Monthly publication for the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls September 2019

It's a beautiful time to be a priest: Discerning a vocation in a time of crisis Bishop Paul Affi rm your priests, deacons and seminarians Swain

he theme for this month’s Our diocese has from its beginnings T received clergy from outside the state, be- Bulletin is “Discerning a Vo- ginning with our fi rst bishop Martin Marty, cation in a Time of Crisis.” a Benedictine missionary. Some of our beloved priests have been religious order Surely these are challenging priests and diocesan priests from other times for us all, but especially dioceses. They have enriched us all.

for our priests and seminarians. We always seek attestation that they are That a few would betray their in good standing and have completed promise of chastity and cast a appropriate training consistent with the requirements of the Charter for the Protec- shadow over the vast majority tion of Children and Young Adults. They of our brothers is discouraging are expected to complete, as are all clergy and volunteers working with children, an- to say the least, dispiriting and nual training and openness to background profoundly sad. checks. When we evaluate candidates for seminary I encourage those reading these words to sponsorship and the permanent diaconate affi rm and encourage your priests, deacons and journey with them in their formation, and our seminarians. these are some of the virtues I keep in The truth is that a vocation, whichever it is, mind, always remembering that we are all is a call from God through Christ always works in progress: in the midst of the culture of the day. One reason I recommend studying the history 1. Do they pray? Formation will of the Church is to put in perspective the deepen this virtue, but there needs unique cultural challenges of our day. to be openness from the beginning or it can become simply a checklist Simply contemplating the Passion of our expectation. Lord underscores that cultural opposition has always been with Christ’s Church. The 2. Do they love the Church? Christ prophets sent by God were rejected in their established the Church and the days, and the prophets sent by God in our priesthood. We are His. day are often rejected as well. 3. Are they faithful and courageous? That is why we need seminarians who Saints and martyrs are raised up as become priests to be men of integrity, hu- models and as teachers to remind mility and courage. us that sacrifi ce and resilience are integral to ministerial service. I have been privileged to have ordained 31 priests in my time as your bishop. It is 4. Do they trust in God’s will and always a great privilege. God’s way? We cannot anticipate all that might be asked of us, and that I remember standing outside the Cathedral unknown can be a bit unsettling. anticipating the procession before my fi rst Christ declared that He is the way, ordination when the startling thought struck the truth and the life. We must trust me: this is serious business. As a result I in Him or be overwhelmed with have over the years sought to get to know uncertainty. our seminarians as well as I am able. 5. Do they love and care about the I try to meet with them individually twice a people? Priesthood is not about us year when they are home. I also meet with privileged to serve. Priesthood is those being ordained to the diaconate and about service to others, especially priesthood a day or two ahead to review the those suff ering. This is important at promises they are about to make and to un- all times but especially when incon- derscore that they are making them before venient. Jesus said, “As I have done, God. It is serious business for them as well. so you must do.”

2 September 2019 - The Bishop’s Bulletin 6. Do they have a sense of what is 10. Do they accept the call of Christ realistic? We are all weak instru- with humility and awe? Lord we Schedule ments. Identifying our strengths and are not worthy but only say the weaknesses allows us to be present word. September in ways we are able and know when others should be consulted. As one One of my favorite scripture passages 1 9:00 State Fair Mass, Women’s wise bishop said: we are not the is Jesus walking on the water during a Building, State Fairgrounds, Messiah. storm. The disciples are frightened. Jesus Huron laments their lack of faith. Peter suggests 7. Do they anticipate the cross? Jesus that he will believe if he too can walk on 7 4:00 Stational Mass, Cathedral of said we must pick up our crosses ev- the water. Jesus calls him. With his eyes Saint Joseph, Sioux Falls eryday if we are to follow him. Jesus fi xed on Jesus, Peter is able to do so. But did his Father’s will out of obedi- then he takes his eyes off of Jesus, looks 8 1:30 Wedding Anniversary Mass ence and so must we. That can result down and stumbles. and reception, Sacred Heart, in some heavy times but we are not Aberdeen alone; He is with us. We are bearing If we keep our eyes on Jesus, we will be such a cross these days. able to survive even the storms of our 10 12:00 Pray at Planned Parenthood 8. Do they yearn for salvation, certain- lives whatever our vocation, work or station in life. When our gaze goes else- 14 5:30 Confi rmation, Assumption ly for others but also for themselves? of the Blessed Virgin Mary, We are in this world only for a time. where, especially in on ourselves, we too will falter. Fortunately the love and mercy Dante and St. John the How we use that time is important. Baptist, Wagner in Wagner Oneness with Christ for all eternity of Christ will remain even when we do is our mission. so. But it would be better to keep our eyes fi xed on Jesus. 19 11:00 Presbyteral Council, Catholic 9. Do they love and rest in the Blessed Pastoral Center Mother? Jesus said, “There is your Saint Mother Teresa said that Jesus gazes mother.” Her love is ours if we open on us. May we gaze on Him our Lord and 20–23 EOHSJ Northern Lieutenancy our hearts to her. Savior at all times. Annual Meeting, Des Moines 23–24 Bishop’s Charity Hunt, Kimball

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4 BishSeptember Bltn Sept 2019.indd 2019 1 - The Bishop’s Bulletin 8/12/19 11:01 AM It's a beautiful time to be a priest: Discerning a vocation in a time of crisis

by Father Michael Griffin

In March 1992, Pope John Paul II presented to beings, continued through the call of prophets and the Church the apostolic exhortation “Pastores apostles, and endures to this day as God calls the Dabo Vobis (I Shall Give You Shepherds)” on the baptized to their vocation in life; God calls in love formation of priests. In this document, the mystery and we respond in love. of vocations was presented as “an inexpressible Since the beginning of the Church, God has dialogue between God and human beings, between called men to the vocation of holy orders and the the love of God who calls and the freedom of priesthood, and they have responded to this call individuals who respond lovingly to him.” (PDV, in love. Yet, throughout the history of the Church, 36) struggles, scandals and challenges have had a This dialogue was present at the beginning when profound impact on men discerning the call God has God entered into a relationship with human given them to serve the Church as a priest.

5 In the present day, the effects of the abuse crisis are still being felt in the Church, and still rest heavy on the hearts of the faithful. As the Church deals with these effects, and strives for repentance and healing, men are still being called by Christ to follow him in the priesthood.

Responding to the Call Priests who have been ordained for two decades or more entered the seminary in a different culture, where the vocation to priesthood was highly regarded both in the Church and outside it. Today, those discerning a vocation to the priesthood face the added Father Grant Lacey, pastor of St. Peter the Apostle in Platte and St. Anne in Geddes challenge of a loss of respect for the priesthood in the culture; and yet, they are still responding in really didn’t blow up until I had about priests, but they were just faith. already entered the seminary.” jokes, so it didn’t really occur to me that people would think about Father Grant Lacey, pastor of St. Things were different for Gerald me that way if I went into the Peter the Apostle in Platte and St. Thornton, a seminarian for the seminary.” Anne in Geddes, was ordained diocese from Sioux Falls. His to the priesthood in 2015. In his understanding of the priesthood Thornton attributes a great deal of senior year at the University of was formed at an early age through this ability to see priesthood apart South Dakota, “after years of back his interaction with individual from the cultural perceptions of it and forth with an unease about priests. to the Safe Environment policies discovering what I should be established in the Charter for doing, and not just what I should “I grew up in the Church, going to the Protection of Children and be learning, I began to pray,” he daily Mass and serving as soon as Young People by the United States said. I could. I grew up around priests, Council of Catholic Bishops in and I got to know them, so it never June 2002. “I met with Father Scott Traynor occurred to me that a priest could and learned the discernment of be like that,” he said. In their recent revision of the spirits, and discovered what I Charter, the bishops of the should be doing.” His discernment involved a bit United States wrote that, “Safe more understanding of how the environment programs are in place Father Lacey said even while he view of the priesthood has changed to assist parents and children—and was discerning, the abuse crisis in the culture around him. those who work with children—in did not really play a part in his preventing harm to young people. prayer or decision. “I’m used to the jokes about the These programs continually seek abuse crisis, but it’s a part of the to incorporate the most useful “I had zero church radar when culture now to think that way,” developments in the field of child I was in college, and the events he said. “I grew up with the jokes protection.”

6 For 17 years, the Church has with all the news about the crisis.” helping young men who are worked to integrate the protections listening for that call to discover of the Charter into the daily life This has challenged him to look at the courage they need, and to of parishes and clergy. While this the Church in different ways. embrace what is positive in work is challenging and painful, discerning it for themselves. and involves some new ways of “You start to see the Church is thinking and ministering for older human, and it’s flawed, but even “When you’re called, you can priests, the effects of it are positive more, you see Christ in the people know the facts and figures about for young men discerning God’s you are serving,” Thornton said. priesthood today, but it is still your call. call, and it would be sad to deny Father Samson sees his vocations that,” Father Samson said. Thornton said, “I grew up with ministry, in a strong way, as the safe environment changes with priests, so, for me, that was just Gerald Thornton, seminarian currently the ways things were—there was studying at St. John Vianney Seminary at going to be some separation in the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota youth events. I never really had a thought that this was somehow ‘added.’ As far as I knew, this was just how normal adults acted.”

Father Jordan Samson, vocations director for the diocese and pastor of Christ the King in Sioux Falls, sees the current climate and cultural view of priesthood as having a definite impact on the internal and spiritual dialogue between God and the one He is calling.

“Now, perhaps more than ever, it’s countercultural to listen to this call, and it takes courage,” he said.

Some of that courage is needed due to the changes in support a man discerning a vocation would traditionally have received. Father Samson said, “I think there are young men discerning now who may not have the same family support they may have had years ago.”

While Thornton has strong support from his family, he has felt concern from others.

“People have expressed concern with the Church, and they wonder how I can be doing what I’m doing

7 It’s a beautiful time to be a priest.

Father Jordan Samson, pastor of Christ the King, Sioux Falls, and Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Sioux Falls

He sees the call of Christ to the and in particular, the ecclesial scandal, began to be revealed,” priesthood today as a challenge, dimension of vocation. The Church he said. “It became part of the but also a unique opportunity to is also truly present and at work conversation, but it was always live the Gospel. in the vocation of every priest.” ‘out there.’ That happened ‘out (PDV, 38) there.’” “Being a priest is an amazing life, and in today’s particular culture, The Church uses seminaries When he entered the Saint Paul practicing the Gospel is more to teach and form men for the Seminary School of Divinity radical because of the contrast priesthood. in Saint Paul, Minnesota, “out with our culture.” there” moved closer to home. He While many of the academic and said, “The lawsuits started in spiritual aspects of seminary the Archdiocese of Saint Paul/ formation remain the same, the Minneapolis, and then, the Formation of a manner of formation is ever conversations were all the time.” evolving and changing with each Priest generation. Today’s climate has The emotional impact underlying John Paul II wrote, “A vocation also had an impact on how men are these conversations was strongly is a fathomless mystery involving prepared for ordination. felt by the seminarians on a the relationship established by personal level. God with human beings in their Father Lacey felt the change in his absolute uniqueness, a mystery seminary experience during his Father Lacey said, “There was perceived and heard as a call which first year. frustration expressed because awaits a response in the depths of they had this aspiration to the one’s conscience…But this does “I was in pre-theology when the priesthood, and then they saw not eliminate the communitarian, events in Boston, the abuse, the these men who had betrayed

8 everything they aspired to become. find a great deal of support in the swift. The archdiocesan lawyer I had some anger on a human seminary community.” and an ombudsman, who is not level to see these men fail so employed by the archdiocese, catastrophically.” He sees the impact of this support were sent to the seminary to give in the individual men in formation. the seminarians a confidential In response to this anger, Father place to report if they had been Lacey spoke openly with his fellow “There are so many signs of abused. The rector of the seminary seminarians, friends and those hope, everyone is so committed sent a letter to the bishops of the responsible for his formation. to his formation and his spiritual seminarians detailing how they are life,” Thornton said. “We have being kept safe. He also took it to prayer. always been encouraged to go to counseling, if needed, for Thornton said, “Bishop Swain “As the saying goes, ‘I took depression or anxiety, and it’s not immediately sent the letter to the yesterday’s news into today’s holy taboo at all. Everyone wants to parents of seminarians. He said hour.’ I found myself asking the work on his issues, emotionally he is always willing to speak with Lord how this can happen in the and otherwise, to be humanly them if they have any concerns. I priesthood and how He could be healthy and to bring their vices to know my parents were happy the calling me into this priesthood," the light.” bishop sent it to them, to show Father Lacey said. "Every time I he does care about our safety as thought about it, or heard about it, This includes a seminary seminarians.” I took it to prayer and asked, ‘Are formation that is thoroughly you still calling me into this life?’” committed to the bishop’s In the day-to-day living within the mandates regarding Safe seminary community, Thornton He said the answer was always the Environment training. Thornton said, “I do feel safe. I know the same. said this training takes place right seminary and I know the priests away. there, and I know how our “The answer was always ‘yes.’ He response is to continue to pray and told me God’s people still need “It can be a little discouraging, but to work on our own formation. good priests. There is still work then you realize all the practical There are no gray areas in to do, and the priesthood is bigger steps taken are having an effect. It formation; it’s all out in the open.” than the failings of its members; gives you an added awareness.” it’s a call from Christ.” Father Samson sees all the aspects Father Lacey said, “Everything of formation within the seminary In order for men in priestly in the seminary was magnified community as necessary for men formation to more clearly hear and seen under the lens of Safe “to just be human, to be a man this call from Christ, John Paul Environment. It could be tiresome who knows himself and his limits, II wrote, “The…seminary should at times, because it was hammered who loves life, who laughs and strive to become ‘a community in, which is good because everyone cries and shares his heart with built on deep friendship and comes to understand what the people.” charity so that it can be considered expectations are and need to be.” a true family living in joy.’” (PDV, Rather than being a hindrance, 60) Today, however, even the safety the culture today is challenging of the seminary cannot be taken seminarians in new ways. This “deep friendship and charity” for granted. A year ago, credible in today’s climate can be an allegations of abuse were made “Today, the seminarians for our invaluable gift for a young man against Cardinal Theodore diocese seem even more excited responding to Christ’s call. McCarrick, which included the because of the climate, even more abuse of adult seminarians. eager to serve and to show the Thornton said, “We know (as courage needed to be a priest,” seminarians) we can step out the Thornton said the reaction from Father Samson said. door and be seen as terrible, so we the seminary in Saint Paul was

9 Living the Call After seminary formation, a man is inspiration in living that vocation. presented for ordination and then, “Priests come from families; they traditionally, is sent to a parish. don’t fall out of thin air,” he said. There he can put what he has “My five brothers, living healthy learned in seminary into practice, marriages, teach me how to be O Father, you desire all of us and to live his priesthood as a man a priest and about the sacrifices to be happy. Stir the grace of with a healthy spirituality, a strong needed. If I am ever tempted to academic life, and an authentic the Holy Spirit in these men think I’m better than my brothers humanity. because I’m a priest, I just watch searching out their vocation to As John Paul II taught, “The them take care of their children. the priesthood. Grant to them formation of future priests… “My family keeps me grounded; and lifelong assiduous care for the willingness and generosity they love my priesthood, but I’m their personal sanctification in always going to be Jordan to to give of themselves, their lives, the ministry and for the constant them.” updating of their pastoral their time and their talents to the commitment is considered by the Younger priests, formed in a time service of Jesus Christ, Your Son, Church one of the most demanding of crisis, are using the challenges of the past as an opportunity to Our Lord and Savior, and to His and important tasks for the future of the evangelization of humanity.” embrace more fully their “personal Holy Church. (PDV, 2) sanctification and…pastoral commitment.” Father Samson For Father Lacey, this means living said, “It drives me to live the May more men and women be his priesthood in a church that has life of Christ even more, and the embraced even greater openness simplicity of the Gospel. It calls inspired to consider service as and transparency in ministry. me to remember why Christ is so priests, deacons, brothers and “To be honest, it doesn’t come up important.” sisters to bring the truths of our very often, but if it comes up in Father Lacey realizes that young the news I’ll address it, and preach men discerning a vocation to the Catholic faith to all others. May on it, and people are pleased I priesthood face unique challenges we all strive to know, love and approach the topic,” he said. “After on their journey, as did he, but he Mass, some people will thank me serve You all our days. would ask them, as a part of that or tell me they’ve been thinking discernment, to keep a positive about it or worrying about it.” perspective. One of the positive aspects of the “There’s always been crisis in crisis is a renewed sense of the the Church, and in the world, but priesthood itself. the message has always been the Father Samson said, “There is same,” Father Lacy said. “Jesus a tension in loving the office of Christ is our consolation in crisis, the priest and honoring that, and and we need men to bring Him the need to confront clericalism. through the sacraments.” ARE YOU BEING There is a strong need today for With the opportunities for growth, CALLED men to be formed to be humble opportunities for human as well as and unpretentious, to learn how to priestly formation, that are present be with people in their lives with in the Church today, a time of grace, and to just be human.” crisis becomes a time of courage, www.sfvocations.org For Father Samson, families are of compassion, of sacrifice and not only the source of vocations in love. Father Samson said, “It’s a 605.988.3772 the church but are also a source of beautiful time to be a priest.”

10 Do bioethics techniques respect The Church our human dignity? In light of these strong cultural currents ecent headlines have made and rapid technological advances, we R might wonder, is there any solid ground my head spin. on which we can stand? Yes! For example, a new scientifi c technique, We fi nd this stable ground in answering termed “mitochondrial transfer,” has the call to holiness, in love and truth. It’s raised the specter of human beings sci- with this in mind that many are delving entifi cally engineered from three or more once more into the teaching of St. John “parents,” with numerous actual cases Paul II. reported. Along similar lines, CRISPR technology, the molecular tool designed What does it mean to be human? What is to edit genes, has been used to geneti- my body for? How do I learn to give and cally modify babies. “Should the rich be receive love? Does it even matter? allowed to buy the best genes?” is now From 1979 to 1984, St. John Paul II un- a real question one headline poses, not a packed these questions in a series of 129 line from an Aldous Huxley novel. Wednesday afternoon discourses given Follow that with a report in the presti- to those gathered in St. Peter’s square. gious New England Journal of Medi- As a man who had experienced deep cine this spring that “a man delivered a suff ering—he lost his mother, brother stillborn baby.” A woman, who identifi ed and father in his youth, and he lived Christopher Motz, Executive Director, herself as a “transgender man,” went to under brutal Nazi and Soviet regimes— South Dakota Catholic Conference an emergency room with severe abdomi- St. John Paul II knew these questions nal pain. Her medical records identifi ed weren’t pie-in-the-sky but were deeply always accept others as a gift, respecting her as a male, so she wasn’t triaged with important to living an authentically hu- the inherent order of God’s creation. a pregnancy in mind. By the time she man life in this vale of tears. Such a life of virtue isn’t something we was seen, her baby had died. In this series of refl ections, known as arbitrarily stumble into; it requires that the “Theology of the Body,” we put on the mind of Christ and think the Holy Father begins with deeply with the Church about the ways an extended refl ection on in which certain technologies lead us to Jesus’s words as recorded in treat humans as objects to be used, not Matthew’s Gospel: “from the human persons capable of great love. beginning it was not so” (cf. For this reason the South Dakota Catho- Mt. 19). lic Conference and the Diocesan Offi ce Why start here? Because from for Marriage, Family, and Refl ect Life the very beginning, St. John are hosting Jennifer Lahl, the president Paul II emphasized, God in- of the Center for Bioethics and Culture, scribed order and purpose into for But Should We? The Ethics of Arti- our human nature. This deep fi cial Reproductive Technology at Holy meaning runs through our souls Spirit Parish in Sioux Falls at 7 p.m. on and our bodies, through which September 10. we give and receive love. The Mrs. Lahl, a pediatric nurse, bioethicist Last, consider the news from Nebraska great Polish pope believed if we didn’t and renowned documentary fi lmmaker, this April that “a 61-year-old woman come to see the spiritual purposes built will be speaking about the ethical con- gave birth to her own grandchild for her into the order of our bodies as given to cerns presented by artifi cial reproductive son and son-in-law.” The woman served us by God “from the beginning,” humans technology. She approaches these issues as a surrogate for her son and his same- would come to see themselves more and from the standpoint of natural law and sex partner using in vitro fertilization more as objects to be used and manipu- right reason, focusing on the real-life and gametes from both the 61-year-old lated at will, rather than subjects called concerns that arise with practices such woman’s son and his partner’s sister. to and capable of great virtue. as egg harvesting, sperm donation and St. John Paul II’s teaching, which af- surrogacy. This is heavy stuff and highlights two fi rmed the perennial Tradition of the characteristics of our age: previously Mrs. Lahl is accustomed to speaking to faith, reminds us we can never treat unthinkable technological developments, Catholic and non-Catholic audiences other persons as mere objects to be and the “autonomous self,” that is, a alike, so feel free to bring a curious manipulated—created and structured belief that there are no due limits to what friend. The event is made possible according to our own will. But, in order a person can or should do, so long as through the generosity of the Catholic to act with virtue, that is, to act in accord they want it. Community Foundation for Eastern with our God-given nature, we must South Dakota. No RSVP is necessary.

September 2019 - The Bishop’s Bulletin 11 Can we be saints? A saint is just a sinner who keeps trying

You get a sneak peak! “Can we be saints?” is a new series that Those years weren’t wasted will be launched on the diocesan website www.sfcatholic.org this though. I learned a lot about month. Regularly, we’ll introduce you to a saint in a new way, not myself and my abilities. I with just a boring old bio. We’ll show you how saints struggled explored new career paths very and lived very much like we do today. They’re more like us than we diff erent from writing. But could ever imagine. Visit www.sfcatholic.org/saints to see future none of those careers seemed to stories of how our lives and saints lives intersect. really fi t. I was tired of fl opping around, not knowing what was next. By Renae Kranz Rose did a lot better than I did Have you ever had to wait a long time to get something you during her waiting, but she really wanted in life? Maybe you’ve waited a long time to meet waited nonetheless. Finally your ideal spouse, and the wrong people keep sending you off in 1817, the Bishop of the track. Or you can’t seem to land that job you’ve been working Diocese of Louisiana and toward for years. the Two Floridas, William The road blocks keep popping up. The waiting drags on. Dubourg, visited the convent in Paris. Rose’s dream seemed Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne faced the same problems. She’s within reach. Bishop Dubourg probably not a saint you’ve heard of before, but she overcame was looking for educators to road blocks and waiting in her own life. And maybe she can come to America to evangelize inspire you to face them head on in yours. the Native American and While growing up in Grenoble, France, in the late 1700s, Rose French children of the diocese. felt called to enter the religious life early on, but her father She begged her superior for objected. She tapped into her strong will and desire to serve God permission to serve and was to overcome that road block and entered the convent of the order fi nally granted it. of the Visitation of Holy Mary when she turned 18. Rose left the next year at age 49, Unfortunately, the revolutionaries of the French Revolution’s traveling by sea for 10 weeks to Reign of Terror closed or suppressed all religious houses. reach New Orleans and then on Dejected and likely terrifi ed, Rose went back home and tried a steamboat up the Mississippi St. Rose to live out her vows for the next 11 years. She helped others River for seven more weeks suff ering from the ravages of war and even those imprisoned at to arrive in St. Louis. Here, the former monastery during this dark time in France’s history. another road block was erected. Philippine Rose would not be assigned in Did you give up the fi rst time a road block was put in your path? St. Louis as expected. She was Duchesne The courage to press on is often the diff erence between success needed instead in St. Charles, and failure, and maybe the diff erence between becoming a saint Missouri, a remote village on or becoming, well, not a saint. the frontier. After I graduated from college, I worked for a daily newspaper Can you imagine her for about a year. I quickly fi gured out the life of a newspaper disappointment? Just when she thought she was going to fulfi ll reporter wasn’t for me, but I still loved writing. I moved and her heart’s desire, the Lord asked her to wait again. And this couldn’t fi nd a job as a writer. This was my fi rst road block to time, the road block almost did her in. my calling. And I’m sorry to say, I didn’t choose my next steps very well. In St. Charles, she founded the fi rst house of the Society of the Sacred Heart outside of France, but the harshness of the frontier Rose struggled too. Post revolution, she tried and failed to revive was nearly too much for her. Extreme cold, hard work, lack of the monastery because the living conditions were just too harsh money and diffi culty with communication made things more to keep it going. She accepted an off er in 1804 to merge with diffi cult than even a tough woman like Rose expected. another religious community, the Society of the Sacred Heart. Now she was getting somewhere. She became a superior and My conditions were also getting tough. I had been running a supervised a school in the new convent in Paris. home staging business for about seven years. The problem? I wasn’t getting any traction. I felt busy, but I wasn’t making All through her life, a desire to serve Native Americans in the any real money. I had to face the fact that I needed a new job, New World grew in Rose, but she couldn’t fi gure out how to one that would pay me a regular salary so we could pay the accomplish that goal. It would be 13 more years before she mortgage. It was a diffi cult realization, but you do what you have would get her chance. Talk about waiting! to do. In my case, I got a job as an administrative assistant at an I waited almost 20 years to start my journey back to writing. accounting fi rm.

12 September 2019 - The Bishop’s Bulletin The Can we be saints? Church A saint is just a sinner who keeps trying

For Rose, the conditions she and could for the fl edgling school. She spent most of her time in the other sisters faced eventually prayer for the students and those running the school, becoming forced them to relocate to known as “Woman Who Prays Always.” After only a year, she Florissant, Missouri. The new was sent back to St. Charles because of her poor health, but she location was a vast improvement. had fi nally done the one thing she longed to do. By 1828, the sisters had grown their work to six communities Rose died November 18, 1852, at 83. She was canonized a saint and several schools for the in 1988. young women of Missouri and As for me, my husband happened to notice an ad in our Sunday Louisiana. Although Rose was bulletin for the position of managing editor/writer for our accomplishing much, she was diocesan publication, The Bishop’s Bulletin. I fi gured it couldn’t still waiting. Her opportunity hurt to apply. to fulfi ll her long-held desire to serve the Native Americans Thankfully, my soon-to-be boss was able to do what so many would soon present itself. others couldn’t do in the past: look at my resume and see me as someone who could use all my varied experiences (previously Think of the patience this must road blocks) to do the job. I believe the Lord stepped in. have taken for Rose. All these years, she served faithfully where All those years while I felt like a failure for fl oundering in my ever she was called, even when it professional life were necessary to bring me to this place, this wasn’t what she wanted. Sound job, this calling. familiar? Maybe we don’t always serve so faithfully, but we can. And the “Profi t by the little trials Lord will always lead us down the path we’re supposed to take that come to you, for through them if we listen to His promptings. we make real progress.” It’s so hard to see while we’re traveling it, but He’s there. I knew He was there when my Interestingly, Rose felt at diff erent times during her service that opportunity to get back to writing she had failed, too. She once said about her work soon after turned up just around the corner arriving in St. Charles, “...the dear Lord has favored us with a as well. share of His cross. The greatest and undoubtedly the hardest to Duchesne I started taking writing classes to bear is the lack of success in our work here. If a saint had been polish my skills while working in charge, all would have gone well.” Little did she know that a the administrative assistant job. future saint was indeed in charge. After a few years, I knew I had to When the world puts road blocks in your way and the waiting fi nd a way back to writing as my seems too much to bear, remember that God has a plan for you. full-time job. I applied for writing work, but no one would give My own experience has borne that out over and over. I don’t me a chance because I had been out of the business for too long. usually know where I’m being led, but suddenly something will Another road block. happen that brings the journey I’ve taken so far into sharp focus. This time I didn’t let the road block stop me. I started my own Am I comparing myself to a saint? No way. But as you can see, freelance writing business on the side, working with businesses the saints faced many of the same challenges we do. They found to write their marketing materials. I picked up clients and a way to serve the Lord in all kinds of adversity. had some work. I knew I would have to wait a while before I could quit my day job (there’s that dreaded waiting again). But We all have a long way to go to be holy. But we’re all called to suddenly, the Lord intervened, quite literally it seemed. try. And we have to trust the Lord. Diffi cult, I know. Even for those who become canonized saints. Let’s fi nish up Rose’s story fi rst. Keep pressing on. The road to holiness is possible for each of us, In 1841 at age 72, Rose was retired and frail, but when the call and Rose has some fi nal encouragement to help. fi nally came to serve the Native Americans, she would accept it happily. A Jesuit priest at the mission in Sugar Creek, Kansas, “We may not understand His Will for us in time, but in eternity requested Rose and three other religious sisters to come start a the veil will be drawn and we shall see that He acted only for our school for Potawatomi girls. happiness. Let us bear our cross and leave it to God to determine Though her health was her fi nal roadblock, she did what she the length and the weight.” September 2019 - The Bishop’s Bulletin 13 Local Church St. Pio of Pietrelcina:

The relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina (better indeed a privilege for all the faithful of the known as St. Padre Pio) will be visiting diocese who have known of St. Padre Pio the Cathedral of Saint Joseph on Sunday, and have always wanted to encounter the September 29, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. saint in a personal way,” Father Morgan A Mass to honor St. Pio will be celebrated said. at 4 p.m. The veneration of relics is as old as the This event is part of the “Relics Tour of Church herself. Father Morgan says in the St. Padre Pio” sponsored by the St. Pio very beginnings of the Church, the fi rst Foundation, a nonprofi t charity dedicated bishops and priests of Rome celebrated to the promotion of the spiritual charism Mass over the graves of martyred saints, of St. Pio. The relics of St. Pio available for public veneration will include his glove, a crust “Pray, hope and of the wounds of his stigmata, cotton gauze with blood stains, a lock of hair, his don’t worry.” mantle, and a handkerchief soaked with his sweat hours before he died. – St. Padre Pio

Cathedral of Saint Joseph rector Father often becoming martyrs themselves in the James Morgan sees this as a great oppor- process. They venerated them because tunity for the people in the diocese. their lives had a great impact on the faith. “For the Cathedral of Saint Joseph to “Christians have been venerating the rel- be chosen as a host site for the relics is ics of saints for centuries, fi rst, because it

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14 September 2019 - The Bishop’s Bulletin Relics to visit diocese as part of tour recognizes a particular saint’s holiness of • Second class – something person- life. Thus, it then inspires us to embrace ally owned by the saint, in this case holiness of life,” Father Morgan said. the mantle “Second, and more importantly, we vener- ate relics as a form of worship to God. We • Third class – items a saint touched don’t worship the relics. We worship the or that have been touched to a fi rst- God who made their saintly lives a testa- or second-class relic of a saint, in ment to His goodness and omnipotence.” this case the glove and handker- chief He says venerating relics can have a supernatural eff ect. Many healings have Father Morgan says St. Pio has left an been recorded after the faithful visit or “indelible mark on the faith of believers,” venerate relics or holy sites. At the very perhaps only behind two other modern- least, you should expect to see something day saints, St. John Paul II and St. Mother extraordinary in the ordinary. Teresa of Calcutta. His story is one of a powerful faith with plenty of diffi culties The word relic means “a fragment” or and trials along the way. “remnant of a thing that once was but now is no longer.” The relics of St. Pio that “He had the gift to read into people’s will be on display will be from all three souls. He received the stigmata (wounds classes of relics: If you want to learn more about St. Padre of Christ) that were both a blessing and a Pio, a more in-depth bio will be available • First class – a relic of the body or curse. Healings happened when he prayed at our new saint’s page on the diocesan fragments of the body of the saint, over someone, and they continue to hap- website September 15. Visit www.sf- in this case the lock of hair and pen through the invocation of his interces- catholic.org/saints to read more about him crusts from St. Pio’s wounds sion,” Father Morgan said. before visiting the relics. Beebe Gen_Join.qxp_Layout 1 8/2/19 2:30 PM Page 1

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September 2019 - The Bishop’s Bulletin 15 Local First day of school Church Catholic schools ready for a new year Kids from all over the diocese went back to school in August. Pictures bottom mid- dle and bottom right: kids from John Paul II in Mitchell enjoy story time and others get a welcome “fi ve” from the DWU football team. Photos top and bottom left and top right: kids at St. Katharine Drexel and O’Gorman Junior High in Sioux Falls arrive for their fi rst day.

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18 September 2019 - The Bishop’s Bulletin Anniversary Masses put the commitment of Local couples on display for Christian faithful Church Bishop Paul J. Swain celebrated the fi rst of two annual anniversary Masses to honor couples who have enjoyed the Sacrament of Marriage for 25 years or more. The Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Sioux Falls was held August 18 and included a reception and the opportunity for photos with the bishop. The Church holds the Sacrament of Marriage in high esteem because strong marriages build strong families that refl ect the Trinity, which in turn creates a solid foundation on which to elderly couple who had been build the Church. Recognition married 73 years. The tenderness of marriage in the Church shows they had toward one another, other couples a good example of helping one another when their Couples pray together during Mass. (photos by Bill Sealey) Christian love and sacrifi ce. frailty made it diffi cult to help themselves, changed the way I ready to help. celebrate the joy of marriage Emily Leedom, director of approach my husband,” Leedom Marriage, Family and Respect “Marriage is messy and lived well—as a beacon of said. “We all need witnesses of hope in a world of confusion Life for the diocese, has been that kind of love.” complicated,” Leedom inspired by what she has seen at said. “But marriage lived regarding love’s potential.” these Masses. Marriage can be hard even for authentically is also deeply The second anniversary Mass the happiest couples, but God will be in Aberdeen Sept. 8 at “A few years ago I saw an joyful, profound and is always involved and always transformative. We need to 1:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Parish.

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September 2019 - The Bishop’s Bulletin 19 Committed in Christ

ABERDEEN – Carrol and Regina ARMOUR – Rich and Jeanne CLEAR LAKE – Joe and Clarice DELL RAPIDS – Richard and Ro- DIMOCK – Tom and Jeanne Reis will celebrate their 60th an- Soulek celebrated their 62nd an- Uckert will celebrate their 40th salie Gannon celebrated their 60th Weber will celebrate their 60th niversary on September 10. They niversary on August 7. They are anniversary on September 22. They anniversary on August 22. They anniversary on September 23. They have 7 children (1 deceased), 14 members of St. Paul the Apostle have 6 children, 12 grandchildren have 4 children, 11 grandchildren have 7 children (1 deceased), 14 grandchildren and 18 great- Parish. and are members of St. Mary and 10 great-grandchildren and are grandchildren and are members of grandchildren and are members of Parish. members of St. Mary Parish. Ss. Peter and Paul Parish. Sacred Heart Parish.

DIMOCK – Eldon and Tina MADISON – Halley and Nancy MILBANK – George and Berniece MILBANK – Brian and Mary Lou MILLER – David and Derla Hohn will celebrate their 60th Riedel celebrated their 50th an- Folk will celebrate their 72nd Bullert will celebrate their 40th Simons celebrated their 60th an- anniversary on September 9. They niversary on August 22. They have anniversary on September 29. They anniversary on September 22. niversary on August 1. They have have 5 children (1 deceased), 10 2 children, 5 grandchildren and are have 3 children, 6 grandchildren They have 4 children (3 deceased) 10 children, 32 grandchildren and grandchildren and are members of members of St. Thomas Aquinas and 10 great-grandchildren and are and are members of St. Lawrence 13 great-grandchildren and are Ss. Peter and Paul Parish. Parish. members of St. Lawrence Parish. Parish. members of St. Ann Parish.

MITCHELL – Gayland and Ber- MITCHELL – Gary and Julie MITCHELL – Ken and Joanne ONIDA – Dan and Colleen Lamb REVILLO – Charles and Joyce nice Trudeau will celebrate their Kunkel will celebrate their 45th Geraets will celebrate their 50th will celebrate their 45th anniver- Meyer will celebrate their 50th 70th anniversary on September 14. anniversary on September 14. They anniversary on September 13. They sary on September 14. They have anniversary on September 13. They They have 11 children, 25 grand- have 3 children, 10 grandchildren have 5 children, 7 grandchildren 3 children, 8 grandchildren and are have 5 children, 7 grandchildren children (1 deceased) and 17 great- and are members of Holy Spirit and are members of Holy Spirit members of St. Pius X Parish. and are members of Annunciation grandchildren and are members of Parish. Parish. Parish. Holy Spirit Parish.

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20 September 2019 - The Bishop’s Bulletin Committed in Christ Sister Helen Ripplinger dies at 92 Sister Helen Ripplinger, Sister Helen ministered 92, a Sister of the Presen- at (Avera) St. Luke’s tation of the Blessed Vir- Hospital from 1952 to gin Mary, died on July 17 1996 in many positions at Avera Mother Joseph including receptionist, Manor, Aberdeen. medical transcriptionist WATERTOWN – Lynn and Lana YANKTON – Dennis and Sherryl and TelMed clerk. She is Waege will celebrate their 25th O’Rourke will celebrate their 50th The Mass of Christian anniversary on September 10. They anniversary on September 26. They Burial was celebrated remembered for singing have 4 children and are members have 2 children, 3 grandchildren July 20 in Blessed Sacra- in the choir, cantoring of Immaculate Conception Parish. and are members of Sacred Heart ment Chapel at Presenta- and lecturing at Sacred Parish. tion Convent, Aberdeen. Heart Parish. Interment followed at Sr. Helen Ripplinger She is survived by her CLARK – Bob and Marlys Benson Sacred Heart Catholic community family of will celebrate their 45th anniver- Cemetery. Presentation Sisters; sary on September 21. They have Helen Ripplinger was State College, Presenta- 3 sisters Julie Lynch, 5 children, 20 grandchildren and 1 born September 27, 1926, tion College and later Mary Weber, Rose Ann great-grandchild and are members in Trail City, South Dako- Lighthouse School for the Belcher; and many nieces of St. Michael Parish. ta, to Magdelina (Meier) Blind in Chicago. and nephews. and Joseph Ripplinger. She entered Presenta- She is preceded in death Helen graduated from tion Convent September by her parents; 4 brothers YANKTON – Mark and Patricia HURON – David and Jamie the South Dakota School 8, 1949, and made her Peter, Joachim, Edward, Hunhoff will celebrate their 50th Nemmers will celebrate their 25th for the Blind in 1945. profession of vows on and LeRoy; and 1 sister anniversary on September 20. They anniversary on September 23. They She attended Northern August 10, 1952. Frances Birchard. have 2 children, 5 grandchildren have 4 children and are members and are members of Sacred Heart of Holy Trinity Parish. Parish. Angie Jorgensen Anniversary submissions FIC Catholic United Send a color photo, your anniversary news 605-660-5814 Financial believes Yankton, Vermillion & and a self-addressed, stamped envelope by nearby in the Diocese of September 16 for inclusion in the October Sioux Falls! 2019 edition to: Mike Ferrell The Bishop’s Bulletin 605-954-4399 We’ve given: Aberdeen, Watertown, 523 North Duluth Avenue Brookings & nearby - over $2.3 million to Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Catholic religious Jay Fritzemeier education or e-mail to: FIC [email protected]. - more than $679,000 605-999-2705 Mitchell, Parkston & to Catholic Schools nearby - more than $400,000 Stucco Repair Mortar Joint to Catholics in need Repair David Schonhardt Masonry Cleaning FICF - more than $143,000 Plaster Repair 763-670-9058 Brick Repair in college & vocational Clear Water Sioux Falls & nearby scholarships Repellents Stone Repair Butch Byers Waterproof FICF Contact us about these Caulk Replacement Coatings programs: Catholic Schools 605-661-2437 Structural Concrete Experts in Painting Raffle, scholarships, Regional Manager Repair Exterior Building Repair R.E.new Fund, MinisTREE, Matching Grant fundraising, abstinence education 800-835-3700 grants, school technology grants and more! www.midcontinental.com www.catholicunitedfinancial.org

September 2019 - The Bishop’s Bulletin 21 Upcoming Events 24th Annual Bishop’s Charity Hunt Support college students’ faith through Catholic Campus Ministries Bishop Paul J. Swain and priests money to hunt them when you from the diocese will trade in their could just ask an area farmer to traditional black for blaze orange hunt in his fi eld? hunting gear during the Bishop’s Charity Hunt on September 23 “The Bishop’s Charity Hunt and 24, sponsored by the Catholic is more than just a chance to Community Foundation of Eastern blast some birds. It’s a chance South Dakota. to support the future of eastern South Dakota,” Father Dickinson The fi elds at Horseshoe K Ranch says. “It is in college where the in Kimball off er a perfect setting future leaders of agriculture, for the two-day pheasant hunt. All business, medicine and education proceeds help support the Catholic are making their life-long Newman Centers at the four state decisions for Jesus Christ and His universities in eastern South Catholic Church. If we want to Dakota: SDSU in Brookings, USD have healthy families, towns and Hunters walk fi elds at Horseshoe K Ranch in Kimball during last year’s Bishop’s Charity Hunt. (photo courtesy of the Catholic Com- in Vermillion, NSU in Aberdeen economies for the future of South munity Foundation of Eastern South Dakota) and DSU in Madison. Dakota, then we have to support Catholic Newman Centers and Campus Ministry forms the they will live as a nurse, teacher or Father Andrew Dickinson, director Campus Ministries.” leaders of tomorrow in our society farmer,” he says. of the Pius XII Newman Center in and our Church—from strong Brookings and pastor at St. Paul Eighty percent of Catholics leave husbands and wives to dynamic Parish in White, knows pheasants the faith between the ages of 18 Father Dickinson says the priests and religious. are plentiful and an important part and 24. Decisions made during Bishop’s Charity Hunt is an opportunity to support a powerful of South Dakota’s economic and university years will impact the Father Dickinson has noticed cultural lifeblood. So why pay rest of one’s life. Strong Catholic cause, even if you have other that news media narratives often options for hunting pheasants. portray college students as lazy, party animals, and incapable of “Help us form the leaders of St Michael Parish Pub Trivia Night criticism. But he sees the students tomorrow. In the lives and stories Saturday, September 28th 7-10pm involved in the Newman Centers of college graduates impacted by 1600 S Marion Rd, Sioux Falls as “truly breaking the mold in Campus Ministries, you can see regard to those narratives and Gather your friends for a night of fun how they break the mold and lead expectations.” and compete for prizes. to a future full of hope,” he says. • Build your own trivia table of 8 or we will build one for you, “When a college student decides $10 per seat. to make Jesus Christ and the Join the bishop and many others to • Cash bar/food and other cash games available Catholic faith a priority in their support this great cause. Lodging • Table reservations/tickets sold after Masses and via email life, a wide range of options are is on-site and included in the to Karen Boone [email protected] available: discernment of religious fee. For more information or to register, visit www.ccfesd.org or • Contact Rhonda Kelsey 360-3772 with any questions. life and priesthood, what sort of spouse they want to have, or how call 605-988-3765. This is a 21 and over event that will help to provide Agua for Guatemala, the St Michael Parish Guatemalan Water Project.

Chck out our Many Treasures Just Waiting for You!!! 431 N. Cliff Avenue • Sioux Falls, SD 57103 • 605-335-5823 Open Mon-Thur 9-5, Friday 9-6 & Saturday 9-5 All donations are tax deductible. Diocesan Parish Dinners/Socials Parish Dinners/Socials Events Sept. 8: Immaculate Conception Parish, Oct. 6: St. James Parish, Chamberlain, Watertown, fall festival dinner; serving Fall Festival; lunch and silent auction 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; turkey dinner with all the immediately following 10:30 a.m. Mass. trimmings and homemade pies; tickets Enjoy ham, cheesy hashbrowns, green Sacred Heart Monastery are $10 each or $25 per family; take-out beans, salads and pie. Sept. 8/Seeking a deeper spirituality? meals are $10; raffl e prizes include a cash Come to the new member orientation for giveaway of $1,000. Oct. 6: St. Stephen Parish, Bridgewater, Benedictine Oblates. An Oblate of St. annual Whole Hog Sausage Supper. Serv- Benedict is a Christian lay person (all Sept. 8: St. George Parish, Scotland, will ing family style from 3-7 p.m. Whole hog faiths) who associates one’s self with a host its annual fall supper. Enjoy broasted sausage sales begins at 1:30 p.m. Benedictine monastery to share in the chicken, baked ham, cheesy potatoes, spiritual and material good works of the salads and pie served from 4–7 p.m. Take Oct. 13: St. Boniface Parish, Idylwilde community. Orientation for new mem- part in a raffl e at 7 p.m. (rural Freeman), annual fall supper from bers will be at Sacred Heart Monastery, at 4-7 p.m. Serving broasted chicken and 1 p.m. in Room 2015. No cost except for Sept. 14: St. Anthony of Padua Parish, pork chops, cheesy potatoes, vegetable, occasional books. If interested, contact Hoven, annual church bazaar “Harvesting salads, rolls, dessert and beverage. Cost Sister Patricia Heirigs at 605-668-6000 Faith” will begin with Mass at 4:30 p.m. is ages 13 to adult $11, ages 5-12 $7 and or email patricia.heirigs@yanktonbene- A pork-chop meal will be served from 4 and under are free. dictines.org. 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. Entertainment will include games, Spiritual Direction Ministry Formation/ raffl e prizes and paddle wheel items. Benedictine Peace Center off ers forma- Recitation of the rosary planned tion for those discerning a call to be a Sept. 15: St. Mary Parish, Dell Rapids, is Friday, Sept. 6 - The rosary is recited for spiritual director. Guided independent hosting a Turkey Dinner and Bazaar from the faithful departed on the fi rst Friday of the study complemented by two-day residen- 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is $10 for adults, month at 10 a.m. in St. Michael Cemetery in cies permits fl exibility with your sched- $5 for ages 7-12, $2 for ages 3-6, and Sioux Falls. ule. E-mail us at benedictinepeacectr@ ages 2 and under are free. Carry outs are Recitation of the rosary planned in the yanktonbenedictines.org, or call (605) available for $12. Mother’s Garden - The Offi ce of the Marian 668-6292. Apostolate will sponsor the recitation of the ro- Sept. 22: St. Peter Parish, Colman, Roast sary in the Mother’s Garden near the Cathedral Beef Dinner at the parish hall. Serving Mother of God Monastery from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost is $10 and of St. Joseph in Sioux Falls at 6 p.m. on Thurs- children 10 and under are $3. Carry outs day, Sept. 12, Tuesday, Sept. 17, and Tuesday, Sept. 4 and 18/Coff ee and Conversation available. Sept. 24. What’s better than a “chat” about God Pax Christi Southeastern SD to meet over a cup of coff ee? 9:15-10:15 a.m. Sept. 22: Sacred Heart Parish, Westport, Saturday, Sept. 14 - Pax Christi Southeast- in Harmony Hill Hall. Visit www. annual chicken dinner. Serving from 4-7 ern SD meeting is set for 1-3 p.m. at Cam- watertownbenedictines.org for more p.m. Enjoy chicken, potatoes, dressing, inando Juntos, 617 E. 7th St., Sioux Falls. information or call Sister Emily at 605- corn and pie. Contact Sister Pegge at 274-3735. 886-4181. Sept. 29: Holy Rosary Parish, Kranz- Novena for Our Nation burg, roast beef dinner and bazaar from Sunday, Oct. 13 - Recite the rosary daily as 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the parish hall. Cost part of the nationwide 54-Day Rosary “Nove- Catholic Family Services of the meal is $10 for adults, $5 for ages na for Our Nation,” which began on the Feast 7-12, $2 for ages 3-6 and ages 2 and of the Assumption, August 15, and will con- Sept. 17-Oct. 22/Grieving the loss of a under are free. Raffl es and a variety of clude on the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Ro- parent or sibling off ered on six Tuesday games and activities will be included. sary, October 7. The special intentions for the evenings from 6:30-8:30 at Catholic Novena are for deeper respect for: the digni- Family Services, 523 N. Duluth Ave., Sept. 29: St. Liborius Parish, Polo, an- ty of human life, especially that of preborn chil- Sioux Falls. The program is for adults nual bazaar in the Polo Gym. A roast beef dren; marriage; the family; and religious free- who have lost a parent or sibling. Parents and turkey meal will be served from 11 dom. The rosary will be prayed in the Cathedral and siblings play signifi cant roles in our a.m.-2 p.m. Bingo, kids games, raffl es of Saint Joseph in Sioux Falls at 3 p.m. on Sun- lives and this loss requires a signifi cant and much more until 4 p.m. day, Oct. 13, to coincide with the National Ro- adjustment. Call 988-3775 or 1-800-700- 7867 to register. Oct. 6: Sioux Falls Serra Club hosting sary Rally in front of the U. S. Capitol in Wash- Dad’s Belgian Waffl e Breakfast from ington, D.C. For more information, contact the Surviving Divorce at two sites/St. Thom- 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Christ the King Offi ce of the Marian Apostolate 605 521-0175. as More, Brookings, begins Monday, School gym, 26th and Lake, Sioux Falls. Search for Christian Maturity retreat set Sept. 9 6:30-8:30 (continues Monday Cost is a free will donation. Money raised Oct. 25-27 - Located at Holy Spirit Church, evenings). Immaculate Conception, Wa- will go toward seminarian education. Sioux Falls, the retreat is a student led program tertown, begins Sunday, Sept. 8 6:30-8:30 featuring talks, skits, music, opportunities for (continues Sunday evenings). Cost of $45 Oct. 6: St. Wenceslaus Parish, Tabor, ba- each includes materials and refreshments Confession, and celebration of Mass. All high zaar. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m.-3 for 6 weeks. Scholarships available. For p.m. Enjoy chicken, dumplings, mashed school and college age students and adults are more information or to register, in Brook- potatoes, sauerkraut, vegetable and fruit welcome. For more information, contact 605- ings, contact Catholic Family Services salad, kolache, rolls and assorted pies. 371-1478, [email protected] or at 605-988-3775 or [email protected]; www.siouxfallssearch.org. in Watertown, contact Sheila Grabow at [email protected].

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