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Bishop Nickless and the Cathedral Parish are hosting a Blue Mass to honor first responders Sept. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Epiphany in Sioux City.

Sister Lenore Steilen, OSF, has celebrated her 80th Jubilee as a Sister of St. Francis of Assisi. Sister Lenore served in schools in the Iowa towns and cities of Early, Granger, Davenport and Wesley. She served as teacher and as a principal through her years of ministry. Sister Lenore celebrated her 101st birthday on July 5, and is still active as a volunteer at the Motherhouse of the congregation in St. Francis, Wisconsin

Several parishes and schools within the Diocese of Sioux City organized treks to St. Paul, Minnesota, for a Steubenville conference last weekend for high school students.

St. Therese of Lisieux Parish of Ida Grove, Danbury and Mapleton has announced it will host a third annual Eucharistic Rosary Congress Sept. 30 to Oct. 5.

Sister Maxine Kollasch, IHM, Whittemore native, was recently named to the Immaculate Heart of Mary leadership team as president. the IHM sisters are based in Monroe, Michigan.

The annual National Retired Religious collection will be held August 10-11 in the diocese. You are invited to participate in this annual national collection to support elderly religious meet the growing retirement and eldercare needs. Your gift to the Retirement Fund for Religious helps to furnish medications, nursing care, and more. Please give generously to this collection. Thank you. LA COLECTA ANUAL PARA EL FONDO DE JUBILACIÓN PARA LOS RELIGIOSOS se llevará a cabo del 10 y 11 de agosto. Usted está invitado a participar en esta colecta nacional anual para apoyar a los religiosos de tercera edad y hacer frente a las crecientes necesidades de jubilación y de su cuidado. Su donativo al Fondo de Retiro para Religiosos ayuda a proporcionar medicamentos, cuidados de enfermería y mucho más. Por favor, contribuya generosamente a esta colecta. Muchas gracias.

The Office of Faith Formation provided an orientation day for directors of religious education and helped them make connections with resource staff at the Central Catholic Offices.

(bilingual) 'It's a big win but it's not over' On July 29, pro-life Iowans will celebrate a major milestone. The Iowa “heartbeat bill” will become law after a district court ruled to lift an injunction against the bill. “The law prohibits abortions after the baby’s heartbeat can be detected. Sometimes this is as early as six weeks of pregnancy,” explained Tom Chapman, executive director of the Iowa Catholic Conference, the public policy voice for the Iowa Catholic bishops. “We’re pleased to see that the heartbeat abortion law can be enforced. As the Iowa bishops have said, ‘human life is precious and should be protected in our laws to the greatest extent possible.’”

(bilingual) Your bags are packed, your passport is in hand, and you have made sure your bank is aware you will be on a cruise for a couple of weeks. You go over the cruise itinerary you received, and you realize you have a sea day on Sunday. That is, once you board the cruise on Saturday afternoon from whatever port you’re visiting that day, you won’t disembark until the next port on Monday. As a devout Catholic, you know you are obligated to attend Mass on Sunday, and you genuinely want to go. What should you do?

After a multi-year hiatus, Vietnamese-speaking Catholics in Storm Lake are again attending Mass in their native tongue at their parish. Ordained in 2023, Vietnam native Father Peter Pham will travel every month to Storm Lake to celebrate the Mass with the Vietnamese community.

By RENEE WEBB Content and Design Coordinator Among the 60,000 attendees of the National Eucharistic Congress held July 17 to 21 in Indianapolis were parishioners from the Diocese of Sioux City. Some diocesan parishioners made the journey to Indiana as part of the Holy Moments bus trip that left from Sioux City and picked up passengers in other parts of the diocese as it headed east. Other parishioners made the trip independently, traveling with family members or friends. Intense experience Many noted the event was so profound, it was hard to describe the experience. Mary Lehr of Sioux City Sacred Heart Parish, one of five organizers of the bus trip, believes it could be summed up as “the veil was removed” between heaven and earth. God opened it up “and showed us what the church is supposed to look like. Watching that was overwhelming.”