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Looking to become Catholic? Start with Iowa Catholic Radio

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Listeners and Audience Members at an Iowa Catholic Radio event
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*Father Michael Thiel, diocesan chaplain for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, is joined by perpetual pilgrims on a pontoon boat on Shawano Lake near Cecil, Wis., during a one-hour Eucharistic boat procession June 12, 2024. The perpetual pilgrims disembarked the boat and walked to Camp Tekakwitha a youth summer camp owned by the Diocese of Green Bay, where they spent the evening. (OSV News photo/Sam Lucero)