Prayer Storm

God sent us a STORM!

Let's send one back!

From Sunday, January 24 to Saturday, January 30
we will be praying for "Our Parish" 24/7.

You can be part of thei "STORM" by signing up to pray
in the chapel for one or more hours that week.

Send your name - phone number - day(s) - hour(s)
that you will come to chapel and pray for Our Parish
to Sr. Jean Marie Faltus or call her at 593-9214.

The God of Love in the Old Testament

Tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. Sarah Christmyer will give a presentation on The God of Love in the Old Testament. Some of our parishioners heard her in at the National Catholic Bible Conference in Denver. The rest of us can hear her tonight in the Steinhausen Center as she helps us understand how loving the God of the Old Testament really is

Sarah has dedicated her life to sharing with other Catholics the riches of Sacred Scripture as seen through the eyes of the Church. Sarah is editor of The Great Adventure Bible Study series and co-author of three Great Adventure studies: The Bible Timeline, Matthew, and Acts. Sarah has been a Bible study teacher since 1999. She helped launch Catholic Scripture Study (CSS) for Catholic Exchange and is co-author of two Bible studies on Genesis, published by Emmaus Road. She has a BA in English literature from Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. Sarah lives near Philadelphia with her husband, Mark, and their four children.

Prayers for Haiti

You can click the graphic above to donate to Catholic Relief Service's work in Haiti. And please keep the people there in your prayers.

Today Archbishop Lucas released this statement:

Our hearts and our prayers go out to our brothers and sisters in Haiti who are so devastated by the effects of the earthquake earlier this week. Catholic Relief Services, the overseas aid agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, already has a strong presence in Haiti and has been able to commit an initial $5 million in aid. We know much more will be needed.

I ask our pastors to take up a second collection this weekend, January 16-17, to assist the relief efforts of CRS in Haiti. The proceeds of this collection should be forwarded to the chancery in the normal manner as soon as possible. Additional funds received in parishes during the coming weeks should also be forwarded to the chancery, and we will send these donations on to CRS as soon as we receive them.

I also ask that prayers for the people of Haiti be offered at all Masses during the coming weeks. I give thanks in advance to the faithful of the Archdiocese of Omaha for your generous response to our neighbors who are now in such critical need of our support.

Free Throw Contest

Sharp shooters: Practice your free throws for the Knights of Columbus Annual Free Throw contest, Friday, January 15, in the school gym. Children age 9-14 are eligible. All boys and girls, recreational or competitive, are encouraged to participate. Each participant will receive a certificate.

Runners-up in each boy‘s and girl‘s age bracket will receive a commemorative basketball with winners receiving a plaque and continued shooting into the next round at Districts. Former St. Columbkille champions have gone on to win Districts, Regionals, and even the Nebraska State Championship!

Boys & girls ages 9-11,
6 p.m.— 6:45 p.m.
Boy & girls ages 12-14,
7:15 p.m.— 8 p.m.

Concession stand will be open 5:30 p.m. — 8 p.m.

Sign-up sheets are available at the Steinhausen Center. If you have any questions, please contact Frank Colabello at 596-1328.

Preparing for First Reconciliation

Last night was a night a sacramental preperation for 2nd graders and their parent(s) as they get ready for their First Reconciliation.

Respecting the understanding of parents as the "First Teachers" of their child, the preparation calls for a parent and child to complete activities together.

Hopefully, in the end, the activities will help the parent and child grow together in their faith as they ready themselves for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

The reconciliation centers are being offered again tomorrow, Wednesday, January 13th, from 5:00p.m.- 8:00 p.m. in the Social Level of the church.

Back to School & Snow

After Christmas break & three snow days last week,

school is back in session.

Now kids can play in the snow during recess.

They can build their own slides.

You can even make a snowman now.

Ordinary Time

Ordinary Time begins today. As a season of the liturgical calendar yesterday, The Baptism of the Lord, was the last day of Christmas. Ordinary Time is a translation of the Latin phrase "Tempus Per Annum" (literally "time through the year"). During this period, our Gospel readings focus on what Jesus did during his ministry. The liturgical color for Ordinary Time is green.

Pancake Breakfast

Join us at the Breakfast in town: the Knights of Columbus pancake breakfast! Pancakes, Sausage, Unbelievable Biscuits & Sausage Gravy. Eggs made to order including Real Omelets made by Chefs Tony & Nino. Coffee/Orange juice also will be served from 8:30 to noon in the Social Level tomorrow (Sunday.)

Seminarians

We hold in our prayers the five seminarians from our parish who are discerning whether or not they are being called to the priesthood.

This weekend at all of the Masses we will hear from Pat Cooley (top right) about his experience.

Packing for Guatemala

On Saturday our IXIM missionaries leave for Guatemala. They are a patient bunch as they were supposed to leave last summer but political unrest moved back the trip.

Although they will get away from our snow, they are visiting a mountainous region, not a tropical one.

Sunday night they were packing.

For the International Flight, each person will bring one suitcase filled with medicines and another for themselves.

They are very thankful for all the donated medicine that will benefit the people of the Diocese of Huehuetenango.

Have a good trip. You will be in our prayers.