Eliminate ‘things and stuff’ and find God

As part of my getting ready for the New Year a couple weeks ago I decided to clean the top of my desk. That might sound easy, but first I had to find the top of my desk. You see, ...

Catholic Daughter’s Education Contest

The 2015 National Catholic Daughter’s Education Contest contest is underway for Catholic and non-Catholic students in grades four through 12. This year’s themes are “Love Your Nei...

Have a ‘wonder-full’ Christmas always

Whether you are reading this before Christmas or during the 12 Days of Christmas following Dec. 25, I wish you a “wonder-full” Christmas. Or perhaps I should say “A Christmas Full of Wonder....

Hanukkah offers Christians and Jews reasons to celebrate together

By William J. Kuik This year, the eight-day festival of Hanukkah begins on Tuesday evening, Dec. 16, and continues through Dec. 24. Some people think of this holiday as...

A labor of love

Church members spend year creating life-size, walk-through Nativity

Pope’s anti-slavery initiative gets broad support

VATICAN CITY — Religious leaders from a half-dozen faiths signed a new Vatican initiative Tuesday to end modern-day slavery by 2020, declaring that human trafficking, organ trafficking and f...

Our fourth journey in life – the Pillar of Fire

You and I are on one of seven journeys. The first journey takes us from the Garden of Eden, where our world met all of our needs and wants met for a little while, just like being in the womb...

Pope considers removing marriage annulment charges

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced the hardships Catholics can face when seeking marriage annulments, revealing he once fired an official who tried to charge thousands of dol...

Briefs

Kizuri Creations coming to Cortez Lily Mutai, of Nairobi, Kenya, will talk about her ministry at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the Cortez First United Methodist Church at 515 N...

Blessing of the Animals will be held at Cortez pond

All well-behaved animals invited to the nondenominational blessing

Members pitch in to remodel church

More than 100 people descended on the Cortez Jehovah’s Witness Fellowship Hall last week to get a job done. One day the church, located on Empire Street, was a serene, quiet spot ...

Immigrants facing deportation turn to churches

Five congregations in Denver form coalition to offer refuge to those facing deportation