​Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel
218 Ruxton Ave., Manitou Springs, CO 80829
Parking pass is needed to park on Sundays. Available inside the church. 

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Mass is for a limited number with reservations. Click here to learn how to sign up for Mass. 
Effective June 14, 2020, Mass at OLPH is on Sundays at 5 pm. 

Welcome from our Associate Pastor Fr. Randy Rentner, CSC

Pictured Above: An architectural drawing of what OLPH and the Fr. Schultz House will look like once the handicap accessible ramp project is complete. 

Welcome to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel in Manitou Springs, one of two mission churches that are part of Sacred Heart Parish in Old Colorado City.  OLPH is the oldest Catholic Church in the Diocese of Colorado Springs, although ironically, Sacred Heart Church started out as a mission church of OLPH!

OLPH celebrates Mass on Sundays at 5 pm in our quaint chapel which is now well over a hundred years old.  We have many long-time parishioners from the nearby area, but some people drive in from as far away as Woodland Park and beyond to worship with us.  We are a small-knit family of faithful, but we enjoy visitors, especially those who vacation in Manitou Springs each summer.

Our Father Schultz House is where we share coffee and baked goods each Sunday after Mass, except in good weather when we’re out on the lawn in front of Ruxton Creek, whose babbling waters border our property.

​We are currently in the process of raising funds to build a ramp and deck that will connect our two buildings together and allow handicap access for everyone to join us for both at Mass and at our social gatherings afterward.  We’re also refinishing our bathroom to be ADA compliant.  If you have any history with our chapel or if you are new to our area, we invite you to consider assisting us in our efforts by contributing to our Building Fund.

History of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Our Lady of Perpetual Help was founded in Colorado City in 1860 to minister to the first settlers in the area. On July 30, 1882, Bishop Joseph Machebeuf dedicated a Catholic Church in Manitou Springs. The new church, built by the Gillis brothers at 218 Ruxton Ave., was dedicated on August 1, 1889, with Fr. Frederick Bender as pastor. A small rectory was built that same year. Four years later, Fr. J.B. Francolon became the pastor and built Miramont Castle. On August 3, 1903, the original church was destroyed by fire. A new structure was built and dedicated by the following October, when Fr. Michael F. Callahan added the Lourdes Grotto.

In 1926, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate took charge of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, serving it as a mission from the expanded and now renamed Sacred Heart Parish in Old Colorado City. The Congregation of Holy Cross assumed pastoral leadership in 1984.

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