Catholic Church A Chapel of the Diocese of Lincoln, NE served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP) dedicated to the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments according to the 1962 Missal of Pope St John XXIII 1145 South Street, Lincoln, NE 68502 Church Office: (402) 477-5145 Emergency Cell: (402) 417-5091 Website: www.stfrancislincoln.org
Rector: Rev. Matthew J McCarthy [email protected] Secretary: Mrs. Kristine Mulholland [email protected]
First Sunday of Advent December 1 - 7, 2019
Parish Groups & Contacts St. Martha’s Guild: (Care of Altar, vestments, linens, flowers and hospitality) Mrs. Cambria Watson, President Email: [email protected] Confraternity of Christian Mothers: Mrs. Megan Livingston, President Email: [email protected] Knights of Columbus Mr. Michael Lee Bruns, Gnd Knight Email: [email protected] St. Dominic Savio Youth Group Andrew & Cambria Watson Email: [email protected] Announcements and Upcoming Events Welcome to Newcomers and Visitors! Please join the Coffee Social in the basement after the 10:30am Mass. Welcome to Fr Joseph Tuscan, OFM Cap., chaplain of the Confraternity of Christian Mothers, who gave a Day of Recollection yesterday. He will be the celebrant at the 10:30am high Mass. Christmas Flower Donations: Envelopes are in the vestibule. The 8:00am Mass on Christmas Eve (Tuesday) will be offered for the donors’ intentions. This Tues - Knights of Columbus: Rosary 6:30pm, meeting 7pm. This Fri - First Friday Eucharistic Adoration A sign-up sheet is posted in the vestibule. Please be generous in devoting your time in adoration of Our Lord and in reparation to His Sacred Heart! This Fri - Day of Fasting, Prayer and Reparation for the purpose of driving out any diabolic influence within the Church resulting from the Pachamama ritual in the Vatican Gardens, the subsequent procession of the idol into St. Peter’s Basilica as well as placing the idols in the church of St. Maria in Traspontina. See:http://www.ncregister.com/blog/breedail/four-exorcists-urge-day-of- fasting-prayer-and-reparation-dec.-6 and https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abp-vigano-the-abomination-of- idolatrous-rites-has-entered-the-sanctuary-of-god This Sat - Rorate Mass: The 6:30am Mass will be the Saturday Mass of the Blessed Virgin in Advent sung by candlelight. It is rather beautiful and well worth attending. There will be a potluck breakfast in the social hall afterwards: please bring a dish to share. This will be the only Mass: no First Saturday devotions after Mass. Patricians Meeting: Wed Dec 11, 6:30-8:30pm at the John XXIII Center. Hosted by the Legion of Mary, the Patricians group is dedicated to helping Catholics learn their faith through open discussion. Topic: The Four Last Things - Death. Please Pray for the Sick and Suffering: Sr. Stephen Larson OSB, Nicolas Hambalek Jennifer Wachter, Michael Ostry, Fr. Calvin Goodwin FSSP, Patrick Hornback, Ruth Phelan, Barbara McMeekin, Fr. Phillip Johnson, Mary Hertz.
Art Show at Gianna's: Fri Dec 13, 6-9pm; Sat Dec 14 9am-6pm. Local artists will be exhibiting Christian artwork. Come a find some unique gifts for Christmas. Elizabeth Lemme will have sacred art on display at Gianna's and available for sale from Dec 2 through Jan 1. Crisis Pregnancy Resources: For pregnancy help call 888-550-1588 or visit www.loveline.com. If you have taken the first dose of the abortion pill call 877- 558-0333 or visit www.abortionpillreversal.com. For post-abortion counseling call 888-456-HOPE or visit www.hopeafterabortion.com. Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae Concerning Americanism Pope Leo XIII - 1899 Those who so bind themselves by the vows of religion, far from having suffered a loss of liberty, enjoy that fuller and freer kind, that liberty, namely, by which Christ hath made us free. And this further view of theirs, namely, that the religious life is either entirely useless or of little service to the Church, besides being injurious to the religious orders cannot be the opinion of anyone who has read the annals of the Church. Did not your country, the United States, derive the beginnings both of faith and of culture from the children of these religious families? to one of whom but very lately, a thing greatly to your praise, you have decreed that a statue be publicly erected. And even at the present time wherever the religious families are found, how speedy and yet how fruitful a harvest of good works do they not bring forth! How very many leave home and seek strange lands to impart the truth of the gospel and to widen the bounds of civilization; and this they do with the greatest cheerfulness amid manifold dangers! Out of their number not less, indeed, than from the rest of the clergy, the Christian world finds the preachers of God’s word, the directors of conscience, the teachers of youth and the Church itself the examples of all sanctity. Nor should any difference of praise be made between those who follow the active state of life and those others who, charmed with solitude, give themselves to prayer and bodily mortification. And how much, indeed, of good report these have merited, and do merit, is known surely to all who do not forget that the “continual prayer of the just man” avails to placate and to bring down the blessings of heaven when to such prayers bodily mortification is added. But if there be those who prefer to form one body without the obligation of the vows let them pursue such a course. It is not new in the Church, nor in any wise censurable. Let them be careful, however, not to set forth such a state above that of religious orders. But rather, since mankind are more disposed at the present time to indulge themselves in pleasures, let those be held in greater esteem “who having left all things have followed Christ.” . Liturgical Calendar
Sun Dec 1 First Sunday of Advent 8:30 am Kazimierz Maslowski+ (Aleks Maslowska) 10:30 am Pro Populo Mon Dec 2 St. Vivian, Virgin & Martyr 7:00 am President Trump (Anonymous) Tue Dec 3 St. Francis Xavier, Confessor 8:00 am Annetta Whitney+ (Mulholland Family) Wed Dec 4 St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop, Conf. & Doctor 7:00 am Christina McMichen (McMichen Family) Thu Dec 5 Feria of Advent 8:00 am St. Stephen Larson, OSB (McNeely Family) Fri Dec 6 St Nicholas, Bishop & Confessor (First Friday) 8:00 am Exposition until 5:00 pm 5:15 pm Pope Francis Sat Dec 7 St. Ambrose, Bishop, Conf. & Doctor (First Saturday) 6:30 am Bishop Conley Sun Dec 8 Immaculate Conception of BVM 8:30 am St. Francis Chapel Volunteers 10:30 am Pro Populo
Confessions: for 20 mins before weekday Masses, 30 mins on Sunday. The Rosary: 30 mins before each Sunday Mass. Dolor Rosary: 20 mins before the end of Friday Exposition. Baptisms: Please contact the rector at least four weeks in advance. Marriages: Please contact the rector at least six months in advance.
Weekly Collection November 24: $2463.00 Counters for Dec 1: William Montag & Joseph Montag Ushers for Dec 1: William Montag & Joseph Montag Counters for Dec 8: Jacob Bauer & Rex Mulholland Ushers for Dec 8: Rex Mulholland & Troy Butcher