West River Catholic September 2018
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Entries by Laurie Hallstrom
Youth Rally 2018: ‘Going to the ends of the earth and sharing the good news’
By Becky Berreth How does one live once we have encountered Jesus? That is the question posed by this year’s Diocesan Youth Rally speakers Chris Padgett and Gina Bauer. The two will address youth sixth grade through seniors in high school at the Oct. 7 event held at the Terra Sancta Retreat Center. “This year’s […]
Centenarian looks back on a lifetime of living her faith
By Laurie Hallstrom In the past 100 years Mary Ellen Bennett has attended Mass thousands of times. These days a friend, Maria Nehl, calls her at 7 a.m. Sunday mornings and picks her up for 8 o’clock Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Occasionally, they attend Latin Mass at the old […]
Ringing bells is a choice, pure and simple
By Fr. Michel Mulloy, Vicar General Smells and bells. That was a common and somewhat irreverent way of referring to symbols in the Catholic Church. We have always had the smells (incense) but for many years, except in the extraordinary form of the Mass, there were no bells save those hanging in the tower. In […]
‘Questions raised deserve answers that are conclusive’
As we seek to address the crisis in the Catholic Church, the pain and confusion of this moment in her history is palpable. I have received many letters, both of support and challenge. I appreciate the lay faithful expressing their feelings and concerns. The pain and suffering goes far and wide. In the midst of […]
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Venerating relics of St. Pio
By Laurie Hallstrom A rare opportunity to venerate the relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina will be offered in the Diocese of Rapid City, September 28-29 (see schedule at right). It will take place at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Known to many as Padre Pio, he was a priest who bore […]
Summit speaks to share powerful stories
Matt Loboda and his family from Phoenix, Ariz. He will speak at the Summit. (Courtesy photo) By Shawna Hanson Director of Stewardship “A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way.” — Flannery O’Connor “A lost coin is found by means of a candle; the deepest truth is found […]
Bishop Gruss invited to become a CRL Board member
Bishop Robert Gruss has been asked to serve on the Board of Directors for Catholic Rural Life. He will begin serving a three-year term in November. The 94-year-old organization is headquartered in St. Paul, Minn. Executive Director Jim Ennis said he met Bishop Gruss last year when they served together on a rural ministry panel. […]
Black Elk canonization cause continues
Fr. Luis Escalante, postulator from the Congregation for Causes of Saints, Rome, looks up from the diocesan history book, “We Walk by Faith.” (WRC photo) On July 26, in Rapid City, a local committee organized for the canonization of Nicholas Black Elk, servant of God, convened. The group called Officials of the Inquiry met […]