Catholic Charities mobilizes against growing Colorado fires

 Last night at Church Father reported that a former parishioner who now lives in Colorado called to ask for prayers.   Of course,  we are keeping them in our prayers.Both evacuees and residents of the Colorado Springs area are in “utter shock and disbelief” at the major fire threatening the outskirts of the city, a local Catholic Charities official says.Rochelle Schlortt, communications director for Catholic Charities of Central Colorado, said the situation is “just scary.”“You look up and you see the smoke or you see the flames. It’s like the entire mountainside is on fire,” she told CNA June 27.Schlortt said the city's residents now “live in a fog of smoke,” which creates difficulties for anyone with respiratory problems, while others feel a “constant burning” in their eyes and throats.“Smoke has literally descended and engulfed not only the Colorado Springs city but the entire El Paso county.”story