The Importance of Inculturation in Lakota Catholicism

Bishop Robert Grest states he was just as comfortable praying with his pipe in the Lakota tradition as he was living the sacramental life of the church in the Catholic tradition. Lucy recalled an earlier Sweat Lodge experience with her father that she did not wish to repeat, but found humorous and retrospect. So it would be expected for Lakota Catholicism to have its own form of Christian expression. In Lakota Catholic liturgies, you'll see that happening with things like the use of things like the Lakota language instead of Holy or Sanctus. Or the use of a feather in the process of incensing a person or thing during the liturgy. As long as that expression doesn