Bishop Pates ordains Father Guthrie Dolan
Bishop Richard Pates ordained Father Guthrie Dolan on June 3 at St. Ambrose Cathedral. Father Dolan is a Des Moines native, with St. Joseph as his home parish. He attended St. Joseph Catholic School and Dowling Catholic High School, graduating in 2003. After graduating from Dowling Catholic, he completed his college seminary studies at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Winona, Minn. before studying in major seminary at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein near Chicago. Father Dolan was ordained to the transitional diaconate in November, 2010, the last formal step before ordination to the priesthood. Here is Bishop Pates' homily.
The Diocese of Des Moines includes 82 parishes in 23 counties in central and southwest Iowa.
Seventeen organizations located within the 23 counties of the Diocese of Des Moines received grants totaling $9,600 from Operation Rice Bowl to support their work to help the needy.
Catholic Charities in the Des Moines Diocese is organizing a personal care item collection and taking donations for tornado victims
Nationwide grant to be used at Catholic Charities' St Joseph Emergency Family Shelter and St. Mary Family Center to provide resources to those in poverty.
DES MOINES, IOWA - Catholic Charities is pleased to announced that it received a $15,000 grant from the Nationwide Insurance Foundation. The grant will provide Catholic Charities with funds to continue providing services at St. Mary Family Center and St. Joseph Emergency Family Shelter.
More than $59,000 in pledges and donations was raised during the annual Catholic Charities Night at the Iowa Cubs at Principal Park on June 24. Sponsored by Mercy Medical Center for the sixth year, proceeds support programs and services in central Iowa that provide food, shelter, counseling and other services to all people in need.
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This event has always been one of my favorites because it was at the 2005 Catholic Charities Night at the I-Cubs when I first learned of the breadth of services offered by Catholic Charities in the Des Moines Diocese and began my volunteer involvement with a wonderful organization!
- Event Chairperson & Board Member Samantha Chambers
I was recently asked, “What sets Catholic Charities Counseling Program apart from others?” My simple response was that we have the pleasure and the opportunity to provide therapy services for all those that may need it. Our sliding fee scale enables us to provide quality, professional services to those who may otherwise not be able to access services. We also take insurance allowing people who do have the option to utilize their health care benefits.
But that’s not all.
A special thank you from a client to Catholic Charities' St. Mary Family Center.
I am a better person because of my work with Catholic Charities.
Bishop Richard Pates and Bishop Emeritus Joseph Charron, C.PP.S. are making their ad limina visit.
The Diocese of Des Moines has put the proposed Cristo Rey Des Moines project on indefinite hold until additional philanthropic financing can be identified.
Bishop Pates ordained Father Guthrie Dolan to the priesthood on Friday, June 3 at St. Ambrose Cathedral.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released the results of the John Jay College study on causes and context of sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy.
Join some of our diocesan seminarians and celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi at the 4th Annual Sacred Heart Corpus Christi Procession on Sunday, June 20th, at 3:00 pm.
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VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News)—Christian families should be a happy and loving environment in which young people can discern calls to the priesthood or religious life, Pope Benedict XVI says in his message for the World Day of Prayers for Vocations.
For the first time in recent history, the number of religious priests has increased!
Emphasizes Importance of Studying the Faith as an Organic Whole
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