Your support is critical to ensuring that we have well formed, faith-filled, pastoral priests to serve the people of God in central and southwest Iowa for many years to come.
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Diocese Prayer for Vocations
Available in English & Spanish
Holy Hour for Vocations
Weekly Prayers of the Faithful for Vocations
Monthly Prayer Intentions for Vocations
Use this calendar to pray for all the priests in the Diocese of Des Moines, both active and retired. On months with 31 days, you're invited to pray for the deceased bishops and priests.
Encourage Vocations
If you know of a young man who you think would make a good priest, let him know! Many of our seminarians say they were told they'd make a good priest before they applied for the seminary.
Send Our Seminarians Mail
Download a list of Des Moines Diocese seminarians' mailing addresses, home parishes, and birthdays - send them a prayerful note of support!
Join A Serra Club
The Serra Club mission is to foster and affirm vocations to the ordained priesthood and vowed religious life, and through this ministry, assist members’ common Catholic faith.
Make a Financial Gift
The approximate cost for one seminarian to enter into and complete training is $600,000. Every gift is a contribution to the spiritual well-being of our parishioners.