Eucharistic adoration Wednesdays 9 am to midnight and Thursdays 9 am to 6 pm[/caption]
Name of Church Assumption Church
Address 2361 East 78th Avenue, Denver CO 80229
Phone number 303-288-2442
Mass times Saturday vigil: 4:30 pm; Sunday 8:30 am, 10:30 am & 12:30 pm (Latin Tridentine). Tuesday-Friday 8:15 am. First Saturday, 8:15 am. Solemn vespers, Saturday, 4 pm.
Confessions Tuesday through Friday, 7:45 – 10 am. Thursday, 5 – 6 pm. First Saturday, 7:45 – 8:10 am.
Names of priests Father Nick Larkin, pastor. He was ordained by Archbishop Samuel Aquila in 2017. He was named pastor of Assumption in 2019. Orthodox young priest; good homilist.
School Yes, pre-K through 8. It is located alongside the church and serves about 130 students.
Parish activities Eucharistic adoration Wednesdays 9 am to midnight and Thursdays 9 am to 6 pm, bingo, book club with the pastor, parish movie night, Lauds (morning prayer), 7:30 am. Hook and Net Family Ministries, Advocates for Life, faith sharing group, food bank, summer parish festival, annual Thanksgiving Lunch and St. Nicholas celebration.
Music Cantor, piano.
Parking There is ample parking behind the church as well as by the school.
Additional observations Assumption is a parish of the Archdiocese of Denver founded by Italian immigrants in 1912. At one time it was entrusted into the care of Servite Fathers; Servite Sisters founded its school in 1920. Improvements were made to the parish through the years, including the addition of a bell tower in the 1940s. It’s a strongly pro-life parish with pronounced Marian devotion. The church has an attractive interior with beautiful statues, stained glass, paintings, altar rail, and traditional altar and architecture.
What a beautiful church! Would love to visit!
Any guesses when the hyperventilators will start posting?
If only two words were omitted from this article, probably few would post about this parish.
Churches worth driving to? Yes, if you like two day drives going to and coming from. Are there not enough churches in California worth driving to?
Good question. Maybe not.
Denver is like the #1 city in the country for car theft. Don’t drive to Denver. You might have to walk home. The past few years have seen a record surge in crime in Denver and the surrounding areas. It’s become East California. Stay away from Denver.
Sadly true, Denver was once a solid Red and Conservative city but like many states such as Nevada and Arizona, Colorado has turned Blue and very left wing except for Colorado Springs and Western Colorado which remain for the most part Red and Conservative. A lot of California transplants have moved to Denver in the past two decades and with it brought their far left politics with them and destroyed the once lovely mile high city. Everything the left touches they destroy, Denver is no exception and now illegals have swamped the city beyond hope, but this is what happens when you vote Democrat.