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First 'funnel' deadline update, Feb. 18, 2024
Current legislative alerts from the Iowa Catholic Conference The first legislative deadline or “funnel,” at the State Capitol has passed....

Iowa Catholic Conference
Feb 18, 20243 min read
Iowa Catholic Conference news update, Feb. 11, 2024
You can contact your legislator on any of the matters mentioned below. This week will feature a flurry of activity at the State Capitol...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Feb 11, 20244 min read
Iowa Catholic Conference news update, Feb. 4, 2024
Legislative committees will be busy the next couple of weeks as the first funnel deadline approaches. Several bills involving the...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Feb 4, 20242 min read
Iowa Catholic Conference Newsletter, Jan. 28, 2024
An Iowa Senate subcommittee has passed the “Med Act” (SSB 3006), a bill to protect health care personnel from being required to provide a...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Jan 28, 20244 min read
Iowa Catholic Conference Newsletter, Jan. 21, 2024
Send a message to your state legislator. Last week at the State Capitol Legislative activity was a little slow last week at the State...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Jan 21, 20243 min read
Iowa legislative session begins
Condition of the State proposals Gov. Reynolds delivered the Condition of the State message to the state legislature last week. The ICC...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Jan 14, 20243 min read
Iowa Catholic Conference update, Jan. 5, 2024
Legislature convenes on Monday The second session of the 90th Iowa General Assembly is scheduled to begin Monday Jan. 8. Leaders will...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Jan 5, 20242 min read
Iowa Catholic Conference Newsletter, Dec. 20, 2023
Stay informed about the 2024 legislative session The Iowa Catholic Conference (ICC) invites you to join a Zoom webinar featuring...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Dec 19, 20232 min read
Iowa Catholic Conference Newsletter, Nov. 21, 2023
Resources coming on “Faithful Citizenship” During their recent meeting the U.S. bishops approved a new introductory note and the...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Nov 21, 20232 min read
Iowa Catholic Conference Newsletter, Oct. 31, 2023
Iowa Catholic Conference staff members are meeting with legislators and advocates on a variety of issues to prepare for the legislative...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Iowa Catholic Conference News update
Contact Congress about the budget deal Much is at stake as Congress considers last-minute budget deals to keep the government running....

Iowa Catholic Conference
Sep 26, 20232 min read
Labor Day statement focuses on “radical solidarity”
In preparing for the observation of Labor Day in the United States today, Sept. 4, Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Sep 1, 20233 min read
Contact Congress during the August recess
Medicaid changes The Medicaid health insurance program is returning to normal eligibility and enrollment after the end of the COVID-19...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Aug 11, 20233 min read


Holy Moments Delivers in Sioux City
Holy Moments Project takes root in Sioux City as Dynamic Catholic, Council 5660, St Gabriel Communications join to send free books to all
IA KofC Program Director
Aug 9, 20234 min read
District Court blocks heartbeat law
Unfortunately, a Polk County District Court judge granted a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of the new “heartbeat” law today,...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Jul 17, 20232 min read
Legislature passes 'heartbeat' law
In a special session on July 11, the Iowa Legislature passed House File 732, a bill to prohibit abortions after a heartbeat can be...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Jul 13, 20231 min read
Legislature called back into special session
Gov. Kim Reynolds has called the Legislature back into special session July 11, she said, "with the sole purpose of enacting legislation...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Stalemate at the Iowa Supreme Court
Disappointingly, the Iowa Supreme Court stalemated on a 3-3 vote in a case deciding whether the 2018 law prohibiting abortions after a...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Jun 30, 20233 min read


Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
On Friday, June 16, Catholics around the world will celebrate God’s love for us on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. It...

The State Council
Jun 15, 20231 min read
Iowa Catholic Conference Newsletter, June 5, 2023
More than 7,000 applications have been received from Iowans for a Students First Education Savings Account to help pay for tuition to an...

Iowa Catholic Conference
Jun 4, 20232 min read
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