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Discover the Difference: A Fond Farewell to All Our Retirees

Discover the Difference: Students Discover Media Talents

Food for the Journey: For those longing for nourishment and hope

Marriage & Family Life: Parents have awesome responsibility

Bishop: A mystery worthy of trust

Faith that Conquers: How strong is your identity in Christ?

Discover the Difference: St. Albert School Community Lives the Corporal Works of Mercy

Discover the Difference: Lifelong Learners

Bishop: Triptych of Witnesses

Marriage & Family Life: Spiritual house cleaning prepares us for new life

Discover the Difference: Many cultures, one family at Holy Family School

Discover the Difference: The Loras College Connection

Food for the Journey: Eucharist exemplifies God's love for us

Doctors (and Nurses, and All Health Professionals)' Mom

Faith that Conquers: Love is in the air

Marriage & Family Life: We are made for community

Discover the Difference: Celebrating Catholic Schools Week

Discover the Difference: Navy commander visits STEM program at St. Theresa School

Discover the Difference: Now Enrolling for the 2022-2023 School Year

Bishop: The worthy Word at work in us

Food for the Journey: Don't get too comfortable

Food for the Journey: Food for those who wait

You never know who Jesus will touch through you

Bishop: Merry Christmas and a richly Blessed New Year 2022!

Bishop: St. Joseph has not left the building

Marriage & Family Life: God relies on us to help his saving work

Discover the Difference: Everyone Wins With WIN Time

Let's Get Psyched: The Yearning of Love

Marriage & Family Life: Invest Time in Your Marriage

Bishop: Thanksgiving Aromas

Eucharistic Reflection: Adoration leaves you spiritually uplifted

Discover the Difference: Dispelling Myths About Catholic Education

Bishop: The New Adam's Family

Eucharistic Reflection: Sacramental Mysticism

Marriage & Family Life: Put in the work to see growth

Eucharistic Reflection: Who do you say that I am?

Discover the Difference: Retreat offers respite, strengthens relationships

Eucharistic Reflection: Make time for adoration

Bishop: Visioning With the Eyes of the Heart

Health experts say vaccination is a pro-life issue

Eucharistic Reflection: Who do you say that I am?

Discover the Difference: Meet Catholic School Alumnus Alberto Marquez

Discover the Difference: Human Genome Project Comes to St. Theresa School

Eucharistic Reflection: Eucharistic Self-Gift

Eucharistic Reflection: You are a tear in my heart

Bishop: Gentle and Ordinary Revelation

Faith that Conquers: The making of a champion

Marriage & Family Life: Singing invites us to joy

Bishop: Still together after all these years

Discover the Difference: Family thankful for support of their Olympian

Discover the Difference: Foundation awards grants to three schools

Discover the Difference: St. Patrick School Celebrates Centennial

Eucharistic Reflection: Treasure the healing offered by the Eucharist

Eucharistic Reflection: Reaching the Age of Reason

Eucharistic Reflection: Go to Jesus

Eucharistic Reflection: The Eucharist and Mary

Discover the Difference: Restorative Practices

Discover the Difference: St. Albert Catholic School begins updates

Faith that Conquers: I love a rainy night

Pastor's vocation story

Eucharistic Reflection: Looking for peace & love? Try adoration!

Bishop: Summer camp, desire & Sunday obligation

Eucharistic Reflection: Receiving the Call from the Heart of God

Discover the Difference: Creating a Safe and Positive Learning Environment

Marriage & Family Life: Mary's heart and ours: Allowing joy and sorrow to coexist

Eucharistic Reflection: Eucharist & Pentecost Part 2

Let's Get Psyched: Shame - The Thin Line Between Sin and Psychopathology

Bishop: Catholics Beyond Borders

Eucharistic Reflection: Eucharist & Pentecost as the Origin of the Church

Eucharistic Reflection: Run to the Lord

Faith that Conquers: A History of Faith

Eucharistic Reflection: Appreciating A Gift

Discover the Difference: 2 Schools Accommodate Enrollment Growth

Finding spiritual peace on a hospice bed

Marriage & Family Life: Begin again on the road to follow Jesus

Holy Hour Reflection: Eucharist - the Action of our Sunday Worship

Holy Hour Reflection: Eucharist - the Presence of Christ

Holy Hour Reflection: Mercy & Eucharistic Renewal

Holy Hour Reflection: We are Always in the Middle...Beginning

God is always with us

Holy Hour Reflection: Eucharist: "Go! You Are Sent!"

Discover the Difference: STEM Innovator® at St. Theresa Catholic School

Fasting With the Catechism

Holy Hour Reflection: Eucharist - the Action of our Sunday Worship

Living This Easter Season

Holy Hour Reflection: Eucharist - The Action of Our Sunday Worship

Bishop: Pre-Easter Lilies

Faith That Conquers: Take Advantage of the Feast Day Jesus Created For You

Marriage & Family Life: God's love covers a multitude of parenting sins

Holy Hour Reflection: Made Clean by the Presence of Love

Holy Hour Reflection: All of God's Children, Living and Deceased, are United

Discover the Difference: Get the Facts about School Choice in Iowa

Discover the Difference: Now Enrolling for the 2021-2022 School Year

Lent With Little Ones

Bishop's Reflection on the Eucharist: Mission

Faith that Conquers: The Living Jesus is Waiting for You

Bishop's Reflection on the Eucharist: Companionship

Marriage & Family Life: Remember the Lessons of the Pandemic

Bishop's Reflection on the Eucharist: Renewed Amazement

Bishop's Reflection on the Eucharist: Purified Hearts

Discover the Difference: Thank You!

As the Pandemic Stretches On, God Continues to be With Us

Discover the Difference: Celebrate Catholic Schools Week

How Do We Proclaim the Gospel During These Challenging Times?

Bishop: Decoder Ring

Let's Get Psyched: A Gentler Type of Resolution

Faith That Conquers: 2020 Was One for the History Books

Marriage & Family Life: Follow the Light

Bishop: Christmas Magnified

Accident inspires daily family prayer online

Family Faith Activities, Reflections & Prayers

Open Your Home to God's Grace This Christmas Season

Discover the Difference: Service Learning Benefits Students, Community

Faith Conversations for the 1st Week of Advent

Bishop: Night Saving Time

Discover the Difference: Meeting Social, Emotional Needs of Students

Family Friendly Activities, Reflections & Prayers

Let's Get Psyched: I Need a Hug

Discover the Difference: Enrollment Growth in the Unlikeliest of Times

Faith, Courage & Humility

Bishop: Mystic or Gnostic?

Marriage & Family Life: Prayer doesn't have to be perfect

Discover the Difference: Blue Ribbon Schools

Discover the Difference: Separated by Circumstances, Connected by Community

Bishop: Archangelic Attitudes

Discover the Difference: From Cradle to College

Jesus - I Know You Are Near

Bishop: Playing for Fish

Let's Get Psyched: Celebrating "I Am"

Marriage & Family Life: St. Monica an example of profound patience

Bishop: Flats, Furloughs and Sabbath Rest

To Reconcile All Things: Racism in America

Bishop: Father's Day-and Night

Discover the Difference: Meeting the Needs of All Students

Discover the Difference: Saving for Catholic Education

Bishop: Be bold, go forward & build authentic relationships

God is our hope in this pandemic

Bishop: Homeward Bound

Let's Get Psyched: Smiles, We Need Them

Discover the Difference: What to Look for in a STEM School

Marriage and Family Life: In our trials, Christ draws ever closer to us

Discover the Difference: Charitable Giving Made Easier Through the CARES Act

Jesus I trust in you

Bishop: After You

Bishop: Triduum/Easter message to the faithful

Discover the Difference: Catholic Education Is More Affordable Than You Think

Bishop's Holy Week Message

Discover the Difference: Keeping Kids on Track

Seminarians return to Iowa

Bishop: Inspiration from St. Joseph

Bishop: Undaunted Trust

Marriage & Family Life: An invitation to grow as a husband & father

Bishop: Threshold Crossed

Discover the Difference: The Benefits of Early Childhood Education

Marriage & Family Life: Incarnate love

Discover the Difference: What to Consider When Choosing a School

Let's Get Psyched: Was that compliment for me?

Bishop: Wisdom, Be Attentive!

Discover the Difference: Catholic Schools Week

Bishop: Unmuted Mystery

Discover the Difference: Two-Way Immersion Expands Educational Horizons

Bishop: Beauty and the Best

Let's Get Psyched: Honey, Let's Put Up The Tree!

#MakeMercyReal involves compassion and action

Bishop: Tree House

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Welcome Bishop Joensen

Marriage & Family Life: Road to sainthood is paved with challenges

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: A Heart Filled With Gratitude

What is faith?

Marriage & Family Life: Celebrate Marriage With Anniversary Masses

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Immigration: A Moral Crisis

Guest Column: Don't forget your home on the Hill

Guest Column: Pax Christi Commencement Speech from Dowling Catholic

Marriage & Family Life: Father & son discover God's love through reconciliation

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: The Father Jim Kiernan Initiative

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Sunday Worship is the Center of Family Faith Life

Let's Get Psyched! Here Comes a Breath of Fresh Air

Let's Get Psyched: Talk About Vulnerable!

New St. Albert President Grateful for Welcome

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Education - A First Priority

Marriage & Family Life: Finding Jesus in Our Homes

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Dying and Rising

Marriage & Family Life: There is a Third Option for couples wanting to improve their marriages

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Center of Family Faith Life is Sunday Worship

Marriage & Family Life: Focusing on words during Lent

Marriage & Family Life: Focusing on my words during Lent

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Do We Need Jesus?

Marriage & Family Life: Passing on Faith is Like Apprenticeship

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Looking to the future with Catholic education

Marriage & Family Life: No matter how messy, we are loved

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Busy, Busy This Holiday Season

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Seeking the Common Good

Marriage & Family Life: God draws us in community

Ask a Priest: Questions on bells at Mass, the Lord's prayer, and the alb

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Gratitude

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Sexual Abuse Crisis in the Church

Marriage & Family: What happened to keeping vows?

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Welcome to the Newly Ordained Deacons

Marriage & Family Life: Be a little more vulnerable

Let's Get Psyched! In the Midst of Chaos, There are Glimpses of Heaven

Ask a Priest: Mass times, visiting priests and confirmation

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Decrease Polarization for the Common Good

Marriage & Family Life: Our Faith Heritage

In the Heartland With Bishop Pates: Embracing the Future With Prayer

Let's Get Psyched! For Every Goodbye There is a Hello

Marriage & Family Life: Fathers

Reflection on Pope's Latest Teaching Document

Ask a Priest: On Outside Weddings

Marriage & Family Life: Lent is a time for renewal

Ask a Priest: Questions on Death

Let's Get Psyched! EXPOSED: I just want to be happy

Marriage & Family Life: Passion is the fruit of romance intentionally cultivated

Ask a Priest: Catholic Social Teaching

Ask a Priest: On sponsors and sacrament of the sick

Ask a Priest: Pope's retirement & communion for the divorced

Ask a Priest: What's a sacrarium? And, why do we confess with a priest?

Let's Get Psyched! A Great Four-Letter Word

Let's Get Psyched! Why spiritual integration is vital to mental health

Marriage & Family Life: Real Freedom Takes Commitment & Risk

Marriage & Family Life: The World Needs Hope Most of All

Ask a Priest: August 2017

Let's Get Psyched! Spirit is Thicker Than Blood

Marriage & Family Life: Habits of Faith

Ask a Priest: July 2017

Marriage & Family Life: Wisdom Passed On