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And the Lucky Winners are…

I hope you enjoyed Presidents’ Day yesterday!

Fr. Anthony, St. Joseph's Chaplain — Fr. Anthony, St. Joseph’s Chaplain

You may recall last week I mentioned the Lakota students participated in a Penny War to raise money for St. Joseph’s staff team – TURTLE POWER – taking part in the Polar Plunge. We gathered this past Thursday to see who the lucky winner of the Penny War would be, the grand prize being a pie in the face!

Four staff members, myself included, were seated in front of the student body in the rec center nervously smiling as the names were read to see whose name would be called last. Thankfully I was named first, so I avoided the pie to the face.

Julie, our Residential Director for 1^st-5^th grades, ended up becoming the target. One of our third graders, Devon, was selected and he really let the pie fly. Julie and half the basketball court were covered in whipped cream!

Four staff members competed in a penny war for the Lakota children to help raise money for South Dakota Special Olympics. — The lucky winner of the Penny War earned a pie in the face!

Everyone was pretty excited that the Penny War raised more than $200 for Special Olympics. Thanks Julie for being a good sport!

Julie, our Residential Director for 1st-5th grades, was the “lucky winner” of the pie in the face! — Thanks Julie for being a good sport!

The Explorers are getting excited about their up-coming trip to the state capital in Pierre, South Dakota. They’ll have a meeting with Governor Daugaard and tour the Discovery Museum.

The group just wrapped up a fundraiser that involved selling subscriptions for our local paper. One of our sixth grade boys, Tayeden, sold the second most subscriptions! He won a $25 prize and, according to the boys’ advisor, “a ton of confidence.” Way to go Tayeden!

On Saturday, I accompanied Kathleen, our principal, and nine contestants to the Spelling Bee in Mitchell. Three students took part in the competition for the national championship in Washington, D.C. Our three gave it their best and one student came in seventh out of 20. The others were class winners who competed against their own grades. Everyone did well and received a nice certificate congratulating them on qualifying for the contest. We even had some of our students’ families attend to encourage their son or daughter. It was a great day!

This coming weekend we’ll be having a retreat for students taking part in the Sacramental Prep Program. Participating is a decision students make with their families. Students are not required to

The Explorers sold newspapers subscriptions as a fundraiser. Tayeden won a prize for his sales skills! — Tayeden sold the second most newspaper subscriptions for the Explorers and won a $25 prize!

be Catholic to attend St. Joseph’s Indian School – we welcome children of all faiths. The aim is to help those who have not yet received First Communion prepare and enable other students to take part in the RCIC (Rite of Christian Initiation for Children) so they can receive the initial sacraments of Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation.

One student, who is already baptized, will make their Profession of Faith to join the church. We have over 30 students taking part. On Sunday they will be involved in the Rite of Enrollment as they continue preparations for the sacraments on April 12. We ask that you please keep them in your prayers.

Have a great week. May God’s blessings continue to be with you. We keep you and your intentions in our prayers.

Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ

Chaplain

An amazing, busy week at St. Joseph’s Indian School

Good day from St. Joseph’s Indian School!

Last week was amazing. The weather was great — no snow and lots of sunshine. It was a busy week for the Lakota (Sioux) students!

We have recently been talking about grades for our elementary students and their induction into the National Honors Society. Now I can report on the high school program! The home with the lowest number of missing assignments for last quarter was the Giles Home (junior boys, plus one sophomore). The home GPA trophy went to Hogebach Home (sophomore, junior and senior girls) with an average of 3.32. Our five high school homes combined to earn 93 A’s and 18 students earned a GPA of 3.0 or better. Way to go!!

This past Saturday saw the local community take part in the annual Polar Plunge with 28 participants. Seven of our staff signed up to be St. Joseph’s TURTLE POWER team. The event raised a little over $15,000.00 which will benefit the Special Olympics in South Dakota. St. Joseph’s Turtle Power team contributed $2,100 along with the $200.00 from the Penny War held at St. Joseph’s to give our students a way to participate. Three other staff members and myself ‘volunteered’ to have our pictures put on jars that students and staff could drop pennies in. Next week, the ‘loser’ will be announced and receive a Whip Cream pie in the face in front of the whole student body. Those who donated were also able to enter a contest to see who gets to ‘throw’ the pie.

St. Joseph’s staff members teamed up to raise money for South Dakota Special Olympics. — St. Joseph’s TURTLE POWER team raised $2,100 for the Special Olympics of South Dakota.

Recently the Knights of Columbus held their annual free throw contest and the Chamberlain-Oacoma Area Chamber of Commerce piggy-backed on that to hold their Hot Shot competition for 9-14 year olds. St. Joseph’s students racked up several wins, along with the children of staff members. Congratulations everyone!

Campus was bust last Saturday as we hosted our annual 8^th grade boys’ basketball

St. Joseph’s hosted a basketball tournament for 8th grade boys’ teams last weekend. — Miller, Pierre Indian Learning Center (PILC) and Chamberlain were invited to take part in St. Joseph’s 8th grade boys’ basketball tournament last weekend.

tournament. Miller, Pierre Indian Learning Center (PILC) and Chamberlain were invited to take part. St. Joseph’s beat Chamberlain 54-29 in the first game and Miller beat PILC 48-28 in the second. Chamberlain and PILC then played for 3^rd and PILC won 34-31. In the championship game, St. Joseph’s fell behind early and could never quite catch up, losing to Miller 57-51. We congratulate all those who took part and thank them for some exciting games!

I hope each of you has a relaxing and enjoyable week ahead. Know that we keep you in our prayers in gratitude for your support and encouragement of the programs we offer our Native American students and their families here at St. Joseph’s Indian School.

Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ

Chaplain

P.S. The local paper had a recent article that named Adrian, one of St. Joseph’s high school students, as the Chamberlain High School Athlete of the Week. This is the same young man who earned the attention of an opposing coach, who then called up the local high school to commend Adrian for his sportsmanship. Congratulations and good job to Adrian!

Last week the Super Bowl, this week the Polar Plunge at St. Joseph’s Indian School

Dear Friends of St. Joseph’s Indian School,

That dreaded word was back again over this past weekend — SNOW. It seems like Chamberlain was on the edge of the storm, but starting with Chamberlain and moving east the amount of snow fall just kept rising — Mitchell got about 3”, Sioux Falls received 6”, Chicago had a foot and a half and New England another foot or so. Our grounds crew did a great job of getting all the streets on campus open as quickly as possible.

Last week was Catholic Schools’ week, we ended the week focusing on academics. The day ended with the induction of members into our new chapters of the National Junior and Elementary Honors Society. There were eight Junior Honor Society members and seven Elementary Honor Society members. At the Friday ceremony we encouraged the rest of the student body to continue doing their best with their studies.

Prior to the ceremony, the Lakota students took part in some academic games, but as I was visiting the classroom it looked more like preparation for a trip to Las Vegas! One class was playing Go Fish and the cards were being passed around quickly as everyone tried to match up their cards to win. Another class was throwing marked chips to see how many you could get to come up with the mark showing. They would shake them in a cup prior to throwing; at first I thought they were playing Yahtzee.

This weekend several of our staff will be taking part in the annual Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics of South Dakota. They had bake sales to raise money and also are sponsoring a Penny War in which students and staff can select from four staff members, yours truly included, to see who gets a whipped cream pie in the face. Final results will be revealed on Friday, February 6. On February 7 our polar plunge team, TURTLE POWER, will join others in the local Chamberlain community to take a dip in the frigid Missouri River.

St. Joseph’s Polar Plunge Team is called Turtle Power. — This weekend several St. Joseph’s staff will be taking part in the annual Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics of South Dakota.

One of our high school homes — Sheehy — hosted the annual Super Bowl party for all St. Joseph’s high school students. The seventh and eighth graders were also invited to give them a little taste of what they have to look forward to. The house was divided into two viewing rooms based on who you favored — Seahawks or Patriots. Snacks and refreshments were served, decks of cards and board games added to the fun. There was a variety of prizes awarded for a score or a great play came across the screen. We also had the chance to pick what the score would be at the end of each quarter. I had the prize in my hands for 36 seconds until the Patriots allowed Seattle to move down the field and score. Since the game was exciting down to the last minute everyone got caught up in the game and crowded into their favorite viewing area to cheer on their team. It was an exciting evening filled with a lot of fun and good times.

I hope you all have a wonderful week as we begin a new month!

God bless,

Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ

Chaplain

Celebrations, academics at St. Joseph’s Indian School

Dear Friends of St. Joseph’s Indian School,

Catholic schools around the country are celebrating Catholic Schools’ Week! Some of the activities the Lakota students will be involved with include tours of St. Joseph’s Development Office and being “teachers for a day” on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday, students will wear their Catholic Schools’ Week t-shirt and we’ll have a campus-wide prayer service. Academic games will be held on Friday afternoon prior to St. Joseph’s very first induction ceremony into our chapter of the National Honor Society. Watch for a blog post on this!

Each semester, St. Joseph’s awards a traveling trophy to the class with the highest GPA in each age group. — Katie’s second grade class won among the first to third grades with a 3.59 GPA.

Last week, several of our students took part in an Acalympics competition in Pierre, South Dakota. Our students came in seventh out of 11 schools participating. Our principal, Kathleen, feels the students are becoming more comfortable with the procedure and also recognize those areas of study they need to focus on. The competitions are not just about book knowledge, but awareness of general topics. It seems some sports question tripped us up. There will be another

competition in March in White River, South Dakota, so our team will be working hard to prepare!

We also awarded attendance and academic honors last week. We had more students than ever earn a spot on the B honor roll! We also have a traveling trophy for the class that has the highest Grade Point Average. They also get a pizza party for their efforts in the classroom.

Katie’s second grade class won among the first to third grades with a 3.59 GPA.
Ron’s fifth grade class took honors among the fourth to sixth grades with a 3.23 GPA.
Dave’s seventh grade class captured the plaque for the seventh and eighth grade classes with a 3.34 GPA.

Over the weekend, Chamberlain high school presented the one act play, Shel-ling It Out by Shel Silverstein, the author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree. He uses his poems to tell a story of a young girl facing a variety of ‘what if’ questions. Several St. Joseph’s students were in the cast or working behind the scenes helping with props, costumes or music. Tomorrow, they will

perform in Pierre for the state-wide competition. Break a leg!

The two students, Robert and Jatonne, recently attended the donor luncheon held in San Francisco, California. They were very excited to meet so many friends of St. Joseph’s and share what St. Joseph’s means to them. They also enjoyed seeing the sites in the city by the bay. A big pilamaya – thank you – to those who made Robert and Jatonne feel so welcome out West.

If you would like to attend a luncheon, please call 1-800-584-9200 or visit us online at www.stjo.org/luncheon. The final two events for this

school year will be in Panama City, Florida, April 25 and 26 and New York City on June 7 and 8.

Have a great week; may God’s blessings be with you and yours!

Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ

Chaplain

Lakota Mass, academics & sports at St. Joseph’s Indian School

Good day from St. Joseph’s Indian School,

The weather has taken a bit of a turn for the better lately! We’ve had some sunny skies and warmer temperatures. Of course, for January in South Dakota, we are grateful for anything above zero!

The flu bug, however, continues to keep several of our students under the weather and our nurses busy. Please pray for their speedy recovery!

This morning, several of our students headed to Pierre to take part in the Acalympics with other schools in the central part of South Dakota. It is a sort of quiz bowl competition that covers a variety of subjects. Good luck everyone!

Sunday, we had a Lakota Mass, which was again a great experience! Just like last time, our drum group performed and several of our dancers led in the opening procession.

The boys’ basketball season has gotten off to a great start. We had a very exciting game against PILC (Pierre Indian Learning Center) which went into overtime and had everyone on the edge of their seats. We play the fourth, fifth and sixth grade teams of our cross-town rival, Chamberlain, last night. We had a packed house with fans supporting both teams. St. Joseph’s fourth and fifth grade Braves won, but the sixth grade Cubs proved to be too much for a clean sweep.

Adrian, a St. Joseph’s junior, works hard on the Chamberlain high school basketball team. — Adrian, a St. Joseph’s junior, is a great example of sportsmanship on the basketball court!

Also on the sports front, I’m happy to report that Shawn, one of our St. Joseph’s Chamberlain high school students, was invited by Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota to take part in their Blue Chip football days. Prospective players for the 2015 football season are introduced to the DWU campus and participate in workouts.

Another high school student, Adrian, was singled out by a coach from an opposing team for his sportsmanship during a recent basketball game. The coach was impressed by the way Adrian was playing the game while also being concerned about what was going on around him. It is rare that an opposing coach would go out of his way to contact a rival school to pass on a compliment. Kudos to Adrian!

This Saturday, the Chamberlain High School drama club will be performing their one act play, “Shelling It Out,” as they prepare to enter the state-wide competition. They have been very successful in recent years. Three St. Joseph’s students, Erica, Melvina and Jatonne, are part of the cast and crew. We wish all the cast and crew the traditional ‘break a leg!’

Hope you have a wonderful week. May God’s blessings continue to be with you.

Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ

Chaplain

A Christmas Celebration for the Lakota Children

Dear Friends of St. Joseph’s,

What a week last week was! The Lakota students were scheduled to come back from Christmas break a week ago, but many were not able to return right away due to the weather – cold temperatures, wind, snow and ice. The entire week stayed cold and windy with wind chill factors below zero. Most of the students and staff remained inside, but a few brave souls took advantage of the snow and got in some good sledding.
We had many students come down with the flu after they returned from break. They spent most of the week in our nurses’ care in the health center on campus. Nurse Nancy and Nurse Ronda showed tender concern and helped get the students back on their feet. The prospect of missing out on opening Christmas gifts on Sunday helped everyone to cooperate and listen to the nurses’ instructions for a speedy recovery!
On the sports front, the boys’ basketball season is underway and they will play their first game tomorrow. The older girls signed up for the Inter-city girls’ league, which is played on Sunday

Our Christmas celebration began with mass and the Christmas story. — The students reenacted the Christmas story during mass.

afternoons with girls from the Chamberlain community.
St. Joseph’s bowling league got started Saturday. We have eight teams made up of students in grades 7-12. Everyone was a little rusty to start and we saw quite a few gutter balls. In the second game, however, students began to hit their spots.
Finally, Sunday – the day of our Christmas party – arrived! We always wait until the students return from break to celebrate Christmas in their St. Joseph’s homes. As part of Mass, some of our fourth grade students acted out the Christmas story. As soon as Mass was over, the students headed back to their homes to open Christmas gifts. As you can see from the pictures, there was a lot of excitement. Check out more photos in our Flickr album!
A great big pilamaya – thank you – to all those who played Santa behind the scenes. Your

Students opened gifts in their St. Joseph’s homes after mass. — Pilamaya – thank you – for the headphones!

generosity enabled our houseparents to go out and shop for some of the items our students had asked Santa to bring. It was a great feeling to see the joy and happiness expressed by the Lakota children. We’re so grateful for your generosity!
May God’s blessings continue to be with you as your generosity enables His blessings to be present to the Native American children at St. Joseph’s Indian School.
Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ
Chaplain

Bringing you up to date…

Happy New Year from all the students and staff at St. Joseph’s Indian School!

The SCJ house on St. Joseph’s campus enjoyed many visitors during the Parade of Homes. — Fr. Anthony, Terri and Fr. Bernie had a wonderful time during Chamberlain’s Parade of Homes!

I hope everyone’s New Year is off to a great start. Our students and staff are in the process of working their way back to campus as the Christmas Break comes to an end. The weather is making it a bit interesting today – we have snow and 11 degrees outside, along with blistering winds lowering the wind chill to well below zero. Word has already come from the Rosebud Indian Reservation that their bus will not be able to make it to St. Joseph’s today due to the weather. South Dakota could get up to 6 inches of snow or more before tomorrow. Please keep all those traveling in your prayers for a safe journey.

Since things were quiet around campus this past week, I would like to bring you up-to-date on some things that happened just before Christmas.

Pope Francis has dedicated 2015 to be a Year of Consecrated Life —honoring Sisters, Priests and Brothers who have made the commitment to religious life. Our Provincial, Fr. Steve Huffstetter, SCJ, sent out a memo encouraging our Priests of the Sacred Heart (SCJ) communities to discern ways we could make ourselves visible to the people in our areas so as to give witness and invite them to know us better.

On December 14, 2014, Fr. Bernard Rosinski, SCJ and I, along with our housekeeper, Terri, took part in the annual Parade of Homes in the Chamberlain area. It is a fundraiser for our local Cozard Memorial Library. There were five homes and one local business that people could visit.

We hosted between 60-75 people and had a great time answering questions and showing off our home —beautiful, thanks to Terri’s wonderful sense of decorating.

Later that week, we invited St. Joseph’s staff to come up and see the decorations and enjoy some cookies and hot cider. About 40-50 staff accepted our invite during this busy season. It was a wonderful experience!

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On the calendar for the week ahead is the start of the third quarter at school and our celebration of Christmas with the Lakota (Sioux) boys and girls. The students are looking forward to opening their gifts your generosity provided! I always enjoy visiting the homes and seeing the expressions of joy on the children’s faces as they open their gifts. We’ll be sure to take some pictures so you can see them in next week’s blog!

With 2015 upon us, I also wanted to remind you of the donor luncheons that will be coming up, giving you an opportunity to meet some of St. Joseph’s students and staff:

January 18-19, 2015: San Francisco, California
April 25-26, 2015 : Panama City, Florida
June 7-8, 2015: New York, New York

If you are able to attend and would like additional information, please call 1-800-584-9200. We look forward to spending some time with you!

Enjoy the week ahead. May God’s blessings continue to be with you as in the New Year. Thanks again for your support and encouragement of our Lakota students and all of us. Be assured of our prayers for you and your special intentions.

Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ

Chaplain

Tidbits we may have missed earlier this month

Good afternoon from St. Joseph’s Indian School!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that Santa was good to you all. Things are still very quiet here on campus as the Lakota (Sioux) students and much of the staff are away for Christmas break. We have only a handful of students staying in the break home.

We got some additional snow overnight and some VERY cold weather has settled in. Local news stations are predicting wind chills of -30. Brrrr!!

Since there is not a lot of ‘current’ news to share, it gives me a chance to pass along some tidbits that we may have missed in Busy December.

St. Joseph’s Knowledge Bowl Team took 3rd place at LNI. — RJ (right) took first place in the individual government test! The team took 3rd place in the LNI Knowledge Bowl.

Right before the Christmas break began, several of our students traveled out to Rapid City, South Dakota to take part in some of the events at the annual Lakota Nation Invitational (LNI). What began as a basketball tournament in the 1970s is now a celebration of Native American arts, culture, language and family. The days-long event includes traditional hand games, a language bowl, knowledge bowl, archery competition and more.

Joseph’s sent a Knowledge Bowl team and they captured 3^rd place. After the team contest, there are individual tests in a variety of subjects. One of St. Joseph’s team members, senior RJ, took first place in Government. One of those congratulating RJ was Senator John Thune, who was also the speaker at RJ’s eighth grade graduation. Given his interest in government and politics, this was very exciting for RJ!
One of our freshmen, Kaitlyn, took part in the archery contest and came in 2^nd out of 30 shooters.
Joseph’s hand games team took 1^st place! Their weekly practices really paid off.

Congratulations to all those who represented St. Joseph’s at LNI. You are a credit to our school and we’re so proud of you all!

Frank, our Residential Coordinator for the seventh and eighth grades, came up with an idea at the start of December to have some Christmas fun. Employing the popular “Elf on the Shelf” story, he added a twist – our elves broke the rules!

St. Joseph’s students enjoyed Elf on the Shelf with a twist in December. — Each day, students found the elves somewhere in school breaking a rule! These elves had iPods in class.

Each day, students found the elves somewhere in school breaking a rule! Their job then was to submit their name and the rule being broken for a chance to win a prize. In addition to being a lot of fun, the elves helped students remember to follow the rules in the exciting weeks leading up to Christmas break.

Another noteworthy success for a St. Joseph’s student was achieved by Kyran, a high school senior, who is a member of the Chamberlain FFA Marketing Team. His team recently placed second at the State Fall Leadership CDE’s! Also on the team with Kyran is Connor, who is the grandson of our school secretary, Dianne. Congratulations to everyone!

I hope all of you will have an enjoyable New Year’s celebration and that God’s blessings, love and guidance will be with you throughout 2015.

Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ

Chaplain

Quiet campus, icky weather at St. Joseph’s Indian School

Dear Benefactors of St. Joseph’s Indian School,

Hope everyone’s shopping is almost finished as the Season of Advent dwindles down in preparation for the coming of the Prince of Peace on Christmas.

It is quiet on campus today since the students left Friday for the Christmas Break and the weather is icky — rain yesterday and now snow and wind.

On the sports scene this last week, coaches gave out the awards for the girls’ basketball seasons. Those who were most improved, coaches’ choice or team leaders were honored.

St. Joseph’s younger boys are learning to wrestle. — About 30 of our younger Lakota students are taking some instruction in wrestling.

After awards, the coaches for the upcoming bowling season met to select their teams. Students in grades 7-12 will hit the lanes on Saturday afternoons once everyone is

back after break.

Last Wednesday evening, about 30 of our younger Lakota students who have been taking some instruction in wrestling hit the mats and showed off their new skills. Before the competition started, I shared with everyone that I had received a phone call regarding a St. Joseph’s benefactor in Illinois whose lung cancer has returned. A friend had called to ask for our prayers for him and while we talked he mentioned the gentleman had been a wrestler. I told him I would ask our wrestlers to dedicate their efforts in his honor.

The Explorers, who meet early each Thursday morning, ended this semester’s activities by donating the money they have raised this year. Two youth in the Chamberlain community, Gabby and Gunner, are the grateful recipients. Both are experiencing health issues related to cancer. The money – $1700 – was split between both families to help with medical expenses.

The Explorers do all kinds of creative fundraisers each year. — The Explorers sold “Cub Rolls” which were used to bombard the basketball court when the players came out to warm up.

The other fundraiser undertaken by the Explorers is called “Cub Rolls.” The boys sell rolls of toilet paper which were then used during the Chamberlain Lady Cubs basketball game last week. Those attending the game bombard the court with the rolls as the players came out to warm up. The Explorers are then timed in their clean-up efforts. The boys raised $400 which will be used to cover costs for their trip to the State Capital in Pierre, SD and other club expenses.

Best wishes to all of you for a very Merry Christmas and a grace-filled holiday.

God bless,

Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ

Chaplain

A busy weekend for the Lakota children

Good morning from a snowy St. Joseph’s Indian School!

All the students choose a gift for someone in their family at St. Joseph’s Christmas store. — The Lakota boys and girls are so delighted to be able to give a gift to their families!

After a wonderful weekend, we awoke Monday morning to the white stuff coming down. Several schools in the area closed and St. Joseph’s 7^th & 8^th grade girls’ basketball game was canceled. Even today, roads are covered in ice.

The big excitement over the weekend was the Christmas Store which gives our Lakota students the chance to select gifts for family members at home. Each student chose from a selection of things sent by generous donors – coloring books and crayons, stuffed animals, hats and scarves, blankets and even nick knacks.

After making their choices, they took them to the skating room. Volunteers were waiting to help wrap their treasures while they had a Christmas treat and a picture taken with Santa. The smiles on the children’s faces say it all – they are so happy to be able to give a gift. Thank you for making those smiles possible!

The students took group and individual pictures with Santa. — Pictures with Santa!

Sunday was a very special day for several of our students as we had the Rite of Welcoming to those who are preparing for their Sacraments in April – 24 are preparing for Baptism and 11 are getting ready for First Communion. The Rite of Welcome designates the students as ‘catechumens’ or a person sounding things out. It is a way for the students to let others know they are serious about learning more about Jesus and how they can walk with Him while asking their fellow students to keep them in prayer that their efforts will be successful. We’ll have a Retreat for them and their families in February and they’ll receive their Sacraments on April 12 when we return from Easter Break.

Even though it’s just December, we had the eighth grade graduation picture taken this past week. We have to plan ahead quite a ways to make sure things are ready to be mailed out when the time comes.

Yesterday, I attended the funeral of one of our former employees, Lowell. He and his wife, Connie, served as houseparents at St. Joseph’s for many years. Lowell loved playing tricks, but could always be counted on for a hug when anyone needed one. All the students of St. Joseph’s were listed as honorary pall bearers – the children touched his heart so deeply. His wife continues to help here at St. Joseph’s in the health center, taking students to their appointments with doctors, dentists or optometrists and helps keep the medical records in order. We extend our sympathy to the family.

May you continue to have a beautiful Advent Season and prepare the way of the Lord. We are grateful for your generosity and support. We’ll finish this month’s novena of Masses for you on December 19.

Respectfully,

Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ

Chaplain