The SFM Youth group participated in the Youth Parade on August 29, 2021. They took 1st place! The theme was honoring our children, uplifting our children, and cartoon characters.
The SFM Youth group (sponsored by the St. Francis Mission) collaborated with the RST Wiconi Wakan Health and Healing Program to bring Halloween parades and candy drive thru giveaways to all the smaller communities.
On November 7, 2021 we celebrated four baptisms at St. Charles Borromeo Parish, St. Francis, SD. We welcomed four infants, children and their families into the Parish.
St. Augustine Indian Mission School teachers were eager to welcome students back to school on August 18. The day began with a special drum ceremony by members of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Father Mark Bridgman has had a busy summer saying the weekend Masses for four parishes, while our director, Father Mark Beran, has been visiting parishes in the region to share the St. Augustine Mission story.