The Diocese of Des Moines

Upcoming Events

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Memorial Day Mass

May 27, 2013 - May 27, 2013
The annual Memorial Day Mass will be held at Glendale Cemetery on University Avenue in Des Moines. Mass begins at 10 a.m. and will be celebrated by Bishop Richard Pates.

Anniversary Masses

Jun 2, 2013 - Jun 2, 2013
This summer we will have two anniversary Masses to celebrate with those couples who have had milestone anniversaries in the past year.  The Masses will be held at 11 a.m. on June 2 at St. Patrick Parish in Council Bluffs, and at 4 p.m. on Aug. 10 at St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines. ...

Holy Hour on Corpus Christi Sunday

Jun 2, 2013 - Jun 2, 2013
Pope Francis has asked that, in celebration of this Year of Faith, the worldwide Catholic Church join him in celebrating a Holy Hour on Sunday, June 2, the Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus, also known as Corpus Christi Sunday. St. Ambrose Cathedral will conclude its regularly scheduled 10:30 a.m. Mass that day with a procession to the St. Anne Chapel followed by a Holy Hour. Bishop Richard Pates will conduct a Holy Hour at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish in Glenwood at 3 p.m.. Check with your parish to find out when its Holy Hour is scheduled.

Catholic Charities night at the Iowa Cubs

Jun 6, 2013 - Jun 6, 2013
Tickets! Get your tickets!! Catholic Charities Night at the Iowa Cubs June 6, 2013 | Principal Park Tickets available through parishes by phone at 515-237-5089 or online at www.CatholicCharitiesDM.org. Special ticket blocks available for groups and a limited number of themed skyboxes are...

Ordination to Priesthood

Jun 7, 2013 - Jun 7, 2013
2013 Diocese of Des Moines Ordination to Priesthood of Fabián Moncada Benavides Ross Parker Adam Westphal

Candidacy Mass

Jun 16, 2013 - Jun 16, 2013
2013 Candidacy Mass for some seminarians of the Diocese of Des Moines

Fairway Fathers

Jun 17, 2013 - Jun 17, 2013
Annual golf event for young men interested in learning more about the priesthood and to support vocations.

Congratulations on your engagement, and thank you for considering attending our diocesan marriage preparation workshop! The workshop is entitled "Invited to Joy", and it is a one day event in which couples will be invited into a deeper understanding of a sacramental marriage, and will...

Anniversary Mass

Aug 4, 2013 - Aug 4, 2013
This summer we will have two anniversary Masses to celebrate with those couples who have had milestone anniversaries in the past year.  The Masses will be held at 11 a.m. on June 2 at St. Patrick Parish in Council Bluffs, and at 4 p.m. on Aug. 10 at St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines. ...

Rural Life Mass

Aug 25, 2013 - Aug 25, 2013
The annual Rural Life Mass, honoring and celebrating rural life in the Diocese of Des Moines, will be Aug. 25 at 1 p.m. on the farm of Robert and Jo Mulvihill, 3108 Cumming Road in Cumming. The farm is six miles west of the I-35 Cumming exit. Longtime agriculture broadcaster Ken Root will be a guest speaker.

Ecumenical Taizé Prayer during the Year of Faith Sunday, Sept. 15 at 5 p.m. Location and further details TBA.

Join us on Thursday, Sept. 19 for a Year of Faith event featuring Peter Murphy from the Secretariat on Evangelization and Catechesis at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.  Dr. Murphy will be speaking of the importance of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in our living and...

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