Birgil Kills Straight

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With a Prayer to the Four Directions Mr. Birgil Kills Straight from Kyle, SD, on August 13th opened the ceremony of Journey to Holiness for 4,000+ men, women and children gathered in the Arena at Sioux Falls.

The Prayer Ceremony was the opening event of the Catholic celebration of the Millennium in the Diocese of Sioux Falls.

Mr. Kills Straight is an internationally known Sioux Prayer Leader. In 1985 in a sacred Sioux ceremony with the Pope, the Dalai Lama and leaders from the Major Religions of the world Mr. Kills Straight prayed for Peace among all God’s Peoples.

In this instance his Prayer was the initial word asking for an abundance of peace and good will for the assembled crowd and for all South Dakotans during the year 2000.