The senseless violence, school shootings, acts of terror; the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk while speaking to university students; leave us with feelings of sadness, anger, and futility as to what is happening to our society.  The killing of the young, our best and our brightest, in places of supposed safety, health and learning is leaving its dark imprint on those who survive.  We pray for those who have been killed, for their families and communities. 

The readings of the past two weeks called us again to the cross.  In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus says, “Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.” 

Thank you for supporting the effort to protect kids in Colorado.

“John the Baptist was there with his two disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by he said, behold the lamb of God.” (Jn. 1:35-36).

I, together with my brother bishops of Colorado, am asking you to support three important citizen initiatives: • First, to strengthen penalties against the human trafficking of minors. • Second, to ensure fairness and safety in school sports by affirming the reality of male and female. • Third, to protect children from irreversible medical procedures that attempt to change their God- given biological sex.

In 2025, Catholics around the globe and in the diocese of Pueblo have been uniting for the Jubilee Year, celebrated under the theme "Pilgrims of Hope." This Holy Year invites believers, seekers, and all those drawn to renewal and reconciliation to embark on a spiritual journey, aiming to cultivate peace in a world often divided by conflict.

The Sacred Story Retreat is a 45 to 50 week retreat in daily life based on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius. Father Don Malin has been leading this retreat for five years after having made the Retreat himself privately at the behest of Bishop Berg and the Presbiteral Council.

Upon taking her vows as a Carmelite nun, St Therese of Lisieux began to sign her name as “Sister Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face.”   She later wrote, “Until my coming to Carmel, I had never fathomed the depths of the treasures hidden in the Holy Face.” 

The Knights of Columbus welcomed more than 1,900 Knights and their families, members of the Catholic hierarchy and special guests from 10 countries to its 143rd Supreme Convention in Washington, D.C. at the Supreme Knight’s Award Session. The annual awards session recognizes individual Knights, councils, assemblies and jurisdictions throughout the world who have faithfully carried out the mission of the Order’s Founder, Blessed Michael McGivney.

On July 26, the community gathered for the Hispanic Jubilee Pilgrimage, a day set aside to honor faith and fellowship. Hosts from Sacred Heart welcomed over 130 faithful souls from St. Joseph Catholic Church at the starting point, with a spirit of togetherness and community.

This week I want to provide a status report on my medical situation and progress.  Last December through January I underwent two operations which addressed hernia repair, which were to be followed by shoulder replacement surgery.  My doctors and I made the decision to delay this surgery until the seasons of Lent, Easter, Confirmations, a June family reunion and USCCB national meeting were completed. 

The Saint John Institute (SJI) was honored to welcome the Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila, Archbishop of Denver, for a special campus visit and blessing ceremony. Archbishop Aquila was greeted by Father Nathan Cromly, founder and president of SJI, who led a tour of the campus and introduced the Archbishop to members of the SJI team.

The remarkable community of St Ignatius parish pre-dates to the arrival of Franciscan missionaries in 1776. They discovered a beautiful meadow, rich with gramma grass, and named it according to that very feast day as “La Vega de San Cayetano” (the Meadow of St Cajetan).

On Sunday, June 29, I joined twenty-eight parishioners of the Sacred Heart Cathedral to journey by charter bus to the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe.  It was a pilgrimage of faith to celebrate the Jubilee year, but it was also an opportunity for us to celebrate with the people of Santa Fe a tradition that has been done for almost four hundred years. 

The Diocese of Pueblo has a new hire!

The Diocese of Pueblo has a new hire!

Writing now from the Charron family reunion in Spearfish, SD.  I send vacation greetings and blessings.  As you may remember, my mother was one of eight original Charrons of Seneca, SD. 

We’re all excited to see the election of our new Holy Father, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, now Pope Leo XIV. 

Grand Valley Catholic Outreach's Executive Director, Sister Karen Bland, was awarded the 2025 Ketteler Award for Social Justice on April 27th in recognition of her advocacy on behalf of and in service to those experiencing homelessness in and around the Grand Valley.

I share joy at the announcement of our new Holy Father, Leo XIV, a native of Chicago.  We pray for our newly elected Pope, with great hope for the future of the outreach of our Church into the world under his leadership.