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From Missionary Life to Men's Discipleship in Des Moines: The Story of Forge — Sam Halligan - 06/15/2026

The Catholic Morning Show

Sam Halligan, Des Moines city director for Forge, sits down with Deacon Mark Campbell to share his journey from a Eucharistic adoration breakthrough in Nashville to a decade of full-time missionary work with Damascus — and now back home to Iowa to build a network of Catholic men's small groups across the Diocese of Des Moines. Sam speaks candidly about what it means to be called to evangelization, the formation he received through Damascus Ministries, and why every baptized Catholic is called to be a missionary. This is a conversation about total abandonment to Christ, the genius of small group discipleship, and what it looks like to build the Church from the ground up in central Io