101 N.

Indiana Ave
Sioux Falls SD 57103
ccampbell@bdhh.org
www.bdhh.org
605-809-8424

For Immediate Release

January 8, 2015
Contact: Jerry Klein
988-3745

Bishop Dudley Hospitality House prepares to open; tours and blessing set
Less than a year from announcing the vision for a more comprehensive approach to providing
needed services for the homeless and vulnerable in the Sioux Falls area, the Bishop Dudley
Hospitality House is preparing to accept its first guests the night of January 12.
Tours of the nearly ready building, located at 101 N. Indiana, will be available to neighbors and the
public on January 11, 2-4 p.m. Bishop Paul J. Swain will formally bless the facility following a short
program at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, January 12. Tours will follow.
There are a number of finishing touches to complete and we likely will not have all our needed
supplies for the first few days, but we will be ready enough to get guests out of the cold, said Chad
Campbell, executive director of the Bishop Dudley Hospitality House.
The Bishop Dudley Hospitality House will provide overnight emergency shelter for men, women
and families, daytime services currently provided at the Good Shepherd Center, and additional
services from existing service providers using a hub of offices at the new facility.
An enormous community response resulted from the vision outlined by Bishop Swain of the
Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls last February. It began with a dedicated steering committee of
knowledgeable service providers who helped shape the design of the building and the services to be
provided, continued with the Task Force of community leaders who took on the fundraising needed,
and culminated with the donors who so generously responded to the request for support.
The former Good Shepherd board of directors has transitioned to become the Bishop Dudley
Hospitality House board of directors and will oversee the ecumenical ministry.
Over $4.8 million has been raised to date to complete the purchase and construction and to provide
initial operating support for the ministry, including the establishment of an operating endowment.
The total includes cash donations, pledges, in-kind services and donations of goods. Over 1000
donors, including individuals, organizations, businesses and churches have participated thus far.
The name, the Bishop Dudley Hospitality House, honors the spirit of generously and selflessly
serving the poor so often exhibited by Bishop Paul Dudley, who served the east river Catholic
diocese from 1979 to 1995. He helped found a number of feeding and sheltering ministries and often
volunteered at them. That same spirit has been evident throughout the evolution of the BDHH effort.