Homilies
A list of homilies delivered by Bishop Paul Swain.
It is a pleasure for me to be here this morning as we continue our year-long celebration of the 125 years of the Diocese of Sioux Falls. We do so to honor those who went before, to recall their life and faith experiences and to learn from them. Having thus honored and learned then we will be better able to face the challenges of our day with the hope and resolve they model for us. [icon name="file-pdf-o" class="" unprefixed_class=""]View Statement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgoiI998bPc
Today the Church around the world, the universal church, recalls the dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, the diocesan home of the Pope. One hundred and twenty-five years ago this week, November 12, the Bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIII formally erected or established the Diocese of Sioux Falls. [icon name="file-pdf-o" class="" unprefixed_class=""]View Statement
October is Respect Life Month and on the first Sunday we pray this Respect Life Mass. We do so to remind us of the core belief that all persons are gifted by God with life and from conception to natural death deserve to live with dignity and to be treated with respect. [icon name="file-pdf-o" class="" unprefixed_class=""]View Statement
We come together this morning to begin the commemoration and celebration of the erection of the Diocese of Sioux Falls 125 years ago come this November. We do so here in Yankton recognizing this was the first home of Father and Abbot Martin Marty, who became bishop of the territory of the Dakotas and the first bishop of the Diocese of Sioux Falls which then included the entire state of South Dakota. [icon name="file-pdf-o" class="" unprefixed_class=""]View Statement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNQKqiEkh_U
We come together once again on this third Fortnight for Freedom called by the Bishops of the United States to pray for religious liberty and freedom of conscience which are continuing under attack directly and indirectly by our government and others with power. [icon name="file-pdf-o" class="" unprefixed_class=""]View Statement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWc-0yLDJ3M
We come together once again on this third Fortnight for Freedom called by the Bishops of the United States to pray for religious liberty and freedom of conscience which are continuing under attack directly and indirectly by our government and others with power. It is important that we continue to do so because the surest way for the Evil One to win out is to distract our attention to other things, to lure us into believing that this is an old issue and that we are getting along just fine. Or to suggest that it is not really a moral question but rather a political dispute which those who win elections can choose to impose. [icon name="file-pdf-o" class="" unprefixed_class=""]Download or View this Document [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YTq1k3BZH4[/embed]
Bishop Paul Swain celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving following the canonization of St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II on April 27, 2014. [icon name="file-pdf-o" class="" unprefixed_class=""]View Statement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf-PzjfiyHw
Bishop Swain celebrated the Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph on April 3, 2014 and delivered this homily to all the priests, deacons and faithful that attended. [icon name="file-pdf-o" class="" unprefixed_class=""]View Statement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfZRTQSz9O0
Bishop Paul J. Swain celebrated an All Schools Mass on Friday, January 31, 2014 in Sioux Falls fo r all the Sioux Falls Catholic Schools, and delivered this homily. [icon name="file-pdf-o" class="" unprefixed_class=""]View Statement
Bishop Swain presided at a Red Mass which was held to honor and pray for those who serve in legal professions. The Mass was prayed at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph on November 8, 2013 with individuals representing many different disciplines of the law present. [icon name="file-pdf-o" class="" unprefixed_class=""]View Statement
