Shaping Our Future by Remembering Our Past

Steve O'Dorisio, Adams County Commissioner, has family roots that run deep in North Denver. He has been talking to the angels asking the legislature to embrace a new subject in place of Columbus for commemoration of an Italian holiday, an immigrant saint and a humble nun, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini.  Fr. Hugh Guentner with Mother Cabrini Tom Noel, in his 1989 … [Read more...] about How a North Denver Saint Could Offer an Alternate to Columbus Day

In 1870, John Brisben Walker, founder of the Berkeley neighborhood, bought 1,500 acres south of Berkeley Park to West 38th Avenue, Sheridan Boulevard to Rocky Mountain Park up to West 52nd Avenue and Federal Boulevard.  John Brisben Walker in 1890 Having been educated by the Jesuit Fathers back east, Walker donated 40 acres to the Jesuits who came to Denver from … [Read more...] about The Man Who Founded Berkeley was the Visionary Behind Our Mountain Parks

Many of Denver's streetcar bedroom suburbs, originally independent cities ringing Denver, boasted elegant city halls. Highlands City Hall was one such fine example. William Quayle, noted architect, designed the three-story brick and sandstone building located in the center of the town at the southwest corner of West 26th Avenue and Federal Boulevard, where the modern Denver … [Read more...] about Gallagher: History of the Highlands

Father Maginnis Father Edward L. Maginnis taught at Regis for 44 years. He died on October 7, 2018 in his native St. Louis aged 95. He was a Jesuit for 78 years and a priest for 65 years. He mirrored what Jesuits are noted for," men astutely trained." He earned a BA in Latin at St. Louis University, an MA and Doctorate in Philosophy, and a doctorate in Sacred … [Read more...] about Dennis Gallagher: Remembering Our History