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Serving Catholics in Western South Dakota since May 1973 Pope sends envoy to Christians forced from their homes in (CNS) — sion because of the experience Given the “grave situation in he gained in the region as nun- Iraq,” has asked cio to Iraq in 2001-2006. The Cardinal Fernando Filoni to cardinal “was the only diplo- travel to the region to meet mat to remain in Iraq” when church and government offi- the U.S.-led coalition invaded cials, but especially to meet in 2003, which demonstrates Christians chased from their his “dedication and notable homes by militants of the Is- courage,” he said. lamic State. The same day, Pope Francis Jesuit Father Federico Lom- sent a request through his bardi, Vatican spokesman, said @Pontifex Twitter account: “I Aug. 8 the pope chose Cardi- ask all men and women of nal Filoni, of the Con- good will to join me in praying gregation for the Evangel- for Iraqi Christians and all vul- ization of Peoples, for the mis- nerable populations.” The car- dinal, Father Lombardi said, “will try to meet the people most affected” by the early Au- gust advance of Islamic State fighters through the predomi- nantly Christian villages of Ninevah province in northeast Iraq. The fighters reportedly forced tens of thousands of Christians from their homes overnight Aug. 6-7. In addition to his meetings, the spokesman said, Cardinal Filoni will take a financial do- Newman Center Fundraiser Mailing label nation from Pope Francis to help the displaced. St. Joseph Parish, Spearfish, hosted a fundraising motorcycle ride for the Black Hills State University Newman Center on July 27. The day began with Mass, at which Bishop Robert Gruss was the principal On Aug. 10, Pope Francis celebrant, followed by a breakfast and blessing the motorcycles. The route took riders through Spearfish condemned the actions of Is- Canyon, over to Devils Tower, Wyo., and back to St. Paul Parish, Belle Fourche, for a barbecue and silent lamic State militants in Iraq, auction. The bikers are shown on a bluff near Devils Tower; in the center are Msgr. Michael Woster, saying that persecuting Chris- pastor at St. Joseph Parish, and Bishop Gruss. Organizers said 102 people registered for the event. The tians and other minorities “se- building campaign for the Newman Center in Spearfish is projected at $4.25 million. The We Walk by Faith Special Appeal has designated $1.25 million for the project. This leaves a total campaign goal of riously offends God and $3 million. See the riders in Spearfish Canyon on page 3. The next fundraising event is a golf tourna- seriously offends humanity.” ment; see story on page 24. (Photograph by Adam Gomez Photography ©) 2 WRC Columns August 2014 Take an active part in praying for world peace As we have all seen and heard in re- society, no matter where the conflict of peace. cent weeks, the many reports and might be in the world. One of the great miracles involving scenes of war and violence, especially Pope Francis has pleaded with polit- prayer in the midst of conflict was the in the , have filled the news. ical leaders “not to spare prayer or any miracle that took place at the Battle of At this writing, the war between Israel effort to end every hostility and seek the Lepanto on October 7, 1571, between and Hamas rages on. Ceasefire agree- desired peace for the good of all.” He the Christians and the Muslims. During ments have borne little fruit in regards prayed, “May the God of peace arouse the time of this battle, Pope Pius V, ac- to peace. Civilian casualties, especially in all an authentic desire for dialogue companied by many faithful, prayed the in Gaza, have been great. and reconciliation. Violence cannot be Rosary in the Basilica of Santa Maria be so that our prayers might provide We hear of the great religious perse- overcome with violence. Violence is Maggiore. Throughout the whole day, hope for those who live in fear. cutions of Christians in Mosul in Iraq overcome with peace!” prayers continued in Rome as the bat- “Blessed are the peacemakers, for and Aleppo in Syria, a place where The tragic situations mentioned be- tle continued. When it was all over, the they will be called children of God” Christians in the Syro-Catholic and fore, and others, demand our prayer in Christians had soundly won the battle. (Mt 5:9). Chaldean Churches solidarity with our Of some 270 Muslim ships, at least 200 Bishop’s Calendar have been living for brothers and sisters were destroyed. The Turks also lost August 24 – September 16, 2014 two thousand years who are facing these 30,000 men while Christian casualties Subject to change without notice since the beginning of horrendous situations numbered between 4,000 and 5,000. August 24, Sunday Christianity. The Is- around the world. Perhaps we can all seek the assis- 4 p.m. Meeting with Confirmation Candidates, 5 p.m. Confirmation Mass, both lamic State extremist They also demand our tance of Our Lady, Queen of Peace, at St. James, Edgemont group (ISIS) has given prayers for the conver- praying that, through her intercession, August 25, Monday the Christians an ulti- sion of the hearts of world leaders may find a peaceful res- 5 p.m. RCCSS Board Meeting, Cathedral Rectory matum — convert to those who desire to olution to these conflicts in our world. I August 26, Tuesday Islam and pay a tax or perpetrate violence believe a daily rosary for peace could 8:30 a.m. Diocesan Investment face death. The vio- and destroy human Committee, Chancery Conference Room have a great impact in bringing it about 9:30 a.m. Diocesan Finance Advisory lence continues in life. in our world today. Prayer in numbers Council, Chancery Conference Room eastern Ukraine be- What can we do? for what Christ desires always brings September 1, Monday tween the Ukrainians How can you and I Labor Day – Chancery Closed Sister Muna Totah, a member of about results. Christ desires peace in September 2, Tuesday and the Pro-Russian the Sisters of St. Joseph of the participate in any our world. He came to bring peace to a 8 a.m. Chancery Staff Mass, separatists, a conflict Apparition, comforts Mansour peacemaking process? sinful world. Let us all pray for it. We Terra Sancta 9 a.m. Chancery Department Head Ghobon, 51, of Gaza at St. Joseph that has claimed at I would ask our cannot be indifferent, because we are Meeting, Chancery Conference Room least 1,129 civilian Hospital in Jerusalem July 30. (CNS Catholic community, called to stand in solidarity with our September 3, Wednesday photo/Debbie Hill) casualties, according and all others con- 9 a.m. Rapid City Catholic School suffering brothers and sisters. System Mass, Cathedral to a United Nations cerned about these situations, to pray In light of this, I would ask all pas- September 4, Thursday estimate. The violence in Nigeria con- for peace and to support diplomatic ef- tors to encourage their parishioners to 8 a.m. Newman Center Golf Tournament, Spearfish tinues where the jihadists of Boko forts aimed at dialogue and reconcilia- fast and pray for peace in our world, to September 5, Friday Haram kill indiscriminately, Muslims tion. This can be done in personal include petitions for peace in their 11:15 a.m. First Friday Mass/ and Christians alike. And the list of se- prayers and in the Prayers of the Faith- Prayers of the Faithful at Mass, and to Luncheon, Cathedral September 6, Saturday rious problem areas goes on. ful at Mass. But all of us must take an celebrate a weekday Mass for peace 5 p.m. Catholic Social Services One may easily want to ask the ques- active part in praying for peace. It is a weekly if possible. The suggested Mass Annual Meeting, Civic Center tion, “Will there ever be peace in the small way in which we can participate September 9, Tuesday setting could be For Persecuted Chris- 6:30 p.m. Presbyteral Council world?” It is a question that may not in building just, peaceful and civil so- tians, For the Preservation of Peace and September 9-11, Tuesday-Thursday have an answer. But we can be certain cieties around the world. Justice, or In Time of War or Civil Dis- Good Leaders, Good Shepherds, Terra Sancta that violence cannot be overcome with We should never underestimate the turbance, all found in the New Roman September 11, Thursday violence. History has proven this time power of prayer. It is Christ’s peace for Missal. This would be a beginning in 1 p.m. Consultors, Bishop’s Residence and time again. Peace will only happen which we are asking. “Peace I leave praying for peace in our world. September 13, Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. CT Stewardship when leaders on both sides of the con- with you; my peace I give to you. Not The church has always empathized Hospitality Follow-up, Ft. Pierre flict truly desire peace and have the as the world gives do I give it to you. with the peoples’ suffering and has September 14, Sunday courage to come together seeking it. Do not let your hearts be troubled or 2 p.m. Stewardship Hospitality Follow-up, sought to defend human rights and reli- Terra Sancta Any peacemaking process is very afraid” (Jn 14:27). As the body of gious freedom around the world. It is September 16, Tuesday difficult, but it is essential in building a Christ, through prayer, together we who we are as a . Let 5 p.m. Terra Sancta Guild Dinner, Terra Sancta just and lasting peace, leading to a civil might help open our world to God’s gift us continue to be who we are called to August 2014 News WRC 3

Commissioned Lay Ministers Bishop Robert Gruss commissioned lay ministers during Mass in St. Joseph Church, Gregory, July 20. (Back row) Fathers Ed Witte, SJ; Peter Etzel, SJ and Godfrey Muwanga. (Front Row, l-r) Roxie Chocholousek, G.W. Ekroth, Kim Ekroth, Mary Horn, Paula Dobesh, Bishop Gruss, Patty Clark, Andy Clark, Sandy Stukel, Doug Stukel. (Cour- tesy photo)

BHSU Newman Ride In addition to Devil’s Tower, one of the features of the July 27, Newman Center Motor- cycle ride was cruising through Spearfish Canyon. (Photograph by Adam Gomez Photog- raphy ©)

WEST RIVER CATHOLIC USPS 983-360 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 606 Cathedral Drive Rapid City, SD 57701-5499 Phone: 605-343-3541 Publisher: Bishop Robert D. Gruss Editor Emeritus: Msgr. William J. O’Connell Editor: Laurie Hallstrom, [email protected] Assistant Editor, Advertising and Billing: Becky Berreth, [email protected] or 605-343-3541 Circulation: Dottie Borowski, [email protected] Subscription: $25, Foreign subscription: $60 per year. Special collection Postmaster: Address all correspondence, including change of address, to: September 13-14, 2014 West River Catholic PO Box 678 www.usccb.org/national collections Rapid City, SD 57709-0678 Copyright ©2014 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington D.C. Periodical postage paid at All rights reserved. Photos ©Vetta Collection/iStock Photo. Rapid City, SD 57701 Benefactors: For more information or to get involved in the work of CCHD write: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops — Office of Home Missions, Teresa Spiess, PO Box 678, Rapid City SD 57709 Catholic Extension or email [email protected] 4 WRC News August 2014

Sr. Julianne Brockamp celebrates 60th Jubilee Sr. Rita Neyens celebrates jubilee 70th jubilee Celebrating with the theme “Jubilee – Light – Life,” Sr. Mary Julianne Brock- Sr. Rita Neyens, originally from Colome, celebrated her 70th year of religious amp, formerly of Rapid City area, and Sisters Mary life this summer. She is a member of the Sisters of St. Frances of Penance and Louann Doering, Mary Dennis Lentsch and Mary Christian Charity, Denver, Colo. Before entering the convent, she was known as Louise Scieszinski celebrated 60 years of commitment Mary Helen Neyens. She graduated from high school to religious life on July 18 with their Presentation Sis- in Lynch, Neb., which is just across the state border. ters and associates at Mass and a community breakfast She attended nursing school in Alliance, Neb. She took at Sisters of the Presentation, Dubuque, Iowa. The 60- her first vows August 16, 1944, and then returned to year jubilarians entered in 1954 and professed final finish nursing school. She served at two Nebraska hos- vows in 1962. pitals — St. Mary in Scottsbluff and St. Joseph in Al- In the Diocese of Rapid City, she worked as ESL liance. In South Dakota, she ministered for 25 years at teacher in the Hill City Public School System and His- the Veterans Hospital in Hot Springs. In 2009, her sis- panic Minister at St. Rose of Lima Parish, Hill City; ter, Adeline Gassen of Gregory, became ill. Sr. Rita Director of Religious Education, St. Joseph, Spearfish, moved to Gregory and took care of her sister at home and in Campus Ministry, Black Hills State University, and later at a near-by nursing home. Sr. Rita is retired Spearfish; and as the Parish Life Coordinator at Our Lady of the Sioux, Oglala. Sr. and lives in O’Neil, Neb. Julianne currently serves in community leadership for the Sisters of the Presenta- Schnittgrund Honored tion in Dubuque. She has also served as Formation Director, Sisters of the Pres- At the national convention of National entation in Entre Ríos and Cochabamba, Bolivia. She was an elementary teacher Pastoral Musicians held July 14-18 in St. and principal in several Catholic schools in Iowa. She served as a missionary in Louis, Jackie Schnittgrund from Rapid City Entre Ríos, Bolivia and as pastoral associate in Alamogordo, N.M. was awarded the Chapter Leader of the Year along with Dr. Robert Wolf, Lansing, Mich., and Margie Kilty, Silver Spring, Mass. A Safe Environment for Children and Young People It is her second award. Wolf and Schnittgrund have been co-chairs of the The Catholic Diocese of Rapid City is firmly committed to creating and National Committee for Chapters since maintaining the safest possible environment for our children and young people. To February 2013. Their committee has report allegations of sexual abuse by church personnel, contact the Victim worked to revise the committee’s manuals Assistance Coordinator, Barbara Scherr. To ensure confidentiality in her outreach to and brochures, establish chapter websites, victims, she can be contacted privately at 1-605-209-3418 (cell). Her phone has caller institute a mentor program for new and struggling chapters, and initiate publica- ID and messaging features. All information will be treated confidentially. Alleged tion of Chapter News as well as related ar- victims are advised of their right to report alleged abuse to civil authorities. ticles on chapter matters. In accordance with diocesan policy, all allegations of sexual misconduct Schnittgrund is currently the co-director involving children or young people and priests, deacons, lay employees, or of the NPM chapter in the Rapid City Dio- volunteers serving the Diocese of Rapid City will be investigated. cese along with Carman Timmerman. She The diocesan sexual misconduct policy and the code of conduct are posted on the has been a choir director at Blessed Sacra- ment in Rapid City since 1977. diocesan website at www.rapidcitydiocese.org. (Courtesy photo) August 2014 News WRC 5

Youth Conferences The Diocese of Rapid City, Office of Faith Formation, sent a total of 93 people to Steubenville of the Rockies youth conference in Denver, July 18-20. The camp theme was “God is” from Is 12:2.

Totus Tuus Boys Camp TERRA SANCTA RETREAT CENTER — Zane Snyder, John Schueller, and Nick Marbach, all of Pierre, participate in an icebreaker at Totus Tuus Boys Camp. Participants had to wiggle half a cookie from their foreheads to their mouths without touching the cookie with their hands. Sixty-five boys spent a week in July reflecting on God’s call to each of them, attending adoration and Mass, outdoor activities, and prayer. (WRC photo by Becky Berreth)

Seventeen youth, chaperones and volunteers from St. Isidore-Colome, St. Anthony's-Fairfax, Immaculate Conception-Bonesteel and St. Joseph-Gre- gory attended the Steubenville North Catholic Youth Rally. It was held July 11- 13 in Rochester, Minn. (Courtesy photos) 6 WRC August 2014 The Western South Dakota Catholic Foundation and the GOLFER REGISTRATION SPONSOR REGISTRATION Rapid City Catholic School System Name Partner Opportunities are proud to announce the Platinum Sponsors — $5000 Handicap or average 18 hole score Special recognition at tournament Western SD Prime acknowledgement in program Address Golf in bishop’s foursome Bishop’s Golf Classic Entry for three (3) Thursday, City State Zip Gold Sponsor — $3000 Special recognition at tournament September 18 Email Special acknowledgement in program Entry for one (1) foursome Phone q Please reserve a box lunch $10.00 Silver Sponsor — $1000 Recognition at tournament Name Acknowledgement in program Entry for (2) players Handicap or average 18 hole score Hole Sponsor — $300 Acknowledgement in program Address Company logo on hole

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Phone Address Tournament Information qPlease reserve a box lunch $10.00 Format: 4 Person Scramble City State Zip Location: Arrowhead Country Club Name 3675 Sheridan Lake Rd. Email Rapid City SD Handicap or average 18 hole score Schedule: 11 a.m. Registration Phone 12 noon Shotgun Start Address 6 p.m. Burger and Brat Sponsorship Level BBQ Dinner City State Zip Sinage to read Social at the 19th Hole Email 4:30-5:30 p.m. Phone Please plan to join the parish priests for q Please reserve a box lunch $10.00 REGISTRATION Margaritas and Music by Michael Shaw Social at the 19th Hole featuring Msgr. Michael Woster, Pastor of Name St. Joseph Catholic Church, Spearfish. Name Handicap or average 18 hole score Cost Address $150/individual or $500/team Address Cost includes: green fees, cart, City State Zip City State Zip driving range, putting green, Email Phone prizes, and BBQ dinner Email $40/Individual $40/ Sponsor a priest Entry Deadline: September 12 Phone For more information contact q Please reserve a box lunch $10.00 Priest Name (Optional) Tim Henderson or Doris Bride (605) 343-3541 or [email protected] PAYMENT OPTIONS Robert Satter Please make checks payable to Western South Dakota Catholic Foundation. Payment and entry forms can be (605) 348-1477 or mailed to: Western South Dakota Catholic Foundation, PO Box 678, Rapid City, SD 57709. For payment by credit [email protected] or debit card or to register online, visit www.WSDCF.org. Complete the online payment form, submit and pay. August 2014 Events Schedule WRC 7 August 29, Friday Preregistration required by August 27. ber 18, Blessed Sacrament Church, Rapid a.m.-2p.m. Includes the St. Cecilia Banquet ) sWRC deadline for submissions. Bridget Decker 605-716-5214 ext 233 or City. )Family Life Ministries 605-716- and Awards, commissioning of music min- Paper mailed Tuesday, September 16. [email protected]. 5214 ext 236. isters, and a concert of area choirs. $15 for )605-343-3541 or September 11, Thursday September 29, Monday lunch can be sent to Kathy Little, NPM [email protected] or sBeginning Experience Level 1 — sHeal Your Grief Bereavement Sup- Treasurer, 14645 Country Rd., Rapid City, [email protected] Separated, Divorced & Widowed Sup- port Group: Eight-week, non-denomina- SD 57701. 8npmrc.org. September 1, Monday port Group, Coping with Life Alone: tional support group for Christian adults October 12, Sunday sOpen House — Oelrichs: The historic Nine-week, Non-denominational group grieving the loss of a loved one. Begins at s St. Martin Church, rectory, and grotto fea- open to all Christian men and women who 7 p.m., Blessed Sacrament Church, 4500 Diocesan Youth Rally: Held at Terra turing St. Therese the Little Flower will be are hurting following a separation, divorce, Jackson Blvd., Rapid City. )Family Life Sancta. More details coming soon. open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The site is on both or the death of a spouse. Registration fee Ministries 605-716-5214 ext 236. October 25, Saturday national and state historic registries. No $30; need-based scholarships available. October 4, Saturday sFirst Steps: Defense of Human Dig- reservations needed. Preregistration requested. Held at 7 p.m., sFall NPM Event: Held at Blessed nity: Held at Terra Sancta from 8 a.m.-3:30 September 5, Friday St. Therese the Little Flower Church, 532 Sacrament Church, Rapid City, from 9:30 p.m. See page 15 for more information. ) sBishop’s Luncheon: Mass at 11:15 Adams, Rapid City. Family Life Min- a.m., Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual istries 605-716-5214 ext 236. Help, Rapid City. Noon lunch in Cathedral September 12, Friday s Hall, talk by Bishop Robert Gruss. Lunch Worldwide Marriage Encounter: Events Schedule $6. Everyone welcome. Weekend designed for couples of all ages sWorld Apostolate of Fatima: First and backgrounds to enrich their marriage. Sept 2: Chancery Staff Mass and Sept 28: VSI Certification Mass Friday Mass at 5:30 p.m., with prayers and Held in Irene. Ends September 14. Early Breakfast; South Canyon Lutheran and Reception devotions. First Saturday, August 6, begins registration is recommended. Next week- Church Staff Retreat Oct 2: The Flame with prayers at 7:45 a.m., followed by 8 end, October 24-26 in Rapid City. Sept 4: The Flame Oct 2-3: SD WIA Fall Conference 8 ) a.m., Mass and exposition. Both in Our www.sdwwme.org or John and Dawn Sept 5: Spiritual Motherhood Oct 3-4: Family Event Elsinger 605-362-0924, 8applications@sd Sept 5-7: Knights of Columbus Oct 4: VSI Workshops Lady’s Chapel, Cathedral of Our Lady of Sept 5-8: Private Retreat Oct 7: Chancery Staff Mass Perpetual Help, Rapid City. )Dr. Kopriva wwme.org. September 20, Saturday Sept 6: VSI — Basic and Master Class and Breakfast 605-343-6202. Oct 8: Quilter Workshop; Taizé s Sept 7-8: STM Sophomore sSpiritual Motherhood Meeting: Open Natural Family Planning: Seminar Boys Retreat Oct 9-12: BHQG Quilting in the Hills; invitation for the women in the diocese to for engaged couples or anyone wanting to Sept 9-11: Good Leaders, CSS Lakota Circles of Hope learn what it means to be a Spiritual Mother learn more about natural family planning. Good Shepherds Oct 11: Dedication of St Kateri Statue — pray, share stories and have dinner to- To be held at St. Patrick Church, Lead. Pre- Sept 12-13: Birthright State Meeting Mass and Lunch; Cursillo SOL gether. Held at Terra Sancta from 6-9 p.m. registration required. Next seminar, Octo- Sept 12-14: Deacon Retreat; Young Oct 11-12: Holy Cross (Timber Lake) Life College Weekend Confirmation Retreat Sept 13: Cursillo SOL Oct 12: Youth Rally Sept 14: Stewardship Reception Oct 14: Young Life Staff Planning Day Sept 16: TS Guild Reception; Young Oct 17-18: First Presbyterian Women’s Life Staff Planning Retreat; Marriage Retreat for Sept 16-17: GTW Convener’s Circle Engaged Couples Training Sept 18-21: Gather the Women Oct 18: BHADA Monthly Meeting Global Matrix Oct 19-24: Diocese of Rapid City Sept 25-28: Cursillo Weekend for Men; Priests Retreat BHADA Fall Retreat Oct 22-24: GSS Spiritual Retreat Sept 26-28: Confirmation Retreat for Network 32 Training Weekend Oct 24-25: SJC Workshop (Faith Formation Office) Oct 24-26: Marriage Encounter Sept 27-28: Deacon Candidates Oct 27: TSRC Program Just Faith Development Committee 8 WRC News August 2014 75th Annual National Kateri Tekakwitha Adopt-A-Seminarian Collections Fiscal Year 2013/2014 Conference Figures as of 7/30/13 July 23-27, Fargo, N.D. Parish Parish Goals Received The keynote speaker was Mark Belle Fourche 3,000.00 ...... 3,000.00 Thiel, an archivist from Mar- Bonesteel 1,200.00 ...... 1,200.00 quette University, Milwaukee, Buffalo and Missions 600.00 ...... 650.00 Burke 1,000.00 ...... 1,100.00 Wisc., who gave a history of the Colome 3,000.00 ...... 4,018.00 conference. Custer 2,000.00 ...... 3,556.00 Deadwood 2,100.00 ...... 2,100.00 Eagle Butte and Missions 2,000.00 ...... 2,100.00 Fairfax 1,500.00 ...... 1,500.00 Faith and Missions 1,700.00 ...... 0.00 Ft. Pierre 5,000.00 ...... 5,000.00 Two dozen people from the Dio- Gregory 2,000.00 ...... 2,200.00 cese of Rapid City Hermosa 600.00 ...... 995.00 attended the annual event. Hill City 3,000.00 ...... 3,000.00 (Above) Clementine Bordeaux, Hot Springs/Edgemont 3,000.00 ...... 2,640.00 Kenel/Bullhead/Wakpala 1,000.00 ...... 0.00 Deb Bordeaux, and Angie Keystone 2,000.00 ...... 640.00 Stover from Sacred Heart in Lead 5,700.00 ...... 5,700.00 Pine Ridge. (At left) Lemmon/Morristown/Bison 3,500.00 ...... 3,500.00 In the grand entry, Liz and Paul Lower Brule/Reliance/Kennebec 1,000.00 ...... 0.00 Little from Our Lady of the Martin/Kadoka 500.00 ...... 500.00 McIntosh/Watauga 1,800.00 ...... 1,805.00 Sioux in Oglala. He holds his McLaughlin 2,000.00 ...... 2,000.00 parish banner. Midland 600.00 ...... 0.00 See story on page 17. Milesville 600.00 ...... 600.00 (Photos courtesy of St. Francis Mission Parishes 900.00 ...... 500.00 Fr. George Winzenburg) New Underwood 1,000.00 ...... 1,000.00 Newell 1,500.00 ...... 1,500.00 Philip 2,400.00 ...... 0.00 Piedmont 6,000.00 ...... 6,000.00 Kateri Mass Pine Ridge Mission Parishes 1,000.00 ...... 0.00 Presho/Murdo/Draper 400.00 ...... 195.00 July 12, Cathedral of Our Lady of RC-Blessed Sacrament 20,000.00 ...... 25,873.00 Perpetual Help, Rapid City RC-OLPH Cathedral 20,000.00 ...... 30,107.51 A Mass in honor of St. Kateri RC-St Isaac 500.00 ...... 500.00 Tekakwitha was held. Rector, RC-St. Therese 12,000.00 ...... 12,000.00 Fr. Michel Mulloy reads a Spearfish 7,700.00 ...... 13,829.52 Sturgis 5,500.00 ...... 5,500.00 blessing held by altar server, Timber Lake/Isabel/Trail City 3,500.00 ...... 5,665.00 Shirley Herman. At the left, Wall/Lakeside/Interior 2,000.00 ...... 2,000.00 Deacon Marlon Leneaugh White River, Sacred Heart 200.00 ...... 200.00 waits to incense the statue. Winner/Keyapaha 7,500.00 ...... 5,585.00 Total $142,500.00 ...... $158,250.03 Thanks to all who contributed to the Adopt-A-Seminarian Fund. Garden Mausoleum for two at Pine Lawn Memorial Park, Rapid City, SD. Original cost $5000.00. A reasonable offer will be considered. 605-745-4519

Women from Kateri Circles processed in at the beginning of Mass. (Front row l-r) Dee Schumacher, Mary Tognotti, (2nd row) Doris Giles, Pearl Lyons, (3rd row) Frances Williams followed by others in the procession. (WRC photos by Laurie Hallstrom) August 2014 Columns WRC 9 A millennial column (so to speak) I’ve been writing op-ed columns for tory, the visual and plastic arts — what- Catholic press, I fear, thinks low when The the Catholic press since 1979. In its ever seemed interesting at the moment, it imagines its readership. I determined present form, “The Catholic Differ- so long as it could be illuminated in one at the outset to think high, and to write Catholic ence,” I began this column in 1993 at way or another by the light of Catholi- columns for the Catholic press that the invitation of the late Kay Lagreid, cism. (A puzzled editor once asked me were crafted at the same level of argu- Difference then-editor of the now-deceased why I had written a column about the ment and language as the columns I’ve Catholic Northwest Progress in Seattle; great thoroughbred Secretariat; as a written for papers like the Wall Street George Weigel the column went into national syndica- sports fan, he liked the column, but he Journal and the Los Angeles Times. tion shortly thereafter, with the Denver didn’t run it because he didn’t see how I also decided, way back when, that bishop-publishers who have grasped Catholic Register eventually succeed- it fit in a Catholic paper. My reply was my columns would not avoid contro- the importance of an open airing of ing the Progress as syndicator. This is that anything or anyone — or any versy (which is, in any event, unavoid- challenging, if controversial, opinion in the 1,000th column in that series, which horse — that displayed the beauty of able). I don’t deliberately seek their diocesan papers have my admira- prompts some thoughts of a confes- creation, and that embodied the excel- controversy, a bad habit in some cor- tion and my thanks. sional nature. lence that Peter Berger would call a ners of the Catholic blogosphere. But Yet one more conviction links the A thousand columns in this format “rumor of angels,” ought to have some because I believe that the entire church, 1,000 columns, and in fact dates back comes to something over 700,000 place in the Catholic press, even if the including the hierarchy, benefits from to the earlier series of Catholic press words. In all that columnizing, I’ve theological point wasn’t hammered honest challenge and critique, I have columns I wrote from 1979 until 1986: tried to remain true to several principles home with a sledge.) not avoided what might be deemed the conviction that the Catholic Church I adopted at the outset of my writing for I’ve written for adults. My convic- “controversial” when I thought it im- in the United States, for all its difficul- the Catholic press. tion in 1978, when I was getting started, portant: during political campaigns, ties, is more likely to be the “church in I take seriously the truth of faith that was that the people who are the col- when grave moral issues were at stake; the modern world” envisioned by the “Catholic” means “universal,” so my umn’s primary audience are the best- during the Long Lent of 2002; in the af- Second Vatican Council than any other columns have touched on a lot of things educated Catholics in history (if not termath of 9/11 and the run-up to the local church. To be sure, my under- that defy the stereotype of a “Catholic necessarily the best-catechized Iraq War; in response to challenges to standing of what that might mean has press column.” Thus, in addition to ob- Catholics in history). And it seemed to religious freedom in America that evolved over time; I’d be a dolt if it vious church topics and the occasional me then, as it seems to me now, that couldn’t have been imagined in 1978, hadn’t. But the conviction was there in excursion into theology, I’ve felt free to they ought to be treated as intelligent when “work for religious freedom” the beginning, and it remains in force range over politics, sports, science, lit- adults who can follow an argument and meant “work for prisoners of con- today. erature, pop culture, high culture, his- wrestle with it. Too much of the science behind the iron curtain.” The George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Cen- ‘Great War’ brought Catholics into mainstream ter in Washington, D.C. By Mark Pattison Weigel’s column is distributed by the Denver Catholic Register, the official news- WASHINGTON (CNS) — World War I was dubbed “the Great War” because paper of the Archdiocese of Denver. Phone: of the near-global scale of the fighting. 303-715-3215. Some called it “the World War,” and many had thought it was “the war to end all wars.” But its status as World War I was cemented when World War II com- menced just 21 years after it ended Prayer Intentions It was 100 years ago, on July 28, 1914, that World War I began in earnest. The of the Holy Father United States didn’t enter into the war until 1917, playing a decisive role in its out- September come, but U.S. Catholics were watching and worrying long before the nation — •Mentally disabled. That the what was for many of them their adopted homeland — entered the hostilities. mentally disabled may receive Catholics accounted for about 16 percent of the U.S. population at the war’s the love and help they need for outbreak. For a church with a long-held just-war theory, it took war for the a dignified life. Catholic Church and its members to move more into the American mainstream. •Service to the poor. That The National Catholic War Council was founded to support U.S. military efforts Christians, inspired by the and oversee war-related activities in the church. Word of God, may serve the After the armistice was signed Nov. 11, 1918, a National Catholic War Coun- poor and suffering. cil was no longer needed. And thus was born the National Catholic Welfare Coun- cil. The National Catholic Welfare Conference was the precursor to today’s U.S. For more information, go to: A 1918 poster (CNS photo/courtesy Conference of Catholic Bishops. American Catholic History Research Center) APOSTLESHIPOFPRAYER.ORG 10 WRC Columns August 2014

SuicideEach year I write — a columnReclaiming on sui- most invariably, the arememory very sensitive per- of suicideour butloved his or her memoryone as well. cide. Mostly I say the same thing over sons who end up for a myriad of rea- Pictures come off the walls, scrapbooks and over again, simply because it needs sons being too bruised to be touched; and photos are excised, and there is for- In to be said. I don’t claim any originality that those of us left behind should not ever a discreet hush around the cause of or special insight, I only write about spend a lot of time second-guessing, their deaths. Ultimately neither their Exile suicide because there is such a desper- w o n d e r i n g deaths nor their Father Ron Rolheiser, OMI ate need for anyone to address the ques- whether we persons are tion. Moreover, in my case, as a failed in some genuinely dealt Catholic priest and spiritual writer, I way; and, finally, with. There is tithesis of a canonization. feel it important to offer something to that given God’s no healthy clo- With this as a background, Nancy try to help dispel the false perception mercy, the partic- sure, only a Rappaport sets off to make sense of her which so many people, not least many ular anatomy of certain closing mother’s suicide, to redeem her bond to inside the church itself, have of the suicide, and the of the book, a her mother, and, in essence, to redeem church’s understanding of suicide. Sim- sensitive souls of ...suicide is a disease; that takes cold closing, her mother’s memory in the wake of ply put, I’m no expert, not anyone’s those who fall people out of life against their will... one that leaves her suicide. Her effort mirrors that of savior, there’s just so little out there. prey to it, we a lot of busi- novelist Mary Gordon, whose book, And, each year, that column finds its should not be un- ness unfin- “Circling My Mother,” attempts to audience. I am constantly surprised and duly anxious ished. This is come to grips with her mother’s occasionally overwhelmed by the feed- about the eternal unfortunate, a Alzheimer’s and her death. Gordon, back. For the last ten years, I don’t salvation of those form of denial. like Rappaport, is too trying to put a think a single week has gone by when I who fall prey to it. We must work at redeeming the life and proper face on the diminishment and did not receive an email, a letter, or This year, prompted by a particularly memory of our loved ones who have death of a loved one, redeeming the phone call from someone who has lost moving book by Harvard psychiatrist died by suicide. memory both for herself and for others. a loved one to suicide. Nancy Rappaport, I would like to add This is what Nancy Rappaport does The difference is that, for most people, When talking about suicide, at least another thing that needs to be said with the life and memory of her own suicide trumps Alzheimer’s in terms of to those who are left behind when a about suicide, namely, that it is incum- mother, who died by suicide when stigma and loss. loved one succumbs to this, the same bent on those of us who are left behind Nancy was still a child. “In Her Wake: Few things stigmatize someone’s life themes must be emphasized over and to work at redeeming the life and mem- A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mys- and meaning as does a death by suicide, over again. As Margaret Atwood puts ory of a loved one who died by suicide. tery of Her Mother’s Suicide,” (Basic and so there is something truly re- it, sometimes something needs to be What’s implied in this? Book, N.Y., c2009) After her mother’s demptive in properly coming to grips said and said until it doesn’t need to be There is still a huge stigma sur- suicide, Nancy lived, as do so many of with this kind of stigma. We must do for said anymore. rounding suicide. For many reasons, we us who have lost a loved one to suicide, our loved ones what Nancy Rappaport What needs to be said over and over find it hard both to understand suicide with a haunting shadow surrounding did for her mother, namely, redeem again about suicide? That, in most and to come to peace with it. Obituaries her mother’s death. And that shadow their lives and their memory. cases, suicide is a disease; that it takes rarely name it, opting instead for a eu- then colored everything else about her people out of life against their will; that phemism of some kind to name the mother. It ricocheted backwards so as Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theolo- it is the emotional equivalent of a cause of death. Moreover and more to have the suicide too much define her gian, teacher, and award-winning author, is stroke, heart attack, or cancer; that peo- troubling, we, the ones left behind, tend mother’s character, her integrity, and President of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX. He can be contacted ple who fall victim to this disease, al- to bury not only the one who dies by her love for those around her. A suicide, through his website www.ronrolheiser.com. that’s botched in our understanding, in Now on Facebook www.facebook.com/ron- effect, does that, it functions like the an- rolheiser

Monthly Message From Our Lady On the 25th of each month, Our Lady appears to the Medjugorje visionary Marija to give us her message to the world. “Dear children! You are not aware of the graces that you are living at this time in which the Most High is giving you signs for you to open and convert. Return to God and to prayer, and may prayer begin to reign in your hearts, families and communities, so that the Holy Spirit may lead and inspire you to every day be more open to God’s will and to His plan for each of you. I am with you and with the saints and angels inter- cede for you. Thank you for having responded to my call” 7/25/14 August 2014 Columns WRC 11 Is artificial insemination wrong even among the married? Artificial insemination introduces ceptable. If, on the other hand, the pro- insemination step itself would raise se- Making sperm into a woman’s body by use of a cedure were to replace the conjugal act, rious moral concerns. Clearly, a marital thin tube (cannula) or other instrument it is morally illicit (unacceptable). Arti- act would not cause the pregnancy, but Sense of to bring about a pregnancy. Artificial ficial insemination as a substitute for at best would cause gamete (sperm) insemination can be either homologous the conjugal act is prohibited.” collection. The pregnancy itself would Bioethics (using sperm from a woman’s husband) Some Catholics have nevertheless be brought about by a new and different Fr. Tad Pacholczyk, Ph.D or heterologous (using sperm from a suggested that artificial insemination set of causes, whereby the mechanical man she is not married to). Both forms might occasionally be permitted in light actions of a technician would substitute lessness when it arises in marriage, of artificial insemination raise signifi- of another passage from the same doc- for, and thus violate, the intimate and even as it offers us an opportunity to cant moral concerns. ument which they interpret as allowing exclusive bond of the marital act. embrace a deeper and unexpected plan Bringing about a pregnancy by in- for an exception: “Homologous artifi- Homologous artificial insemination, of spiritual fruitfulness that the Lord troducing a cannula through the repro- cial insemination within marriage can- in the final analysis, does not facilitate and Creator of Life may be opening be- ductive tract of a woman and injecting not be admitted except for those cases the natural act, but replaces it with an- fore us. sperm into her body raises concerns in which the technical means is not a other kind of act altogether, an act that about reducing her to a kind of conduit substitute for the conjugal act but serves violates the unity of the spouses in mar- Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. for the purposes of obtaining a child. to facilitate and to help so that the act riage, and the right of the child to be earned his doctorate in neuroscience These actions fail to respect the most attains its natural purpose.” conceived in the unique and sacred set- from Yale and did post-doctoral work at personal and intimate aspects of a Interestingly, at the present time, ting of the marital embrace. Harvard. He is a priest of the diocese woman’s relational femininity and her there do not seem to be any real-world The beauty of the marital embrace of Fall River, MA, and serves as the Di- sexuality. She ends up being treated or examples of insemination technologies and the noble desire for the gift of chil- rector of Education at The National treating herself as an “object” for the that facilitate the conjugal act. Hence, dren can make it challenging for us to Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadel- pursuit of ulterior ends. A man also vi- while the statement above is true in a accept the cross of infertility and child- phia. See www.ncbcenter.org. olates his sexuality, as his involvement theoretical way, in practice there do not becomes reduced to “producing a sam- appear to be any specific technical ple,” usually by masturbation, which methods to which the statement would technicians then use in order to im- in fact apply, so the claim of some pregnate his wife or another woman. Catholics that an exception exists for Similarly, any child conceived in this homologous artificial insemination manner is potentially treated as an ob- does not appear to be correct. The core ject or a “project to be realized,” rather problem remains that even if sperm than as a gift arising from their shared were collected without masturbation, bodily intimacy and one-flesh union. the subsequent steps of introducing a Back in 1949, a prescient Pope Pius sample into a woman’s reproductive XII already recognized some of these tract, through a cannula or other means, moral concerns when he wrote: “To re- would invariably involve a substitution duce the common life of a husband and or replacement of the conjugal act, wife and the conjugal act to a mere or- which would not be morally acceptable. ganic function for the transmission of To procure sperm without masturba- seed would be but to convert the do- tion, a couple could use a so-called mestic hearth, the family sanctuary, into “silastic sheath” during marital rela- a biological laboratory. Therefore … tions (a perforated condom without we expressly excluded artificial insem- spermicide). This would allow some of ination in marriage.” the sample to pass through, and some to The Catholic Church addressed this be retained and collected, and would as- matter again in greater detail in 1987 in sure that each marital act remained or- an important document called Donum dered and open to the possibility of Vitae (On the Gift of Life), noting that transmitting the gift of life. whenever a technical means “facilitates Yet even when using a morally-per- the conjugal act or helps it to reach its missible sperm procurement technique, natural objectives, it can be morally ac- the subsequent mechanical injection or 12 WRC News August 2014 We Walk by Faith Special Appeal — Terra Sancta Guild Update Terra Sancta Charter Members Stanford Adelstein John Finn Tom & Cindy Lillibridge The Terra Sancta Guild Tony & Vickie Berendse William Fischer Joseph McTighe was established to Kenneth Berens +Adeline Gassen Rev. Msgr. William O’Connell recognize those donors +Joseph & +Barbara Butler Richard & Nancy Gowen Pete Lien & Sons who made a five-year +John (Jack) & +Ruth Cannon Joe & Bonnie Hilt Wayne & Pat Roe pledge of at least $5,000 to John & Helen Colgan Jim & Laverne Klinefelter Rev. Jerry Scherer Rev. D. Craig Cower +Arthur & Eleanor Kroetch Rev. Andrzej Wyrostek the We Walk by Faith Dakota Charitable Foundation Roman & Wilma Kurylas Rev. William Zandri Special Appeal Stephen & Lynn Eckrich +Margaret (Mitzi) Lally Anonymous (3) David & Deanna Emery Tom & Judy Lien Donors who made pledges before Nazareth Charter Members December 31, 2010, Michael & Kimberly Albertson +Tom Foye Kevin & Denise Maher are charter members. +Raymond Berens John & Tonya Gomez Stephan Miller & Jennifer May David Bradsky Brian Hagg; Rex & Cindy Hagg; +Rev. Andrew Morvay + denotes deceased Most Rev. Blase Cupich and Kent & Karin Hagg Richard & Toni Rangel Monte & Luanne Dirks John & Patti Herlihy +George & +Shirley Stec members Eric & Dionne Eastmo Richard & Marge Kovarik Anonymous (2)

Bethlehem Charter Members Frances M. Bachand Irene (Micki) Fox Robert & Betty Letner Norbert & Jane Sebade Rev. Mr. Walt & Judy Wilson Greg & Julie Bernard Tom & Pam Fritz Joe & Edith Lien Will & Linda Severns Gregory & Nan Wittenberg Earl & Elizabeth Boxa Tim & Deb Frost Dennis & Margaret Lindskov Curt & Margaret Simonson Thomas & Sharon Zeller John & Jan Brewer Rev. Mr. George Gladfelter Thomas & Kathryn Loff John, Cindy & Aldene Steele Anonymous (8) Kent & Peggy Brugger Jim & Christa Headid Most Rev. Robert Lynch Bert & Army Theissen Regular Members Pat & Lucy Burchill Dave & Frances Henderson The Maguire Family Robert & Susan Thompson William Cerny, Jr. Gerald & Colleen Hepnar Rev. Mark McCormick Jeanette Thorstenson Tom & Sharon Auth Steven & Kristin Conzet +William A. & Judith Hobbs Angel & Barbara Munoz Rev. Mr. Fred & Maryann Tully Daniel & Rebecca Hafner Christopher & Angie Dietrich Bill & Barb Honeycutt Thomas & Carolyn O’Meara Ken & Kathy Van Asma Ron & Briana Hill Dan & Karrie Duffy Roger Johnsen Daniel & Jean Petereit Mick Vickers Hilt Engineering Don & Miriam Dunmire Martin & Mary Jorgensen Elizabeth J. Rau Romeo & Elena Vivit Richard Schrempp Pat & Audrey Durkin Lyle & Phyllis Kenzy Louis & Julie Raymond +John & Sandra Wade Dwight & Gloria Sobczak, Sr. Peggy Falvey Gregory & +Rose Kopriva Elmo & Margie Rosario Tim & Theresa Wagner Jolene & Norm Fasse Rev. Mr. Larry & Elke Kopriva Bernadette Rose Kyle & Suzanne White Karl & Eileen Fischer Tom & Kathy Letner Rev. Mr. Greg & Nancy Sass Don & Jeanne Wieseler

Jerusalem Charter Members Rev. Kevin Achbach Bruce & Becky Byrum +Rev. Raymond Deisch Dan Flynn & Mary Carpenter Bryant & Margery High Horse Paul & Mary Arthur Harold & Patricia Carda Bruce & Mary DeMarcus Ernesto & Nancy Garcia Zbigniew & Halina Hladysz Paul & Gloria Baker Chad & Allison Carpenter Scott & Sandy Diegel Rev. Ron Garry Rev. James Hoerter Linda Baldwin Robert Case Joe & Jolene Dobbs Dale & Karen Geiman Don & Betty Holliday Bruce & Roxann Basham +Kevin & Mary Casey Dan & Barbara Dolan David & Jeanine Gerlach Cynthia Howell Pascal & Dennisse Bedard Sean & Jami Casey Lawrence & Patty Donelan Larry & Mary Giddings Edwin & Jan Hubbeling, Sr. Bonnie Beer Alan & Marian Christensen Robert & +Carol Dorsey Jeff & Kim Goble Keith & Cynthia Jackson Bob & Kelly Bickett Linda Comeau +Dorothy Doyle Sally Graham Jim Jacquot Derek & Annette Bissinger George & Vicky Coyle Mickey Duffield David & Julie Gray Tim & +LeAnn Johns Jim & Sherry Blackwell Mike & Barbra Coyle Sam & Laurie Durr Pat & Mary Lou Guptill Ronald Johnsen Nancy Bradsky Rev. Mr. Mike & Wilma Curtin Rick & Rachel Edelen Donald & Brenda Habbe Rev. Dan Juelfs Rev. Mr. Larry & Valarie Ron & Brenda Czmowski Ray & Mary Eide Leo & Mary Hagenson The Julio R. Gallo Foundation Brown +Rev. Paul Dahms Keith & Lucille Emerson Charles & Kathryn Hart Rev. Arnold Kari +Howard & Sharon Brunner Michael & Jo Conda Dana Mike & Mary Erz Rev. Leo Hausmann Stuart & Mary Kellogg John & Julie Burckhard Rev. Mr. Raul & Mary Daniel +Rev. Brian Fawcett Rev. John Heying CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 August 2014 We Walk by Faith WRC 13 JERUSALEM, CONTINUED FROM James & Dorothy Miller +George Quillin David & Cathy Stebbins Larry & Joyce Williamson PAGE 11 Wallace & Roberta Mollman Michael & Mary Rafferty Mark & Linda Stepanek Mike & Paula Wilson Larry & Micki Kennison Robert & Cathy Morcom John & Sherri Raforth Gary & Marile Straight Maureen Wilson Rev. Peter Kovarik Gregg & Sweenie Mowrer Mario & Karina Rangel Ray & Melba Stukel Rev. Msgr. Michael Woster Harvey & +Joy Krautschun Rev. Michel Mulloy Paul & Terry Rezich Don & Joyce Stukel DeWayne & Helen Yantes +Louisa Krebs Joseph & Margie Munro Peter & Christina Rosario Raymond & Colette Summers Anonymous (15) Richard & Judy Krull Brendan & Jonette Murphy Dale & Luanne Russell Phillip & Teresa Thompson Regular Members Mitchell & Maureen LaFleur Rollie & Peg Noem Tony & Bridget Russell Lycia Thornburg Kelly & Suzie Lambert Madonna Opbroek Ernest & Linda Schabauer Russ & Chris Tiensvold Wendlin Baumgartner Marie Lamm Modesta Opbroek Greg & Pam Scherr Michael & Mary Trykoski Dan & Geralyn Colgan Rev. Brian Lane Robert & Sharon Ormesher Ellen Schofield Terry & Mary Turman Michael & Deborah Fredrich James & Iona Langer Rev. Mr. John & Joanne Ronald & Marilyn Schwans John & Bernadette Usera Bill & Judy Duhamel Kip & Donna Larson Osnes Frank & Mary Ellen Short John & Vicki Vetsch Most Rev. Robert Gruss Scott & Ann Larson Patricia Peel Wayne & Melanie Shull +Shawn & Darlene Veurink Steve & Susan Massopust Corey & LuAnn Lindskov Wade & Karen Pogany Donal & Catherine Sieger Joseph & Megan Volk Sisters of the Presentation, Dave & Lori Litzen Tom & Joy Poloncic Thomas & Michelle Skoog Larry & Diane Von Wald Dubuque, IA +Don & Diane London Sid & Carol Pond Terry & Lori Slattery John & Betty Wagner Jim & Mary Anne Wingert Sharon Long Rev. Kerry Prendiville Don & +Barbara Smith Richard & Frances Waits Michael & Sandra McNeely Kevin & Lisa Pummel Eugene & Avis Smith Robert & Pamela Weaver Wesley & Karen Mendenhall Jannine Purcell Leroy & Janice Smith Gregor & Dorothy Weber Patrick & Barbara Miller +John Quillin Richard & Lynn Soulek Elaine Whalen

Via Crucis Charter Members William & Frances Aby Larry & Rochelle Bride Dorothy DeBell Rev. Marcin Garbacz Patrick & Tammy Hersch Bryan & Joanne Achbach Jerry & Dodie Brown Denny & Dona Deffenbaugh Jim & JoAnne Gervasi +Melvin & Linda Hiermeier Robert & Sheila Achbach, Jr. JoAnn Brown Tom & Doris Deis Albert Gilles Tom & Jamie Hilt Tom & Monica Ackerman Linda Brown Dennis & Shirley DeMers Ramon & Linda Gimborys Kevin & Kris Hittle Dan & Sue Adams Roy & Marilyn Brumbaugh Kathryn Dennis Joseph & Kathryn Gittings Rev. Timothy Hoag +Maurice & Madonna Alley Earl Brunson Brad & Carrie Derschan Michael & Marnie Gould Jesse Hoffmann James & Margaret Allison Steve & Sandy Buchholz Kenneth & Kathleen Dewell Richard & Mary Grady Mike & Jane Holeton James Anderson Gwenda Buckmaster Rick & Rita Doerr Chris & Teresa Grant Dave & Denise Hollenbeck William & Lola Anderson Ryan & Jenny Bush Earl & Mary Drey Cathy Grant-Andersen Gary & Roxanne Holzer Rod & Megan Anderson Eileen Caldwell Whitney & Laurie Driscoll Rodney & Teresa Gray +John & Marie Honerkamp Brett & Glenys Bachand Angela Calvetti Ronald & Jean Drummond Rodney & Joan Grim Ellen Horan Leo Bakeberg, Sr. Harriette Carbajal Margaret Duerfeldt Barry & Marilyn Grossenburg Eddie & Sandra Huddleston Richard & Judith Barthel Eugene & Lois Carda Tom & Cathy Durkin Leo & Iva Grubl Bill & Linda Hughes Bernard & Karen Beer Loyson & Lori Carda Edna Durkin Liz Grubl Terry & Susan Hupp Larry & Cindy Begley +James & Dorothy Wayne & Kari Ebbers Shannon Gutzmer Jeff & Stephanie Hurd Mary Berens Carmichael Vern & Myrtle Eich Ron & Pat Guy Alex & Lynda Imberi +Robert & Trudie Besse Gary Chase +Paul & Phyllis Eixenberger John & Linda Haeder Carol Imhoff +Robert & Leona Best Ron & Paula Clark JoAnn Emerson John & Mary Hanan Daryl & R. Sally Isburg Bart & Marlene Biegler Gloria Claussen Dean & Amy Engel Tom Haney George & Loretta Jackson Greg Biegler & Janine Kern Rev. Mr. Calvin & Joan +Joseph & Ida Engelhardt James & Kathy Hanley Sherri Jackson William Bielmaier Clifford Daniel & Sherri Engesser Brett & Shawna Hanson Mary Janklow Kevin & Jody Bielmaier Grant & Mary Coffin Elizabeth Fallgren William & Gale Harrington Mike & Karla Janssen George Biggs Tom & Lorinda Collings +Bernard & Audrey Feterl Rosemary Harvey Ken & Sue Jimmerson Mike & Linda Birgenheir Mary Collins Fred & Delores Fisher Steve & Judy Hasenohrl Myron & Carol Johnson +Delbert & JoAnn Birkel Mary Jean Conklin Kathleen Flakus Rev. John Hatcher, SJ Christopher & Kasandra Mike & Laura Blote Kevin & Carol Conway Colleen Flynn Mark & Nancy Haugen Jolley Leo & Bernice Boland Ana Costas Most Rev. Harry Flynn Marlin & Marilyn Haukaas Morris & Barbara Jones Linda Stukel Boles Leo & Pam Coughlin Gerald & Marie Foltz Roger & Elaine Haydock Dora Ann Jones Lucile Bradley Mary Coughlin Robert & Elizabeth Steve, Marla & Margery Bernice Kari Forrest & Sharon Brady Sandra Courtney Fredrickson Hayes Kenneth & Sharon Karp Douglas & Rene Brand Rev. Mr. Pat & Fran Coy Lloyd & Marianne Frein Nicholas & Serena Heig Anthony Kathol Dennis & Lynette Braun +Charlie & Patty Cresalia Dennis & Gwen Fritz +Dell & Mary Hellekson Tom Kauer Luke & Randi Brickey Douglas & Darla Crown Edward & Mary Furois Thelma Heltzel David & Doris Bride Duane & Jean Day Barry Furze Tim & Marilyn Henderson CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 14 WRC News August 2014

VIA CRUCIS, CONTINUED FROM Brad & Tanya McCaskell JoAnn Ray James & Roxanne Stephens Rev. George Winzenburg, SJ PAGE 13 Richard & Patricia McDowell Oliver & Angie Redden Garrett & Anne Stevens Rev. Ed Witt, SJ Robert & Carmen Kavanaugh Darald & Joann McElroy Ingrid Reinke Steve & Sherri Stoeser Joe & Bobbi Woitte Joanne Keck Richard & Smita McGillick Christina Cote & Gable Richard & Frances Kevin Wolfe Jon & Ann Kellar Dean & Sandi McNenny Rhodes Stracqualursi Mary Woytassek Cecilia Keller John & Marguerite McPhillips Howard & Mary Rice Joe & Sarah Strain Jerome & Patricia Wright Alan & Sally Kelts Max & Lisa Merchen Joseph & Carol Rickert Doug & Sandy Stukel Paul & Kathy Young Carol King Laura Meverden Paul & Debra Roberts Kurt & Kellie Stukel Don & Mindy Zacher Cathy King Jeffrey & Susan Meyer Dagoberto & Claudia Gerald & Alice Sullivan Anonymous 40 Vince & Valerie King Larry & Julie Meyer Rodriquez John & +Annette Swaby Regular Members Richard & Jeanne Kirsch Mary Miller Rudy & Susan Roth Raymond & Jean Tehle Steven & Jan Kirsch Pat & Rhonda Mollman Frank Rubin Frances Terkildsen Andrew & Keva Aberle Kem & Mary Kjerstad Kenneth & Priscilla Moon Randy & Teresa Ruby Marianne Thompson Joe & Jeanne Bride Rev. Mr. Ray & Joan Klein John & Jackie Moore Jack & Gayle Rush Donald & Regena Thrall Rev. Brian Christensen Rosemary Knecht Tim & Patty Moran Claude & Bennie Saldanha Carman Ann Timmerman Jerome & +Pius Dosch Anthony & Mary Ann Koenig Steven & Julie Mousel Bart & Nicole Samuelson Joseph & Laurel Tippmann Randy & +Becky Fitchner Francis (Butch) Kolb Agnes Mousel Mary Kay Sandal Nick & Danielle Tippmann Knights of Columbus, Rev. Janusz Korban Karl & Sakae Mueller Walter & Ramona Saubers Virginia Tolstedt Belle Fourche Ronald & Joyce Koth Don & Janet Murray Rev. Mr. Claude & Eileen Gerald Tomac Joe & Lois Laber Kathy Kovall Terry & Judy Nelson Sauer Francis & Kathy Toscana Sarah Lantis David & Patricia Kramer Wayne & Stacey Nelson Samuel & Irene Saunders Jerry & Theresa Treinen John & Jackie Moore

James & +Elizabeth Kramer Robert & Glenda Nixon Thorval & Mary Sautter Jamin & Tami Tremmel +Philip & Winnifred Shama

Bruce & Linda Kroetch Joseph & Diane Norman Annette Saylor Randy & Linda Turbak Anna Shannon Jerry & Karen Kroetch Thomas & Marilyn Novotny Joe & Linda Schacher Leo & Norberta VanderMay Donald & Florence Skinner Ralph & Carol Kroetch +William & Sandra O'Connor James & Shannon Schaefers Betty VanderMay Rev. Nathan Sparks w John & Sue Kuhl Eric & Dori O'Connor Jennie Schatz Rev. Ed Vanorny Justin & Veronica Kusser John O'Grady Dave & Barbara Schempf Robert & Laura Varilek Michael & Kristen Langerman Scott & Donita O'Meara Rev. Mr. James & Barbara Larry & Carol Vavruska Gary & Sandy Langfeldt Jim & Martha O'Neill Scherr Nobel & Marg Veal Susan Larson Patrick & Karen Odenbach Eric & Jenny Scherr Steve Venteicher Dave & Mary Larson Monte & Colleen Oliver Kathy Schlosser Rev. Claude & Dorothy Also, we welcome new Francis & Shirley Lauer Steve & Raeann Opp Mike & Ester Schmidt Vershure members who have joined Craig & Jackie Layh Michael & JoAnn Oster Elmer & Sharon Schortzmann +Don & +Dona Vetsch the Terra Sancta Guild in Shirley Layh David & Ronda Oster James & Joan Schultze Mark & Shelby Vickers 2014 at the the Via Crucis Colleen Lecy Lanny & Camille Outlaw Bob & Barbara Schwarz John & Bobbie Voegeli level: Roberta Lecy David & Kirsten Page +Frank & Judy Schweitzer Dustin & Angela Wagner Bill Gradoville Edward & Barbara Lee Rev. Mr. Greg & Denise Paul & Susan Sedlacek Josiah & Vicki Wallace Vivian Ontiveros Albert & Alvina Lenerville Palmer Jacqueline Sell Bill & Jo Walsh Evelyn Lenton John & Laurie Palmer Jean Selzler Virg & Myra Warnke Joe & Kathleen Leutenegger Steve & Roberta Paradis Marie Seniuk Tim & Brenda Warnke Duane & Helen Lindquist Shawn & Rachel Pelayic Joel & Cathy Severin Lisa Wattenhofer w Steven & Mary Lofswold Norma Pendo Stephen & Helen Sewell Ed & JoAnn Wegner Rev. John Lule Rev. Richard & +Mary Lou Todd & Janette Shippy Larry & LaVonne Weich Leon & Mary Lunders Pennati Andre Silva Tavis & Cindy Weidenbach Joseph & Marcia Mack Ron & Donna Pfeiffer Dean & Norma Sime Mike & Judy Weisgram To increase Guild Don & Martha Mack Donald & Mary Policky Scott & Cathie Sime Kenneth & Rebecca Wentz level or to make Kelly & Teresa Madsen +Mary Lou Poloncic Elmer & Sharon Simmons Timothy & Paula Werlinger Bruce & Ethel Maher Bill & Judy Porch Matt & Lynn Simmons Doug & Sue Wernke changes to this Harvey & +Loretta Malon PT-OT Professionals, Karl Raymond & Donna Smith Peg Westrich list please contact Doug & Lea Mathis Kirsch & Kathleen Boyle Frank Smyle Kenneth & Donna Wetz Diocesan Marion & Darlene Matt Jan & Margaret Puszynski Mike & Michele Solano James Whalen Jim & LuAnn Mattern Dan & Janice Quinn Robert & Sandy Spencer William & Beverly Whitney Director of Sandra Mattern Richard & Susan Raposa Wiliam & Bonnie Spratte Hank & Joyce Whitney Development John & Jean Mattson Ted & Judy Rapp +Leo & Rosalie Stangle Leon & Carolyn Wikle Rev. David Matzko, SJ Rev. Mr. Chuck & Theresa Mike & Mary Statz Steven & Linda Williams Tim Henderson Gary & Donna Mayer Rausch Darwyn & Bette Stebbins Wade & Carrie Wilson at 343-3541 or Blaine & Carol McCance Herman & Jane Rausch Mark & Denise Steiner Jon & Gail Wingert [email protected] August 2014 Social Justice WRC 15 Workshop will explain how Catholic Social Teaching extensively affects everyday life By Fr. Tyler Dennis Catholic social tradition and its accom- panying demands. The Diocesan Social The Diocesan Social Justice Com- Justice Commission exists for this pur- mission will host a workshop titled, pose. Our charter directs us to help ed- “First Steps: Defense of Human Dig- ucate the people of the Diocese of nity,” at the Terra Sancta Retreat Cen- Rapid City about the principles of CST ter, Rapid City, on Saturday, and how they might October 25, from 8 a.m. to be applied within the 3:30 p.m. This workshop is context of the daily designed to raise an aware- lives of ordinary ness of the Catholic social Catholics in our dio- The Social Justice Commission (front row l-r) Marie Broz, St. Therese, Rapid City; tradition and its accompa- Cathy Durkin, Blessed Sacrament, Rapid City; Mary Helen Olsen Cathedral of Our cese. Lady of Perpetual Help, Rapid City; Bishop Robert Gruss; Deacon Larry Kopriva, nying demands and re- With this goal in Blessed Sacrament, Rapid City; Dennisse Bedard, Our Lady of the Black Hills, Pied- wards. Its underlying goal is mind, the Diocesan mont; (back row) Fr. Tyler Dennis, St. Joseph, Spearfish; Beth Erk, St. Mary, to further the mission of our Social Justice Com- Newell; Bob Cronin, Cathedral, Rapid City; Deacon Jim Van Loan, Blessed Sacra- church and diocese … and mission will be host- ment, Rapid City; Amy Julian, Beulah, Wyo., (St. Joseph, Spearfish). Not pictured: bring glory to God. ing this workshop to Anne Lyon Martin, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Martin; and Scott Odenbach, St. Joseph, Spearfish. (Photo by Ed Matuska) God is a loving commun- provide a basic under- ion of persons: Father, Son, standing of human and Holy Spirit. So too are dignity from the perspective of the VA and Cornerstone Mission helping homeless Vets humans, created in God’s image and Catholic social tradition. Our keynote Jim Castleberry, Executive Director, likeness, communal social persons, Cornerstone Mission July Newsletter address will be given by Bishop Robert The Veteran’s Outreach Center, a joint effort of the VA Black Hills Healthcare System and called to witness to the mystery of Gruss. In addition, participants can the Cornerstone Mission, supports homeless veterans and their families throughout the re- Trinitarian love. Every area of Catholic chose to attend breakout sessions from gion. The mission provides transitional housing for up to 60 vets at their main facility in teaching touches upon this truth in the following topics: Rapid City. Case Managers are also available to help any vet with needed services to pre- some way, but perhaps none so dramat- sHow can an individual be part of vent homelessness, gain employment, manage money, apply for disability benefits, and get medical/mental health/substance abuse treatment, and other social services as ically as Catholic Social Teaching. the legislative process as a voice in de- needed. The church’s social teaching is an fense of religious liberty? For more information from the Cornerstone Mission, contact Tenna at 343-9209 or Cor- area of moral teaching that helps shape sHow can a local parish begin to nerstone online (website below). Or contact the VA’s National Call Center for Homeless Vet- the manner in which Catholics organize meet some of the needs of the poor erans at 1-877-4AID-VET (1-877-424-3838) to speak to a trained VA responder. The hotline themselves into communities that re- and online chat are free and neither VA registration nor enrollment in VA healthcare is re- within their own communities? quired to use either service. Cornerstone Mission website http://www.cornerstonemis flect Christ’s love. To do so, the church sHow can we strengthen families, sion.org/veterans.html. proposes principles to which Catholics the building blocks of our community? and all people of good will are meant to sSocial Justice in the educational adhere as they make decisions that have setting: Ways to teach Social Justice at consequences for the whole of society. the Elementary, Middle/High School For this reason, CST affects both the and Adult Level. very ordinary details of life and the Speakers will include men and most dramatic events in the history of women from within our diocese. They the world. It informs consciences about will bring a wide variety of experiences the morality of waging war and it in- pertinent to the application of the prin- forms consciences about littering. Its ciples of CST in their own lives and in principles inform our votes as well as the lives of their communities. decisions as pedestrian as how we You may register for the event on the water our lawns. At its core, CST is the Terra Sancta Retreat Center website, practical application of revealed truth in http://terrasancta.org/sjc2014. There is our lives. a $25 registration fee, however, schol- For this reason, it is important for arships are available. Please consider Catholics to have an awareness of the this valuable opportunity … and come! 16 WRC Strengthening Family Ties August 2014 S.D. Knights of Columbus will receive CSS Founder’s Award By John Schmit the devastating June 9, 1972, Rapid and families in South Dakota. is scheduled for Saturday, September City flood and this Previous honorees have included: 6, at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center The South Dakota award was established Msgr. William O’Connell – 2010 in Rapid City. The program will begin Knights of Columbus as a permanent tribute to Charles Chaput – 2011 at 6 p.m. in the LaCroix Ballroom. will be honored at the him. The Benedictine Sisters of Tickets are $20 per person and include annual meeting of The S.D Knights, St. Martin Monastery – 2012 the buffet supper. Tickets may be se- Catholic Social Serv- along with their Parish Bishop Blase Cupich – 2013 cured by calling the CSS office at ices with the prestigious Councils, certainly deserve 605-348-6086 or on the website: Msgr. William O’Connell Founder’s this honor and recognition for their National Deputy Supreme Knight, www.catholicsocialservicesrapidcity. Award. Msgr. O’Connell founded dedication in spreading the Catholic Logan Ludwig, will be the keynote com. Catholic Social Services shortly after faith and direct services to individuals speaker at the Annual Meeting, which See page 20 for more information.

Pray and Work Ora et Labora Pray and Work Ora et Labora Pray and Work Ora et Labora Pray and Work Ora et Labora Pray and Work Ora et Labora Benedictine Sisters celebrate the 4th of July with patriotic prayers By Sr. Florence sAs part of our monastery’s 125th McManamen, OSB anniversary celebration, many of the sisters made a pilgrimage to St. Martin sAt the time of this writing, our sis- Chapel in Sturgis on July 11, the ters are on retreat, July 27 to August 2, solemnity of St. Benedict, to visit the here at St. Martin Monastery. Father chapel, the Marian grotto and the Eugene Hensell, OSB, from St. Mein- nearby sisters’ cemetery. The after- rad Archabbey in Indiana is the retreat noon was spent telling stories in each director. The lectures on the Gospel of special place and offering prayers of St. Matthew, the change of schedule, thanksgiving and for present and fu- greater silence, and more time for ture needs. The headstones in the walking, reading and praying help to cemetery bring to mind the sixty-two make it a renewing time. sisters buried there. (In the early sThe main feature of our daily years, some died quite young.) Then breakfast is toast, cereal and fruit. To there are academy teachers, teachers Sisters from St. Martin Monastery gathered around the headstone of Mother Angela make the Fourth of July special, the Arnet OSB, foundress, in the cemetery near St. Martin's Chapel in Sturgis on a pilgrim- in St. Martin grade school and the age day, July 11, 2014, the solemnity of St. Benedict. From left to right are: Sister dining room was converted into the many parish schools, nurses, adminis- Carol Kovarik, Sister Florence McManamen, Prioress Sister Mary Wegher, Sister Edna “Big Bang Café.” A special menu list- trators, and those who lovingly pre- Marie Stephenson, Sister Yvette Mallow, and Sister Bernadette Ward. (Courtesy photo) ing eggs, hash browns, bacon or pared meals, did the laundry and sausage links, cereals, and other items “stoked the furnaces” in the early was prepared. The price for each item days. Four of our former prioresses was prayer(s) for our country; a rosary are buried in Sturgis. Mother Angela would cover it all. Arnet (foundress, 1889-1912), Mother We were surprised at Mass by the ar- DeSales Walters (1912-26), Mother rival of ten seminarians who are at- Bonaventure Dealy (1926-35 and 52- tending classes at Creighton University 53), and Mother Lucia Koeler (1935- and spending their long weekend in the 52). Father Columban Bregenzer, Black Hills. The Big Bang Café re- OSB, who served as our chaplain for opened after Mass so our chaplain, forty-two years, and many diocesan Msgr. William O’Connell, Fr. Bob priests are also buried there. Baden, and the seminarians could enjoy sSister Carol Kovarik and Sister our special Fourth of July event. Yvette Mallow assisted Father Andrew sOn July 8 Bishop Robert Gruss cel- Duncan and the Lusk, Wyo., parish ebrated Mass with our Community community in teaching in a vacation and joined us for dinner. Bible school on July 14-18. August 2014 News WRC 17 75th annual National Tekakwitha Conference held in Fargo By Deacon Marlon Leneaugh shared with the audience how the con- total dependence on the Creator for life, ings on our families and loved ones. Director of Native Ministries ference began as a support group for and without him there is no life. Let us May God bless you and grant you the bishops and priests who were work- continue to pray through the interces- peace. I had the privilege of attending the ing with native people on various reser- sion of St. Kateri Tekakwitha for bless- (See also page 8) 2014 National Tekakwitha Conference vations in the upper United States; in Fargo, N.D., July 23-27. It was well that’s why Fargo was chosen, because it attended by bishops, priests, deacons, was central to those who were attend- religious brothers and sisters and hun- ing the first conference. His presenta- dreds of native Catholics. This was the tion was enlightening and informative. 75th anniversary of the conference, It was interesting to hear of the confer- which originated in Fargo, N.D., in ences’ humble beginnings. 1939. Originally, the conference was The healing service on Friday created for clergy who worked among evening was very moving, powerful native people. It was not until the con- and spirit filled. I had the honor of as- ference was held in Rapid City in 1978 sisting with the service and praying that doors were opened for Native reli- over individuals desiring healing for gious and lay peoples to participate. many needs; physical, emotional and Now, another 39 years later, in 2017, spiritual. There were numerous people the conference will return to Rapid requesting healing for their children af- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia receives a hand-carved crosier July 24 City. flicted with drug and alcohol problems. from artist Mark McAllister during the annual Tekakwitha Conference in Fargo, N.D. I enjoyed seeing many individuals I think overall people wanted healing The staff features a likeness of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. Deacon Steve McLaughlin, who whom I hadn’t seen in years. One of from family hurts and to find peace in ministers in the Diocese of Rapid City, stands behind the archbishop. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec) those, was Archbishop Charles Chaput their lives. of Philadelphia, and I had a chance to I find the conference very inspira- visit with him. I always enjoy seeing tional because St. Kateri Tekakwitha him because he was the bishop who or- continues to draw native people to- dained me as a permanent deacon in gether after 75 years. People come to- 1994. He presided at the opening Mass gether to share their spirituality and of the conference, and eight other bish- unique cultural gifts with the church. ops from around the country, concele- They gather to pray for healing of brated. It was awesome to observe the Tribal Communities and all indigenous processional at Mass of all the deacons, people. They come together because priests and bishops. I felt a sense of they find a spiritual connection to the pride as I participated in this extraordi- Creator through St. Kateri and a com- nary celebration. monality with others who share a na- At the first general session, Mark tive-Catholic identity. Thiel, an archivist at Marquette Uni- The theme of the conference was“To versity, gave a presentation on the his- walk humbly.” May this become our tory of the Tekakwitha conference. He motto as well, because we realize our 18 WRC News August 2014

(Top)The National Catholic Daugh- Catholic Daughters News ters Convention was held July 16- 20 in Billings, Montana. At the Western dinner night, from the left, Bill Spratte and Court St. Rita #916 members: Regent Bonnie Spratte, Kathy Garness, Wilma Kurylas and Florence Skinner. (Center) At the conven- tion, South Dakota State Regent Barbara Wiechmann with Court St. Rita Regent Bonnie Spratte. (Below) June 9, Mass was held at St.Therese Church, Rapid City, for the installa- tion of officers. (L-R) Chaplain Fr. William Zandri, Financial Secretary Roxanne Stephens, Court Regent Bon- nie Spratte, District Deputy Julie Hill, Treasurer Linda Bir- Gregorian Chant Camp genheir, Vice Regent Rene A camp for students ages 8-18 was held at Terra Sancta Retreat Center, Rapid Brand, and Secretary Kristine City, August 4-8. A group of 22 children learned music techniques and Latin Engelhardt. (Courtesy photo) pronunciation from instructors Nicholas and Elizabeth Lemme of Lincoln, Neb. The week culminated in a Latin Mass at Immaculate Conception Chapel, Rapid City, where the students chanted Mass parts. (Back row) Bernadette Stelzle, Abby Brett, and Katie Bruch. (Front row) Shine Enander, Brice Twitchell, David Rangel. (WRC photo) August 2014 News WRC 19 How to take young children to Mass, some days are better than others By Stacey and Josh Noem the car on the way to church. This •During their two-year-old year, mention briefly how they might do (Reprinted from the United States could even be the job of an older we begin to let our children stand for a better next week and explain why. Let Conference of Catholic Bishops: child. Then everyone hears them at portion of Mass or try sitting next to them know that you will help them by Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family least once in case us quietly, in- trying to remind them before the next Life and Youth.) someone has to stead of on Mass. Sometimes at the end of Mass a step out during a our laps. •Answer questions children have parishioner comes up to us and says portion of the Then when about Mass and encourage them to “Your three children are SO well be- Mass. they turn understand the liturgy and its place in haved!” Our standard response is ei- •Before three it is a our lives. ther, “Thank you. We work at it” or going into the special mile- •For older children consider tak- “Thank you, some days are better than church take a stone to be ing time to discuss the readings and others.” The “better” days are the moment to re- big enough the homily. product of years of articles and mind children to stand, sit In taking our children to Mass we brochures we read on taking children what you are and kneel all operate on the principle that we need to Mass. Here is the distilled wisdom about to do. on their own to teach our children how to be in we rely upon. Make sure they (although if church as long as it does not distract Before church know what their job is at Mass. For they can’t see over the pew we have others around us from their prayer. •Make sure children are well-fed us, we say that their job is to be them stand during the kneeling por- Some days are better than others, but right before Mass. They do not need quiet/still, to participate by sharing tions of the Eucharistic Prayer). the gift of passing on how we pray as to fast, nor will fasting help them to their voices and to pray. Their job is •If an infant or toddler makes a Catholics is worth all of the chal- be on their best behavior during Mass. also not to distract those around them little noise during Mass and settles lenges. We personally do not think it is appro- from praying. down right away, try not to feel self- As parents, and leaders of our do- priate to take snacks into the pew. Our At church conscious. Most folks, except for mestic church, we are responsible for exception to this is a non-spill drink •Sit up front. Yes, sit even in the those closest to you, do not even no- forming our children in our Catholic cup that has bought us enough time to first pew if it is appropriate at your tice. And even if they do notice, give faith. There is no more important ex- hear the homily once in a while. parish. It can feel scary and even a lit- your fellow parishioners credit for perience to Catholics than the Mass, •Beginning even with the smallest tle out of control the first few times, being adults who can focus through a so it is crucial to help children under- infants, dress them in some special but it makes a world of difference for small distraction. stand and participate in liturgy as clothing that they wear only for little ones to be able to see the action. •If a child cries or makes contin- much as they are able. At times, it has church or other special events. This Over time it also helps them to under- ual noise, it is best to calmly step out seemed as though the only thing we does not have to be expensive and can stand what is most essential about of the pew and take the child out of accomplished at Mass was the exer- be as simple as a nice pair of shoes. It Mass without the distraction of rows the main assembly until they have cise of standing and walking with a helps them to identify what we do at and rows of backsides between them calmed down or are quiet. However, it grumpy baby. But we also know that Mass as different from everyday activ- and the altar. is important to return to the worship children do not remain little for long ity. •We physically hold our children space as soon as they are quiet, so that and they rise to our expectations. We •Check your diaper bag to make in our arms during Mass. In fact, we children do not begin to associate poor will have plenty of opportunities to sure it is stocked for any possible adopted the position that our chil- or disruptive behavior with a pass to experience transcendent prayer at needs. Consider including a small toy dren’s feet do not touch the ground get out of Mass. Just stand against the Mass when our children are teenagers or book that your child sees only on during Mass until they are three years wall until it is appropriate to return to or out of the house. For now, though, Sunday at Mass. These should be old. This helps in many ways. The the pew. Our experience is that step- our primary job is to make sure they quiet and made of soft material so that children get a better view; as they ping out and returning even a few “get” what happens at Mass. We find they do not distract those around you grow and mature we can talk them times is not nearly as disruptive as a that God has found ways to feed us, from their prayer while they are being through the stories and the actions; crying baby and parishioners appreci- even on the most difficult of days played with or in case they are and we have a bit more control over ate your consideration of their attempt with a teething toddler. dropped. their behavior. If an infant or toddler to pray. Those who are parents under- (We acknowledge with immense gratitude stand completely. Mary Ann Kuharski and Elizabeth A. Ficocelli •Put on a fresh diaper or visit the gets squirmy, often switching who is for articles that made all the difference. Eliza- bathroom right before walking out the holding them is enough to calm them After Mass beth Ficocelli’s article “Avoiding Mass Hyste- door of your home or into the church. down. Otherwise we might play a •Praise your children abundantly ria: Teaching Children to Behave in Church” For toddlers or older children quiet game of “point to the … can- for their good behavior. was published in “America” magazine. Her dles, priest, altar, cross, etc.” •If they need some improvement, work can be found at www.elizabethficocelli •You might read the readings in com.) 20 WRC Obituaries July 2014 Parish in Murdo from 1968-73; at Sacred Heart Parish in Sr. Mary Joel Kramer, BVM, 92, Dupree from 1973-77; and then back to St. Joseph’s in Cherry former Perpetual Help teacher Creek from 1977-82. He then served at the Kateri Indian Cen- Sister Mary Joel Kramer, BVM, 92, died July 13, at Marian Hall in Dubuque, ter in Sioux Falls from 1983-95. He left South Dakota in 1996 Iowa. Burial is in the Mount Carmel Cemetery. In the Diocese of Rapid City, Sis- for Mississippi where he served at St. Joseph Parish in Holly ter Mary Joel taught second grade at Perpetual Help (1952-54) in Rapid City. Springs. He retired from active ministry in 2001 to join the She taught elementary school in Kauai, Hawaii; Chicago, Ill.; Sacred Heart Community at Monastery Lake in Franklin, and Fort Dodge, Manly, Council Bluffs and Sioux City, Iowa, Wisc. He was in residence at the Congregational Home in where she also ministered for many years as an LPN and in Brookfield. Mass of the Resurrection was July 17 in the Good hospice/home health care. She worked in food service at Fr. Larry Shepherd Chapel in Franklin. Interment is at the SCJ Mau- Mount Carmel in Dubuque. She was born in LeMars, Iowa, on Rucker, SCJ soleum. July 17, 1921, to Joseph Bernard and Margaret (Kenney) Kramer. She entered the BVM congregation from Holy Name Parish, Marcus, Iowa, on Sept. 8, 1939. She professed first vows on March 19, 1942, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1947. Me- morials may be given to the Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Sr. Mary Joel Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52003, or online at Kramer, BVM www.bvmcong.org/whatsnew_obits.cfm.

Fr. Larry Rucker, SCJ, 80, served in the diocese for 30 years Father Larry Rucker, SCJ, 80, died July 13 in Brookfield, Wisc. He was born in Hamburg, N.Y. Father Rucker professed first vows with the U.S. Province of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in 1953 and was ordained in 1966. To advertise in the West River Catholic Father Rucker’s first assignment was St. Joseph Parish in Cherry Creek, from 1966 to 67; he was at All Saints Parish in Eagle Butte from 1967-68; St. Martin Call Becky Berreth at 605-343-3541

2014 FOUNDER’S AWARD HONOREE You’re invited The South Dakota Knights of Columbus to attend

John Limoges Logan Ludwig SD State Deputy Deputy Supreme Knight Annual Banquet Founders Award Keynote Speaker l Honoree 6-8 p.m. Saturday, September 6, 2014 l ORDER OF SAINT BENEDICT AWARD LaCroix Ballroom Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 2014 Honorees: Rapid City, South Dakota Lorinda Collings Leon Lunders Buffet Supper — $20 per person (reserved seating) Tim Thomas Please RSVP by August 29, 2014 605-348-6086 www.catholicsocialservicesrapidcity.com (PayPal) August 2014 News WRC 21 Faith and Fun Faith on the Road, a teen group at Blessed Sacrament Church, Rapid City, sponsored an outdoor Mass for young people. It was held July 13, at the Mount of the Beatitudes Amphitheater, at Terra Sancta Retreat Center. Fr. Timothy Castor, Sturgis, was the celebrant. At 5 p.m., two dozen teens began with the outdoor challenge course; after Mass they ate walking tacos and ended the evening with a bonfire. In the background, LeAnne Bissinger, Andrew Spiess, Brian Spiess and (hidden from view) Teresa Spiess were musicians for the celebration. (Courtesy photo)

Parish Garden Sandra Struve-Seberger points out the sunflowers in the St. Isaac Jogues Church parish/community garden. Four gardeners are participating this year and planting began last May. Once the garden is harvested, the planters invite parishioners and neighbors to share in the bounty. This year there are lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, turnips and other produce to pick from. The gar - den project was started three years ago at the church. According to parish staff, anyone who likes to grow vegetables is welcome to participate next year. (WRC photo) 22 WRC News August 2014 Bishop’s Hunt for Seminarians Hosted by Stukel’s Upland Adventures Outfitters & Guides Sponsored by the Western South Dakota Catholic Foundation September 30-October 1, 2014 A first class, fully guided and outfitted pheasant hunt in Gregory County. Your hunt will include lodging, meals, social time, sporting clays, pheasant hunting, and an early morning Mass, all with Bishop Robert Gruss. Habitat for Humanity RAPID CITY — Travis Shepard and Christine Reddell receive a blessing from Benefits the Western South Dakota Father Brian Lane during the dedication of the second Catholic Build Habitat Catholic Foundation Seminarian Education Fund for Humanity home in June. Rapid City and Piedmont parishioners donated time and money to build two homes for the organization. (WRC photo) REGISTRATION FEES Hunters (includes lodging and all meals) $ 750.00 Non-Hunters — Dinner only $ 25.00 End of Summer Clearance (7 p.m. Tuesday, September 30) Select items are marked down # Hunters $

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% % NAME Jewelry, CD’s, picture frames, books, DVD’s, gifts and decor items. ADDRESS 50-75708 St. Joseph St. CITY/ST/ZIP Rapid City PHONE 605-348-5228 ADDITIONAL HUNTERS/DINNER GUESTS In Your Prayers In Your Prayers is designed to help us remember the birthdays, ordination NAME and death anniversaries of the priests who serve us. Birthdays: September 8, Msgr. William O’Connell; September 11, Fr. George Winzenburg, SJ; NAME September 12, Fr. Adam Hofer; September 20, Fr. Marcin Garbacz; September 28, Fr. James Hoerter. Necrology: September 4, 2009, John NAME Birdsall; September 5, 1970, James Butler; September 7, 1952, James Sweeney; September 11, 1936, John Hanton; September 14, 1954, MAIL THIS FORM WITH YOUR CHECK TO: Joseph Zimmerman, SJ; September 14, 1972, Bishop William McCarty; The Western South Dakota Catholic Foundation, PO Box 678, September 16, 1966, Hugo Eichenhofer; September 20, 1947, Michael Rapid City, SD 57709-0678 Kelly; September 20, 1957, John Vigneron; September 21, 1949, Austin Bonner; September 21, 1987, Vincent Carty; September 23, 1951, Henry For additional information or to register call Tim Henderson or Kipp; September 29, 1967, Francis Bell. Doris Bride 605-343-3541. You can register online at www.wsdcf.org August 2014 Education Update WRC 23 SOLE HOPE: OLD JEANS BECOME NEW SHOES THREE JOIN THE RCCSS BUSINESS OFFICE By Becky Berreth Each Tuesday in July, a small group Three new employees are working in the Rapid City of students gathered in the nursery of Catholic School System business office — Robert Satter, Blessed Sacrament Church, tracing pat- director of Development; Carol Matt, Development as- terns onto old jeans and cutting them sistant; and John Gomez, director of Finance. out. The two-hour process created 12 A graduate of Our Lady of Perpetual Help grade pieces of fabric that will be turned into school and St. Martin Academy, Robert Satter returns to closed toed shoes by Ugandan tailors his hometown after 17 years in Phoenix, Ariz. Like many, and shoemakers. Satter’s family is steeped in the Catholic school tradition Jenny Rehorst first heard of the pro- – nearly twenty siblings, daughters, sons, nieces and gram Sole Hope while looking for a nephews who are products of Rapid City Catholic project for a family service night. Robert Satter schools. Satter graduated from University of South Sole Hope provides closed toe shoes Dakota with a Bachelor of Science in Education. After for children in Africa to prevent disease Isaac Rangle cuts jeans that will be used teaching fifth grade in the Douglas School System for caused by a jigger, a small a parasitic to make shoes. The service project was five years, he, his wife Lanette, and their children moved burrower found in sub Saharan cli- part of Summer Stretch at Blessed Sacra- to Phoenix, Ariz., where he spent his time growing a suc- ment Church. (WRC photo) mates. Jiggers burrow into the skin and cessful Sylvan Learning Center Franchise. once embedded, create up to a peanut Carol Matt is originally from Fredrick and graduated sized egg sack and lay eggs. If the feet “I thought this could be a great proj- from the Stenotype Institute of South Dakota. Matt has are not cleaned, jiggers can lead to in- ect at church for a confirmation class or spent the majority of her career as a freelance court re- fection, paralysis and amputation. Sec- religious education. It teaches the kids porter in Rapid City before starting her own business ed- ondary infections, caused by the open to repurpose and reuse,” she said. “And iting transcripts for other reporters. She joins the RCCSS skin and attempting to crudely remove it educates the children who receive the Carol Matt after many years of volunteering for the school. the egg sack, can be fatal. shoes with coloring books and other After serving two years on the RCCSS School Board, According to Rehorst, leaving the age appropriate materials.” as well as seeing his two daughters progress through the jigger in the foot is not the only prob- Jenny Spencer, youth formation di- RCCSS education system, John Gomez joined the school lem. rector, agreed and this year Sole Hope as Finance Director. Gomez holds an undergraduate de- “People are using pins to try and dig became one of the service projects of gree in computers from Georgia Tech and a post-gradu- them out and then they share those pins the Summer Stretch Program. ate degree in business from the London School of spreading diseases,” she said. “Summer Stretch is about awareness Economics. He began his career with IBM before launch- Due to the succes of the service night and service to others,” she said. “Our ing a successful software company in Miami, Fla. at an elementary school Rehorst began theme this year was ‘Step Out, En- Their offices are in St. Thomas More Middle School, brainstorming ideas to use extra sup- counter Others.’ Sole Hope fit with that 424 Fairmont Blvd., Rapid City. plies she purchased. idea.” John Gomez “I thought the kids did a great job,” said Rehorst. “Those students cut out enough jeans to make 76 pairs of shoes.” 24 WRC August 2014 outh atters Now Charity Golf Invitational to raise money for Newman Center Playing By Becky Berreth Y of everyone who cares Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles minds, and my wifeM and I be- BHSU campus and will ac- (Paramount) The Black Hills State Uni- lieve that the Newman center is commodate 150 students in the about the faith and spiri- Thirty years after bursting onto the versity Newman Center build- a great way to help students chapel and up to 200 for meals tuality of our college stu- comic book scene, the wise-crack- ing campaign is shooting for a keep their values.” and various activities and dents.” ing, pizza-loving heroes created by hole-in-one with the second events. Online sign-up for the Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman “The mission of BHSU re-emerge from the sewers of New event of the year. The Charity Newman Center is to provide a “It is estimated that 700 stu- tournament can be found York City. Their mission, once Golf Invitational, with Bishop spiritual home away from dents at the university are at http://stjosephspear again: to save the world. This fifth Robert Gruss, will be held Sep- home and to create a school of Catholic and so the need is fish.weshareonline.org/. film in the franchise, directed by tember 4 at the Spearfish ongoing formation,” said Msgr. great and the potential for the Cost is $150 for an indi- Jonathan Liebesman, ramps up the vidual or $600 for a team 3-D action and destruction (which Canyon Golf Club. The day of Michael Woster, pastor of St. growth of Newman ministry is may be too intense for young view- golf begins with 8 a.m. regis- Joseph parish, Spearfish. “Our staggering,” explained Msgr. of four. For more infor- ers) but keeps tongue firmly in tration, a 9 a.m. shotgun start current facility can only ac- Woster. “A new Newman Cen- mation call St. Joseph cheek, and slips in a few good and includes 18 holes of golf, commodate 25 students for our ter at BHSU is exciting and Parish at 605-642-2306 lessons about honor and family. golf cart, and meal. challenging at the same time, or email newmanbhsu@ The reptilian quartet — Pete meals and gatherings and 16 Ploszek, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher Committee member Mark students in our one-room and we are seeking the support stjosephspearfish.com. and Jeremy Howard — live beneath Schwartz hopes that the tour- chapel.” the Big Apple with a wise Japanese nament will attract enough The current Newman house Do not say wants, to grant whatever rat (Danny Woodburn) who has people for 36 teams. “Whether is located a mile from campus he wants, and to give him- trained them in the martial arts. They emerge from the darkness to or not you have kids in college making hospitality and evan- ‘I am only self however he wants (CCC 2735-2737). fight a seemingly invincible gang of this is a really good cause,” he gelization difficult for the a youth’ criminals led by a razor-sharp Often we say: I have said. “College is a time when monster (Tohoru Masamune). Help- Newman leadership. The new A “YouCat” nugget courtesy prayed, but it did not help the world takes over the kids’ facility will be located on of the Office of Youth ing the turtles navigate the human & Young Adult Ministry at all. Maybe we are not world are an intrepid TV reporter praying intensely enough. (Megan Fox) and her cameraman What happens if you find The saintly Curé of Ars (Will Arnett). Intense but bloodless that prayer does not once asked a brother cartoon violence, some bathroom help? priest who was complain- humor, a few vague references to Prayer does not seek su- ing about his lack of suc- sexuality. The Catholic News perficial success but cess, “You have prayed, Service classification is A-II — rather the will fo God and you have signed … but adults and adolescents. intimacy with him. God’s have you fasted too? Have (CNS photo/Paramount ) apparent silence is itself you kept vigil?” It could an invitation to take a also be that we are asking step farther — in total de- God for the wrong things. votion, boundless faith, St. Teresa of Avila once South Korea’s Asian Youth Day to endless expectation. Any- said, “Do not pray for focus on leaders from 30 countries one who prays must allow lighter burdens; pray for a God the complete freedom stronger back” (YouCat Classifications MANILA, (CNS) — Asian Youth Day, held August 13-17 in to speak whenever he 40,49). South Korea, is a smaller event that the international World The Expendable 3 ...... A-III Youth Day celebrations, said the Bangladeshi priest who organ- The Hundred Foot ized the event. In an email to Catholic News Service, Father Journey ...... A-III Patrick Simon Gomes, executive secretary of the Youth Desk of Ride with the Bishop the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, described the Step Up All In ...... A-III event as an intimate, “private” affair with “usually (around) Poker Run & Rally Classifications used by the USCCB are: 2,000 people participating.” About 30 countries participated in A-I, general patronage; A-II, adults the event focused on formation and spiritual life, particularly for Thanks to everyone who helped make the and adolescents; A-III, adults; L, youth leaders. The program included delving into the roots of the limited adult audiences, films whose problematic content many adults Catholic faith, walking in the footsteps of the martyrs and look- “Ride with the Bishop” would find troubling; O, morally ing at modern-day persecution that young people face in practic- offensive. For more information, visit ing their faith. This year’s theme was “Asian Youth! Wake up! The a wonderful success!!! http://www.catholicnews.com/ glory of the martyrs shines on you” and it coincided with Pope movies.htm. Francis’ visit to South Korea. Be on the lookout for the date for next year’s ride.