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Archives of the Sisters of
the Blessed Sacrament.
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to read a biography.
Born: November 26, 1858
Died: March 3, 1955
(Parish Feast Day)
Canonized a Saint:
October 1, 2000
Image courtesy of the
Archives of the Sisters of
the Blessed Sacrament.
“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
“Peacefully do at each
moment what at that
moment ought to be
done.”
St. Katharine Drexel
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Meet our new Youth Minister
I would like to take this
opportunity to introduce
myself. My name is Mary Jo
Gallagher and I have been a
member of St. Katharine
Drexel Parish for three years.
My husband, Dan, and I have
been married for 31 years.
We have four children,
Sunshine, who is married to
Pat Silver; Michael, who is
married to Kateri; Chasity; who is married to Eric Soupir;
and Carrie, who is married to Paul Clarey and is also a
member of St. Katharine Drexel Parish. I have two
granddaughters, Kaitlyn, who is 7 months old and Sienna,
who is 4 months old.
My husband and I met at Search for Christian Maturity
when we were in high school and we have been involved
in that program in the diocese. I have been involved in
various youth ministry programs throughout Sioux Falls
and facilitated a youth group in my home when my children
were in high school.
I believe that our young people need to have an
experience of Christ’s love in their life.
My ministry objective is to aid our youth in faith formation
and assist them in fostering a relationship with Christ
through the Sacraments. Our youth are not the future of the
Church, our youth are the Church and they need to be
treated as such. I am very excited to be your new youth
minister and look forward to getting to know and serve the
youth of our parish.

Got a question, comment or a great activity idea for
Mary Jo? Send her an e-mail by clicking the link
below: skd.youthsf@gmail.com
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Upcoming Diocesan Youth Events:
Youth Retreats
Junior High Youth Rally: October 10th
Senior High Youth Rally: November 7th
SEARCH—Aberdeen: Oct 29-31st; Jan 7-9, 2011; April 1-3,
2011
SEARCH—Sioux Falls: Nov 12-14th; Feb 11-13, 2011
www.search4christianmaturity.com
Well-Known Stranger, our parish youth
band, needs singers (guys and gals) to
join us. We practice at 3:30 p.m. on
Tuesdays and sing once a month at 5
p.m. Saturday or 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Mass. For more information, please call or
e-mail Jennifer at the Parish Office.
Youth
Don't miss these upcoming YouthYGGroup events:
Youth Trip: Please pray for our youth group members who will
be attending Steubenville North in St. Paul, MN this coming
weekend!