February 28, 2021 Second Sunday of Lent ST ELIZABETH ANN SETON CATHOLIC CHURCH FOUNDED 1981 ARCHBISHOP DANIEL E. SHEEHAN 5419 N. 114th St. • Omaha, NE 68164 PASTOR Rev. Ryan Lewis (402) 493-2186 ext. 13 [email protected] Parish Office 5419 N 114 St. (114 & Fort) Omaha, Nebraska 68164 Phone: (402) 493-2186 Fax: (402) 493-0630 Email [email protected] Web Site www.stelizabethann.org Office Hours Monday through Friday 9:00 am to Noon; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Office closed noon to 1pm St. James/Seton School William Kelly, Principal 4720 N. 90 St., 68134 Phone: (402) 572-0339 Website: www.sjsomaha.org Email: [email protected] Religious Formation Director: Jo Kusek (P.R.E., Adult Ed. & School Faith Formation) 4720 N. 90 St., 68134 Phone: (402) 572-0369 Email: [email protected] MASS SCHEDULE HOLY DAY SCHEDULE Monday-Friday 5:30 p.m. (except for Christmas, Easter & New Years) Saturday Evening 5:00 p.m. Vigil (Evening Before) 5:30 p.m. Sunday Morning 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., Holy Day 12:10 p.m., 5:30 p.m. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 2 Second Sunday of Lent Devotions PARISH STAFF: Our Mother of Perpetual Help Novena Prayers St. James/Seton School: following Saturday 8:30 a.m. Mass Tiffany Howard, Vice Principal Exposition of Blessed Sacrament 4720 N. 90 St.. • Omaha, NE 68134 Phone (402) 572-0339 Thursday 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Website: www.sjsomaha.org Email: [email protected] THE SACRAMENTS Religious Formation Director: Jo Kusek Sacrament of the Sick (P.R.E., Adult Ed. & School Faith Formation) Whenever serious surgery is scheduled, serious illness 4720 N. 90 St.. • Omaha, NE 68134 Phone: (402) 572-0369 arises, or there has been a serious accident please call the Email: [email protected] parish office if you need a priest. Parish Deacons: Sacrament of Baptism Deacon Dennis Connor, (402) 493-3702 Deacon Marty Crowley, (402) 498-3562 • Call the parish office to schedule Deacon John Dagerman, (402) 493-4563 • • Two Pre-Baptism Classes required, 1st & 3rd Deacon Duane Karmazin, (402) 571-1689 Wednesday’s of the month, 7:00-8:30 pm at the Parish Deacon David Klein, (402) 492-8932 Center, Family Room. Call the parish office to register. Deacon Rick Niedergeses, (402) 496-1385 • RCIA Program (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults), Parish Bookkeeper: Bev Mausbach Thursdays 7-9, contact Tom Schrad, (402) 493-4112 (402) 493-2186 ext. 15; .. [email protected] Sacrament of Reconciliation Facilities Manager: Michael Willis One half hour prior to all masses except Saturday (402) 493-2186 ext. 22; ..... [email protected] from 4:00-4:45 pm Office Administrator: Dawn Willis (402) 493-2186 ext. 14; ...... [email protected] Sacrament of Holy Matrimony • Minimum 6 months notice of marriage date is Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) Christi Olsen .......................................... (402) 493-4963(home) required. [email protected] ...................... (402) 740-7790(cell) • Scheduling is done by the couple with the parish Communion to the Sick: Thomas Fryda ..... (402) 496-7862 priests. Daughters of Seton: Lenal Bottoms ............... (402) 964-9125 Sacrament of Holy Orders Danna Plummer............................... (402) 496-2012 • Those discerning a call to the Priesthood should H.O.P.E. Office: ................................................... (402) 572-7897 contact one of the parish priests or Rev. Andrew Roza, Knights of Columbus: Rudy Mettler .............. (402) 706-3683 Vocation Director of the Archdiocese of Omaha, at (402) Music Director: Gene Klosner ......................... (402) 707-0760 558-3100 Parish Council President: Cameron Gales . (402) 212-6117 • For Permanent Diaconate, you may contact any of the priests or deacons or contact Deacon James Keating, Perpetual Adoration: at (402) 558-3100 ext. 3010. Jean Dahl .............................................................. (402) 731-3144 Prayer Line: For anyone in need of prayers, please call: Interested in joining St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish? Shelly Gray ........................................................... (402) 493-3006 Fill out the following information, return it in the collec- or Fran Thomas .................................................. (402) 493-7243 tion basket or to the parish office and within the next few or email to: [email protected] weeks someone will call to make an appointment to meet Vocations Committee: Bob & Ruth Zaruba (402) 630-6140 you, share information with you about our parish, and complete your registration. Vocations Icons: Sue Niggemeyer ................... (402) 496-0225 (name) (date) Financial Stewardship Report (address) Sunday Giving for the week ending Feb. 21, 2021 Envelopes: $10,888 Online Giving: $6,352 (city), (state) (zip) Black & Indian Mission $312 Children’s Envelopes: $N/A (email) (phone) St. Vincent de Paul: $450 February 28, 2021 3 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton PARISH/COMMUNITY NEWS St. Elizabeth Ann Knights of Columbus Overflow Youth Ministry 2021 Fish Dinners St. James & St. Elizabeth Ann The SEA Knights of Columbus will be Parishes serving fish dinners at the St. Elizabeth [email protected] Ann Parish Center on March 12 and March 26. Strict COVID protocols will be in place. Therefore, there will be limited seating in the parish center but enhanced take-out available. The menu includes Youth Seeking A Relationship With Jesus; breaded or seasoned cod – regular or Cajun seasoning, au Overflowing To The Nations. gratin or baked potato, coleslaw and a dinner roll. Mac & cheese or cheese pizza are available for the kids. Coffee and High School Overflow meets on Sunday’s, at St. Elizabeth milk are provided free of charge. Cold beer, wine, soda and Ann. We meet from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. desserts are available at an additional cost. Serving hours are Watch bulletin for meeting dates! from 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Pricing is $12 for adults, $11 for Sr. Citizens, $7 for ages 4-12, or $40 for a family. Ages 3 Middle School Overflow meets once a month on Saturday and under are free. Support the good works of the Knights of nights in the St. James Parish Center from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Columbus by dining in as space is available or taking your meals to go. Check back for future meeting dates! PRAYER SHAWL DISTRIBUTION IN THE TIME OF COVID 19 The Prayer Shawl Ministry of St. Elizabeth Ann is pleased to offer a new way to distribute prayer shawls to you, at this time of need in our community. Prayer shawls will be locat- ed on the west side of the main church entrance (at the for- mer HOPE desk) beginning on the weekend of October 3/4. The recipient doesn’t need to be an SEA parishioner and no charge or donation is expected. We ask only that you DO NOT OPEN ANY BAGS until you get home with the one you have selected. This is in order to preserve the clean- The Knights of Columbus has started the 2nd Annual Meat liness of all the shawls. Raffle tickets. We will be selling tickets at the Fish Dinners We love presenting these shawls in person, but since that is and soon in the narthex after mass. Tickets can also be pur- now difficult, we ask that you select one and then sign the chased online by emailing [email protected]. attached card with your name, the reason for the shawl (e.g., loss, surgery, recovery, to be given to: (name) etc. The Knights of Then place the card in the slotted container. This infor- Columbus mation will be kept in confidence!! will be having a Know that we, the PSM members, are holding you in pray- er and hoping the shawl you select will remind you of the pancake breakfast love of God, which is always present and the love that your after all morning community has for you at this time of need.....Wrap yourself masses on in abundant, healing love. Sunday March 7th. IF YOU HAVE A PRAYER SHAWL QUESTION OR **To go or Take-out available** REQUEST PLEASE CALL: Joan Connor at 402-493-3702 The Prayer Shawl Ministry group continues to work on making prayer shawls in their homes. If you wish to join in In memory… Please remember in your prayers this ministry and work from your own home, you can call the soul of †Cassandra (Cassie) Sheik, daughter of Mary Ann Miller for additional information at 402-468- Deacon Chuck & Pat Sheik. 4014. Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord Change your station. Change your life! This Lent, listen to Catholic Radio for one hour each week. Jesus will change your life! Already a listener? Tell a friend about the life- changing station you've been listening to. Visit www.spiritcatholicradio.com for a station near you. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 4 Second Sunday of Lent SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES LITURGICAL ROLES Wednesday March 3, 7:00 p.m. Home & School Association Mtg., Parish Center Thursday March 4, 8:00 p.m. AA Mtg., Parish Center Friday March 5, 6:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross, Church Money Counters Team 3: Habrock MASS INTENTIONS Upcoming Events at St. Benedict Center, Schuyler, NE, MONDAY Mar. 1, BioSpiritual Focusing: Praying with the Whole Self, March 13, 5:30 p.m. †Mary Ann Gaddie one-day retreat at Saint Benedict Center, Schuyler, with Debbie TUESDAY Mar. 2, Sheehan, M.A., and Jane King, M.A. BioSpiritual Focusing is a 5:30 p.m. †Bill Kosmicki way of opening the whole of ourselves—mind, body, and spirit— to a deeper connectedness with God, others, and self. Join us to WEDNESDAY Mar. 3, learn more about how gently being with what is present within 5:30 p.m. †Charles & †Juanita Pyle your embodied self can open the door to a deeper story—and to a THURSDAY Mar.