As a young priest serving a parish, Norbertine Father Sebastian Walshe initiated monthly “ask anything” sessions. One question popped up again and again: “How, after 12 years of Catholic schools, could my child elect to no longer practice the Catholic faith?” According to Pew Research Center data, the vast majority of Americans who leave their childhood religion do so before the age of 30, and Catholicism experiences the highest rate of attrition among major religious groups in the U.S.; for every one person who joins the Catholic Church, eight people leave it.

Join us in asking the Holy Spirit to guide the Holy Father and all those involved in choosing the next shepherd of the Diocese of Colorado Springs (includes link to downloadable prayer card). 

Prayer for a New Bishop

Julie Bailey, who has served as Director of the Respect Life Apostolate since 2018, will retire at the end of June. In this article, she reflects on the joys and challenges of the past seven-plus years. 

On June 6, Archbishop Golka ordained three new priests for the Diocese of Colorado Springs: Father Dominic Ambuul, Father Yunior Gonzalez-Diaz and Father Ian White.