The liturgical cycle has brought us into another new year.  The Gospels for the past two weeks present Jesus as God wishes Him to be seen

A New Year has begun.  Pope Francis has inaugurated 2025 as a jubilee year dedicated to the theme “Pilgrims of Hope.” 

We are well into Advent.  Our Blessed Mother, in luminous celebration as Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Immaculate Conception, is watching...

All make the sign of the cross as the leader says: Our help is in the name of the Lord. Response (R/): Who made heaven and earth.

Years ago, I wrote of a Jewish blessing which I want to reflect on again.  It is improvised, spontaneous, and goes something like this. 

Thank you for your prayers and support throughout our endeavors to defeat amendment 79 on the November ballot. 

Dear brethren in Christ, we just can’t wait to share this with you. The Montelores Catholic Community had a Parish-wide Eucharistic Revival

n the 2017 animated movie Coco, inspired by the Mexican holiday Dia de los muertos, we hear sung, “Remember me, though I have to say

New hire at the Diocese of Pueblo.

Vote "No" on Amendment 79: "Right to Abortion"

Amendment 79: "Right to Abortion"

It was one year ago that Pope Francis promulgated the Apostolic Exhortation, “C’EST LA CONFIANCE” (“Trust that brings us to Love and sets us

The front of Mt. Carmel Church has received an uplifting addition in the form of a new image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

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

Jim And Joe Koncilja presented Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish with a statue of their patroness.

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. 

The preparation had been taking place since I started school, but I was now well into the second grade and finally ready.  The greatest chal

WHAT IS CORPUS CHRISTI? The Feast of Corpus Christi was proposed by Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, to Pope Urban IV, in order to...

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,...