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Nov 11, 2024 | 
catholicmom.com | Matthew Daniels |Roxanne King
Cassidy Van Slyke Blenke reviews a new book by Matthew Daniels and Roxanne King that powerfully portrays 16 Catholic men and women who fought to better the world. Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights: 1800 to Presentby Matthew Daniels and Roxanne KingPublisher: Ignatius PressUpon diving into the first sections of Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights, I was immediately struck by how eloquently the authors portrayed vital information in a knowledgeable and progressive format.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
denvercatholic.org | Roxanne King
Margaret Wright was 11 when she moved to Denver from Arkansas with her mother and sister in 1962 and began attending St. Ignatius Loyola Church. Now 73, Wright still worships at the stately Gothic church at the corner of 23rd Avenue and York Street, which will soon mark its 100th year. Wright chairs the committee organizing Loyola’s centennial celebration.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
denvercatholic.org | Roxanne King
Margaret Wright was 11 when she moved to Denver from Arkansas with her mother and sister in 1962 and began attending St. Ignatius Loyola Church. Now 73, Wright still worships at the stately Gothic church at the corner of 23rd Avenue and York Street, which will soon mark its 100th year. Wright chairs the committee organizing the centennial celebration.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
denvercatholic.org | Roxanne King
A humble ex-slave has the honor of being the only person entombed at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception downtown. Julia Greeley, Denver’s Angel of Charity and Apostle of the Sacred Heart, is worthy of veneration because of her shining Christian witness. The pious, scholarly Archbishop Oscar Romero became the bold “gospel for El Salvador” during the violent government repression that led to the nation’s 12-year-long civil war.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
ncregister.com | Roxanne King
New book profiles 18 Catholics whose work transformed the lives of others, advancing civil and human rights. (Clockwise) Nicholas Black Elk sits with his family, new book cover by Ignaitus Press, Saint Katherine Drexel, Franz Jägerstätter, and Julia Greeley.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
ewtn.co.uk | Roxanne King
New book profiles 18 Catholics whose work transformed the lives of others, advancing civil and human rights. , September 10, 2024 – National Catholic RegisterA former slave who became known as Denver’s “Angel of Charity” and “Apostle of the Sacred Heart.” A Native American medicine man who became a zealous Catholic catechist among his people. An Austrian farmer who conscientiously refused to fight for Hitler and was beheaded.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
denvercatholic.org | Roxanne King
ESTES PARK, Colo.—Our Lady of the Mountains parishioner Rob Pieper recalls standing outside the rustic church as a boy to hear Mass through open windows if his family arrived too late to get a seat inside. “Before the church built on, it would be standing room only,” Pieper said about the log and stone structure set on a hill in Estes Park. The restaurant owner and parish committees member added he feels honored to have been part of the church’s history, off and on, for nearly 60 of its 75 years.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
denvercatholic.org | Roxanne King
Pope Benedict XVI once said: “The entire Church, as beloved Pope John Paul II used to say, is one great movement animated by the Holy Spirit, a river that travels through history to irrigate it with God’s grace and make it full of life, goodness, beauty, justice and peace.” That quote found in the preface to a new book by Beatitudes Father Nilson Leal de Sa captures the spirit of the book God’s Ongoing Gifts to the Church: Issues Confronting Ecclesial Movements and New Communities (Sophia...
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
denvercatholic.org | Roxanne King
Inspired by Pope St. John Paul II’s 1993 World Youth Day visit to Denver, the Augustine Institute was founded here in 2005 to form leaders for the new evangelization who understand, live and share their faith. Its success in living that mission so well today makes it the nation’s largest Catholic graduate school of theology. Too, it is a leading provider of Catholic content, curriculum and digital resources.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
denvercatholic.org | Roxanne King
In 1999, St. John Vianney Theological Seminary opened in south Denver with 40 seminarians, according to administrators. This year as the seminary observes its 25th anniversary, it is with an enrollment of 115 men—nearly triple that of its start. Since its inception, the seminary has ordained 203 men to the priesthood: 103 to serve the Denver Archdiocese and 100 to serve other dioceses in the United States and the world.
