As the Parish Center is closed for renovation this Lenten season, the Knights of Columbus will instead be offering carryout meals from the Whitney Building. Guests are asked to drive west on 2nd Street, turn south into the alley past Walnut Street, and stop near the Whitney Building’s rear door before 3rd Street. Meals will be brought to your vehicle.

Our local Knights of Columbus Council #1164 will be offering carryout Fried Fish or Macaroni & Cheese Dinners each Friday evening during lent. Please join us beginning this Friday, March 7th in supporting not only our Knights, but all the people and organizations they are in turn able to help with the proceeds. Click on the title of this announcement for additional information as the location has changed.

In addition to the pilgrimage "passport" postcards in each of our Diocesan sites, click for a kids' booklet with the passport page and other fun activities to celebrate this Jubilee Year!

The Indulgence is a Jubilee grace that may be granted by undertaking a pious pilgrimage, piously visiting sacred places, or participating in works of mercy and penance. The faithful may obtain the Jubilee Indulgence granted by the Holy Father if they undertake a pious pilgrimage to certain churches in the Diocese of Des Moines as identified by Bishop Joensen. Please click for additional information.

2025 is the Jubilee Holy Year, the 2,025th anniversary of the Incarnation of our Lord, an "event of great spiritual, ecclesial, and social significance in the life of the Church." The concept of "Jubilee" has its origins in the Book of Leviticus (chapter 25) as a special year of reconciliation, pilgrimage, and coming home. Pope Francis has designated the 2025 Holy Year as a time to renew ourselves as "Pilgrims of Hope." (Jubilee 2025. (n.d.). USCCB. https://www.usccb.org/jubilee2025)