Sister Mary Rosemunda, BVM, 92, died Aug. 20 in Dubuque. She was a Sioux City native and taught at Sacred Heart School in Boone and St. Michael School in Sioux City in the diocese.

The Kossuth County Sheriff's Office has charged Father Steven McLoud with theft in the first degree and fraudulent practices in the first degree.

Several dozen members of Mater Dei Parish boarded a travel bus for a trip to religious sites in South Dakota on Aug. 14. The first stop was in Alexandria, South Dakota, to tour the Carmelite Monastery Chapel, the Fatima Family Shrine and St. Mary of Mercy Church. On the return trip, the bus stopped in Sioux Falls for a tour of the St. Joseph Cathedral. The final stop was at Falls Park, where the group wandered around the Falls of the Big Sioux River and gathered for some food.

The FIRE Foundation of Northwest Iowa has awarded $30,000 to Sioux City Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools to fulfill the responsibilities of the Director of Student Services for the 2024-2025 school year. BHCS also received a $1,500 microgrant for staff to attend a learning disabilities conference. Holy Cross School received $1,775 for sensory tools and to initiate a service cart project for students.

Conception Abbey of Conception, Missouri now offers silent retreats. The “Encountering Christ” retreat is a Benedictine style weekend retreat of silence for those who are looking to go deep in their relationship with our Lord, learn from the tradition of the Catholic Church and respond to the call to holiness

Templeton native Sister Nancy Schreck, OSF, was selected as the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) on Aug. 16, during the closing banquet of LCWR’s Assembly in Orlando.

(bilingual) Tickets are now on sale for the Cash Raffle to benefit Catholic schools in the Diocese of Sioux City. The $100 raffle tickets will be sold this fall to fund thousands of dollars in grants for each of the 15 school systems. Los boletos para la rifa en efectivo, a beneficio de las escuelas católicas de la Diócesis de Sioux City, ya están a la venta. Los boletos de la rifa de $100 se venderán este otoño para financiar miles de dólares en becas para cada uno de los 15 sistemas escolares.

Caridades Católicas de la Diócesis de Sioux City ofrecerá un curso para padres gratuito de 6 semanas este otoño, y la primera de seis clases nocturnas se realizará el 10 de septiembre.

The Knights of Columbus Iowa Great Lakes Council 5043 inducted officers for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The monthly meeting was held July 1 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Spirit Lake.

Hoping to raise awareness about the plight of homelessness throughout the nation, Catholic Charities USA has organized a series of six advocacy forums in locations throughout the country. One such gathering - Catholic Charities USA’s Advocacy Forum: Convening on Practical Solutions to Homelessness - was held Aug. 8 and 9 at Catholic Charities Twin Cities location in Minneapolis. Amy Bloch, executive director of Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Sioux City, attended that meeting.

When the Carroll Kuemper Knights faced the Sioux City Heelan Crusaders on the gridiron 50 years ago, the Knights were the big-time underdogs. Russ Hoffman of Greene County, a member of the 1974 Kuemper football team, said Bishop Heelan was a 4A powerhouse at the time, dominating everyone they played. “They were 50-point favorites over us. The game was said to be David against Goliath,” he said, recalling the Crusaders dressed 68 players and the Knights dressed 36.

Kevin McKinney of Storm Lake has been appointed by Supreme Master Michael McCusker as Knights of Columbus master of the fourth-degree district for the state of Iowa. McKinney will begin his two-year term Sept. 1, replacing Paul Lee of Cedar Falls, who served for two years.

There’s more to Father Brad Pelzel’s personal chalice than what meets the eye. The vessel is now a third-class relic, an object touched by a saint. The gold-plated chalice was used by St. John Paul II for the pope’s private daily Mass on June 13, 2002. At the time, Father Pelzel was completing four years of seminary study at the Pontifical North American College in Rome and would remain in Rome another year to complete his graduate studies (licentiate) in sacred theology.

(bilingual) “I am the bread of life; Whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” “Yo soy el pan de vida; el que viene a mí nunca tendrá hambre, y el que cree en mí nunca tendrá sed.”