Black Elk: Future Patron Saint and Model for Instituted Lay Catechists?

August 19, 2021 by Web Master

Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk, daughter Lucy Black Elk and wife Anna Brings White, photographed in their home in Manderson, South Dakota, ca 1910.

Nicholas Black Elk, a Lakota holy man and catechist, up for sainthood has captured the attention of Pope Francis and could be a model for bishops instituting lay catechists.