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2026 Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal

Everything we have is a gift.

See what your gift makes possible.

Across Northern Colorado, your generosity is helping real people find community, encounter Christ, grow in faith and build a stronger future. Take a look at some of their stories.

Archbishop Golka bending down to speak with a group of children outside.
A woman with a winter sweater signing paper work for a parenting class.

PHOTO GOES HERE: Strongest parenting-class photo of Kara or the moms together (Catholic Charities).
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Your gift is…

Giving Kara more than parenting tools. It’s giving her a community.

When Kara Collidge walked into a six-week parenting class at Samaritan House, she expected to learn new ways to parent her teenage son.

What she didn’t expect was to find a community. The mothers began sharing meals, checking on one another and supporting each other through the challenges of raising children while experiencing homelessness.

“It gave us tools, but it also gave us each other.”
— Kara Collidge, Samaritan House

Your gift helps families experience healing, belonging and community.

Help More Families like Kara's

Your gifts at work in 2026

A group at Christ in the City handing out food to the homeless in Denver.

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575,000 meals distributed to our neighbors in need through Catholic Charities.

A young school girl in Denver smiling while doing an assignment.

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8,800+ students being formed as future disciples in our Catholic schools.

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694 hours of Eucharistic Adoration at Annunciation Heights family camps.

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300 new graduates from the St. John Vianney Lay Division’s Biblical and Catechetical Schools.

A group of 3 boys canoeing on a lake

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Your gift is…

Helping a young person discover he is never alone.

For one camper at Annunciation Heights, Eucharistic Adoration became the moment he realized something he would carry home long after camp ended.

“I’ll remember that I am never really alone and that God is always with me.”
— Annunciation Heights camper

For another family, the biggest surprise wasn’t how much fun their son had outdoors. It was the spiritual growth they saw when he came home.

Your gift helped make this possible

 

Give Another Young Person This Opportunity

Your gift is…

Helping Dee find her way home.

Dee Walker first encountered Jesus as a child in Vietnam. Years later, during one of the most difficult seasons of her life, she turned to him again.

Her search brought her to Holy Name Parish in Steamboat Springs, where she entered OCIA and was baptized into the Catholic Church. Today, Dee describes a deeper peace and a desire to share what she has found.

Your gift helped make this possible

 

Help Someone Take the Next Step Towards Christ
A woman dressed in black being baptized in a stone baptismal font by a Catholic priest.

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Your gift is…

Making room for the next generation.

For the children at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic STEM School, construction means more than a new building.

Room to learn.
Room to pray.
Room to build friendships.
Room for another family to join a Catholic school community.

Seven classrooms, a chapel, a courtyard, a counselor’s office and an updated nurse’s station, with room for smaller classes and new families was built this year.

Your gift helped make this possible

 

A group of kids gathered around a sand box outside smiling.

Every gift makes a meaningful impact.

 

Every gift becomes part of something bigger. Choose a monthly amount that works for you.

$20/mo$240 a yearA simple way to provide steady support to ministries serving people throughout Northern Colorado. A great place to start$35/mo$420 a year · about $1.15 a dayReliable, year-round support for Catholic schools, formation, outreach, camps and ministries serving families. $50/mo$600 a yearAn even stronger foundation of consistent support throughout the year. $84/mo$900 a yearBecome a giving leader and join our Choirs of Angels community. OtherAny amountEvery gift, at every level, is part of the mission.

A little each month becomes a lot of good.

You don’t have to make a large gift to make a meaningful difference. $35 a month becomes $420 of dependable support that ministries can count on.

Your gift joins thousands of others.

26,032 gifts are already at work.

One gift may feel small. Together, thousands of acts of generosity are forming disciples, strengthening families, educating children and caring for neighbors across Northern Colorado.

$8.196M pledged · 67% of our 2026 goal · as of August 24, 2026

Together, we’re 67% of the way there.Each circle is 1% of our $12.3 million goal.

One gift. Many lives touched.

Here is how every Appeal dollar is shared. Tap a category to see what it supports.

26%Spiritual & Pastoral Outreach

Supporting ministries that accompany people in faith throughout Northern Colorado.

14%Clergy Support

Caring for the priests who serve our parishes and forming the men preparing to serve them.

11%Catholic Communications

Sharing the Gospel and stories of faith with Catholics across the archdiocese.

10%Parish Rebates

Returning funds to parishes that exceed their Appeal goal for use in their own communities.

9%Catholic Charities

Meals, shelter and programs like the Samaritan House parenting class.

8%Seminarians, Religious Orders and Vocation Development

Supporting the formation of future priests and Religious vocations within our community.

8%Youth and Campus Ministry, Marriage and Family Life, Religious Educations

Bringing young adults, couples preparing for marriage and school-aged children closer to Christ one class at a time.

7%Black and hispanic Catholic Ministry and Other Social Advocay

Provides support to ministries that serve our diverse communities.

4%Catholic Education and Schools

Forming future disciples in our Catholic Schools.

2%Appeal Campaign Direct Costs

Covers the costs assosciated with the annual appeal.

1%Camps & Outdoor Science Education

Helping young people encounter Christ at places like Annunciation Heights.

Donors like you

“I give to the Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal because I know my gift is helping people right here in our community. I may not see every person it reaches, but I know it’s making a difference, and that means a lot to me.”

-Andy S.
Boulder, CO

Looking to make a leadership gift? Donors giving $1,000 or more a year can join the Nine Choirs of Angels Leadership Giving Society.

The Nine Choirs of Angels Leadership Giving Society includes over 2,300 members of our faithful who donate $1,000 plus or practice $84 or more of consistent monthly contributions. Supporting our ministries actively sharing the Gospel builds the foundation for the church both now and in the future.

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Archbishop Golka Announcement at St. John Vianney Seminary in Denver, CO.

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Their stories are still being written.

Your gift can be part of what happens next. When thousands of Catholics offer what they can, those gifts become meals, classrooms, community, formation, accompaniment and encounters with Christ.

Every gift matters. Every donor is part of the mission.

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