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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.
Mass Time:
Sunday Mass: 9 am
218 Ruxton Ave., Manitou Springs, CO 80829
Parking pass is needed to park on Sundays. Available inside the church.
Mass Time:
Sunday Mass: 9 am
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.
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.
