French Jesuits were martyred in the seventeenth century in what is now New York and Ontario. Jogues went back after being tortured and losing his fingers. He knew exactly what was waiting.

Want to grow in your spiritual life but struggle with discouragement? Come hear renowned author and speaker on the spiritual life, Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OMV, share how to overcome spiritual discouragement. Learn more at dbqarch.org/institute-events.

World Mission Sunday. The Our Call to Share collection supports the global ministry of the Church beyond our borders... priests, catechists, schools, clinics. One Church, one mission, everywhere at once.

He wrote that on the road to Rome and to his death, begging the Christians there not to rescue him. He is the first writer we know of to call the Church catholic.

A quiet Visitation nun in Burgundy whom almost no one believed at first. The devotion to the Sacred Heart that has shaped centuries of Catholic prayer began with visions the world was ready to dismiss.

This is your opportunity to share your thoughts with your pastorate team. Surveys are open until midnight on October 25. Find your pastorate-specific survey link in your pastorate's communications in your bulletin or online.

The Archdiocese of Dubuque is seeking a full-time Associate Director of Stewardship Development. To Apply: Send your resume and cover letter to Kristin Fjelde at [email protected].

If your family has experienced the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. The archdiocese’s BEHOLD YOUR CHILD ministry provides resources and support to bring hope and healing to families. Learn more at DBQArch.org/Behold-Your-Chil….

Thank you for including Journey in Faith in your prayers on the second Wednesday of each month throughout 2026. Consider praying a Lectio Divina today: bit.ly/JIF-Lectio-Divina

Our pastorate is participating in the fall “Our Call to Share” collection. The World Mission Sunday collection is 1 of 4 beneficiaries. Learn more about this collection: pontificalmissions.org/wms-2….

On this day in 1917, tens of thousands stood in a rain-soaked field at Fátima and saw the sun do something no one could explain. Our Lady’s request that day was not complicated: pray the Rosary, and pray for peace.

October is the Month of the Holy Rosary. Students learn to turn to Mary, our Mother, as a guide and intercessor in their daily lives. Through prayer and devotion, our students grow in trust that Mary always leads us closer to her Son, Jesus.

Beginning in 2027, there will be a new way to support Catholic school students. The Education Freedom Tax Credit is a piece of legislation that has made it possible for the four dioceses of Iowa to come together to form the Iowa Catholic Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO).

The first millennial saint. He built a website cataloguing Eucharistic miracles, wore jeans and sneakers, and died of leukemia at fifteen. He called the Eucharist his highway to heaven.

Having a set day of communal prayer will strengthen our bonds as an Archdiocesan community. Lifting up our souls, hearts and minds simultaneously surely will rise as a pleasing offering before God.⁣ This Wednesday, we'll share a communal prayer to offer up for Journey in Faith.

Our pastorate is participating in the fall “Our Call to Share” collection. The annual U.S. bishops’ Collection for CRS is 1 of 4 beneficiaries. Learn more about this collection: bit.ly/octs-crs.

The king throws a wedding feast and the invited guests cannot be bothered... one to his farm, one to his business. Then the doors open to everyone on the street. The invitation is wildly generous and completely serious.

Because Mary asked for it. Because it puts the Gospel in your hands. Because it is the prayer you can still say when you have no words left. Start with a decade.

Our pastorate is participating in the fall “Our Call to Share” collection. The Collection for the Church in Latin America is 1 of 4 beneficiaries. Learn more about their work at usccb.org/latin-america.

Newman wrote that becalmed on a boat in the Mediterranean... sick, homesick, and not yet Catholic. Last November, Pope Leo XIV declared him the 38th Doctor of the Church and co-patron of Catholic education.