Church Rankings after 28 Churches

Here are the top 5 ranked Churches after 28 churches of The Chow's Colorado Catholic Church Tour:  (new #2)

1. Spirit of Christ Catholic Community -  7400 W 80th Ave, Arvada, CO 80003 (Church 26, 32.8 miles)
2. Notre Dame Catholic Church - 2190 S Sheridan Blvd, Denver, CO (Church 28, 13.6 miles)
3. St Daniel's Catholic Church - 614 5th St, Ouray, CO 81427 (Church 17; 297 miles)
4. St Theresa's Catholic Church - 502 Walnut St, Frederick, CO 80530 (Church 19; 43.5 miles)
5. Most Precious Blood Catholic Church - 2250 S Harrison St, Denver, CO 80210 (Church 18; 18.7 miles)

Other rankings, metrics, etc:

• Farthest Church - St Daniel's Catholic Church, Ouray, CO - Church 17, 297 miles
• Nearest Church - St Mary's Catholic Church, Littleton, CO - Week 1, 5.3 miles
• Farthest Same Day Church - Our Lady of Victory, Limon, CO - Church 21, 101 miles
• Total distance to-date (one way, per Google Maps) -  1248.42 miles (after Notre Dame)
• Average distance to-date (one way) - 44.58 miles
• Earliest Mass - St Elizabeth of Hungary Church - Denver, CO - Week 7; 9:00AM Sunday Mass;  Our Lady of Mt Carmel - Littleton, CO - Church 24; 9:00AM Sunday Mass
  St Daniel's Catholic Church - Ouray, CO - Church 17; 9:00AM Sunday mass
• Latest Mass - St Mary's Catholic Church, Littleton, CO - Week 1; 11:30AM Sunday Mass;  St Mary's Catholic Cathedral, Colorado Springs, CO - Church 23; 11:30AM Sunday Mass
• Best Homily - Spirit of Christ Catholic Community, Arvada, CO - Week 26; 10:30AM Sunday Mass
• Worst Homily - St Francis of Assisi - Castle Rock, CO - Week 11; 9:30AM Sunday Mass (displaces Denver Cathedral from Week 4)

Church # 28 - Notre Dame Catholic Church - 2190 S Sheridan Blvd Denver, CO 80219

November 23, 2014
10:00AM Sunday Mass
13.6 miles

Church website - http://www.denvernotredame.org/

Church Rankings after 27 Churches

Here are the top 5 ranked Churches after 27 churches of The Chow's Colorado Catholic Church Tour:  (no change)

1. Spirit of Christ Catholic Community -  7400 W 80th Ave, Arvada, CO 80003 (Church 26, 32.8 miles)
2. St Daniel's Catholic Church - 614 5th St, Ouray, CO 81427 (Church 17; 297 miles)
3. St Theresa's Catholic Church - 502 Walnut St, Frederick, CO 80530 (Church 19; 43.5 miles)
4. Most Precious Blood Catholic Church - 2250 S Harrison St, Denver, CO 80210 (Church 18; 18.7 miles)
5. Our Lady of the Pines - 9444 Eagle Cliff Road, Conifer, CO 80433 (Week 13; 26.2 miles)

Other rankings, metrics, etc:

• Farthest Church - St Daniel's Catholic Church, Ouray, CO - Church 17, 297 miles
• Nearest Church - St Mary's Catholic Church, Littleton, CO - Week 1, 5.3 miles
• Farthest Same Day Church - Our Lady of Victory, Limon, CO - Church 21, 101 miles
• Total distance to-date (one way, per Google Maps) -  1234.82 miles
• Average distance to-date (one way) - 45.73 miles
• Earliest Mass - St Elizabeth of Hungary Church - Denver, CO - Week 7; 9:00AM Sunday Mass;  Our Lady of Mt Carmel - Littleton, CO - Church 24; 9:00AM Sunday Mass
  St Daniel's Catholic Church - Ouray, CO - Church 17; 9:00AM Sunday mass
• Latest Mass - St Mary's Catholic Church, Littleton, CO - Week 1; 11:30AM Sunday Mass;  St Mary's Catholic Cathedral, Colorado Springs, CO - Church 23; 11:30AM Sunday Mass
• Best Homily - Spirit of Christ Catholic Community, Arvada, CO - Week 26; 10:30AM Sunday Mass
• Worst Homily - St Francis of Assisi - Castle Rock, CO - Week 11; 9:30AM Sunday Mass (displaces Denver Cathedral from Week 4)

Church rankings after 26 Churches

Here are the top 5 ranked Churches after 26 churches of The Chow's Colorado Catholic Church Tour:  (new #1)

1. Spirit of Christ Catholic Community -  7400 W 80th Ave, Arvada, CO 80003 (Church 26, 32.8 miles)
2. St Daniel's Catholic Church - 614 5th St, Ouray, CO 81427 (Church 17; 297 miles)
3. St Theresa's Catholic Church - 502 Walnut St, Frederick, CO 80530 (Church 19; 43.5 miles)
4. Most Precious Blood Catholic Church - 2250 S Harrison St, Denver, CO 80210 (Church 18; 18.7 miles)
5. Our Lady of the Pines - 9444 Eagle Cliff Road, Conifer, CO 80433 (Week 13; 26.2 miles)

Other rankings, metrics, etc:

• Farthest Church - St Daniel's Catholic Church, Ouray, CO - Church 17, 297 miles
• Nearest Church - St Mary's Catholic Church, Littleton, CO - Week 1, 5.3 miles
• Farthest Same Day Church - Our Lady of Victory, Limon, CO - Church 21, 101 miles
• Total distance to-date (one way, per Google Maps) -  1165.42 miles
• Average distance to-date (one way) - 44.82 miles
• Earliest Mass - St Elizabeth of Hungary Church - Denver, CO - Week 7; 9:00AM Sunday Mass;  Our Lady of Mt Carmel - Littleton, CO - Church 24; 9:00AM Sunday Mass
  St Daniel's Catholic Church - Ouray, CO - Church 17; 9:00AM Sunday mass
• Latest Mass - St Mary's Catholic Church, Littleton, CO - Week 1; 11:30AM Sunday Mass;  St Mary's Catholic Cathedral, Colorado Springs, CO - Church 23; 11:30AM Sunday Mass
• Best Homily - Spirit of Christ Catholic Community, Arvada, CO - Week 26; 10:30AM Sunday Mass
• Worst Homily - St Francis of Assisi - Castle Rock, CO - Week 11; 9:30AM Sunday Mass (displaces Denver Cathedral from Week 4)

Church #26 - Spirit of Christ Catholic Community - 7400 W 80th Ave, Arvada, CO 80003

September 14, 2014
10:30AM Sunday Mass
32.8 Miles


The beautiful, somewhat lavish setting notwithstanding, the Spirit of Christ Catholic Community Church turned out to be a "winner" and displaces St Daniel's (Ouray, Church # 17) as our new #1.

Today's celebrant was a 'sub' from Kerela and his Homily included a Kerelan story of a master and a disciple wannabe.  Good choice of story as it reinforced the Gospel (unfortunately, I'm currently drawing a blank as to what it was really all about ... sad testimony on how much I really pay attention at Church!)

Post Communion, the Pastor had quite a few announcements ... which seemed to speak very well of the spirit of community of the Parish.  He also asked birthday celebrants to come up while the choir burst out with the Happy Birthday song.

Throughout the Mass, there was not a single mention of anything that I picked up as doctrinaire or dogmatic.

The church's websidte:  http://www.spiritofchrist.org/

Church #25 - Our Lady of the Visitation - 34201 County Road 33, Kiowa, CO 80117

August 03, 2014
10:00AM Sunday Mass
39.2 Miles

Sunny warm day ... nice drive down to Kiowa for Church #25 ... which was more in keeping with the generally relaxed atmosphere in most of the Colorado churches we've been to so far ... a far cry from last week's church.

The Church's website - http://www.ourladyofthevisitation.org/

Church Rankings after 25 Churches

Here are the top 5 ranked Churches after 25 churches of The Chow's Colorado Catholic Church Tour:  (no change in rankings)

1. St Daniel's Catholic Church - 614 5th St, Ouray, CO 81427 (Church 17; 297 miles)
2. St Theresa's Catholic Church - 502 Walnut St, Frederick, CO 80530 (Church 19; 43.5 miles)
3. Most Precious Blood Catholic Church - 2250 S Harrison St, Denver, CO 80210 (Church 18; 18.7 miles)
4. Our Lady of the Pines - 9444 Eagle Cliff Road, Conifer, CO 80433 (Week 13; 26.2 miles)
5. Ten Thirty Catholic Community - 1100 Fillmore St, Denver, CO 80206 (Week 10; 22.8 miles)

Other rankings, metrics, etc:

• Farthest Church - St Daniel's Catholic Church, Ouray, CO - Church 17, 297 miles
• Nearest Church - St Mary's Catholic Church, Littleton, CO - Week 1, 5.3 miles
• Farthest Same Day Church - Our Lady of Victory, Limon, CO - Church 21, 101 miles
• Total distance to-date (one way, per Google Maps) -  1132.62 miles
• Average distance to-date (one way) - 45.30miles
• Earliest Mass - St Elizabeth of Hungary Church - Denver, CO - Week 7; 9:00AM Sunday Mass;  Our Lady of Mt Carmel - Littleton, CO - Church 24; 9:00AM Sunday Mass
  St Daniel's Catholic Church - Ouray, CO - Church 17; 9:00AM Sunday mass
• Latest Mass - St Mary's Catholic Church, Littleton, CO - Week 1; 11:30AM Sunday Mass;  St Mary's Catholic Cathedral, Colorado Springs, CO - Church 23; 11:30AM Sunday Mass
• Best Homily - Ten Thirty Catholic Community - Denver, CO - Week 10; 11AM Sunday Mass
• Worst Homily - St Francis of Assisi - Castle Rock, CO - Week 11; 9:30AM Sunday Mass (displaces Denver Cathedral from Week 4)