Monthly Publication for the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls July 2020 God’S Promptings in the Silence of My Heart

Monthly publication for the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls July 2020 God’s promptings in the silence of my heart

n each of my assignments as particular experience, passion and pastor and now as your bishop, I gifts in one or another of these areas have received a particular grace of formation. We are in a great posi- I(spiritual insight from God) to provide tion to help every parish take the next a clear vision or focus for everyone to best step they can in responding to the follow. The clear sense I got in prayer Great Commission.” for our diocese is that God desires for everyone in our diocese to focus Fr. Traynor points out that this is not on lifelong missionary discipleship a one size fi ts all approach. He says through God’s love. parishes and individual believers will be formed in their own unique way to Our feature article this month is writ- respond to the Great Commission. ten by Fr. Scott Traynor who is working with the diocesan Discipleship and “Every parish and every person has a Evangelization Team so they all can unique history, a unique set of needs, support the missionary discipleship opportunities, relationships, resources eff orts of clergy, staff and parishioners and abilities,” Fr. Traynor says. “The in all our Catholic parishes, schools Discipleship and Evangelization and other Catholic institutions. Here Team treasures the relationships we are some insights from Fr. Traynor have with pastors and parish leaders and the team he is overseeing. around the diocese. We are eager to grow those relationships so we can The team has been engaged in fruit- more fruitfully serve parishes in their ful eff orts around the diocese over the eff orts to advance missionary disciple- past several years. Emily Leedom, ship.” director of Marriage, Family and Re- spect Life, has experienced these fruits Eric Gallagher, director of Youth fi rsthand in her personal journey Discipleship and Evangelization, sees through missionary discipleship. uniqueness as a benefi t and a blessing. “If I look at my own journey, it is “God works uniquely in individuals laced with individuals who walked as well as within the various parishes with me for a period of time, mentor- and communities. Our hope is that we ing me, off ering friendship and chal- can discover the uniqueness of each lenging me to dig deeper into Jesus’ parish community and inspire them love for me,” she said. “The work of to more generously share the gift of the Discipleship and Evangelization faith that God has bestowed on them,” Team is simply to create a culture in he says. “There are many popular the diocese where this is happening models and strategies being used in everywhere.” the Church today. The best model and strategy is one that is built on the Dr. Chris Burgwald, director of Adult God-given desires of each individual Discipleship and Evangelization, sees and customized to the needs of the the key to missionary discipleship in parish community.” the four dimensions of formation. In order to honor the unique gifts “The Church speaks of four dimen- spread throughout the diocese, I will sions of formation: human, spiritual, be sending out a survey to the entire intellectual and apostolic. To have diocese in July. Watch for it to arrive happy, healthy and holy missionary in your email inbox or visit our web- disciples, we need to be attentive to site at sfcatholic.org. each of these dimensions,” he ex- plains. “We have an amazing team in I sense God has great things in mind the Offi ce of Discipleship and Evan- for us as we receive and share His gelization. Each of the four of us has love through missionary discipleship.

2 The Bishop’s Bulletin • July 2020 sfcatholic.org/bishopsbulletin An Act of Hope Reminder: The bishop’s schedule is subject to change due to current cir- O my God, with a ﬁ rm conﬁ dence I hope in thee, cumstances related to the coronavirus that Thou will grant me, through the merits of Jesus Christ, pandemic. Changes to his schedule the assistance of Thy grace, and that after my keeping and any Masses will be updated on the diocesan website as information is Thy commandments, Thou will bestow on me life available. everlasting, according to Thy promises, Thou who are almighty and Whose word is truth. July

6 12:00 Rite of Candidacy, Seminarian Gerald Thornton, Cathedral of Saint Joseph Safe environment commitment of the Diocese of Sioux Falls...... in order to be eff ective in fulfi lling her mission to evangelize and to remain 7 12:00 Diocesan Finance Council, true to Christ’s calling for us all, the Church’s ministries and institutions must Catholic Pastoral Center be safe places for both children and adults. The Diocese, therefore, pledges to preserve safe environments in all of its facilities and catechetical programs. 8 5:00 Solemn Vespers, Holy Cross Those clergy, religious, diocesan, parish and school employees, and volunteers Chapel, Terra Sancta Retreat who collectively carry out the Church’s ministries, remain committed to fulfi lling Center, Rapid City this solemn pledge to protect those children entrusted to her for formation in the Catholic faith. 9 10:00 Episcopal Ordination and Aware that some who have ministered in the name of the Church have caused Installation of the Most harm, the Diocese of Sioux Falls also pledges to assist any who may have been Reverend Peter Michael harmed. As a diocese, we desire to help individuals heal from injury that has Muhich as the 10th Bishop been caused to them. If you or someone you know has been abused, regardless of who caused the harm, please contact us. We promise to cooperate with civil of Rapid City, Cathedral of authorities in any investigation. We promise to do our best to help facilitate a Our Lady of Perpetual Help, process for healing. Whether the need is for counseling, an opportunity to tell Rapid City your story or something else, as a diocese, we are ready to assist. 11 4:00 Stational Mass, Cathedral of Our chancellor or victim assistance coordinator can be reached toll free at Saint Joseph, broadcast on 1-800-700-7867 or 605-334-9861. We will do our best to help. Keloland TV or live stream via sfcatholic.org Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls 523 N. Duluth Ave. 18 4:00 Stational Mass, Cathedral of Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Saint Joseph, broadcast on [email protected] Keloland TV or live stream via sfcatholic.org 25 4:00 Stational Mass, Cathedral of Saint Joseph, broadcast on Keloland TV or live stream via sfcatholic.org

26 Day of Recollection with the July 2020 | Volume 74, Number 7 seminarians of the diocese, Publisher Postmaster Cathedral of Saint Joseph Most Rev. Donald E. DeGrood Send address changes to: 523 N. Duluth Avenue August Executive Editor Sioux Falls, SD 57104-2714 Rev. Michael L. Grifﬁ n Correspondence should be addressed to: 1 4:00 Stational Mass, Cathedral of 523 N. Duluth Avenue Managing Editor Saint Joseph, broadcast on Sioux Falls, SD 57104-2714 Mrs. Renae D. Kranz Keloland TV or live stream Phone: 605-334-9861 E-mail: [email protected] via sfcatholic.org Communications Staff: Anniversaries, copy and advertising Mr. William B. Sealey deadline for the August edition is July 15. 5 6:45 Mass and gathering with Miss Brianna L. Wingen Catholic Men’s Business The Bishop’s Bulletin Subscriptions (ISSN 0193-5089) is published monthly by the Fraternity (morning), Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls, 523 N. Duluth Ave., Sioux $24 per year, or as part of each Cathedral of Saint Joseph Falls, SD 57104-2714 and entered as Periodical Postage family’s CFSA contribution. Paid at Aberdeen, SD, and other cities.

sfcatholic.org/bishopsbulletin July 2020 • The Bishop’s Bulletin 3 We are truly members of one human family

e are used to having alerts and experienced a warning. A virus has reached warnings in our lives because around the globe, aff ecting every one of us we want to be informed and and transforming how we live and interact warned of impending danger. with one another. It is a warning, to be sure, W of the fragility of our health and lives. It is Once I slept through a tornado, and soon like all viruses, silent and invisible, and this after bought a weather radio for my bed- warns us to be cautious for our sake and for room that defi nitely wakes me up if there the sake of those we love. is a storm or tornado warning in my area. The weather radios and warning apps, the We make decisions based on this warning, security systems we put in, the alarms and and our love for one another. We prudently the devices we use all serve a purpose, to wear masks and keep a distance. We wash keep ourselves, our families and property our hands more and try to avoid large safe from harm. gatherings. The warning is out there and we really do not know where the virus might be I suppose car alarms are meant to do the hiding, and so we make choices, not out of same. The intention is simple: someone tries fear, but for love. to break into your car and the alarm goes off , which either alerts others to the crime, or Because that is our choice as well, deciding drives the would-be thief away. not just “how” we will heed the warning, but also “why.” That is the way it is supposed to work. The “why” can give us the ability to learn In all the years I have heard car alarms go- from this experience. This event is global, ing off , I have thought many things while I and it can teach us a simple truth, so simple listen to the insistent honking or screeching, we often forget it, we are truly members of and depending on the time of night, some one human family—a fragile family. We not nice things. might again accept the humbling reality that One thing I have never thought is, “Hey, we are all fellow travelers, living together on someone’s car is being stolen.” this insignifi cantly tiny speck of dust fl oat- ing through the immense vastness of space. Because car alarms go off all the time, and for many, many reasons, they do not really From this reality, empathy is born, our abil- do what they are intended to do. The other ity to feel for and with one another, to share day while I was celebrating Mass, some- our joys and suff ering, as family members one’s car alarm went off in the parking lot. do, as they must. We could hear it, but it was not overly dis- For a few months, we wisely spent some tracting, and after some time, it just stopped. time separated from the physical celebra- To the best of my knowledge, no one in the tion of the Eucharist, and even today, our church took out their phone and dialed 911 celebrations are smaller and socially distant. to report a car theft, or a car break-in. In This is a struggle for many of us, but also fact, I would presume no one thought about an opportunity to pause and refl ect on the it, thinking only about the slightly distract- signifi cance of this gift in our lives. ing honking. We can use this experience to move beyond We have just decided together that car seeing the Eucharist as an obligation, or alarms are not doing what they are meant to something we just do as a part of our week, do. and allow it to become, again, the beating heart of our love, our lives and our joy. The Alarms are simply things, they warn, but desire we feel to be united again in this it is up to us to decide what to do with the celebration is a gift that transforms us and information. We decide whether to run to our understanding of the wonder of this gift, the car if the alarm goes off or not. I decide if we receive it. whether to get out of bed and shelter when the tornado warning goes off or not. We have heard the warning, and it is real, and because of it, we may never go back to There is power in this, if we choose to use it. “normal,” and perhaps we should not; we Exercising this power means being aware of have the opportunity to respond in such a our ability to choose how we will respond. way that we are transformed by grace. These last few months, the world has The choice is, as always, ours.

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The Gospel according to Saint Matthew concludes with the dis- to know Him, love Him and to be equipped to help others do the ciples receiving the Great Commission from Jesus. same.

Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in And we don’t do these things on our own. Jesus is with us. His heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, power is at work in us to make a real diff erence in the lives of and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name others. of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, Sometimes we can feel like we’re imposing on others when we I am with you always, until the end of the age.” (Matthew speak about our faith. You know, polite people don’t speak about 28:16–20) religion and politics, right? It might help to consider this passage from Pope Francis in “Joy of the Gospel”: Each of us, by virtue of our baptism, has received this mission from Jesus. In our families, with our friends and co-workers, and The joy of the gospel fi lls the hearts and lives of all who in our communities, each of us is called by Jesus to be on mission encounter Jesus. Those who accept his off er of salvation are to help others encounter Jesus and His love. That means we must set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness. With grow step by step in our relationship with Him and His Church, Christ joy is constantly born anew. (n.1)

6 Do I want my family and friends to be set free from sorrow, … [T]he fi rst proclamation must ring out over and over: emptiness and loneliness, to have an endless source of joy come “Jesus Christ loves you; he gave his life to save you; alive in their hearts? Of course I do, and so I am motivated to and now he is living at your side every day to enlighten, take up the Great Commission of Jesus in my daily life and to strengthen and free you.” This fi rst proclamation is called live the adventure of missionary discipleship as a member of the “fi rst” not because it exists at the beginning and can then Church. be forgotten or replaced by other more important things. It is fi rst in a qualitative sense because it is the principal proclamation, the one which we must hear again and again in diff erent ways, the one which we must announce one way or Missionary discipleship means encountering the love of Jesus another…at every level and moment. (“Joy of the Gospel” Christ, growing in relationship with him, and inviting and help- n. 164) ing others to do the same. Missionary discipleship: a call to every Christian Missionary discipleship: a call to encounter Jesus Each of us needs help from our fellow Christians to take our next Pope Francis writes: step in relationship with Christ and the Church, and each of us is in a position to be that help for others. I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least Pope Francis writes: an openness to letting him encounter them; I ask all of you to do this unfailingly each day. No one should think that this “In virtue of their baptism, all the members of the People invitation is not meant for him or her, since “no one is ex- of God have become missionary disciples. All the baptized, cluded from the joy brought by the Lord.” The Lord does not whatever their position in the Church or their level of disappoint those who take this risk; whenever we take a step instruction in the faith, are agents of evangelization, and it towards Jesus, we come to realize that he is already there, would be insuffi cient to envisage a plan of evangelization to waiting for us with open arms. (“Joy of the Gospel” n.3) be carried out by professionals while the rest of the faithful would simply be passive recipients. The new evangelization What an encouraging and uplifting invitation. Every moment of calls for personal involvement on the part of each of the our day is an opportunity to encounter Jesus. Every day I can baptized. Every Christian is challenged, here and now, to hope for a new experience of his love. No one is left out. No one be actively engaged in evangelization; indeed, anyone who is overlooked. “No one is excluded from the joy brought by the has truly experienced God’s saving love does not need much Lord.” time or lengthy training to go out and proclaim that love. (“Joy of the Gospel” n. 120) Missionary discipleship: a call to invite and help others Missionary discipleship is a call from God given to every Chris- When I receive a blessing from God, God calls me to share that tian. Think of a movie or book you really enjoyed. How natural gift or blessing with others. From the day of our baptism, we is it for us to invite others to see that movie or read that book? are commissioned by God to proclaim His love and goodness to Since every Christian is called to missionary discipleship, we all others. have the responsibility to assist others to experience God’s love and to help them take the next step in relationship with God and his Church. Parents have that responsibility for their children, pastors for their parishioners, teachers and catechists for their students, each one of us for our family members, friends and co-workers.

And each of us can take great leaps forward by mentoring and formation both to grow in our relationship with God and to grow in our ability to help others do the same.

7 When I was in college at Iowa State University, I was blessed to They suggested things like, “Take some time, talk to Jesus like become friends with some very committed Christian men and you would talk to a trusted friend.” “Jesus wants to speak to you! women. At the time I was quite indiff erent in the practice of my Take 10 or 15 minutes and read something from the Gospel. Ask Catholic faith. Well, these friends, many of whom were non- Jesus to help you hear him speak in your heart. Tell him what denominational Evangelical types, had a gift that really grabbed you think and feel as you are reading His Word.” my attention. The gift was joy. Christian joy. I started to do those things very sporadically and usually only I mean joy that came from their faith in Jesus Christ. Real and when I was having a really bad day. But bit by bit, that habit abiding joy that wasn’t just a cheery or optimistic personality, began to grow and it started to make a real diff erence in my life. but a joy that was deeper than the ups and downs of life. It was a joy that was steady and vibrant (to borrow from marriage vows) The summer after my sophomore year in college, I needed some- in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, for richer and thing to do for the month of July. In June I was undertaking my for poorer, day in and day out. summer training for Navy ROTC, and in August I had commit- ments as the president-elect of my fraternity, so July was open. I That joy grabbed my attention because it was a sharp contrast to ended up volunteering at a Young Life Bible Camp called Camp the boredom, cynicism, aimlessness, sarcasm and insecurities I Castaway in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. was familiar with in myself and many of my other friends. Their Christian joy was vibrant technicolor in contrast to fl at gray. It Each week for the four weeks of July a new group of 150 juniors got my attention. in high school from all over the country converged on Big Peli- can Lake for an amazing experience. Camp Castaway had great I began to ask my Evangelical friends, “There is something dif- camp activities: water skiing, parasailing, a zip-line tower from ferent about you. Why is that? Where does that come from?” I the bluff to the lake below, ropes courses and much more. So wanted to know, because I wanted what they had. during the day, there was a lot of high energy fun, and in the evening was a powerful presentation of the basic Gospel message Almost to a person, my question was met with a question, through great talks, dramas, songs and personal testimony. “Scott, do you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?” I didn’t know how to answer because at the time I didn’t really The camper’s week culminated in an invitation to welcome have any idea what that would even look like. Jesus Christ into their heart as Lord and Savior in response to his great love Jesus has for them. Camp Castaway staff volun- Can I really have friendship with Jesus? How does that happen? teer for a month, so we got to serve a diff erent group of campers How does that start, and how does that grow? I certainly had no each week for the four weeks. My particular job as the sound idea as a sophomore in college. But thanks be to God for those and light technician allowed me to be with the campers for all of good and faithful friends. They met me where I was and simply their activities each day. encouraged me to take a little step.

8 Together with the program directors and the video ladies, our workgroup met for Bible study and faith sharing several times a week. We decided to work our way through Ephesians. This was a completely new experience for me to read Scripture with others and talk about our questions, insights and inspirations together. The witness of those four wonderful believers greatly increased my love for the Word of God and my desire to grow in friendship with Jesus in my daily life.

It was during the third week at Camp Castaway that I was blessed with a great grace. On a Monday morning I woke up with these exact thoughts, “God has a plan for my life. That plan is how I am going to be most happy. And I have never asked God what that plan is, and I should, and I want to.”

The more I thought those thoughts that morning, the more my heart was ﬁ lled with real joy. By lunch I may have been levitat- ing! When I talked to my Castaway friends about this certainty God placed on my heart, they encouraged me to take a year, do some mission work and ask God what that plan might be. By the end of the month I was convinced and joyfully eager to do just that.

With the help of those encouragements (to make a long and miraculous story short), when I got home in August, I found out about, applied to and was accepted for a year of mission work with the National Evangelization Teams (NET) Ministries. NET is a Catholic Youth Retreat Ministry which trains 18 to 30-year- olds to put on retreats for junior and senior high students in the in responding to that call and last month celebrated 20 years of U.S., Canada, Ireland and Australia. After fi ve weeks of training, ordination as a Catholic priest for the great Diocese of Sioux the NETers are formed into teams of 12 (six men, six women) Falls. and travel in a van from diocese to diocese, staying with host families and conducting retreats for the year. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit! I tell you those stories to try to show what missionary disciple- NET was a transformative experience in my life. During training ship looks like in real life. My college friends were missionary we had daily Mass, adoration and beautiful praise and worship disciples to me, witnessing to God by the joy of Christ in their together. I made my fi rst confession since my actual fi rst confes- hearts, and encouraging me to read Scripture and talk to God like sion in second grade. I fell in love with the teachings of my a trusted friend. Catholic faith. They came alive for me in a way that had never happened growing up. I learned so much and was so amazed to My Camp Castaway friends were missionary disciples to me, be surrounded by 120 other young adults who were on fi re with believing in the power of Scripture, confi dent that God speaks to their faith. us today through the Bible, inviting me to take time to visit with them about what I experienced as I prayed with Saint Paul’s Let- During training we were given a simple vision and good tools of ter to the Ephesians and to make that a regular part of our week. how to share the faith we had with the young people we would To hear the great personal testimonies and eff ective teaching have on retreat. I was so blessed to have wonderful teammates about Jesus and the basic Gospel message had a powerful eff ect. and grow in deep friendship with them as we traveled. And then All these things were the work of missionary discipleship that wow!—to see how powerfully God would touch the hearts of helped me to hear and respond to the truth in my heart that God the students on retreat as we shared our testimonies, talked about has a plan for me and following that plan would bring me much God and his merciful love, and invited those young people to greater happiness than anything I would come up with on my open their own hearts to Jesus. It was an amazing and life chang- own. ing year of grace and blessing. The NET staff and my teammates on NET showed me the clear In February of my year on NET, as I was praying one day after path to the Church by sharing daily life together for a year, hav- retreat that God would bless our host families with great priests, ing the opportunity each day on retreat to give as a gift what I I fi rst heard God’s call in my own heart, “I want you to be my had received as a gift, to pray and live together for a common priest.” With the help of my teammates, priests I met along the purpose proclaiming the Gospel, and inviting young people to way, and other great disciples, I was helped to take the next steps trust and respond to Jesus.

9 These were key moments of missionary discipleship that drew me much closer to God, brought about greater conversion in my life and prepared my heart to embrace God’s vocational call in my life. They equipped and motivated me to help others do the same.

These missionary disciples were just being the faithful people they were in everyday normal life but taking that extra step to invite, encourage, witness and share their faith with me. I am so grateful they took that extra step. How greatly God blessed their generosity.

Wherever you ﬁ nd yourself today in relationship with God, two things are certain:

• God has more for you to receive—to grow in a lived experience of His love for you, His presence with you and His power at work in you.

• And you have the opportunity to help someone around you to take a next step in their own relationship with God and His Church by giving as a gift the gift you have received. More than we imagine to receive. More than we imagine to give.

Jesus, bless each one of us to say a generous and trusting “yes” to the adventure of missionary discipleship today and every day “so that your joy may be in us and our joy may be complete.” (John 15:11)

“Of course, all of us are called to mature in our work as evangelizers. We want to have better training, a deepening love and a clearer witness to the Gospel. In this sense, we ought to let others be constantly evangelizing us. But this does not mean that we should postpone the evangelizing mission; rather, each of us should ﬁ nd ways to communicate Jesus wherever we are.” (“Joy of the Gospel” n. 121) 10 Why do we pray for the souls in purgatory?

As a convert, I have never really understood purgatory and why we are to pray for those who are there. (submitted on Facebook)

This is an excellent question very early on, and a common one: then, Christians because other Christians— took up their Protestants, specifi cally—do Jewish ancestors’ not believe in purgatory, they practice— often have questions about the Church’s bolstered by what teaching, which can persist even if they would be written become Catholic. So, thanks for asking down in the New it. Let me try to explain what the Church Testament in believes about purgatory and praying for places like 1 John those who are there. and Revelation In short, purgatory is the word the Church as well as 1 uses to describe a state of spiritual Corinthians 3:15 and 1 Peter 1:7 which speak of a cleansing confi dence that God would hear your “cleansing” which occurs after we die. prayer and give your loved one the grace We are told in Scripture that nothing fi re—and prayer for the deceased. Already in the middle of the second they needed for whatever reason you were impure will enter into heaven (Rev. praying for them. The same thing applies 21:27), but we are also told there are sins century A.D. we fi nd explicit reference to praying for the deceased, implying to our prayers for the souls in purgatory: which we commit which are not “deadly” we have confi dence that God will hear (or mortal) to our relationship with God, that this temporary after-death state must exist. our prayers and give them the grace they meaning, they do not completely break need, which is to be cleansed of their our relationship with Him (1 John 5:17). Before speaking directly about praying remaining faults. for the souls in purgatory, I want to Purgatory lies at the intersection of those When we do so, our prayers are somehow emphasize that purgatory is a temporary two scriptural teachings: that we need to able to shorten their time of purifi cation. place. Sometimes people misunderstand be completely cleansed of sin before we Just as God desires that we pray for the Church’s teaching to mean that it’s enter heaven, and that we can have sins the living, even though He could grant a permanent destination for those who on our soul when we die that do not damn them the graces they need without our go there after death, but that is most us, as mortal sins do. prayers, so too does He desire that we defi nitely not the case. Once all remaining pray for the deceased, even though they From the very beginning of the Church, spiritual fl aws and faults have been will eventually get to heaven regardless. Christians have believed that when we cleansed, they will enter into the glory of Somehow, our prayers are able to hasten die, we will either go to hell, or to heaven heaven. directly, or to heaven after our soul is that time of spiritual purifi cation and cleansed of any non-mortal (venial) sins. Now let’s turn to the question of praying help the deceased enter more quickly into That third option is what we mean by for the souls in purgatory. As we have heaven. purgatory: it is the spiritual “place” where seen, this is a practice which predates Be sure to check out the additional we are cleansed of any and all spiritual Christianity and which was taken up by resources at fl aws which remain, so that we can enter the early Church. In fact, both purgatory sfcatholic.org/ into heaven in a state of perfection, as and praying for the dead were beliefs and answer. If you Revelation tells us. practices held by all Christians up until have a question the time of the Protestant Reformation. The existence of such a state is already you need an Throughout the centuries, Christians have answer to, found implicitly in the Old Testament, in prayed for souls in purgatory or for “the 2 Maccabees 12, which speaks of Jews email rkranz@ dead,” which means the same thing. We sfcatholic.org. praying for the deceased. As the Church do so for the same reason that we pray would later teach, prayer for the dead for the living: because in the mystery Chris Burgwald only makes sense if there is a temporary of God’s plan and of His goodness, our holds a doctorate “place” after death in addition to heaven prayers are able to aid and benefi t them. in theology and and hell. After all, our prayers are useless is the director of Adult Discipleship and for anyone who’s in hell, and they are Think about a time when you prayed for Evangelization for the Diocese of Sioux unnecessary for anyone in heaven. From someone you knew. In so doing, you had Falls. sfcatholic.org/bishopsbulletin July 2020 • The Bishop’s Bulletin 11 ALS diagnosis is a mysterious answer to prayer By Father Dana Christensen “Oh my Jesus, I off er this for love of he evening of February 27, Thee, for the conversion of sinners, 2000, I had the immense and in reparation for the sins commit- privilege of meeting a saint. ted against the Immaculate Heart of I was on pilgrimage to Rome Mary. Amen.” Twith a group of seminarians, and we were invited to an audience with St. Join me in praying this prayer often. John Paul II. One of the many blessings that has While it was exhilarating to meet come from my illness is time. Since I a personal hero, it was also sad to cannot work as normal, I can take up a see him struggling with Parkinson’s new work—that of prayer. I am able to disease. He shuffl ed along instead of spend time with Jesus, truly present in walking with a confi dent gait as he did the Blessed Sacrament, time prayer- when young and healthy. His speech fully meditating on the word of God, was slurred instead of sonorous and and time praying that prayer that Our crisp. His secretary wiped his lips be- Lady has over and over again begged cause he had spittle seeping from the us to pray daily, the holy rosary. corner of his lips. Father Dana Christensen, parochial vicar, St. Mary of Mercy, Alexandria All this was hard to see. To many For many of you who are disabled, he was a weak old man, and on the prayer can be our work. In many ways outside he was. But looking into his I am becoming a monk, something I eyes, I saw more. I saw a man of great I believe this diagnosis is her mysteri- have been prepared for by my associa- strength, deep faith, and a dignity be- ous answer to my prayer. I also be- tion with the Benedictine monks who fi tting a child of God. lieve the timing was her way of telling used to minister in our diocese. me that she is with me, and like she Pope St. John Paul II has been one of did for her Son, she will stand beside For those of you who are healthy, my many saintly companions, espe- me as I mount the cross chosen for you too can make prayer a signifi cant cially since I, like him, have been di- me. part of your life. All of us can at least agnosed with a neurological disorder. pray the rosary daily as Our Lady St. Joan of Arc is quoted as saying, “I Shortly before Christmas I was diag- has asked. As a friend often says, “If nosed with ALS, a disease that will am not afraid, I was made for this.” you’re not praying the rosary, you’re slowly take away my ability to walk, I feel much the same way. My whole not on the team!” Join me on “Team talk, swallow and breathe. As of now I life, my priestly formation, my priest- am much like St. John Paul was when hood, my prayer, everything has Mary!” Pray the rosary every day. I met him. My speech is slow and prepared me for this. My whole life God knows our world needs it. slurred, my hands and arms are weak, has mysteriously prepared me to off er and I shuffl e along when I walk. My this to God as my share in the cross— Please pray for me, too, especially body is weakening, but even as I grow a priestly off ering. I choose to off er through the intercession of Vener- weak physically, God, in His mercy, is myself to God as a living sacrifi ce of able Archbishop Fulton Sheen, that if strengthening my faith. praise in reparation for sin and for the it be God’s will I may be completely conversion of sinners. healed. I am so very grateful for all One of the characteristics of St. John who are praying for me and helping in Paul was his deep Marian devotion. The battle for souls is real, and praise so many ways. My family especially My diagnosis too has a deep connec- God, I have been chosen to be a war- has been supportive, including mak- tion to Our Lady. It was literally on rior in the fi ght! I invite you all to ing plans to build a handicap acces- my way home from a pilgrimage to join me by off ering your own suff er- sible addition to my parent’s home so I Fatima, where Our Lady appeared just ing, whatever form it takes, to Jesus can eventually live and pray there and over 100 years ago, when I learned through the hands of Mary. that I most likely had ALS. I do not be close to family. believe this was a coincidence. I had At Fatima, Our Lady taught us a told Our Lady in Fatima that I was prayer to use when we encounter suf- From family to friends to parishio- giving her permission to do whatever ferings that we want to off er to God. It ners, so many have been so generous it takes to get me to heaven. is this: to me. May God reward you all!

12 The Bishop’s Bulletin • July 2020 sfcatholic.org/bishopsbulletin Ordination to the Priesthood Rev. Anthony Klein & Rev. Michael Kapperman May 29, 2020 - Cathedral of Saint Joseph

Ordination to the Diaconate Rev. Mr. Scott Miller, Rev. Mr. Jeffrey Schulte & Rev. Mr. Jacob Doty May 28, 2020 - Cathedral of Saint Joseph

Photos by Michael G. Brown Photography / Sioux Falls, SD How the world’s feminism fails to honor femininity And how Natural Family Planning helps preserve it

By Renae Kranz understand how these methods build up them. It is that sensitivity that helps make women and that awesome femininity God others aware of their humanity and the Women have a special vocation in the gave them. humanity of others. world and in the Church. Saint John Paul II understood it and called it the “femi- Receptivity Leedom expands on this idea by defi ning nine genius” in his exhortation “On the sensitivity as the ability to respond to or Dignity and Vocation of Women.” But Our bodies say something about who detect slight changes, signals or infl u- modern feminism would have us believe we are. The masculine nature is genera- ences. The practice of NFP requires a women should only focus on achiev- tive, refl ecting a giver. Men provide for superior sensitivity. ing equality with men, which in essence their families and are called to give even means becoming like men. their own life if needed for the defense “NFP is the very act of detecting slight of women. Their masculinity only makes changes or signals in the human person,” Why put women in such a narrow box, sense when paired, spiritually and physi- Leedom says. “The work of NFP for the reducing their role to a competition with cally, with woman. woman is a refl ection of her particular men? It’s time for women to understand genius, highlighting her unique ability to what makes them authentically female Emily Leedom, director of the Offi ce be sensitive to her own nature.” and wholly daughters of God with a role of Marriage, Family and Respect Life, only they can fi ll. says the role of receiver is written in the Generosity woman’s anatomy. A woman’s body is John Paul II described the four aspects built to receive new life, but it’s also built Women make room for their communities of the feminine genius as the key way to be paired with the masculine nature, and families in their lives because of their women can aff ect the world around to receive what the male spouse brings as generous nature. This generosity also em- them and in turn the Church. Those four the giver. phasizes the social and ethical demands aspects—receptivity, sensitivity, generos- we must be attentive to in our world, ity and maternity—put women in a fi rm But she cautions us against seeing that including in our workplaces and in our position to help build the culture of life. nature as passive or less than the mascu- families. A woman’s generosity benefi ts line nature. It’s really just the other side of all human interactions. Those four aspects are mirrored in the the same coin. ways various methods of Natural Family The ultimate example of a woman’s gen- Planning (NFP) can help couples build “The gift that women have to give the erous nature is the welcoming of new life. strong marriages while simultaneously world is to receive people, to receive Only woman has been created to bring helping women unleash their feminine the hearts of people, the wounded, the forth the gift of new life from the Lord. genius. With NFP Awareness Week broken,” Leedom says. “It’s also receiving happening July 19-25, it’s a good time to the gift of my spouse, the gift of life and “Generosity is giving of myself as of our fertility.” mother, as spouse, as caretaker, as prayer warrior,” Leedom says. “And with NFP, It acts as the foundation of the other at- absolutely the generosity of my body, to tributes. my spouse, and to my future children. Sensitivity “There’s a burden in pregnancy,” she continues. “Our stomachs won’t look Because of a woman’s ability to receive the same. We might be nauseous for new life, she has a greater capacity for nine months. There’s a real sacrifi ce sensitivity toward others. A woman’s required of ourselves in anything we do, nature is more sensitive to the needs of but particularly I think in parenting or in those around her. It’s at the heart of her motherhood or in just the generous gift of super power to see deep into another’s ourselves to the world.” heart and understand the other as a whole person. Maternity If you want to know more about how NFP can Again, this should not be seen as weak- In his exhortation, John Paul II said, help you grow in your marriage and honor your femininity, contact Emily Leedom at ness. The sensitive nature of women can “Woman is endowed with a particular 605-988-3766 for more information. have deep infl uence on the world around capacity for accepting the human being in

14 The Bishop’s Bulletin • July 2020 sfcatholic.org/bishopsbulletin his concrete form.” This is part of God’s sacrifi ce control over the process by part- Through all of this, Leedom says couples plan to prepare her for motherhood and nering with her husband to learn the signs who sacrifi ce together with something is why He entrusts the human person to and rhythms of her body. It forces her to like NFP often fi nd a greater connection woman. pay attention to things that are easy to let in their relationship. Suff ering and sacri- slide. Leedom struggles herself at times. fi ce breed intimacy. It is the maternal nature of women that helps build communities focused on a “I think there are times when I just want “People I’ve encountered often say that culture of life and bolsters unity and to be lazy and not have to worry about when they suff ered, they felt closest to peace in families. And NFP only deepens it, but that typically is a sign for me that God. Think about doing that with your that unity. my priorities are not set straight, that I’m spouse. If you allow it to, suff ering actually not even prioritizing self-care, together, sacrifi cing together, actually “At the heart of maternity is the female self-awareness or self-contemplation,” she becomes the very fertile ground in which capacity to bring forth life,” Leedom says. says. deeper connection and intimacy is made,” “When a couple uses NFP, there is a deep she says. acknowledgement of this capacity in her Leedom says NFP requires virtue and each and every month. NFP is rooted in discipline in times of abstinence and It’s ultimately the pursuit of sainthood a respect for her maternal capacity—a much discernment to know as a couple together, to pick up your cross and follow force that doesn't need to be medicated or when to abstain and when to be more Jesus, Leedom says. sedated—but a force that is inherent to open to life. In those times of abstinence, her very nature. couples should focus on ways to love their “The Christian response is not one of an spouse in creative ways that orient them easy path,” she says. “It’s actually one of “This capacity for motherhood is written back to the higher good of putting the great heroism and virtue.” not only in her biology but in the very other’s needs before their own. depths of her heart. You see it even in a It’s a beautiful way to live an authentic woman who will never have children but Amazingly, when couples sacrifi ce feminism. who participates deeply in this maternity through the use of NFP together, they by her ability to nurture life around her come to a place of equal footing again and receive others into her heart in a in their relationship. One of them is not uniquely feminine way,” Leedom says. solely responsible for their fertility. Both sacrifi ce for each other and pick up re- NFP honors the sponsibility together. It’s a truly feminist idea. feminine genius NFP honors a woman’s femininity in a way that unites her with her spouse but also off ers opportunities for sacrifi ce— sacrifi ce that isn’t always easy. She must sfcatholic.org/bishopsbulletin July 2020 • The Bishop’s Bulletin 15 Sinsinawa Three priests celebrate anniversaries sister marks 50th Anniversary 25th Anniversaries 60th jubilee

Monsignor Steve Barnett Father Thomas R. Clement Father Larry Regynski Sister Winifred Morgan, OP Monsignor Steve Barnett was Father Thomas R. Clem- Father Larry Regynski grew Sister Winifred Morgan, OP, raised in Sioux Falls, attending ent grew up in Orient. After up in Woonsocket. He was will celebrate her 60th jubilee. Cathedral Grade schools and graduating high school, he ordained in 1995. Fr. Regynski Her ministry has been dedi- graduating from the ﬁ rst class enlisted in the U.S. Air Force is currently serving as pastor cated to teaching and writing. to graduate from O’Gorman and served four years before of Sacred Heart Parish in In the Diocese of Sioux Falls, High School in 1962. He was entering college seminary Yankton. Sister Winifred taught at ordained May 29, 1970. He in Winona, Minnesota. He O’Gorman from 1965-1968. served in high school ad- attended major seminary in She also taught in the dioceses ministration and then parish St. Paul, Minnesota, and was of Madison, Wisconsin, Dal- ministry until retirement in ordained June 2, 1995. He now las, Texas, and Milwaukee, 2014. He currently resides in serves the parishes in Herreid, Wisconsin. She is living at the Sioux Falls. Selby and Eureka. Motherhouse.

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16 The Bishop’s Bulletin • July 2020 sfcatholic.org/bishopsbulletin Benedictine sisters celebrate jubilees this year 70th Jubilees 60th Jubilees

Sister Marcine Quintus, OSB Sister Doris Oberembt, OSB Sister Jacquelyn Ernster, OSB Sister Esther Holzbauer, OSB Sister Marcine Quintus will Sister Doris Oberembt will Sister Jacquelyn Ernster will Sister Esther Holzbauer will celebrate her 70th jubilee. She celebrate her 70th jubilee. She celebrate her 60th jubilee. She celebrate her 60th jubilee. She began her ministry in nursing taught at the elementary level has taught at primary, second- served at Sacred Heart Hos- as an instructor of nursing and and at Mount Marty College ary and college levels and pital, Yankton, St. Benedict later became director of nurs- prior to serving 23 years in served as president of Mount Hospital, Parkston, St. Joseph ing at Mount Marty College, parish adult education and Marty College and prioress of Creighton Memorial Hospital, retiring initially in 2000. She faith formation ministry. She Sacred Heart Monastery. She Omaha, and Berakhah Home took over the baking depart- also served as formation direc- also served as the director of for persons with AIDS, Sioux ment at Sacred Heart Mon- tor at the monastery. She is the African Sisters Education Falls. In 1971 she began teach- astery, retiring a second time currently working in the Peace Collaborative. She remains ac- ing nursing at Mount Marty in 2014. She remains active Center as retreat leader, spiri- tive in a variety of ministries College. She currently enjoys serving in home ministries at tual director and trainer. at the monastery. visiting the elderly at St. Bene- the monastery. dict Parish in Yankton.

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The Seminaries of Saint Paul semssp.org ABERDEEN – Stephanie and ABERDEEN – Terry and Cindy ALEXANDRIA – Gary and BIG STONE CITY – Anthony and BROOKINGS – Gerald and Shirley Arden Raap will celebrate their Winegar will celebrate their 25th Brenda Steilen will celebrate their Teresa Spors will celebrate their Bergum will celebrate their 69th 30th anniversary on July 28, They anniversary on July 22. They have 40th anniversary on July 26. They 40th anniversary on July 26. They anniversary on July 12. They have have 4 children and are members 1 child and are members of St. have 3 children, 4 grandchildren have 3 children, 3 grandchildren 10 children (2 deceased), 12 grand- of St. Mary Parish. Mary Parish. and are members of St. Mary of and are members of St. Charles children, 24 great-grandchildren Mercy Parish. Parish. and 1 great-great-grandchild and are members of St. Thomas More Parish.

CANTON – Mike and Lois COLMAN – John and RoseAnn DELL RAPIDS – Tom and Rita GETTYSBURG – Rick and Imelda HOWARD – Garry and Susan Broderick will celebrate their 60th Mousel celebrated their 55th an- Berg will celebrate their 40th Simon will celebrate their 50th Zens celebrated their 50th an- anniversary on July 9. They have niversary on June 12. They have anniversary on July 26. They have anniversary on July 3. They have niversary on June 22. They have 3 2 children, 5 grandchildren and are 5 children, 18 grandchildren and 2 children, 3 grandchildren and are 2 children, 5 grandchildren and are children, 10 grandchildren and are members of St. Dominic Parish. 6 great-grandchildren and are members of St. Mary Parish. members of Sacred Heart Parish. members of St. Agatha Parish. members of St. Peter Parish.

IPSWICH – Marv and Judy KRANZBURG – DuWayne and MADISON – Bill and Jolene MITCHELL – Gary and Jeanice MITCHELL – John and Sally Seyer will celebrate their 55th an- Rita Mack will celebrate their Johnson celebrated their 50th an- Korzan celebrated their 45th an- Knight will celebrate their 30th niversary on July 12. They have 4 65th anniversary on July 6. They niversary on April 4. They have 6 niversary on June 28. They have 2 anniversary on July 7. They have 2 children, 15 grandchildren and are have 10 children (1 deceased), 20 children, 13 grandchildren and are children, 4 grandchildren and are children and are members of Holy members of Holy Cross Parish. grandchildren (1 deceased) and 14 members of St. Thomas Aquinas members of Holy Spirit Parish. Spirit Parish. great-grandchildren and are mem- Parish. bers of Holy Rosary Parish.

MITCHELL – Tim and Karen Har- PARKSTON – Dave and JoAnn PIERRE – Chuck and Susan Quinn REDFIELD – Monte and Ruth SIOUX FALLS – James and Mary rington will celebrate their 40th an- Hoﬀ man will celebrate their 50th will celebrate their 45th anniversa- Mason celebrated their 40th an- Ysbrand will celebrate their 30th niversary on August 2. They have anniversary on July 31. They ry on July 5. They have 2 children, niversary on May 23. They have 2 anniversary on July 7. They have 2 children, 1 grandchild and are have 4 children, 14 grandchildren 6 grandchildren and are members children, 5 grandchildren and are 5 children and are members of St. members of Holy Family Parish. and are members of Sacred Heart of Ss. Peter and Paul Parish. members of St. Bernard Parish. Michael Parish. Parish.

sfcatholic.org/bishopsbulletin July 2020 • The Bishop’s Bulletin 19 SIOUX FALLS – Bill and Joyce SIOUX FALLS – Chuck and SIOUX FALLS – Joe and SIOUX FALLS – Tom and Kathy SIOUX FALLS – Julie and David Kubat celebrated their 40th an- Madelyn Kirby will celebrate their Arlis Fox celebrated their 65th Magee will celebrate their 50th Elson celebrated their 45th anniversary on June 14. They have 40th anniversary on July 18. They anniversary on June 12. The have anniversary on July 25. They niversary on May 31. They have 2 3 children, 3 grandchildren and 1 have 4 children, 6 grandchildren 7 children, 16 grandchildren and have 4 children (1 deceased), 3 children, 4 grandchildren and are great-grandchild and are members and are members of Cathedral of 13 great-grandchildren and are grandchildren and are members of members of St. Mary Parish. of St. Mary Parish. Saint Joseph Parish. members of Cathedral of Saint St. Lambert Parish. Joseph Parish.

SIOUX FALLS – Larry and Diane SIOUX FALLS – Cecil and Eilene SIOUX FALLS – Mike and Suzie SIOUX FALLS – Dan and Donna SIOUX FALLS – Ray and Kathy Becker will celebrate their 50th McCoy will celebrate their 70th Rierson will celebrate their 55th Schneider will celebrate their 25th Campbell will celebrate their 40th anniversary on July 25. They have anniversary on July 5. They have anniversary on July 24. They anniversary on July 7. They have anniversary on July 19. They have 2 children, 1 grandchild and are 8 children (1 deceased), 25 grand- have 2 children, 4 grandchildren 1 child and are members of St. 4 children, 1 grandchild and are members of Holy Spirit Parish. children (2 deceased) and 24 great- and 2 great-grandchildren and are Michael Parish. members of St. Katharine Drexel grandchildren (1 deceased) and are members of St. Katharine Drexel Parish. members of St. Therese Parish. Parish.

SIOUX FALLS – Dave and Jodi SIOUX FALLS – Paul and Vonnie SIOUX FALLS – Gene and TURTON – Joe and Betty Barrie WATERTOWN – Patrick F. and Schwab will celebrate their 50th Bangasser celebrated their 60th Brigitte Uher celebrated their 50th will celebrate their 62nd an- Cindy Murphy will celebrate their anniversary on July 3. They have anniversary on June 11. They have anniversary on June 27. They niversary on July 4. They have 4 45th anniversary on July 24. They 2 children, 5 grandchildren and 1 3 children, 6 grandchildren and have 2 children (1 deceased), 2 children, 13 grandchildren, and have 2 children, 6 grandchildren great-grandchild and are members are members of Cathedral of Saint grandchildren and are members of 16 great-grandchildren and are and are members of Immaculate of St. Michael Parish. Joseph Parish. St. Michael Parish. members of St. Joseph Parish. Conception Parish.

ANNIVERSARY SUBMISSIONS Send a color photo, your anniversary news and a self-addressed, stamped envelope by July 15 for inclusion in the August 2020 edition to: The Bishop’s Bulletin WATERTOWN – Don and Mary WEBSTER – Fred and Cindy Tuﬀ will celebrate their 40th an- Zenk will celebrate their 35th 523 North Duluth Avenue niversary on July 19. They have 3 anniversary on July 27. They have Sioux Falls, SD 57104 children, 3 grandchildren and are 4 children, 14 grandchildren (1 or e-mail to: members of Immaculate Concep- deceased) and are members of [email protected]. tion Parish. Christ the King Parish.

20 The Bishop’s Bulletin • July 2020 sfcatholic.org/bishopsbulletin Sister Kevin Irwin, OSB, dies at 90 Sister Kevin Irwin. OSB, 90, at the Newman Center in Bishop Hoch a Benedictine sister of Sacred Vermillion and took classes in Heart Monastery, died June counseling. She then minis- scholarships 14, 2020. tered in student life at Mount A private Mass of Christian Marty until 1978 and began awarded burial was celebrated June her work with the divorced, The Bishop Hoch Scholar- 17 at Bishop Marty Memo- separated and widowed group ships have been awarded and rial Chapel. Burial was at the in the Yankton area. She announced for the 2020-2021 monastery cemetery. Because practiced counseling at Bene- school year. They are as fol- SIOUX FALLS – Bill and Joyce SIOUX FALLS – Chuck and SIOUX FALLS – Joe and SIOUX FALLS – Tom and Kathy SIOUX FALLS – Julie and David of COVID-19, a public memo- dictine Family Services until lows: Kubat celebrated their 40th an- Madelyn Kirby will celebrate their Arlis Fox celebrated their 65th Magee will celebrate their 50th Elson celebrated their 45th an- rial Mass will be celebrated at it closed in 1992. Following niversary on June 14. They have 40th anniversary on July 18. They anniversary on June 12. The have anniversary on July 25. They niversary on May 31. They have 2 that she ministered 15 years as In the Yankton deanery, a later date. , Mount Marty 3 children, 3 grandchildren and 1 have 4 children, 6 grandchildren 7 children, 16 grandchildren and have 4 children (1 deceased), 3 children, 4 grandchildren and are volunteer coordinator and pas- Wesley Brandt Patricia Ann was born Sep- College. great-grandchild and are members and are members of Cathedral of 13 great-grandchildren and are grandchildren and are members of members of St. Mary Parish. toral minister at Sacred Heart Saint Joseph Parish. members of Cathedral of Saint St. Lambert Parish. tember 23, 1929, in Redfi eld Sister Kevin Irwin, OSB of St. Mary Parish. Parish in Yankton, retiring in In the Mitchell deanery, Oak- Joseph Parish. to Bernard and Edna (Naugh- profession on June 29, 1952. In 2007. She was also the director ley Jandreau, Mount Marty ton) Irwin, the oldest of three May 1954, she graduated from of novices from 1985 to 1986 College. daughters. She grew up on a Mount Marty College with farm south of Rockham, and a Bachelor of music educa- and director of formation from In the Sioux Falls deanery, went to a country school, then tion degree, and in 1956, she 1889 to 1992. Tashlynne Badger and Avery to boarding school in Zell and earned a Masters degree from Sister Kevin is survived by Kirkey, both Mount Marty College. to Mount Marty High School the University of South Dakota her Benedictine community, in Yankton. in music. her sisters and brothers-in-law, In the Aberdeen deanery, Patricia entered Sacred Heart Sister Kevin taught in Di- Sharon (Deane) Munro and Emily Schock, Presentation SIOUX FALLS – Larry and Diane SIOUX FALLS – Cecil and Eilene SIOUX FALLS – Mike and Suzie SIOUX FALLS – Dan and Donna SIOUX FALLS – Ray and Kathy Monastery September 1947. mock, Stephan and Yankton. Mary Dawn (Harlan) Vesely, College. Becker will celebrate their 50th McCoy will celebrate their 70th Rierson will celebrate their 55th Schneider will celebrate their 25th Campbell will celebrate their 40th She became a novice on June She served as dean of students and her nieces and nephews. anniversary on July 25. They have anniversary on July 5. They have anniversary on July 24. They anniversary on July 7. They have anniversary on July 19. They have In the Watertown deanery, 2 children, 1 grandchild and are 8 children (1 deceased), 25 grand- have 2 children, 4 grandchildren 1 child and are members of St. 4 children, 1 grandchild and are 23, 1948, and was given the at Mount Marty, 1962-1968. She was preceded in death by Preston Jones, Presentation members of Holy Spirit Parish. children (2 deceased) and 24 great- and 2 great-grandchildren and are Michael Parish. members of St. Katharine Drexel name Kevin. She made fi nal From 1968-1972, she was her parents. College. grandchildren (1 deceased) and are members of St. Katharine Drexel Parish. members of St. Therese Parish. Parish. Angie Jorgensen, FIC Catholic United 605-660-5814 Financial believes Yankton, Vermillion & UPCOMING nearby in the Diocese of RETREATS Sioux Falls! Mike Ferrell, FIC SILENT RETREATS 605-954-4399 We’ve given: Men’s 2020 Women’s 2020 SIOUX FALLS – Dave and Jodi SIOUX FALLS – Paul and Vonnie SIOUX FALLS – Gene and TURTON – Joe and Betty Barrie WATERTOWN – Patrick F. and Aberdeen, Watertown, - over $2.7 million to August 20-23 October 15-18 August 13-16 October 1-4 Schwab will celebrate their 50th Bangasser celebrated their 60th Brigitte Uher celebrated their 50th will celebrate their 62nd an- Cindy Murphy will celebrate their Sioux Falls & nearby September 24-27 November 19-22 August 27-30 November 5-8 Catholic religious September 17-20 anniversary on July 3. They have anniversary on June 11. They have anniversary on June 27. They niversary on July 4. They have 4 45th anniversary on July 24. They 2 children, 5 grandchildren and 1 3 children, 6 grandchildren and have 2 children (1 deceased), 2 children, 13 grandchildren, and have 2 children, 6 grandchildren Jay Fritzemeier, FIC education great-grandchild and are members are members of Cathedral of Saint grandchildren and are members of 16 great-grandchildren and are and are members of Immaculate DAY OF RECOLLECTION 605-999-2705 - more than $775,000 Broom Tree Days of Recollection begin at 10 a.m. and consist of conferences, time for Adoration, of St. Michael Parish. Joseph Parish. St. Michael Parish. members of St. Joseph Parish. Conception Parish. Mass, and an opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The day ends in mid-afternoon. Mitchell, Parkston & to Catholic Schools Because lunch is also served, we ask that you please register. A prayerful donation is requested. nearby - more than $400,000 August 18: Psalms: The School of Prayer October 13: - Fr. David Roherich - Fr. Tom Anderson David Schonhardt to Catholics in need November 17: November - A Month ANNIVERSARY SUBMISSIONS September 15: Our Lady of Sorrows of Saints FICF - more than $200,000 - directed by Fr. Jeff Norfolk - Fr. Joe Forcelle Send a color photo, your anniversary 763-670-9058 in college & vocational Sioux Falls & nearby scholarships news and a self-addressed, stamped SPECIAL RETREATS envelope by July 15 for inclusion in Butch Byers Contact us about these October 9-11: Inner Healing Retreat November 13-15: Couples Retreat - directed by Mike Snyder & Jane Barz - directed by Fr. Scott Traynor the August 2020 edition to: FICF programs: Catholic Schools The Bishop’s Bulletin WATERTOWN – Don and Mary WEBSTER – Fred and Cindy 605-661-2437 Raffle, scholarships, Tuff will celebrate their 40th an- Zenk will celebrate their 35th 523 North Duluth Avenue Regional Manager R.E.new Fund, MinisTREE, niversary on July 19. They have 3 anniversary on July 27. They have Matching Grant fundraising, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 children, 3 grandchildren and are 4 children, 14 grandchildren (1 abstinence education members of Immaculate Concep- deceased) and are members of or e-mail to: grants, school technology tion Parish. Christ the King Parish. 123 Saint Raphael Circle • Irene, SD 57037 [email protected]. grants and more! 605-263-1040 • [email protected] www.catholicunitedfinancial.org www.broom-tree.org

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One of the area’s premier golf The Taste the Goodness charity chance for fellowship and tournaments is coming up. The event for 2020 will again be giving. All proceeds go to the Bishop’s Cup, played at both held in downtown Sioux Falls Bishop Dudley Hospitality Minnehaha Country Club and outdoors at the Avera IT build- House Endowment to help the The Country Club of Sioux ing at 212 E. 11th Street. homeless in our community. Falls, will benefi t Broom Tree The event runs from 5-9 p.m. The entrance fee for Taste the Retreat and Conference Center Stroll from tent to tent and in Irene. Goodness is $45 for a wrist- enjoy a variety of food, beer, band which gets you unlimited You can choose to play in one wine and other beverages access to food, beverages, of two diff erent formats: will be awarded to the team while listening to great music. games and more. Must be 21 with the low net score. Play the Bishop’s Scramble There will also be an auction, to attend. Registration and lunch start at This format is a four-person games and activities through- For more information or to 11 a.m. with a shotgun start at out the evening. scramble with prizes awarded noon. After golf, enjoy a social purchase tickets, go to ccfesd. to the top two teams in each and barbecue followed by an This summer event off ers a org/events/taste-the-goodness. fl ight. A crystal-cup traveling awards ceremony. There will trophy will be awarded to the also be a shoot out and putting team with the low net score. contest fi nal at 6:30 p.m. Play the Bishop’s Challenge Sponsorship opportunities are This format consists of a four- available. To fi nd out more person team. Each golfer plays about those opportunities or to their own ball, with the two register, go to www.ccfesd.org best balls scored hole by hole. or call (605) 988-3765. Don’t A crystal-cup traveling trophy wait! Spots are fi lling up fast.

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22 The Bishop’s Bulletin • July 2020 sfcatholic.org/bishopsbulletin Recitation of the rosary planned Friday, July 3 - The rosary is recited for the Catholic Family Services Sacred Heart Monastery faithful departed on the fi rst Friday of the month at 10 a.m. in St. Michael Cemetery in Sioux Falls. Catholic Family Services Counseling Sept.-May/Spiritual Enrichment Service-During this pandemic, in addition Program/ A program open to men Rural Catholic DRE Conference to our current in-person counseling we are and women who desire to deepen their Wednesday, Aug. 12 - Join area directors off ering a HIPPA compliant tele-health relationship with God through monthly of religious education for the Rural Catho- format. It is user friendly and as long as gatherings, selected readings, and a silent lic North Central SD DRE Conference to ex- you have internet availability, can be ac- retreat experience. Participants will meet plore ways to more eff ectively pass on the cessed by phone or computer. once a month on Saturday morning 9:30- Catholic faith in our rural parishes. Program 11:30 for prayer and group dialogue. Reg- begins at 5:30 p.m. with supper and wel- July 28-Sept. 1/Grieving loss of a spouse. istration deadline is August 24. For more come with a presentation by Fr. Tom Ander- A six-week program held every Tues- information go to https://yanktonbenedic- son beginning at 6 p.m. and discussion af- day evening from 6:30-8:30 p.m. This tines.org/spiritual-enrichment-program/ or ter. All Saints Parish, Mellette, 23 1st Ave. program is for adults who have lost a contact us: benedictinepeacectr@yankton- Free will off ering. Call or text Laura Me- spouse and are trying to cope with the benedictines.org or 605-668-6292. lius at 605-228-3945 or mellettedre@sfcath- pain of separation and loss. Role change olic.org to RSVP or with questions. Attend- and loneliness are secondary losses which Spiritual Direction/ Due to social ees may join the Rural Catholic DRE Con- can complicate the grieving process. The distancing restrictions, we are currently ference group on Facebook for the most up- program will off er assistance in coping off ering spiritual direction online. Share to-date information. with this change and making healthy your experience of God with an experi- readjustments. Non-denominational. Cost enced companion-guide and intensify your Search for Christian Maturity retreat is a donation. Located at Catholic Family spiritual journey. Scheduling is fl exible, Oct. 23-25 - Located at Holy Spirit Church, Services, 523 N. Duluth Ave, Sioux Falls. typically meeting once a month. Contact Sioux Falls. Registration is open. This re- Please call 605-988-3775 or 1-800-700- benedictinepeacectr@yanktonbene- treat is a student led, Roman Catholic re- 7867 to register or with questions. dictines.org or 605-668-6292 for more treat program featuring talks, skits, music, information. opportunities for confession, and celebra- The Mother Teresa Endowment is a tion of Mass. All high school and college- fund providing fi nancial assistance to Spiritual Direction Ministry Formation age students and adults are welcome and en- individuals or couples experiencing an un- Benedictine Peace Center off ers formation couraged to participate. Contact: (605) 371- planned pregnancy and who have consid- for those discerning a call to be a spiritual 1478, [email protected], www. ered abortion because of limited fi nancial director. Guided independent study com- siouxfallssearch.org. resources. Through Catholic Family plemented by two-day residencies permits Services, free pregnancy counseling is fl exibility with your schedule. E-mail us Confraternity of the Holy Rosary seeks available and we work to determine avail- at benedictinepeacectr@yanktonbenedic- new members - All are welcome to enroll in able community resources. The Mother tines.org, or call (605) 668-6292. the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary, off er- Teresa Endowment Fund assists with ing many spiritual benefi ts to its members. legitimate costs not covered elsewhere. For information, contact Jim Miles, 605 Application forms are available from any 759-2654 (dustoff [email protected]). CFS offi ce, or for more information call 800-700-7867. Applicants for permanent diaconate being accepted Men of the diocese are invited to consider becoming a deacon. If you are thinking God may be calling you to a deeper life Prayer for Vocations of service to His Church and His people, apply for the next diaconate class. The O Father, you desire all of us to be happy. Stir up the grace of diocese is accepting applications for a formation class that will begin in the fall a religious vocation in the hearts of many men and women. of 2020. Contact your pastor or Deacon Grant to them the willingness and generosity to give of them- John Devlin if you would like more detail. selves, their lives, their time and their talents to the service of You can call 605-988-3715 or email dcn- [email protected]. Jesus Christ, Your Son, Our Lord and Savior, and to His Holy Church. May more men and women go forth as priests, deacons, brothers and sisters to bring the truths of our Catholic faith to all others so that soon they, too, may know You better and love You more, and serving You, be truly happy. Amen. sfcatholic.org/bishopsbulletin July 2020 • The Bishop’s Bulletin 23 monday SATURDAY August 24th AUGUST 29 COUNTRY DOWNTOWN SIOUX FALLS CLUBS BENEFITING benefiting broom tree BISHOP DUDLEY HOSPITALITY HOUSE 5PM - 9PM

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