Day two of my pilgrimage pulls back its covers. Sky, mountains, forest, and trail emerge from early morning’s deep purple gloaming to bathe in streams of gold. Electric blue light lingers in the glen as I head out my own door in the Colorado mountains for the next day of pilgrimage prayer on the Camino de Santiago France, the most popular route of the famous pilgrimage  also known as the Way of St. James.

CASTLE ROCK.  Knights of Columbus Council No. 8909 at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Castle Rock is once again offering CD sets and accompanying prayer booklets for “A Knight’s Rosary,” a devotional aid to help people pray the rosary. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. The Notre Dame Club of Southern Colorado and Colorado College are sponsoring the annual Hesburgh Lecture on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. at Armstrong Hall, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St. Professor Emilia Justyna Powell of the University of Notre Dame will speak on “Peaceful Resolution of Disputes in International Law.” For more information, contact Michael Ortiz at southerncolorado.president@alumni.nd.edu.

GRAND JUNCTION. Catholic Daughters of the Americas held its biennial Colorado state convention June 9-11 in Grand Junction. Eleven of the 13 state courts were represented, with a total of 75 participants. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. Bishop James Golka will celebrate a White Mass for doctors, nurses and other health care professionals on Oct. 24 at 12:10 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral. 
The purpose of the Mass is to honor and pray with and for all those who serve in the medical professions under the patronage of St. Luke. All are invited to attend. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. Parents of men and boys who are discerning the priesthood or who would like to learn more about the discernment process, application process and seminary life are invited to attend a Parent’s Night at the St. John Henry Newman Center, located at 4785 Stanton Rd., near the UCCS campus on Oct. 25 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. 

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Bishop Golka's Reflection on the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - YouTube

COLORADO SPRINGS. Nearly 30 years ago, a Catholic priest from Ukraine visited Colorado Springs and forged a lifelong friendship with a local pastor — a relationship that led to the creation of a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the Ukrainian Catholic Church rebuild after decades of Soviet oppression.

Last August, the same priest returned to Colorado Springs — this time as a bishop — to give local Catholics a first-hand account of conditions in his war-torn country and ask for their ongoing support.

COLORADO SPRINGS. A preschool, an elementary school, and a high school in the Diocese of Colorado Springs recently adopted new names — all unaware of each other’s actions, all for their own distinct reasons, yet all at the same time.

Is there something in the holy water?

COLORADO SPRINGS. A recent pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain is being recognized for helping bring parishioners closer to family, friends and God.

Holy Cross Father Randy Rentner, associate pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Colorado Springs, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Manitou Springs and Holy Rosary Chapel in Cascade, led 19 parishioners along the Way of St. James in Spain — known as the Camino de Santiago — in July.