St. Francis of Assisi 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] ( Third Sunday after Easter April 25 – May 1, 2021 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. Kim Robinson, President Email: [email protected] St. Francis of Assisi Choir: Mr. Nicholas Lemme, Director Email: [email protected] Mr. Dan Ahlin, Organist Mrs. Elizabeth Lemme, Organist Knights of Columbus Mr. Michael Lee Bruns, G. Knight Email: [email protected] Bl. Karl of Austria Youth Group Mr. Andrew Watson Email: [email protected] Young Adults’ Group Mrs. Hannah Bauer Email: [email protected] Announcements and Upcoming Events The Obligation to Attend Mass on Sundays and Holydays will be reimposed in the Lincoln diocese on Sun May 23, Pentecost Sunday. Visit the diocesan website for further information: https://www.lincolndiocese.org/ Marriage Banns: Mr. Dominic DeMoss of Basehor KS and Miss Mary Montag of Malcolm NE are to be united in marriage at St Francis Chapel. Anyone knowing any reason why this marriage may not proceed should contact the Rector immediately. Drainage Work continues. Please pray for its successful completion. Please note changes to daily Mass times to accommodate the drainage work until it is completed (2-3 weeks). Apologies for the inconvenience. Easter Duty: Once having made First Holy Communion, Catholics must receive Holy Communion during the Easter season, in the US between the First Sunday of Lent and Trinity Sunday (the Sunday after Pentecost). This Sat - CK Sisters Outdoor Spring Workday: May 1, 1:30-4:30pm at Villa Regina Motherhouse, 4100 SW 56th St. Helpful items to bring include wheelbarrows, shovels, gloves, pruning/lopping shears, hoes, pickups and chainsaws. Please bring masks for work in proximity to others. Children welcome. Contact Sister Mary Angela [email protected]. Silent Ignatian Men’s Retreat at the Cloisters on the Platte, May 6-9, starts 4pm on Thursday evening and ends 1:30pm on Sunday afternoon. Led by Fr Joseph Lee, FSSP. To register, go to www.cloistersontheplatte.com. Marriage Retreat- Unveiled-at the Newman Center, July 15-17 In Person & via Livestream. This retreat is open to singles discerning marriage, dating and engaged couples, and couples who have been married for many years. Learn more and register at: www.jpiihealingcenter.org St. Joseph Church and School seeks an Maintenance Technician with experience in lighting, plumbing, HVAC & electrical fixtures. Apply at the Office: 402-483-2288. Sanctity of Life Initiative, a grass-roots effort to oppose the development and use of abortion-tainted vaccines, is holding a Holy Hour in reparation for abortion-derived vaccines and medical research, Tue Apr 27, 7pm at Good Counsel Retreat House, Waverly: adoration and music, prayers and meditation. Organizational meeting follows. Babysitting available. Please Pray for the Sick and Suffering: Sr. Stephen Larson OSB, Jennifer Wachter, Michael Ostry, Patrick Hornback, Ruth Phelan, Barbara McMeekin, Fr. Phillip Johnson, Mary Hertz, Fr Arnaud Devillers FSSP. The Regina Caeli replaces the Angelus until Trinity Sunday: Regina Caeli laetare, alleluia O Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia. Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia Has risen, as he said, alleluia. Ora pro nobis, Deum, alleluia Pray for us to God, alleluia. Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia alleluia. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia. Oremus. Deus, qui per resurrectionem Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to Filii tui Domini nostri Jesu Christi the world through the resurrection of mundum laetificare dignatus es, Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant praesta quaesumus, ut per ejus we beseech Thee, that through the Genetricem Virginem Mariam, intercession of the Virgin Mary, His perpetuae capiamus gaudia vitae. Per Mother, we may obtain the joys of eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. everlasting life. Through the same Amen. Christ our Lord. Amen. Quamquam Pluries: On Devotion to St. Joseph Pope Leo XIII - 1889 Now, Venerable Brethren, you know the times in which we live; they are scarcely less deplorable for the Christian religion than the worst days, which in time past were most full of misery to the Church. We see faith, the root of all the Christian virtues, lessening in many souls; we see charity growing cold; the young generation daily growing in depravity of morals and views; the Church of Jesus Christ attacked on every side by open force or by craft; a relentless war waged against the Sovereign Pontiff; and the very foundations of religion undermined with a boldness which waxes daily in intensity. These things are, indeed, so much a matter of notoriety that it is needless for Us to expatiate on the depths to which society has sunk in these days, or on the designs which now agitate the minds of men. Liturgical Calendar Sun Apr 25 Third Sunday after Easter 8:00 am Msgr. Patrick Brankin (Feuerborn Family) 10:00 am Pro Populo 12:00 pm St. Francis Chapel Volunteers Mon Apr 26 Ss Cletus & Marcellinus, Popes & Martyrs 7:00 am Fred & Carmen Placzek (A. Montag Family) Tue Apr 27 St. Peter Canisius, Doctor 7:00 am Marian Maslowski+ (Aleks Maslowska) Wed Apr 28 St. Paul of the Cross, Confessor 7:00 am Rush Limbaugh+ (Anonymous) Thu Apr 29 St. Peter, Martyr 7:00 am Allington & Speer Families (Peter Allington) Fri Apr 30 St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin 4:00 pm Adoration/Benediction 5:15 pm Fr. Carlos Martin (Feuerborn Family) Sat May 1 St. Joseph the Worker 8:00 am Evelyn Bokoskie (Watson Family) Sun May 2 Fourth Sunday after Easter 8:00 am FSSP Confraternity (Rex Mulholland) 10:00 am Pro Populo 12:00 pm Pope Francis Confessions: for 20 mins before weekday Masses, 30 mins on Sunday. Baptisms: Please contact the rector at least four weeks in advance. Marriages: Please contact the rector at least six months in advance. Weekly Collection Apr 18: $3897.65 Ushers 8am Bill Bergfeld & Ed Svboda Ushers 10am Anthony Montag & Troy Butcher Ushers Noon John Pepino & Ron Lawson `` .