Welcome to Our Lady of Lourdes Our Lady of Lourdes - St. Adalbert Parish St. Adalbert Parish Established July 2014 by Archbishop George J. Lucas Pastor: Rev. John L. Pietramale
Senior Priest: Rev. Pat McCaslin March 15, 2020 † Third Sunday of Lent
In Residence:- Rev. Mike Eckley ~One Church ~ Rev. Paul Sae-Wan Oh Encountering Jesus, Equipping Disciples, Living Mercy Deacons: Mr. Frank P. Hilt Mr. Ken Kalkowski
Our Lady of Lourdes Campus 2110 South 32nd Avenue Parish Office: 402-346-0900
Sunday Masses: Saturday Vigil 5:00 pm Sunday 8:30 am, 10:30 am & 5:00 pm
Daily Mass: Monday-Friday 8:15 am Saturday Morning 8:00 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 4:00-4:45 pm (or by appointment)
Saint Adalbert Campus 2617 South 31st Street
Sunday Masses: Saturday Vigil 5:30 pm Sunday 9:30 am
Daily Mass: Monday-Friday 7:00 am
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 4:45-5:15 pm For more information visit our website @ ollomaha.com 3 OUR LADY OF LOURDES-ST. ADALBERT PARISH Page 2 Weekly Bulletin OUR PARISH STAFF Monday, Lunes, March 16
Pastor Rev. John L. Pietramale SA 7:00 am † Louis & Lillian Olsufka Senior Priest Rev. Pat McCaslin OLL 8:15 am † Bill Tomcykowski
Priests in Residence Rev. Mike Eckley OLL 12 Noon † Lester Kush & Rev. Paul Sae-Wan Oh Tuesday, Martes, March 17
Deacons Frank Hilt & Ken Kalkowski SA 7:00 am † Clarence Korus Pastoral Minister Sr. Theresia OLL 8:15 am † Harriet Jensen McGrane School Principal Ms. Lisa Linquist OLL 12 Noon Dreifurst Family Living & † Parish Secretary Mrs. Marcy Thompson Wednesday, Miercoles, March 18 Office Support Miss Connie Peterson SA 7:00 am † Theresa Connelly Communications Mrs. Christine Dougherty OLL 8:15 am † Mary Ellen Gilmore Finance Office Miss Elaine Heaston OLL 12 Noon John & Mary Hauschild Religious Ed Director Miss Elaine Heaston Thursday, Jueves, March 19 Alumni Office Miss Jeanne Heaston SA 7:00 am † Bill Stark Facility Manager Mr. Ray Krause OLL 8:15 am † Teresa Moore Custodian OLL 12 Noon † Cecilia Larsen Athletic Director Mr. Bernie Post Friday, Viernes, March 20 Parish Office M-F 8:00 am-5:00 pm 402-346-0900 STA 7:00 am Barbara Pankowski Parish Fax 402-344-3315 OLL 8:15 am † Alma Baret Our Lady of Lourdes School 402-341-5604 OLL 12 Noon † Paul Thompson Parish Center / Gym 402-346-7777 Saturday, Sabado, March 21 Social Hall / Kitchen 402-344-3838 OLL 8:00 am † Jean & Carl Crook, Jr. Website www.ollomaha.com Sunday Vigil Masses Baptisms & Marriages: Pre-baptismal instructions are OLL 5:00 pm † Georgia Nosek required. Ten months of marriage preparations are SA 5:30 pm † Alvin & Marjorie Lampe also required. Please contact Fr. John Pietramale at S unday, Domingo, March 22 402-346—0900 to schedule an appointment. OLL 8:30 am † Barney Bauwens SA 9:30 am † Our Parish Family This week the OLL 10:30 am † Dennis Schafer Our Lady of Lourdes-St. Adalbert OLL 5:00 pm † Robert Evon Tabernacle candles are lit for: Please join us for daily Mass during Lent!
WEEKEND March 8, 2020 Dan Morgan Weekly Goal $ 9,400.00 Please use your Sunday Envelopes $ 8,125.49 Sunday envelopes! ACH $ 0,000.00 We Share $ 1,030.00 Mass Intentions Under Budget $ 244.51 Your generous and faithful One way to offer prayers and sacrifice for stewardship helps us to pay someone special, living or deceased, is to Weekly Monthly Envelope our monthly parish bills schedule a Mass or have the Tabernacle Energy $ 249.96 on time. Candles lit for them. Masses are currently School Endow $ 370.00 Parish Endow $ 484.00 available at Saint Adalbert Church and Improvement Fund $ 459.00 Total Budgeted: $ 344,318.49 Our Lady of Lourdes Church during the TV Mass $ 119.00 Total Stewardship $ 335,993.66 week. The offering for a Mass or for the Under Budget $ 8,324.83 Tabernacle Candles are $10.00. OUR FISCAL YEAR This is our Sunday stewardship A Mass is a great gift for someone’s July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020 for the fiscal year of Birthday or Wedding Anniversary. It is a July 1, 2019 to June 31, 2020 Week 35 of 52 Weeks
wonderful spiritual gift for that person who
has everything! March 15, 2020 † Third Sunday of Lent 3 Page 3 From Your Pastor’s Desk From Your Pastor’s Desk … To the generous and faithful people of Our Lady of Lourdes - Saint Adalbert Parish Our Second Collection Next Weekend is for Catholic Relief Services Catholic Relief Services is an organization within the Catholic Church that assists those throughout the world getting their basic human needs met; such as clean water, food and medical services. This organization also sponsors the annual Lenten Rice Bowl campaign. Your donations truly makes a difference in the lives of families and children living in poverty. The Pancake Man is at Saint Adalbert Church Basement TODAY! The Pancake Man is at Saint Adalbert’s Church today from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm. Please plan on attending this fundraiser for our parish while enjoying a wonderful breakfast and visiting with other parishioners. They will also have a Bake Sale along with a Raffle. Your participation is greatly appreciated in the fundraiser! The Neighborhood of Park Avenue Recently, I attended a neighborhood meeting and was informed that 1 in 3 people living along Park Avenue are living below the US poverty line. We do not have to look very far to see people/families in need. Also, many of the children in Field Club School and even Our Lady of Lourdes School receive free and reduced lunch. Let’s be mindful of our brothers and sisters around us who are in need. Our Parish Saint Vincent DePaul Conference is Helping and Assisting Those in Need… When people/families call the Parish Office for assistance, we refer them to one of our parishioner volunteers who are part of our St. Vincent DePaul Conference. They make contact with the family and a home visit to as- sess the situation. Many are dealing with financial needs to help with utilities. We always encourage them to visit the St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry or Wheeler Presbyterian Church every Monday morning for their food pantry give away. There are some occasions we assist a family by purchasing a bed for them instead of sleep- ing on the floor. All of this good work is supported by the generosity of our parishioners as they place dona- tions in the poor boxes in our churches. Please consider helping us help families and children in need. Mass Intentions for our 7:00 am Mass at Saint Adalbert Church are Available... We are in need of Mass intentions for the 7 am Mass Monday through Friday at Saint Adalbert Church. Please call the Parish Office and ask for Marcy and she can schedule Masses for your deceased family members and your living family members. Having a Mass offered for them is a wonderful tribute, asking God to bless them with graces in this “highest” form of prayer in the Catholic Church. The 2021 Mass Intention Book has Arrived! The 2021 Mass Intention Book has arrived in the Parish Office. If you would like to schedule Masses for your loved ones, please stop by the Parish Office and talk to Marcy, she will assist you with your requests. 2020 Our Lady of Lourdes-Saint Adalbert Parish Guide Book and Directory The 2020 Parish Guide and Directory will be submitted on April 20, 2020. I would like everyone to look at your information in the directory to see if we have the most current address, phone number and email for you. If you need to update this information (this way all of our parish members can connect with each other), please call Marcy at the Parish Office to make your changes. We are a parish “family” and we want to keep everyone connected as we grow together in the Faith of Jesus Christ! LAST CALL FOR ANY CORRECTIONS!!!!! The “Together in Christ” 2019-2020 Annual Appeal for the Omaha Catholic School Consortium The Omaha Catholic School Consortium’s “Together in Christ” Annual Appeal has a goal of $250,000 for the 2019-2020 school year. At the time this bulletin was printed, they had received $196,000 toward that goal. As your pastor, I have been part of the Advancement Team to assist in raising these funds so that our Tuition costs can remain manageable for our school families. We have received donations from $10 to $25,000 to- ward our 2019-2020 goal. If you would like to be part of the “Together in Christ” Appeal, please make your check payable to this Fund, and place it in an envelope and put it in the Sunday Collection basket. Please consider a gift to help keep our Catholic Elementary Schools going for future generations. Your Grateful Pastor, Father John L. Pietramale OUR LADY OF LOURDES-ST. ADALBERT PARISH Page 4 Weekly Activities and Parish Prayers Intentions
.EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR OF EVENTS Tuesday, March 17 2020– St. Patrick’s Day The 6 Characteristics of an Everyday Stewardship for 7:25 am Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions, STA Lent – Grateful 8:45 am Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions, OLL Happy Birthday! It may or may not be your birthday 9:00 am Prayer for Vocations & Priests, OLLC Chapel now, but I know it will be coming up at some point. I 7:30-8:30 pm Fathers & Teenage Sons-Fr. Kapaun’s hope you receive many cool presents and get to spend Men Virtue Series, SBH quality time with friends and family. On special days Wednesday, March 18, 2020 like birthdays, Christmas, and anniversaries, it is good 7:00 pm RCIA Class, SBH to celebrate. After all, we need some fun and celebra- Thursday, March 19, 2020 tion in our lives. 6:30 pm—7:30 pm Women’s Lenten Book Club, PO But what about the day after? Presents remain, but 6:30-pm-7:30 pm– Scout’s Meeting– Derby Cars, SBH the presence of others may be over, and it is back to Friday, March 20, 2020– Stations 2:15 pm & 5 pm, the daily grind. Yesterday, you were filled with grati- OLLC tude. You hold the memory of yesterday still close so Saturday, March 21, 2020 that fuels you for the day. However, how about 2, 3, or 9:00-11:00 am Micro Hoops, Gym/PC 4 days from then? The truth is that many joys in this life cannot stay with us forever. They belong to a cer- 6:30 am That Man is You, SBH tain place in time. We will have our memories, yet 9:30 pm AA meeting, SBH those thoughts will never be a suitable substitute for Sunday, March 22-24,2020 –PARISH MISSION the real thing. 7:00 pm—8:00 pm OLL-St. Adalbert’s Parish Mission
There is one joy that remains throughout all our days: with Fr. Mike Eckley at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. the joy we find in Jesus. What he gives us does not fade. The amazing thing about what he offers us is SBH — Saint Bernadette Hall PC — Parish Center (Gym) that it also provides a lens through which we see all OLLC — OLL Church S — OLL School things. Now we can see the smallest reasons to be SC — School Cafeteria grateful. We no longer have a life where we go from STA — Saint Adalbert Church PO — Parish Office one celebration to another with the ordinary in be- tween. All life and time are extraordinary! All gifts, Need Bakers for Fish Fry! great and small, are precious. This offering seems too We need all who love to bake to make good to be true, so what’s the catch? Like all gifts giv- some delicious goodies for the Bake en to us, for the gift to have meaning, we must be will- Sale at our last Lenten Fish Fry. ing to receive it. The choice is yours. You can live in People enjoy cookies, brownies, pie, cup- cakes, the ordinary, or you can revel in the extraordinary, now rice krispie treats and cake! and forever. — Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi Drop these items off at the Parish Office from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on March 27th. Pray for our Service Men & Women Please Pray For Those Who Are Sick Julius Aquino, Joe Becerra, Tom Byrne, Willie Kyler, Ron Brougham, Ann Race, Theresa Paul Cherek, Elizabeth Gill, Paris Fulbright, Adam Cole, Jackie Fox, Daniel Hunt, Lisa Reffcorn, Greg Fulbright, Brian T. Griess, Staroscik, Paul Murphy, Marie Zemula, Michelle Morrison, Dennis Philips, Cody Proslo, Bradley Wiese, Al Clinchard, Ida Peterson, Sharon Jack Rasmussen, Jason Slowik, Tighe, Jerry Taucreti, Rich Incontro, Millie Wajda, Richard Vickers, Nathan Leuck, Jamila Jahic, Bev Pippin, Todd Tenczer, Richard Kostszewa, Anthony Sutherland, Tim O’Hearn, Sharon Littrell, Annette Murcek, Justin Kush & Jeremy Kemp. Robert Kavan, Mary Mines and Jim Mally. OUR LADY OF LOURDES-ST. ADALBERT PARISH Page 5 More Information
UPDATE YOUR Perpetual Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration PARISH MEMBERSHIP Eucharistic Sunday: 1:00 am; 2:00 am; INFORMATION Adoration 2:00 pm & 3:00 pm Friday: 12:00 Midnight to 1am & 6:00 pm Does our Church database have YOUR family membership record Please call Dee Leuck at 402-346-3584 if you are interested in taking one of these correct? open Adoration hours. Great way to build in prayer during Lent! Here is your chance to update YOUR RECORD for our annual Guidebook & Directory (if you haven’t already done so). Our Spiritually Adopted Baby It is time for us to update our database with Month 9 changes, additions, or deletions that may have occurred in YOUR family over the “I’m almost 12 inches, about the length of a ruler.” past year.
Please pray daily for our baby in danger of 1) Have you changed your phone number? abortion and the parents. 2) Have you moved? 3) Are you preparing to move soon? 4) Are all your children still at home and are St. Adalbert’s Pancake Breakfast they all included in your membership is TODAY! record? Come and purchase a delicious 5) Do you want your record published? pancake breakfast this Sunday, March 15th from 8:30 am –12:30 pm. Please let the Parish Office know about The Breakfast will be held at changes to your record so that your infor- mation is correct. Call the Parish Office St. Adalbert’s church social hall. Bring your friends and family for fun & fellowship! number at 402-346-0900 or email Marcy at [email protected]. Please contact the Office by March 27th. Thanks so much!!
ALMSGIVING IDEAS “Fathers & Sons” Lenten Opportunity #1 Send a card to an Join us on TUESDAY evenings: For a Lenten “Fathers and elderly person you Sons” Program based on the life of Fr. Emil Kapaun. For know in our parish. young men (grades 7 to 12) and their fathers. The Kapaun’s Men “Virtue Series” is an inspiring eight week study about US #2 Give to a parish cause that is important Army Chaplain, Catholic Priest and martyr, Fr. Emil Kapaun to you or your family. from Kansas, who won the Metal of Honor for his heroic ser- vice to his fellow POW’s in the Korean War. We will explore #3 Express your gratitude in some way to his life, and what it means to be a man of virtue in today’s your pastor, priests and religious in world. We gather at Our Lady of Lourdes Church basement on our parish community. Tuesday evenings from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm during Lent.
OUR LADY OF LOURDES-ST. ADALBERT PARISH Page 6 Weekly Bulletin Parish Tidbits of Information… Catholic High School Scholarships OLL BOOSTER CLUB Final Fish Fry for 2020! The following scholarships are for our Eighth Grade students going on to a Catholic High School: Tell your friends and family members to come to the best Fish Fry in town! ∗ Michael Lampe Scholarship March 27th ∗ Julie (Brannen) Costello Scholarship Let’s finish the year with a record ∗ Phyllis (Higgins) Leahy Scholarship number of people attending! ∗ Kelly (Eckley) Bartman Scholarship ∗ Paul Thompson Scholarship Don & Millie’s Fun-raiser ∗ Margaret Lorentzen Scholarship is this Wednesday, March18, 2020 ∗ Murilla Harvey Scholarship from 4 pm to 9 pm ∗ OLL Home & School Scholarships (one girl & one boy) at the Don & Millie’s location on Saddle Creek. Plan on attending and help raise funds for Our Lady ∗ OLL Booster Club Scholarships of Lourdes Home and School. (one girl & one boy) They have wonderful cheese and tuna Frencheese! ∗ Knights of Columbus Scholarships (one girl & one boy) SCRIP VENDOR SPOTLIGHT
If you would like to make a donation to any of these Don & Millie’s scholarship funds, please contact Fr. John Pietra- male. Also, if you would like to establish a Catholic Give back 20% to Our Lady of Lourdes-Saint Adalbert High School Scholarship in the name of your family Parish & 20% when you mention OLL School to the or an alum, please contact Fr. John as well. Our par- cashier at Don & Millie’s Fun-raiser. That’s 40% total! ish families and students are always so appreciative You can purchase Scrip Gift Cards after weekend of these scholarships as they go onto our Catholic Masses or in the Parish Office during business hours. High Schools.
Please consider a gift! LoveEd Spring 2020 Events at St. Peter Parish Parent’s only Session Wed. March 20 Our Lenten Parish Mission Level I-Sun. Mar. 22nd Level II-Sun. March 29th with For more info or to register go to https:// Fr. Mike Eckley: bookwhen.com/loveedomaha Sunday, March 22nd at 7:00 pm OR at http://family.archomaha.org/respecting-life/ Monday, March 23rd at 7:00 pm human-sexuality-formation/ where you can watch a Love Ed trailer and learn Tuesday, March 24th at 7:00 pm more about it’s author Dr. Coleen Kelly Mast. All will be at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Attend all or some of the evenings with your family and friends. SCRIP Gift Cards Available for Purchase after Weekend Masses or at the Parish Office during Business Hours. Easy Way to Help Us Fundraise!
OUR LADY OF LOURDES-ST. ADALBERT PARISH Page 7 School News Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School School Updates
We are so proud of the whole OLL Community for what our Youth Group accomplished at our first Homeless- ness Awareness Breakfast. We thank all of our OLL school families for their amazing support and countless food donations. This generosity of spirit enabled us to raise over $675 for the Stephen Center.
Our Lady of Lourdes School is continuing to monitor the situation with the COVID-19 (2019 novel corona- virus). We have been monitoring information from the CDC, the Douglas County Health Department, and the Catholic Schools Office. We will follow these guidelines to ensure safeguarding our students, staff and fami- lies. Currently, there are no reported cases in Douglas County or in the State of Nebraska. This virus is new and as time progresses we will learn more about its symptoms and preventive measures.
Just a reminder, we will offer extended care of Pre-K students as well as K-8 students. If you know anyone looking for this option for their child, send them our way. We also have room for more kindergarteners so please refer people to our school!
Thanks so much and God bless you on your Lenten journey!
Ms. Lisa Linquist, Principal
New Meals Ministry in our Parish! OLL School Parent This ministry will provide meals for parishioners Service Hours who may be experiencing changes or disrup- Volunteer to help at OLL Fish tions in life (i.e. post-surgery, new baby, deploy- Fry’s if you are needing parent ment, etc.) and would like meals provided. service hours. Lots of jobs are Please contact Rachel Kraft, the meal coordina- available: set up, clean up, bak- tor, at 402-490-9792 if you are interested. ing desserts, busing tables, etc. Please call Larry Eckley Meal requests should be made 48 to 72 hours at 402-250-5218 if you’re interested or just show up. in advance. If you are requesting on behalf of a parishioner, please have their permission Knights of Columbus before contacting the meal coordinator. Thank you! One Rose One Life Campaign Sports Gear “Recycling” Project In last week’s bulletin, there was a
Please plan on bringing any old gear or equip- donation envelope to help the ment that is still in good condition to the bins Knights of Columbus members labeled OLL SPORTS EQUIPMENT located out- continue promoting Respect for all side of the school office or in the back of Human Life . church. A donation of any amount will help this ministry This equipment and gear will be sorted and or- of the Knights. Please put your donation in the ganized by sports. The plan is to house some- where in the church basement so parish fami- Sunday collection basket over the next few lies can “shop” for new equipment as needed. weeks. Thank you and God bless! ARBOR Adam Bacome, Realtor GARAGE Complete Auto Repair Nebraska Realty’s Top Producing Agent 2565 Leavenworth SOLD! 342-5255 • Kevin Nichols
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