Epiphany – August 3, 2023

Mark Heires talks about his first book “Searching High and Low”. Alexis and John Love are in Lisbon Portugal for World Youth Day and will share their experiences so far. 

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Mark Heires talks about his first book “Searching High and Low”.

I grew up in Fort Dodge, Iowa where I attended Holy Rosary Grade School and Saint Edmonds High School where my mom taught language, speech and drama. Both of my parents grew up in large farm families in the German Catholic rural community around Carroll, Iowa where I was born. My dad’s three sister all became nuns. Sister Walter and Sister Rita (now 96 years young) Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. Sister Martin became a Medical Missionary Sister after serving our country as an army nurse in WWII South Pacific. After taking her vows she served in Pakistan, India, and Ghana.

My wife taught in Midland’s Blessed Sacrament School before we started our family. My oldest son Timothy (married with a son) is an elementary school teacher in Ypsilanti. My daughter Laura (one son) was trained as a pastry chef, now works as a technical specialist for a logistic company. My son Kevin (married with five children) is a mechanical engineer. Both Laura and Kevin live in Midland. My youngest son Mathew (married with a son) is an architect in Milwaukee.

Buy Searching High and Low here: Searching High and Low

Alexis and John Love are in Lisbon Portugal for World Youth Day and will share their experiences so far.

Alexis Love is Al Kresta’s oldest daughter.  She and her husband, John, have 8 children.  John is an Associate Professor of Systemic and Moral Theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmetsburg, Maryland.  He wrote his doctoral thesis on the Eucharistic spirituality of St. John of the Cross.

Check out all the graces that are being poured out at World Youth Day here: World Youth Day 2023