We welcome you to the web page of Our Lady of Mercy and Hope Chapter in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. These are exciting times that we live in, and Magnificat was begun in 1981 for such a time as this. There are now over 100 Chapters throughout the United States and its territories and in many foreign countries.
Magnificat Prayer Meal
Hosted by Our Lady of Mercy and Hope Chapter
Saturday, April 27, 2024
9:30 am to Noon
LOCATION:
St. Lambert Parish
1000 S Bahnson Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
Our Guest Speaker: Fr Kristopher Cowles
Fr. Kristopher Cowles was born and raised in Yankton, SD. He is the youngest of five children. On June 11, 1984, he was baptized and made an adopted son of our Heavenly Father. Since then, he has grown (a little more than needed in his midsection), attending grade school in Yankton, SD, and in Minot, ND for a couple of years. Returning to Yankton, SD, he finished high school, followed by one year at the School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, SD, where he studied engineering. It was there that Fr. Cowles began to know, trust, and follow Jesus for the first real time in his life. During that year of college, he discerned a possible vocation to the priesthood and entered seminary the following fall. Seven years later, after many interior battles and struggles in seeking to accept his identity as God’s beloved son, he was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Sioux Falls, SD on August 4, 2011. Since then, he has served in Pierre, SD for three years as a parochial vicar, spent a couple of months in Mexico trying to learn Spanish, was assigned to St. Michael Parish in Sioux Falls for six months, served six and a third years as Pastor at Our Lady of Guadalupe, and spent a short year as chaplain at the Newman Center at USD in Vermillion, SD. Currently, Fr. Cowles is in his eighth year at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, but also serves at St. Lambert Parish and St. Therese Parish in his pastorate. He is sometimes known as the “Viking Padre” because he makes chainmail as a hobby, he gives tomahawk throwing lessons, he has a big, bushy, red beard, and he hopes to someday own a forge. His biggest passion is sharing the Gospel with others and celebrating the sacraments.
Prayer teams are available following the meal.
Religious books and CD’s may be available at the meal.
Tickets & Reservations
Registration will be at 9:15 am with the event beginning at 9:30 am. Cost of the meal is $15. To make reservations, please call Erin at 605-789-4977, email to magnificatsiouxfalls@gmail.com, or use the mail-in information below.
Tickets for priests, deacons, religious brothers and sisters are complimentary.
RESERVATION FORM:
Please use this form for Mail-In Reservations ONLY. For those attending in groups, up to 8 guests can be registered with one form.
Click on, print and complete the form below (include the names and phone numbers of other ticket holders in your group). Please RSVP by April 12, 2024.
Please send Reservation Form and check payable to “Magnificat” to:
Magnificat Sioux Falls, c/o Erin Szabo, 808 S Lowell Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57103
Upcoming Events for Our Chapter – 2023
Date, Speaker
Rosary Blanket of Prayer
Remember our chapter’s commitment to Eucharistic Adoration and to pray the Rosary on the 26th of each month for the intentions of Magnificat, Sanctity of Life, Marriage and Family, and World Peace.
Our Prayer Groups
Service Team Members
Julie Cady, Coordinator
Erin Szabo, Assistant Coordinator
Mary Zimmer, Recording Secretary
Sarah Impecoven, Treasurer
Danika Dunlap, Historian
Spiritual Advisor: Fr. Paul King, Pastor at St Lambert Parish and Pastorate 22
If you would like to help with a Ministry of Magnificat, or if you have a question or comment for our Service Team, or if you would like to be on our Mailing list for future events, please contact us at MagnificatSiouxFalls@gmail.com.
History of Our Lady of Mercy and Hope Chapter of Magnificat
(Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Est. 2023
(history)
Last Updated on April 22, 2024.
