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DEACON THOMAS KOLLASCH
Seminarian ordained transitional deacon
Sixteen seminarians from the Pontifical North American College (PNAC) were ordained to the transitional diaconate Oct. 2 during a celebration of the Eucharist in Rome. Thomas Kollasch, diocesan seminarian from Bancroft, was one of the men ordained at the Mass.
Bishop John E. Keehner was present for the Mass as well as Father Travis Crotty, vocations director, and Father Zach Jones of Divine Mercy, Deacon Kollasch’s home parish. Many friends and family of Deacon Kollasch were also at the ordination Mass.
Bishop Joseph G. Hanefeldt of Grand Island, Nebraska, was the ordaining prelate for the Mass of Ordination, which was celebrated at the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter, in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City.
Bishop John E. Keehner was present for the Mass as well as Father Travis Crotty, vocations director, and Father Zach Jones of Divine Mercy, Deacon Kollasch’s home parish. Many friends and family of Deacon Kollasch were also at the ordination Mass.
Bishop Joseph G. Hanefeldt of Grand Island, Nebraska, was the ordaining prelate for the Mass of Ordination, which was celebrated at the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter, in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City.
OCIA workshops train ministry teams, clergy, catechetical leaders on new process
A series of workshops on the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) were led by presenters from the Liturgy Training Publications (LTP) in the Diocese of Sioux City Sept. 25-27 at St. Mary Parish in Storm Lake.
According to Karmen Bower, director of the Office of Faith Formation for the diocese, her office co-sponsored the presentations with the Office of Worship in collaboration with Clergy Continuing Education.
“This was a great opportunity for collaboration between the offices so we had pastors, parish leaders and lay volunteers all hearing essentially the same message,” she said.
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