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Ironside Axe Club

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2700 University Ave #100
West Des Moines, 50266 United States
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  • December 2025

  • Wed 3

    Advent and Axes

    December 3, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm CST
    Ironside Axe Club 2700 University Ave #100, West Des Moines, United States

    Description: Come to Ironside Axe Club on December 3rd for unlimited axe throwing and Advent strategy with Dr. Andrew Swafford. This Advent, don’t just coast toward Christmas—train for it. Advent—not […]

    $25
  • October 2025

  • Sun 12

    Men and Work

    October 12, 2025 @ 7:00 pm CDT
    Ironside Axe Club 2700 University Ave #100, West Des Moines, United States

    Description: The Church teaches that human work is not merely a necessity but a sacred vocation—the very arena where men and women are called to become saints. Yet most men […]

    $10
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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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