Prepare for "Christ Our Life" on September 26-27
by Diocese of Des Moines | August 25, 2026
The Christ Our Life Catholic Conference returns on September 26-27 at the Casey's Arena in Des Moines. According to the Christ Our Life website, this non-profit conference will feature a host of speakers and Catholic exhibitors to lead the faithful in faith sharing, faith building, and praise. Since its debut in 2010, the Christ Our Life Catholic Conference has grown exponentially with new ways to draw in thousands of Catholics in person and online.
Tickets for the event are $30 for Adults and free for Students up to age 23. Tickets can be purchased on the conference's website here: Tickets - Christ Our Life Iowa.
To view a preview of the event, click on the video above. For a tentative conference schedule, read on below.
TENTATIVE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 26th
- 7:00 – Doors open/Vendors open
- 7:50 – The Holy Rosary / Gabe Castillo & friends
- 8:20 – Praise Band
- 8:40 – Announcements: Co-Chairs Marilyn & Ellen; Jon Leonetti
- 8:55 – Music Prelude
- 9:00 – The Holy Mass / Bishop Joensen, homilist
- 10:15 – Break / Steve Angrisano & Band
- 10:35 – Welcome Address / Bishop William Joensen
- 10:50 – Chris Stefanick
- 11:35 – Announcements
- 11:40 – Sister Medhin Tesfay
- 12:25 – Announcements
- 12:30 – Lunch Break
LUNCH BREAKOUT SESSIONS – 1:15
Mary’s Meals (Casey’s Center)
Extended High School/College Breakout (HyVee Hall)
- 2:00 – Love Gods Will
- 2:10 – Fr. David Michael Moses
- 3:00 – Divine Mercy Chaplet / Emily Schmid & Steve Angrisano & Band
- 3:25 – Ellen & Marilyn
- 3:35 – Break
- 4:00 – Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow
- 4:40 – Stretch Break
- 4:45 – Crystalina Evert
- 5:30 – DINNER
- 7:00 – Bishop Joseph Espaillat
- 7:45 – Steve Angrisano & Band
- 7:50 – Eucharistic Procession, Adoration and Benediction
(Bishop William Joensen and Bishop Joseph Espaillat)
Reconciliation offered on Saturday from 7:30am to 8:30am and from 10:30am to 6:30pm
Sunday, September 27th
- 7:00 – Doors Open
- 8:00 – The Holy Rosary / Crystalina Evert & friends
- 8:20 – Praise Band / Steve Angrisano
- 8:45 – Announcements Co-Chairs Ellen & Marilyn; Jon Leonetti
- 9:00 – Charbel Raish
- 9:50 – Steve Angrisano & Band
- 10:00 – Father Robert Spitzer
- 10:45 – Break
- 11:00 – Gabe Castillo
- 12:15 – Mass Prelude
- 12:30 – The Holy Mass / Bishop Joseph Espaillat, homilist
Reconciliation offered on Sunday from 7:00am to 11:15 am.
Additional information on the event can be found here: Home - Christ Our Life Iowa.