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Ci t y V o l u m e 100th Anniversary — New Saints 100th Anniversary Church. Oct. 13, 1917, and later were declared worthy of belief by the Catholic seeing the Mary.Virgin The apparitions continued once a month until reported Santos, dos Lucia cousin their with along Jacinta, year-old 7- and Francisco 9-year-old 13,1917,when May began tions, which 12-13. May Fatima to visit his during visionaries Fatima the of ceremonies site of the apparitions May 13. The pope presided over thecanonization herd children who saw Mary in Fatima, Portugal, during his visit to the shep- FranciscoMarto,the Blessed of and two Marto Jacinta Blessed Numismatic Office) May 13, 1917. to the three shepherd of the apparitions of Mary children in Fatimasary This postcard, released by the Vatican May 4,marks the 100th anniver- Tourist’s MassGuide, page 7 Religious Liberty & Health Care, page 19Religious Liberty Fishing Tournament, page 5 Seven Priests Leaving Diocese, page 2 N C D

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The Easter season is a very busy time for farewell to Fr. Andrea Benso, our priest joice in the return of Fr. me as I travel the highways and byways to from Italy. After serving in the diocese for ‘I offer my deepest Brian Christensen, who many different parishes to administer the the past three years on the Standing Rock will complete his as- Sacrament of Confirmation to our young and Cheyenne River thanks for signment at the North people. This is one of the things I enjoy Reservations and com- the priests who have so American College, and most about being the bishop — the chance pleting his Native the arrival of several to interact with our confirmation students, American Ministry ex- generously served...’ priests to serve in the Bishop their families and parishioners in each perience, he will return diocese for the first Robert Gruss parish. to Italy to continue his the Jesuit communities here in the diocese time. (The assignment Late April and early May is also a time priesthood in his own and for all that they have been doing to changes are listed on page Diocese of for finalizing priest assignments for the fol- diocese. We wish him serve the Native American communities for 4 in this paper.) Rapid City lowing fiscal year. The departure of a num- well and thank him for these many, many years. Fr. DeSmet first ar- Although it has been ber of priests from the diocese has made his service among us. rived in the Dakota Territory with the challenging to program this process a real challenge this year. While Despite his short time “Black Robes” in 1838 — 179 years ago. the placement of priests this year, I will the challenges are real, I have so much for FR. ANDREA BENSO with us, he, too, has left Many wonderful Jesuit men have served always trust that God will provide for the which to be grateful. his mark. here sharing their gifts, talents, and their Diocese of Rapid City. However, I also It all began with Bishop-elect Steve It will also be hard love for the Native American people. They know that we all MUST do our part by Biegler being named the ninth bishop of to say goodbye to some have taken on the most challenging min- praying for vocations every day, by inviting the Diocese of of our Jesuit priests istry in the diocese and truly made a differ- your sons or other young men in your Cheyenne. What a gift who will be leaving the ence in the lives of many people. As I have parishes to consider a vocation to the the people of diocese over the course traveled around the diocese, the names of priesthood, and by helping to create a Cheyenne are getting! of the next few many Jesuits who have served here have culture of vocations in your parishes. There I am deeply grateful months. Fr. John come up in the conversation with parish- is no reason why the Diocese of Rapid City for his ministry in the Hatcher, SJ, will be ioners who have described how their lives should be facing a priest shortage. There is Diocese of Rapid City departing later in the have been touched by the ministry of these an abundance of priests in our diocese! for the past twenty- summer after serving fine men. The Jesuits who will be leaving us As I wrote in Through Him, With Him four years. But I am FR. JOHN the Native American are among the finest. Fr. John, Fr. Rick and and In Him: grateful that I will still HATCHER, SJ people for the past 45 Fr. Peter, I cannot thank you enough for “Families and local parish communities see him at least twice a years. He will be taking your ministry. You have each left a lasting should be the seed beds for priestly and re- year at the U.S. Bish- a well-deserved sab- mark on the church in western South ligious vocations. There are no shortages of BISHOP-ELECT ops’ Conference meet- batical over the next Dakota and all of you will be deeply missed. vocations to the priesthood. They are in STEVE BIEGLER ings. year. Fr. Rick Abert, In the face of these departures, the Lord your families and parish communities. You I am saddened SJ, who has been a has assisted us in meeting the challenges of have not called them forth. The only short- that Frs. Godfrey dedicated servant to assigning priests to provide necessary cov- age is that of vocational discernment. If Muwanga and John the people on the Pine erage for our parishes this year. The process more Catholics were to intentionally Lule, our Ugandan Ridge Reservation for has been difficult and it is only possible be- engage the Lord in a conversation about priests, are being called a total of 13 years, will cause of the generous priests we have in our what his plan for their life might be, in home for new assign- be leaving the end of diocese. I am deeply grateful to our priests other words, seek out their personal voca- ments, although I am FR. RICK ABERT, SJ May to take on a new for their willingness to give of themselves tion, many would discover a call to the grateful to their bishop pastoral assignment in in many ways for the sake of the needs of priesthood or religious life. This is precisely for allowing them to another diocese. Fr. the diocese. why families and parish communities must remain here for ten Peter Etzel, SJ, who I am grateful for those priests who are be engaged in the work of vocations.” FR. GODFREY years (five years longer has served here for willing to move if asked, for those priests In conclusion, I offer my deepest thanks MUWANGA than originally seven years as the who are willing to delay their retirement, for the priests who have so generously planned). They both Director of the Sioux come out of retirement or remain out of re- served the people of God in the Diocese of provided wonderful Spiritual Center, Di- tirement for another year. This has been ex- Rapid City, those priests who are departing ministry and were rector of the Deacon tremely helpful in addressing the priest us and those who continue to give of them- great additions to our Formation Program shortage this year because of the many de- selves across western South Dakota. Be as- presbyterate. They will and Director of the partures. I am thankful for those priests sured of my continued prayers for all of our be deeply missed. Lay Ministry Forma- willing to accept a new assignment before priests and for those whom God is calling Thank you, Father tion Program, will also their current assignment has ended or who to discern a religious vocation. I also ask the FR. PETER Godfrey and Father be reassigned to an- have accepted one that is not necessarily on People of God in our diocese to remember ETZEL, SJ John, for your service other diocese-missioned to a new assign- their wish list. This is just another example to regularly thank your priests and to thank among us. ment, departing later in the summer. of the many ways they serve sacrificially for God for them. We can never take their FR. JOHN LULE We will also say I am deeply grateful for the presence of the greater good of the diocese. We also re- presence for granted. May 2017 WRC 3

Holy Spirit Novena Bishop’s s Calendar Bishop Robert Gruss is asking people in the Diocese of Rapid City to pray a novena asking for the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Please begin Thursday, May 26, nine days before the Solemnity of May 1-June 20, 2017 May 17, Wednesday Pentecost, Sunday, June 4. The Holy Spirit is the unseen moving force of God in the world — unseen but not unheard. It was the Holy Spirit 6 p.m. Pre-Confirmation Meeting, Blessed Sacrament 7th Grade, Rapid City who inspired the prophets of the Old Testament to lead the people to 7 p.m. Confirmation Mass, Blessed Sacrament 7th Grade, Rapid City God. It was the Holy Spirit who inspired the evangelists to write the May 18, Thursday Gospels and Epistles. It is today the Holy Spirit who guides the faithful: 11:30 a.m. Western South Dakota Catholic Foundation Board Meeting, Chancery “and I will send the Holy Spirit to inspire you.” Beginning Tuesday, May 20, Saturday May 16, a copy of the novena can be downloaded at 4 p.m. Pre-Confirmation Meeting, St. Mary, Lemmon http://rapidcitydiocese.org/holy-spirit-novena/. The prayers come from 5 p.m. Confirmation Mass, St. Mary, Lemmon The Congregations of the Holy Ghost, Toronto, Canada. May 21, Sunday 7:30 a.m. Pre-Confirmation Meeting, Sacred Heart, Philip 8:30 a.m. Confirmation Mass, Sacred Heart Philip May 22, Monday Noon College of Consultors Meeting – Rapid City 5 p.m. Rapid City Catholic School System Board Meeting, Cathedral May 23, Tuesday — May 25, Thursday Clergy Convocation, Terra Sancta (See page 11 regarding a presentation on evil) May 23, Tuesday Noon Priest Retirement and Aid Association Meeting 6:30 p.m. Catholic Social Services (CSS) Board Meeting, CSS office May 25, Thursday 1 p.m. St. Thomas More Middle School Graduation, Cathedral May 28, Sunday 2 p.m. St. Thomas More High School Graduation, Cathedral May 29, Monday Office closed for Memorial Day May 30, Tuesday 9 a.m. Live Radio Interview on Real Presence Radio June 3, Saturday 5 p.m. Pre-Confirmation Meeting, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Martin 6 p.m. Confirmation Mass, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Martin Farewell Bishop-elect Biegler June 7, Wednesday Judy and Deacon Walt Wilson visit with Bishop-elect Steve Biegler at his going away party, 5 p.m. Pre-Confirmation Meeting, Our Lady of Victory, Kadoka May 7, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Rapid City. Father Biegler was named 6 p.m. Confirmation Mass, Our Lady of Victory, Kadoka Bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne in March and will be ordained and installed June 5 at 2 June 8, Thursday p.m. The live-stream event will be shown at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 8:30 a.m. Investment Committee Meeting, Chancery Rapid City, www.dioceseofcheyenne.org and aired live on EWTN. The principal consecrator 9 a.m. Finance Council Meeting, Chancery will be Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver. (WRC photo by Becky Berreth) 5:30 p.m. Mass and celebration of the International Fatima Peace Pilgrimage with the Traveling Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, Cathedral June 9, Friday EST IVER ATHOLIC Fishing Tournament for Seminarian Fund, Ft. Pierre W R C 5:15 p.m. CT Mass, St. John Church, Fort Pierre USPS 983-360 6 p.m. CT Fish Fry Dinner, Padre Hall, Fort Pierre Official newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Rapid City, published monthly. The West River Catholic is owned and published by the Diocese of Rapid City June 10, Saturday 606 Cathedral Drive Rapid City, SD 57701-5499 Phone: 605-343-3541 5:30 p.m. Mass, Commissioning of Lay Ministers, Cathedral June 11, Sunday Publisher: Bishop Robert D. Gruss Noon CT Pre-Confirmation meeting, Immaculate Conception, Winner Editor: Laurie Hallstrom, [email protected] 1 p.m. CT Confirmation Mass, Immaculate Conception, Winner Assistant Editor: Becky Berreth, [email protected] 4 p.m. CT Pre-Confirmation Meeting, St. Charles, St. Francis Circulation: Roberta Bruhn, @diorc.org Advertising: Laurie Hallstrom, 343-3541 5 p.m. CT Confirmation Mass, St. Charles, St. Francis Subscription: $27, Foreign subscription: $60 per year. June 19, Monday Postmaster: Address all correspondence, including change of address, to: Noon Cathedral Staff Lunch Meeting, Cathedral West River Catholic, PO Box 678, Rapid City, SD 57709-0678 June 20, Tuesday 8 a.m. Diocesan Staff Mass, Breakfast, Terra Sancta Periodical postage paid at Rapid City, SD 57701 9:15 a.m. Diocesan Staff Meeting, Terra Sancta Benefactors: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Office of Home Missions, Catholic Extension Subject to change without notice Priest4 WRC Assignments______May 2017

After hearing the advice of the Diocesan Consultors, Bishop Robert Gruss has additional year. Effective July 1, he will be The following assignments have been made the following appointments effective July 1, 2017, except as noted: released from his duties as Vicar for made by Jesuit Provincial: Clergy. Fr. Adam Hofer is released from assign- Fr. Jonathan Dillon is released from Fr. John Hatcher, SJ, will leave the Diocese ment as Parochial assignment as Fr. Jim Hoerter is released from assign- of Rapid City and his assignment as Vicar of the Cathedral Parochial Vicar of the ment as the Pastor of President of St. Francis Mission effective of Our Lady of Cathedral of Our Lady the Parishes of July 31. He will be taking a sabbatical Perpetual Help and of Perpetual Help and St. Joseph in Faith, before being reassigned.* St. Michael Church in St. Michael Church in Our Lady of Victory in Hermosa and Hermosa and Plainview, St. Anthony Fr. James Kubicki, SJ, will be assigned as assigned as Parochial assigned as Adminis- in Red Owl and President of St. Vicar of Blessed trator of the Parishes St. Joseph in Mud Francis Mission Sacrament Parish in of St. Joseph in Butte and assigned as effective July 31. Rapid City. Gregory, Immaculate Conception in Bones- the Pastor of the He is currently serving teel, Sacred Heart in Parishes of St. as National Director of Bernard in McLaugh- the Apostleship of Fr. Brian Christensen is released from Burke and St. Anthony lin, Assumption in Prayer. service at the North in Fairfax. Kenel, St. Aloysius in American College in Bullhead and St. Bede Rome at the end of in Wakpala. the school term to Fr. Riccardo Pennati is returning from retire- complete a sabbatical. ment to be assigned Fr. Michel Mulloy is released from assign- Effective September as Administrator of the ment as Pastor of the 4, he is assigned as Parishes of St. Joseph Parishes of Fr. Peter Etzel, SJ, will leave the Sioux Pastor of the in Faith, Our Lady of St. Bernard in Spiritual Center effective September 1 for Cathedral of Our Lady Victory in Plainview, McLaughlin, Assump- a new assignment which will be an- of Perpetual Help and St. Anthony in Red Owl tion in Kenel, St. nounced later.* St. Michael Church in and St. Joseph in Mud Aloysius in Bullhead Hermosa. Butte for one year. and St. Bede in Fr. Ron Seminara, SJ, will leave the Sioux Wakpala. He is Spiritual Center Fr. Matthew Fallgren is released from as- assigned as Vicar effective September 1 signment as Parochial General effective to join the Holy Rosary Vicar of Blessed Fr. Ed Vanorny will continue his assignment May 8. He will Mission Pastoral Team Sacrament Parish in as Administrator of relocate to Rapid City on the Pine Ridge Rapid City and St. Anthony in Buffalo, to serve as Vicar Reservation. assigned as Parochial St. Isidore in Ralph General full time Vicar of the Cathedral and Blessed Sacra- effective July 1. At of Our Lady of ment in Bison for an that time he will also Perpetual Help and St. additional year. assume the responsi- Michael Church in bilities of Vicar for Hermosa. Clergy. Fr. Rick Abert, SJ, will leave the Holy Fr. Grant Gerlach is assigned as Pastor of Rosary Mission on May 28 and will receive Fr. Marcin Garbacz continues as Chaplain the Parishes of St. a new assignment in Milwaukee, for the Rapid City Anthony in Hot Wisconsin, effective July 31. * Catholic School Springs, St. John the System and is also Baptist in Custer and Deacon Jacob Boddicker, SJ, will be or- assigned as Chaplain Fr. Dan Juelfs’ assignment as Pastor of the St. James in dained to the priest- for the Newman Parishes of All Saints Edgemont for five hood on June 3 and Center at the School in Eagle Butte, Sacred years in addition to will subsequently be of Mines and Technol- Heart in Dupree, St. the past year during assigned to the ogy. He will reside at Joseph in Ridgeview, which he served as St. Francis Mission the Cathedral rectory St. Therese in White Administrator. Pastoral Team on the effective June 16 and Horse, St. Catherine in Rosebud Reservation. assist with coverage Promise, St. Joseph in Fr. Andrea Benso will return to Italy at the over the summer Cherry Creek, Sacred end of June. Fr. Godfrey Muwanga and months. Heart in Red Scaffold and Immaculate Fr. John Lule have been recalled by their Conception in Bridger bishop and will return to Uganda at the is extended for one end of June.* *See photos on page 2. May 2017 WRC 5

Matthew 4:19 Friday, June 9, 2017 Lakes Oahe and Sharpe, Ft. Pierre, SD Benefiting Seminarian Education

Tournament Schedule 7-11 a.m. CDT Registration Padre Hall, St. John the Evangelist Church, Ft. Pierre

Egg bake breakfast and box lunches provided courtesy of Diane London and the Ft. Pierre Perkins Restaurant and Bakery

3 p.m. Weigh-in and Silent Auction

5:15 p.m. Mass with Bishop Robert Gruss

6 p.m. Awards & Fish Fry Dinner Rapid6 WRC City guild of Catholic Medical Association begins meeting May 2017

In the early 20th century, prior to regions of the country and one military “Our guild will be educational opportunities and networking; American Catholics’ integration into the district, each supported by two regional active in educating the email updates and action alerts; mainstream of culture and institutions directors. community on pro-life discounted registration to the CMA in the United States, in Boston, Board of director members medical issues and Annual Conference. Mass., the Catholic Medical include: Chaplain Bishop preparing for the social Projected monthly meeting times are Association was formed. It Robert Gruss; President challenges Saturday mornings at Catholic Social Serv- strengthened physicians in George Ceremuga, II; and regarding end of life ices. their faith, organizing them in Vice President Rommel care and the prescrip- Please see the web address below for the local guilds to support one an- Brandt. The Diocesan Chief tion of medical mari- membership categories and the fee other and the church. Finance Officer, Rick Soulek, juana that is sweeping structure. http://www.cathmed.org/wp- The Sacred Heart of Jesus will serve as treasurer and the the nation,” he said. SACRED HEART OF content/uploads/2016/07/2017-New- Guild of the Catholic Medical Director of Family Life Ministries, Membership bene- JESUS GUILD Member-Application-Form.pdf PRESIDENT Association of the Diocese of Rapid City Amy Julian, will serve as secretary. fits include spiritual GEORGE CEREMUGA, II has applied to become a chartered guild of The membership welcomes physicians, and professional sup- For information, please contact the National Catholic Medical Associa- healthcare professionals, clergy, students port; subscriptions to The Linacre Quarterly Ceremuga at 605-430-4843, george@dr tion. It obtained provisional status as of and all persons interested in integrating and The Pulse of Catholic Medicine Magazine; georgej.com, or Dan Petereit at 605-390- February 4. In the last few months the Catholic principles into health care. To 1154. guild has met the association requirements date there are 12 charter members in the to be an officially chartered guild and the Rapid City guild according to President application is currently at the National Ceremuga. The goal of the CMA is to o .!. CMA board of directors for approval. help the members to grow in faith, main- At the present time there are more tain ethical integrity and provide excellent d.r !!.. than 100 chartered guilds and 25 student healthcare in accordance with the teach- chapters of the CMA. Guilds are organ- ings of the church. With the landscape of Most Rev. Steven Biegler ized at the level of a parish, city, or dio- medical ethical issues changing so swiftly, cese. Local guilds are organized in 11 this mission is more important than ever. as Bishop of Cheyenne 2 p.m., Monday, June 5 View it Live! You are welcome to view the live-stream coverage at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Rapid City 2 p.m., Monday, June 5 in the main church, or you may view the Mass on your computer by going to www.dioceseofcheyenne.org. May 2017 Events Schedule WRC 7 their relationship with each other and God May 22, Monday June 12, Monday September 15, Friday by exploring the Catholic Church’s vision sCatechesis of the Good Shepherd sTotus Tuus Girls: An opportunity to sHealing Retreat with Father Richard Training: Montessori style catechesis for reflect on God’s call with religious sisters of marriage. Attendance is required for cou- McAlear, “Jesus Healer of My Body and preschool though fifth grade. Level 1 train- and priests. Includes hiking, campfires, ples doing marriage prep in the diocese. Soul”: Held at Blessed Sacrament Church. ing for preschool and kindergarten. Held at swimming, games, Mass, adoration, and Ends July 23. Next weekend, October 27- Retreat includes Mass, adoration, healing St. Joseph Center, Timber Lake. Ends May more. Held at Terra Sancta. Leadership 29. Register at 8terrasancta.org/hert2heart/ service, confession, and talks by Fr. 26. Part 2, May 29-June 2. 8Sarah camp, grades 9-12 ends June 16. Grades 6- or )Amy 605-716-5214 x236. McAlear. All are invited. Schweitzer [email protected] 8, June 13-16. Registration forms can be July 22, Saturday or )605-850-3627. found at www.gods-call.org. )Office of sNPM Summer Meeting: Presenter Vocations 605-716-5214 x233 or 8shan and Rapid City native Leah Sedlacek will May 31, Wednesday son @diorc.org. explore how all true beauty can evangelize sWRC Deadline for submissions. the culture and inspire people to know Paper mailed Tuesday, June 20 June 17, Saturday Holy Spirit Natural Family Planning: Seminar for Jesus. Held at Blessed Sacrament Church, 605-343-3541. s Novena ) engaged couples or anyone wanting to learn Rapid City, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. [email protected] or May 26- June 3 8 more about natural family planning. To be [email protected] July 24, Monday held at Blessed Sacrament Church, Rapid sTotus Tuus Boys: An opportunity to re- http://www.spiritans.com/ flect on God’s call with seminarians and June 2, Friday City. Preregistration required. Next semi- holy_spirit_novena.htm sWorld Apostolate of Fatima: First Fri- nar, September 16, at St. Therese the Little priests. Includes hiking, campfires, swim- Pray for the gifts day, Mass at 5:30 p.m. with prayers and de- Flower, Rapid City. )Family Life Min- ming, games, Mass, adoration, and more. votions. First Saturday, June 3, begins with istries, 605-716-5214 x236 or Held at Terra Sancta. Leadership camp, of the Holy Spirit. prayers at 7:45 a.m. followed by 8 a.m. Mass [email protected]. grades 9-12 ends July 28. Grades 6-8, July Transform your and exposition. Both in Our Lady’s Chapel, July 21, Friday 25-18. Registration forms can be found at life! Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. sHeart to Heart Weekend for the www.gods-call.org. )Office of Vocations Dr. Kopriva 605-343-6202. Engaged: For engaged couples to deepen 605-716-5214 x233.

Terra Sancta Retreat Center Highlights — June 2017 Jun 3: VSI Black Hills Tourist Jun 3, 22-24: Family Events Jun 12-16: Totus Tuus Girls Camp Summer Mass Guide Jun 17: Social Justice Commission Meeting Belle Fourche: St. Paul Catholic Church, Rapid City: Jun 25: St. Martin Class of 1977 Reunion 855 5th St. — Sunday 10:30 a.m. Cathedral of Custer: St. John the Baptist Catholic Our Lady of Church, 449 Harney St. — Perpetual Saturday 5:30 p.m./Sunday 8 a.m. Help, 520 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Deadwood: St. Ambrose Cathedral Dr. — Catholic Church, 760 Main St. — Saturday 5:30 p.m./Sunday 8 Saturday 6 p.m./Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and 5:30 p.m. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Edgemont: St. James Catholic Church, Rapid City: Immaculate SOUTH DAKOTA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE 310 3rd Ave. — Sunday 5 p.m. Conception Catholic Church, The South Dakota Catholic Conference is seeking a faith filled, experienced Hermosa: St. Michael Catholic Church, 922 5th St. — Latin Mass in the Former professional for the position of Executive Director. 13480 Hwy 40 — Sunday 9 a.m. Rite: Sunday 10 a.m. Hill City: St. Rose of Lima Catholic Rapid City: St. Isaac Jogues Catholic The qualified candidate will monitor, inform and advise the Bishops of South Church, 100 Park Ave. — Sunday Church, 221 Knollwood Dr. — Saturday 5 Dakota on public policy issues being considered in state and federal 10 a.m. Bilingual Mass: Saturday 7 p.m. p.m./ Sunday 9 and 11 a.m. legislative forums in addition to developing and implementing the mission of Hot Springs: St. Anthony of Padua Rapid City: St. Therese the Little Flower the Conference. Catholic Church, 538 University Ave. — Catholic Church, 523 Adams St. — Sunday 10:30 a.m. Saturday 5:30 p.m./Sunday 9 a.m. Responsibilities will include directing lobbying activities, drafting and Keystone: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and 5:30 p.m. reviewing legislation, overseeing the development of policy briefs and Catholic Church, 1014 Madill St. — Spearfish: St. Joseph Catholic Church, developing and overseeing parish advocacy opportunities. The position is full Sunday 8 a.m. 844 5th St. — Saturday 5:30 p.m./ time with benefits. The successful applicant will have knowledge of and a Lead: St. Patrick Catholic Church, Sunday 8:30 a.m. 141 Siever St. — Saturday 4 p.m./ Sturgis: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic commitment to the principles of Catholic social teaching, knowledge of the Sunday 10 a.m. Church, 1049 Howard St. — legislative lawmaking process, strong research and analysis skills, and a Piedmont: Our Lady of the Black Hills Saturday 5 p.m./Sunday 9 a.m. demonstrated ability to work well with others. A Master’s Degree or equivalent Catholic Church, 12365 Sturgis Rd. Wall: St. Patrick Catholic Church, and experience in public policy, lobbying or other related field is preferred. (Exit 48) — Saturday 5 p.m./ 701 Norris — Saturday 5 p.m./ Sunday 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday 8 a.m. Full description online at http://rapidcitydiocese.org/chancellor/employment/ Rapid City: Blessed Sacrament Catholic Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to Twila Church, 4500 Jackson Blvd. — Roman, Director of Human Resources at [email protected] or by land Saturday 5:30 p.m./Sunday 7, 9, and Need to find another parish? 11 a.m. Spanish Mass: Sunday 1:30 p.m. www.rapidcitydiocese.org/parishes/ mail to 523 N Duluth Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104. 8 WRC A Catholic Way of Life May 2017 How to let Jesus, the Living Word, speak to you At times, people say And before him no creature is hidden, but all this challenge? tures for the day in this prayer time. The site to me, “Fr. Mark, I just are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to The United States Conference of also offers an audio version for each of the don’t hear Jesus speak whom we must render an account” (Heb 4:12- Catholic Bishops website provides the daily day’s readings, which offers you an oppor- to me. I do not hear his 13). readings: http://usccb.org/bible/readings/. tunity to share this prayer practice with voice.” The best way I know how to hear the While the site provides both readings and someone who is visually impaired. See the When I hear this, I voice of Jesus speaking to me in the depths the Psalm, you can use any one of the Scrip- guide below for other ideas. ask them to describe of my heart is to spend time with him every their life of prayer to day, in silence, reading and listening to his Msgr. Richter’s Prayer Guide passage from Scripture. Read the passage Fr. Mark me and often they are words in the Scriptures. The problem is that “If I want to spend time with Jesus in slowly. Get familiar with the text. Read the McCormick saying prayers but not most of us are not faithful and consistent to daily prayer, what would it look like?” passage a second time, this time reading praying. They are not a regular pattern of daily prayer, and then This is what it would looks like ... Below even more slowly. Very, very slowly read the Director sharing their feelings, we wonder why we never hear Jesus speak is a general outline of what personal prayer passage a third time. Pay attention to Office of thoughts and desires to our hearts. looks like in the hearts of prayerful people which word, words or phrases “tug” at your Stewardship and with Jesus and allowing In his book “The Four Signs of a Dy- throughout the centuries. Follow the sug- heart or get your attention. Vocations Jesus to speak to them namic Catholic: How Engaging 1% of gestions for committing to daily prayer. Take some time now to think about in the silence of their Catholics Could Change the World,” Begin by meditating on the following your life MMcCormick hearts. Matthew Kelly says that Dynamic quote Think about the reality of your life. @diorc.org And more often Catholics, which are about 7 percent of all “God calls man first. Man may forget his What word, words, or phrases from the than not they are not Catholics, have a regular routine time for Creator or hide far from his face; he may Scripture passage speak to you? How does reading the Scriptures prayer. What does this mean? Kelly says, run after idols or accuse the deity of having the Scripture passage connect to your life? either. It is in silence and in the Scriptures “They tend to pray the same time every day abandoned him; yet the living and true God Look deep within. — the word of God — that Jesus speaks to and they tend to pray in the same place tirelessly calls each person to that mysteri- Next, talk to God our hearts. every day.” ous encounter known as prayer. In prayer, Share everything with Him. Talk to Pope Francis says about the word of Kelly goes on to say that “most people the faithful God's initiative of love always Him as you would talk to your most God, “Take it, carry it with you, and read it when they pray sit down and see what hap- comes first; our own first step is always a trusted friend. Talk to God like Moses did: every day, it is Jesus himself who is speaking pens, and of course very often nothing hap- response. As God gradually reveals himself “The Lord used to speak to Moses face-to-face, to you…. The important thing is to read the pens. So they get frustrated and stop and reveals man to himself, prayer appears as one man speaks to another” (Ex 33:11). word of God, by any means, but read the praying. When Dynamic Catholics sit as a reciprocal call, a covenant drama. Then listen — God will speak to you word of God. It is Jesus who speaks to us down to pray they don’t just see what hap- Through words and actions, this drama Maybe God will speak to you through there. Welcome it with an open heart. Then pens; they have a plan, they have a routine engages the heart. It unfolds throughout a thought in your head ... or a song in your the good seed will bear fruit!” and routine within the routine.” the whole history of salvation” (Catechism heart ... or a memory ... or a desire in your At Pastoral Ministry Days in 2016, I challenge you to pray for a half hour of the Catholic Church, #2567). body. Listen with all your senses. Msgr. Thomas Richter, rector of the Cathe- every day, at the same time every day, and What do you want? Return to the Scripture passage dral of the Holy Spirit in Bismarck, gave us in the same place every day, for the next Look in your heart; look at your life. Read it slowly one more time. What a simple guide to help us spend time every month. Be not afraid! Give it a try! Use the What do you want? What do you really word, words, or phrases speak to you again? day in prayer, reading, listening and hearing simple format that Msgr. Richter laid out want from God? Tell God right now what What can you do? Jesus speak to us through His life-giving for us as the plan for your 30 minutes of you need from him during this time of Think about what you can do today, this Word. prayer every day. prayer. week, to act upon what God has revealed We read in Hebrews, “Indeed, the word of I am also asking that you find a person, Now read a passage from the Bible to you. Practically speaking, in your real God is living and active, sharper than any maybe it’s your spouse, a friend, a coworker, Maybe it’s the day’s Psalm; maybe it’s life, what can you do? two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul a parishioner or your pastor, to help keep one of the readings from the daily Mass; Thank the Lord from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to you accountable to this new routine of maybe it’s one of the readings for the Finally, thank the Lord. Blessings are judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. prayer in your life. Are you willing to accept upcoming Sunday Mass. Simply find a specific and so should be your gratitude. Tell God specifically what you’re thankful for. Please do not become discouraged if what you had hoped for didn’t happen during a time of prayer. Don’t give up. This is about having a friendship with Jesus. Continue to practice the steps as you cultivate your daily prayer life. Let me know how this approach to prayer works for you. Contact me at (605) 716-5214 ext. 233 or MMcCormick @diorc.org. May 2017 Between Easter Sunday and Pentecost is a fifty-day party WRC 9 If you can find it in your attic, open sion to be missionary your old, pre-Vatican II missal, and look at disciples we were the Sundays between Easter and Pente- given at baptism, and cost, which are titled “Sundays after to which we pledged Easter.” Now look at a contemporary ourselves anew at the Missal, or your current issue of Magnificat, Easter renewal of and note the difference: those Sundays are baptismal promises. now styled “Sundays of Easter.” Three let- How many George ters were lost in the transition from after Catholics imagine Weigel to of, but that subtraction represents a that the liturgical great recovery of liturgical insight. year is a kind of Senior fellow I’ve had occasion to express my discon- happenstance, things Ethics and tents with the post-conciliar liturgical cal- occurring when and Public Policy endar; anyone interested can find my how they do in a Center in complaints, and proposed fixes, in the more-or-less random Washington, D.C. chapter on liturgy in my book, “Evangeli- way? Too many, cal Catholicism.” But in this instance, the perhaps, and that’s especially true of the postconciliar reform got it exactly right Easter season, which also gets cultural when the 1969 General Norms for the short shrift because of the dominance of Liturgical Year and the Calendar ex- Christmas and “the holidays.” All the plained the Easter season in these terms: more reason then, for preaching during “The fifty days from Easter Sunday to the “great Sunday” to stress the fifty-day Pentecost are celebrated in joyful exulta- party as the pivot of the church’s entire tion as one feast day, or better as one ‘great year of grace, to which all that comes be- Sunday.’ These above all others are the fore points, and from which all that fol- days for the singing of the Alleluia” (22). here and now. Receiving the Holy Spirit, of “illumination,” baptism. And if Lent lows flows. The idea of the Easter season as one, great, at the “Johannine Pentecost” recounted on (the last lap for the ancient catechumens) Substituting the Apostles Creed for fifty-day-long Sunday traces its origins to Divine Mercy Sunday and on the Fiftieth is an annual opportunity for each of us to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed on the eastern doctor of the church, Athana- Day of the “great Sunday,” the church is “re-enter” the catechumenate and ponder the Sundays of Easter, for which the sius; its recovery today ought to help us sent into the world on mission, proclaim- anew the basics of the faith through the rubrics provide, is another good way to appreciate the Easter season, and indeed ing the Gospel and the forgiveness of sins. three great catechumenal Gospel readings highlight the distinctiveness of the Easter the entire liturgical year, at greater depth. In the ancient church, these fifty days ( Jesus and the woman at the well; Jesus season. For the Apostles Creed is the bap- The shift from Sundays after Easter to were the time of “mystagogical catechesis,” and the man born blind; the raising of tismal creed of the Roman Church, and Sundays of Easter is so evocative because during which the newly baptized catechu- Lazarus), then Easter, considered as one the fifty-day party is, preeminently, a cele- that small change in preposition tells us mens were drawn deeper into the church’s fifty-day “great Sunday,” offers each of us bration of the saving grace of baptism. that “Easter” is not something that hap- sacraments and their full meaning, which the opportunity to reflect on the commis- Party on. pens for twenty-four hours and ends when could only be grasped after the sacrament the leftover ham and chocolate bunnies are put away after dinner. Rather, “Easter” Monthly Message From Our Lady is one continuous fifty-day feast, one On the 25th of each month, Our Lady Prayer Intentions of “great Sunday,” and it should be lived that appears to the Medjugorje visionary the Holy Father way, with as much revelry as possible. Marija to give us her message. The fifty-day party, properly catechized JUNE and preached, also gives the church an an- “Dear children! Love, pray and wit- nual opportunity to reflect on its own ness my presence to all those who National Leaders. birth. For the church is born of Easter are far away. By your witness and ex- That national leaders may faith, which begins with the encounter ample you can draw closer the firmly commit themselves to with the Risen One. And that encounter hearts that are far from God and His changes everything. Meeting the Risen grace. I am with you and intercede ending the arms trade, Lord, the church begins to live the life of for each of you so that, with love and which victimizes so many the Kingdom within history, as the Resur- resoluteness, you may witness and innocent people. rection restores history to its proper encourage all those who are far from course. Recognizing the Risen Lord in the my Immaculate Heart. Thank you for breaking-open of the Scriptures and the having responded to my call.”re- breaking of bread, the Church experiences sponded to my call.” 4/25/17 For more information, go to: the New Life – life in the messianic era, APOSTLESHIPOFPRAYER.ORG 10 WRC In Exile May 2017 Separated by five hundred years of misunderstanding The heart has its of separation, of suspicion, of defensiveness, that, as Christians, we share one Lord, one whole: abortion, gay marriage, birth control, reasons, says Pascal, that’s not something that’s easily overcome, faith, one baptism, and one God who is and the place of social justice within and sometimes those especially when at its core there sit issues Father of all of us. At its most essential discipleship. But, even on these, there’s reasons have a long about God, truth, and religion. Granted, level, that’s true of all of us as Christians, more commonality than difference among history. there has been much positive progress made despite our denominational differences. We the churches. Recently I signed a in the past fifty years and many of the orig- are one at our core. Moreover, today, the differences on how card for a friend, a inal, more-blatant misunderstandings have Granted, there are some real differences we understand many of the ecclesial and Fr. Ron devout Baptist, who been overcome. But the effects of the among us, mostly though in terms of how moral issues that divide us are more tem- Rolheiser was raised to have a historical break with Christianity and the we understand certain aspects of the church peramental than denominational, that is, suspicion of Roman reaction to it are present today and are still and certain issues within morality, rather they tend to be more a question of one’s President Catholics. It’s some- seen everywhere, from high church offices, than on how we understand the deeper theology than of one’s denominational affil- Oblate School of thing he still struggles to debates within the academy of theology, truths about the nature of God, the divinity iation. Granted, classical denominational Theology with; but, don’t we all! to suspicions inside the popular mind. of Christ, the gift of God’s Word, the gift theology still plays in, but the divisions San Antonio, TX History eventually in- Sad how we’ve focused so much on our of the Eucharist, and the inalienable dignity today regarding how we see certain ecclesial fects our DNA. Who differences, when at the center, at the heart, and destiny of all human beings. Within the and moral issues, be that ordination, gay www.ronrol of us is entirely free we share the same essential faith, the same hierarchy of truth this essential core is marriage, abortion, or social justice, are less heiser.com from suspicion of essential beliefs, the same basic moral codes, what’s most important, and on this essential a tension between Roman Catholics and what’s religiously dif- the same Scriptures, the same belief in core we essentially agree. That’s the real Protestants (and Evangelicals) than they are ferent from us? And afterlife, and the same fundamental tenet basis of our common discipleship. between those who lean temperamentally what’s the cure? Personal contact, friend- that intimacy with Jesus Christ is the aim Ecclesially, the issues that divide us focus and theologically in one direction rather ship, and theological dialogue with those of of our faith. As well, not insignificantly, mostly on church authority, on ordination than the other. It’s perhaps too simplistic to other denominations and other faiths does today we also share the same prejudices and to ministry, on whether to emphasize word draw this up in terms of liberal versus help open our minds and hearts, but the biases against us, whether these come from or sacrament, on how to understand the conservative, but this much at least is true, fruit of centuries of bitter misunderstanding fundamentalists within other religions or presence of Christ in the Eucharist, on the the fault-line on these issues today is doesn’t disappear so easily, especially when whether these come from over-zealous, number of sacraments, on the place of becoming less and less denominational. it’s institutionally entrenched and nurtured over-secularized, post-Christians within sacramentals and devotions within disciple- The earliest Christian Creed had but a as a prophetic protection of God and truth. our own society. To someone looking at us ship, and on how scripture and tradition single line: Jesus is Lord! All Christians still And so in regards to Christians of other from the outside we, all the different interplay with each other. In terms of moral agree on that and so we remain brothers denominations there remains in most of us Christian denominations, look like a issues, the issues that divide us are also the and sisters, separated only by five hundred an emotional dis-ease, an inability to see the monolith, one faith, one church, a single “red button” issues within our society as a years of misunderstanding. other fully as one of our own. religion, our differences far overshadowed And so in signing this card for my sepa- by our commonality. Sadly, we tend not to rated Christian friend, I wrote: “To a fellow see ourselves like this from within, where Christian, a brother in the Body of Christ, our differences, more often than not based Luther’s impact 500 years after Reformation WASHINGTON (CNS) — The issue of papal authority was the one point that led Martin Luther a good friend, from whom I’m separated by upon a misunderstanding, are seen to dwarf to break from the Catholic Church, according to a Catholic University of America professor who 500 years of misunderstanding.” our common discipleship. will speak at a symposium on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation co-spon- Five hundred years of misunderstanding, Yet, the Epistle to the Ephesians tells us sored by the university. Cajetan, a Dominican scholar who served as an aide to Pope Leo X in 1517 and had written the commentary on Thomas Aquinas’ “Summa Theologiae,” had read the writing of Luther — then an Augustinian monk — to see what was heretical in it, said Nelson Minnich, who will address the issue of ecclesiology during the May 30-June 1 conference. “If he could get Luther to back down on two issues,” the problem could have been resolved, Min- nich told Catholic News Service in an April 18 telephone interview. And Cajetan was willing to give ground to Luther on the nature of salvation. But Cajetan would not back down on papal authority. The issue played itself out over the granting of indulgences, which Luther saw the church as abusing through commercialization. “When the pope grants an indulgence, what does he absolve you of?” Cajetan asked. Luther replied, “The penalty the church attaches to the sin, and that’s all.” But Cajetan responded with a quote from Verse 19, Chapter 16 of St. Matthew’s Gospel: “What you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and what you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” “It’s not just the penalty on earth, but it has an effect on heaven, too. We cannot back down on this one,” Cajetan held. Luther retorted that Cajetan’s position wasn’t church teaching but only Dominican teaching.

Martin Luther, a German monk, is depicted in this painting at a church in Helsingor, Denmark. (CNS photo/Crosiers) MayFatima 2017 Centennial: US tour for Peace WRC 11 You are invited to attend this public presentation The World Apostolate of Fatima’s U.S. Tour for Peace, marking the 100th Anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, Portugal, is coming to the Diocese of Rapid City. The tour is sponsored by the World Apostolate of Fatima, USA. The schedule for Spiritual Warfare: the visit to the Diocese of Rapid City is as follows: Protection against Evil in Daily Life June 7 Timber Lake, Holy Cross Fr. Dennis McManus, exorcist and professor, will be sharing his 7:15 a.m. Mass, 11 a.m. — Benediction, lunch knowledge and expertise in spiritual warfare and the ministry of Spearfish, St. Joseph deliverance at: 5 p.m. — Procession, Mass; 6-9 p.m. — Exposition, Benediction Terra Sancta Retreat Center — Holy Cross Chapel June 8 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Custer, St. John the Baptist 8:30 a.m. — Procession, 11 a.m. — Mass, Noon — Lunch (bring a dish to share) All are welcome! Rapid City, Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Fr. Dennis McManus has taught at Georgetown University since 1997. 4 p.m. — Opening Social, He holds a master’s degree in historical ethics from Georgetown 5:30 p.m. — Procession and Mass, Bishop Robert Gruss presiding. University and a doctorate from Drew University in historical theology. All-night vigil followed by 7 a.m. (June 9) Closing Mass At present, he is on the faculty of the Program for Jewish Civilization in June 9 the School of Foreign Service. Fr. McManus is also an exorcist and Wall, St. Patrick currently the Curriculum Consultant to the Board of the Pope Leo XIII 10 a.m. — Procession, Mass, 12:45 p.m. — Benediction, 1 p.m. — Lunch Institute which provides formation for priests who are already involved Presho, Christ the King or will be involved in the ministry of deliverance and exorcism. 7 p.m. — Procession, Mass; 8:45 p.m. — Benediction

All parish visits include a presentation by the caretaker, veneration and time for private DIOCESE OF RAPID CITY prayer. For a full schedule visit www.rapidcitydiocese.org/traveling-fatima-statue/. Contact the Office of Stewardship and Vocations, 605-716-5214 ext. 233, for more information. DIRECTOR OF SIOUX SPIRITUAL CENTER RETREAT FACILITY FUNCTION: Provides Catholic leadership for all areas of operation of the Sioux Spiritual Retreat Center. Establishes an environment that respects and supports Native cultures and spirituality. QUALIFICATIONS: Practicing Catholic; Prefer college degree with training and/or experience in church and retreat center ministry. Must have excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills. General knowledge of operating and managing a small business, practical use of technology, strong knowledge and experience of working with Native Americans preferred. Successful candidate must live at the Sioux Spiritual Center, Howes, S.D. Complete job description is available on the diocesan website at: http://www.rapidcitydiocese.org/director-ssc APPLICATION PROCESS: Interested individuals should send a resumé, letter, three professional references, and completed application to e-mail [email protected] or postal mail to Office of the Chancellor, Diocese of Rapid City, 606 Cathedral Drive, Rapid City SD 57701. The Diocese of Rapid City offers a competitive salary and benefits package. 12 WRC May 2017 We werent finding the services that suited us they came to the United States,” she said. rewarding experience of my entire life,” she he said, ‘I lose things all the time.’ Riley BY BECKY BERRETH She would occasionally attend Catholic said. “I am the kind of person who doesn’t picked St. Augustine because he was a “When you go from church to church Church with her mother growing up, but it stick to things, but this one, my kids and I theologian and that’s how Riley thinks. But, it’s hard to find a way to belong,” explained was not until she was married that her and couldn’t wait to go to class every week.” the amazing part, and I hadn’t told him this Leah Zandstra. “In the Catholic Church, her boys started searching for a church. Roman loved learning about are the before he picked his saint, I picked St. we belong. My family and I talked about “While the kids were growing up we parables. “I like how Jesus put them in Monica who is St. Augustine’s mother.” how that each Mass we went to, on any rarely missed a Sunday service,” she unique words to show an example of what The boys godparents served as their given day, all Catholics at Mass were doing explained. “However, we weren’t finding a he was talking about,” he said. sponsors, and Leah found a sponsor in a the same thing.” service that suited us.” Riley’s favorite part of the classes were fellow convert LeAnn Wenger. Leah and her two boys, Roman, 10, and Then, two years ago Leah lost two of her the retreats. “It was nice to spend time with “I volunteered,” explaind Wenger. “Leah Riley, 12, joined the Catholic Church at the best friends within two months, and began the priests and learn extra stuff about Jesus,” was telling me she and the boys were in Easter Vigil at the Cathedral of Our Lady searching for something to help her with he added. RCIA, and she mentioned that she needed of Perpetual Help, Rapid City. her grief. Her boys, who have both been in Leah, while comfortable with what she a sponsor and I asked her if I could do it.” “My favorite part of the vigil was the the Rapid City Catholic School System knew of the Catholic faith, was always “It’s amazing how God works,” added readings,” said Roman. “I love learning since preschool, started asking if they could learning something new. “Every time we Leah. “LeAnn’s kids are in school with my about Jesus and his apostles.” go to Mass more often. In the fall, she went to class I would have this ‘ah ha’ mo- boys so we’ve known each other for a long “The vigil was fun,” added Riley. “I liked signed the three of them up for RCIA. ment — I would learn more and more. I time. Our relationship grew so much and I receiving my first Communion and joining She said she felt a pull towards the wanted to learn more.” feel like I have a sister.” with everyone.” Catholic Church and could see that her When choosing saints, the three agreed “She has always been a faithful person, Leah grew up as a Salvationist. Her oldest son was drawn to the church as well. to pick at least three names and narrow it very Christ-like,” said Wenger. “To see the grandparents lived in Mexico and were “He’s kind of an introvert and he felt more down from there. three of them grow as a family was really from a very Catholic background. “At one comfortable in Mass than in any other “I didn’t pressure them. I let them decide rewarding.” point, the Salvation Army was going door church we tried,” she added. on their own.” Leah said. “Right before one to door and my grandparents joined them, Right away she said knew she made the of our classes, I asked them whom they eventually becoming officers. That’s how right decision. “RCIA was the most picked. Roman picked St. Anthony because, May 2017 WRC 13

Good Friday, April 14, Deacons Jim Scherr and Greg Easter Vigil, April 15, the Easter fire at the entrance of the Palmer hold the cross for veneration at the cathedral. Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help burns as a symbol (WRC photo by Becky Berreth) of the light of the resurrection. The fire is used to light the paschal candle. (WRC photo by Laurie Hallstrom)

Holy Thursday, April 13, Bishop Robert Gruss, emulat- Piedmont, Our Lady of Bryan Satterwhite ing Jesus washing the feet of the apostles, washes feet the Black Hills Andrew Shaw at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Rapid Tee Burress Ryan Wegner City. (WRC photo by Laurie Hallstrom) Lori Carson Lindsey Wosepka (Black Hawk) Christian Larson Rapid City, (Rapid City) Cathedral OLPH Tianna Lambert Rhonda Andrews Welcome to the (Rapid City) Stanley Andrews Leah McCaskell Lavonne Balliet Scott Moore Stephanie Bennett Diocese of (Black Hawk) Devin Cooper Jessica Pekron Guadalupe Garcia Rapid City Loyd Tracy Luke Hobill To those who were received Mathew Tracy Nathan Hobill Easter Vigil, April 15, Bishop Gruss baptizes Makynna William Tracy Dylan Kotnour Whittle at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. into the Catholic Church at Theodore Schurman Vanessa Lester (WRC photo by Laurie Hallstrom) Kevin Lewis Easter Vigil or Easter Rapid City, Gabriella Luna Rapid City, St. Therese Sturgis, St. Francis Blessed Sacrament Kambriah Luna the Little Flower April Baird Bison, Gregory, St. Joseph Luisa Arrieta Makenna Luna Nathan Antuna Briaunna Baird Blessed Sacrament Kiva Lindquist Cheryl Bettmeng Christopher Oram Richard Bell Katarina Baird Sidney Pier Mackenzie Odenbach Zachary Bowman Debra Palmer Marissa Salmon (all of Spearfish) Trista Eaglestaff Melody Ryan Loretta Mason Bridger, Immaculate Hot Springs, Mikaya Elliott Graham Smith Spearfish, St. Joseph Conception St. Anthony Katelynn Fischer Kim Smith Laura Beaumont Wall, St. Patrick Annatia Hayes Rowan Christopher Branko Fistrovic Christopher Syverson Cathy Bennet Patricia Austin Kamiya Kiser Megan Kennedy Jayme Whipple Derrick Buchholtz Deadwood, Kenneth Kiser Jason Knapp Makynna Whittle Grace Jensen Winner, Immaculate St. Ambrose Klayton Kiser Rebecca Lane Luis Zamora Dana Limbo Conception Nate Hammerstom Keegan Larson Leah Zandstra Pamela Loudon Blake Burnham Brian Webb Stenbak Lakeside, St. Margret Kylee Larson Riley Zandstra Mike Mooney Ryan Davis Ann Harty Trent Larson Roman Zandstra Cade Parks Sharon Dimond Fort Pierre, St. John Lead, St. Patrick, Jacob Matthes Mitchell Nachtigall Halle Parks Robert Hanson Lahnee Martin Shirley Hale Samuel Matthes Brooke Reneard Sarah Hoffer Danielle Scott Sarah Matthes Rapid City, St. Isaac Steven Storm Tamara Laber Maddie Stoeser Oglala, Our Lady of Jacey Moran Jogues Alexis Taylor the Sioux Talmai Munoz Angelo Anziano St. Francis, St. Charles Names provided by Arrow Bettelyoun Larry Oswald Lynden Collins Wombly Blacksmith parishes. Sadan Bettelyoun Brady Rothschadl Bruce Rook Darren Serby, Jr. May 2017 Special14 WRC blessings everyday of theBenedictine Easter PresenceSeason priests during this busy time. We appreciate will be a volunteer with us through July. reviews of the Sacraments and several other BY SISTER FLORENCE MCMANAMEN, OSB the willingness of the many priests who Seabelo comes to us through the Benedic- talks. May each one be blessed in special ways serve our Benedictine Community and tine Volunteer Program. Seabelo is a recent Cursillo is a lay person’s movement every day of the Easter Season when we guests as chaplains throughout the year. graduate of Loras College in Dubuque, within the church which has as its purpose spend time contemplating the mystery of Sister Yvette Mallow serves as the vol- Iowa. She will assist with various works at the strengthening of a person’s faith the Resurrection of Jesus and that of our unteer chaplain at nearby Good Samaritan the monastery as well as spending volunteer through practices of spiritual growth, study own resurrection. Senior Center. In addition to the regular time with Catholic Social Services. and service to the church and to people. Father Tom Hillenbrand, a Benedictine Sunday ecumenical service, she has now in- Our Benedictine Community is looking The strengthening of one’s faith usually from Schuyler, Nebraska, was our chaplain troduced a monthly celebration of Mass forward to a workshop on Monastic Life leads to wanting to share the Good News during Holy Week and the week after and regular sacrament of reconciliation starting May 19. Sister Karen Joseph, and gifts with others, which is evangeliza- Easter. It is always good to have him with services. She also directs a group in the OSB, from Immaculate Conception tion. The movement emphasizes knowing us. Hopefully his ministry as chaplain singing of rounds. Monastery in Ferdinand, Indiana is the pre- oneself, interaction with one’s “neighbor” alleviated some of the added work of the We welcome Seabelo Montwedi who senter. and reliance on the Holy Spirit. The Cursillo Movement was born in Father John Lule and I served as Spiri- Spain in the 1940’s at a time when the peo- tual Directors for the recent Cursillo ple of Spain were rebuilding through a Women’s Weekend. The men held their post-war period of change and insecurity. three-day weekend in early May where In North America the first Cursillo was Father John also presented inspirational held in 1957.

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Copyright © 2016 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington DC. All rights Reserved. Photos © CNS/Tyler Orsburn, Cindy Wooden. May 2017 Making Sense of Bioethics 15 WRC The ethics of new age medicine highly suspect Patients who face serious illnesses are does cause detectable changes in the brain. tain positions on the body in order to facil- ternative remedies sometimes attracted to alternative medi- But, when researchers ignored acupunctur- itate the flow ofReiki from the practitioner may be due not only cines, also referred to as “holistic” or “new- ists’ recommended “meridian placement” of to the patient. to the placebo effect, age” medicines. These can include needles, and instead did random placement A 2009 document from the U.S. Con- but also to the fact treatments like homeopathy, hypnosis, “en- in the skin, the same brain effects were ob- ference of Catholic Bishops stresses, “In that patients are usu- ergy therapies” like Reiki, acupuncture, and served. Hence, it is unclear whether the re- terms of caring for one’s spiritual health, ally given more time, herbal remedies, to name just a few. sults seen from acupuncture arise mostly there are important dangers” that can arise attention and focused These approaches raise various medical from the well-known “placebo effect” or by turning to Reiki. The document notes concern by alternative and ethical concerns. An important 1998 not. Further research should help resolve that because Reiki therapy is not compatible practitioners than by Fr. Tadeusz article in the New England Journal of this question. with either Christian teaching or scientific traditional physicians. Pacholczyk, Medicine sums it up this way: Even if the observed evidence, it would be This can translate into Ph.D. “What most sets alternative medicine effects are not placebo- ... no difference between inappropriate for modified habits and apart, in our view, is that it has not been sci- related, acupuncture’s echinacea and a placebo... Catholics to put their changed life- styles, entifically tested and its advocates largely non-rational justifica- trust in the method, be- leading to various Director of deny the need for such testing. By testing, tion for its purported effectiveness remains cause to do so would be to operate “in the health benefits. Education we mean the marshaling of rigorous evi- a concern. It is based on energy principles realm of superstition, the no-man’s-land Modern medicine The National dence of safety and efficacy, as required by that neither science nor faith affirm. Glenn that is neither faith nor science.” can be legitimately Catholic Bioethics the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Braunstein, M.D. described it critically in Scientific investigations of another new- faulted for downplay- Center, for the approval of drugs and by the best the following way: age therapy, the popular herbal remedy ing this dimension, so Philadelphia. peer-reviewed medical journals for the “Ch’i, the invisible nutritive energy that known as echinacea (taken early to ward off that, in the memo- publication of research reports.” flows from the universe into the body at any a cold) have revealed no difference between rable words of pedia- www.ncb Beyond the fact that their clinical effi- one of 500 acupuncture points, is conducted echinacea and a placebo in controlled stud- trician Jay Perman, center.org cacy has not earned a passing grade using through the 12 main meridians (channels) ies involving several hundred subjects. “Doctors tend to end ordinary methods of scientific investigation, in (ideally) an unbroken circle. Meridians While some herbal remedies may be harm- up trained in silos of specialization,” in the basic premise behind some alternative conduct either Yin energy (from the sun) or less and inert placebos, others may have which they are taught “to make a diagnosis, medicines can also be highly suspect, rais- Yang energy (from the earth). All maladies more serious health consequences if in- prescribe a therapy, and we’re done. But ing concerns about superstitious viewpoints are caused by disharmony or disturbances gested above certain dosages due to ingre- we’re not done.” or misguided forms of spirituality motivat- in the flow of energy.” dients of unknown potency derived from The famous Greek physician Hippocra- ing certain therapies. Clearly, then, some alternative therapies, natural substances. tes once noted the same point: “It is more If we consider acupuncture, this tech- beyond the basic issue about whether they Sometimes a remedy can be borrowed important to know what sort of person has nique does appear to provide benefits in work, raise serious spiritual concerns as well. from Chinese, Indian or another medical a disease than to know what sort of disease certain cases of pain control. Yet similar re- Another new-age therapy known as tradition, but it should be chosen for its effi- a person has.” Today’s physicians-in-train- sults have been reported using “sham” nee- Reiki, developed in Japan in the late 1800s, cacy, safety, and reasonable mode of action, ing, fortunately, are seeking to incorporate dles — tapping the skin in random places claims that sickness can be caused by a dis- and not be in conflict with principles of more and more of these “patient-centric” with a thin metal tube. Brain scans have ruption or imbalance in a patient’s “Reiki” sound medical science or Christian teach- and “holistic” aspects into their own tradi- demonstrated that treatment with genuine or “life energy.” Reiki practitioners try to ing. tional medical practices to improve patient needles, as opposed to the sham needles, heal a patient by placing their hands in cer- Health improvements that arise from al- care and outcomes. 16 WRC May 2017 Catholic chaplain accompanies anguishedSocial Justice circus workers on final tour with animal rights groups. Employees BY TANYA CONNOR were to be helped with the transition. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Ringling’s Red Unit and Blue Unit WORCESTER, Mass — The each have at least 300 employees, about congregation, numbering about 50, 100 of whom are performers, Father gathered for their last Easter Mass Hogan said. The circus runs two different together on the DCU Center’s arena floor. shows simultaneously, for two years each, The chaplain, Father George “Jerry” performing in various cities. Hogan, borrowed one of their colorful Worcester was one of the last stops for boxes to use as an altar. The altar cloths the Red Unit, which performed its final and his chasuble sported circus images. show in Providence, Rhode Island, May 7. Costume designers had sewn pieces of old The Blue Unit’s final show is May 21 in elephant blankets together to make his Uniondale, New York. stole. “I will be with you all week in The backdrop suggested the reason for Providence,” Father Hogan told Red Unit such an unusual liturgical environment: workers at the Easter Mass. “You’ll grow. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey It’s not the end of the world. You’ll be able Circus had come to town to offer shows to survive this.” on Good Friday, Holy Saturday and In his homily, he told circus employees, Easter Sunday. “Easter is a time to celebrate Jesus’ rising But it isn’t all “fun and games” for Father Jerry Hogan, national circus chaplain, celebrates Easter Mass for circus workers April from the dead,” and to celebrate with performers and other circus workers, some 16 at the DCU Center arena in Worcester, Mass. family. of whom attended the Mass before the (CNS photo/Tanya Connor, The Catholic Free Press) There had just been an Easter egg hunt Easter shows. While “they’ve always for the children who travel with their performed during Holy Week,” they are circus chaplain for 24 years after being workers called him with the news they parents, Father Hogan said. When old now going through the paschal mystery appointed by the U.S. Conference of received: “We’re closing.” The 145th edi- enough, they often perform, too. Some themselves, Father Hogan told The Catholic Bishops, recalled the anguish of tion of “The Greatest Show on Earth” families have been in one circus or another Catholic Free Press, newspaper of the Dio- the workers when they learned of the would be its last. for generations. cese of Worcester. show’s fate just hours after he celebrated The priest of the Boston Archdiocese Some performers from abroad are far The Ringling Circus was nearing the Mass for them in Orlando, Florida, where had to ask himself, “How can I help these from loved ones. During the intercessions, end of its 145-year run and the workers, they were performing. people?” Father Hogan offered an intention for “all including frontline performers, were in a His cellphone “went wild” at his winter Over the years, Father Hogan has dealt your family and relatives who you can’t be quandary about their future. They learned home in Sarasota, Florida, where he with five circus tragedies, three of which with because you’re working.” He asked Jan. 14 that the circus was closing. ministers at St. Martha Parish, the na- included fatalities, he said, but this was that God would watch over the people in Father Hogan, who has been national tional circus church, as shocked circus different. the Red Unit in this time of transition, “First of all, you’ve got to deal with and also prayed for the Blue Unit. your own feeling, because you become He likened his listeners to the beloved numb,” he said. “Then you have to look disciple in the Gospel, who was reflecting past that to what God is calling you to do. on what was important that first Easter. Thank you for the It’s more than hearing; it’s listening, being He acknowledged that the circus workers’ physically present.” lives are totally changing and they may generous Such tragedies affect not only those wonder, “How am I going to move from support given to the who get hurt, and their families and this show? co-workers, but the managers and owners “This is a time to really talk to the Lord WEST RIVER too, he said. in prayer, like you’re talking to another He described Kenneth Feld, chairman person,” Father Hogan said. “You also and CEO of Feld Entertainment Inc., have to listen. ... Be open to that experi- Ringling’s parent company, as very caring ence.” Catholic when tragedy strikes. A silver lining Father Hogan sees in As of May 10, 2017, the diocesan newspaper The same is true with the circus the dark times people are experiencing is closing. the reception of sacraments in Uniondale has received “He’s a very good businessman,” Father several days before the final show. He said $17, 217.50 in the Hogan said. “He didn’t want to close. This a baby is to be baptized, 12 children are to is tough for him, too.” receive their first Communion, five adults Voluntary Subscription Drive Reasons cited for the closing included are to be confirmed and one is to be costs, declining attendance and battles received into the church. May 2017 Strengthening Family Ties WRC 17 Society without brotherhood is unhappy, hopeless

BY JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A society only concerned with people’s needs, not their value, is a sad and disheartened society, Pope Francis said. “The point is that a participatory society cannot settle for ... pure solidarity and welfare spending, because a society that is solely based on solidarity and assistance, and not brotherhood, would be a society of unhappy and hopeless people from whom everyone would try to escape, in extreme cases even through suicide,” the pope said April 28 in a message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The pontifical academy was hosting a conference April 28-May 2 on the theme: “Toward a Participatory Society: New Roads to Social and Culture Integration.” According to the academy’s website, the forum aimed “to outline the characteristics of a participatory society capable of promoting the dignity of the human person in a context oriented to the common good and based on the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity.” Among the ways of fostering a more inclusive society, the pope said, is to ensure the respect of the dignity of human labor and that work is not viewed as “a mere factor of production.” “On the contrary, it is the productive process that should be organized in such a way that enables the human growth of people and the harmony of family life and work,” the pope wrote. The social doctrine of the church affirms the importance of brotherhood as the “regulatory principle of economic order,” which is lacking in today’s world where people continue to suffer due to “inequality, war and climate change,” he said. Pope Francis called on the conference participants to seek ways to promote social and cultural integration through the Gospel value of brotherhood to create a more just and peaceful society. “Brotherhood allows people who are equal in their essence, dignity, freedom, and their fundamental rights to participate in various ways toward the common good according to their ability, their plan of life, their vocation, their work, or their charism of service,” the pope said. 18 WRC Native Ministries May 2017 O gli gle Wakan are ‘holy messengers’

BY DEACON MARLON LENEAUGH, DIRECTOR OF NATIVE MINISTRIES According to the Ghosts and Angels website, the word angel comes from the Greek word, Angelos, which means messenger. In the Lakota language they are called O’gli’gle Wakan which interpreted means, holy messengers. Angels are spirit messengers who bring messages to help mankind. These spiritual beings are recognized in many cultures world-wide, including Native American culture. In Christianity there are many references to spiritual messengers in the Bible. They were created by God and live in heaven. They serve God but also serve humans by pro- tecting, delivering messages and fighting evil. Jesus himself was in the presence of angels at his birth, after his forty day fast in the desert, at his betrayal and Resurrection, his Ascension into heaven, and he will come with a multitude of angels at his Second Coming. In Lk 16:22 we read of Lazarus dying and angels carrying him to the Bosom of Abraham. In the book of Genesis we read of Jacob wrestling with an angel all night until the angel The 2017 Kateri finally blessed him and departed. Likewise in Lakota, spiritual beings come to serve as helpers in ceremonies such as the Tekakwitha Conference vision quest, sweat lodge, sun dance and healing ceremonies. They visit certain individuals will be held in Rapid City, July 19-23. at times of great need among the people and bring messages of hope, direction and en- The conference committee is selling couragement. They act as guides and help us stay strong on the “sacred road that leads to raffle tickets $20 each or 3 for $50. Tunkasila.” People on their deathbed have experienced spirits of deceased relatives coming Prizes — 2 separate All Terrain Vehicles to their side to aid them in letting go of this world and accompanying them peacefully to or a 70” flat screen TV the “Spirit World.” This is where the concept of an “Angel of Death” originated. To contribute a memorial gift or to purchase raffle tickets Archangels are considered the “chief messenger angels”; they are also saints in the contact the conference treasurer, Deacon Marlon Leneaugh, Catholic Church. Michael is the Great Defender of the Church, against any darkness and at 605-343-3541 or [email protected]. evil. He is the one who defeated Satan and his followers and cast them out of heaven into . hell. Gabriel is the archangel who announces events. He announced the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus. Raphael is the one who will signal the coming of Judgement Day. We were told as children and we continue to tell our children that we have a guardian angel, one who is unseen, but responsible for us and protects us from any harm or danger. This comes from Ps 91: 10-12,“No evil shall befall you, nor shall affliction come near your Snow angels in winter. tent, for to His angels God has given command about you, that they guard you in all your ways.” There is even a prayer that invokes our guardian angel when we are traveling or afraid. The prayer is, “Angel of God my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here, ever this day be at my side to light, to guide to rule and to guard. Amen.” I believe I had an experience of being rescued by an angel when I was a boy. I was play- ing on the ice of a run-off dam, when suddenly I found myself under water and there was ice on top of me and I could not find the hole where I broke through the ice. I began to panic and frantically hit the ice above to no avail. Suddenly a hand came through the ice and someone grabbed me by my shirt collar and pulled me up to the surface. When I awoke, I was laying on the side of the dam, wet and cold but unharmed. Long-awaitedMay 2017 executive order on religion has unclear path ahead WRC 19 three bullet points. Speech and Religious Liberty,” was posted white evangelical Protestants favor allowing BY CAROL ZIMMERMANN The order didn’t seem to part any seas to on the White House website hours after it churches to endorse candidates, compared CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE make an immediate path to religious free- was signed. It is half the length of a leaked to 56 percent who oppose it. Also, just 23 WASHINGTON — At a White dom, especially since it places decisions for draft version of this order published Feb. 1 percent of white mainline Protestants, 25 House Rose Garden ceremony May 4, how this will play out in the hands of fed- in The Nation magazine. The order signed percent of Catholics and 19 President Donald Trump told a group of re- eral agencies and the attorney general. by the president is short on specifics and far percent of black Protestants support ligious leaders: “It was looking like you’d Catholic leaders in general seemed to less detailed than the leaked draft. churches endorsing political candidates. never get here, but you got here, folks,” view it with cautious optimism, praising the It devotes the most space to a promised In an interview with Catholic News referring to their presence at the signing of order as a first step but not the final word. easing of the Johnson Amendment — a Service at Reagan National Airport May 4 the executive order on religious liberty. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galve- 1954 law that bans churches and nonprofit on his way back to his diocese for a confir- And maybe some in the group wondered ston-Houston, president of the U.S. Con- organizations with tax-exempt status from mation Mass, Cardinal DiNardo said the where “here” was since they hadn’t even seen ference of Catholic Bishops, who attended taking part in partisan political activity. amendment was likely more important to the two-page executive order they were the White House ceremony also celebrating Although it would take an act of Congress evangelical Christians than Catholics gathered to congratulate and only knew the the National Day of Prayer, said immedi- to do away with this regulation, Trump can because, as he pointed out, the Catholic general idea of it from a White House ately after the event that he had yet to see direct the Internal Revenue Service not to Church “has the tradition of ‘Faithful memo issued the previous night with just the entire executive order. He defined the enforce it. Citizenship,’” which he said puts the John- principle of it: “There should not be an Many people likely aren’t familiar with son Amendment in a bigger context. overly intrusive federal government” the amendment by name, or they weren’t “Forming Consciences for Faithful Cit- involved when people are exercising their before this executive order, but they support izenship,” the U.S. bishops’ quadrennial Poor are worse off religious freedom in the public square or the idea of it, according to a May 4 poll by document on political responsibility, guides with House AHCA institutions they run. the Public Religion Research Institute. voters not according to the stances of spe- WASHINGTON (CNS) — The American The two-page order, “Promoting Free The poll shows 71 percent of Americans cific political candidates but Catholic social Health Care Act that passed by a four-vote favor the law, as do most all major U.S. teaching. margin May 4 in the House has “major religious groups Only about one-third of Contributing to this story was Chaz Muth defects,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Social Development. “It is deeply disappointing that the voices of those who will be most severely impacted were not heeded,” Bishop Dewane said in a May 4 statement. “The AHCA does offer critical life protections, and our health care system desperately needs these safeguards. But still, vulnerable peo- ple must not be left in poor and worsening circumstances as Congress attempts to fix the current and impending problems with the Affordable Care Act.” He added, “When the Senate takes up the AHCA, it must act decisively to remove the harmful proposals from the bill that will affect low-income peo- ple — including immigrants — as well as add vital conscience protections, or begin reform efforts anew. Our health care policy must honor all human life and dignity from conception to natural death, as well as defend the sincerely held moral and religious beliefs of those who have any role in the health care system.” One of 20 Republicans to vote against the bill was Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, “I voted no on the AHCA largely because it cuts Medicaid funding by $839 billion; undercuts essential health benefits such as maternity care, newborn care, hospitalization and pediatric services; includes ‘per capita caps’ and weakens coverage for pre-existing health conditions.” 20 WRC May 2017 Mary statue blessed in Spearfish Msgr. Michael Woster blessed a new statue of Our Lady of Lourdes at St. Joseph Church, Spearfish. The original, located in the lawn of the Newman Center, was vandalized and was broken beyond repair. The new statue was purchased with IHM Bishops and Rector Dinner donations from parishioners. “We Diocesan seminarians Mark Wesolick, Andrew Sullivan, Robert Kinyon, and Todd VanderMay pose have a deep faith community. An for a photo with Cardinal Blase Cupich, center, after the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary outdoor statue is a tangible witness “2017 Bishops and Rector Dinner” in April. Cardinal Cupich was presented the Immaculate Heart to our faith,” explained Diane Say, of Mary Award, for his continual support of vocations. According to Sullivan, Cardinal Cupich gave administrative assistant at the the seminarians “good advice about our future priesthood.” (Courtesy photo) parish. “Many of our parishioners have a strong devotion to Mary and Check us out at https:// pray the rosary regularly. The statue also gives parishioners a focal point Facebook.com/ twitter.com/ when they want to pray outside.” DioceseofRapidCity RapidCitydiorc (Photo courtesy Tami Ragels) May 2017 WRC 21

Serving the Church On Easter morning, April 16, the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus, Council 8025, served as ministers for the Mass at St. Therese the Little Flower Church, Rapid City. (Courtesy photo)

100 and Counting Three elders of St John the Evangelist Parish, Ft. Pierre, gathered at Padre Hall, May 11. Pictured are Lorraine Shay, 101 years old; Gerry Sylva 100 years old; and Amelia Larsen, 101 years old. (Courtesy photo)

The Chancery Offices will be closed Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day. In Your Prayers Birthdays: June 5, Fr. Vincent Suparman, SCJ; June 17, Fr. John Heying; June 25, Bishop Robert Gruss; June 26, Fr. Tony Grossenburg; June 27, Fr. Ed Witt, SJ. Ordinations: June 1, 1974, Fr. Ron Seminara, SJ; June 6, 1991, Fr. Mark McCormick; June 7, 1984, Fr. Kerry Prendiville; June 7, 2014, Fr. Chris Johnson, SJ; June 8, 1973, Fr. Dan Juelfs; June 8, 1974, Fr. John Hatcher, SJ; June 8, 1979, Fr. Michel Mulloy and Fr. David Matzko, SJ; June 8, 1989, Fr. Brian Lane; June 8, 2001, Fr. Timothy Castor and Fr. Matthew Fallgren; June 9, 1988, Fr. Gary Oreshoski and Fr. Bryan Sorensen; June 9, 2000, Fr. John Heying and Fr. Andrzej Wyrostek; June 9, 2006, Fr. James Hoerter; June 10, 1994, Fr. Peter Etzel, SJ; June 11, 1976, Fr. Richard Abert, SJ; June 11, 1982, Msgr. Michael Woster; June 11, 1992, Fr. Leo Hausmann; June 11, 2005, Fr. David De Marco, SJ; June 12, 1981, Fr. Peter Klink, SJ; June 12, 1998, Fr. Ed Vanorny; June 13, 1997, Fr. Janusz Korban; June 14, 1974, Fr. George Winzenburg, SJ; June 17, 1983, Fr. Ron Garry; June 19, 2009, Fr. Andrea Benso; June 19, 2014, Fr. Jonathan Dillon, Fr. Grant Gerlach, and Fr. Adam Hofer; June 20, 1987, Fr. James Lafontaine, SJ; June 24, 1984, Fr. Joseph Dean, SCJ; June 25, 2009, Fr. Tyler Dennis; June 29, 1995, Fr. Tim Hoag; June 30, 2001, Fr. Christopher Hathaway, FSSP. Necrology: June 2, 1966, William McGuill; June 3, 1940, Bruno Suchsland; June 7, 1914, Joseph Chausee; June 8, 1952, Arthur LaFleur; June 9, 1963, Joseph O’Rourke; June 9, 1972, Francis Collins, SJ; June 12, 1924, Thomas Hoban; June 12, 1936, Michael Straeten; June 14, 1975, Eugene Szalay; June 17, 1961, Bernard Isherwood; June 19, 1967, Peter Price, SJ; June 20, 1946, Columban Bregenzer, OSB; June 22, 1975, Patrick McCormick; June 26, 1999, Joseph Zeller; June 27, 1985, Victor Perky, SCJ; June 30, 1964, Jerome Major. 22 WRC May 2017

NPM holds spring meeting, announces summer event Members of National Pastoral Musicians gathered at St. Joseph Church, Spearfish, for the spring meeting in April. Topics included cantor certification, Psalm options, as well as good vocal production and vocal health. The next Rapid City Chapter NPM meeting will be July 22 at Blessed Sacrament Church, Rapid City. Leah Sedlacek, a Rapid City native, musician and FOCUS member, will speak on beauty in music, liturgy and evangelization. To register for this free event including lunch, A Safe Environment for Children and Young People contact Pat McDowell at 605.787.0638 or [email protected] by July 17. The Catholic Diocese of Rapid City is firmly committed to creating and All Rapid City Diocese music ministers and clergy are encouraged to attend quarterly NPM maintaining the safest possible environment for our children and young people. To meetings at which education, prayer and fellowship are the focal points. For more report allegations of sexual abuse by church personnel, contact Assistance Coordinator, information about the Rapid City Chapter of National Pastoral Musicians, visit www.npmrc.org Barbara Scherr. To ensure confidentiality in her outreach to victims, she can be or find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NPMRapidCityChapter. contacted privately at 1-605-209-3418 (cell). Her phone has caller ID and messaging features. All information will be treated confidentially. Alleged victims are advised of their right to report alleged abuse to civil authorities. In accordance with diocesan policy, all allegations of sexual misconduct involving children or young people and priests, deacons, lay employees, or volunteers serving the Diocese of Rapid City will be investigated. The diocesan sexual misconduct policy and the code of conduct are posted on the diocesan website at www.rapidcitydiocese.org. Office space available in Rapid city’s newest nOn-pROfit incubatOR

fOR infORmatiOn abOut space On the 2nd flOOR, Rent, lease peRiOd, paRking, utilities, etc. Please contact lorinda collings 605-348-6086 529 Kansas city street, raPid city, sd 57701 May 2017 Education Update WRC 23 Catholic United Financial awards technology grant J.D. Henderson, Catholic United Financial, presents a check to St. Thomas More Middle School robotics teacher Henry McCathern. The money from the technology grant will be used to update and replace construction materials. According to McCathern, the STEM class applies math and science skills and knowledge to the technology of robots. “Students are exposed to mechanical engineering in the design and construction of Living Stations machines, and software engineering to make their machines operate and solve various (Above) Youth grades 6-10, participated in a challenge activities.” Living Stations of the Cross at Immaculate In addition to technology grants, Catholic United Financial has grants available for parish Conception, Winner, on Good Friday. Front events as well as chastity and abstinence education. (Courtesy photo) row: Rebecca Marso, Shelby Scott, Gabby Kocer, Clay Sell (on the cross) Charley Pravecek, Emma Jorgensen, and Mallory Thayer. Back row: Ryan Sell, Brandon Volmer, Hunter Shopene, Phillip Jorgensen, Oscar Pravecek, and Erick Marso.

(RIght) Students first through 12th grades from St. Anthony, Fairfax, and Immaculate Conception, Bonesteel, led parishioners through living stations March 29. It was ac- companied by a reading of “Mary’s Way of the Cross” as well as music reflections for about half of the stations. (Courtesy photos) 24 WRC Young Adult May 2017 ATWENTY bigSOMETHING win for the little guy Art Cullen has his gripes about powerful agricultural groups for allowing nitrogen runoff “There were a lot of Irish nuns who knew how to write,” Catholicism, but he cannot deny its to pollute Iowa rivers. When the Des Moines Water Works Art told me. influence on the work that last month sued three counties for this offense, they fought the lawsuit Even then, he was an imperfect Catholic — a fired altar won him a Pulitzer Prize. using money provided by undisclosed sources. Art boy, as he recalls, plucked out of class one day by Sister The story went viral: Small-town demanded to know who those sources were and ultimately Redempta and released from his server duties after missing Christina newspaper editor beats out the likes of uncovered funding from the Farm Bureau and other 6:30 a.m. Mass two weeks in a row. The Washington Post and the Houston agricultural groups. The credo that journalism comforts the afflicted and Capecchi Chronicle to earn journalism’s highest “Anyone with eyes and a nose, knows in his gut, that afflicts the comfortable could well be lifted from the Freelance honor. Score one for the little guy — Iowa has the dirtiest surface water in America,” Art wrote Gospels. There, Art’s upbringing and his profession inter- writer and in this case, The Storm Lake Times, a in a March 2016 editorial. sect. “I don’t think I can separate Catholic social justice editor of family-owned paper in Iowa with a The editorials cost the paper at least a few advertisers, from journalism,” he said. SisterStory.org 10-person staff and a circulation of but Art was undeterred, fueled by a sense of indignation. Art understands the message behind his win: “It just 3,000. He also has chronicled the transformation of rural Iowa shows that you don’t have to work for The New York Times Suddenly droves of people were Googling Storm Lake, unfolding before his eyes, writing about the immigrants to be a good writer.” His paper may lack the resources to and reporters were waxing poetic. “Viewed from above on who settled in Storm Lake, a meat-packing town, where win Pulitzers for international reporting or feature writing, Google Earth,” wrote The Concord Monitor, “swatches of he said 20 languages are spoken and 88 percent of the but he can write editorials that make a difference in his Storm Lake, Iowa, a community of 10,000, look like grade-school children are of color. community; that’s what the Pulitzer jury saw, he said. corduroy, so heavily is the landscape furrowed.” Twice a week Art wields the power of print, his news- Watergate inspired Art to pursue journalism at its At 59, Art looks the part of the rumpled newspaper paper ink elevating the lowly and holding the powerful noblest, but there was a time in his career when he felt editor with his gray horseshoe moustache and a glint in his accountable. disenchanted. “You get into rural Iowa and you realize, eyes, his lanky frame drowning in Lee jeans and Redwing It’s what the nuns who taught him in the ’70s would’ve ‘Hey, I’m not changing the world here. You flounder around boots. His brother John is publisher, his son, Tom, is a done. The PBVMs at St. Mary school in Storm Lake were and think, ‘I’m stuck in the middle of nowhere, and I’ve got reporter, and his wife, Dolores, is the photographer. as committed to social justice and Cincinnati’s Big Red something to say and nobody’s hearing it.’ And then you Art’s series of Pulitzer-winning editorials took on Machine as they were to grammar. realize that actually this is where you’re supposed to be.”

Do not say Is there some inner logic that unites MOVIE REVIEW ‘I am only a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Disney) youth’ the sacraments with each other? (John Mulderig, CNS) Spirited sci-fi follow- mythology, however, as well as Gunn's some- All sacraments are an encounter with Christ, who is himself the orignal up in which the hero (Chris Pratt) of the 2014 what ambiguous, though incidental, use of re- A “YouCat” sacrament. There are sacraments of initiation, which introduce the original encounters his long-lost father (Kurt ligiously-themed music and imagery. Mostly recipient into the faith: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist. There are Russell), a demi-god stylized combat violence nugget sacraments of healing: Reconciliation and the Anointing of the Sick. courtesy of who created, and rules with little gore, some sex- And there are sacraments of communion and mission: Matrimony and over, his own paradise- ual humor, a few mild the Office of Holy Orders. like planet. Though the oaths, occasional crude Youth and Baptism joins us with Christ. Confirmation gives us his spirit. The two quickly bond, all is and more frequent crass Young Adult Eucharist unites us with him. Confession reconciles us with Christ. not as it seems. talk. The Catholic News Through the Anointing of the Sick, Christ heals, strengthens and consoles. Ministry Family troubles also Service classification is A- In the sacrament of Matrimony, Christ promises his love in our love and dog Gamora (Zoe Sal- III — adults. The Motion his fidelity in our fidelity. Through the sacrament of Holy Orders, priests dana) whom the protag- Picture Association of youcat.org have the privilege of forgiving sins and celebrating the Holy Sacrifice of onist would like to make America rating is PG-13 — the Mass. his girlfriend, as she pursues her longstanding parents strongly cautioned. Some material rivalry with her scheming sister (Karen Gillan). may be inappropriate for children under 13. In between these clan conflicts, the group of Is Christianity a “political religion?” the title -— its membership rounded out by a Classifications At no time did Jesus allow himself to be politically co-opted. Thus he ‘What to do’ tactless musclebound extraterrestrial (Dave did not join the Zealots, who wanted to liberate Israel by force from The Social Bautista), a racoon (voice of Bradley Cooper) King Arthur: political subjugation to the Romans. Jesus wanted the salvation and the Teaching of and an undersized tree-like creature (voice of Legend of the Sword...... A-III freedom of all mankind. He was concerned about the fundamental the Catholic Vin Diesel) -— does battle with an array of Snatched...... L restoration of man in his relation to his Creator. Consequently, his Good adversaries, one band of them led by the The Dinner...... A-III News was more than politics, although it has eminently political Church space pirate (Michael Rooker) who raised Classifications used by the USCCB are: A-I, implications for the individual as well as for society. First of all, though, we Pratt's character after his human mother died. general patronage; A-II, adults and must separate the political and the religious dimensions, as Jesus also A “DoCat” In continuing to adapt a series of Marvel adolescents; A-III, adults; L, limited adult did with his pronouncement: “Render … to Caesar all things that are nugget comics, writer-director James Gunn maintains audiences, films whose problematic content Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s (Mt 22:21). The distinction a jaunty atmosphere but adds an interesting many adults would find troubling; O, morally between religion and politics was difficult for the ancient world to allegory about the dangers of selfishness. Ma- offensive. For more information, visit: understand and put into practice and still is today. turity is required to sort through the movie's http://www.catholicnews.com/movies.htm.