Indian Mission

Only staff members that are involved with summer youth programs can understand the hard work that it takes to organize and implement them.

Each year, the Office of Native Ministry and the Sioux Spiritual Center host two Canku Wakan Retreats, which are four-day inculturated retreat experiences for Lakota Catholics in the diocese and other indigenous peoples nationwide.

This school year the school began a preschool program for two-year-old students. Seven students were part of the new program and all seven of them completed the year.

Each year our students perform in two concerts: one at Christmas, and another in the spring. Our recent performance utilized the talent of every Saint Rita student.

This past season the high school Cardinals softball team had a roster of 15 girls and they competed fiercely, earning a trip to the 1A Arizona Softball State Tournament in May.

Elementary students often visit the larger high school classrooms for lab work with science teacher Jamie B. Adams, RN. Recently, second and third graders worked with microscopes in the lab viewing slides while learning the basics of microscope use.