COLORADO SPRINGS. The flight from Miami to Guatemala City is shorter than the flight from Denver to Miami. And yet, the social and economic gulf between the U.S. and Central America’s most populous county is immense. Village homes are constructed from scrap lumber and salvaged sheet metal, floors are packed dirt, and rice and beans are cooked over open flame stoves with inadequate kitchen venting.  Political instability, natural disasters, food insecurity, and malnutrition all contribute to a persistently high poverty rate. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. On March 17, Bishop James Golka announced plans to create a new diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Divine Redeemer Church, located at 927 N. Logan Ave., Colorado Springs. A dedication ceremony is tentatively scheduled for the weekend of July 5-6, 2025.

COLORADO SPRINGS. A launch party to introduce Unity Women will take place April 5 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Newman Center, 4785 Stanton Rd. in Colorado Springs. 
Unity Women is a new apostolate approved by Bishop James Golka to bring together women of all ages across the Diocese of Colorado Springs.  Leaders of Catholic women’s groups, potential sponsors, and other interested women are invited to attend the launch party. RSVP at www.unitywomen.org. 

Unity Women is also planning a women’s conference on Oct. 18 at the Antler’s Hotel. Early bird tickets are $85 per person and can be purchased on the website. 

Parish Lenten and Holy Week Schedules

“In this world you will have trouble.” In the Upper Room of Passover before Calvary’s offering, Jesus comforted his disciples. There will be suffering, he reminded them; there will be persecution, some would face martyrdom. There was no saccharine happiness — no beige discipleship — that would forever mark their footsteps. There would be trouble.