Archdiocese of Dubuque

06/04/2026

A scribe asked Jesus to rank the whole Law. He gave two commandments in response: love God with everything you are, and love your neighbor as yourself. Everything else in Scripture hangs on these.

06/03/2026

The Catholic Church dedicates the entire month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

06/03/2026

Bennett Scott Hansen, alumnus of Immaculate Conception School in Charles City and Jackson Wallace Andrew Lampe, graduate of Wahlert High School in Dubuque have been named as semifinalists for the 2026 U.S. Presidential Scholars program. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, this prestigious program honors the nation’s most distinguished high school seniors and recognizes high achievements in visual, creative and performing arts as well as ability and accomplishment in career and technical education. Congratulations, Bennett and Jackson!

06/01/2026

The application deadline for an ESA is approaching! Who qualifies? ALL residents of Iowa who desire a nonpublic K-12 education and complete the application by the deadline, regardless of their income! Go to https://iowa-households.withodyssey.com/login/ and apply by June 30!

05/31/2026

Father. Son. Holy Spirit.
Eternally distinct. Eternally one. Eternally pouring themselves out in love for one another, and for us.

05/29/2026

Pope Leo XIV is inviting Catholics around the world to join him in praying a rosary for peace on Saturday, May 30. The Holy Father will pray the rosary live from the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens at 12:00pm CDT. The livestream will be available via the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. at nationalshrine.org/mass.

To accompany his constant calls for peace in the world, Pope Leo XIV will lead the prayer of the Holy Rosary on May 30 at 7:00 PM Rome time from the Vatican Gardens.

He will lead the faithful in Shrines around the world in praying the Joyful Mysteries, with each decade being dedicated specifically for those affected by war and violence and entrusting them to the intercession of Mary, Queen of Peace.

The first mystery prays for the victims of war, especially the most vulnerable, while the second is for those who bring words of hope and the comfort of faith to populations affected by war. The third recalls the medical and paramedical personnel and volunteers who bring humanitarian aid every day.

The fourth mystery prays for those who suffer the violence of war, for prisoners and for all who endure humiliations that violate human dignity. The fifth and final Joyful Mystery is dedicated to praying for an end to war and the establishment of lasting peace in the world.

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-preside-over-rosary-dedicated-to-peace-in-vatican-gardens.html

05/29/2026

In 1975 St. Paul VI gave the Church this line:
"Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses."
You don't have to argue your way to evangelization. You have to live your way there.

05/28/2026

Bartimaeus heard that Jesus was passing by.

"Jesus, son of David, have pity on me!" The crowd told him to be quiet. Jesus stopped, and asked the question: "What do you want me to do for you?"
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These words came back: "Master, I want to see." He could have asked for healing of his eyes specifically. But, he asked for sight.
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Christ asks the same question of you today.
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Most of us do not know how to answer. We have grown so used to our blindness that the question feels too large.
Start with Bartimaeus' three words. Master, I want to see.

05/27/2026

In 596, Pope Gregory the Great sent forty Benedictine monks to evangelize a remote pagan island at the edge of the known world: Britain. Halfway there, terrified of what awaited them, the monks turned back and begged the Pope to release them. He refused. Their leader, Augustine, eventually landed in Kent, met King Æthelberht under an oak tree, and within a year baptized the king himself. He became the first Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Every Christian community in the British Isles traces back to that frightened band of monks who almost gave up.

05/26/2026

St. Philip Neri once shaved off half his beard before going out to meet an important visitor, just to mortify his vanity. He danced through the streets of Rome to make people laugh. When a young man came to him obsessed with becoming a doctor and then a famous lawyer and then rich and then powerful - Philip kept asking, "And then?" until the young man finally answered, "And then I will die." Philip smiled and said, "And then?"
The young man entered the priesthood.
St. Philip Neri, patron of laughter, joy, and Rome itself - pray for those of us who take ourselves far too seriously.