celebrar el Rito de Elección con aquellos que están en el proceso de OICA de todas las parroquias de la Diócesis. 

El OCIA es el Orden de Iniciación Cristiana de Adultos anteriormente conocida como la RICA y es para aquellos que buscan el Bautismo y la plena comunión con la Iglesia Católica.  El Rito de Elección es un momento crucial en el proceso de OCIA, ya que comienza la etapa final de su preparación para los sacramentos de Pascua.  Este Rito es uno de mis eventos favoritos del año como Obispo.  

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Fifth Sunday of Lent

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Fourth Sunday of Lent

COLORADO SPRINGS. The flight from Miami to Guatemala City is shorter than the flight from Denver to Miami. And yet, the social and economic gulf between the U.S. and Central America’s most populous county is immense. Village homes are constructed from scrap lumber and salvaged sheet metal, floors are packed dirt, and rice and beans are cooked over open flame stoves with inadequate kitchen venting.  Political instability, natural disasters, food insecurity, and malnutrition all contribute to a persistently high poverty rate. 

When Father Jason Keas, pastor of Divine Redeemer Parish, and Capuchin Father Alex Diaz, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, first approached me with a vision of uniting the two parishes into a diocesan shrine, I was touched by the prayerful discernment of these holy men, as well as their humility and charity in being mindful of the needs of each parish as well as the diocese.