Category: Chancery

 

• If you are part of a parish/pastorate staff and find the Ministry Forum helpful, please check with others on staff to make sure they are getting it. It’s always helpful when everyone has all the same information! If there is someone who wants to be added, please have them reach out to me at rkranz@sfcatholic.org.
• It’s time to send in your Necrology reports for the Bishop’s Bulletin! Please see instructions below.
• Also see below information about orientation sessions for Pastoral Planning Committee members in your pastorate.
• Continue to keep your new pastors and all priests in your prayers as they settle into their new assignments. And pray that the Holy Spirit will fill us all with a spirit of openness and courage.

Now that pastors have created their Pastoral Planning Committee, the Chancery invites all committee members to attend one orientation session, which will be made available regionally. This orientation will be focused on the handbook and the pastoral planning process. Those dates are below. Pastors are also welcome to invite their assigned facilitators to join their committees at an orientation if they wish.

• Thursday, Sept. 7, 6-9 p.m. Sioux Falls, St. Therese
• Sunday, Sept. 10, 2-5 p.m. Yankton, St. Benedict
• Monday, Sept. 11, 6-9 p.m. Huron, Holy Trinity
• Tuesday, Sept. 12, 6-9 p.m. Aberdeen, St. Mary
• Wednesday, Sept. 13, 6-9 p.m. Pierre, Ss. Peter & Paul

 

• Bishop’s Charity Hunt – September 18
• Anniversary Mass (Sioux Falls) – September 24
• Clergy Days 2023 – October 2-5
• Diocesan Finance Council meeting – October 31
• Priest Council – November 9

Thank you to all for your wonderful support of the 2023 Catholic Family Sharing
Appeal. Parishioners have responded with great generosity toward the many
ministries supported by the appeal. To date, we have received 12,443 pledges
totaling $5,136,000. Nearly 2/3 of the parishes have raised over and above the
amount shared with the diocese, providing an additional $636,000 to stay in the
respective parish and be used where the need is greatest.

If you have remaining pledges to send in and enter into the ParishSoft Offering
Module, please do so as soon as possible as we prepare for follow-up this fall. The
follow-up is a great opportunity to connect with parishioners, so if you are
planning to do this at the parish level, please let us know so we do not duplicate
efforts.

Thank you again for your support as the success of the Catholic Family Sharing
Appeal is dependent upon the great efforts of those at all of the parishes throughout the diocese.

 

• We have already completed two of the four parish staff in-service days for Set Ablaze. Two more are scheduled for August 8 and 9 in Huron and Yankton. If you haven’t already registered as a pastorate, please go to this link today to register and be sure to attend with your pastorate. If you’ve already registered, we look forward to seeing you there!
• It will soon be time to send in your Necrology reports for the Bishop’s Bulletin! Please see instructions below.
• Continue to keep your new pastors and all priests in your prayers as they settle into their new assignments. And pray that the Holy Spirit will fill us all with a spirit of openness and courage.

 

• As parish staffs adjust to the new pastorate structure, many questions are sure to arise. We are planning staff in-service meetings in early August to help you make the transition. Watch your email for more information very soon!
• Continue to keep your new pastors and all priests in your prayers as they settle into their new assignments. And pray that the Holy Spirit will fill us all with a spirit of openness and courage.

 

• Clergy Gathering & Picnic – August 16
• Priest Council – August 17
• Diocesan Finance Council – August 31
• Clergy Days 2023 – October 2-5
• Priest Council – November 9

With the transition of Heather from the Tribunal, several procedures will be altered. For permission for mixed religion weddings/dispensation for disparity of cult/dispensation from form, please send all requests to Thad Pals at the Chancery. Likewise, all pre-marital files that are between dioceses should be routed through the Chancery. Petitions for declaration of nullity should be sent to the Tribunal. Processing these cases may be delayed, so please allow for plenty of time. Any questions regarding Tribunal procedures or the status of cases should be directed to Father Tschakert at his cell phone: 605-228-7655.

In order to help the priests’ as they transition from their current parish to their new pastorates, one of the most important items to take care of are the bank accounts so the new pastor can sign checks right away.

Not all banks are the same and some may have their own requirements to do this. I would suggest that you make a call to your bank and ask what their policy/procedure is for making this transition.

With that in mind, I have provided a sample document (see link below) that many banks (but not all) will accept to transfer the parish accounts from the outgoing pastor to the incoming pastor’s name.

Feel free to manipulate it however you need based on the number of accounts and number of signors desired, etc. The banks will need the entire social security number as well as a copy of the driver’s licenses of all those being added to the account. Please note that bringing in a copy of the minutes from the finance council confirming the new signor on the account will be beneficial.

Helping father out with this important task will be greatly appreciated.

Thad Pals, Chancellor

Signer Template