Indian Mission

St. Francis Parish is located in a valley surrounded by forests, in the center of the Whiteriver Apache Reservation in Arizona.

St. Francis of Assisi School in Lumberton, NM welcomed the new school year 2023-2024 with 2 new co-principals. Principal Elena Talamante is an alumna of St. Francis and had been serving as the 7th and 8th grade teacher for 2 years before her appointment.

Currently, the diocese has just 10 priests to serve all of its 38 rural churches across western Alaska, with one part-time priest from Michigan who flies to the most remote villages.

De La Salle Blackfeet School began our preparations for the 2023-24 school year the day following our commencement exercises at the conclusion of the 2022-23 school year.

The Summer Months of 2023 were spent preparing for Summer Family Bible Camp, attending training, and attending a Kateri retreat.

We traveled with some of our SFM Youth group members to the 84th Annual Tekakwitha Conference July 19-23, 2023 which was held in Bloomington, MN.