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Deacon Randy Kiel of Christ the King Parish in Des Moines joins Deacon Mark Campbell for his weekly preview of the Sunday readings, with a twist.Proverbs 31:10–31 (excerpts) praises the worthy wife who rises before dawn, serves her household, and prepares for winter. Deacon Randy invites us to see her also as the Church, the Bride of Christ: whatever storms and tribulations come, she guards what is entrusted to her and gives honor to her Bridegroom, Jesus Christ.In 1 Thessalonians 5:1–6, St. Paul tells the Thessalonians that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night, but they need not fear, because they live in the light. Deacon Randy connects the image to Judas, who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver, and hears Paul saying: you are not Judas. Stay sober and alert as Ordinary Time ends and Advent approaches. Sunday's psalm: "Blessed are those who fear the Lord."Read this Sunday's readings from the USCCB.Heard on the Catholic Morning Show, weekdays at 7 a.m. Central on Iowa Catholic Radio. More at IowaCatholicRadio.com.#SundayReadings #Proverbs31 #BrideOfChrist #Thessalonians #CatholicBible #OrdinaryTime #CatholicPodcast #CatholicFaith Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Catholic Morning Show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode — and if this one was worth your time, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating. It takes ten seconds and it's the single best way to help more people find the show. 🎧 LISTEN LIVE Catch The Catholic Morning Show live, weekday mornings on Iowa Catholic Radio. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fr. Mark Yavarone, OMV, joins Deacon Mark Campbell ahead of the Archdiocese of Dubuque's Institute of the Transfiguration presentation, Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement: An Ignatian Guide to the Daily Spiritual Life. He's filling in for his fellow co-founder Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OMV, who is recovering from surgery.Fr. Mark explains the two senses of discernment in St. Ignatius of Loyola. Discerning God's will means choosing between two goods, like religious life or marriage. Discernment of spirits means recognizing the movements in our hearts and knowing which come from the Lord and which do not. Facing a big decision with a short deadline? His first advice is to relax: God isn't caught off guard, so do the best you can with the time and wisdom you have.He describes the widespread spiritual discouragement he and Fr. Gallagher see, often carried in silence and shame, and how Ignatius gives us words for spiritual consolation and spiritual desolation so we aren't swept along by them. In spiritual direction, naming desolation leads to concrete help: don't change in desolation a decision you made in consolation, and act against desolation through prayer, self-examination, a small act of courage, and meditation.Hear Fr. Mark in person Friday, November 13, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 1350 Lyndhurst Dr., Hiawatha. Optional Holy Hour at 6 p.m., presentation at 7 p.m., and a social with food and beverages at 8 p.m. Registration is $25; a Saturday, November 14 workshop for spiritual directors and clergy is also offered. Register with the Archdiocese of Dubuque.Can't make it? Start with free articles, podcasts, and videos from the Ignatian Discernment Institute, including Fr. Mark's introduction What Is Discernment, Anyway?Heard on the Catholic Morning Show, weekdays at 7 a.m. Central on Iowa Catholic Radio. More at IowaCatholicRadio.com.#DiscernmentOfSpirits #IgnatianSpirituality #StIgnatius #SpiritualDirection #CatholicPrayer #SpiritualLife #CatholicPodcast #CatholicFaith Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Catholic Morning Show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode — and if this one was worth your time, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating. It takes ten seconds and it's the single best way to help more people find the show. 🎧 LISTEN LIVE Catch The Catholic Morning Show live, weekday mornings on Iowa Catholic Radio. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

John Gaffney, Director of Evangelization and Mission for the Diocese of Des Moines, joins Deacon Mark Campbell and Janelle Menz for his monthly segment.We all have rituals, John says, from morning coffee to game day, but the challenge is connecting them to deeper meaning. Drawing on Veterans Day, All Saints, and All Souls, he explains how November invites us to remember, give thanks, and reflect on our eternal destiny, and to make the "dash" between the dates on our headstone count.Ways to make gratitude a habit before Thanksgiving:Start a family gratitude journal today: write down three blessings each day and share them at Thanksgiving.Ask your pastor, deacon, or faith formation director for prayers from the Church's Book of Blessings, and take turns leading a blessing before dinner or bedtime.Write a thank-you note, call a grandparent, thank a teacher, or thank God for something specific.Gratitude is countercultural, John says, and Thanksgiving points us to the Eucharist, which means thanksgiving. On handing on the faith, he reminds us that faith is caught more than taught: kids remember seeing their parents pray. He suggests a "Grandma and Grandpa's faith story night" at home or over Zoom (who taught you to pray? which saint matters to you? how has God helped you through a hard time?), along with visiting cemeteries, praying for loved ones, and getting involved in parish life, where every generation gathers.Heard on the Catholic Morning Show, weekdays at 7 a.m. Central on Iowa Catholic Radio. More at IowaCatholicRadio.com.#CatholicGratitude #Thanksgiving #CatholicFamily #CatholicParenting #FaithAtHome #AllSoulsMonth #CatholicPodcast #CatholicFaithEpisode Contributors: Deacon Mark Campbell, Janelle Menz, John GaffneySearch Keywords:  Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Catholic Morning Show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode — and if this one was worth your time, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating. It takes ten seconds and it's the single best way to help more people find the show. 🎧 LISTEN LIVE Catch The Catholic Morning Show live, weekday mornings on Iowa Catholic Radio. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Deacon Mark Campbell, Janelle Menz, and Brian Egan open Thursday on the Memorial of St. Josaphat, the Basilian monk and archbishop who worked for unity between Eastern Christians and Rome and was martyred in 1623.Deacon Randy Kiel of Christ the King Parish in Des Moines previews this Sunday's readings with a twist. He reads the virtuous wife of Proverbs 31 as a picture of the Church, the Bride of Christ, who stands firm through every storm and honors her Bridegroom. In 1 Thessalonians 5, St. Paul tells believers they are children of the light, not caught off guard by the day of the Lord coming like a thief in the night. Read this Sunday's readings.John Gaffney, Director of Evangelization and Mission for the Diocese of Des Moines, explains why ritual still matters in a busy, distracted world, and why November is the Church's gift for slowing down to remember the saints and the dead. For Thanksgiving, he suggests a family gratitude journal (three blessings a day, starting today), praying from the Church's Book of Blessings before meals or bedtime, and writing thank-you notes. To pass on the faith across generations, he recommends a grandparents' faith story night, in person or on Zoom, plus visiting cemeteries and praying for loved ones.Pray for the dead with us in November: the Catholic Morning Show prays for the dead by name every weekday at 7:30 a.m. through Friday, November 20. Submit the names of your loved ones at IowaCatholicRadio.com.The crew talks Christmas tree rituals as the Rockefeller Center tree arrives, from real versus artificial trees to Deacon Mark's family "Charlie Brown" tree, and Brian's warnings of a Thanksgiving snow "hurricane."Fr. Mark Yavarone, OMV, co-founder of the Ignatian Discernment Institute, explains the difference between discerning God's will and discernment of spirits, why so many believers carry spiritual discouragement in silence, and Ignatius's advice: never change a decision in desolation that you made in consolation. Hear him in person Friday, November 13, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 1350 Lyndhurst Dr., Hiawatha, an Institute of the Transfiguration event of the Archdiocese of Dubuque: optional Holy Hour at 6 p.m., presentation at 7 p.m., and social with food and beverages at 8 p.m. Details and registration from the Archdiocese of Dubuque.News: Pope Leo XIV begins the final leg of his 12-day Latin American apostolic journey in Peru. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joins a coalition of attorneys general urging the FCC to strengthen the Robocall Mitigation Database. A man is arrested after a bomb threat on a United flight from Newark to New Orleans. The Polk County Health Department confirms a new measles case in a child who visited the Walmart on National Drive and Hy-Vee on North Ankeny Boulevard last week and UnityPoint urgent care and Blank Children's Hospital on Sunday; Iowa has reported 50 measles cases. Des Moines fire officials warn about counterfeit e-bike batteries after a weekend house fire. The Iowa Board of Regents hears proposals from the state universities, including Iowa State eliminating 11 programs. And former Dowling Catholic and Iowa star Caitlin Clark's picture book EXTRAordinary! debuts at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.Sports: the Iowa Wild host the Grand Rapids Griffins Friday and Saturday at Casey's Center. Tonight, Howard at Iowa State women at 6:30 p.m. and Northern Iowa at No. 10 Iowa women at 7:30 p.m. On Thursday Night Football, Washington visits the New York Giants at 7:15 p.m. High school football on the Iowa Catholic Radio Network: No. 2 Dowling Catholic faces No. 3 Southeast Polk in the Class 5A semifinals Friday at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, with pregame at 6:30 p.m. and kickoff at 7 p.m.Weather: a few morning sprinkles, then mostly sunny and chilly with a high in the mid-40s. Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 20s, and highs in the low 40s Friday. Lots of sunshine and a warm-up next week, with highs in the mid- to upper 50s by Wednesday.Listen live weekdays at 7 a.m. Central on Iowa Catholic Radio, or catch up anytime at IowaCatholicRadio.com.#CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio #DiscernmentOfSpirits #IgnatianSpirituality #CatholicGratitude #Thanksgiving #SundayReadings #CatholicPodcast #CatholicFaith Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Catholic Morning Show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode — and if this one was worth your time, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating. It takes ten seconds and it's the single best way to help more people find the show. 🎧 LISTEN LIVE Catch The Catholic Morning Show live, weekday mornings on Iowa Catholic Radio. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ethan O'Connor, author and illustrator of St. Joseph, Pray for Us! An Illustrated Litany for Children from Sophia Institute Press, joins Deacon Mark Campbell to talk about the hidden life of St. Joseph.Ethan's friendship with St. Joseph began with Fr. Donald Calloway's consecration to St. Joseph, which he made as a young father. He took the Litany of St. Joseph into his home and prayed it for years, and images from Scripture and the hidden years of the Holy Family began to come to him in prayer. After two years of discernment with his wife, he hand-painted the book at his kitchen table over a year of weekends, with his children watching and drawing alongside him. His kids, he says, are the harshest critics, and their delight kept him going.Ethan's favorite titles from the litany are Pillar of Families and Glory of Family Life, which his family now prays daily. His hope is that the book helps form children's moral imagination, so they learn early to recognize true beauty, and that families draw closer to Christ through the Holy Family.The book is endorsed by Gabriel Castillo, author of The Power of the Rosary, and makes a beautiful gift for Advent and Christmas. Order it from Sophia Institute Press.Heard on the Catholic Morning Show, weekdays at 7 a.m. Central on Iowa Catholic Radio. More at IowaCatholicRadio.com.#StJoseph #LitanyOfStJoseph #CatholicKids #CatholicBooks #HolyFamily #CatholicParenting #AdventGifts #CatholicPodcast Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Catholic Morning Show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode — and if this one was worth your time, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating. It takes ten seconds and it's the single best way to help more people find the show. 🎧 LISTEN LIVE Catch The Catholic Morning Show live, weekday mornings on Iowa Catholic Radio. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On Veterans Day, Deacon Mark Campbell welcomes retired U.S. Army Sergeant Don Stevens, who served in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970. As a senior at St. Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota, Don and all four of his roommates enlisted, knowing the draft was coming. He grew up in a strong Polish Catholic family with a father who trained Army Air Forces crews at the Sioux City Air Base and two uncles who landed at Normandy.Don describes life on Firebase Nancy, under constant mortar attack, and the night it was overrun, when he carried wounded men to the medical bunker and took over a .50-caliber gun to protect the doctors. Two men beside him died, and he carried that burden for years. What sustained him was a daily prayer: Lord, if today is the day I die, please help me get to heaven. Once he accepted that God was in charge, he says, life over there became a little easier.For 20 years Don couldn't talk about Vietnam. Untreated post-traumatic stress left him angry and struggling in his relationships, until he sought help through veterans' services and counseling. Healing deepened when, as executive director of Trinity Heights Queen of Peace Shrine in Sioux City, he helped establish a memorial where families can honor veterans of Vietnam, Korea, and World War II with engraved bricks.Remembering the jeers Vietnam veterans faced coming home, Don explains why many of them started applauding service members in airports, and asks listeners to remember veterans who are homeless or still struggling. His request for all of us: when you see a veteran, thank them for their service and their sacrifice. Don also shares his love for Catholic radio as part of Siouxland Catholic Radio, KFHC 88.1 FM in Sioux City.Heard on the Catholic Morning Show, weekdays at 7 a.m. Central on Iowa Catholic Radio. More at IowaCatholicRadio.com.#VeteransDay #VietnamVeteran #PTSD #FaithAndHealing #ThankAVeteran #CatholicVeterans #CatholicPodcast #CatholicFaith Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Catholic Morning Show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode — and if this one was worth your time, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating. It takes ten seconds and it's the single best way to help more people find the show. 🎧 LISTEN LIVE Catch The Catholic Morning Show live, weekday mornings on Iowa Catholic Radio. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Deacon Mark Campbell and Brian Egan mark Veterans Day on the Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, the Roman soldier who cut his cloak in half for a beggar and later saw Christ wearing it. Deacon Mark shares a prayer attributed to St. Martin, and Brian remembers a Vietnam veteran and Navy pilot who became a second father to him during his radio years in Arizona. The team gives thanks for the veterans in their own families and for everyone who serves veterans today, including VA social workers and medical staff, and closes the segment with a prayer for veterans from the Alto prayer companion.Retired U.S. Army Sergeant Don Stevens served in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970 and received the Bronze Star. He shares why he and his college roommates at St. Mary's University in Winona all enlisted, the night his firebase was overrun, and the prayer that carried him through each day: Lord, if today is the day I die, please help me get to heaven. For 20 years he couldn't talk about the war, until counseling helped him face his post-traumatic stress. Don also tells how a veterans memorial at Trinity Heights Queen of Peace Shrine in Sioux City helped him and other families heal, and shares the simplest way to honor a veteran: thank them for their service when you see them.Pray for the dead with us in November: the Catholic Morning Show prays for the dead by name every weekday at 7:30 a.m. through Friday, November 20. Today's prayers include all veterans who have died. Submit the names of your loved ones at IowaCatholicRadio.com.Katie Patrizio previews this week's Sunday Dive on the parable of the talents for the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, including what a single talent of silver would be worth today and why the Lord wants us to take risks for him. Deacon Mark adds a reflection on overcoming not just the fear of failure, but the fear of success. Hear the full episode of Sunday Dive today at 8 a.m.Ethan O'Connor shares how Fr. Donald Calloway's consecration to St. Joseph and years of praying the Litany of St. Joseph led him to write and hand-paint St. Joseph, Pray for Us! An Illustrated Litany for Children, painted at his kitchen table over a year of weekends with his own kids watching. His favorite titles from the litany are Pillar of Families and Glory of Family Life. The book makes a great Advent gift for children and the young at heart. Order at Sophia Institute Press.Listen live weekdays at 7 a.m. Central on Iowa Catholic Radio, or catch up anytime at IowaCatholicRadio.com.#VeteransDay #CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio #VietnamVeteran #StMartinOfTours #StJoseph #ParableOfTheTalents #CatholicPodcast #CatholicFaith Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Catholic Morning Show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode — and if this one was worth your time, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating. It takes ten seconds and it's the single best way to help more people find the show. 🎧 LISTEN LIVE Catch The Catholic Morning Show live, weekday mornings on Iowa Catholic Radio. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Pope Leo XIV's message for the 10th World Day of the Poor asks: "Are we a sign of a God who is a refuge for the poor?" Steve Havemann, executive director of St. Vincent de Paul of Des Moines, talks with Deacon Mark Campbell about what that looks like on the front lines in central Iowa, and about Mother Teresa's call to "do small things with great love."Highlights:Poverty is more than financial. Beyond the thrift stores and food pantries, SVdP offers emotional and spiritual support and connection with the Church.Immersion prisoner reentry program. Launched in 2017 after SVdP found about a third of the people it served had experienced incarceration. It addresses transportation, housing, employment, case management, mentoring and church connection. More than 3,000 people have gone through it, and Steve says participants reoffend at about 18%, compared to roughly 46% statewide within 18 months.Polk County Jail kiosk. In partnership with Polk County and the sheriff's office, SVdP meets people in the jail lobby as they are released and connects them to transportation, mental health counseling, food pantries, workforce training, reentry support and sober living.Iowa Fatherhood Initiative. Launched in mid-October with Iowa Health and Human Services, this eight-week program teaches relationship building and de-escalation skills and aims to serve about 75 dads this year.Lockers for people experiencing homelessness. Twelve new lockers at the Sixth Avenue location let people keep IDs, birth certificates and valuables safe. Replacing lost documents can delay a job start by two to four weeks.Holiday need. SVdP expects to serve about 3,000 families between Thanksgiving and Christmas and is working to raise $50,000.How to help:Give: cash donations go directly to holiday meals and support.Volunteer: food pantries and thrift stores need help sorting, hanging and pricing items.Donate goods: drop off gently used clothing at any of the four thrift stores, including 801 73rd St. in Windsor Heights.Take a tour: SVdP operates six locations across the metro, including four thrift stores, two food pantries, the Education Center, the Polk County Jail kiosk and the Sobering Center.St. Vincent de Paul of Des Moines: https://www.svdpdsm.org/Thrift store locations: https://www.svdpdsm.org/our-stores/thrift-stores/ Phone: 515-282-8327Read Pope Leo XIV's message for the 10th World Day of the Poor (Sunday, November 15, 2026): https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/poor/documents/20260613-messaggio-giornata-poveri.htmlListen live weekdays at 7 AM Central on Iowa Catholic Radio, at IowaCatholicRadio.com, or on the Iowa Catholic Radio app.#WorldDayOfThePoor #StVincentDePaul #PopeLeoXIV #DesMoines #CatholicCharity #PrisonerReentry #SecondChances #Homelessness #CatholicSocialTeaching #CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio #CatholicPodcast Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Catholic Morning Show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode — and if this one was worth your time, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating. It takes ten seconds and it's the single best way to help more people find the show. 🎧 LISTEN LIVE Catch The Catholic Morning Show live, weekday mornings on Iowa Catholic Radio. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Iowa Catholic Radio is launching a new local show today at 9am. "In Session" with The Counseling Guys. Deacon Randy Kiel and his son Micah Kiel, both licensed mental health counselors at Kardia Counseling, join Bo Bonner and Deacon Mark Campbell to introduce their new show, In Session with the Counseling Guys. What is your therapist actually thinking? Highlights:Behind the scenes of therapy. The show reveals how counselors process what they hear, how Randy and Micah would each approach an issue, and what they would actually work on with clients.Working with Dad. Micah shares what it's really like to work in the same field as his father, and why it has been a joy.Episode one: Fight languages. Everyone talks about love languages, but where relationships struggle is in conflict. Randy and Micah explore four ways conflict shows up within us and our families, and what's happening in the brain when we're in fight mode.No failure, only better. On improving mental health, there is no failing, only getting better from here.Faith and mental health together. Each episode opens with a Scripture verse, features a quote from a Catholic saint, and ends with an action step. Upcoming episodes include obsessive-compulsive disorder and scrupulosity, with saints such as St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Thérèse of Lisieux.Listen for the "gold nugget." Each week, look for one practical takeaway you can carry into your day.Listen: In Session with the Counseling Guys premieres today, Tuesday, November 10, at 9 AM Central on Iowa Catholic Radio, at IowaCatholicRadio.com, and on the Iowa Catholic Radio app: https://iowacatholicradio.com/Kardia Counseling (Clive, Iowa): https://kardiacounseling.com/Phone: 515-267-0030Deacon Randy Kiel also joins The Catholic Morning Show every Thursday with a reflection on the upcoming Sunday readings.#CounselingGuys #CatholicMentalHealth #MentalHealth #FaithAndMentalHealth #Therapy #ConflictResolution #CatholicCounseling #Scrupulosity #CatholicPodcast #CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio #DeaconRandyKiel Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Catholic Morning Show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode — and if this one was worth your time, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating. It takes ten seconds and it's the single best way to help more people find the show. 🎧 LISTEN LIVE Catch The Catholic Morning Show live, weekday mornings on Iowa Catholic Radio. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Tuesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time and the Memorial of St. Leo the Great, the 5th-century pope and Doctor of the Church who guided the Council of Chalcedon and met Attila the Hun.In this episode:Pope Leo XIV in South America. Bo and Deacon Mark break down Pope Leo's Mass in Buenos Aires, where an estimated 2.5 million people gathered, the largest crowd of his pontificate and Argentina's first papal visit in nearly 40 years. Pilgrims camped overnight and walked miles to attend. Pope Leo spoke on the family, defended life, and paid tribute to Pope Francis before continuing on to Peru. Keep praying for the Holy Father on his apostolic journey. Read more from EWTN News: https://www.ewtnnews.com/vatican/live-updates-pope-leo-xiv-in-south-america?utm_source=Iowa%20Catholic%20Radio&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=The%20Catholic%20Morning%20ShowSteve Havemann – St. Vincent de Paul of Des Moines. Ahead of the 10th World Day of the Poor on Sunday, November 15, Deacon Mark talks with Steve Havemann about addressing material, emotional and spiritual poverty in central Iowa. Topics include:The Immersion prisoner reentry program: 3,000+ participants since 2017, with Steve citing an 18% reoffense rate compared to a roughly 46% state averageThe resource kiosk in the Polk County Jail lobby, including rides for people leaving jailThe new Iowa Fatherhood Initiative, an eight-week program serving about 75 dads this yearTwelve new secure lockers at the Sixth Avenue location for people experiencing homelessness to keep IDs and valuablesThe holiday push: about 3,000 families served between Thanksgiving and Christmas, with a $50,000 fundraising goalHow to help: donate, volunteer at a food pantry or thrift store, or drop off gently used clothing at one of four thrift stores. St. Vincent de Paul of Des Moines: https://www.svdpdsm.org/ Thrift store locations: https://www.svdpdsm.org/our-stores/thrift-stores/ Phone: 515-282-8327 Pope Leo XIV's World Day of the Poor message, "The Lord is the refuge of the poor": https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/poor/documents/20260613-messaggio-giornata-poveri.htmlPraying for Your Dead. All November, ICR is praying for listeners' deceased loved ones on air. Submit names through Friday, November 20 at IowaCatholicRadio.com: https://iowacatholicradio.com/A Five-Minute Mile… While Solving Rubik's Cubes. Bo and Deacon Mark swap high school track stories over a Guinness World Record holder who ran a 5:09 mile while solving four Rubik's Cubes.Deacon Randy Kiel & Micah Kiel – In Session with the Counseling Guys. This father-and-son counseling duo from Kardia Counseling introduces their new show, which takes listeners behind the scenes of the therapy session to show how counselors think. Episode one tackles "fight languages," the ways conflict shows up in each of us, and what's happening in the brain when we're in fight mode. Each episode pairs a Scripture verse, a quote from a saint, and a practical takeaway. In Session with the Counseling Guys premieres today, Tuesday, November 10, at 9 AM Central on Iowa Catholic Radio. Kardia Counseling: https://kardiacounseling.com/Also on today's show: A thank-you to the Knights of Columbus at Sacred Heart in West Des Moines for their pancake breakfast benefiting Iowa Catholic Radio, plus news, sports, weather and the Saint of the Day.Dowling Catholic Football on ICR: The Class 5A semifinal between No. 2 Dowling Catholic and No. 3 Southeast Polk is Friday, November 13, at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Pregame at 6:30 PM, kickoff at 7 PM, live on the Iowa Catholic Radio Network.Listen live weekdays at 7 AM Central on Iowa Catholic Radio, at IowaCatholicRadio.com, or on the Iowa Catholic Radio app.#CatholicMorningShow #IowaCatholicRadio #PopeLeoXIV #WorldDayOfThePoor #StVincentDePaul #CounselingGuys #StLeoTheGreat #CatholicPodcast #DesMoines #CatholicNews #CatholicMentalHealth #Iowa Credits: Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Ayden Pugh ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Catholic Morning Show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode — and if this one was worth your time, please leave us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating. It takes ten seconds and it's the single best way to help more people find the show. 🎧 LISTEN LIVE Catch The Catholic Morning Show live, weekday mornings on Iowa Catholic Radio. Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKSYou can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website.If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio:Sunday Dive with Katie PatrizioMan Up! with Joe StopulosCatholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie NelsonThe Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud MarrBe Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce RiebeBe Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián MoncadaMaking it Personal with Bishop William JoensenFaith and Family Finance with Gregory WaddleThe Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & DevotionsThe Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick SmithThe Daily Mass from St. Francis of AssisiThe Daily Mass from St. Pius XThe Daily Mass from St. TheresaSunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint JohnWant to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.