June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Friday following Corpus Christi Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This devotion to the Sacred Heart was one that devel...Read More
This Sunday, June 7 is the Feast of Corpus Christi — two months after Holy Thursday, at the end of Easter Season — where we commemorate the beautiful mystery of God’s gift of Himself to us o...Read More
Continuing on the theme of May as the month of Mary, I will share here about Mary’s apparition at Fatima, especially the miracle of the sun at Fatima, Portugal in October of 1917. May 13 is the Fe...Read More
This weekend we had four men ordained as priests for the Archdiocese of Dubuque! Please pray for our newly ordained priests: Fr. Peter Binder, Fr. Joshua Krischel, Fr. Jacob Francois, and Fr. Th...Read More
Bartolo Longo was a young Italian lawyer in the 1860s who had become involved in Satanism and eve was ordained a Satanic priest. However with the help of a Dominican friar and nun, who introduced hi...Read More
May is the Month of Mary. Throughout the year we honor Mary in different ways, observing different facets of the Mystery of Christ and the way that Mary is intimately bound up in that. May has come to...Read More
What is the difference between forming a pastorate and merging parishes? A pastorate is a grouping of parishes served by one pastor. In the archdiocese each pastorate will have leadership teams with r...Read More
One of the many factors that have contributed to this restructuring of the Archdiocese is to help priests live healthier lives, which contributes to healthier parishes. In the last four years, we ha...Read More
With many changes with Mass times and locations to come, I know there have been a variety of emotions. That is ok. Any change means there are things that will be lost, even good things. And thos...Read More
Today, the second Sunday of Easter is known as Divine Mercy Sunday. This day, established by Pope St. John Paul II at the inspiration of St. Faustina, is to particularly remember and commemorate the D...Read More