Belle Fourche, St. Paul, Monday, Dec. 3 — 7:30 p.m. Kyle, Our Lady of Sorrows, Tuesday, Dec. 4 — 4 p.m. Custer, St. John, Tuesday, Dec. 4 — 6:30 p.m. Murdo, St. Martin, Tuesday, Dec. 4 — 6:30 p.m. Bonesteel, Immaculate Conception, Thursday, Dec. 6 — 6:30 p.m. Wanblee, St. Ignatius Loyola, Friday, Dec. 7 […]
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FOCUS missionaries at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Newman Center Joey Fritz, Avery Hembrook, Michael Newsham, and Megan Henle. (Courtesy photo) By Becky Berreth According to a combined study, from St. Mary’s Press with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, approximately 13 percent of young adults between ages 18 […]
By Fr. Michel Mulloy Vicar General, Diocesan Director of Liturgy Do you believe that we encounter Jesus in the celebration of the Mass? That might seem to be a strange question from the Director of Liturgy for the diocese. Well … yes, but I think the depth of our belief needs to be explored. […]
This WRC archive photo was taken in 2009. It shows the Boys Totus Tuus Camp held at Storm Mountain. Zane Pekron of Milesville throws a frisbee past Vocations Director Fr. Brian Christensen during a game of ultimate frisbee. Adam Hofer in the yellow bandana and David Cordes, both of Rapid City, and Joseph Syman, from […]
Imagine providing a solution to the serious homelessness problem in Rapid City — helping homeless individuals and homeless families improve their quality of life, setting them up for success and long term stability. Shouldn’t that be the goal of every community which care about all of its citizens? There is an initiative currently in progress […]
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By Becky Berreth Members of St. Patrick parish, Lead, and St. Ambrose Church, Deadwood, gathered for a hike up Black Elk Peak and a sunset Mass, on September 16, to celebrate the life of a former pastor. Father Peter Kovarik was only in the parishes for a little over a year before he was killed […]
The central part of the Eucharistic Celebration is the Eucharistic Prayer. Many think that the high point of Mass is Communion. Communion is very important. That moment of union with the Lord Jesus and one another is really the reason we are there. As important as Communion is however, it is not, according to the […]
“The Mass is the most useless thing we can do, and by that, I mean it’s the highest thing we can do.” So says Bishop Robert Barron in his new film series on the Mass. I recently watched the first episode, and something that he said really grabbed my attention. “Mass,” he claims, “is the […]