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Podcast #3 Part 1 of 2 - Inspiring Journey: Derek Pfaff's Face Transplant Surgery Update
The United In Mission: One Heart and Mind Podcast series features host John Gonzalez with guest Erin Looby Carlson discussing Derek Pfaff's face transplant journey. Erin shares the emotional challenges during Derek's recovery, highlighting the family's faith and community support.
The United In Mission: One Heart and Mind Podcast series features host John Gonzalez with guest Erin Looby Carlson discussing Derek Pfaff's face transplant journey. Erin shares the emotional challenges during Derek's recovery, highlighting the family's faith and community support.
Diocesan News
Podcast #3 Part 2 of 2 - Inspiring Journey: Derek Pfaff's Face Transplant Surgery Update
The Pfaff family shares their journey following Derek's incident and the medical challenges that ensued. They highlight the miracles experienced and the vital support from their community.
The Pfaff family shares their journey following Derek's incident and the medical challenges that ensued. They highlight the miracles experienced and the vital support from their community.
Great Lakes Bay Catholic
Divine Rewrite: How God transformed Derek's story
There are moments in life when God makes it overwhelmingly obvious: he’s writing the story. That’s the easiest way for Jerry and Lisa Pfaff, and their son, Derek, to describe what happened to them this past March. “It’s truly a miracle,” Lisa said. Only God could take the worst, darkest day of their lives and transform it into something beautiful, something joyous.
There are moments in life when God makes it overwhelmingly obvious: he’s writing the story. That’s the easiest way for Jerry and Lisa Pfaff, and their son, Derek, to describe what happened to them this past March. “It’s truly a miracle,” Lisa said. Only God could take the worst, darkest day of their lives and transform it into something beautiful, something joyous.
Diocesan News
Michigan man builds up the Catholic Church, one Lego at a time, for 25 years
John Kraemer knows that what he does is unusual. In fact, he relishes the improbable path that God has set him on for the past quarter-century. Every year, Kraemer assembles some 30,000 Lego bricks into a painstakingly intricate model of a Catholic church. Though often inspired by the designs of real churches he has visited, each one is a unique creation.
John Kraemer knows that what he does is unusual. In fact, he relishes the improbable path that God has set him on for the past quarter-century. Every year, Kraemer assembles some 30,000 Lego bricks into a painstakingly intricate model of a Catholic church. Though often inspired by the designs of real churches he has visited, each one is a unique creation.
Diocesan News
Mount Marty University’s (MMU) Lecture To Explore Black Elk’s Legacy
The renaming of a historic site and a bid for sainthood have sparked a new look into the historic Lakota holy man, Black Elk. Mount Marty University’s (MMU) 2024 Bede Lecture, “Nicholas Black Elk and the Power of the Eucharist,” presented by Damian Costello, director of postgraduate studies at NAIITS, will explore the relationship between Black Elk, a Catholic convert, and the holy Eucharist.
The renaming of a historic site and a bid for sainthood have sparked a new look into the historic Lakota holy man, Black Elk. Mount Marty University’s (MMU) 2024 Bede Lecture, “Nicholas Black Elk and the Power of the Eucharist,” presented by Damian Costello, director of postgraduate studies at NAIITS, will explore the relationship between Black Elk, a Catholic convert, and the holy Eucharist.
Diocesan News
Emergency Response to devastation caused by recent hurricanes
The recent hurricanes brought devastation and life-threatening conditions to communities across the Southeast, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), the official domestic relief agency of the Catholic Church in the U.S., has launched a dedicated disaster relief.
The recent hurricanes brought devastation and life-threatening conditions to communities across the Southeast, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), the official domestic relief agency of the Catholic Church in the U.S., has launched a dedicated disaster relief.
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