St. Pius X & Holy Cross

ST. PIUS X & HOLY CROSS No meat the Fridays of Lent, for those 14 and over. PARISH COMMUNITIES AINSWORTH, NE 69210 & BASSETT, NE 68714 Monday, Feb. 29 Holy Cross: Stations at 6:30. Fr. Phil Flott, Pastor Tuesday, March 1, St. Pius: Stations at 6:30. (402) 387-1275 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stpiusxainsworth.com Fish Frys at Holy Cross: March 4, March 18; 5:30 to 7:00 pm. February 28, 2016 3rd Sunday of Lent GI Diocese Lenten Retreat: March 19, 1-4, St. Nicholas church, Valentine. Fr. Josh Brown will Mon. St. Pius 9:00 am Sid Salzman present on “Love for Lent.” Tue. St. Pius 9:00 am . Dan Frederickson--health Wed. Long Term Care 9:30 am Ken Smith--health Thurs. St. Pius 9:00 am Grant & Jackie Flott Senior girls scholarship: $200 from Grand Island DCCW. Fri. St. Pius 9:00 am Samuel Clements North Platte CCW meeting March 3, St. Joseph’s, Broken Bow, 4:10 pm. Sat. St. Pius 6:15 pm Wanda Presley Sun. Holy Cross 9:00 am Irma Frederickson--health Holy Cross tithe: $500.00 Nebraskans United for Life. Sun St. Pius 10:30 am Members of both parishes St. Pius tithe: $1,000.00 to Mater Filius.

MEETINGS: 31 Club Prayer Reminder: Pray for vocations. Monday, 7:00 pm, March 28, 2016: Holy Cross Parish Council. 2/29 3/1 3/2 3/3 3/4 3/5 3/6 Mike/Charlott Lou Ann Jean Steve/Amy Marty/Erin Marv/Pa Tuesday, 7:00 pm, March 8: St. Pius Parish Council e Arens Williams Stenka Salzman Moravec m St. Pius Altar Society: Sunday, February 28, after Mass—in regard to pasta supper. Schmitz Bible Study, St. Pius: is still each Tuesday, at 7:00 pm, right after Stations. Phyllis Marge Bon Gwen Mark Stec Barb Jilg Carol Kristi Harlan enberger Cosgrove Becker Bruns` PRAYER CHAIN: Need prayer for anything? Call Irma, 402-387-1308. Prayer works. We need someone from St. Pius to pray each 5th of the month. Let Father know. St. Pius Church Remodel: The drywall on the ceiling contains asbestos, to a dangerous level. 3rd Sunday Lent: Just like the farmer and his fig tree, God never gives up on us. But he does We have to remove it all. We will then replace the drywall and insulation. We will add to our want us to bear the fruit of eternity in our lives. lighting. We will then replace the carpet and the pews. The estimate of how much this will cost is $135,700.00. Of that amount, we have saved in our improvement fund, $70,044.00 So, we have to Financial Contributions: (February 20 & 21) --Thank you for your generosity save/collect another $65,656.00 in order to do the project. Thank you for your generosity. We are St. Pius X Holy Cross past the half-way point. Envelopes $1099.00 $830.00 Please mark “IMPROVEMENT FUND” on your check. It is a separate account. Plate 46.00 30.00 Our end result will be a more beautiful place to worship our God and King. Youth 11.00 2.00 Please continue to pray about not allowing transgender bathrooms at our schools. Total: $ 1156.00 $862.00 Please take a ‘rice bowl’ home and fill it with your change during Lent. St. Pius Improvement Fund: $400.00