Forge Presents: Andreas Widmer - Men and Work

October 12, 2025 6:30 PM
Location: West Des Moines Marriott, 1250 Jordan Creek Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50266

The Church teaches that human work is not merely a necessity but a sacred vocation—the very arena where men and women are called to become saints. Yet most men do not experience it that way. In the churn of corporate America, the rise of artificial intelligence, and an age of economic uncertainty, many feel reduced to little more than cogs in a machine. What guidance does the Church offer today’s worker? How can men discover meaning and mission in the modern workplace? And what does sanctity look like at the office, in the shop, or on the job site? That is what this talk is all about.

Doors open and drinks served 6:30PM. Talk starts at 7PM. The cost to attend is $20. All attendees of this event will receive a complimentary login to Forge’s brand new 6-part small group series, “Men and Work”.

Andreas Widmer is an entrepreneur, professor, Swiss Guard, consultant, business coach, popular speaker, and author, with 30 years’ business experience in international business strategy, economic development, and entrepreneurship. After a series of encounters with Pope Saint John Paul II, Andreas Widmer had a profound conversion and dedicated his life to building up the Church. He has worked extensively in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America and has launched more than 100 technology products. Andreas has taught entrepreneurship at The Catholic University of America’s Busch School of Business & Entrepreneurship since 2012. He founded and is the Director of the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship.