Born in 1850, she grew up in Italy, became a Catholic nun and teacher, and eventually founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. In Denver, she arranged for the purchase of a stone house in the foothills near Golden to serve as a summer retreat for orphanage children and staff suffering from the city's heat. That house now is a part of the shrine site, which also includes a chapel with stained-glass windows reflecting her life, stations of the cross, and a grotto and spring where the faithful come for healing. A bit about beer Adolph Coors was a fascinating figure, and his story is told in part on the daily brewery tours at the Coors Brewing Company. Park in the designated lot, wait for the tour bus, and line up for the next tour.
Weekdays are less busy than weekends.
Young Adolph Coors left Germany as a stowaway on a ship, says tour guide William Woodward. Once in America, he walked to Chicago, where he made beer bottles. Then he walked to Colorado, where he heard the water was fine for beer-making. The brewery is decorated with fresh flowers, mostly roses, grown on site. Adolph's passion for plants is perpetuated in the company greenhouse.