“Julia Greeley always walked the streets of Denver with one thing: a red wagon. Inside that wagon was a seemingly endless supply of items for people in need. But Greeley was no rich woman.
“‘She was a slave,’ said Father Blaine Burkey, archivist for the Capuchin Province of Mid-America, who has spent years studying Greeley.
“The former slave, who lost one of her eyes when her slave master hit her with a whip, came to Denver from St. Louis. She lived in several homes in the areas of Curtis Park and Five Points. And she never went a day without going to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, which still stands at 2760 Larimer Street.”
A recent Black History Month report by Denver’s KUSA-TV highlighted the life of Julia Greeley, who may be considered for sainthood.
To access the complete KUSA-TV report, please visit:
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