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Storm Lake St. Mary School announced July 23 that school administration entered into a sharing agreement with the Storm Lake Community Schools for all grades seven to 12 athletics except dance. The sharing will begin with volleyball in a few weeks as the schools already share a football program.

St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll announced today that it has received a $2 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support construction of a permanent PET/CT scanner suite, an important addition to local cancer care services.

Jeff Zyzda of Mater Dei Parish in Sioux City will be ordained to the permanent diaconate Aug. 1 along with three other men. He shares how he was involved in parish life and had been nudged by God to consider a vocation to the diaconae.

"Acts That Diminish or Disregard the Dignity of Any Person or Group of People Should Never Be Normalized in Our Society,” said Bishop Daniel E. Garcia, chairman of the USCCB subcommittee for the promotion of racial justice and reconciliation and Bishop Brendan J. Cahill, chair of the committee on migration issued a pastoral reflection.

Will Swanson of Storm Lake joined the church at the Easter vigil in 2013 and was married a few weeks later at St. John the Baptist in Bancroft, his wife's home parish. Thirteen years later, he is preparing to be ordained as a permanent deacon on Aug. 1 at the Cathedral of the Epiphany along with Kevin Holzman of Orange City, Jeff Schoep of Sioux City and Jeff Zyzda of Sioux City.

Seminarians of the Diocese of Sioux City have been assigned to help parishes and organizations this summer before they return to their respective seminaries this fall. The seminarians also participated in a pilgrimage to Rome in June and several accompanied diocesan youth to the Steubenville Youth Conference in Rochester, Minnesota. They shared where they are assigned and highlights from their summer experiences.

National Natural Family Planning Awareness Week, which will be held July 19-25, is a national education campaign to spread the teachings about Catholic teaching on marriage and matrimonial love. According to Karmen Bower, diocesan director of faith formation, the week is organized by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and provides an opportunity for local dioceses to share information about natural family planning.

*Updated: Parishes from the Diocese of Sioux City, Des Moines Diocese and Archdiocese of Dubuque share Catholic events and opportunities offered for RAGBRAI riders starting July 18.

William Kahle, seminarian from Divine Mercy Parish of Kossuth County and West Bend, is serving in a leadership position in his college seminary that is helping him grow and potentially prepare him for priestly ministry. He was elected last winter by his peers to serve as head prefect of the student body.

Thanks to the generosity and dedication of the volunteers from Humbolt, four new billboards have recently been installed in Humboldt County, replacing signs that had weathered over the years.

Through the years deacon candidate Kevin Holzman of Orange City has come to know well the perseverance of God. The parishioner of St. Donatus Parish made up of St. Mary Churc in Alton, St. Joseph Church in Granville and St. Anthony Church in Hospers, pointed out he first felt a calling to the diaconate about 18 years ago.

Column by Sister Anne Marie Walsh, SOLT The “heart” speaks to the deepest core of the person, the place where we think, choose, desire, remember and love. It is the place where the state of our relationship with God is revealed. Sins of the heart, therefore, are more about interior thoughts, desires, intentions and attitudes that turn us away from God, even if we have not acted on those desires, etc., yet.

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.

Interested in obtaining a ticket to attend the Mass of Beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen? Tickets will be required due to anticipation of huge crowd. Tickets are now available.

After a four-year stint of service as the vice rector of formation at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in Missouri, Father Shane Deman is returning to the Diocese of Sioux City to serve at St. Rose of Lima Parish in Denison.

The continental leaders for the synod are wrapping up their meetings in Rome this week. However, parishioners in the Diocese of Sioux City probably won't be involved until early 2027.

Illuminating Catholics, podcast of the Diocese of Sioux City, was recognized at the recent Catholic Media Association annual conference for an episode highlighting issues facing refugees and immigrants in northwest Iowa.

Photo recap of the June 20 March for Life event at the Iowa state capitol.