The following is Bishop Richard Pates’s schedule for the upcoming weeks. To request Bishop Pates’ presence at a parish or school event, contact his office at least four weeks prior to the event.
Washington, D.C. – Meetings of International Justice and Peace and Domestic Justice and Human Development Committees, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Wednesday, May 9 Des Moines – Confirmation, St. Peter Vietnamese Catholic Community, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 10
Atlantic – Priests Study Day, Ss. Peter & Paul, 9:00 am – 3:30 p.m.
Urbandale – Confirmation, St. Pius X, 7 p.m.
Friday, May 11
Des Moines – “In the Heartland with Bishop Pates”, KWKY Des Moines; KVSS, Omaha, 10 a.m.
Adel – Confirmation, St. John, Adel, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 12 Des Moines – Confirmation, Our Lady of the Americas, 11:30 a.m.
Carlisle – Confirmation, St. Elizabeth Seton, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 13 Griswold – Confirmation, Our Lady of Grace, 10 a.m.
Monday, May 14
Des Moines – Vocations Department Team Meeting, Pastoral Center, 7:30 a.m.
Des Moines – Confirmation, St. Joseph, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 15
Atlantic – Catechetical Leaders Association of the Diocese of Des Moines (CLADD) Mass and Lunch, Ss. Peter & Paul, 9:30 a.m.
Des Moines – Diocesan Executive Committee Meeting, Pastoral Center, 1 p.m.
Des Moines – Confirmation, St. Catherine of Siena, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 16 Altoona – Prairie Meadows Award Luncheon, Prairie Meadows, 11 a.m.
Cedar Falls – Meeting of Iowa Catholic Conference, 3 p.m.
Thursday, May 17 Des Moines – Confirmation, All Saints, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 18 Des Moines – “In the Heartland with Bishop Pates”, KWKY Des Moines; KVSS, Omaha, 10 a.m.
Elkhart – Confirmation, St. Mary/Holy Cross, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 19 Des Moines – Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Annual Holy Hour and Luncheon, St. Augustin Chapel and Wakonda Club, 10 a.m.
Altoona – Confirmation, Ss. John & Paul, 5:30 p.m.
