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Lay and Clergy Offerings

Father Scott Traynor is available to come to your parish to meet with parish staff and leaders to share Bishop DeGrood’s vision for Lifelong Missionary Discipleship Through God’s Love. To set up a visit, please have your pastor contact Father Scott at frscotttraynor@sfcatholic.org or 605-988-3779.

Priests and Deacons, the Brothers Helping Brothers resources are now available on the diocesan web portal. To access the resource guides, go to the diocesan webpage and sign in using your @sfcatholic account. Once logged in, click on the Clergy Formation Resources tab.

Parish Catechetical Leaders Day is November 6. It’s not too late to join us. Get registered here.

Virtual Catechetical Speaker Series

The Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis is hosting a Virtual Catechetical Speaker Series for their Parish Catechetical Leaders. They have included a number of outstanding speakers on a variety of topics, and they’ve invited anyone in Minnesota and the Dakotas to take part!

Each month, October through May (except for December), there will be about 40 minutes of presentation on the topic and 20 minutes of Q&A using Zoom. You can find specific dates and times, speaker bios and topic descriptions here, but the basic information is below.

October | Dr. Petroc Willey | Jesus: The Christo-centricity of Catechesis
November | Ann Lankford | The Spiritual Life of the Catechetical Leader
January | Dr. Joseph White | Family: The Missing Piece in Catechesis
February | Ken Ogorek | Recruiting and Training Catechists for Mission
March | Mary Ann Wiesinger | Teaching for Conversion: The Ecclesial Method
April | Gloria Zapiain | Evaluation and Selection of Catechetical Materials
May | Bishop Andrew Cozzens | National Trends and Perspectives in Catechesis

The series is free, and one registration grants access to all seven events. Get registered here.

Adult Discipleship and Evangelization Offerings

Catholic Conversations: Holy Fathers Know Best

October 20 | 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. | St. Lambert, Sioux Falls or online
How do I live as a faithful Catholic in the world today? According to St. Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict and Pope Francis the answer lies in the documents of the Second Vatican Council. Even though it concluded 55 years ago, the Council remains as relevant as ever. Come see how they can deeply change your life. Go to www.sfcatholic.org/conversations for all the info or to watch.

Catholic Conversations: Strengthening Your Faith in Jesus

October 28 | 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. | St. James, Chamberlain or online
In a way few of us have experienced before, 2020 has been a year of widespread uncertainty and pain. Many of us wonder, where is God? And yet our faith tells us that He is here, that He is near to each one of us, and even more, that He desires to bring something good and beautiful from our suffering. Join Dr. Chris as he explains how we can strengthen our faith in Jesus Christ in times of turmoil. Go to www.sfcatholic.org/conversations for all the info or to watch.

 

Check out a complete list of Chris’s events.

Around the Diocese

Two Old Priests on Bikes

Father Terry Anderson from St. Thomas More Parish, Brookings, and Father Mark Lichter from St. Wenceslaus Parish, Tabor, and St. John the Baptist Parish, Lesterville/Sigel, are gearing up again for their annual “Two Old Priests on Bikes” bicycling tour of the great state of South Dakota. The bike trek begins on Tuesday, September 8 and ends on Tuesday, September 15. The priests will be in their home parishes on the weekend between these dates and encouraging donations. The bicycling begins in Niobrara, Nebraska, and ends in Lake Benten, Minnesota, for a total of around 250 miles. The race always ends in a tie, but the big competition is on how many donations each priest can garner for their parishes. Fr. Terry and Fr. Mark have always had a fun time with the competition and it goes for a great cause. For Fr. Terry all donations will go for the Catholic School in Brookings, and for Fr. Mark all donations will go to the youth in the parishes (religious education, youth group, D-Camps, Life March, Steubenville trip, and all youth activities), and Broom Tree Retreat Center. Information can be found on the following web sites: stmbrookings.weebly.com, stwenceslaustabor.org, stjohnls.org, broom-tree.org.

Respect Life Events

40 Days for Life Kickoff Rally

Sunday, September 20 at 7 p.m. at Abiding Savior Free Lutheran Church 4100 S. Bahnson Ave., Sioux Falls. Guest speaker is Seth Gruber who has decided to commit his life to exposing the truth of abortion and he has the energy to boot. Check him out at sethgruber.com.

40 Days for Life takes place September 23 through November 1. This prayer vigil has opportunities for groups or individuals to sign up at www.40daysforlife.com/siouxfalls or learn more on Facebook.

2020 Vision for Life – the 49th Annual South Dakota Right to Life Convention

Friday, October 2 beginning at 7 p.m. and Saturday, October 3 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Sioux Falls First Church. Middle and high school students and adults are welcome. An empowering weekend of education, motivation and celebration for the sanctity of life from conception to natural death. To register, contact Sioux Falls Area Right to Life at www.siouxfallsarearighttolife.org, email righttolifesf@gmail.com, visit our Facebook page or call 605-743-0777.

Life Chain

Sunday, October 4, 2-3 p.m. Join us on 41st Street in Sioux Falls from Kiwanis Avenue to Sertoma Avenue. This life-saving public witness occurs simultaneously across the U.S. and Canada as part of the National Life Chain. Life Chain signs are supplied and can be picked up from the O’Gorman parking lot or the Sioux Falls First Church parking lot. For more information contact Ann Wipf, 605-929-6531 or lawipf@gmail.com for your parish to be assigned a location along West 41st Street.