Author: Audrey Anderson

Upcoming Events

D-Camp 2024 – Broom Tree
June 16-19, 2024 (High School)
July 7-10, 2024 (High School)
July 11-14, 2024 (Junior High)

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D-Camp 2024 – Registration is Open

Registration is now open!  Invite the youth in your life to register by January 31 to take advantage of the Early Bird discount. This makes a great Christmas gift from parents, grandparents or even godparents. 

Discipleship Camp is a transformative experience for the youth in the Diocese of Sioux Falls. It is designed to help teens deepen their prayer life, grow in their understanding of who God is, and meet other teens who are engaged in their faith from throughout the Diocese.

With the help of Lumen Christi missionaries who are committed to helping teens encounter Jesus, D-Camp makes faith come alive to hundreds of young people each summer. Through small groups, powerful testimonies, and daily opportunities to receive the sacraments, D-Camp is more than just a fun event. It is a moment in a young person’s life when they step further into following God.

For more information please visit our D-Camp webpage.

School of Missionary Discipleship for ADULTS – New Cohort Begins January
The School of Missionary Discipleship will be launching a 12 week course on Prayer and Discernment of Spirits: Fall in Love, Stay in Love and Let Love Make All the Difference, this coming January and registrations are open now!  This course is a prerequisite for any future courses in the School of Missionary Discipleship and is only offered every couple of years.

This course will consist of formation in Christian prayer and virtue which will provide a great foundation to help those new to personal prayer, as well as those well experienced in personal prayer, to enter more deeply into their daily relationship with God.

The course design is a series of weekly videos in conjunction with Q/A sessions and small group meetings via Zoom on Thursday evenings. For more information about the school and to enroll today, please visit the School of Missionary Discipleship webpage.

Discount Tickets Available for National Eucharistic Congress
The diocese has tickets for the National Eucharistic Congress at a greatly reduced rate! Save $175 when you purchase through the diocese. These tickets are for anyone in the Sioux Falls Diocese and are first come – first served. To claim your ticket, go to sfcatholic.org/eucharist.

In addition, the USCCB is encouraging every parish to send a team of representatives to the National Eucharistic Congress next summer. They will be commissioned as Eucharistic Missionaries to bring the joy and love of the Eucharist back to your parish and community. 

Bulletin Blurb: The USCCB is inviting YOU to the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, July 17-21, 2024. This is a pivotal moment in the life of the Church in the USA. Tickets are only $200 for a limited time if you get them through the diocese. That is a savings of $175! Get all the info at sfcatholic.org/eucharist.

Eucharistic Revival – Small Group Resources
During the year of the parish, the USCCB is encouraging each parish to host small groups using their new seven week study, Jesus and the Eucharist. They have made it so easy! There is an online training for planning the small group, parish implementation and table facilitators. They give you the curriculum, videos, slide show presentations, handouts and more.  Many parishes are considering this for a Lenten study.

If you are interested, please connect with your Eucharistic Revival Parish Point Person or check out the resource webpage for more information.

Confirmation Retreat in Watertown – January 2024
Holy Name Parish in Watertown has partnered with us to offer a Confirmation retreat Saturday, January 27, 2024 that will be open to any youth in the diocese in need of a Confirmation Retreat. Registration for this retreat is now open and can be found on our Confirmation webpage  or on our For Parish Leaders webpage.

As a reminder, every parish sending youth to this retreat must also send Safe Environment compliant adults to assist with small group facilitation. There is a specific (free) ticket type for them on the registration page.

Lumen Christi Summer 2024 Team Requests Are Open
We are excited to announce that we have opened up requests for Lumen Christi teams for the summer of 2024.  To learn more about Lumen Christi and how to request a team for your parish next summer please visit the Lumen Christi webpage.  Once you have submitted your request, we will do our best to accommodate your preferences. You will receive a confirmation email as soon as the 2024 Lumen Christi Calendar has been finalized. This probably will not be until February or March 2024 as we will not know how many missionaries we will have to form teams until they have been hired. We apologize for that delay and any inconvenience that may cause. 

Lumen Christi Recruiting
The recruiting season for Lumen Christi Summer 2024 is now open! We are looking for passionate and dedicated college-aged young adults who have a burning desire to share their faith with youth throughout our diocese. If you know someone from your pastorate who has a deep desire to evangelize and catechize, we invite you to encourage him/her to apply to be a missionary. For more information, please visit the Lumen Christi webpage.

PCL Email List
If you are new or newly diving into our offerings, we invite you to join the PCL email list. You can sign up on the diocesan For Parish Leaders webpage.

Weekly “Power Hour” for Formation Leaders – Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
Each week during the academic year we hold a zoom call for Parish Catechetical Leaders (PCL) from around our diocese. The goal is to offer an opportunity for growth in both spiritual and professional development and to have a space to bounce ideas off one another and inspire and encourage one another in our shared mission. Power Hours are held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. Zoom invitations are sent to the PCL email list weekly.

Upcoming Events

D-Camp 2024 – Broom Tree
June 16-19, 2024 (High School)
July 7-10, 2024 (High School)
July 11-14, 2024 (Junior High)

More Info

Confirmation Retreat in Watertown – January 2024
Holy Name Parish in Watertown has partnered with us to offer a Confirmation retreat Saturday, January 27, 2024 that will be open to any youth in the diocese in need of a Confirmation Retreat. Registration for this retreat is now open and can be found on our Confirmation webpage  or on our For Parish Leaders webpage.

As a reminder, every parish sending youth to this retreat must also send Safe Environment compliant adults to assist with small group facilitation. There is a specific (free) ticket type for them on the registration page.

D-Camp 2024
Discipleship Camp is a transformative experience for the youth in the Diocese of Sioux Falls. It is designed to help teens deepen their prayer life, grow in their understanding of who God is, and meet other teens who are engaged in their faith from throughout the Diocese.

With the help of Lumen Christi missionaries who are committed to helping teens encounter Jesus, D-Camp makes faith come alive to hundreds of young people each summer. Through small groups, powerful testimonies, and daily opportunities to receive the sacraments, D-Camp is more than just a fun event. It is a moment in a young person’s life when they step further into following God.

Invite the youth in your life to mark the dates above on their calendars and start planning for a summer to remember. 

Space is limited, and these sessions will fill up quickly! By registering early, your youth can secure their spot at the D-Camp of their choice and make this summer unforgettable. Find all the information or register on the D-Camp webpage.

Lumen Christi Summer 2024 Team Requests Are Open
We are excited to announce that we have opened up requests for Lumen Christi teams for the summer of 2024.  To learn more about Lumen Christi and how to request a team for your parish next summer please visit the Lumen Christi webpage.  Once you have submitted your request, we will do our best to accommodate your preferences. You will receive a confirmation email as soon as the 2024 Lumen Christi Calendar has been finalized. This probably will not be until February or March 2024 as we will not know how many missionaries we will have to form teams until they have been hired. We apologize for that delay and any inconvenience that may cause. 

Lumen Christi Recruiting
The recruiting season for Lumen Christi Summer 2024 is now open! We are looking for passionate and dedicated college-aged young adults who have a burning desire to share their faith with youth throughout our diocese. If you know someone from your pastorate who has a deep desire to evangelize and catechize, we invite you to encourage him/her to apply to be a missionary. For more information, please visit the Lumen Christi webpage.

School of Missionary Discipleship for ADULTS – New Cohort Begins January
The School of Missionary Discipleship will be launching a 12 week course on Prayer: Fall in Love, Stay in Love and Let Love Make All the Difference, this coming January and registrations are open now!  This course is a prerequisite for any future courses in the School of Missionary Discipleship and is only offered every couple of years.

This course will consist of formation in Christian prayer and virtue which will provide a great foundation to help those new to personal prayer, as well as those well experienced in personal prayer, to enter more deeply into their daily relationship with God.

The course design is a series of weekly videos in conjunction with Q/A sessions and small group meetings via Zoom on Thursday evenings. For more information about the school and to enroll today, please visit the School of Missionary Discipleship webpage.

Discount Tickets Available for National Eucharistic Congress
The diocese has tickets for the National Eucharistic Congress at a greatly reduced rate! Save $175 when you purchase through the diocese. These tickets are for anyone in the Sioux Falls Diocese and are first come – first served. To claim your ticket, go to sfcatholic.org/eucharist.

In addition, the USCCB is encouraging every parish to send a team of representatives to the National Eucharistic Congress next summer. They will be commissioned as Eucharistic Missionaries to bring the joy and love of the Eucharist back to your parish and community. 

Eucharistic Revival – Small Group Resources
During the year of the parish, the USCCB is encouraging each parish to host small groups using their new seven week study, Jesus and the Eucharist. They have made it so easy! There is an online training for planning the small group, parish implementation and table facilitators. They give you the curriculum, videos, slide show presentations, handouts and more. 

If you are interested, please connect with your Eucharistic Revival Parish Point Person or check out the resource webpage for more information.

Eucharistic Revival – Adoration Night Planning Guide
The USCCB has just released their Encounter Nights Guide. The guide includes a suggested template for a special holy hour for Revival, a list of liturgical items needed, and prayers. This guide is your detailed roadmap to plan and lead transformative evenings of eucharistic adoration that resonate deeply with your congregation.

Eucharistic Revival Media Kit for Parish Bulletins – USCCB
From the USCCB: Shawna Hanson from the Diocese of Rapid City has created and shared a weekly Eucharistic Revival media kit of bulletin inserts for use in any parish. Each week is given in four formats: simple text (word document), small graphic bulletin announcement, slide and social media square. It includes weekly content through May of 2024. This is a simple yet powerful way to promote Eucharistic Revival in your parish. If you are interested in using it in your parish, please share the link with your staff.

Weekly “Power Hour” for Formation Leaders – Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
Each week during the academic year we hold a zoom call for Parish Catechetical Leaders (PCL) from around our diocese. The goal is to offer an opportunity for growth in both spiritual and professional development and to have a space to bounce ideas off one another and inspire and encourage one another in our shared mission. Power Hours are held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. Zoom invitations are sent to the PCL email list weekly.

PCL Email List
If you are new or newly diving into our offerings, we invite you to join the PCL email list. You can sign up on the diocesan For Parish Leaders webpage.

Upcoming Events

July 17-21, 2024 – Indianapolis

More Info

Discount Tickets Available for National Eucharistic Congress
We still have tickets available at a greatly reduced rate. These tickets are for anyone in the Sioux Falls Diocese and are first come – first served. To claim your ticket, go to sfcatholic.org/eucharist.

In addition, the USCCB is encouraging every parish to send a team of representatives to the National Eucharistic Congress next summer. They will be commissioned as Eucharistic Missionaries to bring the joy and love of the Eucharist back to your parish and community. 

Eucharistic Revival – Small Group Resources
During the year of the parish, the USCCB is encouraging each parish to host small groups using their new seven week study, Jesus and the Eucharist. They have made it so easy! There is an online training for planning the small group, parish implementation and table facilitators. They give you the curriculum, videos, slide show presentations, handouts and more. 

If you are interested, please connect with your Eucharistic Revival Parish Point Person or check out the resource webpage for more information.

Eucharistic Revival – Adoration Night Planning Guide
The USCCB has just released their Encounter Nights Guide. The guide includes a suggested template for a special holy hour for Revival, a list of liturgical items needed, and prayers. This guide is your detailed roadmap to plan and lead transformative evenings of eucharistic adoration that resonate deeply with your congregation.

Confirmation Retreats – Spring 2023 – Save the Date
On behalf of their pastorate, Holy Name in Watertown has partnered with us to offer a Confirmation retreat Saturday, January 27, 2024. We will send out more information on how to register in the PCL email list.

If your parish is interested in partnering with the diocese to host a Confirmation retreat open to attendees from the rest of the diocese, please contact our office at discipleship@sfcatholic.org or 605-988-3714.

Lumen Christi Recruiting
The recruiting season for Lumen Christi- summer 2024 is now open! We are looking for passionate and dedicated college-aged young adults who have a burning desire to share their faith with youth throughout our diocese. If you know someone from your pastorate who has a deep desire to evangelize and catechize, we invite you to encourage him/her to apply to be a missionary. For more information, please visit the Lumen Christi webpage.

School of Missionary Discipleship – New Cohort Begins in January
The next cohort of the School of Missionary Discipleship will be launching on January 30, 2024. Participants are deeply formed in their ability to engage in the work of the New Evangelization: to live and share their faith in Jesus Christ with those they encounter in their daily lives, according to the gifts God has given them.

The formation program is attentive to all four areas of discipleship formation: a thorough knowledge of Church teaching (intellectual formation), a deep personal prayer life (spiritual formation), an ability to interact with and accompany others (human formation), and a recognition of the personal call and empowerment to build up God’s kingdom (apostolic formation).

All areas of formation will be engaged throughout the multi-year program. Each year will have a specific focus of formation.

1. Learning How to Pray and How to Teach Others to Pray – An exploration of how to grow deeply in prayer.
2. Sacred Scripture and Church History – An overview of the story of salvation from creation to today.
3. The Catechism of the Catholic Church – An exploration of Church teaching.
4. Sharing your Faith – A practical introduction to talking with others about our faith.

Year one consists of formation in Christian prayer and virtue. This year of formation will provide a great foundation to help those new to personal prayer, as well as those well experienced in personal prayer, to enter more deeply into their daily relationship with God. We will cover essential principles of relational prayer, specific methods of Christian prayer, the interplay of prayer and virtue, and an introduction to discernment of spirits. Together, these elements will help participants of any background to “fall in love, stay in love and let love make all the difference.” 

Teaching is done through a series of weekly videos in conjunction with large and small group meetings via Zoom on Tuesday evenings. For more information, please visit the School of Missionary Discipleship webpage.

Respect Life Month – USCCB Respect Life Month Resources
October is Respect Life month! The USCCB has created some wonderful resources for your parish. They have also created an amazing program called Walking With Moms In Need, which has resources specifically for your parish. 

Weekly “Power Hour” for Formation Leaders – Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
Each week during the academic year we hold a zoom call for Parish Catechetical Leaders (PCL) from around our diocese. The goal is to offer an opportunity for growth in both spiritual and professional development and to have a space to bounce ideas off one another and inspire and encourage one another in our shared mission. Power Hours are held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. Zoom invitations are sent to the PCL email list weekly.

PCL Email List
If you are new or newly diving into our offerings, we invite you to join the PCL email list. You can sign up on the diocesan For Parish Leaders webpage.

Upcoming Events

National Eucharistic Congress
July 17-21, 2024 – Indianapolis

More Info

National Eucharistic Congress – Send a team from your parish
The USCCB is encouraging every parish to send a team of representatives to the National Eucharistic Congress next summer. They will be commissioned as Eucharistic Missionaries to bring the joy and love of the Eucharist back to your parish and community. 

We still have tickets available at a greatly reduced rate. These tickets are for anyone in the Sioux Falls Diocese and are first come – first served. To claim your ticket, go to sfcatholic.org/eucharist.

Eucharistic Revival – Small Group Resources
During the year of the parish, the USCCB is encouraging each parish to host small groups using their new seven week study, Jesus and the Eucharist. They have made it so easy! There is an online training for planning the small group, parish implementation and table facilitators. They give you the curriculum, videos, slide show presentations, handouts and more. 

If you are interested, please connect with your Eucharistic Revival Parish Point Person or check out the resource webpage for more information.

School of Missionary Discipleship – New Cohort Begins in January
The next cohort of the School of Missionary Discipleship will be launching on January 30, 2024. Participants are deeply formed in their ability to engage in the work of the New Evangelization: to live and share their faith in Jesus Christ with those they encounter in their daily lives, according to the gifts God has given them.

The formation program is attentive to all four areas of discipleship formation: a thorough knowledge of Church teaching (intellectual formation), a deep personal prayer life (spiritual formation), an ability to interact with and accompany others (human formation), and a recognition of the personal call and empowerment to build up God’s kingdom (apostolic formation).

All areas of formation will be engaged throughout the multi-year program. Each year will have a specific focus of formation.

1. Learning How to Pray and How to Teach Others to Pray – An exploration of how to grow deeply in prayer.
2. Sacred Scripture and Church History – An overview of the story of salvation from creation to today.
3. The Catechism of the Catholic Church – An exploration of Church teaching.
4. Sharing your Faith – A practical introduction to talking with others about our faith.

Year one consists of formation in Christian prayer and virtue. This year of formation will provide a great foundation to help those new to personal prayer, as well as those well experienced in personal prayer, to enter more deeply into their daily relationship with God. We will cover essential principles of relational prayer, specific methods of Christian prayer, the interplay of prayer and virtue, and an introduction to discernment of spirits.  Together these elements will help participants of any background to “fall in Love, stay in Love and let Love make all the difference.” 

Teaching is done through a series of weekly videos in conjunction with large and small group meetings via Zoom on Tuesday evenings. For more information, please visit the School of Missionary Discipleship webpage.

Respect Life Month – USCCB Resources
Respect Life month is coming up in October. To help you be prepared, the USCCB has created some wonderful resources for your parish. They have also created an amazing program called Walking With Moms In Need, which has resources specifically for your parish. 

Engaged Couples Guides
The annual Engaged Couples Guide is going digital! No more misplaced pamphlets for your couples. The entire guide has been recreated in website form. (Click here to check it out.) To make sure couples have easy access to the website, we have created a card that the priest or deacon can hand to the couple. The card has the webpage listed as well as a QR code. These cards will be mailed out later this month. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our office at discipleship@sfcatholic.org or 605-988-3714.

Confirmation Retreats – Fall 2023
We have received calls from Confirmation Coordinators wondering where to send students for retreats this fall. The Abbey of the Hills is hosting the fall retreat this year and they are full with a waiting list. If your parish is interested in partnering with the diocese to host a confirmation retreat open to attendees from the rest of the diocese, please contact our office at discipleship@sfcatholic.org or 605-988-3714.

Anniversary Mass
The annual Anniversary Mass for couples celebrating milestone anniversaries has been scheduled for Sunday, September 24 at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Sioux Falls. Invitations from Bishop DeGrood were mailed to couples last week. If you have a couple who has a qualifying anniversary of 25, 50, 60 or 65+ years of marriage who did not receive an invitation, please have them reach out to our office to be added to the invitation list. They can reach us at discipleship@sfcatholic.org or 605-988-3714. 

Weekly “Power Hour” for Formation Leaders – Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
Power Hour will resume again on Tuesday, September 12. We are looking forward to catching up with you!

PCL Email List
If you are new or newly diving into our offerings, we invite you to join the PCL email list. You can sign up on the diocesan For Parish Leaders webpage.