Another Deacon

On Friday Archbishop Lucas assigned Deacon David Krueger to serve St. Columbkille Parish. Dcn David is not a stranger as he has been working for the parish since 2007.

Deacons are assigned to parishes by their bishop. Although it varies from diocese to diocese, Archbishop Lucas takes into account the needs of the parish and the deacon in making his assignments. He had previously been serving at St. Patrick's Church in Fremont.

Dcn David said, "It is with joy that I will begin to serve the St. Columbkille community in a new way."

Dcn David his wife, VanNessa, and their three children moved to Papillion this spring.

Carnival Rides

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Carnival Rides!

Amusement Associates is bringing carnival rides to the Festival. Every ride will take 1 to 3 tickets. On Sunday you can buy tickets for $1 each. But through Saturday, you can get them in advance from the parish for 75 cents each.*
 

4 Tickets: $3

12 Tickets: $9

24 Tickets: $18

30 Tickets: $24

40 Tickets: $30

(The tickets can not be used for our normal game booths as well as the Bull Ride, Rock Climb, Tidal Wave, Water Wars or Paintball.)

You can buy tickets after the Saturday Masses.

First Grade Field Trip

On Friday, the First Grade class got to visit Gifford Farm.

They got to touch or pet a number of the animals ...

but they couldn't touch the new colt.

They were able to ride another kind of horse.

They learned how the pioneers

traveled west and how they lived.

They also learned how you can play in a  barn.

It was a lot of fun!

Worship Expectations

Last weekend Fr. Damian and Fr. Steve spoke about the expectations in evangelization. This weekend the deacons spoke about the expectations for Worship. Each week reminders, like the one above are available -- Collect all four!

A note from Afghanistan

Last year in Mrs. White's third grade class, the students

sent cards to Lt. Col. Rowe in Afghanistan.

This week the students (now in fourth grade) watched

a video response - which included their pictures.

Here is the video:

Dignified Transfer

When a member of the military dies overseas, they are flown to Dover Air Force Base. They are given a dignified transfer before their final journey home.

Pictured above is the Center for the Families of the Fallen. Here family members of fallen soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen gather before witnessing the dignified transfer of a loved one being returned to Dover Air Force Base.

One day, waiting outside, a mother remarked to a chaplain how cold it was outside waiting. Since then, in the room above, prayer shawls are given to the family. This way, they watch the return of their loved one wrapped in the warmth of the shawl and prayer.

Some of those prayer shawls are made at St. Columbkille. As members of the Prayer Shawl Ministry knit, they also pray for those who will recieve the shawl. Most are given to people in our community who are sick or grieving. Some are part of Dignified Transfer.

If you would like a prayer shawl, contact Deacon Lauber at the parish office: 339-3285.

TEEN Faith has Kicked Off

Small groups checked out the various areas -- such as the DTS space

Last night was the kickoff for TEEN faith. About thirty of our youth gathered in the Social Level for a common meal at 7:00 p.m. followed by activities. Last night they were in small groups and learned about the various activities that will take place on upcoming Wednedays.

Next week, they will have a Dead Theologian Society session with Fr. Steve Emanuel. Any High School students interested can gather in the Social Level at 7:00 pm for a meal first.

Happy Birthday Mary

The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated at least by the sixth century, when St. Romanos the Melodist, an Eastern Christian who composed many of the hymns used in the Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox liturgies, composed a hymn for the feast. The feast spread to Rome in the seventh century, but it was a couple more centuries before it was celebrated throughout the West.

The source for the story of the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Protoevangelium of James, an apocryphal gospel written about A.D. 150. From it, we learn the names of Mary's parents, Joachim and Anna, as well as the tradition that the couple was childless until an angel appeared to Anna and told her that she would conceive. (Many of the same details appear also in the later apocryphal Gospel of the Nativity of Mary.)

The traditional date of the feast, September 8, falls exactly nine months after the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Perhaps because of its close proximity to the feast of the Assumption of Mary, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is not celebrated today with the same solemnity as the Immaculate Conception. It is, nonetheless, a very important feast, because it prepares the way for the birth of Christ.

Happy Birthday Mary!

 

The above information was taken from about.com

Thanks for the votes

You may have read that Pius X High School in Lincoln was one of the top vote getters in a promotion by Kohl's done through Facebook. As a result, they should receive $500,000 for building a new kitchen.

While our school didn't promote the contest, we did receive over 100 votes. So thank you to everyone who voted for us on Facebook without anyone even asking.

Along those lines, be sure to "friend" Saint Columbkille Parish and "like" Saint Columbkille Catholic School on Facebook.

Labor Day Statement

Most Reverend William Murphy - Bishop of Rockville Centre

Bishop William Murphy, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, compared the challenges faced by today’s workers to the changing society of the Industrial Revolution addressed by Pope Leo XIII in the 1891 encyclical, Rerum Novarum (Of New Things).


“America is undergoing a rare economic transformation, shedding jobs and testing safety nets as the nation searches for new ways to govern and grow our economy,” said Bishop Murphy. “Workers need a new ‘social contract.’” Bishop Murphy said that creating new jobs would require new investments, initiative and creativity in the economy. He also drew on the teachings of Pope Benedict XVI, which call for placing the human person at the center of economic life and emphasize the role of civil society and mediating institutions such as unions in pursing the common good.

“Workers need to have a real voice and effective protections in economic life,” said Bishop Murphy. “The market, the state, and civil society, unions and employers all have roles to play and they must be exercised in creative and fruitful interrelationships. Private action and public policies that strengthen families and reduce poverty are needed. New jobs with just wages and benefits must be created so that all workers can express their dignity through the dignity of work and are able to fulfill God’s call to us all to be co-creators. A new social contract, which begins by honoring work and workers, must be forged that ultimately focuses on the common good of the entire human family.”

Click here for the full statement.