The following organizations are not offices or agencies of the Diocese of Colorado Springs. They are organizations active in the Catholic community with the permission of the bishop.
Agapè Catholic Ministries
Christian or Christine Meert: 719-471-9702, www.agapecatholicministries.com
*Catholic Marriage Preparation: Purpose: Fulfills the second step of the diocesan requirements for marriage preparation (spiritual, sacramental and human skills). Available in person or online, both in English and Spanish. www.catholicmarriageprep.com.
*Ministry to the Newly Married: www.agapecatholicministries.com
*Catholic Communication Cure: www.agapecatholicministries.com
*Online Catholic Quince Prep: www.catholicquinceprep.com
*Online Baptismal Preparation: www.agapecatholicministries.com /baptism-prep
Catholic Daughters of the Americas
Contacts: Bonnie Valcik, 719-390-8652. Email: valcikb@live.com. Sandy Cozad, Regent, 392-1826. State Website: www.catholicdaughterscolorado.org.
Purpose: A National Organization for all Catholic women looking for a way to make the world a better place with others who share their Catholic values. We are the largest Catholic women’s organization situated throughout the USA, Virgin Islands, Guam, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Saipan and we help promote the teachings of the Holy Father. Meetings are held at St. Dominic Parish, 5354 S. Hwy 85/87 in Security, on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:45 p.m. in the Narthex of the Church from September to June.
Catholic Engaged Encounter
Local Coordinating Team Leaders: Position Vacant. Mailing address: Catholic Engaged Encounter, Attn: Esperanza Griffith, Diocese of Colorado Springs, 228 North Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs 80903. Email: coloradocee@gmail.com. Also, Father Bill Carmody, St. Dominic Church, 5354 S. Hwy 85/87, Security 80911. Phone: 719-392-7693. Email: coloradocee@gmail.com, Website: www.coscee.org.
Community of the Teresian Carmel and The Little Way Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites
President: David Bell, OCDS. 902 Tari Drive, Colorado Springs 80921. Phone: 719-660-2645. Email: david.bell@ieee.org. Formation Director: Mary Frances Harrison, OCDS. P.O. Box 88337, Colorado Springs 80908. Email: maryfran_1@msn.com.
The community was canonically established on October 1, 2011, in the Diocese of Colorado Springs.
Couple to Couple League
Contact: Charles and Christine McIntyre (chapter coordinator). Phone: 719-243-9216. Email: ccmcintyre8@gmail.com; Website: www.ccli.org.
Couple to Couple League offers natural family planning classes for engaged couples and others.
Cursillo Movement
Lay Director: Cindy Lopez; Spiritual Advisor: Rev. Jaimes Ponce, email: jponce@diocs.org; Contact: Cindy Lopez, lopez.cindy21@yahoo.com. Website: www.natl-cursillo.org.
Purpose: Offers men’s and women’s three-day weekends, monthly follow-up Ultreyas and other religious/social activities throughout the year. Provides ongoing formation to diocesan leaders of the Cursillo Movement.
Disciples on the Way
Contacts: Lyn Rooney. Phone: 719-648-1194. Email: lynroo@comcast.net. Connie Pratt. Phone: 719-331-9786. conniepratt@comcast.net.
Purpose: Helping lay people learn how to gently and persuasively share the Faith, consistent with our first pope’s words (1 Peter 3:15: “Always be prepared to make a defense…for the hope that is in you”) and with the call for the New Evangelization.
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Colorado-area Councilors: Sir Jim Broski, KC*HS and Lady Suzanne Broski, LC*HS; 9299 S. Lark Sparrow Trail, Highlands Ranch 80126. Phone: 303-470-9042. email:
j.broski@comcast.net. Website: www.vatican.va/roman_curia/institutions_connected/oessh/en/subindex_en.html
Knights of Columbus
Website:
www.coloradokofc.org
Knights of Columbus Halls (in numerical order)
Fourth Degree Assemblies
Morning Star Lay Carmelite Community
Director: Sue Athey, T.O.Carm. Phone: 719-265-6999; Email:
atheysms@hotmail.com.
Purpose: Provides instruction and ongoing community support for furthering your prayer life and relationship with God following the traditional teaching and spirituality of the Carmelites. Carmelite spirituality includes, but is not limited to, cultivating a personal relationship with God, studying the works of Carmelite saints and authors, praying the Liturgy of the Hours, and reading Sacred Scripture using Lectio Divina.
Praying Prodigals Home
Contacts: Stephanie Kemp. Phone: 719-481-4355. Email:
stephanierkemp@gmail.com. Connie Pratt. Phone: 719-331-9786. Email:
conniepratt@comcast.net.
Purpose: Regularly gathering Catholics concerned about fallen-away family and friends to jointly pray for their loved ones, offer each other encouragement and support, and learn to more effectively explain the teachings of Christ and His Church.
St. Thomas Aquinas Society
President: Therese Lorentz. P.O. Box 62908, Colorado Springs 80962-2908. Phone: 719-448-0020. Website:
www.StThomasAquinasSociety.org.
Purpose: The St. Thomas Aquinas Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) religious organization for the purpose of prayer and education in the Catholic faith. This is accomplished through spiritual events such as retreat days, healing Masses and an annual conference each August.
Scouting
Catholic Committee on Scouting, Diocesan of Colorado Springs; Chaplain: Deacon Richard Bowles Jr., Phone: 719-471-9700, Email:
Dick.Bowles@juno.com.
Committee Chair: Curtis O’Connell, 6145 Moorfield Ave., Colorado Springs 80919-4802. 719-590-1104,
CJOCS@comcast.net.
Ave Maria, Parker. Representative: Bob White, 303-335-7230,
RobertCKWhite@aol.com
*Pack 868 Chair: Marc Bernica, 303-400-9253,
MBernica@msn.com
*Pack 868 Cubmaster: Brian Schrameyer, 303-841-7704,
BSchrameyer12@gmail.com.
*Troop 868 Chair: Vince Rousseu, 720-379-5984,
VJRousseu@aol.com
*Troop 868 Scoutmaster: Dennis Hopper, 303-328-5216,
AudioMan11@gmail.com
Corpus Christi, Colorado Springs. Representative: Charles McIntyre, 719-475-2250,
Charles.McIntyre@nm.com
*Troop 21: Chair: Thomas Ghigleri, 719-634-0687,
Tomghigleri@yahoo.com
*Troop 21 Scoutmaster, John Berdon, 719-362-0884,
COScoutingDad@hotmail.com.
*Pack 21: Charles McIntyre, 719-475-2250,
Charles.McIntyre@nm.com.
*American Heritage Girls Troop CO OOO2: Contact: Lisa Roach, 719-487-3011,
lisaandpaul@att.net.
*Girl Scout Troop 206: Contact: Carol Pepper, 719-310-5165,
CPep@comcast.net.
Divine Redeemer, Colorado Springs. Representative: Rev. Brian Roeseler, 314-712-0050,
BRoeseler@catholicexchange.com
*Pack 27: Chair: Teresa Vieira, 719-650-9132,
vieiracolorado@msn.com
*Pack 27 Cubmaster, Zachary Taylor, 719-447-9637
*Troop 27: Chair: Gloria Martinez, 719-233-6577,
Gloria.Martinez8898@yahoo.com
*Troop 27 Scoutmaster, Jeffrey McLaughlin, 719-633-7735,
Mac6165@q.com;
Jeffrey.McLaughlin@schriever.af.mil
*Crew 27 Chair: Jean Dole, 719-637-9294,
ColoDole@aol.com.
*Crew 27 Advisor: Daryl Hild, 719-596-5751,
D.Hild@ieee.org.
*Girl Scout Troop 58: Contact: Karen Pinterpe, 719-494-8099,
Pinterpeka@msn.com
Holy Apostles, Colorado Springs. Representative: John Helinski, 719-574-5330, JGHelinski@hotmail.com
*Pack 127 Chair: Gregory Allen, 719-640-1687, AlenGRS23@yahoo.com;
*Pack 127 Cubmaster: David Kelly, 719-544-3133, DDKelly@q.com.
*Troop 127 Chair: George Ott, 719-637-3498, OttMountain@earthlink.net;
*Troop 127 Scoutmaster: David Headlee, 719-637-0320, Headlee8@comcast.net
Holy Trinity, Colorado Springs.. Representative: Michael Bartusek, 719-266-5212,
mbartusek@adpcivil.com
*Pack 68: Chair: Rod Emenaker, 719-599-5404,
RodEmenaker@gmail.com. Scoutmaster, Tom McClernan, 719-594-4768,
coloradomc5@aol.com
Pax Christi, Littleton. Contact: Pack 783 and Troop 783 Contact: Julie Sweeney, 303-683-8182,
JRSweeney92@yahoo.com.
Sacred Heart Council #3252 Knights of Columbus - Cheyenne Wells. Representative: Richard Sexson, 719-767-5840.
*Pack 44: Chair: Devin Dickey, 719-767-8905,
Devin@d-brandsrealty.com.
*Pack 44: Cubmaster, Hillarie Gilmore, 303-513-1389,
HillarieG75@yahoo.com.
*Troop 44: Chair: Devin Dickey, 719-767-8905,
Devin@d-brandsrealty.com.
*Troop 44: Scoutmaster, Eric Palmer, 719-767-2052,
ELPalmer81@hotmail.com.
St. Dominic, Fountain. Representative: Walter Parsons, 719-390-1422,
WPars01@msn.com.
*Pack 73: Chair: Angela Nelson, 719-553-8519,
AngelaNelson.Scout@yahoo.com.
*Pack 73:Cubmaster: Georgina Hamby, 719-375-4894,
GHamby15@hotmail.com.
*Troop 39: Chair: James Vacik, 719-442-0094,
JVacik@aol.com.
*Troop 39 Scoutmaster: Richard Hunter, 719-392-1300,
Rick_Hunter@centurylink.net.
St. Gabriel the Archangel, Colorado Springs. Representative: Oscar Valdez, 719-599-3805,
OTValdez@msn.com.
*Pack 246 Chair: Greg Prestgard, 719-332-4012,
Presto33us@yahoo.com.
*Pack 246 Cubmaster: Delores Huffman, 719-323-0023,
dp5dta2@yahoo.com.
*Troop 246 Chair: Dennis Dvorak, 719-531-0461,
DenShaDvorak@gmail.com.
*Troop 246 Scoutmaster: Joe Houk, 719-333-0609,
Houks@comcast.net.
*American Heritage Girls CO 2000 Contact: Rhonda Feddes, 719-488-1590,
RLFeddes1@gmail.com.
*Pack 268 Chair: Paul Koch, 719-266-5497,
PJKoch6@q.com.
*Pack 268 Cubmaster: Andrew Dark, 719-282-8152,
Andrew.A.Dark@boeing.com.
*Troop 268 Chair: Paul Jones, 719-264-1462,
PJonesCO@gmail.com.
*Troop 268 Scoutmaster: Doug Troutman, 719-593-9212,
Doug_Troutman92@yahoo.com.
*American Heritage Girls CO 1876: Contact: Leigh Ann Wyckoff, 719-684-3751,
leighann.wyckoff@gmail.com.
St. Peter, Monument. Representative: Melissa Meifert, 719-488-6596,
MDMeifert@gmail.com
*Pack 217 Chair: Stephanie McClernon, 719-439-6336,
CSJDMc@gmail.com
*Pack 217 Cubmaster: Robert Andzik, 719-487-0470,
RAndzik@gmail.com
*Girl Scout Contact: Sonja Beaudoin, 719-488-1319,
BeaudoinFmly@earthlink.net
*USAFA Knights of Columbus # 4114436. Representative: Daniel Knox, 719-488-8200,
DGKnox@comcast.net
*Troop 79: Chair: Frank Calloura, 719-322-3109,
TCalloura@gmail.com
*Troop 79 Scoutmaster, Kevin Pacht, 719-266-4059,
CaptKev33@yahoo.com
Trail Life - Cornerstone Community Church Representative: J.P. Rouleau, TLUSA217COR@gmail.com Troop CO-0217 Committee: Committee-Troop-217@googlegroups.com
Trail Life - First Baptists Church of Black Forest Representative: Forrest Hindley, Forrest@thehindleys.com Troop CO-0313 Troopmaster: Paul McCombs, 334-318-9100, PaulNRobbie@yahoo.com
Serra Club
Contact: Dave O’Keeffe, vice president for membership. Vocations Office, Diocese of Colorado Springs, 228 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs 80903. Phone: 719-447-1999. Website: www.serraus.org. Email: SerraCOSprings@DioCS.net.
The Serra Club of Colorado Springs promotes vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life.
Society of St. Vincent De Paul
Contact: Frank McCann, St. Patrick Church, 6455 Brook Park Dr., Colorado Springs 80918. Phone: 719-598-3595, ext. 117. Email:
fxmccann@mac.com.
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Contact: Lindsay Kough, KM. Phone: 303-886-1954. Email:
lindsay@tridensmedical.com. Website:
www.orderofmaltausawestern.org.
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta has the mission of defending the faith and assisting the poor and suffering. The order has brought and cared for pilgrims seeking healing to Lourdes, France, every Spring.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter — Southern Colorado
Local Contacts: Registration couple: 719-591-9045. PO Box 7721, Colorado Springs, CO 80933. Email:
socowwmereg@gmail.com. Website:
wwmesection9.org.