St. Francis of Assisi www.stfranciscc.org WEDDINGS: Contact Father Broheimer as soon as possible, at least six months in advance PO Box 259, Neligh, NE 68756 Phone 402-887-4521 e-mail [email protected] Rev. John Broheimer, Pastor e-mail [email protected] November 16, 2014 Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time MASS SCHEDULE AND INTENTIONS BAPTISMS: Contact Father Broheimer about time and class CONFESSIONS: 30 minutes before all Sat and Sun Masses; after 7 pm Mass Sat and 10 am Mass Sun; 15 minutes before weekday Masses PARISH REGISTRATION: Call the Parish Office ROSARY: Every Sat 10 am at the Willows MEETINGS: Knights of Columbus: First Tue of the month, 8 pm Mon 17 Nov -------------Tue 18 Nov ----- 9:00 am (T) Wed 19 Nov --- 8:30 am (N) 9:30 am (GLC) Thu 20 Nov----- 9:00 am (T) Fri 21 Nov ----- 8:30 am (N) No Mass - Father’s day off Clem Brotski + Tom Kaczor + Mildred Simmons + Mark & Betty DeCamp + Shirley Schmit + Sat 22 Nov ----- 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Sun 23 Nov ---- 8:00 am 10:00 am John & Mary O’Brien + Charley Grace Nielsen + Av & Frances Klein + Parishioners of OLMC & St. Francis (T) (N) (N) (T) Rosary Sodality: Second Tue of the month, 7 pm (no meeting in July) Parish Council: Third Thu of the month, 7 pm MASS TIMES EMHCs Saturday 22 November 7:00 pm Sunday 23 November 8:00 am Milly Clemens, Bob Eggerling, Joe & Bev Hartz, Dale Kallhoff Kathy Schultz, Jim & Kathy Koenig, Carla Teel, Doris Ternus, Bill Kuester LECTOR Mark Ervin SERVERS Mathew Ervin, Brooke Frey, Bryce Frey Connor Ramold, Ashton Krebs, Beau Murray Brad Higgins Family Matt Booth Family Gordon Baker, Daryl Booth, Gary Gunderson, Otto Schindler Tim Kallhoff, Chad Shabram, Jack Sehi, Merle Kallhoff GIFTS USHERS Jim McNally Wednesday 19 November 2014 Grades K-6 6:00-7:00 pm Regular Class Parent helpers 5:45 -6:00 pm Troy & Bobie Shabram 7:00-7:15 pm Virgina & Leonardo Luna If you are unable to be at your assigned time, please find a substitute. Thanks. Grades 7-8 7:15-8:15 pm Regular Class Grades 9-12 7:15-8:15 pm No Class As winter weather is coming, remember that cancellations of Religious Education Classes will be announced on the radio or, if we cancel earlier in the day, at school. We cancel automatically if school is cancelled or has to let out early and if the wind chill is predicted to be -10° F or lower before or after class time. The November Omaha Archdiocesan Catholic Women deanery meeting will be Nov at St. Francis Catholic Church Registration will begin at 9:30 am, and the begin at 10 am. Council of held Tue 18 in Neligh. meeting will This weekend there will be a second collection to help the parish to meet its responsibilities toward Pope John High School. There is an envelope in your packet for this collection. Tuesday this week at 7:15 pm in the Parish Hall we will have our next installment of the Catholicism series. This episode about the nature of the Church is called, “A Body Both Suffering and Glorious.” Pray for leaders of the pro-life cause that God may endow them with wisdom. Again this year we have placed near the sanctuary a book of remembrance for anyone to inscribe the names of their deceased relatives and friends. At each Mass celebrated at St. Francis in November Father will remember to pray for the persons listed there. Advent Baby Shower During the Advent Season, as we anticipate the good news and great joy of our Savior’s birth please express this joy with gifts for his little ones. Your unwrapped gifts can be placed in the play pen across from the St. Joseph statue. Items needed are disposable diapers size 4 especially, lotion, shampoo, baby bath and any clothing up to size 18 months. Advent gifts will be gathered until Epiphany. Anima Christi Soul of Christ, sanctify me; Body of Christ, save me; Blood of Christ, inebriate me; Water from the side of Christ, wash me; Passion of Christ, strengthen me; O good Jesus, hear me; Within Thy wounds hide me; Suffer me not to be separated from Thee; From the malignant enemy defend me; In the hour of my death call me and bid me come to Thee that with Thy Saints I may praise Thee forever and ever. Amen. Weekly Collection Report November 8 and 9, 2014: weekly offering budgeted offering received on Sun weekly surplus/(deficit) $2,846.05 $1,744.00 ($1,102.05) Sunday collection report for this fiscal year: year-to-date budgeted $54,074.95 year-to-date received $49,133.29 year-to-date surplus/(deficit) ($4,941.66) Thank you for your generous donations to your parish. God is a kind and loving Father whose greatest desire is that we live forever in eternal splendor with him. But he does expect us to do the necessary work on our own part to make that happen. Jesus showed us the way on Calvary, the way of sacrifice and love. We are all called to work for God, to do our part in building the Kingdom here on earth. It’s important to know that when we’re working for God by living in holiness, we’re also working for our own eternity. Giving God glory and securing our eternal life are the results of the same good works and good faith in this life. There’s definitely a temptation to ignore the fact that one day we will be called to settle accounts with the Lord. We can easily go through life thinking that we can always do better later, pray later, show more love later. But when we finally get to our judgment - and no one knows when that will be - it will be too late to do anything. The parable this weekend of the Master giving large sums of money to his servants while he’s away tells us there’s an urgency to living in holiness. Our Master will want to know what we’ve done with all he’s given to us. Don’t we all know this at the core of our being, that, in the end, the good will be rewarded and the wicked will be punished? It’s part of the sense of justice which God has placed within us as a reflection of his own perfect Justice. Instead of hoping that everything will be alright when the time comes, let’s work each day to please the Lord and love our neighbor. When we live each day in righteousness, we have nothing to worry about when our day comes to tell God what we did with the gifts he gave us. - Fr. Broheimer Please remember in your prayers: Derek Heiss, Albert Schindler, Jerry Miller, Vince Thiele, Pat McLain, Marcelline Degener, Ken Merkel, Doug Eggerling, Jeannie Desanti, Shirley Fineran, Joe Knust, Dodi Bauer. Please call the parish office to add names to this list. Names will remain for three weeks unless otherwise specified. Thank you for your prayers. St. Francis families responsible for cleaning the church Saturdays in November, 9 am Nov 22 Duane Knievel, Nick Strom, Ron Gilg Nov 29 Ryan Kittleson, Tom Farber, Jeff Kerkman Thank you for helping. If you cannot be present at your assigned time, please find a substitute. Fr. Broheimer is willing to sub if you need. Pope John XXIII High School News The Pope John students will hold a paper drive on Sat 22 Nov. Please place materials by the parish parking lot in front of church by 8 am. Papers, mailings, magazines, shredded paper, cereal boxes and the like will be collected. If at all possible, put them in double paper sacks. They will not take cardboard. For assistance in Neligh, call Jon Meis (402-843-0373). The Pope John Drama Team will present The Legend of Sleepy Hollow for their annual dinner theater to be held Sat 22 Nov in the St. Boniface Gym. Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm and the show is at 7:30 pm. Tickets for the show only are not sold in advance and may be purchased at the door. Events in Other Places Friends of St. Boniface is selling Lottery Calendars for 2015 with daily drawing prizes ranging from $50$1,500. To order your calendar send $50 to St. Boniface Calendar Lottery, PO Box B, Elgin NE 68636. Deadline is 1 Dec or when all 1,000 are sold. On Thanksgiving Day St. Boniface in Elgin is serving turkey, dressing, special recipe sausage, potatoes, gravy, sauerkraut and ribs, corn, cranberry salad, gelatin salad, buns, homemade pies and desserts, all buffet style from 11 am to 3 pm. Adults $10, age 6-12 $5, age 2-5 $3. Raffle drawing at 4 pm. Bingo, Country Store and games add to the fun. Post Communion Prayer for the 33rd Sunday We have partaken of the gifts of this sacred mystery, humbly imploring, O Lord, that what your Son commanded us to do in memory of him may bring us growth in charity.
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