#Ceili2016

A few pictures tweeted at Columb's Ceili

Prepared For Ceili

To be prepared for Ceili

1. Check out the Program Book.
2. Make sure your phone is fully charged: We're bidding using our phones or a courtesy iPad. Don't worry, you don't need to download an app and it works even if your phone just texts.
3. Be at Embassy Suites at 5:00 tomorrow (Saturday) ready for a great time!

Enjoy!

Got your Reservation?

Columb's Ceili is Saturday -- if you haven't, get your reservation now!

Just click here.

Among the items for auction this year:

Reserved Pew for First Communion

• Reserved Pew for Confirmation/8th Grade Graduation

• 2016 College World Series Tickets

• Two VIP passes to Aksarben Cinema for one year

• Beautiful Classroom Creations

• Starbucks for a year

• Tickets and Limo Ride to Luke Bryan’s “Kill the

Lights” Concert on May 12th

Name that Bear

What should we name this bear? 

It 'bears' an image of the original school building on the back...

...and our theme on the back.

Whatever the name, it will be auctioned

at Columb's Ceili on March 5th.

Thanks to Ceili's 2015 Helping Hand!

You may not even notice it, but every classroom in the education center has one of these units. It allows for a wireless connection into our network. One of beautiful things about the network is that as Principal Makey carries an iPad from room to room, it will automatically connect without him doing a thing.

These units are just a part of the funds raised by the 2015 project done at Columb's Ceili this year. Every year the Ceili raises funds for a project to help the campus. This year it was working with the technology backbone to allow greater bandwidth and possibilies in the classrooms of the school and Religious Formation.

Dan Sullivan has been busy getting

 them all installed this summer.

In the classrooms, the lower grades have been doing more with iPads while the upper grades have been doing more with Chromebooks. With this work, we expect it to not only handle these needs, but also whatever gets invented next.

Thanks Ceili!

Principal for the Day

We had a new principal today at 

St. Columbkille Catholic School.

He led our school in prayer, the pledge of allegiance

and our school mission to start the day right.

Realizing what a big responsibility he had,

he called and appointed a Vice-Principal.

Together they headed to the 

classrooms to do observations.

They shared their observations to give timely feedback.

They had lunch with the School

 Advisory Council for the day.

In the upper grades of St. Columbkille Catholic School, students have long had to carry Discipline Cards with them at all times. The Principal decided that the teachers all ought to have Discipline Cards with them.

If they forgot to carry their cards,

 he wasn't afraid to mark them.

As members of Fr. Damian's staff, they also got a tour of the new parish office during construction. In the picture above they check out the view from Fr. Vogel's future office.

They also got to let a student know that her picture will be on the parish bulletin this weekend.

They did a great job! 

They are very thankful that the "Principal for the Day"

 was offered at Columb's Ceili.

Reporting on Ceili

The picture above was taken by Howard Marcus as he reported on our Ceili in today's edition of the Omaha World Herald. Read it here.

The Ceili Program is Online

The Ceili program is online here. You can check out all the great items available Saturday night!

Ceili will be Spectacular

There's still time to get in on the fun of Ceili, one week from today: Saturday, March 7th. Click here for more information.

2015 Spirit of St Columbkille Awards

Today we proudly announce the recipients of the 2015 Spirit of St. Columbkille Award. Every year they go to a family or couple that model quiet discipleship for the rest of us. They are:

The Julie & John Cavanaugh Family

Kathy & Jim Burson

Congratulations!

They will receive their awards on Saturday, March 7th at Columb's Ceili. If you want to attend (and we know you do) you can get your tickets here.

Ceili Kick-off Party

Columb's Ceili is Saturday, March 7th 2015. Fr Damian calls it the "signature event" of the parish. It is a chance for people to come together at a nice event and raise some money at the same time.

The Ceili Kick-Off party Thursday night is a lot of fun. It is a chance to mingle with fellow parishioners and learn about ways to help at Ceili in a low pressure, fun environment.

Ceili Kick-Off Party

6:30 p.m.

Thursday

October 9

Steinhausen Center

Ceili Gave Us a Sign

It was Dr. Blue who had pointed out there were no sings on the north side of the Education Center. In response, the 2013 Ceili Committee decided to make a digital sign their Helping Hands project.

The unanticipated problem with a digital sign along Cornhusker, was the question of where to locate the sign? It was soon realized that due to trees and the hill, there was no one spot where the sign could be seen from both sides.

One idea was to locate the sign on the south side of the block. The first concern with that is that it wouldn't help accomplish the original goal to identify the building. The second was that the primary readers of a sign on the south side would be parents dropping off or picking up kids -- whom we ought not distract.

So along with putting some signs on the building to identify it, the decision was made to locate the digital sign along 84th street and use it to promote the parish and all of our activities.

Different Venue - Same Fun

With the approaching storm, the Picnic with Priests moved from Fr Damian's backyard to the Social Level. But it was still a fun time to gather together.