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To accommodate the needs of the office along with the priests’ new parish responsibilities, the Vocations Office is reorganizing as of July. Father Crotty and Father Deman will retain their roles in the Vocations Office while bringing on Father Zach Jones and Deacon Dan Goebel to the department on a part-time basis to assist.

After five years of formation, deacon candidate Jeff Schoep of Sergeant Bluff is one of four men in the Diocese of Sioux City who will be ordained to the permanent diaconate next month. With formation classes not wrapping up until the Thursday before ordination, the parishioner of Mater Dei Parish in Sioux City said that being focused on the studies hasn’t really allowed the reality of the upcoming ordination to completely sink in.

(Bilingual) Father Michael Cronin, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Denison, will leave his parish to begin three years of canon law studies in Rome. El Padre Michael Cronin, párroco de la parroquia de Santa Rosa de Lima en Denison, dejará su parroquia para comenzar un curso de tres años para estudiar Derecho Canónico en Roma.

Into The Deep Media has announced the launch of The Digital Pulpit Project, a nationwide evangelization initiative that aims to publish 1,000 YouTube Shorts featuring excerpts from Catholic homilies preached in parishes across the United States. Initiative seeks to bring powerful Catholic preaching beyond the walls of the church and into the digital mission field.