The Daily Prayer Calendar to support Vocations in the Diocese of Sioux City, originally designed and promoted by the Divine Mercy Cenacle of St. Joseph Parish, Wesley, has been updated.  Recently ordained priest, Fr. Pat Behm, has been added, deceased priests have been removed (although it is still a worthy work of mercy to continue praying for them) and the notations on which priests are now retired has been added.

The Prayer Calendar can be found under the "Support Vocations" tab on the main page.  Click on the tab, scroll down and click on the "Resources" page heading, and once that page opens up, click on the "Parish Vocations Promotions Documents" heading.  The updated Calendar is at the top of the list.  OR, you can just click "HERE" to jump to the updated calendar!

Every Catholic man should at least consider the priesthood as an option.  Is Jesus calling you to be a Catholic priest?  It's not an easy question to answer.  Whether or not you feel a strong attraction to the Catholic priesthood, it takes prayer and study to discover what your true vocation is.

Beginning September 13, 2013 the Diocese of Sioux City's Office of Vocations will be holding a priestly discernment group meeting on the 2nd Thursday of every month during the 2012-13 Briar Cliff University Academic School year.  Beginning with a meal in the Stark Student Center at 5:00 PM, the discernment group will meet in Heelan Hall from 5:45 - 7:15 PM.  This meeting, utilizing the very successful "Melchizedek Project" program, will focus on its discussions by reviewing and reflecting on sections of the inspiring book "To Save A Thousand Souls" by Fr. Brett Brannen (book will be provided free of charge).  The structure of the meeting will be a meal followed by review and discussion.  A Holy Hour featuring Confession, Adoration and Benediction will be offered after the meeting ends and the Holy Hour will be followed by the Holy Mass at 9:00 PM.

Goals of the meetings are threefold: RESPECT PRIVACY - everything discussed or shared at the meeting will be held as confidential by all participants, including the names of the participants.  LOW PRESSURE - this is a discernment group - that is a place to explore vocation options, not a priesthood training or recruiting group.  BUILD FRATERNITY - the men who participate in the Melchizedek Project get the answers they need by sharing their thoughts, hopes, concerns, and fellowship with the other men in the group.  Participants in the Melchizedek Project get the answers they need to discover if the priesthood is their true vocation, and build friendships and their relationship with Christ along the way.

The November 5, 2011 SiouxLand Serra Club meeting minutes have been posted on this website and are available to be viewed, downloaded or printed.  Many thanks to Toby Berg for her efforts in recording and reporting the minutes.  These minutes are being offered in lieu of a newsletter may be accessed by clicking on the "Serra Newsletter" heading found under the "News" tab that is featured as one of the tabs on the top of this webpage, by clicking on the "Serra Club" heading found under the "Resources" tab or simply clicking on the highlighted words at the beginning of this announcement.

Have you ever spent time trying to sort through YouTube® or other internet sources trying to find quality video's related to the Priesthood, the Catholic faith (in relation to the Priesthood), or advice and assistance in discerning God's call in your life?  The search for quality videos in those areas is not as easy as one would think.

In order to assist you in those areas we have updated the content of the videos available in our Discernment Videos page, Priesthood videos page and Eucharist videos page.  31 of the 73 videos available are newly posted.  If you haven't looked at our video pages recently you don't know what you are missing.  Check them out!

During the recent Divine Mercy Conference held here in Sioux City a "Scriptural Rosary for Vocations" was prayed during that conference and the Vocations Office has received so many requests for copies of that Rosary that it has been entirely formatted and posted in four documents pertaining to the Joyful Mysteries, the Luminous Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries and the Glorious Mysteries.  All are welcome to download, copy or otherwise use these prayer aids to pray for vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life!

The October 1, 2011 SiouxLand Serra Club meeting minutes have been posted on this website and are available to be viewed, downloaded or printed.  Many thanks to Toby Berg for her efforts in recording and reporting the minutes.  These minutes are being offered in lieu of a newsletter may be accessed by clicking on the "Serra Newsletter" heading found under the "News" tab that is featured as one of the tabs on the top of this webpage, by clicking on the "Serra Club" heading found under the "Resources" tab on the top of this webpage or simply clicking on the highlighted words at the beginning of this announcement.

The Daily Prayer Calendar to support our priests, deacons, vowed religious and seminarians has been revised.  You are invited to click "here" and view or download a copy.  Thank you for keeping us in your prayers!

The Sept. 10, 2011 SiouxLand Serra Club meeting minutes have been posted on this website and are available to be viewed, downloaded or printed.  Many thanks to Toby Berg for her efforts in recording and reporting the minutes.  These minutes are being offered in lieu of a newsletter may be accessed by clicking on the "Serra Newsletter" heading found under the "News" tab that is featured as one of the tabs on the top of this webpage, by clicking on the "Serra Club" heading found under the "Resources" tab on the top of this webpage or simply clicking on the highlighted words at the beginning of this announcement.

A new video featuring Fr. Larry Richards, John Bradford and Andrew Maynard is now available for viewing in our Video section under the "Discernment" heading as the second video on the page. 

While not dealing specifically with priestly vocational discernment in the sense of directly talking about thoughts and feelings one encounters when they are trying to discern God's will for them, this video addresses a more basic issue related to discernment, that is the manhood and manly actions that all guys are called to, that is to be first and foremost a man of God.