COLORADO SPRINGS. The Magificat Ministry is holding a “Come and See” brunch on Nov. 2 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Our Lady of the Pines Parish Life Center, 11020 Teachout Rd, Colorado Springs, 80908. 

If you take nothing else away from this article, I hope you will remember one simple thing: VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 79. Why should you vote NO on 79?

KIOWA. Over the past three years, the diocesan miscarriage and infant loss support ministry, Heart of My Heart, has diligently strived to curate quality Catholic resources to present to families suffering the loss of their preborn and infant children. Though the resources have at times changed, our mission has persisted.

COLORADO SPRINGS. The college student discount was too sweet to pass up — five lessons for five bucks. So, tucked between his studies at California’s Thomas Aquinas College (TAC) in 1976, Leo Raab learned ballroom dances. 

My resolution from the congress is to take that Eucharistic (thankful) message out to the whole United States and world, beginning in Colorado Springs, following three steps given to me through the insight of the Holy Spirit:

COLORADO SPRINGS. The Saint Serra Apostolate’s annual Priesthood Appreciation Contest is accepting submissions from kids in grades preschool-12 until Oct. 25.

COLORADO SPRINGS. St. Monica Ministry, which seeks to imitate St. Monica’s steadfastness in guiding loved ones to the Catholic Church, will begin meeting one the first and third Thursdays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Colorado Springs starting Nov. 7.

CASTLE ROCK. Betty Odello, a retired professor of nursing and president of the Scholl Institute of Bioethics, will give a talk titled “Care and Prepare” on end of life issues Oct. 24 at 9 a.m. in the parish hall at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Castle Rock. Topics to be covered include advanced directives, living wills, hospice, palliative care and more. For more information, call 818-620-0102. 

October is Respect Life month, and it is a reminder that we are called to respect all human life from the moment of conception to natural death.