WELCOME
To The St. Katharine Drexel Parish (Sioux Falls, SD) Website
To The St. Katharine Drexel Parish (Sioux Falls, SD) Website
The mission of St. Katharine Drexel Parish is to gather
together as a community of faith, sharing the Word of
God with all of our neighbors through our words and
example. We emphasize the sanctity of the Eucharist
in our daily lives and encourage good stewardship and
lifelong Catholic Christian education. Our consistent
message is "Come home to Christ".
together as a community of faith, sharing the Word of
God with all of our neighbors through our words and
example. We emphasize the sanctity of the Eucharist
in our daily lives and encourage good stewardship and
lifelong Catholic Christian education. Our consistent
message is "Come home to Christ".
Are you new to our parish? We would love to have you become
an active part of our faith community. Please stop after Mass and
introduce yourself to Fr. Joe. He will give you a card of introduction
to fill out. Or, you can request more information, ask a question, or
have someone contact you by filling out the simple form here.
Welcome!
an active part of our faith community. Please stop after Mass and
introduce yourself to Fr. Joe. He will give you a card of introduction
to fill out. Or, you can request more information, ask a question, or
have someone contact you by filling out the simple form here.
Welcome!
HOW TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE and “PRO-LIFE”? Here are a
few golden opportunities: (Sign-up sheets are available at the table
after Mass or call the parish office.)
+St. Katharine Drexel & St. Michael Parishes gather to pray the
Rosary in front of Planned Parenthood the 25th of each month at
6 p.m. & the 1st, 10th, and 15th at noon.
+CAN (Catholic Advocate Network) operates by contacting you via e-
mail or phone when important pro-life and social justice bills are
being introduced in the legislative session. You in turn are asked to
contact your legislators by e-mail, letter, or phone to convey how
you would like them to vote. You can play an important role in
helping to ensure that legislation includes morals & values of our
Catholic faith!
few golden opportunities: (Sign-up sheets are available at the table
after Mass or call the parish office.)
+St. Katharine Drexel & St. Michael Parishes gather to pray the
Rosary in front of Planned Parenthood the 25th of each month at
6 p.m. & the 1st, 10th, and 15th at noon.
+CAN (Catholic Advocate Network) operates by contacting you via e-
mail or phone when important pro-life and social justice bills are
being introduced in the legislative session. You in turn are asked to
contact your legislators by e-mail, letter, or phone to convey how
you would like them to vote. You can play an important role in
helping to ensure that legislation includes morals & values of our
Catholic faith!
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1901 S. Wheatland Court (Click here for map)
Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Phone - (605) 275-6870
Fax - (605) 275-6998
E-mail - church.stkatharinedrexel@midconetwork.com
Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Phone - (605) 275-6870
Fax - (605) 275-6998
E-mail - church.stkatharinedrexel@midconetwork.com
St. Katharine Drexel Parish
1901 S. Wheatland Court
Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Phone - (605) 275-6870
Fax - (605) 275-6998
E-mail - church.stkatharinedrexel@midconetwork.com
1901 S. Wheatland Court
Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Phone - (605) 275-6870
Fax - (605) 275-6998
E-mail - church.stkatharinedrexel@midconetwork.com
Click on the image above
to read a biography.
Born: November 26, 1858
Died: March 3, 1955
(Parish Feast Day)
Canonized a Saint:
October 1, 2000
to read a biography.
Born: November 26, 1858
Died: March 3, 1955
(Parish Feast Day)
Canonized a Saint:
October 1, 2000
“If I can say of an action: ‘I
did it out of love of God,’
there is something about
it that will last through all
eternity.”
St. Katharine Drexel
did it out of love of God,’
there is something about
it that will last through all
eternity.”
St. Katharine Drexel
This mural can be seen
at St. Joseph Cathedral
Sacred Heart Chapel in
Sioux Falls.
at St. Joseph Cathedral
Sacred Heart Chapel in
Sioux Falls.
Image courtesy of the
Archives of the Sisters of
the Blessed Sacrament.
Archives of the Sisters of
the Blessed Sacrament.
“Peacefully do at each
moment what at that
moment ought to be
done.”
St. Katharine Drexel
moment what at that
moment ought to be
done.”
St. Katharine Drexel
Image courtesy of the
Archives of the Sisters of
the Blessed Sacrament.
Archives of the Sisters of
the Blessed Sacrament.
CHURCH BUILDING WISH LIST
Because so many people continue to respond so generously, our
wish list changes often for our new church building. In the spirit of St.
Katharine Drexel's generosity, parishioners and friends of our parish
are giving from their hearts to furnish our new church with the items
that will help us worship our Lord in wondrous ways. The following is
an updated list of many of the items still needed for our church with
approximate costs. If you are interested in joining other benefactors
by contributing to any of these or have questions, please call the
Parish Office. What an awesome privilege it is to be a part of this
adventure!
Pews--$2,000 per pew
Organ--$40,000 ($3,750 donated so far)
Stained Glass Windows--several windows; total project between
$100,000-150,000; $50,000 donated so far
500 feet of Katie Avenue (the street on the west side of our
property) $150,000 total or only $300 per foot!
Computers and playground equipment for St. Katharine
Drexel Parish Catholic School--researching cost
Paint for our Education Center
Because so many people continue to respond so generously, our
wish list changes often for our new church building. In the spirit of St.
Katharine Drexel's generosity, parishioners and friends of our parish
are giving from their hearts to furnish our new church with the items
that will help us worship our Lord in wondrous ways. The following is
an updated list of many of the items still needed for our church with
approximate costs. If you are interested in joining other benefactors
by contributing to any of these or have questions, please call the
Parish Office. What an awesome privilege it is to be a part of this
adventure!
Pews--$2,000 per pew
Organ--$40,000 ($3,750 donated so far)
Stained Glass Windows--several windows; total project between
$100,000-150,000; $50,000 donated so far
500 feet of Katie Avenue (the street on the west side of our
property) $150,000 total or only $300 per foot!
Computers and playground equipment for St. Katharine
Drexel Parish Catholic School--researching cost
Paint for our Education Center
WHAT DO YOU KNOW, FR. JOE?
I was asked the other day if we would publish the items from the wish list that
have already been donated. The following list is mostly complete and is quite
substantial. This list certainly makes visible the incredible generosity of our
parishioners. May God bless each and every one of you.
Advent Wreath Stand Altar
Altar Server Robes Altar Cloths
Ambo (Lectern) Baptismal Font
Altar Server Bells Book of the Gospels
Candle Holders – Standing Chair for Priest – Presider’s Chair
Chalice Ciboria
Common Cups Confessional Chair & kneeler
Corporals & purificators Cruet Set
Cross and corpus over altar Easter Celebration Candle w/Stand
Flagon/Carafe for Wine Gifts Table
Gold Patens Grand Piano
Holy Water Dispenser Holy Water Pot & Sprinkler
Holy Water fonts at doors Holy Oil container set
Hymnals Incense “Censer” w/stand
Kneelers Lavabo Bowl
Lectionary Monstrance
Music Stands Organ (partially donated)
Perpetual Candle Pews w/kneelers
Procession Cross w/stand Sacramentary
Sound system Staff to light candles
Stained glass windows (partially donated) Stations of the Cross
Statue of the Blessed Mother Sacred Heart Statue
St. Joseph Statue Statue of St. Katharine Drexel
Tabernacle Tabernacle Stone table
Table for Servers and other tables Votive Candle Stand
Wine & Water cruets
New items are being added to the wish list as we proceed with the
construction. The are several items that will be needed for the Education
Center and school and we will publish those next week.
There has been considerable discussion concerning the purchase of an organ
for our church. It would enhance our worship in many ways, for “Among all other
instruments which are suitable for divine worship, the organ is “accorded pride
of place” because of its capacity to sustain the singing of a large gathered
assembly, due to both its size and its ability to give “resonance to the fullness
of human sentiments, from joy to sadness, from praise to lamentation.” (Sing
to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship, para. 87) Likewise, as Pope Benedict XVI
has stated, “the manifold possibilities of the organ in some way remind us to
the immensity and the magnificence of God.”81 It has been our goal throughout
this process to build a church that is traditional in many ways and obviously
Catholic and an organ would help us to fulfill this goal. If you would like to
contribute to this project let us know.
81 Pope Benedict XVI, Greeting of the Holy Father on the Occasion of Blessing of the New
Organ at Regensburg’s Alte Kapelle, Regensburg, Germany (Sept. 13, 2006).
I was asked the other day if we would publish the items from the wish list that
have already been donated. The following list is mostly complete and is quite
substantial. This list certainly makes visible the incredible generosity of our
parishioners. May God bless each and every one of you.
Advent Wreath Stand Altar
Altar Server Robes Altar Cloths
Ambo (Lectern) Baptismal Font
Altar Server Bells Book of the Gospels
Candle Holders – Standing Chair for Priest – Presider’s Chair
Chalice Ciboria
Common Cups Confessional Chair & kneeler
Corporals & purificators Cruet Set
Cross and corpus over altar Easter Celebration Candle w/Stand
Flagon/Carafe for Wine Gifts Table
Gold Patens Grand Piano
Holy Water Dispenser Holy Water Pot & Sprinkler
Holy Water fonts at doors Holy Oil container set
Hymnals Incense “Censer” w/stand
Kneelers Lavabo Bowl
Lectionary Monstrance
Music Stands Organ (partially donated)
Perpetual Candle Pews w/kneelers
Procession Cross w/stand Sacramentary
Sound system Staff to light candles
Stained glass windows (partially donated) Stations of the Cross
Statue of the Blessed Mother Sacred Heart Statue
St. Joseph Statue Statue of St. Katharine Drexel
Tabernacle Tabernacle Stone table
Table for Servers and other tables Votive Candle Stand
Wine & Water cruets
New items are being added to the wish list as we proceed with the
construction. The are several items that will be needed for the Education
Center and school and we will publish those next week.
There has been considerable discussion concerning the purchase of an organ
for our church. It would enhance our worship in many ways, for “Among all other
instruments which are suitable for divine worship, the organ is “accorded pride
of place” because of its capacity to sustain the singing of a large gathered
assembly, due to both its size and its ability to give “resonance to the fullness
of human sentiments, from joy to sadness, from praise to lamentation.” (Sing
to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship, para. 87) Likewise, as Pope Benedict XVI
has stated, “the manifold possibilities of the organ in some way remind us to
the immensity and the magnificence of God.”81 It has been our goal throughout
this process to build a church that is traditional in many ways and obviously
Catholic and an organ would help us to fulfill this goal. If you would like to
contribute to this project let us know.
81 Pope Benedict XVI, Greeting of the Holy Father on the Occasion of Blessing of the New
Organ at Regensburg’s Alte Kapelle, Regensburg, Germany (Sept. 13, 2006).
Prayer intention for our building project:
Heavenly Father, we lift up to you our prayers this week for the
safety of all workers involved in our building project, for the
continued cooperation of all involved in the planning, and for the
strengthening of our community of faith.
Finally, we ask for continued favorable weather as these projects
are being completed. We ask that you will bless all those involved in
a special way because they are working on holy ground. Amen.
Heavenly Father, we lift up to you our prayers this week for the
safety of all workers involved in our building project, for the
continued cooperation of all involved in the planning, and for the
strengthening of our community of faith.
Finally, we ask for continued favorable weather as these projects
are being completed. We ask that you will bless all those involved in
a special way because they are working on holy ground. Amen.
BUILDING OUR FUTURE
Calling for Volunteers to Assist those Painting
the Education Center!
It’s time to compile a list of volunteers that want to
make a positive impact on finishing up our Education Center. Just as
the shingling and framing projects were completed through
generous acts of service, so too will the painting and finishing of our
beautiful new Education Center be completed. Right now, the
sheetrock has been hung, and the taping and mudding are well
under way. Soon, Aldon VanDeStroet, our project superintendent,
will give us the go-ahead to get the walls, doors and door frames all
finished and painted. Besides this interior work, there’s also some
exterior work to be done, with the facia boards and the south gable
end needing a couple coats of paint. All of this will need to be done
within a narrow timeframe of two to three weeks; so once again we
come to our faithful parish family and ask for your help.
Our parish is so blessed to have talented people who volunteer to
help in areas of their expertise. We have a painting professional who
has volunteered to orchestrate and supervise the flow of this step-
by-step process and he says that so far he has two other
professional painters on board to help get the work done. Now he is
looking for another dozen or so workers that have are able to help in
different ways. And for those that haven’t painted, but want to get in
on the excitement, he sees lots of opportunity for them to help too.
The process will go much faster with the help of many hands. Many
of those hands will be doing the prep work. Prep work consists of
sanding the steel door frames and masking them off so that our
professional painters can come and spray them. After the door
frames are dry, each of the 8 classrooms, 2 bathrooms, storage
room and hall will need to be prepped for the painters to come and
spray. That prep work will include taping off the windows and steel
door frames, and laying tarps around the perimeter of the rooms.
During the actual spraying of the rooms, a volunteer is needed to
keep the paint supply full and providing additional assistance. The
final step will be hanging the 14 doors, then sanding, staining,
sealing and varnishing them.
It’s a big job that will be accomplished in many steps. With lots of
hands, the work will be very fun and oh so fulfilling! If you’d like to be
part of the team, please give Tony Anderson (361-7898) or the
Parish Office (275-6870) a call. We’ll get your phone number and e-
mail address and keep you posted on every opportunity there is to
bring this incredible project to completion. If you want to be a baker
and bring out a plate of goodies once in a while, we’d love to hear
from you. If you would commit to praying for our project, we’d be so
grateful and will e-mail or call you when our project gets started.
Thanks in advance for your abundant generosity!
Calling for Volunteers to Assist those Painting
the Education Center!
It’s time to compile a list of volunteers that want to
make a positive impact on finishing up our Education Center. Just as
the shingling and framing projects were completed through
generous acts of service, so too will the painting and finishing of our
beautiful new Education Center be completed. Right now, the
sheetrock has been hung, and the taping and mudding are well
under way. Soon, Aldon VanDeStroet, our project superintendent,
will give us the go-ahead to get the walls, doors and door frames all
finished and painted. Besides this interior work, there’s also some
exterior work to be done, with the facia boards and the south gable
end needing a couple coats of paint. All of this will need to be done
within a narrow timeframe of two to three weeks; so once again we
come to our faithful parish family and ask for your help.
Our parish is so blessed to have talented people who volunteer to
help in areas of their expertise. We have a painting professional who
has volunteered to orchestrate and supervise the flow of this step-
by-step process and he says that so far he has two other
professional painters on board to help get the work done. Now he is
looking for another dozen or so workers that have are able to help in
different ways. And for those that haven’t painted, but want to get in
on the excitement, he sees lots of opportunity for them to help too.
The process will go much faster with the help of many hands. Many
of those hands will be doing the prep work. Prep work consists of
sanding the steel door frames and masking them off so that our
professional painters can come and spray them. After the door
frames are dry, each of the 8 classrooms, 2 bathrooms, storage
room and hall will need to be prepped for the painters to come and
spray. That prep work will include taping off the windows and steel
door frames, and laying tarps around the perimeter of the rooms.
During the actual spraying of the rooms, a volunteer is needed to
keep the paint supply full and providing additional assistance. The
final step will be hanging the 14 doors, then sanding, staining,
sealing and varnishing them.
It’s a big job that will be accomplished in many steps. With lots of
hands, the work will be very fun and oh so fulfilling! If you’d like to be
part of the team, please give Tony Anderson (361-7898) or the
Parish Office (275-6870) a call. We’ll get your phone number and e-
mail address and keep you posted on every opportunity there is to
bring this incredible project to completion. If you want to be a baker
and bring out a plate of goodies once in a while, we’d love to hear
from you. If you would commit to praying for our project, we’d be so
grateful and will e-mail or call you when our project gets started.
Thanks in advance for your abundant generosity!
Save the Date! On Sunday, July 13th at 2:00 p.m., Bishop Swain
preside at our Mass of Dedication for St. Katharine Drexel Parish. It
will be an historical event you and your family will not want to miss!
preside at our Mass of Dedication for St. Katharine Drexel Parish. It
will be an historical event you and your family will not want to miss!