Upcoming Events
September 24, 2023 – Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Sioux Falls
National Eucharistic Congress
July 17-21, 2024 – Indianapolis
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National Eucharistic Congress – Send a team from your parish
The USCCB is encouraging every parish to send a team of representatives to the National Eucharistic Congress next summer. They will be commissioned as Eucharistic Missionaries to bring the joy and love of the Eucharist back to your parish and community.
We still have tickets available at a greatly reduced rate. These tickets are for anyone in the Sioux Falls Diocese and are first come – first served. To claim your ticket, go to sfcatholic.org/eucharist.
Eucharistic Revival – Small Group Resources
During the year of the parish, the USCCB is encouraging each parish to host small groups using their new seven week study, Jesus and the Eucharist. They have made it so easy! There is an online training for planning the small group, parish implementation and table facilitators. They give you the curriculum, videos, slide show presentations, handouts and more.
If you are interested, please connect with your Eucharistic Revival Parish Point Person or check out the resource webpage for more information.
School of Missionary Discipleship – New Cohort Begins in January
The next cohort of the School of Missionary Discipleship will be launching on January 30, 2024. 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.
- Learning How to Pray and How to Teach Others to Pray – An exploration of how to grow deeply in prayer.
- Sacred Scripture and Church History – An overview of the story of salvation from creation to today.
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church – An exploration of Church teaching.
- Sharing your Faith – A practical introduction to talking with others about our faith.
Year one consists of formation in Christian prayer and virtue. This year of formation will provide a great foundation to help those new to personal prayer, as well as those well experienced in personal prayer, to enter more deeply into their daily relationship with God. We will cover essential principles of relational prayer, specific methods of Christian prayer, the interplay of prayer and virtue, and an introduction to discernment of spirits. Together these elements will help participants of any background to “fall in Love, stay in Love and let Love make all the difference.”
Teaching is done through a series of weekly videos in conjunction with large and small group meetings via Zoom on Tuesday evenings. For more information, please visit the School of Missionary Discipleship webpage.
Respect Life Month – USCCB Resources
Respect Life month is coming up in October. To help you be prepared, the USCCB has created some wonderful resources for your parish. They have also created an amazing program called Walking With Moms In Need, which has resources specifically for your parish.
Engaged Couples Guides
The annual Engaged Couples Guide is going digital! No more misplaced pamphlets for your couples. The entire guide has been recreated in website form. (Click here to check it out.) To make sure couples have easy access to the website, we have created a card that the priest or deacon can hand to the couple. The card has the webpage listed as well as a QR code. These cards will be mailed out later this month. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our office at discipleship@sfcatholic.org or 605-988-3714.
Confirmation Retreats – Fall 2023
We have received calls from Confirmation Coordinators wondering where to send students for retreats this fall. The Abbey of the Hills is hosting the fall retreat this year and they are full with a waiting list. If your parish is interested in partnering with the diocese to host a confirmation retreat open to attendees from the rest of the diocese, please contact our office at discipleship@sfcatholic.org or 605-988-3714.
Anniversary Mass
The annual Anniversary Mass for couples celebrating milestone anniversaries has been scheduled for Sunday, September 24 at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Sioux Falls. Invitations from Bishop DeGrood were mailed to couples last week. If you have a couple who has a qualifying anniversary of 25, 50, 60 or 65+ years of marriage who did not receive an invitation, please have them reach out to our office to be added to the invitation list. They can reach us at discipleship@sfcatholic.org or 605-988-3714.
Weekly “Power Hour” for Formation Leaders – Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
Power Hour will resume again on Tuesday, September 12. We are looking forward to catching up with you!
PCL Email List
If you are new or newly diving into our offerings, we invite you to join the PCL email list. You can sign up on the diocesan For Parish Leaders webpage.