The Archdiocese of Denver exists so that in  Jesus Christ all might be rescued and have abundant life, for the glory of the Father.

148 PARISHES AND CHURCHES

• That operate food banks & soup kitchens, hold clothing & toy drives, provide grocery or emergency assistance, and donate to other local efforts.
• Offer mental health and counseling services, host Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and addiction support groups, and participate in “Respect Life” outreach.
• Celebrate the sacraments with hundreds of thousands of Catholics every year.
• Provide religious education for almost 20,000 kids.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES

• Volunteers donate over 58,000 hours to help serve over 166,000 people a year.
• Shelters provide 575,000 meals & 277,000 nights of emergency/transitional shelter.
• 1630 affordable housing units; 440,000 free diapers; $2,26 million in emergency assistance.
• Nearly 8,000 babies born through Marisol Health; 90 cents of every dollar go directly to serving those in need.
• $1.3 million worth of food distributed at Little Flower Assistance Center; 6,500 students served at Centro San Juan Diego; 34,000 hours of direct clinical services through St. Raphael Counseling.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

• Educate nearly 11,500 kids a year, saving taxpayers approximately $120 million a year.
• Employ over 1,060 educators.
• Seeds of Hope provides over $2 million in scholarships to almost 1,000 students.

Pastoral Outreach

• Society of St. Vincent de Paul: 24 conferences that serve 21,000 people a year with rent, utilities, food, clothing, eldercare, and other types of assistance. Estimated $3.6 million in total assistance in 2019.
• Christ in the City: 25,000+ hours of direct homeless ministry, including over 20,000 meals served every year.
• Catholic Cemeteries: Provide “Precious Lives” burials for over 300 babies a year, and social service burials for over 200 people including 99% for City of Denver.
• Catholic Jail & Prison Ministry: Serves over 30 facilities including county jails, youth detention facilities, State and Federal prisons, and private prisons that operate within the territory of the Archdiocese of Denver.
• National and Local Collections: The Archdiocese of Denver participates in 14 USCCB national collections, The Pontifical Mission Societies Missionary Cooperative Program, and several Archdiocesan collections. Together, these efforts raise more than $2 million annually to support social justice, evangelization, catechesis, and Church development locally, nationally, and worldwide.