Messages from Archbishop Jackels

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• 7 January 2021 | Capitol rioting of January 6 (leer en español)
• 5 January 2021 | Year of St. Joseph (leer en español)

• 23 December 2020 | Further Vaccine Guidance  --  (click here for original statement)

• 22 December 2020 | Merry Christmas (leer en español)
• 17 November 2020 | Response after reading the McCarrick Report (leer en español)
• 10 November 2020 | Statement regarding the McCarrick Report (leer en español)
• 20 October 2020 | Statement on the Pope's comment about civil unions
• 16 September 2020 | Dispensation from the obligation to attend Holy Mass continues
• 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: video)

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• 5 January 2018 | Commutation brings new attention to the need for immigration reform
• 18 January 2018 | Black Lives Matter, Me Too, and efforts to protect unborn children
• 6 February 2018 | Using Lent to prepare for Easter renewal
• 14 February 2018| Pope asks for Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace
• 15 February 2018 | Proclaiming the good news with 'the gospel of the hand'
• 16 February 2018 | Archbishop's message for Catholic Charities appeal
• 21 February 2018 | Kingdom living: being ruled by God
• 27 February 2018 | Weighing in on the student-led movement against gun violence
• 9 March 2018 | Pray for the enactment of the Conscience Protection Act; contact legislators
• 26 March 2018 | Archbishop's Easter message: our invitation to the banquet

• 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

• 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