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Vocations events with Fr. Travis Crotty

April 28, 2026 • Dawn Prosser and Karmen Bower • Season 2 • Episode 43

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Father Travis Crotty, director of vocations, shares the activities planned for the upcoming months including the June 1-4 Quest pilgrimage to Pilsen, Kansas, hometown of Father Emil Kapaun, servant of God, and Oklahoma City to visit the shrine of Blessed Stanley Rother. Also, there is a July 31 to Aug. 2 Quo Vadis retreat in the Iowa Great Lakes region. Learn more or register here. He explains the highlights of each opportunity. Both trips are designed for men high school (finished at least their freshman year) through college age. Visit www.siouxcitypriest.org for the Vocations Office website.

Ordinations open to the public, held at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Epiphany:

June 6 – transitional diaconate ordination of James Fitzsimmons and Garrett Hugeback

June 27 – priestly ordination of Deacon Thomas Kollasch (livestreamed on the diocese YouTube channel)

August 1 – permanent diaconate ordination of Kevin Holzman, Jeff Schoep, Will Swanson and Jeff Zyzda (livestreamed on the diocese YouTube channel)

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