Illuminating Catholics

About Illuminating Catholics

Illuminating Catholics – shedding light to understand the modern church Welcome to the Illuminating Catholics - podcast of the Diocese of Sioux City. Your hosts are Dawn Prosser, director of Communications for the diocese and Karmen Bower of the Faith Formation Office. We will shed light upon topics of faith in the modern church. Our guests include Catholic clergy, religious sisters and other experts in their fields to help us understand what’s happening in the church today. We will explore issues (even tough ones) and find answers to common questions about Catholicism. Thank you for joining us for today’s Illuminating Catholics – shedding light to understand the modern church. Be sure to subscribe! Sound editing and episode artwork is by Renee Webb, design and content coordinator for the Diocese of Sioux City Office of Communications. We are funded in part by the generous donations to Together as One - Our Diocesan Annual Appeal.

Publisher

Dawn Prosser and Karmen Bower

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Nov 2024

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

101 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Spirit Lake writer Judge John Sandy

   Send us Fan Mail Judge John Sandy of the Iowa Court of Appeals shares his faith journey and how his faith is a guide for him in his work and life. He is also a writer of topics of faith and social justice and Lumen Media has published several of his articles (with more great writings to come). Judge Sandy is a parishioner of St. Mary in Spirit Lake, part of the Catholic Passage efforts in the Iowa Great Lakes area, a member of the Iowa Catholic Conference board of directors. Enjoy our intervi...

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Women's Gathering keynote Meg Hunter-Kilmer

   Send us Fan Mail Speaker, author and Notre Dame campus minister Meg Hunter-Kilmer is the keynote speaker for the Nov. 14 Women’s Gathering in Fort Dodge. She travels the world sharing God’s “fierce and tender love,” as well as her passion for Scripture and the saints. Hunter-Kilmer shares her faith journey, favorite Scripture passage, favorite saints and why she lived out of her car for 12 years. Come hear Hunter-Kilmer by registering for I will give you rest at www.scdiocese.org/gathering. L...

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   The Rosary and the Eucharistic Rosary Congress

   Send us Fan Mail Father Bill McCarthy and Sherry Hittle of St. Therese of Lisieux Parish talk about the rosary, its role in the faith and history and their own devotions to this powerful devotion. Hittle also shares the details of the Sept. 27 to Oct. 3 fifth annual Eucharistic Rosary Congress held at Sacred Heart Church in Ida Grove see LINK. All are welcome to all or some of the congress. Resources on the Rosary: - Knights of Columbus resources - Hallow how to pray the Rosary - USCCB prayer...

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