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]
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany February 10 –16, 2019
Parish Groups & Contacts St. Martha’s Guild: (Care of Altar, vestments, linens, flowers and hospitality) Miss Rebecca Montag, President Email: [email protected] Confraternity of Christian Mothers: Mrs. Megan Livingston, President Email: [email protected] St. Francis of Assisi Choir: Mr. Nicholas Lemme, Director Email: [email protected] Knights of Columbus Mr. Michael Lee Bruns, Grand Knight Email: [email protected] St. Dominic Savio Youth Group Andrew & Cambria Watson Email: [email protected] Announcements and Upcoming Events Welcome to Newcomers and Visitors! Join us for coffee and cookies in the basement after the 10:30am Mass. Fr McCarthy will be away on retreat Mon 11 - Fri 15 Feb. Mass will be offered at St Francis on Mon 11 and Fri 15 at the usual times Fr Bisig kindly has given permission for associates to attend Mass at OLG Seminary Tue 12 - Thu 14 Feb. Mass begins at 7:10am. There also is daily Mass at the Carmel in Valparaiso. This Mon and Tue: there will be no catechism classes. This Fri: there will be no exposition prior to the evening Mass at 5:15pm. Lenten Mission: Fr Jeffrey Jambon of the Missionaries of St John the Baptist will preach a Lenten Mission here at St Francis 4-8 Mar. More details to follow. First Friday Eucharistic Adoration will next be held Friday, March 1, 2019. The 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! Catholic Quiz Bowl: Sat Mar 16. Check in from 12:00-12:30pm, games from 1:00-5:00pm followed by Vespers. Registration forms are due Feb 16. St. Francis Chili Cookoff: Sun, Feb 24 after the 10:30 am Mass. Use the sign-up sheet in the vestibule to enter and/or to bring a side/dessert. Pilgrimage to Marian Shrines: Sep 9-20 with Msgr Timothy Thorburn. Travel thru Portugal, Spain and France visiting Fatima and Lourdes. For more info: www.tektonministries.org or Dan Rosenthal: 402-430-2797, [email protected] The Vestibule may be occupied during Mass only by parents with children needing attention. It is not to be used as a preferred “gathering space” and certainly there must be no conversation conducted there during Mass. Please pray for the Recently Deceased: Ivano Toscani (godfather of Jaimie Montag)
New Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/StFrancisLincoln. This page is for promoting St Francis Chapel to the wider community and to notify associates of social events etc. The website www.stfrancislincoln.org will be used for more “official” business. The Facebook page is not to be used to vent one’s frustrations or anger about matters Catholic, liturgical, political etc. Please Pray for the Sick and Suffering: Fr. Michael Irwin, Nicolas Hambalek Jennifer Wachter, Michael Ostry, Fr. Calvin Goodwin FSSP, Patrick Hornback, Ruth Phelan, Barbara McMeekin, Fr. Phillip Johnson, Kim Jisa Patton.
Mirae Caritatis: On the Holy Eucharist Pope Leo XIII - 1902
In like manner the angelic Doctor, adopting the sentiments of St. Augustine writes: “Our Lord has bequeathed to us His Body and Blood under the form of substances in which a multitude of things have been reduced to unity, for one of them, namely bread, consisting as it does of many grains is yet one, and the other, that is to say wine, has its unity of being from the confluent juice of many grapes; and therefore St. Augustine elsewhere says: ‘O Sacrament of mercy, O sign of unity, O bond of charity!’” All of which is confirmed by the declaration of the Council of Trent that Christ left the Eucharist in His Church “as a symbol of that unity and charity whereby He would have all Christians mutually joined and united. . . a symbol of that one body of which He is Himself the head, and to which He would have us, as members attached by the closest bonds of faith, hope and charity”. The same idea had been expressed by St. Paul when he wrote: “For we, being many, are one bread, one body, all we who partake of the one bread”. Very beautiful and joyful too is the spectacle of Christian brotherhood and social equality which is afforded when men of all conditions, gentle and simple, rich and poor, learned and unlearned, gather round the holy altar, all sharing alike in this heavenly banquet. And if in the records of the Church it is deservedly reckoned to the special credit of its first ages that “the multitude of the believers had but one heart and one soul”, there can be no shadow of doubt that this immense blessing was due to their frequent meetings at the divine table; for we find it recorded of them: “They were persevering in the doctrine of the Apostles and in the communion of the breaking of bread”. Besides all this, the grace of mutual charity among the living, which derives from the sacrament of the Eucharist so great an increase of strength, is further extended by virtue of the sacrifice to all those who are numbered in the Communion of Saints. For the Communion of Saints, as everyone knows, is nothing but the mutual communication of help, expiation, prayers, blessings, among all the faithful, who, whether they have already attained to the heavenly country, or are detained in the purgatorial fire, or are yet exiles here on earth, all enjoy the common franchise of that city whereof Christ is the head, and the constitution is charity. . Liturgical Calendar Sun Feb 10 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany 8:30 am Joseph Kessler+ (Kessler Family) 10:30 am Pro Populo Mon Feb 11 Our Lady of Lourdes 7:00 am Louise White (Ken Hertz) Tue Feb 12 Seven Holy Servite Founders, Confessors No Mass Wed Feb 13 Feria No Mass Thu Feb 14 Feria No Mass Fri Feb 15 Feria No Exposition/Adoration 5:15 pm Isabelle McMichen (McMichen Family) Sat Feb 16 Saturday of Our Lady 8:00 am Patrick Brennan+ (Mulholland Family) Sun Feb 17 Septuagesima Sunday 8:30 am Members of St. Michael’s Defense Guild 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 Exposition. Baptisms: Please contact the rector at least four weeks in advance. Marriages: Please contact the rector at least six months in advance. Please consult the website for more information.
Weekly Collection Feb 3: $2719.04 Catholic Press: $ 137.00 Counters for Feb 10: Troy Butcher and Matt Rauert Ushers for Feb 10: Troy Butcher and Anthony Montag Counters for Feb 17: John Pepino and Nick Lemme Ushers for Feb 17: John Pepino and Troy Butcher