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Co-founders of the wildly successful Christ Our Life Conference Ellen Miller and Marilyn Lane share their inspiration for the every other year conference and all the hands that make it possible. They share how they are able to attract world-class Catholic speakers and thousands of attendees. Miller and Lane invite all to consider attending what could be a life-changing event on Sept. 26 and 27. More information on tickets and hotel information is on the website: https://christourlifeiowa.com/

Students 23 years of age and younger are free and have a separate track for part of the conference.

Can't travel to Des Moines? You can purchase a livestream ticket at https://christourlifeiowa.com/ and watch from the comfort of your home.

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Most are familiar with the FOCUS missionaries on college campuses, evangelizing college students during a critical time in their lives. St. John Paul II Parish in Carroll has hired the diocese's first parish-based FOCUS missionary - Gregory Kinser. He shares his journey joining the Catholic faith as a high school student, becoming a missionary after college and the move to Carroll. Kinser offers his vision for his new ministry at the parish and why he felt drawn to this new position.

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Father Jake Rosenmeyer, parochial vicar of Holy Trinity Parish of Webster County and St. Mary Parish in Humboldt, talks about the life of St. Francis, his devotion to this popular saint and his connection to St. Clare. Father also talks about Briar Cliff University, the Year of St. Francis and diocesan pilgrimage sites (go to www.scdiocese.org/stfrancis for more information).

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.