Indian Mission

There were seven young people who participated in the May procession and crowning of Mary on May 6, 2018 at St. Andrew in Pendleton, Oregon.

Fr. Joel Jores, Fr. Francis Zurbano, and Dcn. Mark Fuller have continued to increase their outreach to their parishioners, the Menominee Indians.

Erma Marshall was blessed with a wonderful Pilgrimage to the Annual Tekakwitha Conference.

Sapa Un Catholic Academy is home to 40 Lakota students on the Rosebud Lakota Reservation. In August, it commenced its fourth year of a comprehensive and holistic approach to growing students and supporting their families.

The co-ed school enrolls students in kindergarten and provides a nurturing space for educational advancement through grade 12. While Sapa Un’s ultimate goal is to prepare students for college, the cross-curriculum emphasis on critical subjects, native tongue, and Catholic faith.

Three Franciscan sisters are reaching out to inactive Catholics on the Standing Rock Reservation.

St Kateri Tekakwitha Mission Church has had a few months of both excitement and sadness.