As we gear up for another Faith Formation year to form our children and youth in the faith, I am also trying to offer more opportunities for ADULTS, because formation in the faith does not END at Conf...Read More
You’re invited to join Archbishop Jackels for a live-streamed ArchdioceseOne kickoff on August 9, 2022 at 6:30PM. Archbishop Jackels will launch the parish phase of ArchdioceseOne by showing our app...Read More
June 5, 2022 – The Month of June… In light of the recent acts of senseless violence in the last couple of weeks (in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, Texas), and as we move into this month of June (w...Read More
May 29, 2022 – St. Joan of Arc Saint Joan of Arc’s Feast day is on May 30. I had known very little about her (other than having learned briefly about her in school) until two years ago when I read...Read More
March 27, 2022 – No-Meat Fridays On Fridays during Lent, we abstain from meat. It’s one of those things that Catholics seem to be known for (Friday night Fish Fry!). But why? We abstain from ...Read More
Feb. 20, 2022 – Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque You may have seen in the bulletin last week the annual appeal for Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Dubuque. This is the br...Read More
Jan. 30, 2022 – St. Francis de Sales This past week included the feast day of St. Francis de Sales. He is a Saint I desire to learn much more about and read much more of his writings. He was...Read More
Learn more about ATLAS of Central Iowa, the organization that helps manage the Barnabas House at St. Mark. Click here for the ATLAS Brochure....Read More
I talked in my column last week about how one important aspect of being Church is gathering together as Church in prayer, in the public communal liturgical prayer that is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mas...Read More