Bishop Keehner Corner - El Rincón del Obispo Keehner

(Bilingual) Bishop John E. Keehner pens a letter on Lent as the faithful prepare for Ash Wednesday on Feb. 18.

(Bilingual) Following is a letter from Bishop John Keehner in both English and Spanish, addressing the current national immigration climate and the fears experienced by many of our immigrant brothers and sisters. This message echoes recent communications shared by the Iowa Catholic Conference and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding the dignity of every human person.

(Bilingual/bilingüe) Beginning Sunday, Jan. 25, we join with members of the faithful throughout the United States in celebrating National Catholic Schools Week. In doing so, we celebrate the great gift Catholic education has been and continues to be not only to the millions of persons who have been educated in our Catholic Schools but also the great gift that education has proven to be to our great nation, in forming good and faithful citizens.

(Bilingual English and Spanish) ... Of course, our celebration of Christmas is very much a celebration of the light of God’s love come into the world in the person of his only begotten son ... Por supuesto, nuestra celebración de la Navidad es en gran parte una celebración de la Luz del amor de Dios que ha venido al mundo en la persona de su Hijo Unigénito...