Price: $15 Description: Mike Sweeney is a five-time MLB All Star and member of the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame. After enjoying a 16-year career in Major League Baseball, Mike worked as an analyst on MLB Network. He currently works as a special assistant to the GM with the KC Royals. Mike is a […]
Price: $20 Description: Since 2000, gym memberships in the U.S. have more than doubled (33 to 70 million). From protein shakes to CrossFit to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, our culture is gripped by a hunger for physical excellence. But what does the Catholic Church have to say about the gym? After all, some of our greatest saints […]
Price: $10 Description: For nearly two thousand years, every Christian body—Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant alike—rejected contraception as contrary to God’s design for marriage, a consensus that only began to fracture in the 1930s. In this talk, we will explore why the Catholic Church has remained steadfast, and how the widespread embrace of contraception has contributed—just […]
Price: $20 Description: Come to this talk if your family has any problems! Men's speaker, comedian, and therapist Paul Kim talk about changing your family tree. There is no such […]
Price: $25 Description: Men are often defined by what they can do and what they can accomplish. Underneath every man’s activity is his identity. In this talk, an elite Navy […]
Price: $15 Description: Men are often defined by what they can do and what they can accomplish. Underneath every man's activity is his identity. In this talk, an elite Navy […]
Price: $20 Description: Men are often defined by what they can do and what they can accomplish. Underneath every man’s activity is his identity. In this talk, an elite Navy […]
The Heart of the Mission (HOM) Retreat) is an invitation for a select group of 65 men to step more deeply into the vision, spirituality, and brotherhood of Forge. Hosted […]
Price: $20 Description: Join us for an evening with Sohrab Ahmari as he shares the remarkable story of his intellectual and spiritual journey in a talk titled From Marxism to […]
Price: $20 Description: Join us for an evening with Sohrab Ahmari as he shares the remarkable story of his intellectual and spiritual journey in a talk titled From Marxism to […]
Father, Grandfather, Papal Theologian
John Grabowski, Ph.D. has taught moral theology on the faculty of the Catholic University of America since 1991. He has served multiple terms as a theological advisor for the U.S.C.C.B., as an expert at the 2015 Synod on Family, and on the Pontifical Council for the family from 2009-2015 with his wife Claire. He has written or coauthored eight books and many scholarly and popular articles in the areas of moral theology, marriage, sexuality, theological anthropology, and bioethics. John serves on FORGE's Board of Directors and contributes to FORGE curriculum. He and Claire have 5 children and 11 grandchildren.
Forge only facilitates small groups in the greater Des Moines Metro area