GENERAL MAIL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2018

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1 UPCOMING EVENTS DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY OCTOBER 11, 2018, 10:30 AM Presbyteral Council Meeting College of Consultors Mtg. Sacred Heart Parish, Early OCTOBER 15-18, 2018 Triennial Diocesan Priests Retreat St. Benedict Center Schuyler, Nebraska NOVEMBER 08, 2018, 10:30 AM Presbyteral Council Meeting College of Consultors Mtg. Sacred Heart Parish, Early GENERAL MAIL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2018 FROM THE OFFICE OF: BISHOP: World Mission Sunday Special Collection ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE: Grain Donations Where: Cathedral of the Epiphany 1000 Douglas St. Sioux City, Iowa Date: Thursday, October 11, 2018 Time: 6:30 p.m. CHANCELLOR: Catholic Charities Fund for Severe Weather Emergencies St. Joseph Education Fund Annual Financial Report and Membership Notice St. Joseph Education Fund November Collection Official Catholic Directory 2019 THE CATHOLIC GLOBE: The Globe in the Classroom VOCATIONS: Vocations Education Curriculum A CONVERSATION WITH BISHOP NICKLESS REGARDING CLERGY SEXUAL MISCONDUCT Monday, October 29, 2018 St. Michael Church Sioux City 6:00 pm Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Corpus Christi Church Fort Dodge 6:00 pm All are welcome! Call for more information REMINDERS! If your parish Mass times have changed, please submit those changes to Stacia Thompson at staciat@scdiocese.org or fax the information to She will post the updated Mass schedule on the Diocese of Sioux City website. Annual Parish Vital Statistics and Sacramental Records are now due! Contact Renee at reneed@scdiocese.org or if you need assistance. Please submit all forms by Friday, November 2nd. Thank you! Documents compiled by Renee DeMay and Grace Zavala

2 OFFICE OF THE BISHOP M E M O TO: FROM: All Pastors Bishop Nickless DATE: 3 October 2018 RE: World Mission Sunday Special Collection (October 20-21) Dear Brother Priests, As you know, the World Mission Sunday special collection is scheduled for the penultimate Sunday of October and will be collected at all Sunday Masses on October 20 th and 21 st. Below I attach the text of my letter in support of this collection. This letter will appear in the Globe s October 18 edition. Please take a moment to remind your parishioners of the upcoming collection, through either a bulletin announcement or a mention among the announcements at the end of Mass, or a similar way. May our Lord Jesus Christ bless and make fruitful your work in His ministry, with paschal joy and devotion. DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY 1821 JACKSON STREET SIOUX CITY, IOWA (712) FAX: (712)

3 OFFICE OF THE BISHOP 3 October 2018 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The Church is a safe harbor in a world full of uncertainty. Though all else may fail us, the constancy of our Lord Jesus Christ, which also belongs to the Catholic Church empowered by Him to preach the unchanging truth and sanctify with the unchanging Spirit, remains firm and reliable. The mission of the Church endures. World Mission Sunday asks us for our prayers and, if possible, a charitable contribution, to support the mission of the Church in places that are particularly poor or where she is particularly newly established. Your gift supports the building of parishes, schools, and hospitals, and the education of clergy, in these mission lands, so that the mission of the Church can be richly lived out, and the witness of Christ s disciples be seen. As Pope Francis reminds us, Jesus Christ, who died and rose for us, appeals to our freedom and challenges us to seek, discover and proclaim this message of truth and fulfilment. Dear young people, do not be afraid of Christ and his Church! For there we find the treasure that fills life with joy (20 May 2018: Address for World Mission Sunday). Indeed, it is only the love and mercy of Christ that truly fulfills all our longings. God has generously blessed us with so much wealth, and so many resources of all kinds. In solidarity with the entire missionary Church, do please remember to pray for the success of the Church in mission territories in evangelizing and bringing the peace that only Christ can give. Please consider also making a gift to our brothers and sisters in Christ, who need so much. Your brother in Christ, Most Reverend R. Walker Nickless Bishop of Sioux City DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY 1821 JACKSON STREET SIOUX CITY, IOWA (712) FAX: (712)

4 DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY Chancery Date: October 4, 2018 To: Pastors and School Administrators From: Royce Ranniger, Director of Fiscal Affairs for the Diocese of Sioux City Re: Grain Donations With the harvest season beginning, farmers may be considering a grain donation to your parish or school. We have extensively discussed the grain donation procedures over the past several years and provided educational materials to the bookkeepers and development directors via this week. In addition, discussion was held on grain donations at the October 4 th development director meeting. Also, please see the October 4 th issue of The Globe for an article on grain donations. Farmers are fortunate to have the ability to use commodities as an alternative to cash for charitable giving. For many farmers, a grain donation will potentially lower the taxable farm income for active producers, since the sale of donated grain will not be reported as income. Furthermore, the input costs of producing the grain are deductible as business expenses. As a result, this can reduce the federal income tax, state income tax, and self-employment tax for the farmer. We continue experiencing an awkward problem. Occasionally checks from grain elevators arrive in the business office for supposed grain donations from donors. In these cases, the grain was not transferred, and your parish or school did not take ownership of the grain. For a proper grain donation, the charity must own and then sell the grain. The parish or school must have an account open with that elevator prior to the transfer. The IRS requires that the farmer give up dominion and control of the commodity for a valid grain donation to take place. Your accounting and development staff know the regulations governing grain donations and should be your watch guard in these situations. In addition to the October 4 th group , the guidelines, forms, and other educational materials can be found on the diocesan website. With our demographics being rural Iowa, grain donations are critical to our success. They can be a tremendous benefit to our farmers and to all of you. CC: Development Directors, Business Managers and Bookkeepers 1821 JACKSON STREET P.O. BOX 3379 SIOUX CITY, IOWA FAX:

5 DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY Chancery M E M O To: All priests and Deacons From: Dcn. David A. Lopez, Chancellor Date: 3 October 2018 Re: Catholic Charities Fund for Severe Weather Emergencies, 2018 Dear Monsignors, Fathers, and brother Deacons, In the wake of Hurricane Florence, Cardinal DiNardo, as President of the USCCB, has asked all dioceses to donate to the annual disaster relief fund through Catholic Charities USA. Rather than add another special collection to an already crowded schedule, we encourage you to make the opportunity to donate available to all your parishioners. Please announce at upcoming Masses, place the attached bulletin notice in your bulletins, and in any other way encourage charity for those who are currently, or will be in the coming year, seriously affected by severe weather and other natural emergencies. Individual donations can be made to Catholic Charities USA, by mail to: Catholic Charities USA P.O. Box Baltimore, MD Or by secure internet donation (with a credit card) at: If desired, donations can be designated for a specific disaster relief effort (e.g., Hurricane relief ), or for general disaster relief. Bulletin notice: The Catholic Church supports the needs of those affected by severe weather and natural disasters throughout our country. Recently, Hurricane Florence caused extensive flooding across North and South Carolina. Pray for those affected, and please consider making a charitable donation through Catholic Charities USA to help those in need. Send donations to Catholic Charities USA, PO Box 17066, Baltimore, MD, , or online at catholiccharitiesusa.org, and click the donate banner. Donations may be designated for specific or general relief Jackson Street P. O. Box 3379 Sioux City, Iowa Ph: (712) Fx: (712)

6 DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY Chancery M E M O To: All Priests and Deacons From: Dcn. David A. Lopez, Chancellor, Exec. Dir. St. Joseph s Education Society Date: 3 October 2018 Re: Annual Financial Report on SJES, and Membership Notice Dear fellow Clergy: One of the duties of the Executive Director of the St. Joseph s Education Society is to make an annual financial report to the clergy. Our semi-annual Fall meeting was recently held (21 Sept), and in its wake I can report the following financial status: SJES Assets for FYE 6/30/18): Beginning Balance: 3,479,764 Additions: 168,775 Investment Earnings: 198,317 Investment Fees: (13,158) Next Expenses: (240,193) Ending Balance: 3,593,504 The Additions represent the sum of the November 2017 SJES collection (~61,000), and the June 2018 direct-mailed Seminarian Appeal (~107,000). Investment earnings represent a rate of 5.33%. Expenses represent the sum of the annual block grant the Diocesan General Fund, in support of the Vocations Department, the Office of Deacons, and the Priest Continuing Education Program (the block grant is limited to a maximum of $200,000 per year), and special expenses (this year, one priest in graduate studies, and mailing costs for the direct-mailed Seminarian Appeal). The November collection was instituted in Over its first five iterations, it has garnered a total of $360,000. The direct-mailed Seminarian Appeal was instituted in June Over its first two iterations, it has garnered a total of $215,000. I note that, without both sources of 1821 Jackson Street P. O. Box 3379 Sioux City, Iowa Ph: (712) Fx: (712)

7 generous support from our parishioners, the St. Joseph s Fund would have continued to lose net value over the past five years. MEMBERSHIP NOTICE: The Society s Norms of Governance call for four at-large voting members to be elected from and by the presbyterate. These members currently are Fr. Cronin (term expires end of CY 2018), Fr. Linnan (term expires end of CY 2019), Msgr. Seifried (term expires end of CY 2020), and Fr. Lawler (term expires end of CY 2021). Fr. Cronin has declined the possibility of a second term. Normally, this would require an election at this time. However, at our Fall meeting, in view of the declining number of priests in the diocese and the increasing demands for various committees and boards, and also in view of the lack of heavy lifting required by this Board, the Board passed a resolution reducing the elected membership from four to three, and (for simplicity) the length of term likewise from four years to three. This resolution will require a formal change to the Norms of Governance, which cannot be completed until the Spring meeting (scheduled Mar 8, 2019). In anticipation of the success of that change, no election will be scheduled for the moment. If the change to the Norms of Governance passes as expected, the current three members (i.e., Linnan, Seifried, Lawler), will complete their terms and elections will follow those Fall meetings. (NB: Fr. Linnan is eligible for a second term; Msgr. Seifried and Fr. Lawler are serving their second terms. Two consecutive terms is the limit, according to the Norms.) If, however, the change to the Norms fails to pass, an election for the fourth position will be held following the Spring meeting.

8 DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY Chancery M E M O To: All Priests and Deacons From: Fr. Shane Deman, Vocations Director, and Dcn. David A. Lopez, Chancellor, Exec. Dir. St. Joseph s Education Society Date: 3 October 2018 Re: Support for November collection for St. Joseph s Education Fund (Nov 3-4) Dear brother priests and deacons, As you know, the St. Joseph s Education Fund is a key piece of the funding puzzle for clergy formation. It directly supports our seminarians through the Vocations Office, our deacons through the Office of Deacons, and the continuing formation of priests through both the Department of Priest Continuing Education, and special grants for graduate studies as needed. You may also recall that SJES contributed a significant proportion of the cost of Good Leaders, Good Shepherds, which so many of our priests went through. Without this funding, which can amount to almost $300,000 in some years, the Diocesan General Fund would have to support the whole cost of all these programs, which would be difficult at best. The DAA would have to increase by the same amount. The long-term health of the SJES Fund requires that these annual expenses be balanced by contributions; otherwise the Fund will simply erode, just as Fr. Vit presented to you all, at a Clergy Day several years ago, during his term as Executive Director. The success of the November special collection is critical to avoiding that ongoing erosion. We ask you, therefore, in addition to putting up the usual Vocations Week posters and including prayers for vocations, etc., that you also explicitly mention the SJES collection in the announcements at Mass, at least one week prior. It would be most helpful for the faithful to know how important you think this collection is for the health of the clergy and diocese in the future. We also ask that you include the following or a similar bulletin announcement prior to the November collection: Bulletin Announcement Special collection, St. Joseph s Education Society (3-4 Nov 2018) 1821 Jackson Street P. O. Box 3379 Sioux City, Iowa Ph: (712) Fx: (712)

9 The St. Joseph s Education Society directly supports the costs of seminary and permanent deacon formation, and continuing formation for priests and deacons, in the Diocese of Sioux City. Your contribution allows a future priest or deacon to be well prepared for their ministry to your parish, or a current priest or deacon to be better prepared. Above all, please pray for the priests and deacons of our Diocese! Thank you. Testimonial statements for use in bulletin or announcement: Seminarian Ross Caniglia: As you might guess, seminarians don't exactly have what you would call a steady income. The Saint Joseph Education Society plays an important role in providing us with the financial assistance that we need - money that goes towards paying for textbooks and our education in general. I'm not quite sure where I'd be without them. I can confidently say that, because of the society, my brothers and I are beyond blessed! Candidate for Permanent Diaconate David La Mar: I am grateful to our diocese for the tuition assistance I receive in my Permanent Diaconate Formation Program. It helps keep costs manageable, provides ongoing access to books and instruction, and ultimately helps me prepare myself to serve our laity and our clergy. Many thanks to all of you for all the ways you support our Vocations and Permanent Deacon programs and future clergy.

10 DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY Chancery M E M O To: All Pastors, Bookkeepers and Parish Secretaries From: Deacon David A. Lopez, Chancellor Date: 3 October 2018 Re: 2019 Official Catholic Directory Last year, The Official Catholic Directory (OCD) streamlined its data collection process by creating online updating capability. Before 2017, diocesan parishes, schools and other entities received blue, pink or white update forms by postal mail. This year, all Diocese of Sioux City parishes, schools and other entities will be contacted by the OCD via rather than direct mail. An informational announcing the opening of for updating will be sent on October 9, The will be sent to the OCD contact as provided during last year s updating cycle. Please note that the will contain clear instructions for accessing the online system and you will not need to remember your user ID and password from last year. If you don t recall the address you provided for OCD to contact you, please be sure to check all possible parish, priest, bookkeeper or other addresses at which you regularly receive . If you did not provide data to OCD last year, you will be able to create a new user account this year. The OCD online updating system is expected to be available on Tuesday, October 16, Don t hesitate to contact Renee DeMay here at the Chancery office if you have any questions or concerns. She can be reached at or by at reneed@scdiocese.org Jackson Street P. O. Box 3379 Sioux City, Iowa Ph: (712) Fx: (712)

11 It s BACK!!! The Globe in the Classroom project, an endeavor to cultivate readers to the Catholic newspaper in hopes they will be future subscribers, has returned! We will be making available to every teacher in our schools and religious education programs, up to 20 Globe newspapers during the school year for FREE!!! THE PROGRAM RUNS SEPT. 20, 2018 through MAY 9, Complete the form below and send to The Globe, PO Box 5079, Sioux City, IA or call Julie Pravecek, toll free at (800) or (712) or juliep@scdiocese.org. School/Religious Ed NAME/LOCATION) (Separate forms for each teacher. Papers will be mailed to the address you provide.) TEACHER GRADE ADDRESS LINE 1 ADDRESS LINE 2 CITY STATE ZIP PHONE NUMBER ADDRESS # OF FREE COPIES (up to 20 per teacher) #EXTRA COPIES (at 50 cents each)

12 DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY Office of Vocations October 1 st, 2018 RE: Vocations Education Curriculum Dear Colleagues, We are one month away from the kick-off of National Vocations Awareness Week, which will run this year November 4-10 th. As always, I am grateful for any of the ways in which you promote vocations through your person witness and encouragement. To assist our Catholic school teachers and parish catechists with vocations based curriculum, I am again providing the log-in information for age-appropriate lesson plans for students in Kindergarten through 12 th grade. These lesson plans can be accessed by students via computers or tablets, or the lessons can be printed for their class use. The lesson plans can be viewed at Once you are on the homepage, please enter one of the following access codes in the upper right-hand box: The Student Access Code is ThinkingofVocations The Teacher Access Code is SCVocations Feel free to share these links with anyone in the diocese who works as a catechist, educator, or youth minister. Thank you again for your support of vocation! Sincerely, Rev. Shane Deman