Strong Family Connections Vital St. Joseph’s

Keeping family connections strong is a priority at St. Joseph’s Indian School, and it plays out in various programs and relationships from the day-to-day conversations between houseparents, family service counselors and other staff with guardians to the campus housing...

Native American Scholar Aims for Teaching Certificate

In an era abuzz about the teacher shortage and how it is affecting schools across South Dakota, one Native American scholarship recipient aims to make a difference by achieving a teaching certificate in the coming year. Her name is Charity Merritt, and she hopes to...

Morning Star at St. Joe’s Shines for CASA Berks County

Our Lady of the Sioux Chapel rises at the center of St. Joseph’s Indian School’s campus. The Morning Star symbol appears some 350 times in the stenciling, stained glass and statuary of the Chapel, an icon of the bridges between the Lakota and Catholic traditions. Mary...