As we look toward Thanksgiving and Christmas, I realize that 2025 is quickly coming to an end, and so is the Jubilee Year of Hope. What will be our take-aways from this special time of grace?

I tend to be very literal, and I have a tendency to not believe unless I see it with my own eyes.  Nevertheless, like I was taught from toddlerhood, I believe in God, Heaven and all the things I was taught, but I believed them in a subconscious sort of way. Because they tell me to believe.  So, when praying the Rosary in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary, I was praying to that statue I was looking at. Not to an invisible person dwelling in an invisible Heaven.

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. 

Ash Wednesday comes next week, and we are preparing for Lenten observances in our parishes.

This morning, my thoughts and prayers come from Miles City, MT, preparing to return to Pueblo.  As you probably know, my last visit to see m

July 27, 2024 “If then my people, upon whom my name has been pronounced, humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their...

I offer this story, not knowing its provenance, as told to me by my Uncle Bishop Joe after he ordained me to the priesthood 25 years ago. 

Summer is here.  It’s time to go camping.  Memories from the past, from family outings with 9 siblings in earlier years--we would plan,...

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The Holy Mass Lord, I deserve Thee not, I sigh, Here kneeling on the floor; Oh, I deserve Thee not, my Lord, And yet I need Thee sore;...

We now approach the fourth Sunday of Lent.  We may have been faithful to our Lenten observances, and we may have wavered.  As we follow...

At Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Church on Fifth Street in Westcliffe the stained glass window project continues towards...

More often than we should, my wife and I binge on social media videos before going to bed. A 9:30 p.m. “early” bedtime becomes an 11 p.m....

I have always found St. Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians one of his most intriguing. An overarching theme of the letter is joy, wherein...

At St. John Neumann Catholic School's Annual Auction in November 2023, Addison Vialpando gave the following moving speech: Good evening!...

Grace – Forgiveness – Mercy – Strength – Consolation – Companions – Fellowship – Communion – Community – Friendship – Abundant Lives –...

Bishop Stephen J. Berg presided over the White Mass on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. The White Mass is...

Son las 6:00 am y todos vamos llegando a nuestro punto de partida; muchos con temores, otros con alegrías, pero absolutamente todos vamos...

“It is confidence and nothing but confidence that must lead us to Love.” With these words, Pope Francis begins the Apostolic Exhortation,...