EOY Contribution Statements and Data Cleanup How to’s

As we come to the end of 2021 and move into 2022 I am sure we are all itching to get our year-end statements wrapped up and out. The IRS does recommend a detailed contribution statement be sent and on the statement, you should have some sort of language that indicates that no goods or services were provided by the organization.

With that in mind, we have put together a couple of how-to articles for you. We will post these out on the Web Portal for easier access. ParishSOFT EOY Resources

View Active and Registered Parishioners – This article will walk through how to apply various filters to see which parishioners in your database are registered/not registered, active, deceased, inactive, etc and make sure all is accurate as possible.
Generate Contribution Reports – This is to try and help walk you through the end of the year process for printing statements to be mailed out to your parishioners.

Currently, for year-end statements, ParishSOFT has an issue with the report. It is doubling up the totals for some families and displaying the contributions twice for some others. ParishSOFT is aware of the issue and is currently working on a fix. This is out of our hands and will keep you updated when we know more about the fix.

We are also looking for any ideas on other step-by-step instructions that would help with any of the processes within the ParishSOFT system. Please email me with these ideas and we will see what we can do to satisfy any of these needs.

Happy New Year and God bless.

Generate Contribution Reports

View Parishioners Status for Data Cleanup

Deceased Parishioner Management

Chancery Updates

Diocesan directories are finally here! Mailing will begin soon; however, if you are able to stop by the Chancery offices to pick yours up or send someone to pick it up for you, it would be greatly appreciated. This helps us use our resources wisely as a diocese. Please contact Mary Anne (mlux@sfcatholic.org) with any questions. *The digital diocesan directory is always available and updated with the latest information on the diocese web portal.
There are still several employment positions open at the Chancery and other diocesan entities. Visit sfcatholic.org/human-resources/category/employment-opportunities/ to find out more.

2022 Bishop’s Charity Events

Save the Dates

Mark your calendars so you don’t miss out on the 2022 Bishop’s Charity Events!

Gift of Hope

Date TBD | Sioux Falls, SD

Benefiting Catholic Family Services

Bishop’s Charity Fishing Tournament

Monday, June 6 | Big Stone City, SD

Monday, June 13 | Pierre, SD

Benefiting Seminarian Education

Bishop’s Cup

Monday, August 22 | Sioux Falls, SD

Benefiting Broom Tree Retreat & Conference Center

Taste the Goodness

August – Day TBD| Sioux Falls, SD

Benefiting the Bishop Dudley Hospitality House

Bishop’s Charity Hunt

Monday, September 19 – Tuesday, September 20 | Kimball, SD

Benefiting Newman Catholic Campus Ministry

Christmas at the Cathedral

Thursday, December 15 – Sunday, December 18 | Sioux Falls, SD

Benefiting the Bishop Dudley Hospitality House & Cathedral of Saint Joseph on-going care and maintenance endowments

For more information visit, www.ccfesd.org/events or call 605.988.3765

Broom Tree Retreat and Conference Center Events

Silent Retreats:
Women’s: February 3-6, March 3-6, March 31- April 3, June 16-19, October 6-9, November 3-6
Men’s: February 17-20, March 17-20, September 15-18, November 17-20

Day of Recollection: Broom Tree Days of Recollection begin at 10 a.m. and include conferences, time for adoration, Mass, and an opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The day ends in mid-afternoon. Because lunch is served, we ask that you please register. A prayerful donation is requested.

2022 Days of Recollection
January 18 – “Freedom to Fail,” directed by Fr. Bob Lacey
February 15 – “The Greatest of These is Love: Cultivating the Virtue of Charity,” directed by Fr. Tony Klein
March 22 – “Saying Yes to God with Mary,” directed by Fr. Jeff Norfolk

Couples Retreats
November 11-13
Directed by Ed and Jen Hogan

During this retreat couples will have the blessed opportunity to spend time together receiving from the very heart of God. The environment at Broom Tree makes for a perfect couples get-away: no TV, no radio, no phones or computers, just beautiful, peaceful surroundings, good food, and all the time and good direction you need to experience renewal in your marriage. Register early.

Undone: A Healing Retreat
February 25-27
Directed by Fr. Scott Traynor

Upcoming Events

March for Life, Washington D.C. – January 21
Catholic Schools Week – January 30 through February 5
Rite of Election, Cathedral of Saint Joseph – March 6, 1:30 pm
Chrism Mass, Cathedral of Saint Joseph – March 31

Adult Discipleship and Evangelization Offerings

Upcoming Events

March for Life Pilgrimage January 19-23 – Washington D.C.
Going Deeper Retreat March 25-27 – Abbey of the Hills

More Info

Synod on Synodality

Pastors have received digital formats of a prayer for the Synod on Synodality. The desire is to have as many people as possible united in prayer for God’s blessing on the work of the synod in our diocese and around the world. Printable pew cards and bookmarks are linked below for your convenience to share with your parishioners.

Pew Cards
Bookmark

For additional information, resources and the latest updates on our diocesan consultation process, please visit the diocesan Synod on Synodality webpage. Questions or suggestions? Email synod@sfcatholic.org.

School of Missionary Discipleship
The School of Missionary Discipleship will be launching January 25. Year one consists of weekly meetings beginning Tuesday, January 25 through May 3. Classes will be meeting via zoom 6:30-7:30 pm. Years two through four consist of quarterly days of formation and monthly virtual meetings.

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. 1. Learning How to Pray and How to Teach Others to Pray – A year-long (two semester) 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.

For more information about the school, please visit the School of Missionary Discipleship webpage.

March for Life Pilgrimage
Forty-two pilgrims from around the diocese will be traveling to the March for Life in Washington D.C. on January 21. Please keep them in your prayers. If you would like to tune in to the March from home, you can watch at marchforlife.org.

Going Deeper Retreats
Going Deeper now has an adult track! This retreat in perfect for adults who are wanting to dive into their faith and learn how to get involved in ministry. In the upcoming retreat, they will learn the important skills of intimacy in prayer through the teachings of St. Francis de Sales. How do you deepen your relationship with God? Come and find out! The Devoted Retreat will be held this spring, March 25-27, at the Abbey of the Hills. Registrations can be found on our Going Deeper webpage.
Bulletin Blurb: How can I grow deeper in my relationship with God? There is so much we can learn through the teachings of St. Frances de Sales! Learn all about it at the next diocesan Going Deeper retreat March 25-27 at the Abbey of the Hills. (PSST! Now offering both adult and youth tracks!) Register today at www.sfcatholic.org/goingdeeper.

Check out a complete list of upcoming events for adults.

Youth Discipleship and Evangelization Offerings

Upcoming Events

Last Collar Standing
January 16 at 4 p.m. – Livestreamed on our webpage

March for Life Pilgrimage
January 19-23 – Washington D.C.

Going Deeper Retreats
March 25-27 – Abbey of the Hills

D-Camps
June 20-23 – Broom Tree (High School)
July 10-13 – Broom Tree (High School)
July 14-17 – Broom Tree (Junior High School)

Power Hours
Weekly on Tuesdays at 1 p.m. – via Zoom

More Info

Last Collar Standing
Have you planned your parish watch party? Twelve priests will go head-to-head in an epic battle of physical and mental challenges to determine which one gets to walk away with the bragging rights of being the Last Collar Standing. The competition will be live streamed at 4 p.m. on Sunday, January 16. Text LASTCOLLAR to 84576 for updates and check out our Last Collar Standing webpage for more details.
Bulletin Blurb: The 3rd Annual Last Collar Standing competition is January 16 at 4 p.m. Check out www.sfcatholic.org/lastcollar for more details and text LASTCOLLAR to 84576 for updates.

D-Camp 2022
D-Camp registrations are open and filling! We will be offering three camps, one junior high and two high school. Register today to reserve your spot and snag the early bird discount. Those parishes wishing to give a discount to their students, please contact Grace Tibbetts at gtibbetts@sfcatholic.org to set up a discount code. For more information and the link to register, visit our D-Camp webpage.
Bulletin Blurb: D-Camp 2022 registrations are filling up! The early bird discount ends February 1. Head on over to our website to check the dates and snag the early bird registration price while you still can! www.sfcatholic.org/youth/d-camp/

Going Deeper Retreat
Our Devoted Retreat will be held this spring, March 25-27, at the Abbey of the Hills. We are excited to announce that we have opened these retreats up to adults as well as youth, so those adults wishing to attend may now register. Registrations can be found on our Going Deeper webpage.

Lumen Christi – Summer 2022
We are now accepting reservations for our summer Lumen Christi team. Invite a team of missionaries to come to your parish for summer 2022. The teams will come for a week at a time and all VBS programs will be four-day programs (five days is available for the evening program). To learn more and to submit a request, please visit our Lumen Christi webpage.

Power Hour
Join us Tuesdays at 1 p.m. This is an opportunity to meet with other parish catechetical leaders (PCL) from around our diocese to grow in both spiritual and professional development, and to have a space to bounce ideas off one another and inspire and encourage one another in your shared mission. Zoom invitations will be sent to the PCL email list weekly. If you are new or newly diving into our offerings, we invite you to join the PCL email list and join our new PCL community platform ComeFollow.Me. If you are not already receiving these PCL emails, you can sign up on the diocesan For Youth Leaders webpage.

Stay up-to-date by texting SFDIOCESE to 84576 or visiting sfdiocese.flocknote.com.

Catholic Family Services

GriefShare Program

Catholic Family Services is honored to host and facilitate Cathedral of Saint Joseph’s GriefShare program!

GriefShare is a worldwide Christian grief program for adults. It blends faith, educational videos, a personal workbook and group discussion. The video series is watched as a large group followed by small group discussions according to the participant’s particular loss (loss of a spouse, child, parent, sibling etc.) The program will run for 11 weeks with 13 different topics surrounding grief being covered.

GriefShare will begin again February 1 from 6-8 p.m. Cost of the workbook is $20 (scholarships available), and there will be an opportunity for a free-will offering to help cover the additional costs. For more information about GriefShare or to register, please contact Catholic Family Services at 605-988-3775 or email cfs@sfcatholic.org.

Space is limited and pre-registration is required.

Surviving Divorce Program – This six-week program begins Tuesday, February 1 in Sioux Falls. Sessions are held on Tuesday evenings, 6-8 p.m. Cost of $45 per person includes a “Personal Survival Guide,” refreshments and all materials for six weeks. For information or to register, contact Catholic Family Services, 605-988-3775 cfs@sfcatholic.org. Scholarships are available.

Vocations

Do you know a young man who has expressed interest in discerning a vocation to the priesthood? Do you know a young man who you think would make a great priest and might be open to investigating the possibility of this call in his life? As part of our work to help young men discern the Lord’s call for their lives, the Vocations Office is compiling a list of such men with the intent of keeping them informed about various vocations promotion opportunities such as retreats, mission trips, Operation Andrew Dinners, seminary visits, and so on. If you know of someone who we should add to our list, please contact Emma Murtha at emurtha@sfcatholic.org or 988-3772.

SJV Seminary Visit

Do you know of any young men in your parish who has considered (or should consider) a vocation to the priesthood? There is a seminary visit planned February 16th-18th to St. John Vianney & St. Paul Seminaries in St. Paul. No cost to them. Transportation provided from Sioux Falls. Please refer anyone interested to Fr. Tony Klein at frtonyklein@sfcatholic.org or Emma Murtha at emurtha@sfcatholic.org. If you have any questions yourself about the trip, please reach out to Fr. Tony or Emma.

Operation Andrew Dinner

As part of our work to help young men discern the Lord’s call for their lives, the Vocations Office is organizing some upcoming Operation Andrew Dinners.

Operation Andrew Dinner at St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center in Aberdeen on Tuesday January 31st from 6-8 p.m.

Operation Andrew Dinner at St. Thomas More Newman Center in Vermillion on February 23rd from 6-8 p.m.

If you know of a man that would be a great priest and should be invited to one of these dinners please contact your priest.

Prayer for Vocations

Looking for a good prayer to use for an increase in vocations? Here’s one many of our parishes have been using for years.

Lord Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father and Mary Immaculate, grant to our young people the generosity necessary to follow Your call and the courage to overcome all obstacles to their vocation in life. Give their parents that faith, love and spirit of sacrifice which will inspire them to offer their children to God’s service and to rejoice whenever one of their children is called to the priesthood or religious life. Let Your example and that of Your Blessed Mother and Saint Joseph encourage both young people and parents and let Your grace sustain them. Amen.