St. Damien of Molokai

Today is the feast day of St. Damien of Molokai.

First Communion

 After some practicing and some rehearsals ...

... over 140 second graders made their First Communion

one of the last two weekends.

 

 

Congratulations!

Happy Mother's Day!

At the Spring Tea, Kindergarten students could invite one special

guest. Here are some pictures of students with their mothers.

 

There are more pictures on our Facebook site.

Susan Koeppe Benefit

Susan is a long time resident of Papillion. She is an active member of Saint Columbkille Catholic Church. She is a mother, wife, sister, and friend. She is employed by Herman’s Nuts in Omaha, Nebraska. She has been hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic since February 2011.

Location: Walnut Creek Pizza Hut

Date: May 17, 2011

Buffet 5-8 pm Delivery/Carry-Out All-Day

15% of sales during benefit will go to the Susan Koeppe family. Donations are also accepted.

Blessed John Paul II

Getting Pictured

Monday, after the May crowning, the 2nd grade

students lined up for a picture together.

 

 

 

 

 

A reception, hosted by the 3rd grade parents, followed.

Gilligan's Island

 A Gilligan's Island Party put the conversation in Conversational Dinners.

Some of the guests dressed like charachters from Gilligan's Island.

 

The men and women competed in singing the Gilligan's

 Island theme song using props and motions.

They also competed in Gilligan's Island Trivia.

Conversational Dinners are small gatherings of parishioners who

get together when they can and get to know one another better.

May Crowning

Yesterday the school had a May Crowning to celebrate Mary.

Students brought flowers to their classrooms.

 

 Then they were brought outside ...

 

 ... and taken to Mary in procession.

 

 The school celebrated as Mary was crowned.

Preparing for the Crowning

This morning, before the May Crowning, the second

grade students waited patiently for it to begin.

 

 

 

 

Divine Mercy Sunday

The message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of Saint Faustina Kowalska, an uneducated Polish nun who, in obedience to her spiritual director, wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording the revelations she received about God’s mercy. Even before her death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had begun to spread.

The message of mercy is that God loves us — all of us — no matter how great our sins. He wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy. It is a message we can call to mind simply by remembering ABC.

A — Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon the whole world.

B — Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does to us.

C — Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive.