COLORADO SPRINGS. The ACT for Freedom Now Second Annual Rosary Appeal ran from October 1-31. All Catholic organizations and Catholics were encouraged to pledge and pray rosaries and fast throughout October to end human trafficking and pornography; to build strong, holy families to protect the innocence and purity of children; and to protect all who work in the fight against human trafficking. Many Colorado Springs Diocese churches, schools, religious communities, men’s groups and women’s groups, ministries, Bible and rosary groups participated as well as individuals. Individuals outside our diocese and from 11 other states besides Colorado joined in the mission to pray and fast to end modern slavery.

My favorite of this celestial company was St. Dympha . . . I found a frame for [her holy card] . . . and for many decades, it sat on my desk in Whitehall, to the amusement or consternation of my colleagues. I had the private enjoyment of knowing, alone among all who labour within the Foreign Office, that St. Dympha is the patroness of those afflicted with nervous disorders. In my profession I will accept all available assistance (Excerpted from “Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes,” Hawthorn Books, 1979).

COLORADO SPRINGS. The annual diocesan celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday will take place April 27 at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Confessions will begin at 1:30 p.m., followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Benediction, and the praying of the Divine Mercy chaplet. Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. For more information on the Divine Mercy devotion, visit divinemercyoftherockies.org. 

Included here are the parish and diocesan Divine Mercy Sunday devotions.