A screening of the 2014 documentary, “To Light a Candle,” will be hosted by local Baha’is on Friday, Feb. 27 at the Cortez Journal meeting room, 123 Roger Smith Ave.…
Walk along with me on our seventh journey and final trek through this life. Might this be your current journey? Over the past six months, I wrote about the seven…
As part of my getting ready for the New Year a couple weeks ago I decided to clean the top of my desk. That might sound easy, but first I…
The 2015 National Catholic Daughter’s Education Contest contest is underway for Catholic and non-Catholic students in grades four through 12. This year’s themes are “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself” and…
Whether you are reading this before Christmas or during the 12 Days of Christmas following Dec. 25, I wish you a “wonder-full” Christmas. Or perhaps I should say “A Christmas…
By William J. Kuik This year, the eight-day festival of Hanukkah begins on Tuesday evening, Dec. 16, and continues through Dec. 24. Some people think of this holiday as the…
VATICAN CITY — Religious leaders from a half-dozen faiths signed a new Vatican initiative Tuesday to end modern-day slavery by 2020, declaring that human trafficking, organ trafficking and forced labor…
You and I are on one of seven journeys. The first journey takes us from the Garden of Eden, where our world met all of our needs and wants met…
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 5.Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced the hardships Catholics…
Kizuri Creations coming to Cortez Lily Mutai, of Nairobi, Kenya, will talk about her ministry at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the Cortez First United Methodist Church at…
All well-behaved animals invited to the nondenominational blessing
Lavonne Tolliver, of New Mexico, volunteers at the Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall in Cortez to help repair a cracked concrete floor.Courtesy photo More than 100 people descended on the Cortez…
Five congregations in Denver form coalition to offer refuge to those facing deportation
By Bill Kuik You might have wondered about a day on your calendar called Rosh Hashanah by the Jewish people. The name of the holiday means “The head of the…
Congregations offer free supplies, shoes and haircuts
Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church in Cortez is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its pipe organ. Saint Barnabas of the Valley Episcopal Church in Cortez will celebrate the 40th anniversary of…
Very few lessons, religious or otherwise, start on the assumption that student already knows the right answers. But St. Barnabas Episcopal Church will be using a form of religious education…
