Images of Faith

St. Columbkille Catholic School is looking internally as they prepare to look moving to a higher level of accredidation. To do that, it isn't enough to say that we are a Catholic school. We must also show Indicators of the faith life present in the school.

To help with this, a tour was made through the school on Thursday, October 27th to document Images of Faith that are present in the school. We found 584 images of faith in the school (not counting our students, teachers and staff.)

We found 132 images of Jesus in the school including 39 crucifixes.

 There were 77 images of Mary.

There were three images of St. Columbkille.

 Classes had the weekly Bible verse displayed in a variety of ways.

There were numerous prayers and inspirational Bible

quotes along with statues and 27 Holy Water fonts.

These 584 Images of Faith are among the reminders

 to acknowledge God in our everyday life.

Lunch with Fr. Vogel

There was something unusual in the lunch roon last Thursday.

Because class 7A had the highest percentage of

students at the Festival, Fr. Vogel had lunch with them.

Before lunch he handed out copies of his

card from his ordination and goodie bags.

 

Congratulations 7A!

"We Rise" has been released

Adam Motz, who has been our regular accompanist

(and often cantor) at our Sunday 5 p.m. Masses

has released a CD called "We Rise."

To celebrate this CD of contemporary Christian

music, Adam had a concert Sunday night.

Congratulations Adam!

If you are interested in getting a copy of

"We Rise," click here to contact Adam directly.

Letter writing

In January of 2009 Fr. O’Toole spoke at all of our Masses about the work of the Christain Foundation of Children and Aging (CFCA). CFCA has a sponsorship model in which one sponsor partners with one child or aging friend in a developing country, offering support and encouragement. This relationship impacts not only the child or aging friend but the sponsor as well.

They have attributed 330 people being sponsored as a result of the weekend visit to St. Columbkille. Last night some of our parishioners gathered to write letters to the person they are sponsoring.

Some of the kids drew or colored notes while others wrote Christmas letters for them. It was a fun way to think about their friends in other countries.

Thank you to everyone who came out!

Halloween at Sacred Heart Preschool

Last week, our preschoolers were able to

wear their Halloween costumes to school.

Parents planned games,

 ... a special snack…

 ... and a craft.

It was fun to see our friends dressed in their costumes.

It was a fun day for our parents and preschoolers.

House Purchase

With unanimous approval of the Pastoral Council and the Finance Council, the parish has purchased the house at 107 East 7th Street. This home is directly north of the parish office and next door to Fr. Damian's house. The owners approached us when they were interested in selling. In the short term we will be renting the home with those proceeds going towards the mortgage. The property will give us flexibility for the future.

A BASIC start

An overflowing crowd was on hand last

Friday for the first session of BASIC.

Fr. Vogel and Dr. Gintaras Duda led this introductory

session on Faith, Science & Reason.

You can catch up on the first session at the BASIC

website, get the handouts and even sign up

for the BASIC email newsletter.

Session Two on the "History of Faith and Science"

will be Friday, December 3rd at 7 p.m. in the

Steinhausen Center. It is open to everyone.

Visiting Wel-Life

Mrs. Wilson's 3rd grade class has been getting

to know residents at WEL-Life assisted living

in Papillion. They visited again last week.

They sang Halloween songs.

They read some of their stories.

The residents had some treats and snacks for them.

The students brought gifts as well.

It was a good time getting to know one another.

All Soul's Day

In the 7th century monks decided to offer Mass the day after Pentecost for deceased community members. In the late 10th century the Benedictine monastery in Cluny moved their Mass for their dead to the day after All Saint's Day, November 2. The custom spread and in the 13th century, Rome put the feast on the Church Calendar of the entire Church.

In the nathex you can list people who should be prayed for this month. Tonight there will be a special Mass for deceased members of our community tonight at 7 p.m. in the church.

All Saint's Day

Today is a celebration of all

saints known and unknown.

Today in our Opening Prayer we pray:

God our Father,

source of all holiness,

the work of your hands is manifested in your saints,

the beauty of your truth is reflected in their faith.

May we who aspire to have part in their joy

be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives,

so that having shared their faith on earth

we may also know their peace in your kingdom.

Grant this through Christ our Lord.

Masses today are:

6:20 & 8:15 a.m., 12:10, 5:30 and 7 p.m.