Month: March 2022

Catholic School Job Posting: Principal

Immaculate Conception School in Watertown, SD seeks a talented, faithful, and dynamic individual to serve as its principal beginning in the 2022-2023 academic year.  This is an excellent opportunity to expand on the school’s recent efforts to create an endowment to support teacher salaries and its recent recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School.

Immaculate Conception School offers a Junior Kindergarten through 6th grade in a single section model.  It serves 185 students.  The school is vital to the evangelizing mission of Immaculate Conception and Holy Name of Jesus Parishes.  It strives to provide an education that is authentically Catholic:  a formation of the whole person in the light of Jesus Christ.  The school stands at a graced moment in its history with a unique opportunity to grow its student enrollment and expand its grade offering.

Therefore, Immaculate Conception School seeks an individual who will successfully cultivate a joyful, Catholic culture supporting families in the formation of their children’s holiness, virtue, and habitual use of reason.  However, “(t)he project of the Catholic school is convincing only if carried out by people who are deeply motivated, because they witness to a living encounter with Christ” (Cong. for Catholic Education, 1997).

Interested applicants are encouraged to send a cover letter and CV/resume to hr@icschoolwatertown.org.  Applications are requested before close of business on April 4, 2022.

https://www.icschoolwatertown.org/

Adult Discipleship and Evangelization Offerings

Upcoming Events

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

More Info

Synod on Synodality Update:

Thank you to everyone who helped promote awareness of the Diocesan Survey for the Synod.  As of Feb. 28 we received over 3,400 online responses!

Written Responses:  We ask that every parish who has received written responses do their best to have volunteers take those responses and “digitize” them.  This can be done simply by going to sfcatholic.org/synod, clicking on the take the survey link, and completing an online survey with the responses given in the written survey.  The written survey can then be discarded. The link will remain active until March 7.

If you have any remaining “un-digitized” written survey responses after March 7, please collect them and send them to the Chancery-  523 N. Duluth Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104   Attn: Survey Results as soon as possible.  Thanks!

By the beginning of April we will start to have results to share from the survey and will put them out on our various communication channels.  We are planning 12 months of more “in-depth” reporting on the survey, in an effort to share as much information as possible in a way that is helpful and accessible to as many people as possible.

 

Going Deeper Retreat
Our Devoted Retreat is this month!!!  This retreat is focussed on the teaching of St. Francis de Sales and the Universal Call to Holiness. Adults and youth are welcome to attend. Snag your spot quickly before it fills up! Registrations can be found on our webpage at www.sfcatholic.org/youth/going-deeper/ 

Bulletin Blurb:  Going Deeper Retreat March 25-27 @ Abbey of the Hills.  Last call for registrations! Adults and youth are invited to attend: www.sfcatholic.org/youth/going-deeper/ 

Youth Discipleship and Evangelization Offerings

Upcoming Events

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)

Summer Lumen Christi Confirmation Retreats
Mitchell – June 18th
Yankton – June 25th
Sioux Falls – July 23rd

CGS Catechist Trainings
June 9-15 – Risen Savior, Brandon (Level 1, Part 2)
June 27-July 2 – Immaculate Conception, Watertown (Level 2, Part 1)

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

More Info

Going Deeper Retreat
Our Devoted Retreat is this month!!!  Adults and youth are welcome to attend. This retreat is focused on the teaching of St. Francis de Sales and the Universal Call to Holiness. Snag your spot quickly before it fills up! Registrations can be found on our Going Deeper webpage.

Bulletin Blurb: Going Deeper Retreat March 25-27 @ Abbey of the Hills. Last call for registrations! Adults and youth are invited to attend: www.sfcatholic.org/youth/going-deeper/

 

Lumen Christi – Summer 2022
Reservations for our summer Lumen Christi teams are almost full. If you would still like to invite a team of  missionaries to come to your parish this summer please fill out the request form on our webpage.  We will consider adding a 6th team this summer if we have enough requests.  The teams will come for a week at a time and all VBS programs will be 4 day (5 days is available for the evening program). To learn more and to submit a request, please visit our Lumen Christi webpage. 

 

Lumen Christi – Summer Confirmation Retreats
Lumen Christi is offering 3 Confirmation Retreats this summer.  These retreats are focused on deepening the understanding and preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation. For more information and to register visit our webpage.

Bulletin Blurb: Lumen Christi is offering 3 Confirmation Retreats this summer. Check out the dates and register today by visiting: https://www.sfcatholic.org/youth/confirmation-retreats/

 

D-Camp 2022
D-Camp registrations are almost full! The Junior High camp is full and a waitlist has begun. Register today to reserve your spot. 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! Junior High D-Camp is full with a waitlist. High Schoolers, head on over to our website to snag your spot!  www.sfcatholic.org/youth/d-camp/

 

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
CGS is a Catholic religious education program for children 3-12. It uses hands-on materials to help children grow in knowledge of liturgy and scripture through relationship, prayer, and discussion. Children meet weekly in a specially prepared environment called an atrium. In the atrium adult catechists present materials to children, either individually or in a small group allowing them to work with and meditate on scripture, liturgy and the life of the church. If you are interested in being trained as a CGS Catechist there will be a few training sessions in our diocese this summer. 

Level 1 Part 1 |Sioux Falls | Date TBD
The diocese would like to host a Level 1 Part 1 training this summer. We are currently trying to find an available Formation Leader. More info to come.

Level 1 Part 2 | Risen Savior,  Brandon | June 9-15, 2022
Risen Savior is hosting this training. Please contact Rachel Uhrich for information and to register (familyformation@risensaviorbrandon.com or 605-582-6902).

Level 2 Part 1 | Immaculate Conception, Watertown | June 27-July 2, 2022
The diocese is hosting this training. Cost is $250. Scholarships are available. If you will be traveling, a few host families have offered to provide housing. To register, click here. If you have questions, please contact us at cgs@sfcatholic.org or 605-988-3714.

 

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.

Celebration Concert

Thursday April 7 marks the “kick off” event for the Cathedral of Saint Joseph’s new organ project. Please make plans to join this Sacred Arts Series event as Bishop DeGrood blesses our new Continuo organ and skilled instrumental and vocal musicians perform a concert. There will also be a brief presentation from the world renowned organ builders from Juget-Sinclair from Montreal. They will describe the construction process for the new organ which will begin in 2024. A celebration reception with hors devours and refreshments will follow the concert. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. with a pre-concert presentation at 6:15 p.m. Concert begins at 7:00 p.m.

Chancery Updates

  • This year’s Gift of Hope Concert supporting The Lourdes Center (formerly Catholic Family Services) will feature Unspoken, March 26 at 7 p.m. at the O’Gorman Performing Arts Center. More information was included in the February Ministry Forum.

Upcoming Events

  • Rite of Election, Cathedral of Saint Joseph – March 6, 1:30 pm
  • Priest Council Meeting – March 17
  • Diocesan Finance Council – March 30
  • Chrism Mass, Cathedral of Saint Joseph – March 31

 

 

Job opportunities with the Diocese of Sioux Falls

There are several open positions in the Diocese of Sioux Falls that offer great opportunities to work and serve the Church at the same time. Open positions include:

  • Accounts Payable Specialist – Catholic Pastoral Center, Sioux Falls
  • Clinical Counselor – The Lourdes Center, Sioux Falls
  • Director of Religious Education – St. John Paul II Parish, Harrisburg
  • Marketing and Communication Specialist – Catholic Community Foundation for Eastern South Dakota, Sioux Falls
  • Administrative Assistant – Catholic Community Foundation for Eastern South Dakota, Sioux Falls

To learn more about one of these positions, visit our website at www.sfcatholic.org/human-resources/employment-opportunities

All-area Catholic Mass

Jesus instructs us to “bring the little children to him,” and we know there is nothing sweeter than the sound of those little ones praising God. Join the Aberdeen Catholic School System, Avera Health Missions, St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center, Presentation College, Presentation Sisters, Sacred Heart Parish, St. Mary Parish, Aberdeen and area faith communities and parishioners in coming together as one body in Christ to celebrate Mass June 5 at the Northern State University Barnett Center. Archbishop Robert J. Carlson and Bishop Donald DeGrood will celebrate Mass along with area priests, deacons and religious.

This time together as a Catholic community will give your children an opportunity to sing, play games, and eat a delicious pancake breakfast. All are invited!