In 1928, Father Joseph Steiger, a priest at St. Joseph’s in Earling, Iowa, was approached with an urgent concern. A 46-year-old woman named Emma Schmidt was experiencing blackouts, aversions to holy objects, and other terrible afflictions. After years of extensive psychiatric treatment provided no relief, Schmidt’s priest suggested an exorcism. Father Theophilus Riesinger, a Capuchin […]
The Parish Council of Blessed Sacrament Church is pleased to announce the third lecture of the Church on Fire II Lecture Series for 2024-2025. The lecture, “Evil Today: The Reality of the Demonic,” will be given by Deacon Thomas LaBelle on Friday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in Blessed Sacrament Church located at 1029 Delaware […]