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West Des Moines Marriott

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1250 Jordan Creek Pkwy
West Des Moines, IA 50266 United States
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  • January 2026

  • Thu 29

    Hard Topics Workshop

    January 29 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm CST
    West Des Moines Marriott 1250 Jordan Creek Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA, United States

    This event is cosponsored by Serva Fidem. Men and Women welcome to attend the event. Description: Pope Saint John Paul II famously taught that “the future of the Church and of the world passes by way of the family.” Yet today, many Catholics feel ill-equipped to understand—or articulate—the Church’s teachings on marriage, sexuality, and family […]

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John Grabowski, Ph.D.

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.

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