COLORADO SPRINGS. A Memorial Mass for Holy Cross Father Don Dilg will be celebrated May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Parish in Colorado Springs, followed by a light reception in the parish center gym. All are invited to attend.

COLORADO SPRINGS. St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish is hosting an art exhibit April 13 - May 16 titled “St. Mary’s High School: Eucharist Show.” The exhibit consists of 14 students’ perspectives on the Eucharist for contemplation. The exhibit will be open from 3 p.m.-9 p.m. on weekdays and after weekend Masses. 

WOODLAND PARK. Our Lady of the Woods Parish in Woodland Park is offering a beginner-level Spanish class for those in any type of ministry working with Spanish speakers. The class takes place on Wednesdays from 1-3 p.m. and is taught by a retired public high school Spanish teacher. There is no charge for the class, and students can join any time. For more information, send an email to karlcherie@msn.com. 

COLORADO SPRINGS.  Last May, the Sacred Heart Parish community was devastated when its statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which proudly stood above the parish center for 68 years, was destroyed. A mentally ill person pushed it off the “eyebrow” above the parish center doors and it broke into multiple pieces. The community feared that the statue was gone forever.

COLORADO SPRINGS. The Notre Dame Club of Southern Colorado (NDCSC) exists to connect alumni, parents and friends in Southern Colorado to support the university’s mission to thrive in faith.

The NDCSC serves Notre Dame alumni and fans in southern Colorado. Formed in 1953, the club promotes solidarity and friendship among graduates, students and friends of the university. It does this by preserving the ideas which Notre Dame men and women have been taught to uphold while students there.

Here are the schedules for upcoming Lenten events, Holy Week and Easter for the parishes within the Diocese of Colorado Springs.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Since the day more than 20 years ago when the site plan for St. Gabriel the Archangel Church was put to paper, it has included a place reserved for a sculpture devoted to the angel of the Annunciation.

2024 Parish Ash Wednesday and Lenten Schedules

Holy Days of Obligation in the coming weeks: 
• Christmas Day on Monday, Dec. 25, is a Holy Day of Obligation. The faithful must attend two Masses between Dec 23-25: one for the Sunday obligation and one for the Christmas obligation. For instance, the Sunday obligation may be fulfilled by attending the Saturday Vigil Mass or a Sunday morning Mass; the Christmas obligation may be fulfilled by attending a Mass after 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve or a Christmas Day Mass.
•The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God on Jan. 1, 2024 is not a Holy Day of Obligation this year. (Decree of U.S. bishops, Dec. 13, 1991)  

COLORADO SPRINGS. St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Colorado Springs is changing the time of the Sunday evening Mass to 5 p.m., effective Jan. 7. For more information, visit www.stfranciscs.org.