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Restorative Justice – Lent 2019 Grades K-6 and Domestic Church
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Healthcare is a Human Right K-6 and Domestic Church
Lent 2018 – Bullying
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Respect Life and Social Justice Month – October 2018
Natural Family Planning, resource inequality and Population Control K-6
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Holy Healing Stem Cells
IVF Natural Family Planning Domestic Church k-6
Lent 2017 – End of life – K-6 & the Domestic Church
October – Respect Life and Social Justice Month for Kids and Families
Care for the Common Good Grades K-6 and Domestic Church
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2023
4 April 2023 | For Health Reasons, I asked our Holy Father Francis to accept my resignation
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1 January 2023 | The passing of Benedict XVI
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22 February 2023 | The St. Patrick's Day Lenten dispensation can be found
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2022
12 December 2022 | Imitate the Bethlehem shepherds: Go to Jesus
24 October 2022 | Gender: Bend but Don't Break
24 June 2022 | Supreme Court overturns claim to constitutional right to abortion
25 May 2022 | Repair scandal through the healing of the Eucharist
5 May 2022 | Update on previous essay about alternatives to traditional burial methods
13 April 2022 | Happy Easter!
4 March 2022 | Gathering for prayer outside of Holy Mass
14 February 2022 | Archbishop comments on synod survey
12 January 2022 | Participate in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
2021
14 December 2021 | Celebrating Divine Love among us
14 December 2021 | Pray for an end of abortion
29 November 2021 | Legislation Action Alert: Amend the Build Back Better Act
22 October 2021 | An archdiocesan conversation about the vitality and future of our parishes
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29 September 2021 | Abortion legislation action alert (HR 3755)
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27 September 2021 | Our participation in the Synod on synodality
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16 August 2021 | COVID-19 variants and Sunday Mass attendance
12 August 2021 | Statement regarding a radio station event featuring Fr. Altman
18 July 2021 |Statement from Archbishop Jackles on Traditionis Custodes
30 April 2021 | The Sunday opportunity
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COVID measures and the dispensation)
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1 April 2021 | Happy Easter!
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4 March 2021 | Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
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26 February 2021 | Year of the Amoris Laetitia Family
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2 February 2021 | Go to Joseph: a novena for charity, unity and humility in our Church, and in our Country
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29 January 2021 | Pray and Advocate for Pro-Life Concerns
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7 January 2021 | Capitol rioting of January 6
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5 January 2021 | Year of St. Joseph
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Find resources for celebrating the Year of St. Joseph
2020
23 December 2020 | Further Vaccine Guidance
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22 December 2020 | Merry Christmas
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17 November 2020 | Response after reading the McCarrick Report
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10 November 2020 | Statement regarding the McCarrick Report
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22 October 2020 | Statement on the Pope's comment about civil unions
16 September 2020 | Dispensation from the obligation to attend Holy Mass continues
6 July 2020| Iowa Catholic support DACA recipients; oppose proposed asylum rule
1 July 2020 |Iowa bishops ask President Trump for clemency in Honken death penalty case
18 June 2020| ACCW Membership Sunday
1 June 2020 | National Day of Mourning and Lament
29 May 2020 | Show the Holy Spirit, not a worldly spirit at Mass this Pentecost
20 May 2020 | Reopening of parishes in the Archdiocese of Dubuque
(see also:
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8 April 2020| Follow Jesus through the storm
28 April 2020| Iowa Catholic bishops continue suspension of public Masses
31 March 2020| Public Holy Week Masses, other events canceled; will be livestreamed online
23 March 2020| Obligation to abstain from meat dispensation for March 27, April 3
16 March 2020| Message from Archbishop Jackels regarding coronavirus
6 January 2020|Iowa Catholic bishops support constitutional amendment on abortion
2019
17 December 2019 | Double someone's joy or halve their sorrow this Christmas
11 December 2019 | Part 22: You must say yes
4 December 2019 | Part 21: Helps for discernment: Service
27 November 2019| Part 20: Helps for discernment: spiritual direction
20 November 2019| Part 19: Helps for discernment: regular confession
15 November 2019| Catholics are both/and people, not either/or
13 November 2019| Prayer for discernment: The Holy Rosary
6 November 2019| Part 17: Prayer for discernment: full, conscious, active participation at Holy Mass
30 October 2019| Part 16: Prayer for discernment: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
23 October 2019| Part 15: Prayer for discernment: Glory Be, Our Father, Hail Mary
16 October 2019| Part 14: How to discover your vocation
9 October 2019| The vocation to the permanent diaconate
3 October 2019 | Archbishop announces start of major appeal
2 October 2019 | Part 12: The vocation to priesthood
25 September 2019| Part 11: The vocation to religious life
11 September 2019| Part 9: The vocation to the single life
18 September 2019 | Part 10: The vocation of marriage
4 September 2019| Part 8: Call to a state in life
28 August 2019| Part 7: Call to mission
21 August 2019| Part 6: Call to holiness
14 August 2019| Part 5: Call to Heaven
7 August 2019| Part 4: Your vocation
5 August 2019| Archbishop reflects on recent mass shootings
31 July 2019| Part 3: Happiness and fulfillment
29 July 2019| Archbishop addresses confusion around Italian translation of Our Father
24 July 2019| Part 2: The message
24 July 2019| Introduction: what does God want me to be?
18 July 2019| Statement on Fr. Joensen's appointment as Des Moines bishop
14 June 2019| Archbishop recovers from heart attack, returns to ministry
3 June 2019| Bishops to cooperate with Attorney General's request
11 May 2019| Church teaching on the MMR vaccine
26 April 2019| ACCW Membership Sunday
15 April 2019| Summary reflection 11: choosing to live to give
10 April 2019| Summary reflection 10: how do we live as good shepherds?
1 April 2019| Summary reflection 9: my personal story of faith
27 March 2019| Summary reflection 8: Jesus promises eternal life
18 March 2019| Summary reflection 7: Inviting the Holy Spirit into your life
18 March 2019| Summary reflection 6: How can suffering be good?
4 March 2019| Trained all over again to follow Christ
1 March 2019| Summary reflection 5: Unity in the church
25 February 2019|Statement on the conclusion of the pope's meeting on the protection of minors
20 February 2019 | Statement from Archbishop Jackels on McCarrick being removed from the priesthood
19 February 2019| Summary reflection 4: Sharing in the poverty of Jesus
11 February 2019| Summary reflection 3: unerstanding poverty, chastity and obedience
4 February 2019| Summary reflection 2: If you want to be exalted, humble yourself
29 January 2019| Summary reflection on the U.S. bishops' retreat: personal prayer
24 January 2019| Celebrating Catholic Schools Week
14 January 2019| Repair of the church: reflecting on the US bishops' retreat
2018
10 December 2018 | Archbishop reports on meeting with Iowa attorney general
10 December 2018 | The word was made flesh, now give flesh to the word
19 November 2018 | Archbishop reports on USCCB meeting, reflects on hot button topics
29 October 2018 | An update on the response to the clergy sexual abuse crisis
22 October 2018 | The basis for Catholic teaching on the right to life and human dignity
27 September 2018 | Action to prevent clergy sex abuse and look toward the future
19 September 2018 | Homily for the Service of Lament
13 September 2018 | How the archdiocese responds when receiving allegations of clergy sex abuse
6 September 2018 | Archbishop offers his perspective on accusations against Pope Francis
31 August 2018 | Archbishop adresses continuing impact of sex abuse scandals
24 August 2018 | Reflecting on the way forward in light of sexual abuse crisis, prayer service Sept. 14
13 August 2018 | Archbishop comments on recent sexual abuse scandals
10 August 2018 | Archbishop's decree uniting St. Henry and St. Mary parishes
6 August 2018 | Church teaching on the death penalty changes
29 June 2018| Iowa court's decision to strike down waiting period before abortion 'sad' and 'bad
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25 June 2018| Both/and, not either/or: A Catholic 'seamless garment' approach on right to life issues
30 April 2018 | Resignation of House of Representatives' Chaplain raises questions
19 April 2018 | ACCW Membership Sunday
12 April 2018 | Official clergy appointments
26 March 2018 | Archbishop's Easter message: our invitation to the banquet
9 March 2018 | Pray for the enactment of the Conscience Protection Act; contact legislators
27 February 2018 | Weighing in on the student-led movement against gun violence
21 February 2018 | Kingdom living: being ruled by God
16 February 2018 | Archbishop's message for Catholic Charities appeal
15 February 2018 | Proclaiming the good news with 'the gospel of the hand'
14 February 2018| Pope asks for Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace
6 February 2018 | Using Lent to prepare for Easter renewal
18 January 2018 | Black Lives Matter, Me Too, and efforts to protect unborn children
5 January 2018 | Commutation brings new attention to the need for immigration reform
2017
15 December 2017 | Christmas and God's answer to a BIG question
17 November 2017 | Celebrating Thanksgiving as a follower of Jesus
1 November 2017 | Church to observe the World Day of the Poor
16 October 2017 | Church teaching on capital punishment and Pope Francis' recent remarks
2 October 2017 | A statement on the mass shooting in Las Vegas
18 September 2017 | Summary of the consultation regarding the 2018 Synod of Bishops
6 September 2017 | Archbishop Jackels makes statement on president's DACA decision
29 June 2017 | Official Clergy Appointments
8 June 2017 | Stewardship tells who we are and what we are to do
25 May 2017 | Survey aids mission priority on promoting vocations
27 April 2017 |The role of the Eucharist in prayer and adoration
21 April 2017 | A letter to Catholic women in the archdiocese
19 April 2017 | Statement from Archbishop Jackels on Bishop-elect Zinkula
12 April 2017 | The 'evolutionary leap' introduced by Jesus
5 April 2017|'Lectio divina': reading and praying with the Bible
29 March 2017 |Three reasons to pray the Rosary
23 March 2017 | Essentials of Christian life: prayer, penance and almsgiving
15 March 2017 | Reaching out to others as part of our traditional Lenten practices
22 February 2017 | St. Patrick's Day dispensation
1 March 2017 | Pondering why God sometimes doesn't answer prayers amid suffering
24 February 2017 | The importance of humility during Lent and beyond
31 January 2017 | Refugees, human dignity and the common good
29 January 2017 | Catholic Schools Week message
5 January 2017 |Being peacemakers in 2017
2016
16 December 2016 | Archbishop's Christmas message 2016
23 November 2016 | Three points to ponder as Advent begins
9 November 2016 | A reflection on the election results
2 September 2016 | Understanding the vocation to dedicated single life
13 June 2016| A statement from Archbishop Jackels about the 'horrible act of terror and hate' committed in Orlando
9 June 2020 | Opposition to 'physician-assisted suicide' motivated by compassion
22 April 2016 |A letter to Catholic women in the Archdiocese of Dubuque
13 April 2016 |Official appointments of priests
24 March 2016|Archbishop Jackels' Easter message
25 February 2016 |Zika, contraception and church teaching
15 February 2016| Understanding church laws for Lent