IMPORTANT LENTEN AND EASTER DATES FOR 2026

• Ash Wednesday: Feb. 18
• The Annunciation: March 25
• Palm Sunday: March 29
• Holy Thursday: April 2
• Good Friday: April 3
• Holy Saturday: April 4
• Easter Sunday: April 5
• Divine Mercy Sunday: April 12
• Ascension: May 17
• Pentecost: May 24

COLORADO SPRINGS. Evelyn Koprowski, a longtime volunteer at Marian House and parishes in the diocese, died Jan. 4 at age 79. A Vigil will be held on Feb. 24 from 5-7 p.m. at Swan-Law Funeral Chapel, 501 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, 80903. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church, 3122 Poinsetta Dr., Colorado Springs, 80907. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. Patricia “Pat” Stearns, mother of Father John Stearns, died Nov. 12, 2025, at age 87. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 10 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, followed by burial at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Kiowa.  

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Feb. 1, 2026

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - January 25, 2026