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The newest members of the Office of Vocations team - Father Zach Jones and Deacon Dan Goebel - join us for a special edition for National Vocations Awareness Week. They work alongside Vocations Director Father Travis Crotty, Director of Seminarians Father Shane Deman and Benefits Coordinator Michelle Steinbach. Learn about the annual events including Quest and Quo Vadis in the summer and the Thinking of Priesthood Day and Fireside retreat in the coming weeks. Father Jones also shares his Meatless Fridays for vocations initiative in hopes that the diocesan faithful will participate. Learn more at www.siouxcitypriest.com.

Father Crotty's memo on vocation lesson plans for K-12 HERE.

Meatless Fridays video: HERE

Seminarian Appeal: HERE

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Starting Jan. 1, 2027, donors can earn dollar for dollar federal tax credits by supporting the Iowa Catholic Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO). In turn, families desiring a Catholic school education have another tool to help them finance the cost. Steve Kane is our guest to explain how the SGO works and why we need this organization to provide school choice for our families.

Follow updates from the Iowa Catholic SGO on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61592299305655

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Pope Leo, the USCCB, the U.S. Border bishops, the Iowa Catholic bishops and Bishop John E. Keehner of the Diocese of Sioux City have all spoken out urging for meaningful immigration reform and defending the God-given of all human beings, regardless of immigration status.

Jennie Murray, president and CEO of the National Immigration Forum, shares the work of this non-partisan group that works to advocate for commonsense solutions for immigration reform, ensuring immigrants reach their fullest potential in this country, and share the value of immigration to this country, recognizing the dignity of each human being.

The Bibles, Badges and Business efforts of the forum bring together faith leaders, law enforcement and businesses to share the importance of immigrants in this country, contributing to our houses of worship, our communities and our workforce.

The Catholic Church is involved with the Forum with faith leaders from around the country including Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, who is very vocal regarding immigration and the church's position.

Learn more about the complex issue of immigration and the work of the Forum and sign up for the Forum Daily at www.forumtogether.org.

Thank you for listening to this episode of Illuminating Catholics – shedding light to understand the modern church. Follow us for more episodes on topics of the Catholic faith. We are funded in part by Together As One - our diocesan annual appeal. For more news from the Diocese of Sioux City, visit lumenmedia.org.