January is National Human Trafficking Awareness & Prevention Month.  Morning Light is doing our part by raising awareness that this is not a "big city" problem but rather going on in our own backyard!  Today, Kevin Zielinski, Program Manager of the Idaho Anti-Trafficking Coalition, shares stats and stories of how vulnerable people are being taken advantage of in Idaho.

     Paul Ford joins Morning Light today to talk about Catholic education. He shares the story of a Supreme Court ruling regarding Catholic Education and how the Knights of Columbus got involved in this historical decision. This is the case about the Society of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 1, 1925, against an Oregon law requiring children to attend public schools which was ruled unconstitutional. This ruling was important since the Oregon law was primarily intended to eliminate parochial schools.

     Morning Light welcomes back Ralph May, Executive Director from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of SW Idaho.  Today, we re-visit "Cookies for Corrections" after the article in the Idaho Catholic Register came out late last week.  Also, an in-depth look at their Career Development work inside and outside Boise prisons.  Finally, you're encouraged to begin your "spring cleaning" early and bring good quality donations of clothing and household goods to SVdP Thrift Stores.