You are cordially invited to a presentation by Fr. Joseph Daoust, S.J., Episcopal Delegate for the Diocesan Investigation of his Cause

Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12 pm noon

St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish Center, 16101 Rotunda Drive, Dearborn (between Southfield and Greenfield Roads)

Nicholas Black Elk was a participant in the battles of Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee.  He performed with the Buffalo Bill Show in Europe and danced before Queen Victoria.  But he was also a visionary and Lakota medicine man. He became an extraordinarily effective   Catholic catechist as well as a revered advocate of Lakota spirituality. 

What might make him the second Native American Saint?

Our Presenter, Fr. Joseph Daoust, recently completed a decade as Superior of the Jesuits ministering with the Lakota in South Dakota. He came to appreciate the rich spiritual traditions of the Lakota, especially through learning about the remarkable life and teachings of Nicholas Black Elk (c.1865-1950). The Bishop of Rapid City appointed Fr. Joe as Episcopal Delegate to lead the diocesan investigation of Black Elk’s life and holiness, the results of which are now in the Vatican where the Cause for Black Elk’s Canonization is ongoing. In his previous assignments, Fr. Daoust has worked in Rome, taught at the University of Detroit, and been Provincial Superior of the Detroit Province of Jesuits.

Watch a film on Nicholas Black Elk at www.rapidcitydiocese.org/black-elk-home

Free will donations will benefit Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Reservation, SD