Dear brothers and sisters,

It’s essential that we stay connected these days. I’m hoping you find the Masses we are taping useful. Our fasting has taken on a more radical turn as we are forced to fast from even the Eucharist, but this can be an invitation to think about what the Eucharist actually means for us, AND to be in solidarity with Catholics in places like the Amazon where the Eucharist is only available once a month or less! Sometimes we don’t appreciate what we have until it’s taken away.

CRS Rice Bowl is a tool that can help us, especially now, in maintaining prayer, fasting, almsgiving (the three pillars of Lenten practice) as we develop a deeper sense of solidarity with the suffering Body of Christ throughout the world. There are daily prayers included in each rice bowl, and online at https://www.crsricebowl.org/stories-of-hope/intro. You can also find videos (and recipes) that help us stay in solidarity with the three girls we are following who live in Kenya, Honduras and Vietnam.

If you haven’t discovered the Liturgy of the Hours (the official prayer of the church), this might be a time to look into it as a daily spiritual practice. You can find it online through various apps, the most popular of which are iBreviary.com, Universalis.com, and (in Spanish) ePrex Liturgia de las Horas. Check it out and pray with us!

The Archdiocese is inviting us to pray a novena (nine day prayer) to Our Lady of Monte Berico https://www.archden.org/coronavirus/novena/ and the patron of difficult cases is St. Jude Thaddeus (an important devotion for Dominicans) https://the-shrine.org/googleafc843efde2066ca-html/st-jude/st-jude-prayers/novena-prayer/.

Know that you are being remembered at our priory Masses during the week (which, unfortunately are not allowed to be public at this time). If you would like to be remembered in an even more personal way, send me a photo of yourself (you can snap a cellphone photo of you and your family and share it by texting it to 651-236-0059. That way I have your picture with me during Masses.

This is an unusual time, but we can turn it into a holy time for us all. Remember, Fr. Chris and I are available for confessions at the regular times and by appointment, and for Anointing of the Sick. We can still have funerals, weddings and quinceañeras, but with some modifications.

With affection,

Fr. Jim

This Week’s Mass

Masses go live Sunday at 7:00am mountain time

Public Mass Suspended in Colorado Through March 31

15-March

In light of the Governor’s order to cancel all gatherings of more than 250 people, the bishops of Colorado have unanimously agreed to suspend the public celebration of the Mass in Colorado through the end of March. See more information at our Archdiocese HERE.

Fr Jim and Fr Chris remain fully available, as do the priests throughout our Archdiocese, for confession and other sacramental support so please call upon us accordingly.

Click Here to learn about Expedition 2020

Now Hiring – Maintenance Worker

St. Dominic’s is hiring a part time maintenance worker.  Read more and apply on the Archdiocese website!

Our Story

St. Dominic Catholic Church is dedicated, through powerful preaching, the Sacraments, and our worship of God, to help you find healing and to chase after holiness. Through our community, we strengthen those in need and welcome those who are lost and broken. And through our ministry both in our parish and in our community, we grow as servant leaders and follow Christ’s own example of service to the poor and the stranger. Together, through the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, we can change the world and help to bring the Kingdom of Heaven one step closer.

Christ has called you to be the light of the world. Together we can and will shine with God’s own light. Become part of our story. Read more about what makes St. Dominic different than other parishes.

What to Expect

When you enter St. Dominic’s you can expect to be welcomed into not just a community, but a beautiful church family centered on Jesus Christ and the healing He brings through the Sacraments and through each of us. As Dominicans providing powerful and relevant preaching is our focus in life, but hospitality is a close second!

As Catholics, the center and summit of our Faith and of our Sunday Worship is the Eucharist which truly becomes the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ up on the altar.

But that doesn’t mean our fellow Christian brothers and sisters are not welcome, quite the opposite actually. If you do not wish to receive Communion, or are simple unsure what it means for you, you may still come up and receive a blessing and prayer.

We are a parish open to everyone and if you wish to join this church family for a single Sunday or as a regular parishioner we are more than happy to have you. Your presence is a grace to us.

Parking

There is parking lot on both the North and South sides of the church as well as street parking.