“I am all yours, my Queen and my Mother, and all I that have is yours.”

The Legion of Mary of the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln invites you to join us at our Marian Congress on August 22, 2026, in honor of the feast of the Queenship of Mary.

This special day fosters spiritual growth and renews apostolic zeal in Legionaries dedicated to Jesus Christ and His Church through Mary, Mother of God. Legion of Mary members will have the opportunity to pray, deepen their understanding of Legionary principles, and enjoy fellowship with one another. Any member of the Legion of Mary—or anyone interested into learning more about the Legion—is welcome.

The Congress will be held at St. Michael Catholic Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, beginning with Mass at 8:15 A.M. and ending at 3:00 P.M. Given the day’s feast, the Congress theme is on the "Legion Apostolate" and will include four talks by special guests emphasizing various aspects of the theme.

Registration for the day is $25, which includes a light breakfast, lunch, and snacks.

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Go to Holy Week and Easter schedules - Parishes in Lincoln

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City and Parish   Holy Thursday  Mass Good Friday Apr 3 Services Easter Vigil Apr 4 Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday Mar 31 Confessions Wednesday Apr 1 Confessions Holy Thursday  Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Apr 4 Confessions Easter Sunday Confessions Other Penance Services
Abie, Sts. Peter and Paul   7pm 12pm Stations & 7 Last Word, 7pm Passion   10am   Following 5:30pm Stations until 7pm 5:30-6pm After 7pm Liturgy for 30 minutes 11am- 12 noon  
Alexandria, St. Mary     Stations, 5pm   8am          
Alma, St. Joseph     3pm   11am 7-7:30pm 7-7:30pm 2:30-3pm 2:30-3pm 11-11:30am 10:30-11am
Arago, St. Mary     3pm   10:30am          
Arapahoe , St. Germanus   6pm 5pm   9am       4pm   8:30am
Ashland, St. Mary   7pm 7pm 8pm 10:30am     4-5pm 8pm 3-4pm 10-10:20am Sunday, March 29 2-3pm
Auburn, St. Joseph   6:30pm noon Stations; 3pm Divine Mercy; 6pm Passion 8pm 10:30am   6:30pm until last in line heard         Sat March 28 from 5pm on; Sun March 29 from 3:30pm on
Aurora, St. Mary   7:30pm 12:05pm Passion; 3pm Stations and Divine Mercy Novena, Seven Last Words 9pm 8:15am 7am-7:25am; 6am-7:30pm 6pm-8pm 8:30pm-10:30pm 1:15pm-2:30pm   4pm-5pm
Barneston, St. Joseph         7:15am       1:30-2pm   6:45-7:10am
Beatrice, St. Joseph   7pm 7pm 8pm 8am, 10am 7-8pm 6:30-8pm 8-9pm 12:30pm, 3:20pm, and from 8pm as needed 4:15-5pm  
Beaver Crossing, Sacred Heart     7pm 8pm 7:15am   5-6pm   after 7pm Passion Liturgy 10-11am   Sun March 29th 3pm in York and 5pm in Seward
Bellwood, St. Joseph         8am          
Bellwood, St. Peter   7pm 7pm 8pm 10am     Following 7pm Mass After 3pm Stations, After 7pm Liturgy     Palm Sunday, March 29, 1-2pm
Bellwood (Marietta), Presentation   7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 8am     After mass After service 30 minutes prior 30 minutes prior
Benkelman, St. Joseph     3pm MT   10am MT       5:30pm MT  
Blue Hill, Holy Trinity   7pm 7pm   9am     8pm 8pm  
Bruno, St. Anthony de Padua     3pm 8pm 8am 6:30pm     After 3pm mass 12:30-1:30pm  
Burchard, Sacred Heart   4pm 3pm 8am 7-8pm   After 3pm service Before Mass 
City and Parish   Holy Thursday  Mass Good Friday Apr 3 Services Easter Vigil Apr 4 Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday Mar 31 Confessions Wednesday Apr 1 Confessions Holy Thursday  Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Apr 4 Confessions Easter Sunday Confessions Other Penance Services
Cambridge , St. John the Baptist   8pm 7pm 8pm 11am     After Mass Noon Noon 10:30am 3pm Sunday, March 29th
Campbell, St. Anne    5pm 3pm   7am       4pm  
Cedar Bluffs, St. Mary     10am      
Cedar Hill, Sacred Heart   6pm     8am     4:30-5:30pm, 7:00 -8pm 8:30-9:30pm 3:45-4:30pm   7:30-7:55am
Colon, St. Joseph 6pm Noon Stations; 3pm Passion 8pm 8am; 10am Cedar Bluffs   6-7pm After Mass After Passion Service 12-1pm 7-7:50am
Cortland, St. James   7pm Mass of the Lord's Supper 7pm 8:15pm 8am & 10:30am 6:30-6:50am & 7:30-8am 1-1:30pm, 6-6:25pm & 7-7:30pm 1-10:30am, [Father Au: 6-6:50pm & 8-9pm]; 9-9:30pm & 10-10:30pm 12:15-12:45pm, 6-6:30pm & 8-8:30pm 10-10:30am, 1-1:30pm & 4:30p-5pm 7:30-7:50am & 10-10:20am Palm Sunday, 3/29, Confessions before & after Masses plus 4-5pm
Crete, Sacred Heart   7pm Bilingual (English and Spanish) 3pm Bilingual Stations; 7pm Passion Bilingual (English and Spanish) 8:30pm Bilingual (English and Spanish) 9am English ; 11:30am Spanish 12-1pm ; 6-7pm 12-1pm ; 6-7pm 12-1pm ; 5-6pm 12-1pm ; 5-6pm 12-1pm ; 7-8pm 8:30am ; 11am
Curtis, St. James   7pm 7pm 8pm 11am     12Noon to 1pm and 6pm to 6:45pm After Stations at 1:15pm and After Passion Service until finished. 4pm to 5pm and 6:30pm to 7:15pm  
Davey, St. Mary   7pm 3pm Stations; 7pm Passion 8:30pm 8am and 10am       After 3pm Stations After 9am Holy Saturday morning prayer  
David City, St.Mary   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am;  10am 7-8am; noon-12:30;  7:30-8:30pm 7-8am; noon-12:30;  7:30-8:30pm Noon-12:30; 8:30-9pm After Liturgy Noon-12:30pm;  8:30-9pm   Sunday March 29 4pm Several Priests Available
David City (Center), St. Francis   7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 10am     After mass After service 30 minutes prior 30 minutes prior
David City / Appleton, Assumption    7pm 3pm 8:30pm 9am     after Liturgy After Liturgy  
Denton, St. Mary   7pm 7pm 8pm 8am, 10am, Noon     8pm  8pm 11am to Noon 30 minutes prior to Mass Times
Deweese, Our Lady of the Assumption   7pm 7pm Deweese;  3pm St. Stephen-Lawrence 8:30pm 8am St. Stephen-Lawrence; 10am Deweese       2:30pm St Stephen; 6:30pm Deweese   7:30am St. Stephen; 9:30am Deweese
Doniphan, St. Ann   7:30pm 3pm Stations, 7:30pm Passion 8pm 9am     Following 7:30pm Mass Following 7:30pm Service   8:30am-8:50am
City and Parish   Holy Thursday  Mass Good Friday Apr 3 Services Easter Vigil Apr 4 Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday Mar 31 Confessions Wednesday Apr 1 Confessions Holy Thursday  Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Apr 4 Confessions Easter Sunday Confessions Other Penance Services
Elmwood, St. Mary     5:30pm   10:30am       4:45pm-5:20pm   10am-10:20am
Elsie, Resurrection    7pm (MT) Grant 7pm (MT) Grant, 7pm (CT) Wallace 8:30pm (MT) Grant 7:30am          
Exeter, St. Stephen    7pm Seven Last Words 9am; Stations 3pm 8pm 8am after 7pm mass until 8:30pm   After Holy Thursday Services After Good Friday Services 10-11am 7:30am 3/26 8:30-9:30pm; 3/27 after 3pm stations
Fairbury, St. Michael   7pm 3pm Stations, 7pm Passion 8pm 10am          
Falls City, Sts. Peter and Paul   7pm 12:05pm Passion & 3pm Stations 8pm 7am & 10am 6-7pm 12-12:30pm 5-6pm & 8:30-9:30pm 11am to Noon, 4-5pm, 7-8pm 12-1pm & 4-5pm 6:15-6:45am & 9:15-9:45am Sunday March 29, 5:30-6:30pm
Farnam, St. Joseph         7:30am 6:30pm to 7:30pm          
Franklin, St. Katharine Drexel       8:15pm   5:30pm          
Geneva, St. Joseph    7pm 7pm   10am 7:30-7:50am & 5-5:30pm 6-8pm 8-8:30am & hourly from 9-11pm till finished 12-12:30pm & after 7pm Liturgy till finished 9-9:30am   March 29 After 10am Mass till finished
Giltner, St. Joseph   5:30pm 7pm   10:45am     4:30pm-5:20pm 8:15pm-9:30pm None4. 10:15am-10:40am
Grafton, St. Helena     7pm   11am          
Grant, Mother of Sorrows   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 9:30am          
Greenwood, St. Joseph     3pm   8:30am       4pm   8-8:20am
Hastings, St. Cecilia   7pm Stations Noon, Passion 7pm 8pm 8am, 10:30am, 7:30pm English; 11:30am Vietnamese; 1pm Spanish  5-6pm 7-9pm 4:30-5:30pm & 8:30-9pm Noon-1pm; 3-4pm; 8-9pm Noon-1pm 7:30-7:50am; 9:30-9:50am & 7-7:20pm Sunday, March 29 at St. Michael's 4-5pm
Hastings, St. Michael   7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 7:30am, 9am, 11am before 6:45am Mass and 5:30pm Mass,  before 6:45am Mass and between 4pm-5pm from 9pm (after Maundy Thursday Mass) until finished after the Good Friday liturgy until finished from 3pm to 4:30pm before 7:30am Mass Sunday 4-5pm at St Michael's with 5pm Evening Prayer; Monday 7pm to 8:30pm at St Cecilia  
Heartwell, Holy Family   7pm 3pm Stations   8:30am     6pm and after mass. After Stations   Before 8:30am mass
Hebron, Sacred Heart   7pm 7pm 8pm 10am     6-7pm 6-7pm 7-8pm 9-10am
Holdrege, All Saints   7pm 7pm 8:15pm 10:30am 12-1pm, 5-5:30pm, 6:30-8pm 7-8am, 12-1pm, 5-5:30pm, 8-9pm 7-8am, 12-1pm, 8:30-9pm 7-8am, 12:30-1pm, 8:30-9pm 7-8am, 12-1pm, 4:30-5:30pm  
City and Parish   Holy Thursday  Mass Good Friday Apr 3 Services Easter Vigil Apr 4 Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday Mar 31 Confessions Wednesday Apr 1 Confessions Holy Thursday  Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Apr 4 Confessions Easter Sunday Confessions Other Penance Services
Indianola, St. Catherine of Alexandria   7pm; 8am Morning Prayer 7pm; 8am Morning Prayer; 12 Noon Stations; 3pm Seven Last Words 8:30pm; 8am Morning Prayer 9am 4-5pm 12 Noon-1pm; 7-8pm 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, all until finished after all scheduled prayer times until finished  scheduled  scheduled 4pm on Palm Sunday with another priest until finished
Kenesaw, Sacred Heart   5:30pm 5:30pm   11am             Palm Sunday after Mass
Manley, St. Patricks   7pm   8pm 8:30am     6:15pm-6:45pm   12pm-1pm 8am-8:20am
McCook, St. Ann   7pm                  
McCook, St. Patrick   7pm Stations 3pm; Passion 7pm 8:15pm 7:30am  9am  11am   Noon-1pm   6pm-7pm Noon-1pm  After 7pm Mass After 3pm Stations and After 7pm Liturgy Noon-1pm   Sun March 29, 7pm
McCook (Hayes Center), Sacred Heart     7pm              
McCool Junction, St. Patrick   7pm 7pm   10am     6-6:30pm 3:30-4pm   9:30-9:50am
Mead, St. James   7pm 7pm 8pm 9am          
Milligan, St. Wenceslaus     7pm   10am and 12pm (Latin Mass)       After Good Friday Service   9:30am and 11:30am Sunday March 29, 4-5pm
Minden, St. John the Baptist     7pm 8pm 10:30am English, 12:30pm Spanish 12-1, 6:30-8 6:30-8 12-1pm 12-1pm, 6pm, after Passion service 12-1pm Before the Sunday Masses
Morse Bluff, St. George     6pm 8:30pm 10am 5:30-6:30pm 5:30-6:30pm   5:30-6:30pm Noon-1pm, 2:30-3:30pm  
Nebraska City, St. Benedict   8pm (Bilingual) 5:30pm (Bilingual) 8:30pm (Bilingual) 9am and 12 noon (Spanish)         11am  
Nebraska City, St. Mary   7pm 3pm Stations; 7pm Passion 8pm 8am & 10am 7pm to 8pm   after Liturgy after Stations & after Liturgy 4pm-5pm 20 minutes before each Mass Sun Mar 29 1:30-2:30pm
Nelson, Sacred Heart          10am          
North Platte, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton   6pm; Adoration until 10pm in Parish Hall Noon Stations; 3pm Divine Mercy; 6pm Passion 8:30pm 10am     4:30pm-5:15pm 4:30pm-5:15pm By appointment only  
Odell, St. Mary     7pm   9am   7-7:30pm   8-8:30pm   8:30-8:50am
Orleans, St. Mary   7pm 7pm   8:30am 6:30-8pm 11-11:30am and 8:30-9pm 6:30-7pm and 8:30-9pm 6:30-7pm 11-12pm 8-8:30am
Osceola, St. Vincent Ferrer   7pm 7pm 8pm 9am   5pm-6pm 11:30am-12:30pm & 5pm-6pm 11am-11:50am & 5pm-6pm 5pm-6pm 8:30am-8:50am Osceola Sat March 28, 2-3pm; Sun March 29, York 3-4pm and Seward 5-6pm
Oxford, St. Michael     12pm Stations 8pm         11:30-12pm 7:30-8pm  
City and Parish   Holy Thursday  Mass Good Friday Apr 3 Services Easter Vigil Apr 4 Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday Mar 31 Confessions Wednesday Apr 1 Confessions Holy Thursday  Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Apr 4 Confessions Easter Sunday Confessions Other Penance Services
Palisade, Holy Family         9am 6:30pm (after Mass till finished)       10-10:30am  
Palmyra, Sts. Leo & Martin   7pm  Palmyra 12:00 Noon Stations Palmyra          3pm Stations Douglas         7pm Douglas 8pm  Palmyra 8am Douglas     10am Palmyra   5-7pm Palmyra after Mass until 10pm Palmyra 3:30-4:30pm Douglas 12-2pm Palmyra  
Peru, St. Clara         8:30am          
Pilzno, St. Mary         10am at St. Mary       2pm-2:50pm  
Plattsmouth, Church of the Holy Spirit   7pm 7pm 8pm 8am, 10:30am, 12:30pm (Latin)     After the 7pm Mass After Liturgy at 7pm 3pm Until Finished 7:30am-7:55am & 10am-10:25am
Red Cloud, Sacred Heart     12 Noon Stations   11am       12:30pm  
Rulo, Immaculate Conception Parish   7pm 7pm 8pm 8:30pm     8pm 8pm   8am Sunday, March 29th at 3:30pm
Seward, St. Vincent de Paul   7pm 7pm 8pm  8am and 10am             Sunday March 29 at 5pm 
Shelby, Sacred Heart   7:30pm 7:30pm 8pm 9am 7-7:25am 5-5:25pm 7-7:25pm 2:30-3pm; 7-7:25pm 7-7:30pm 8:30-8:55am
Shickley, St. Mary     Stations at 3pm 8:30pm     6:30-6:50am   After 3pm Stations till finished  
Smithfield, St. John the Apostle     3pm   8:30am       3:45-4:15pm  
Steinauer, St. Anthony   7pm Noon Stations and 7pm Passion 8pm 10am 6-7pm     After All Services 11:00 AM-Noon    Palm Sunday 3/29 12:30-1:30pm
Stratton, St. Joseph   7pm CT   8:30pm CT 8:30am CT 4pm CT     12:30pm CT  
Superior, St. Joseph   7pm 7pm 8pm 8am     Following Mass      
Sutton, St. Mary   7pm   8:30pm 9am             2-3pm on Sunday, March 29 
Syracuse, St. Paulinus   7pm 7pm 8pm 7am and 9am   6-7pm Following Holy Thursday Mass 2:30-3pm 4-5pm   Sunday March 29th from 3-4pm
Tobias, St. Joseph     3pm   8am       2pm  
Touhy, St. Vitus     3pm   10am   20 minutes before 5:30pm Mass   20 minutes before 3pm Mass   20 minutes before 10am Mass
Trenton, St. James   7pm 7pm 8pm 7am   5:30-6pm 8pm (after Mass) 8pm (after Good Friday service) 12:30-1pm  
City and Parish   Holy Thursday  Mass Good Friday Apr 3 Services Easter Vigil Apr 4 Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday Mar 31 Confessions Wednesday Apr 1 Confessions Holy Thursday  Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Apr 4 Confessions Easter Sunday Confessions Other Penance Services
Utica, St. Patrick   7pm 3pm   9am   6:30-8pm after 7pm Lord's Supper Mass after 3pm Passion Liturgy 8-9am  
Valparaiso, Sts. Mary & Joseph   7pm 3pm Stations; 7pm Passion 8pm 8am and 9:30am       3:30pm-4pm      Palm Sunday 3/29 5:30-6pm
Wahoo, St. Wenceslaus   7pm 12:05pm Stations; 3pm Divine Mercy; 7pm Passion 8:30pm 7:30am, 9am, 10:30am, Noon (Latin Mass) 7-8:30pm Penance Service 6pm 6pm 12:30pm & 6pm 8am before all Masses Tuesday, March 31, 7-8:30pm
Wallace, St. Mary   7pm (MT) Grant 7pm 8:30pm (MT) Grant 9:30am       TBA TBA 9am
Wauneta, St. John         10am (mtn. time) 6:30pm (mtn. time)       10:00 -10:30am (mtn. time)  
Wellfleet, St. William         9:30am   7pm to 8pm      
Weston, St. John Nepomucene   7pm 7pm 8pm 8am 7:30am 7:30am 7:30am 20 minutes before 7pm Mass 20 minutes before 8pm Mass 20 minutes before 8am Mass Sunday March 29th-5pm
Wilber, St. Wenceslaus   7pm 7pm 8pm 10am     6pm 6pm 3;30pm  
Wymore, St. Mary   7pm   8pm 10:45am   1-1:30pm 6-6:30pm 3:30-4pm 11-11:30am 10:30-10:40am
York, St. Joseph   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am and 10am 6:30-6:50am, 5:30-6pm 6:30-6:50am, 7:30-8pm Noon-12:30pm, 6-6:30pm, 8:30-9pm 12:30-1pm, 3:30-4pm, 5:30-6pm, 8:30-9pm 4-5pm 7:30-7:50am, 9:30-9:50am Sunday 3pm 3/29
City and Parish   Holy Thursday  Mass Good Friday Apr 3 Services Easter Vigil Apr 4 Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday Mar 31 Confessions Wednesday Apr 1 Confessions Holy Thursday  Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Apr 4 Confessions Easter Sunday Confessions Other Penance Services

Go to Holy Week and Easter schedules - Parishes outside Lincoln

Mobile devices download: City of Lincoln Easter Schedules 2026 pdf

City and Parish   Holy Thursday  Mass Good Friday Apr 3 Services Easter Vigil Apr 4 Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday Mar 31 Confessions Wednesday Apr 1 Confessions Holy Thursday  Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Apr 4 Confessions Easter Sunday Confessions Other Penance Services
Lincoln, Blessed Sacrament   7pm 9am Seven Last Words; 12 Noon Stations; 3pm Passion 8pm 8:30am, 10am, 11:30am 6-7pm (Visiting Priest) 6:30pm-8pm 12 N-1pm; 5-6pm; 8:15pm-till finished   12:30-1:30pm; 4-5pm 12 Noon-2pm   Sat March 28 3:30-5:20pm; Sun March 29 4:30-5pm; Sat. at 8:15am, Mon.-Wed. 6:30 & 8:15am
Lincoln, Cathedral of the Risen Christ   7pm 3pm 8pm 6am, 7:30am, 9am, 11am, and 6pm 11am-5pm and 6pm-9pm 11am-5pm 11am-6pm and after the Mass of the Lord's Supper 1pm-3pm, after the Good Friday Service, and 7pm-9pm 11:30am-1pm  
Lincoln, Cristo Rey   7pm 7pm 8pm 7:30am, 9:30am, 12:00 noon, 2pm, 5:30pm 8am and 6:30pm 8am and 6:30pm 6:30pm 1pm to 2pm 7pm 30 minutes before each Mass.
Lincoln, North American Martyrs   7pm 7pm 8pm 7am, 8am, 9:30am & 11am 7-8pm 7-8pm 9-10am, 5:45-6:45pm 9-10am, 5:45-6:45pm 10:30am until finished  
Lincoln, Sacred Heart   7pm 3pm 8:30pm 7:30am, 9am, 11am 7:45-8:05am, 6-7pm 7:45-8:05am, 7-8pm 11:30am-12:30pm, 8:30-9:30pm 12:30-1:30pm, 4-5pm, 6-7pm 12:30-1:30pm, 4-5pm 7-7:20am
Lincoln, St. Andrew Dung Lac & Companions   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 10am 6: 45-7:30pm 6:45-7:30pm 6:30-7pm 6:30-7pm 8-8:30pm Before Mass
Lincoln, St. Francis of Assisi   7pm Solemn High Mass 3pm Good Friday Liturgy 8:30pm Solemn High Mass 8am Low Mass; 10am High Mass 7:30am-7:50am 7:30am-7:50am 6pm-6:45pm 2pm-2:45pm 7:30pm-8:15pm 7am-7:45am; 9:15-9:45am
Lincoln, St. John   7pm 7pm 8pm 7:30am, 9am, 10:30am, 12pm     9-10am, 1-2pm, 4-5pm, and after 7pm Mass  9-10am, 1-2pm, 4-5pm, and after 7pm Liturgy 3-3:50pm, 5-5:30pm  
Lincoln, St. Joseph   7:30pm; Adoration 9pm-midnight Stations 3pm; Passion 7:30pm 8pm 7:30am, 9am, 11am; no 5pm Mass 15 minutes before 6:30am and 8:15am Masses; 12-1:30pm 15 minutes before 6:30am and 8:15am Masses; 12-1:30pm 8:45-9:30pm 3:30-5pm 3-5pm   Palm Sunday Confessions & Adoration, 6:30-8pm
Lincoln, St. Mary   7pm; Eucharistic Adoration until midnight. 12noon: Stations;  7pm Passion 8:30pm 8am, 10am, 12:30pm, 5pm 11am-12noon 11am-12noon 11am-12noon 11am-12noon;   12:30pm-3pm 11am-3pm No Confessions on Easter Sunday
Lincoln, St. Michael   6pm, Adoration 7pm-12am Stations 3pm, Passion 6pm Easter Vigil 8:30pm 8am, 9:30am, 11:10am 7:30-8am 7:30-8am, 6-7pm 7-9pm 3:30-5:30pm 11am-12pm 7-8am, 9-9:30am, 10:40-11:10am Sunday, March 29, 4-5:30pm
Lincoln, St. Patrick   7pm Morning prayer: 8am; 7 last words: 12 noon; Passion: 7pm 8:30pm 7am, 8:30am, 10am, 11:30am 7:30-7:55am; 6-8pm 7:30-7:55am; 5-5:45pm; 7-8pm 3-5pm 3:30-5pm 11am-noon; 4-5pm   Monday 3/30 7:30-7:55am
Lincoln, St. Peter   7pm Stations: 3pm; Passion: 7pm 8pm 8am; 9:30am; and 11am  6-7pm 4:30-5:30pm 6-7pm and 8-9:30pm 3:30-4:30pm; 6-7pm; 8:30-9:30pm  
Lincoln, St. Teresa   7pm 8:15am: Tenebrae; Noon Stations; 7pm: Passion 8pm: Easter Vigil Mass 8am, 10am, 12pm 30 minutes before 6:30am & 8:15am Mass 30 minutes before 6:30am & 8:15am Mass 8pm 12:30pm & 8pm 11:30am  
Lincoln, St. Thomas Aquinas         10am          
City and Parish   Holy Thursday  Mass Good Friday Apr 3 Services Easter Vigil Apr 4 Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday Mar 31 Confessions Wednesday Apr 1 Confessions Holy Thursday  Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Apr 4 Confessions Easter Sunday Confessions Other Penance Services

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 Printable version: One Heart in Christ - Bishop James Conley (PDF)
Un Solo Corazón en Cristo - Carta Pastoral del Obispo James Conley en español

Q&A about One Heart in Christ

What is the One Heart in Christ Pastoral Plan?

A pastoral plan establishes a shared vision for the future and will guide the Diocese of Lincoln’s mission and ministry over the next five years. OHIC includes four main Pastoral Principles: Healthy Parishes, Education, Religious Vocations, and Holy Marriage and Family Life.

How and why was it created?

All lay faithful, priests and religious across the diocese were invited to participate in a first-time listening session experience beginning in February 2025. Almost 300 people accepted the invitation to participate and shared their vision for their parishes. A team of diocesan faithful was then selected by Bishop Conley from across the diocese to build a thoughtful, focused plan around the needs expressed from the listening sessions. One Heart in Christ was created as a response to the needs expressed by our laity, priests, and religious and is a renewed, joyful call to proclaim the good news of Christ to each other as the truth, the life, and salvation.

How will this work?

One Heart in Christ is a collaborative partnership between the diocese and the clergy, religious, and the lay faithful in the parishes. It outlines goals around the Pastoral Principles and is a collaborative partnership between the diocese and the parishes. Recommended first year priorities have been highlighted based upon what we heard – and outline what support the diocese can provide to move those priorities forward. However, the parishes and their pastors can select which one or two things are most important to them.

What if an area I feel is important is not addressed as one of the four main pastoral priorities?

The Pastoral Principles were developed from the hours of listening sessions we conducted with parishioners, priests, religious and ministry leaders from across the diocese. The plan does not address every need of the diocese, but does target the major areas of focus that surfaced from those listening sessions and were identified by the committee. You are encouraged to visit with your pastor if you feel there are also other needs that could be addressed at the parish level.

What does “success” look like for our One Heart in Christ Pastoral Plan?

Imagine walking into a parish that feels alive the moment you step through the doors. A place where you are welcomed and greeted by name. Where Mass is overflowing, Eucharistic adoration hours are full, and sacraments shape schedules. Marriages thrive. Families thirst to know Jesus. Vocations flourish and clergy and religious are well supported. This is your home, your mission, your One Heart in Christ.

How do I get involved?

God has given each of us a role and gifts to share with each other. Don’t wait to be asked to start making a difference with the priorities identified in this pastoral plan. Reach out to your pastor and ministry leaders in your parish and let them know you’re ready to do your part to help bring your parish and our diocese together as One Heart in Christ.

A Minute of Hope

A Minute of Hope features reflections on the virtue of hope for each week of the year. This project from the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln started during the 2025 Jubilee Year which featured a theme of “Pilgrims of Hope.” Clergy, religious and lay faithful from across our diocese shared their thoughts on Bible passages and their own faith experiences that gave them hope – hope in the future, hope in our community, hope in our family and friends, hope in our Church and hope in Jesus Christ. While the Jubilee Year has ended, our hope continues on. We invite you to revisit these reflections weekly throughout this year and share them with others. Our world can never have enough HOPE!

Click on the  menu button in top right to scroll through the list of videos:

1. Bishop Conley Shares the Final Minute of Hope of this Jubilee Year
2. A Minute of Hope with Fr. Allan Phan
3. Paul Mach Shares a Minute of Hope
4. Brielle, a Student at Saint John the Apostle School, Shares a Minute of Hope
5. Fr. Ryan Kaup Shares a Minute of Hope
6. Sister Mary Alma Shares a Minute of Hope
7. Sister Cecilia Ann Shares a Minute of Hope
8. A Minute of Hope with Sister Mary Michael
9. A Minute of Hope with Danielle Wagoner
10. President of the Lincoln Diocese Council of Catholic Women Judy Weston Shares a Minute of Hope
11. A Minute of Hope from Sister Anne Joelle
12. Scotty Sullivan Shares a Minute of Hope
13. Dr. Joy Martin Shares a Minute of Hope
14. A Minute of Hope with Jeremiah Zimmerman
15. Monsignor Timothy Thorburn with a Minute of Hope
16. Fr. Adam Sughroue shares a Minute of Hope
17. Levi Baus Shares a Minute of Hope
18. Fr. Ranil Weerackoon Shares with us a Minute of Hope
19. Fr. Dominic Winter Shares a Minute of Hope
20. A Minute of Hope with Jacob Brouillette
21. A Minute of Hope with Fr. David Tines
22. Fr. Joseph Wahlmeier with a Minute of Hope
23. A Minute of Hope with Fr. Tony Schukei
24. Mike Czyz with a Minute of Hope
25. Blake Vajgrt with a Minute of Hope
26. A Minute of Hope with Andrew Winter
27. Fr. Ben Holdren with a Minute of Hope
28. Dr. Vern Steiner with a Minute of Hope
29. A Minute of Hope with Max Chapman
30. A Minute of Hope with Dennis Kellogg
31. Rachael Tvrdy with a Jubilee Minute of Hope
32. Fr. Jim Morin with a Minute of Hope
33. Minute of Hope with Chad Steiner
34. A Minute of Hope with Fr. Evan Winter
35. Fr. Jay Buhman with a Minute of Hope
36. Deacon Matthew Hecker with a Minute of Hope
37. Minute of Hope with Jeff Schinstock
38. A Minute of Hope with Father Mark Cyza
39. Joshua Burks with a Minute of Hope
40. Fr. Kennett Minute of Hope
41. Sr. Peggy with a Minute of Hope
42. A Minute of Hope with Fr. Rafael Rodriguez
43. A Minute of Hope with Fr. Chris Eckrich
44. A Minute of Hope with Mother Ann Marie
45. A Minute of Hope with Amy Reisen
46. A Minute of Hope with Fr. Tom Brouillette
47. A Minute of Hope with Sister Faustina
48. A Minute of Hope with Fr. Ryan Kaup
49. A Minute of Hope with Bishop Conley
50. A Minute of Hope with Father Ryan Kaup

Mass of the Americas

Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ

Presentation on Our Lady of Guadalupe: Monday, December 1, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ

The Catholic Diocese of Lincoln will host one of 12 nationwide Masses this year as part of “Project Guadalupe 2031” and in celebration of the Jubilee Year of Hope. Composed by Frank La Rocca, the Mass of the Americas is a unity Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception commissioned by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco. It uses texts in Spanish, English, Latin and Nahuatl.

Join us for this beautiful Mass on Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ, 3500 Sheridan Blvd. in Lincoln. All are welcome and tickets are not required, but please RSVP with a ticket for planning purposes here.

We also invite you to a special presentation on Our Lady of Guadalupe on Monday, December 1, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ, featuring Scott Watts of Guadalupe Missions.

Mass of the Americas Preview

with Frank La Rocca, Benedict XVI Choir and Orchestra, Richard Sparks

Offertory Soloist, Mass of the Americas

with Benedict XVI Choir and Orchestra

Twelve Masses will be celebrated across the U.S. during the Jubilee Year of Hope – such as California, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin – and Nebraska. The Cathedral of the Risen Christ in Lincoln was chosen to host one of the Masses. It will be celebrated Dec. 12, 2025.

Read from the Southern Nebraska Register:

Frank La Rocca’s Mass of the Americas was conceived by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone as a twinned tribute in honor of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (patroness of the United States) and Our Lady of Guadalupe (patroness of Mexico and all the Americas). It elevates much-loved Mexican folk hymns to Our Lady and includes possibly the first Ave Maria hymn ever composed in Nahuatl, the Aztec language Our Lady spoke to St. Juan Diego (the “Aue Maria”).

“The most important thing that happened is that we came together to worship God in a solemn and fitting way. Christ came. We shared his Body and Blood,” said Archbishop Cordileone, “The Mass of the Americas is an example of continuity in Catholic worship, adhering faithfully to the principles laid out by the Second Vatican Council. This Mass treasures the beauty and solemnity of our Catholic patrimony while contributing to it in our own time.”

 

 

The Church teaches that attending Mass in person is the only way to fulfill the Sunday obligation - watching online does not fulfill your Sunday obligation. However, if you are unable to attend in person due to serious reasons such as illness or duty, you are excused from the Sunday obligation and watching Mass online can provide spiritual benefits.

Sunday Masses are broadcast at 9:00am on Channel 18.1 (KCWH / KNHL CW) in the Lincoln / Hastings / Kearney area; or 7:30am on Channel 7.5 (KETV GetTV) and 42.3 (KPTM CW) in the Omaha / Lincoln area.

Those who are shut-in should contact their local parish to have someone bring them Communion.

North American Martyrs, Lincoln
St. John the Apostle, Lincoln
St. Mary, Lincoln
St. Peter, Lincoln
Saints Peter & Paul, Falls City
  • Daily Mass: Monday – Friday @ 6:45 a.m.
  • Sunday Mass: Saturday 5:00 pm / Sunday 7:00 am /10:00 am (One of the three Masses is livestreamed)
  • URL: facebook.com/sppfc
Saint Michael, Hastings
Sacred Heart, Hebron
Saint James, Mead
St. Vincent de Paul, Seward
Saint Paulinus, Syracuse
Saints Mary & Joseph, Valparaiso

Please note that daily Mass schedules are subject to change based on funerals, Holy Days, etc. Check the parish website for the latest bulletin and Mass schedules.

Additional Resources

Catholic Diocese of Lincoln “Prepare & Proclaim: Enriching Our Mass Experience”

Resources to Prepare for Mass

lincolndiocese.org/prepareandproclaim

EWTN

Daily Masses and Sunday Masses

Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word celebrate Mass live daily at 7 am Central Time

EWTN channel finder

Watch EWTN Live: ewtn.com/tv/watch-live/united-states

Videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL98FC02E5AA17A7C8

Heart of the Nation

Sunday Masses are broadcast at 9:00am on Channel 18.1 (KCWH / KNHL CW) in the Lincoln / Hastings / Kearney area; or 7:30am on Channel 7.5 (KETV GetTV) and 42.3 (KPTM CW) in the Omaha / Lincoln area.  

Find Sunday Mass on the DISH Network, DirecTV and other provider networks

Watch Sunday Mass online

The CatholicTV Network

Daily Masses and Sunday Masses

youtube.com/@CatholicTV

Word on Fire

Bishop Robert Barron’s Sunday Sermons and Other Programs

youtube.com/@BishopBarron

Go to Holy Week and Easter schedules - Parishes outside Lincoln

Mobile devices download: City of Lincoln Easter Schedules 2025 pdf

City and Parish   Holy Thursday  Mass Good Friday Apr 3 Services Easter Vigil Apr 4 Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday Mar 31 Confessions Wednesday Apr 1 Confessions Holy Thursday  Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Apr 4 Confessions Easter Sunday Confessions Other Penance Services
Lincoln, Blessed Sacrament   7pm 9am Seven Last Words; 12 Noon Stations; 3pm Passion 8pm 8:30am, 10am, 11:30am 6-7pm (Visiting Priest) 6:30pm-8pm 12 N-1pm; 5-6pm; 8:15pm-till finished   12:30-1:30pm; 4-5pm 12 Noon-2pm   Sat March 28 3:30-5:20pm; Sun March 29 4:30-5pm; Sat. at 8:15am, Mon.-Wed. 6:30 & 8:15am
Lincoln, Cathedral of the Risen Christ   7pm 3pm 8pm 6am, 7:30am, 9am, 11am, and 6pm 11am-5pm and 6pm-9pm 11am-5pm 11am-6pm and after the Mass of the Lord's Supper 1pm-3pm, after the Good Friday Service, and 7pm-9pm 11:30am-1pm  
Lincoln, Cristo Rey   7pm 7pm 8pm 7:30am, 9:30am, 12:00 noon, 2pm, 5:30pm 8am and 6:30pm 8am and 6:30pm 6:30pm 1pm to 2pm 7pm 30 minutes before each Mass.
Lincoln, North American Martyrs   7pm 7pm 8pm 7am, 8am, 9:30am & 11am 7-8pm 7-8pm 9-10am, 5:45-6:45pm 9-10am, 5:45-6:45pm 10:30am until finished  
Lincoln, Sacred Heart   7pm 3pm 8:30pm 7:30am, 9am, 11am 7:45-8:05am, 6-7pm 7:45-8:05am, 7-8pm 11:30am-12:30pm, 8:30-9:30pm 12:30-1:30pm, 4-5pm, 6-7pm 12:30-1:30pm, 4-5pm 7-7:20am
Lincoln, St. Andrew Dung Lac & Companions   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 10am 6: 45-7:30pm 6:45-7:30pm 6:30-7pm 6:30-7pm 8-8:30pm Before Mass
Lincoln, St. Francis of Assisi   7pm Solemn High Mass 3pm Good Friday Liturgy 8:30pm Solemn High Mass 8am Low Mass; 10am High Mass 7:30am-7:50am 7:30am-7:50am 6pm-6:45pm 2pm-2:45pm 7:30pm-8:15pm 7am-7:45am; 9:15-9:45am
Lincoln, St. John   7pm 7pm 8pm 7:30am, 9am, 10:30am, 12pm     9-10am, 1-2pm, 4-5pm, and after 7pm Mass  9-10am, 1-2pm, 4-5pm, and after 7pm Liturgy 3-3:50pm, 5-5:30pm  
Lincoln, St. Joseph   7:30pm; Adoration 9pm-midnight Stations 3pm; Passion 7:30pm 8pm 7:30am, 9am, 11am; no 5pm Mass 15 minutes before 6:30am and 8:15am Masses; 12-1:30pm 15 minutes before 6:30am and 8:15am Masses; 12-1:30pm 8:45-9:30pm 3:30-5pm 3-5pm   Palm Sunday Confessions & Adoration, 6:30-8pm
Lincoln, St. Mary   7pm; Eucharistic Adoration until midnight. 12noon: Stations;  7pm Passion 8:30pm 8am, 10am, 12:30pm, 5pm 11am-12noon 11am-12noon 11am-12noon 11am-12noon;   12:30pm-3pm 11am-3pm No Confessions on Easter Sunday
Lincoln, St. Michael   6pm, Adoration 7pm-12am Stations 3pm, Passion 6pm Easter Vigil 8:30pm 8am, 9:30am, 11:10am 7:30-8am 7:30-8am, 6-7pm 7-9pm 3:30-5:30pm 11am-12pm 7-8am, 9-9:30am, 10:40-11:10am Sunday, March 29, 4-5:30pm
Lincoln, St. Patrick   7pm Morning prayer: 8am; 7 last words: 12 noon; Passion: 7pm 8:30pm 7am, 8:30am, 10am, 11:30am 7:30-7:55am; 6-8pm 7:30-7:55am; 5-5:45pm; 7-8pm 3-5pm 3:30-5pm 11am-noon; 4-5pm   Monday 3/30 7:30-7:55am
Lincoln, St. Peter   7pm Stations: 3pm; Passion: 7pm 8pm 8am; 9:30am; and 11am  6-7pm 4:30-5:30pm 6-7pm and 8-9:30pm 3:30-4:30pm; 6-7pm; 8:30-9:30pm  
Lincoln, St. Teresa   7pm 8:15am: Tenebrae; Noon Stations; 7pm: Passion 8pm: Easter Vigil Mass 8am, 10am, 12pm 30 minutes before 6:30am & 8:15am Mass 30 minutes before 6:30am & 8:15am Mass 8pm 12:30pm & 8pm 11:30am  
Lincoln, St. Thomas Aquinas         10am          
City and Parish   Holy Thursday  Mass Good Friday Apr 3 Services Easter Vigil Apr 4 Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday Mar 31 Confessions Wednesday Apr 1 Confessions Holy Thursday  Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Apr 4 Confessions Easter Sunday Confessions Other Penance Services

Pilgrimages from the Diocese of Lincoln

Many priests and groups from the Diocese of Lincoln often lead pilgrimages and invite you to join them.

 

Fr. Caleb Hile - Poland and Czech Republic - July 19-30, 2026

Discover Poland and the Czech Republic on this Catholic pilgrimage, visiting such holy sites as Czestochowa’s Black Madonna, Krakow’s Divine Mercy Shrine, and the Infant Jesus of Prague, amongst many others. Be inspired by the lives of St. John Paul II, St. Maximillian Kolbe, St. Faustina Kowalska, and more. This sacred journey is enriched by daily Mass and time for prayerful reflection – blending faith and history while drawing you closer to God’s grace and mercy.

tektonministries.org/pilgrimage_pages/pilgrimage-to-poland-the-czech-republic-july-19-2026/

Fr. Bernard Lorenz - Abbey of St Walburga in Virginia Dale, Colorado July 27-29, 2026

Pilgrims drive selves to Fort Collins and make own reservations at La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham at 3709 East Mulberry Street, Fort Collins, CO on the 27th. We will, at the hotel, have Holy Mass at 5:00pm followed by the final details and explanation of our pilgrimage. Then we go out together for supper, pay for self.
On Tuesday the 28th we rise early to be on the road at 5:53am which is Sunrise. We will have a beautiful drive to the Abbey together and arrive for Morning Prayers and Mass. We have the whole day at the Abbey, praying, walking the grounds, investigating the gift shop and listening to Sister Asunta tell us all about life in the Abbey. Our day will conclude with night prayer at 7:30pm. We will then return to Fort Collins to our hotel rooms.
On the 29th of July we will again have Holy Mass early at the hotel and share reflections and inspirations. This will conclude our pilgrimage together.\

Call  308-414-1195 for information. Cost: you make and pay for your own rooms, your own meals, and your own transportation. A donation for the Sisters at the Abbey is appreciated.

Fr. Timothy Danek - Ireland/Scotland - Sept 5-17, 2026

The sights and sounds of Ireland/Scotland are an unforgettable adventure. Join Father Tim Danek and other pilgrims to have an experience of a lifetime. Daily mass will be offered along with many opportunities to encounter our Lord in a historic country that has provided the Church with many saints. Please email Father Danek at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further details.

proximotravel.com/trip-store/?action=view_trip&triptemplateid=%201312

Fr. Gary Coulter - Beatification of Fulton Sheen - Sept 23-24, 2026

Bus Pilgrimage to Peoria and St. Louis: Novena Holy Hour at the Tomb of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Wed. September 23, 7pm at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Peoria, IL; Beatification Mass of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Thurs. September 24, 2pm at The Dome at America’s Center, St. Louis, MO

goodcounselretreat.org/sheen

Fr. Mike McCabe - Italy - Oct 13-23, 2026

Classic Italy tour with St. Joseph Catholic Church and Rev. Michael McCabe. Milan, Padua, Venice, Florence, Siena, Assisi and Rome.

journeyoffaithtours.com/sjit26

Fr. Eric Clark - Catholic Sites of Italian & French Riviera - Oct 19-29, 2026

Turin, Italy - Monaco - Nice, France - Cotignac, France - Marseille, France
Saints: St. Mary Magdalene, St. John Bosco, St. Pier Gorgio Frassati

encountertravel.wetravel.com/trips/catholic-sites-of-italian-french-riviera-encounter-travel-3317612582

Fr. Jay Buhman - Holy Land - Nov 2-12, 2026

11-day pilgrimage where Jesus walked, from the hills of Galilee where He called His first disciples to the sacred streets of Jerusalem where He gave His life for our salvation.

tektonministries.org/pilgrimage_pages/pilgrimage-to-the-holy-land-november-2-2026/

Fr. Gary Coulter and Fr. Matt Eickhoff - Holy Land & Jordan - Feb 15-26, 2026

12-day pilgrimage where Jesus walked, from Bethlehem to Nazareth, from the hills of Galilee where He called His first disciples to the sacred streets of Jerusalem where He gave His life for our salvation. Be where Christ died and rose and the Holy Spirit was poured out upon humanity. Includes Jordan, visiting the Baptism Site of Jesus at "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", Mount Nebo where Moses died, and other sites in Jordan, including Petra.

frcoulter.com/holyland

Verità Women’s Pilgrimage - Rome and Assisi with Fr. Andrew Schwenka - March 6–14, 2027

Join a transformative pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi inspired by the teachings of St. John Paul II and the example of Our Lady. Through prayer, fellowship, daily Mass, and visits to sacred sites, women are invited to deepen their relationship with Christ and rediscover the beauty, dignity, and mission of authentic womanhood.

lolekpilgrimage.org/2027verita or email Jacqueline Kane, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

As we make our way through the Jubilee Year, Bishop Conley is choosing great works of literature, poetry, music, art and film to highlight "the good, the true and the beautiful," things we should see or experience along life’s journey to inspire our hearts and minds. Click here for more Diocese of Lincoln Jubilee 2025 Resources


Read January: “Universal Faith – American Soil”

Books:
“Death Comes for the Archbishop” by Willa Cather

Film:
“For Greater Glory” (2012)

Art:
The statue of “La Conquistadora” (“Our Lady of Conquering Love”), in the Santa Fe Cathedral in New Mexico

Music:
Frank La Rocca’s “Mass of the Americas”

Poem:
“The River of the Immaculate Conception” by James Matthew Wilson

Additional Suggestions

Books:
“Oregon Trail” by Francis Parkman
(“Shadows on the Rock”  by Willa Cather)

Film:
“Lilies of the Field” (1963)
“Cabrini” (2024)

Art:
Visit the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha (free)

Music:
“Symphony #9 The New World Symphony” by Antonin Dvorak (performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra at the Lied Center in Lincoln Feb. 26, 2025)

Poem:
“Concord Hymn” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost


Read February: “The Journey of Life”

Books:
“The Odyssey” by Homer

Film:
“The Way” (2010)

Music:
The Red Book of Montserrat (Llibre Vermell de Montserrat)

Poem:
“The Hound of Heaven” by Francis Thompson

Art:
“The Voyage of Life,” Thomas Cole

Additional Suggestions

Books:
“The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien
For children: “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien

Film:
“O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (2000)
For children: “Treasure Island” (1950)

Music:
“String Quintet in C” by Franz Schubert
“The Moldau” by Bedřich Smetana
For children: “The Musical Life of Gustav Mole”

Poem:
“The Pillar and the Cloud (Lead Kindly Light)”by St. John Henry Newman
“The Canterbury Tails,” by Geoffrey Chaucer
“The Wanderer,” Anglo-Saxon poet
For children: “My Heart’s in the Highlands” by Robert Burns

Art:
Altarpiece of Ghent” by Jan van Eyck
For children: “Father Hennepin at Niagara Falls (1678)” by Thomas Hart Benton

Website:
benedictinstitute.org
The Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship’s unique mission is to open the door of Beauty to God


Read March: "Confronting Evil and Death”

Books:
“Inferno” by Dante

Film:
“A Hidden Life” (2019) Terrence Malick

Music:
“Stabat Mater” by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Poem:
“Dream of Gerontius” by St. John Henry Newman

Art:
“Gates of Hell” by Auguste Rodin

Additional Suggestions

Books:
Beowulf
“The Death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy
“The Great Divorce” by C.S. Lewis

For children: The Green Ember series by S.D. Smith

Film:
“The Seventh Seal” (1957) Ingmar Bergman

For children: “The Miracle of Marcelino” (1955)
Ladislao Vajda, “Joan of Arc” (1948) Victor Fleming

Music:
“The Dream of Gerontius” by Edward Elgar
Requiem Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

For children: “Peter and the Wolf” by Sergei Prokofiev

Poem:
“On the Day of Death” by St. Peter Damian

For children:
“Death, Be Not Proud” by John Donne

Art:
Engravings of "The Divine Comedy" by Gustave Doré

For children:  Bernt Notke, “St. George and the Dragon,” statue in Stockholm’s medieval cathedral

Website:
benedictinstitute.org
The Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and  Divine Worship’s unique mission is to open the door of Beauty to God

Read April: “Healing and Purification”

Books:
“Purgatorio” by Dante

Film:
“The Bicycle Thieves” (1948)

Music:
“Membra Iesu Nostri” by Dietrich Buxtehude

Poem:
“A Rhythmic Oration to each of the Members of Christ Suffering and Hanging on the Cross” by Arnulf of Leuven

Art:
“The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” by Caravaggio

Additional Suggestions

Books:
“Come Rack, Come Rope” by Robert Hugh Benson

For children: “Joan of Arc” by Mark Twain

Film:
“Brideshead Revisited” (1981 miniseries), Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg
“A Man for All Seasons” (1966) Robert Bolt

For children: “Ben-Hur” (1959) William Wyler

Music:
Bach, St. Matthew’s Passion and Easter Oratorio

For children: “Sleeping Beauty ballet,” Tchaikovsky

Poem:
“I See His Blood Upon the Rose” by Joseph Plunkett
“The Pulley” by George Herbert

For children: “Death be not Proud” by John Donne
“When I was one-and- twenty” by A.E. Houseman

Art:
“The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things” by Hieronymus Bosch

For children:  “Christ embracing Saint Bernard” by Francesc Ribalta

Read May: “The Gift of Life”

Book:
“Paradiso” by Dante

Film:
“Bella” (2006) Alejandro Gómez Monteverde

Music:
“Symphony No. 8” by Gustav Mahler

Poem:
“The Convert” by G.K. Chesterton

Art:
“The Sower” by Vincent Van Gogh, 1888

Additional Suggestions

Books:
“Quo Vadis” by Henryk Sienkiewicz

“The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961” by Ian Ker

For children: “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” by Beatrix Potter

Film:
“Life Is Beautiful” (1997) Roberto Benigni

For children: “Chariots of Fire” (1982) Hugh Hudson

“Horton Hears a Who” (2008) Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino,

Music:
“Easter Oratorio,” Bach

For children: “Spring,” Vivaldi

Poem:
“The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue” by Geoffrey Chaucer

“Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds” by William Shakespeare

“Spring” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

“My Heart Leaps Up” by William Wordsworth

For children: “About the Sheltered Garden Ground” by Robert Louis Stevenson

Art:
“The Resurrection of Christ” by Matthias Grunewald

For children:  “The Cross of San Clemente,” Rome

Read June: “Midsummer Merriment”

Book:
“Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare

Film:
“The Flowers of St. Francis,” Roberto Rossellini, 1950

Music:
“Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2” by Edvard Grieg

Poem:
“Entrance” by Rainer Maria Rilke

Art:
“The Lady and the Unicorn” tapestry series

ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS

Books:
“Orthodoxy,” G.K. Chesterton

“Leisure, the Basis of Culture” by Joseph Pieper

Movie:
“Dead Poets Society,” Peter Weir, 1989

Music:
“Hor che’l ciel e la terra” (Madrigals, Book 8) by Monteverdi

Poems:
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18)” by William Shakespeare

“God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins,

“To Mistress Margaret Hussey by John Skelton

“Daffodils” by William Wordsworth

“The Oven Bird” by Robert Frost

Art:
“Primavera” by Sandro Botticelli,

“The Dancing Couple” by Jan Steen

FOR CHILDREN
Books:
“The Princess and the Goblin” by George MacDonald

Movie:
“The Princess Bride,” 1987

Music:
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture” by Mendelssohn. Listen for the donkey braying.

Poem:
“Sumer is icumen in”

Art:
“The Entry of the Animals into Noah’s Ark” by Jan Brueghel the Elder

Read July: "Born in Wonder"

Book:
“Don Quixote” by Cervantes

Film:
“Wildcat” (2023)

Music:
“The Hebrides” by Felix Mendelssohn

Poem:
“The Starlight Night” by Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ

Art:
“The Wise and Foolish Virgins” of Magdeburg Cathedral

ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS

Book:
“Laurus” by Eugene Vodolazkin

Movie:
“Into Great Silence” (2005)

Music:
Songs of Turlough O’Carolan

Poems:
“Choose Something Like a Star” by Robert Frost

Art:
“The Monk by the Sea” by Casper David Friedrich

FOR CHILDREN

Book:
“The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” by C.S. Lewis

Movie:
“The Secret Garden” (1993)

Music:
“Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Poem:
“Pied Beauty” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Art:
“Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh

Read August: "The Greatness of Truth"

Book:
“The Consolation of Philosophy” by Boethius

Film:
“Dekalog: One” by Krzysztof Kieślowski

Music:
“Summa” by Arvo Pärt

Poem:
“Magna Est Veritas” by Coventry Patmore

Art:
“The School of Athens,” “The Disputation on the Sacrament” by Raphael

ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS

Book:
“The Apology” by Plato

Movie:
“The Island” by Pavel Lungin

Music:
“Creed,” Mass for 4 Choirs by Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Poems:
“Truth: The Ballad of Good Counsel” by Geoffrey Chaucer

“The world is too much with us” by William Wordsworth

Art:
“The Geographer” by Johannes Vermeer

FOR CHILDREN

Book:
“The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi

Movie:
“Cheaper by the Dozen” by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (the 1948 version)

Music:
“Faith of Our Fathers” by Frederick William Faber

“Philosopher Symphony (no. 22)” by Joseph Haydn

Poem:
“Now We Are Six” by A.A. Milne
“The Rainbow” by Christina Rossetti

Art:
“Guardian Angel” by Pietro da Cortona

Read September: “Why We Remember”

Book:
“The Confessions” by Augustine

Film:
“Diary of a Country Priest” by Robert Bresson

Music:
“The Creation,” by Joseph Haydn

Poem:
“Roman Triptych” by Pope St. John Paul II

Art:
Sistine Chapel Frescoes, by Michelangelo

ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS

Book:
“Divine Mercy in My Soul” by St. Faustina Kowalska

Movie:
“Into Great Silence” by Philip Gröning

Music:
“Miserere” by Allegri
“Missa Papae Marcelli” by Palestrina

Poem:
“Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” by William Wordsworth

Art:
“The Hand of God” by Rodin

FOR CHILDREN

Book:
“Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawls

Movie:
“The Prince of Egypt” by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells

Music:
“The Carnival of the Animals” by Camille Saint-Saëns

Poem:
“I Remember, I Remember” by Thomas Hood

Art:
“The Miraculous Draught of Fishes” by Raphael

Read October: “The Task of Rebuilding”

Book:
“The Aeneid” by Virgil

Film:
“Of Gods and Men” (2010), Xavier Beauvois

Music:
“Seventh Symphony” by Beethoven

Poem:
“The Cathedral of Rheims” by Emile Verhaeren

Art:
The Smiling Angel of Rheims Cathedral

ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS

Book:

“Pan Tadeusz” by Adam Mickiewicz, on the survival of Polish Catholic culture during the build up to Napoleon’s invasion of Russia.

Film:
“Tree of Wooden Clogs”

Music:
“The Overture of 1812” by Tchaikovsky

Poem:
“The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats

“The Angel with the Broken Wing” by Dana Gioia

Art:
“The Fire in the Borgo” by Raphael

“Introduction of Christianity to the German Primeval Forests” by Joseph von Führich

FOR CHILDREN

Book:
“The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame

Film:
“WALL-E” (2008), Andrew Stanton

Music:
“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” Soundtrack by Howard Shore

Poem:
“Canadian Boat Song” by Thomas Moore

Art:
Reims Cathedral, additional images of the church and its statuary

Read November: the Harvest of Love

Book:

“The Betrothed” by Alessandro Manzoni

Movie:
“Babette’s Feast” (1987), Gabriel Axel

Music:
“The Marriage of Figaro” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Poem:
“Evangeline” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Art:
“Christ in the House of Mary and Martha” by Diego Velázquez

ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS

Book:
“Jayber Crow” and “Hannah Coulter” by Wendell Berry

Movie:
“Return to Me” (2000), Bonnie Hunt

Music:
“Don Giovanni” by Mozart
“The Barber of Seville” by Gioachino Rossini

Poems:
“Song: to Celia” (“Drink to me only with thine eyes”) by Ben Jonson
“At Home” by Christina Rossetti
“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by William Butler Yates

Art:
“The Wine of St. Martin’s Day” by Pieter Brueghel the Younger

FOR CHILDREN

Book:
“Little House in the Big Woods” by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Movies:
“The Swiss Family Robinson” (1960), Ken Annakin
“Toby Tyler” (1960), Charles Barton

Music:
“Hansel and Gretel” by Engelbert Humperdinck (use English subtitles)

Poem:
“Thanksgiving Time” by Langston Hughes

Art:
“The Marriage at Cana” by Gerard David
“Procession in St. Mark’s Square” by Gentile Bellini

Read December: The Two Cities

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens

Movie:
“The Leopard” (1963), Luchino Visconti
“The Tree of Wooden Clogs” (1978), Ermanno Olmi

Music:
“Messiah” by George Frideric Handel

Poem:
“New Prince, New Pomp” by St. Robert Southwell, S.J.

Art:
“Adoration of the Magi” by Hieronymus Bosch

ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS

Book:
“The City of God” by St. Augustine

“Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old” compiled by Miriam LeBlanc

Movie:
“The Lion in Winter” (1968), Anthony Harvey

Music:
“The Infancy of Christ” by Hector Berlioz

Poems:
“Journey of the Magi” by T.S. Eliot

“To My Little Brothers in Heaven, the Holy Innocents” by St. Thérèse of Lisieux

“Ring out, wild bells” by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Art:
“Beaune Altarpiece” by Rogier van der Weyden

FOR CHILDREN

Book:
“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens
“Letters from Father Christmas” by J.R.R. Tolkien

Movies:
“The Muppets Christmas Carol” (1992), Brian Henson

Music:
“Amahl and the Night Visitors” by Gian Carlo Menotti

Poem:
“A Christmas Carol” by G.K. Chesterton

Art:
“Adoration of the Magi” by Bl. Fra Angelico and Fra Lippi

Jubilee Year 2025

Pilgrims of Hope

A letter from Bishop James Conley

It is with great joy and hope, that I write to you as we prepare for the Jubilee Year of 2025. Pope Francis has proclaimed this a sacred time of grace and mercy with the theme: Pilgrims of Hope. I would encourage each of you to be intentional in your planning to make this a year of personal growth in faith as we journey together.
Read Bishop Conley's Letter

Diocese of Lincoln Jubilee Pilgrimage Sites

One way to obtain a Jubilee Indulgence is to visit one of the Jubilee pilgrimage sites in the Diocese of Lincoln:

Read more about the Jubilee pilgrimage sites.  Several other ways to obtain a Jubilee Indulgence are contained in the Plenary Indulgence Decree. (Click here for an article by Catholic News Service.)

 

Pilgrimages from the Diocese of Lincoln

Many priests and groups from the Diocese of Lincoln often lead pilgrimages and invite you to join them, see lincolndiocese.org/pilgrimage.

One Book + One Diocese

Each quarter, a book by Father Jacques Philippe will be featured, including an evening of discussion and reflection on the books by a priest. Talks will be livestreamed at the Diocese of Lincoln YouTube Channel, subscribe to be notified.

  • “Time for God” - Thursday, April 3, reflection by Father Jay Buhman, at All Saints Church, Holdrege
  • “Searching for and Maintaining Peace” Tuesday, June 10 discussion by Father Benjamin Holdren, at St. Gregory the Great Seminary, Seward
  • “Fire and Light: Learning to Receive the Gift of God” Tuesday, Aug. 26 6pm reflection by Father Adam Sughroue at Aquinas High School, David City
  • “Interior Freedom” Friday, Nov. 21 discussion by Father Ryan Kaup, St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center, Lincoln

Humanities Syllabus: A Pilgrimage of Truth, Goodness and Beauty

As we make our way through the Jubilee Year, Bishop Conley is choosing great works of literature, poetry, music, art and film to highlight "the good, the true and the beautiful," things we should see or experience along life’s journey to inspire our hearts and minds.

Jubilee 2025 Bull of Indiction: Spes Non Confundit

On Thursday, May 9, 2024, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Pope Francis officially proclaimed the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025 with the public reading and delivery of Spes Non Confundit, the Bull of Indicition for the Jubilee Holy Year 2025, in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. This papal document lays out the foundation for the 2025 Jubilee and its theme, "Pilgrims of Hope."

USCCB Resources

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops provides a Page of Jubilee Resources, including:

    • Background on the Jubilee
    • Overview of Events
    • Latest News from the Vatican, Videos, and More

Past Jubilee Events

  • Opening of the Jubilee Year Mass Dec. 29, 2024 - Bishop James Conley celebrated in the Cathedral of the Risen Christ in Lincoln to open the Jubilee Year of Hope in the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln. He blessed a jubilee cross made by Father Troy Schweiger, pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Lincoln, which will be in the sanctuary of the cathedral throughout the year, as requested of each diocese by Pope Francis.
    View Photos of the Opening of the Jubilee Year.
  • Listening Sessions February-April, 2025 - Bishop Conley engaged the diocesan faithful in listening sessions to assess the current situation and gather valuable information about critical issues that should be addressed: the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for growth in a diocese, with a lens focused on the future.
    Read a Report on the Listening Sessions.

  • Mass of the Americas December 12, 2025 - The Diocese of Lincoln hosted one of 12 nationwide Masses composed by Frank La Rocca, the Mass of the Americas is a unity Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception commissioned by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco. It uses texts in Spanish, English, Latin and Nahuatl.
    View Photos of the Mass of the Americas

Map and Addresses of Jubilee Pilgrimage Sites

1. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, North Platte
2. Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, Arapahoe
3. St. Mary, Orleans
4. Assumption, Dwight
5. Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Lincoln
6. Pink Sisters Chapel, Lincoln
7. St. Anthony, Steinauer
8. St. Benedict, Nebraska City
9. Cor Mariae Schoenstatt Center, Crete

Go to Parishes outside Lincoln

Download PDF Schedule of Christmas Mass and Confession Times

City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Tues. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Wed. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 23 Confessions Tue. Dec. 24 Confessions Wed. Dec. 25 Weekend Confessions
Blessed Sacrament Church, Lincoln 5:30pm and Midnight at 12am 8:30am and 10am Extra confessions on Dec. 19th from 12 noon - 1pm; Dec. 20th from 5 - 6pm; Dec. 21st from 3:30 - 4:30pm; Dec. 22nd from 4 - 5:00pm Noon - 1pm and 7pm - 8pm 11am - 1pm   15 min before morning Masses at 6:30am and 8:15am (Mon-Fri) and Sat. at 8:15am; Saturday from 4:30 - 5:20pm
Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Lincoln 4pm Children's Mass, 6pm, and 12am Midnight Mass with Bishop Conley 6am, 7:30am, 9am, and 11am   7:40am-8:10am, 11am-5pm, and 6pm-9pm 12pm-2pm   Friday, December 20 12pm-2pm, 4pm-5pm, and 6pm-8pm; Saturday, December 21 11am-1pm, 4pm-5pm, and 8pm-9pm; and Sunday, December 22 1pm-5pm and 7pm-9pm
Cristo Rey, Lincoln 5:00pm y 8:00pm (Spanish) 9:00am y 12:00 noon (Spanish)     30 minutes before each Mass 30 minutes before each Mass Sat. 6:30pm AND Sun. 7:00am - 9:00am - 11:30am - 1:30pm - 5:00pm
North American Martyrs Parish, Lincoln 4pm, 6pm and Midnight 8am and 10am   7pm      
Sacred Heart, Lincoln 5:30 and Midnight 9am and 11am   7:45-8:05am 7:45-8:05am   Sat 4-4:50pm and Sun 7-7:20am
St. Andrew Dung Lac & Companions, Lincoln 8:00pm 10:00am Friday Dec. 20 6:30pm-7:30pm   6;30pm-7:00pm   9:00-9:30am
St. Francis of Assisi, Lincoln Solemn High Midnight Mass (Traditional Latin Mass) 12:00 midnight- Carols beginning at 11:30pm Low Mass 8:00am; Solemn Sung Mass 10:00am- (Traditional Latin Masses)   6:30am-6:50am 1:00pm - 2:00pm; 11:00pm - Midnight 7:15am to 7:50am; 9:15am- 9:50am Sundays 7:20-7:50am; 9:30-9:50am; 11:30-11:50am
St. John the Apostle, Lincoln 4:00pm (overflow in gym); 9:00pm, and 12:00 midnight 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am, No Noon Mass   10:00am-12:00pm and 7:00pm-8:00pm 10:00am-12:00pm   Sat 3:00-3:50pm and 5:00-5:30pm
St. Joseph, Lincoln 4:30pm, 7:00pm, 10:00pm 9:00am, 11:00am Sun Dec. 22 at 6:30pm 12:00-1:30pm     Additional Confessions December 19-20, 12:00-1:30pm
St. Mary , Lincoln 4pm and Midnight 8am,  10am,  12:30pm Saturday (Dec. 21): Confessions from 10am - 12 noon, 2 - 4pm, and 6 - 8pm  11am - 12 noon,  4 - 6pm,  and 7:30 - 9pm 9am - 12 noon,  2 - 4pm,  and 7 - 8pm   Monday - Friday:  11am - 12 noon;  Saturday:  11am - 12 noon,  3 - 4pm,  and 6 - 7pm
St. Michael, Lincoln 4pm (Youth Mass), 7pm, and 12am Midnight 9:30am Sunday, December 15 12:15-1:30pm 7:30-8:15am   8:30-9:15am Saturday: 4-5pm; Sunday: 7-8am, 9-9:30am, 10:40-11:10am
St. Patrick, Lincoln 5:30pm and 12:00 midnight 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am Wednesday, Dec. 18 5-6pm; Thursday, Dec. 19 6-7pm; Friday, Dec. 20 4-5pm; Saturday, Dec. 21 4-5pm and 7:30-8pm; Sunday, Dec. 22 4-5pm and 6-7pm 4-5pm     Sat 4-5pm and 7:30-8pm
St. Peter, Lincoln 4:00pm, 6:00pm, and 10:00pm 8:00am, 9:30am, and 11:00am Sat. Dec. 21: 3-4:00pm ; Sun. Dec 22: 30 min before Mass 7-8:00am and 7-8:30pm     Saturday: 3-4:00pm Sunday: 30 minutes before each Mass
St. Teresa, Lincoln 4:00pm and Midnight 8:00am, 10:00am, and Noon December 21st from 10:00am - Noon 6:10am - 6:25am and 7:45am - 8:10am 6:10am - 6:25am and 7:45am - 8:10am   Saturdays from 3-4pm and 5-5:30pm
St. Thomas Aquinas - Newman Center , Lincoln  9:10pm 10am          
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Tues. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Wed. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 23 Confessions Tue. Dec. 24 Confessions Wed. Dec. 25 Weekend Confessions

Go to Parishes outside Lincoln

Go to Parishes outside Lincoln

Download PDF Schedule of Christmas Mass and Confession Times

City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Wed. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Thurs. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 22 Confessions Tue. Dec. 23 Confessions Wed. Dec. 24 Weekend Confessions
Blessed Sacrament, Lincoln 5:30pm; 12am Midnight Christmas Mass 8:30am, 10am Extra Confessions on Sat. Dec. 20th 3:30-4:30pm & Sun. Dec. 21st at 3:30-4:30pm 7:55-8:10a.m. & 4:00-5:00pm 7:55-8:10am, 12 Noon-1pm, & 7-8pm 7:55-8:10am, 11am-1pm (or till finished) Sat. Confessions at 7:55-8:10am, 4:30-5:20pm, 6:30-7pm
Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Lincoln 4:00pm (Children Mass), 6:00pm, and 12:00am Midnight (with Bishop Conley) 6:00am, 7:30am, 9:00am, and 11:00am   7:40am-8:10am, 11:00am-2:00pm, 3:30pm-5:00pm, and 6:00pm-9:00pm 11:00am-2:00pm, 3:30pm-5:00pm, and 6:00pm-9:00pm 12:00pm-2:00pm Sat 11:00am-1:00pm, 3:30pm-5:00pm, and 6:00pm-9:00pm; Sun 12:00pm-1:00pm and 7:00pm-8:00pm
Cristo Rey, Lincoln 5:00 and 8:00pm All in Spanish 9:00 and Noon All in Spanish         Half Hour before any scheduled Mass
North American Martyrs, Lincoln 4pm, 6pm & midnight 8am & 10am   7-8pm     Saturday, 4-4:40pm and after 5pm Mass until finished. 15 minutes before each weekday Mass.
Sacred Heart, Lincoln 5:30pm & Midnight 9:00am & 11:00am   7:45am-8:05am 7:45am-8:05am 7:45am-8:05am Saturday 4:00pm-5:50pm, Sunday 7:00am-7:20am
St Andrew Dung-Lac & Companions, Lincoln 8:00pm 10:00am-Vietnamese 11:30am-12:00 on 12/21/2025   5:00pm-5:30pm 7:00pm-7:45pm Saturday 5:00-6:30pm and Sunday 30 minutes before Mass : 9:00-9:45am
St. Francis of Assisi, Lincoln Midnight-Solemn High Mass-Latin 8:00am Low Mass-Latin; 10:00am-High Mass-Latin       Noon-1:00pm; 10:45pm-11:45pm Sunday-7:15am; 9:15am; 11:15am
St. John, Lincoln 4:00pm, 9:00pm, 12 midnight 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am, NO Noon Mass   10:00am-12 noon, 7:00-8:00pm 10:00am-12 noon, 7:00-8:00pm 10:00am-12 noon Sat 3:00-3:50pm, 5:00-5:30pm
St. Joseph, Lincoln 4:30pm, 7:00pm, 10:00pm 9:00am, 11:00am Sun. December 21, 6:30pm December 22, 12:00-1:30pm December 23, 12:00-1:30pm December 24, 11:00am-12:30pm Saturday 3:00-4:20pm and 5:45-6:00pm
St. Mary, Lincoln 4pm and Midnight 8am, 10am, 12:30pm   10am – 12pm; 4-6pm; 7:30-9pm 10am-12 Noon; 4-6pm; 7:30-9pm 9am-12 Noon; 2-4pm; 7-8pm Saturdays: 11am-12 noon; 3-4pm; 6-7pm
St. Mary, Lincoln 4pm and Midnight 8am, 10am, 12:30pm   10am-noon, 4pm-6pm, 7:30pm-9pm 10am-noon, 4pm-6pm, 7:30pm-9pm 9am-noon, 2pm-4pm, 7pm-8pm Sat (12-20) 10am-noon, 3pm-4pm, 6pm-7pm
St. Michael, Lincoln 4pm, 7pm, 12am Midnight 9:30am   7:30-8am 7:30-8am 7:30-8am Sat 4-5pm; Sun 7-8am, 9-9:30am, & 10:40-11:10am
St. Patrick, Lincoln 5:30pm; 12:00 midnight 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am Dec. 18, 6-7pm; Dec. 19, 4-5pm; Dec. 20, 4-5pm & 7:30-8:00pm; Dec. 21, 4-5pm & 6-7pm; Dec. 22, 6-7pm; Dec. 23, 5-6pm   Saturday 4-5pm & 7:30-8:00pm
St. Peter, Lincoln 4:00pm, 6:00pm, & 10:00pm 8:00am & 10:00am   4:30pm-5:30pm 6:00pm-7:00pm 7:00am-8:00am Saturday: 3:00pm-4:00pm and Sunday: 30 minutes before each Mass
St. Teresa, Lincoln 4pm and 12:00 midnight 8am, 10am, 12pm Saturday Dec. 20th 10am-12pm 30 mins. before 8:15am Mass 30 mins. before 8:15am Mass 30 mins before 8:15am Mass Saturday 3-4pm
St. Thomas Aquinas - Newman Center, Lincoln 9:10pm 10am          
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Wed. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Thurs. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 22 Confessions Tue. Dec. 23 Confessions Wed. Dec. 24 Weekend Confessions

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Nebraska Ballot Initiatives Nov. 5, 2024

Note from Bishop Conley

Thank You for Your Prayers and Hard Work!

Greetings and Blessings,

“By the Lord has this been done, and it is a marvel in our eyes” (Ps. 118:23).

We give praise to Almighty God for the historic defeat of the pro-abortion ballot initiative, 439, and for the passage of Initiative 434. Such an effort to protect women and babies in Nebraska took the heroic efforts of so many.

I am overjoyed and edified by the faith in God you demonstrated throughout our efforts to defeat Initiative 439. You prayed, fasted, made sacrifices, and engaged in the work of evangelization as you talked with your family, friends, fellow parishioners, and Nebraskans about the need to protect human dignity in our state.

The defeat of Initiative 439 and the passage of Initiative 434 marks a significant victory not only for Nebraska but also our nation, as only Nebraska, South Dakota, and Florida have defeated these radical abortion initiatives.

While political victories are important, we have greater work ahead of us. We want every woman and parenting mother to be loved, supported, and cared for in our state and for every baby to be received in love as a gift by their mother and father. I am urging Catholics to recommit themselves and redouble their efforts of Christian charity for women and babies, especially those in a difficult or challenging pregnancy. Whether it is the simple act of assisting a family member or community member in need throughout their pregnancy or in their postpartum and parenting needs or whether it is making financial contributions to one of our many amazing pregnancy help organizations in our state, we must all play a role in building up a culture of life and a civilization of love.

I ask you to join me in one last novena in thanksgiving to Christ the King. You can find the novena below. A digital novena card can also be found here at the website of the Nebraska Catholic Conference. I also hope you'll watch my short video message for you below as well. 

Finally, we especially give thanks to Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the unborn and mother of the Americas, for her maternal intercession in Nebraska.

Yours in Christ,

Bishop James D. Conley

Bishop Conley reacts to the Abortion related Ballot Initiatives

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Links to Additional Resources

Vote RETAIN on Referendum Measure 435

Senator Lou Ann Linehan (start at 7:19) and Father Larry Stoley (start at 20:27) shared thoughts with KLIN’s Drive Time Nebraska talk show on School Choice Referendum 435.

Jeremy Eckler: We must retain Referendum 435 for Nebraska families

Bishop Conley invites you to Vote Retain on Referendum 435

 

Prepare and Proclaim: Enriching our Mass Experience

UNL Newman Center "Teaching Mass"

To explain the deeper meaning behind the symbols, prayers and actions of the Mass. St. Thomas Aquinas - Newman Center at UNL offers a Teaching Mass as part of its OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults) program to help students deepen their understanding of Catholic liturgy. The "Teaching Mass" is a regular Mass where the priest pauses to provide explanations, and this guide is provided to accompany the experience.

UNL Newman Center "Teaching Mass"

Preparing for Mass

Weekend Mass & Confession Times in the Diocese of Lincoln

Mass Streaming Options (Livestream and Recordings)

  • Days Ahead
  • The Day of Mass
    • Arrive early and sit close to the front – it helps both children and adults stay focused. (Watch: Contemplating God's Beauty through Scripture and Art)
    • Call on the Holy Spirit to open your heart, mind, and soul to God.
    • Bring a journal and listen for key scriptures or thoughts from the homily that speak to you. Jot them down to meditate on over the coming week.
    • If you do get distracted, acknowledge it, and focus your attention back on the Mass.
  • The Time Before Mass
    • Pray Prayers Before and After Mass (or download as PDF).
    • Read the Collect or opening prayer of the Sunday in the missallette.
    • Prepare your intentions for the Mass - What do I want to pray for when the Priest invites us to pray?

Dr. Joshua McManaway
“Reading Scripture as a Christian: Finding Christ on Every Page”

Carolyn Pirtle
Contemplating God's Beauty through Scripture and Art

Preparing for this Sunday

Preparing for Mass Resources

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Links to Additional Resources

McGrath Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame presents

Dr. Joshua McManaway
“Reading Scripture as a Christian: Finding Christ on Every Page”

Description: The Bible often seems bewildering with so many books written in different languages across many centuries. What is it that ties these books together as a single, coherent story of God's saving action in the world? The New Testament authors understood that Jesus Christ stood at the center of the Bible's story, especially in the books we now regard as the Old Testament. This talk discusses how the New Testament and early Church read the Old Testament to find Christ on every page.

Carolyn Pirtle
Contemplating God's Beauty through Scripture and Art

Description: At every Mass, we hear the Scriptures proclaimed, the "living and effective" Word of God. But sometimes, we can struggle to hear and receive that Word fully, to discern what God is trying to say to us. Come and learn how the beauty of art can help you not only to encounter the Scriptures in a new way, but also to deepen your relationship with the One who is speaking to you: the living God.

In the month of November the Catholic Church encourages us to remember and pray for the souls who have gone before us. As part of that effort, The Southern Nebraska Register presents a special project called “Echoes of Faith: Remembering Our Catholic Inspiration.” We asked priests, religious and laity to share the story of someone they have known personally who has died but has had an impact on their Catholic faith that has endured over time. Each day of November 2024, we highlighted one such story on our website and on our social media channels. We invite you to read these stories as we join together to honor those whose faith still echoes in our lives.  (Click here: Bishop's Conley's All Souls Day short video.)

The Joy and Wonder of Catholic Education

Developing Authentically Catholic Schools

In the second century, St. Irenaeus coined one of the most famous phrases in Christianity: “The glory of God is man, fully alive!”

But becoming “fully alive” does not come naturally to us. Because we have each suffered the effects of sin, we do not easily choose or even recognize the true, the good, and the beautiful – the universal attributes of being. We do not always choose and live as we should. We do not, left to our own devices, exercise the full potential of the gifts that God has given us. This is precisely why education—and Catholic education especially—is so important.

“Education” is related to the Latin educere, which means to lead out of or to lead through. It can be understood as the activity by which we are led out of our ignorance, out of our fallen condition, toward something greater.

Education is the process of shaping us to fulfill the purpose of our lives; to know the happiness that comes from living in accord with our dignity and our nature. Education is the work of drawing out, developing, and learning to use our intellects, our memories, our wills, and our imaginations, to the fullness of their potential. Since education is the formation of human hearts, minds, and wills for the glory of their Creator, it has always been a priority within Catholicism.

A Centuries-Old Focus on Education
While the Civil War raged in the early 1860s, a small brick Catholic schoolhouse named St. Benedict School went up in Nebraska City. Its students were boys and girls, Catholic and non-Catholic, largely the children of immigrants and pioneers. Those students received the gift of Catholic education from the Benedictine nuns who taught them, but first from their parents and community who built the school. This education was paid for in sacrifice—through the donated labor and earnings of the community—to form the children in faith, character, and knowledge.

Since the first brick was laid for St. Benedict’s School more than 150 years ago, Catholics in southern Nebraska have made countless sacrifices to mold young people into disciples of Jesus Christ. Many of the great blessings in our diocese can be attributed to those sacrifices which, coupled with the grace of God, have sustained and strengthened the mission of Catholic schools. Through the efforts of parents, teachers, pastors, religious and bishops, our schools have done extraordinary work for the glory of God. In this, Nebraska mirrors the history of our country, whose first Catholic school was founded in 1606 by a religious order (the Franciscan Friars) and built mostly by the hands of the town’s citizens.

Being Reborn in Wonder
I am not one of the millions of children who received a Catholic education in this great country. Nor was I Catholic when I showed up as a freshman at the University of Kansas in the early 1970’s. My main interests at the time were basketball and the Grateful Dead, and KU had them both! But God had other designs, and in my first year I providentially enrolled in the Integrated Humanities Program. By the middle of my junior year, I was baptized and received into the Catholic Church. If I were to distill what converted me down to one thing (beyond the power of supernatural grace), it was a “great books” liberal arts education. “Liberal arts” has become a controversial term, but it simply denotes an education meant to free the student for truth (liberal coming from the Latin word liber, which means free).

My liberal arts education lived up to its name, immersing students in truth, goodness, and beauty through poetry, history, music, philosophy, theology, art, architecture, and dance. This spurring of my imagination ultimately led to my conversion to the Catholic Church, which was hastened through my classmates’ friendship and our mutual love and desire for these three transcendentals. The words of Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman ring true in my experience:

The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events, by history, by description. Persons influence us, voices melt us, looks subdue us, deeds inflame us. Many a man will live and die upon a dogma: no man will be a martyr for a conclusion. (Tamworth Reading Room Letters to Sir Robert Peel)

When I discovered truth, goodness, and beauty in the great books, described by Matthew Arnold as “the best which has been thought and said,” wonder took hold within me. This was not a happy accident. The three KU professors who founded the Integrated Humanities Program firmly believed that a true education should engender “a birth of the human spirit, an entry into a new world that excites interest because it is seen in the light of wonder” (Dennis Quinn, “Essay on the Muses as Pedagogues of the Liberal Arts”). “Wonder is the beginning of knowledge,” said Professor John Senior (another co-founder), “the reverent fear that beauty strikes within us.” The idea was so central that they chose the Latin phrase Nascantur in Admiratione (“Let Them Be Born in Wonder”) as the program’s motto. As I was reborn in wonder my heart began to sing for joy. St. Augustine wrote, only the lover sings, and ultimately, I discovered love Himself through the joy and wonder suffused throughout my liberal arts program.

Although the Integrated Humanities Program was not Catholic, it led to around 300 conversions in the decade or so that it lasted. Such is the power of truth, goodness, and beauty, which have always been at the heart of our faith. If an explicitly secular program could be so powerful, imagine the impact of a Catholic education! But this raises the question: what makes an education genuinely Catholic?

The Five Essential Marks of Catholic Education
Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, the former Secretary for the Congregation for Catholic Education at the Vatican, examined numerous papal and Vatican documents and enumerated five characteristics essential to Catholic education. If a school is to be authentically Catholic, it must be: 1) inspired by a supernatural vision, 2) founded on Christian anthropology, 3) animated by communion and community, 4) imbued with a Catholic worldview throughout its curriculum, and 5) sustained by gospel witness. As the Archbishop explains, “These benchmarks help to answer the critical question: Is this a Catholic school according to the mind of the Church?” (The Holy See’s Teaching on Catholic Schools, 17.) These elements must be thoroughly understood and fully implemented, so let’s explore them.

1. Inspired by a Supernatural Vision
A truly Catholic education is concerned with the formation of the whole person: intellectually, morally, socially, and spiritually. The ancient Greeks said that education makes us free—freeing us from error, falsehood, and slavery so as to live the fullness of human life, in virtue and excellence. As a liberal education seeks to unshackle students to be independent thinkers, a Catholic liberal education seeks to free the students to live the truth of being made in the image and likeness of God. This understanding serves as the foundation of each person’s inalienable dignity, which is so under assault in today’s culture. A supernatural vision teaches students that happiness comes from living in accord with our dignity and our nature, placing God’s will first.

A Catholic education also teaches baptized students to live in the glorious freedom of the children of God (see Romans 8:21). As students come to understand the immense privilege of baptism, they learn what it means to be temples of the Holy Spirit, partake in divine life, and embrace their vocation through their sacrificial efforts to bring people to God (see Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1241). It also highlights the power of grace to potentially love as God Himself loves. Naturally, such an education must be faithful to the Gospel and to the teachings of the Church, emphasizing them as the true path to human flourishing and fulfillment. This supernatural vision also helps even unbaptized students recognize they are unfathomably loved by God and that He desires their adoption as sons and daughters through Christ.

This formation does far more than prepare students for a job. It frees them to know, love, and live fully the joy and wonder of the Christian life. It provides meaning, shaping students to fulfill the purpose of their lives and giving them a vision of life by which they can fully integrate its disparate-seeming aspects.

2. Founded on a Christian Anthropology
All Catholic educators share directly in the mission of Jesus Christ, the Teacher. In fact, the most common title for Jesus in the ancient world was Rabboni, which means “teacher” in Hebrew. There are few professions today that can claim to be so directly connected and grounded in the mission of Jesus Christ.

As such, an authentically Catholic education is centered on the person of Jesus Christ. Catholic schools are not merely information delivery systems focused on secular success, but rather are about transformation in Christ. Our educational mission goes far beyond conveying factual knowledge of history, science, literature, or even of the faith; it begins and ends with students’ potential for holiness.

Every student is made for holiness, made to become a saint. A Catholic education, again, draws out of students a sense of their own call to holiness, helping them experience the grace that renews their minds (see Romans 12:2) and frees them from sin and death (see Romans 8:2). An authentically Catholic school teaches students that through Jesus they can become the people God calls them to be. Instead of a myopic emphasis on what students can do, a Catholic education cultivates their inner potential on natural and supernatural planes, thereby also preparing them for any kind of work the future holds.

For teachers, principals, pastors, and administrators, this means that Catholic schools must be focused always on salvation. As Pope Pius XI said, a Catholic education must “aim at securing the Supreme Good, that is, God, for the souls of those who are being educated, and the maximum of well-being possible here below for human society” (Divini Illius Magistri, 8). Here the Incarnation is indispensable, grounding students in a Christian anthropology and providing a clear roadmap in life. When students learn that God took on and retains a human nature, they discover the goodness of materiality—especially the human body—as well as the privileges and responsibilities that accompany it. They learn that happiness comes through living in accord with our God-given human nature, not from ignoring or manipulating it. A Catholic education also stresses that it is only Christ who “fully reveals man to man himself and makes his supreme calling clear” (Gaudium et Spes, 22), teaching students not to seek answers in lesser goods. By following Christ’s example of doing the will of His Father, students learn that this is the path to God’s peace, which surpasses all understanding (see Philippians 4:7).

Since grace builds on nature, a Catholic school’s emphasis on the supernatural integrates seamlessly with the natural plane. As Pope Benedict XVI explained, “knowing the truth leads us to discover the good” (Address to Catholic Educators at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., April 17, 2008). In that process of learning, from delight, to joy, to wonder, to wisdom, students learn to order their emotions. They learn what to love and what not to love. They learn what is good, true, and beautiful while, at the same time, they learn what is bad, false, and ugly. St. Augustine called this the ordering of the emotions or passions, ordo amoris. At young ages students should learn that they are loved and created good. This formation of the entire person teaches students how to lead a life ordered through Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to God the Father—a life ordered to true and everlasting happiness.

3. Animated by Communion and Community
“The Holy See describes the school as a community in four areas: the teamwork among all those involved; the cooperation between educators and bishops; the interaction of students with teachers; and the school’s physical environment” (The Holy See’s Teaching on Catholic Schools, 29). Teamwork between teachers, staff, and principal is obviously essential to a well-run school. Teachers in a school must become a “faculty of friends,” mutually encouraging one another in their common mission of helping to transform their students into saints.

Catholic schools must also prioritize cooperation between the staff and the students’ families, especially parents, who “have the first responsibility for the education of their children” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2223). This promotes the mutual exchanges of gifts, to the benefit of students and the school’s mission.

Healthy cooperation between educators and bishops also helps further an authentically Catholic education. As a bishop, I have the responsibility of overseeing Catholic schools in my diocese, ensuring they “are outstanding in correct doctrine, the witness of a Christian life, and teaching skill” (Code of Canon Law, 804 §2). But I can’t lead effectively without the trust of my teachers. By respectful listening, honoring each other’s gifts, and understanding our complementary roles and responsibilities, we have been able to come together to address the pressing challenges of Catholic education in our own time. As I understand it, this is an expression of true “synodality” that Pope Francis desires for the local church, walking together toward a common goal.

The challenges are many. In the Diocese of Lincoln, our schools face continual financial struggles as the cost of education increases. We also face the difficulty of forming teachers and administrators as disciples of Jesus Christ, the challenge of responding to changing demographics in rural and urban communities, and the strain of increased regulatory obligations. There is also a particular need to respond to an increasingly secular culture with ever-more authentically Catholic formation, which includes developing curricula reflective of truth, goodness, and beauty, and assessing and adapting our methods and approaches as needed. Our history tells us that we can face these challenges and handle them successfully. Doing so requires docility to the Holy Spirit, trust in the Providence of God, and mutual cooperation.

Just as Catholic schools require a good rapport between bishops and educators to thrive, they also need reciprocity between teachers and students. True Catholic formation demands a personal relationship, one in which students are known and loved as individuals. Coupled with healthy boundaries, authentic relationships promote a learning atmosphere. When educators maintain a healthy level of personal involvement with their students, they can accompany their charges along the road of intellectual, spiritual, religious, emotional, and social growth.

A school’s physical environment also plays a key role in generating community. A Catholic school is not meant to look like an institution but instead be a welcoming place of beauty—with windows, plants, rugs, and excellent secular art. It should reflect our faith, which is both spiritual and material (like us!). The physical can make visible the invisible, and so a school’s environment should include crucifixes, statues, images, and objects of devotion that reinforce the incarnational aspects of Catholicism.

Music, both sacred and profane, also builds up the community of a school. Singing in common, particularly in choirs, is an expression of communion. This is especially true with regard to the sacred liturgy. Just as the Eucharist “is the source and summit of the Christian life” (Lumen Gentium, 11), so the Eucharist must be the heart of every school. The opportunity for daily Mass and frequent confession should be part of the rhythm of life in a Catholic school.

Communal prayer outside of the Mass also helps foster community, teaching students to pray with and for each other in joys and sorrows. Eucharistic processions through the hallways of the school and opportunities for silent Eucharistic adoration should also be a part of the liturgical life of every school.

Lastly, I would add that Catholic schools should be apostolates of the entire community, supported by all parishes and Catholics in the diocese. Even Catholics who don’t have children, or whose children are grown, have a vested interest in educating the youth. First, it is our duty as Catholics to evangelize, and a genuinely Catholic education directs young souls to Christ. Catholic schools offer the best opportunity for evangelization, both of non-Catholics as well as of Catholics who are not fully living their faith. Second, Catholic schools have been proven to be one of the best ways to bring families and whole communities out of poverty (see Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools' Importance in Urban America by Nicole Stelle Garnett and Margaret Brinig). So it’s always a tragedy when schools have to close in inner cities because they’re not sustainable. Third, education serves the common good, and Catholic education does so even more by forming not only good citizens, but ambassadors of Christ (see 2 Corinthians 5:20) who work to make present the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. Imagine the change within our country if even a fraction of today’s students were on fire with the love of God, seeking to share that love and working for the common good of all!

Of course, education is primarily about the good of the students, and because Catholic education is so transformational, Catholic schools should be affordable. In the Lincoln diocese, we have some of the lowest elementary and high school tuition rates in the country, largely due to Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin’s prioritization of Catholic education. By having enough priests to utilize some in Catholic education and thanks to the sacrifices of lay teachers, we have been able to keep tuition down. Additionally, it is our goal that no child should be turned away because of an inability to pay. All Christians “have a right to a Christian education” (Gravissimum Educationis, 2), and charity demands we ensure Catholic education is not a privilege reserved only for those who can afford it. Catholics within the Lincoln diocese have risen to this call, with parishioners taking ownership of their parish schools and contributing a substantial part of what it costs to educate each student. Their generosity has helped keep Catholic education accessible and affordable.

Catholics within the community should also lobby elected officials to help families offset the cost of education by supporting parental choice in the form of vouchers, tax credit scholarships, or educational savings accounts. As the Second Vatican Council noted, the government is “bound according to the principles of distributive justice to ensure that public subsidies to schools are so allocated that parents are truly free to select schools for their children in accordance with their conscience” (Gravissimum Educationis, 6). This principle of parental choice in the education of their children is an important piece in the mosaic of social justice—especially because such programs typically have income caps and therefore disproportionately benefit low-income households. Still, more reform is needed to include middle-income families—especially those with multiple children, who are embracing the pro-life teaching of the Catholic Church. Efforts to empower all parents to choose educational opportunities that best suit their children’s needs have been stymied for too long but they’re now slowly making progress in select state legislatures. More needs to be done on this front and it is incumbent upon the Catholic faithful to make their views known to public officials.

4. Imbued with a Catholic Worldview throughout the Curriculum
To effectively help students develop toward the fullness of their potential, Christ and His teachings must animate all the school’s efforts. Therefore, a truly catholic (or universal) curriculum is integrated, interdisciplinary, historically aligned, and aimed at developing the whole person.

We can have the very best religion classes in the world, and still lose the students if faith is not woven through the entire curriculum. Faith cannot be added on as a stand-alone subject; it must be integrated into every class, subject, and activity in a school, like yeast that causes everything to rise. To simply tack on faith would be as unfair as giving students a ten-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle, without providing a picture on the box showing how all the pieces fit together to make a whole.

A Catholic education should offer so much more to students because we see the world through a sacramental lens—a lens that sees connections, integrates knowledge, discerns the ultimate meaning, destiny, and purpose of the human person, and understands how we fit into the big picture. When students awaken to truth, goodness, and beauty, their lives are changed.

Math and science and the other STEM subjects are privileged gateways into the divine order of things. Every subject bears the fingerprints of God, pointing to the beauty, joy, and wonder behind all reality. Whether that be the marvel of number, equation, order and sequence in mathematics, or salvation history, all reality is “charged with the grandeur of God.” It is filled with meaning and purpose and should provide the answer to the “whys” behind everything. As Bishop Robert Barron wrote recently, “education should be in the meaning business!” (Evangelization and Culture: The Journal of the Word on Fire Institute, issue #17: Education). Young people want to know the “why” behind everything.

Another hallmark of a Catholic worldview is that it fosters joy and wonder, natural happiness, confidence, virtue, and an eagerness to learn. Forming a sacramental imagination fosters a love for learning because it associates learning with the experience of delight. Students can become creators of beauty: singing, painting, performing on stage, entering into the great stories, reciting poems, and writing creatively. They should rhyme with Mother Goose, adventure into Narnia and Middle Earth, lift their spirits with Bach and Mozart, explore the complexities of life with Shakespeare, and soar into the sacramental vision of Michelangelo. Students should be encouraged to embrace their natural creativity, discovering that, in the words of Pope St. John Paul II, “the human craftsman mirrors the image of God as Creator” (Letter to Artists, 1).

The liberal arts are especially potent for teaching humility, openness, and an appreciation for mystery. As St. John Henry Cardinal Newman noted, the poetic suggests that “we should not put ourselves above” the objects of our study, “but at their feet; that we should feel them to be above and beyond us, that we should look up to them… instead of fancying that we can comprehend them.” This implies a universe filled with wonder, “vast, immeasurable, impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious; so that at best we are only forming conjectures about them, not conclusions, for the phenomena which they present admit of many explanations, and we cannot know the true one” (A Benedictine Education, 20).

The poetic and the scientific are both important, but only the former can stave off scientific reductionism. For, as Newman continued, “Poetry does not address the reason, but the imagination and affections; it leads to admiration, enthusiasm, devotion, love.” He might’ve said it leads to joy and wonder!

Education can be work for children, but it also ought to be fun! Catholic schools, forming children for the delight of eternal life with the Lord, should foster joy. I would submit to you that one reason students find so little joy in learning today is that they’re not taught the meaning of things. They are not learning how everything fits together as a whole nor how God gives meaning and purpose to reality and, ultimately, their lives. Technology can also sap students’ imaginations of their natural creativity and curiosity, leaving them anxiety-ridden, flat souled, and unmoored in a culture of joylessness. There is a disturbing rise in mental health issues among young people today connected to smart phones and social media (see The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt).

Today, in a particular way, we must understand that we live in the age of the image, the virtual, and the synthetic. All of us have been influenced by technology, and our students have been especially harmed by too much of it. Their entire lives have been lived in the age of the digital and the screen. To be sure, technology can help us to do great things, but there is a kind of unreality about our time when we are too immersed in its virtual reality.

In times past, real experiences have formed our imaginations, as did the experience of envisioning fairy tales, novels, songs, and poems. Today, as images are ubiquitous, many students’ imaginations have become passive or, worse, started withering. Because of this crisis of the imagination, Catholic education in our time must nurture the imaginations of children, especially in their early years, helping them to prepare for a life of inspiration and hope. To mold saints, we must form vivid and joyful Christian imaginations. Deliberately introducing the arts will awaken the imagination of students, moving them from technology-induced passivity to the attentiveness needed to appreciate and reproduce the great works of the Catholic tradition.

We aspire to greatness more easily when our imaginations point us to something beyond our own experiences. Our imaginations motivate us to strive for happiness, excellence, purpose, and joy. They give us hope or cause us discouragement. They can even lead us down the pathway to despondency and despair. The imagination proposes possibilities and proposals that lie in the future, a future with hope. When well formed, it leads us to the true, the good, and the beautiful. We aspire to be holy, in part, because our imaginations inspire us to greater hope, faith, and charity than we have experienced, or than we even believe possible. A Catholic worldview therefore demands the fostering of the imagination, and its integration into the whole curriculum.

5. Sustained by Gospel Witness
Education is a form of friendship. In a genuinely Catholic school, teachers and administrators foster friendship through the hard work of love. They inspire, form, and lead students out of the virtual into the world of what’s real—to the true, good, and beautiful—where they can encounter and glorify the Lord. Our call is to help students experience the joy of being alive, the wonder of God’s creation, a love of learning, and a hunger for faith. To do so, we must live these ourselves.

In other words, teachers give testimony to a Catholic worldview and the faith through their lives. Nothing sours students to religion faster than hypocrisy, so it is crucial to hire faithful Catholics whenever possible. This should be a top priority for principals for, as Pope Paul VI famously wrote, “Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses” (Address to the Members of the Consilium de Laicis, October 2, 1974).

Additionally, students discover themselves and the faith more readily when teachers can share their life experiences. Teachers should feel confident to “teach themselves,” allowing students to know them on a personal level (for instance, favorite hobbies, the number of children they have, the story of their conversion or what made them first start taking the faith seriously, etc.). Such details can be shared while maintaining the hierarchical structure of the classroom, and help students connect on a relational level.

A final important part of Gospel witness is ensuring priests and religious play a central role in the education of students and the leadership of Catholic schools. In the Lincoln diocese we are blessed to have 63 diocesan priests and 29 religious sisters as teachers or administrators in our schools. Their presence witnesses to a life consecrated to Christ and encourages young people to consider religious and priestly vocations. Their service in our schools is a grace that enriches the vitality and health of our entire diocese.

Today’s Challenges
As our students grow and mature, we must prepare them to confront directly the challenges of our time. Since reason continues to erode from the public square, our schools must prioritize the great philosophical treasures of the Church and western civilization. As technocracy replaces morality, our schools should develop new uses and approaches to technology in a manner consistent with Christian anthropology and human dignity. The more individualized society becomes, the greater the crisis of loneliness, and the more our schools must prioritize friendship and Christian civility. As we face an ugly, crude, and banal culture, our schools should use literature, song, poetry, and art to form a true and beautiful Christian culture. In a virtual age, Catholic education must offer real experiences, with real things, preparing our students for the countercultural experience of a holy and joyful Christian life. Ultimately, the way our schools can address reductive, utilitarian, and functionalist worldviews is to foster wonder, joy, and hope with Jesus at the center.

The Catholic tradition of education can overcome the challenges we face. Building upon this tradition, I would like to make some suggestions for our schools:

  • To be disciples our children must not only learn about the faith but have opportunities to live out what they are learning. To increase our efforts to form disciples, therefore, we must teach our children how to pray so they can foster their relationship with Jesus. We can do this by helping them to enter into dialogue with God through lectio divina. We can also provide opportunities for them to serve. Service to the poor and others in need is transformative and essential to the Christian life.
  • We must be deliberate in our use of technology so that it does not dominate our classrooms. It should be used as a tool to assist the life of the mind, not replace it. Children need time away from screens, which have become omnipresent, in order to think clearly and use their imaginations.
  • We must strengthen our focus on forming the whole person: the mind in the truth, the will in the good by forming virtue, and the imagination with beauty. We should lead with beauty—via classic works of literature, poetry, theater, and the fine arts—to inspire our children with a love of learning. Pope Francis underscores this forcefully in his 2024 letter “On the Role of Literature in Formation.” Even more crucially, as Pope Francis wrote, “Every expression of true beauty can thus be acknowledged as a path leading to an encounter with the Lord Jesus” (Evangelii Gaudium, 167). In our highly secularized and relativistic culture, truth and goodness often have a diminished ability to move minds and hearts. But the via pulchritudinis (way of beauty) still has the power to capture the imagination and win souls.
  • We should emphasize the liberal arts, particularly the use of primary sources, classroom discussion, critical and logical thinking, discovering the legacy of the Western and Catholic traditions, and effective oral and written communication. The classroom can provide opportunities to experience the wonder of reality, engage all of the senses in a process of discovery, and form the dispositions needed to recognize and defend the truth amid opposition.
  • We must continue to provide an academic program of the highest excellence, as we remember that our schools do much more than prepare for success in standardized tests and future careers. As we prioritize ordering minds and hearts rightly, we will prepare our graduates for future success, but more importantly to live a good and happy life and respond to their vocations.
  • We should provide opportunities for extracurricular activities such as sports, drama, or a host of other activities that help form the student in his or her social, physical, and emotional development. A balanced formation is life-giving for the student.

Of course, there is not a singular path along which all our schools will develop. Instead, the Lord is inviting us to commit to the principles that build authentically Catholic schools. In so doing, we answer His call to be good, courageous, and creative stewards.

In the years to come, we must all continue to discern how to form our children, sustainably and responsibly, in the midst of changing times and changing circumstances. We may be called to try new models or approaches and invited to new kinds of sacrifice. We must seek wisdom from the Lord, generously responding to the movement of the Holy Spirit, and consult and collaborate with one another. Our call is to trust in the Lord, who has made us in His image to know and love Him. Let us ask Mary, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom and Spouse of the Holy Spirit, to make us docile to the gifts of the Holy Spirit. And may Jesus, the master teacher, form all of us for the freedom of holiness.

+James D. Conley
 Bishop of Lincoln
September 3, 2024
Feast of St. Gregory the Great

Resources

Magisterial Documents

Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World) #22 and 24 – Vatican II
Gravissimus Educationis (Declaration on Christian Education) – Vatican II
Code of Canon Law canons 793-821
The Identity of the Catholic School for a Culture of Dialogue – Congregation for Catholic Education
Address to Catholic Educators at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., April 17, 2008 – Pope Benedict XVI
Divini Illius Magistri (Encyclical on Christian Education) – Pope Pius XI
Evangelii Gaudium #167 – Pope Francis
Letter on the Role of Literature in Formation – Pope Francis
Letter to Artists – Pope John Paul II

Online Resources

Institute for Catholic Liberal Education – Inspires and equips Catholic educators via formation, events, and resources (https://catholicliberaleducation.org)

Chesterton Schools Network – Provides a turnkey academic and operational model to help create more affordable, classical, joyfully Catholic high schools (https://chestertonschoolsnetwork.org)

Classical Learning Test – Offers assessments to help educators equip the whole human person—intellectually, emotionally, and ethically (https://www.cltexam.com)

Boethius Institute – Forms educators in traditional liberal arts and sciences (https://boethiusinstitute.org)

Evangelization and Culture – Issue 17 of this journal produced by the Word on Fire Institute specifically focuses on education and the classics (https://institute.wordonfire.org/journal-17-education)

Catholic Textbook Project – Creates textbooks proceeding from the insight that mankind and history are transformed irrevocably by Christ and his Church (https://www.catholictextbookproject.com)

Catholic Education Partners: Fosters parental empowerment by expanding education choice initiatives and protecting religious liberty  (https://catholiced.us)

Books

Beauty for Truth’s Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education by Stratford Caldecott
Beauty in the Word: Rethinking the Foundations of Education by Stratford Caldecott
A Benedictine Education by John Henry Cardinal Newman
From Christendom to Apostolic Mission: Pastoral Strategies for an Apostolic Age by the University of Mary
Holy See’s Teaching on Catholic Schools by Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB
iGen: Why Today’s Superconnected Kids are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood by Jean M. Twenge
John Senior and The Restoration of Realism by Fr. Francis Bethel, OSB
Poetic Knowledge: The Recovery of Education by James S. Taylor
Renewing Catholic Schools: How to Regain a Catholic Vision in a Secular Age by the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
Rewiring the Mind: A Reader in the Philosophy of Catholic Education by Ryan N.S. Topping
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
The Case for Catholic Education by Ryan N.S. Topping
The Catholic School Playbook by Michael Ortner and Kimberly Begg [expected publication January, 2025]
The Crisis of Western Education by Christopher Dawson
The Heart of Culture: A Brief History of Western Education by the Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership
The Idea of a University by John Henry Cardinal Newman
The Restoration of Christian Culture by John Senior
Truth on Trial: Liberal Education be Hanged by Robert Carlson
Words Made Flesh: The Sacramental Mission of Catholic Education by Jared Staudt

Recommended Publishers

Ignatius Press (https://ignatius.com)
Magis Institute (https://www.magiscenter.com)
Cluny Media (https://clunymedia.com)
Word on Fire (https://www.wordonfire.org)
Secretariat of Catholic Education (https://www.usccb.org/committees/catholic-education, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Nebraska Ballot Initiatives Nov. 5, 2024

America’s largest abortion provider and out-of-state interests are leading an effort to create a right to late-pregnancy abortion in the Nebraska Constitution. You’re needed to defeat this effort.

On the other side of the issue, a group of medical professionals have launched a pro-life initiative that would amend the Nebraska state constitution to protect babies in the second and third trimesters and keep women safe. Your support is needed.

This is a watershed moment: every Nebraskan needs to stand up to protect the life and dignity of women, girls, and babies by defeating the pro-abortion Initiative 439 and by supporting the pro-life Initiative 434. Using your unique talents and strengths, look over the following action items to decide what your role in this historic time looks like.

Pray and Fast

Add the defeat of the pro-abortion Initiative 439 to your daily prayer intentions, rosaries, holy hours, or Mass intentions. Join in the novena, fasting, abstinence, or other penances.

Learn and Share

Commit to learning (resources below) about the ballot initiatives related to abortion. Have informed, productive conversations about why Initiative 439 is unsafe, unregulated, and un-Nebraskan.

Vote Against and Vote For

Vote on or before Tuesday Nov. 5 to defeat the pro-abortion proposal to the Nebraska Constitution, Initiative 439. Support the pro-life proposal, Initiative 434.

Initiative 439 to the Nebraska Constitution will:
  • Endanger the health and safety of women.
  • Threaten parental rights.
  • Allow abortion all nine months of pregnancy.

LEARN and SHARE

Educate yourself and others about the dangers of this amendment

These short, impactful videos feature leading female medical professionals—Dr. Angelina Giles (DNP, APRN), Dr. Katherine Brooks (DO), and Dr. Carolyn Manhart (MD)—who break down why Initiative 439 is dangerous. In just 30 seconds, they address:

Read and share:

VOTE AGAINST and VOTE FOR

Vote Against Initiative 439 (pro-abortion) and Vote For Initiative 434 (pro-life)

A Future with Hope

Introduction

Our world is experiencing a mental health crisis. Anxiety and depression weigh heavily on the lives of many people – often those people are youth and young adults.  There is hope, though. I speak from experience. I have been on my own mental health journey that has taken me to the depths of darkness and then back to a life in which I once again experience joy and an even deeper love for our Lord. In this pastoral letter, A Future with Hope, I share my story, some practical advice, and a Catholic context for mental health to encourage you on your own unique journey to wholeness and holiness. Whether you’re one of the nearly 60 million Americans who have experienced some form of mental illness[1] or a loved one of someone struggling, you don’t have to suffer alone. Jesus yearns to walk with you, and He offers a peace and hope this world cannot give. I pray sharing my journey will help you with your journey.

 

Part I: My Story of Pursuing Mental Health

Since my conversion to the Catholic Church in college, I have always known intellectually of my total dependence on God, recognizing this as a defining feature of the human condition. I certainly believed Jesus’ words, “Apart from me, you can do nothing” (John 15:5), but this truth became twisted with a lie. I had been raised according to the common American stereotype of the self-made man who pulls himself up by the bootstraps and solves every problem himself. When things aren’t going well, he doesn’t show weakness, he just works harder. As a Christian, I adapted this to: he prays and he works harder. God offers grace but, with that aid, I mistakenly thought I had to do the rest. Such ungodly self-reliance inevitably led to my unraveling.

About seven years after becoming bishop of Lincoln I started buckling under my episcopal duties. The people of this diocese have a beautiful faith, and I wanted to be the strong, invincible leader I thought they deserved. Day in and day out, I tried to fix the problems brought to me instead of surrendering them to the Lord. There was always more work than time, and gradually I slackened in taking care of my own physical and mental well-being. The first thing to go was my sleep because my brain would run nonstop. All night I would lie in bed rehashing the day’s events, wrongly believing everything depended on me, that I was responsible for all the outcomes in the diocese. Although the wear and tear of this lifestyle was taking its toll, I kept trying to muscle through. As my body began to break down from lack of sleep and stress, I ate irregularly or not at all. I’m a runner, and typically ran two half-marathons a year, but by 2020 I had to stop due to a lack of energy. My physical deterioration led to emotional and psychological decline and, before I knew it, I was barely holding onto the last thread of my spiritual health.

In retrospect I can see that shame undermined the Holy Spirit’s impulses to tend to my physical and mental health. I had no family history of mental health disorders, had been raised by loving parents, and was blessed with close friends and meaningful work—surely, I couldn’t be suffering from mental health issues! After eventually being medically diagnosed with PTSD, major depression, anxiety, and tinnitus, I was forced to confront my denial. But even then, I didn’t think a bishop could take time off to deal with personal issues. Maybe a leave of absence was acceptable in the case of physical sickness, but not for mental health issues. Even though I was barely functioning and at the end of my rope, I still minimized my problems.

Thankfully, my sister, friends, and medical professionals helped me recognize that it wasn’t selfish to take care of myself. When Jesus commands, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39, emphasis added), most of us hear a call to love others well. This is certainly true, but it is also a command to rightly ordered self-love.[2] St. Thomas Aquinas explains that we must love ourselves—and we are free to choose whether to do it well or poorly.[3] Moreover, our self-love informs our ability to love others for “man’s love for himself is the model of his love for another.”[4] I had drifted away from the Church’s teaching that since we are body and soul, taking care of our physical and mental health is part of God’s plan for our lives. And this lack of self-love was now hindering my ability to love and serve well.

In December of 2019, through the kindness and understanding of the apostolic nuncio to the United States, I was granted permission by the Holy Father to take a leave of absence to attend to my mental health. It was extremely hard to step away from my duties as bishop, especially without a set timetable for my return. It was humbling to admit that I didn’t know how long my healing would take—or if I would even return—and I wanted to be honest with my flock about why I was leaving. The cultural stigma around mental health issues can create pressure to hide our struggles. I decided to combat prejudice and my shame by sharing my suffering openly. The outpouring of support and prayer I received from the good people of the Diocese of Lincoln was beyond what I could’ve imagined. I would need all that grace since the hardest part of my journey was still ahead.

 

In Recovery

Covid-19 exploded across the world a few months after I moved into a diocesan retreat facility in Phoenix at Bishop Thomas Olmsted’s generous invitation. As I like to say, I took a leave of absence from my diocese in December for health reasons, and then in March the whole world took a leave of absence due to Covid-19. The added isolation of the pandemic, the challenging work of mental and physical healing, and a spiritual dryness combined to create one of the darkest periods of my life. Looking back on those months, perhaps the worst part of that time in my life was the loss of joy. Anyone who knew me, knew that I was always a positive, upbeat kind of person. My temperament never tended toward melancholy, and I was forever optimistic about life. All of that utterly disappeared as my joy evaporated. 

Feeling like I had lost nearly everything, I clung to my three anchors: Holy Mass, the Rosary, and the Liturgy of the Hours (the official prayers of the Church that priests and religious promise to recite daily). These three anchors gave structure to my day but offered little solace. Since Mass could not be publicly celebrated for several months, it was difficult to drag myself to the chapel, a mere five-minute walk from my residence, to offer Mass privately. There were even a few days where I couldn’t manage it. On the majority of days when I did fulfill my commitments, the anchors often felt like a chore, with no sense of the Lord’s presence. But I knew that to let go of Holy Mass, the Rosary, and the Liturgy of the Hours would unmoor me. During this time my Breviary (which contains the prayers of the Liturgy of Hours) occasionally consoled me because the heart cries of the psalms resonated. The psalms slowly became more important to me than ever before. Strange as it may seem, one verse from Friday Night Prayer, “My one companion is darkness” (Psalm 88:18), became a comforting reminder that others had experienced darkness for a season and found their way back into the light. But that solace always faded, and I couldn’t help wondering: Where was God?

As I grappled with this question amid the darkness and loss of joy, the moon in the desert sky became a powerful symbol to me. Because the moon waxes and wanes, there are a few days in the lunar cycle when it disappears from view. It is still there, of course, but the naked eye can’t see it. It is the same with God. Even when I can’t see, hear, or feel Him, He is still there.

It was during this period of darkness that Jesus’ words, “Apart from me, you can do nothing,” began to take on deeper meaning. As I more fully embraced the Lord as healer and teacher, I learned more about my radical dependence on Him. I started to experience the freedom of surrender as I gradually allowed Jesus to shoulder burdens I had been carrying on my own. It was about this time I began praying the “Surrender Novena Prayer” by Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo daily. Slowly but surely, this began to bear fruit. 

I realized that my mental image of being sent out by Jesus like the Apostles (see Mark 6:7) seemed to suggest that the Lord stayed behind. As I prayed through this image, I started to notice other verses that corrected this erroneous view, such as, “And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them” (Mark 16:20, emphasis added) and, “For we are God’s fellow workers” (1 Corinthians 3:9). Understanding my role as a collaboration with Jesus in His work became quite liberating and a turning point for my unhealthy self-reliance. As my therapist would often remind me, all you have to do is “show up,” and the Lord will do the rest.

This also helped me open to more support from friends. There were several young families living in Phoenix, former students of mine during my years as chaplain at the University of Dallas’ Rome campus, who opened their homes to me. One family in particular became like a second family to me. It was therapeutic to spend time with their children and to grill and chat outside in their backyard. It also gave me a sense of purpose to say Mass privately for them since, like so many other faithful Catholics in this trying period, they were starved for the Eucharist. I played golf with other friends in Phoenix, and over the course of those months my sister, some close lay friends, and a handful of my brother bishops even flew to Phoenix to spend a few days with me. All this love and support helped get me out of my own head, out of the house, and out of isolation. So many friends initiating reconnection in the spring and summer of 2020 and then ensuring we stayed connected was pivotal in my recovery.

The last gift of this difficult healing season was my dog, Stella. My good friend Bishop James Wall of Gallup was in the process of getting a puppy and he convinced me to do likewise. We took a seven and a half hour road trip to El Paso to pick up four eight-week-old golden retrievers, two for us and two for other friends. Looking back it’s funny to think that a ten pound puppy was crucial in beginning to bring joy back into my life. Stella goes nearly everywhere with me now and is loved by all. Since I live alone, she provides needed companionship and ensures I get outside every day for walks.

After shadowing Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, my closest friend of over 50 years, and Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, I was ready to resume my episcopal duties in November 2020. Since most things had been put on hold because of Covid, I returned to many of the same issues that were pending when I left. These challenges were heightened by my mom’s passing on December 19, which was particularly hard because we were so close. Although my return to “normal” life was bumpy, I was intentional about prioritizing physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. For instance, in 2021 I was blessed to join three other bishops for a Healing the Whole Person retreat sponsored by the John Paul II Healing Center. Led by an incredible team, it was a time of intense healing and camaraderie. In fact, we still do a monthly check-in with our team to support each other. I also recently finished a three-year spirituality program for bishops sponsored by the Institute for Priestly Formation, which helped solidify my recovery and growth.

My journey toward greater wholeness and holiness will continue, but I am immensely grateful for the additional freedom and peace I have now. I am also no longer on any medication, which at one time seemed an impossibility. I share my own story in the hopes that it will hasten the demise of the mental health stigma in our culture. I also pray it will inspire others to embrace Jesus as the Divine Physician and experience more fully “the freedom of the glory of the children of God” (Romans 8:21).

 

Part II: Pursuing Mental Health

I am obviously not a mental health professional. I offer these pastoral reflections based on my knowledge of Church teaching and experiences of healing. Further resources are suggested below.

Seeking Wholeness and Holiness

It is “only God who gives the growth” (1 Corinthians 3:7) and, in cooperating with His grace, we can all move closer to wholeness and holiness. I’d like to highlight a few ways we can go about this work.

Seek healing from Jesus directly. The Gospels emphasize Jesus’ healing ministry, and His healing work continues! We should always go first to the Lord to ask for physical, emotional, or spiritual healing. While there are some who receive instantaneous and miraculous healings (and it’s good to ask for this), the Lord may choose to heal us gradually or even to permit the suffering to continue. No matter what, we can be at peace trusting that He gives us what we need and is working everything for good.

In addition to regular prayer, the sacraments are a crucial part of every Catholic’s healing journey because through them we directly receive a share in divine life. Or, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church says, “Sacraments are ‘powers that come forth’ from the Body of Christ, which is ever-living and life-giving” (CCC 1116). Simply put: when we encounter God in the sacraments, free from mortal sin and with an open heart, we are transformed. And how could it be otherwise when God gives us Himself?

In the sacrament of the Eucharist, the God who healed lepers, the blind, the sick, and the lame literally unites Himself with us! So deeply, in fact, that St. Cyril of Alexandria said, “He who communicates [receives the Eucharist] unites himself as closely to Jesus Christ as two pieces of wax, when melted, become one.”[5] We should approach this union with expectant faith, as the very words of the Mass encourage us: “Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.” This is an adaption of a passage from St. Matthew’s Gospel where a Roman soldier asks Jesus to heal his servant’s physical ailment: “The centurion responded, ‘Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed’” (Matthew 8:8). Whatever kind of healing we desire, we can bring it to Jesus in the Eucharist and trust that He is at work.[6]

The other sacrament we should regularly receive on our journey is the sacrament of Penance—one of the two “sacraments of healing” (CCC 1421). Even if our personal sin is unconnected to our ailment, confession strengthens us on our earthly pilgrimage and can impartmany consolations, including peace and a sense of God’s love. In instances where our sin is a driving factor in our distress, we can turn to the sacrament of Penance for freedom from the weight of our sin. The sacrament alsoaids our quest for mental health by showering us with particular graces to combat the sinswe confess. This is an irreplaceable gift in our journey toward virtue and wholeness.

When we have sought holiness for any length of time, we inevitably seem to experience a lack of progress with particular sins, despite considerable effort. Instead of allowing the cycle of repeated sin and confession to sap our mental health, we can follow St. Thomas Aquinas in recognizing that sin as “an occasion for humility and greater caution.”[7] To avoid becoming discouraged, we can thank God for another reminder of our total dependence on Him, lean into the opportunity for humility, and begin again.

Seek healing from Jesus indirectly. The Church offers other opportunities for healing beyond the sacraments, such as healing services and prayer teams. I am familiar with some miraculous healings that have happened through similar avenues and encourage priests and lay people alike to offer them in their local communities. Additionally, the Church urges us to seek the intercession of the saints who, now in Heaven, are our most powerful intercessors. We are “surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1), and stories abound of miraculous healings through the intercession of the saints.

I am especially close to St. Joseph because I was born on his feast day (March 19). At the retreat center in Phoenix there was a marble statue of a middle-aged St. Joseph embracing a young Jesus. Each morning the first thing I saw outside the window was this patron of the Universal Church, appearing so strong and steady. The statue served as a daily reminder that St. Joseph was a good foster father, encouraging me to take my recovery one day at a time—or, when that felt too overwhelming, just one step at a time. St. Joseph is someone who quietly “showed up” every day. Feeling my acute need for his help in this difficult season, I consecrated myself to St. Joseph using Fr. Donald Calloway’s excellent book, Consecration to St. Joseph. This great saint’s assistance was so palpable that in 2021 I consecrated the entire Diocese of Lincoln to him. I can’t encourage you enough to personally consecrate yourself to St. Joseph and experience firsthand the benefits of his powerful intercession. As St. Teresa of Avila wrote of “the glorious St. Joseph” in her autobiography, “Would that I could persuade all men to be devout to this glorious Saint; for I know by long experience what blessings he can obtain for us from God. I have never known anyone who was really devout to him, and who honored him by particular services, who did not visibly grow more and more in virtue; for he helps in a special way those souls who commend themselves to him.”[8] St. Joseph played an important role in my recovery, and he wants to support yours too.

During my leave of absence, I also met regularly with a psychologist, medical doctor, and spiritual director, as well as a trusted psychiatrist. These people were not only experts in their fields, but were true disciples of Jesus. They all played crucial, though different, roles in my healing. While recognizing that your access to such support may be limited, I encourage you to seek help via whatever means are available to you. Additionally, there is something immensely healing about a loving community. We are communal creatures and, since many wounds are relational, much healing can be found through safe and loving relationships. Trust and let the people who love you help. If you don’t have this kind of support, pray for these relationships. It is a deep sorrow to be without them, but the Lord always provides on His own timetable and in His own creative ways.

Seek healing through balance. Mental health issues can be created or exacerbated (as they were for me) if we don’t care for all the dimensions of our life—body, mind, and soul. Making time for sleep, healthy eating, exercise, and recreation is important not just for mood stabilization but for fostering an overall sense of well-being and joy. When we are struggling, these are foundational building blocks we can put in place or improve upon.

 

The Catholic Context for Mental Health

One might rightly ask, if we don’t speak of a Catholic physics or a Catholic biology, why do we need a Catholic understanding of mental health? The answer is because any notion of mental health is laden with beliefs about the human person, about true human anthropology. After all, if mental health refers to “a person’s cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being,”[9] we must know what well-being means and what well-being looks like. But notions of human flourishing depend on one’s beliefs about the human person’s origins, purpose, and destiny. And so, a Catholic view of mental health is necessary because it defines well-being according to reason and revelation.

The well-being we were made for is nothing less than the goodness found in Jesus Christ. The Second Vatican Council teaches very beautifully that “Christ, the final Adam, by the mystery of the Father and His love, fully reveals man to man himself and makes his supreme calling clear.”[10] And the Catechism explains, “In all of his life Jesus presents himself as our model. He is ‘the perfect man’, who invites us to become his disciples and follow him” (CCC 520). God the Son became human, like us in every way,[11] and his holiness and wholeness provide the ideal toward which we strive as Christians. When Catholics seek cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being, we pursue thoughts that are captive to Christ (the head piece),[12] actions that are in keeping with the Gospel (the choice piece),[13] and the peace that surpasses all understanding (the heart piece).[14]

If in the end we seek to be like Christ, then how do we get there? Since Jesus is the perfect human, it makes sense to begin with an understanding of the human person. All of us are made in the image and likeness of God, a unity of body and soul (see CCC 362–365). In fact, the two are so closely united that our body affects our souls (for example, when a delicious meal raises our spirits) and vice versa (for example, when the joy of a friend’s wedding causes bodily elation). Typically, we have a tendency to take care of one and neglect the other but, as St. John Paul II noted, the whole person, “not only his spiritual soul with intelligence and free will, but also his body shares in the dignity of the ‘image of God.’”[15] Both body and soul must be attended to, for we reflect and glorify God through both. In this understanding of the human person, we can see how issues in body or soul potentially harm mental health. For instance, current research indicates how family history of depression or certain diets are correlated with increased likelihood of depression and anxiety.[16] So too with the soul, major life changes such as the loss of a loved one or unemployment can impact mental health.[17] Other studies show how increased social media use is correlated with less and poorer sleep as well as higher rates of depression.[18]

A different but complementary perspective views the human person as having an intellect to know the good, a will to choose it, and emotions that encourage movement toward the good and away from evil (see CCC 356, 1705, 1763). This conception nicely mirrors the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional aspects of well-being and highlights their interconnectedness. For instance, we might have the idea to go to Adoration (the cognitive), decide to act on it by going to spend time with the Lord (the behavioral), and leave the chapel feeling more uplifted (the emotional). Or on the flipside, if we engage in negative self-talk (the cognitive) this could generate feelings of sadness or worthlessness (the emotional) that we might choose to numb with alcohol, television, or our phones (the behavioral).

There are many factors that affect our mental health, and some of them are beyond our control (for instance, genetics, brain chemistry, traumatic events, poverty, racism, etc.). Without minimizing these impacts—which can be substantial—it remains true that we always have a choice about how to respond. Whatever your situation, I encourage you to join in the movement within the Church to prioritize mental health and seek healing.

 

You Are Not Alone

What we can be always sure of—no matter what is happening in our lives—is that we are not alone. You are not alone! God knows your suffering intimately and wants to walk with you through it. As St. John Paul II wrote, “Christ took upon Himself all human suffering, even mental distress. Yes, even this suffering, which appears perhaps to be the most absurd and incomprehensible, configures the sick person to Christ and makes him share in his redemptive passion.”[19] In this moment, as in every moment, God is whispering to you, “I know the plans I have for you…plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope” (Jeremiah 29:11).

The hope God gives us and the joy that accompanies this hope, is a precious treasure we must protect. When hope wanes, let us remember the countless ways God has blessed us, the particular instances in our lives where He has “come through,” and the dark times when He felt absent but, in hindsight, we could discern His presence. Reading the lives of the saints is also a powerful way to remember that God is active in every life at all times in history. How comforting to know many saints struggled like us—St. Ignatius of Loyola contemplated suicide,[20] St. Jane Frances de Chantal suffered from depression for over forty years,[21] St. John of God had a mental breakdown that resulted in hospitalization,[22] and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton struggled with anxiety and depression.[23] They all grew closer to God through their struggles and so can we.

I would like to close with a simple practice, adapted from St. Francis de Sales, a Bishop and Doctor of the Church, as well as a staunch advocate of the universal call to holiness. Throughout the day, before beginning various tasks, let us do three things: acknowledge, offer, and accept.[24] 1) Acknowledge that the Lord is with us and, if needed, ask for His help; 2) Offer whatever we are about to do up to Him and place it in His hands; 3) Resolve to accept whatever happens. In so doing, we recall that the Lord is always with us and ready to assist, we unite our actions to Him, and we surrender the outcome to divine providence. This simple practice can be done before big actions and small ones, enjoyable events as well as experiences we know will be hard. It can be done in seconds but makes a world of difference, as you will experience if you incorporate it into your day periodically. As mentioned at the start of this pastoral letter, Jesus tells us that “Apart from me, you can do nothing” (John 15:5). With this practice, we can intentionally do everything with Him, begin to flourish as human beings, and experience the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise: “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).

Through the intercession of St. Dymphna, patroness of mental health, I pray for your wholeness and holiness.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

+James D. Conley

 Bishop of Lincoln

May 2024

Mental Health Awareness Month

 

Endnotes

[1] “Mental Health By the Numbers,’ NAMI, updated April 2023, https://www.nami.org/about-mental-illness/mental-health-by-the-numbers.

[2] St. Thomas Aquinas distinguishes between a rightly ordered love of self, which is good and healthy, and an inordinate love of self, which leads to sin. In his words, “Well ordered self-love, whereby man desires a fitting good for himself, is right and natural; but it is inordinate self-love, leading to contempt of God, that Augustine reckons to be the cause of sin” (Summa Theologiae II-I, Q. 77, A. 4, ad 1).

[3] “Love of self is common to all” (Summa Theologiae II-II, Q. 25, A. 7, co).

[4] See Summa Theologiae II-II, Q. 26, A. 4, co.

[5] Fr. Michael Müller, The Blessed Eucharist: Our Greatest Treasure (Rockford, Illinois: Tan Books and Publishers, Inc., 1994), p. 124.

[6] See John 5:17: “But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father is still working, and I also am working.’”

[7] St. Thomas Aquinas, Quaestiones Disputatae de Malo, q. 3, a. 13, reply to objections.

[8] St. Teresa of Avila, The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, Chapter 6, #11, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8120/8120-h/8120-h.htm#l6.0.

[9] “What is mental health?” January 29, 2022, Medical News Today, accessed April 19, 2023, https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154543#summary

[10] Gaudium et Spes, 22.

[11] See Hebrews 2:17: “Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make expiation for the sins of the people.”

[12] See 2 Corinthians 10:5: “We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.”

[13] See Philippians 1:27a: “Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ.”

[14] See Philippians 4:6: “Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

[15] St. John Paul II, Speech to the Participants of the XI International Conference for Health Care Workers, November 30, 1994, #3, https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/mentally-ill-are-also-made-in-gods-image-8863

[16] Cf. Douglas F. Levinson and Walter E. Nichols, “Major Depression and Genetics,” Stanford Medicine, https://med.stanford.edu/depressiongenetics/mddandgenes.html; TS Rao, et al, “Understanding nutrition, depression and mental illnesses,” Indian Journal of Psychiatry, April 2008, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738337; Tina Ljungberg, et al, “Evidence of the Importance of Dietary Habits Regarding Depressive Symptoms and Depression,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Mar 2020, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084175.

[17] Cf. Pål Kristensen, “Bereavement and Mental Health after Sudden and Violent Losses: A Review,” Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, Spring 2012, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22397543/; MW Linn, et al, “Effects of unemployment on mental and physical health” American Journal of Public Health, May 1985, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1646287/.

[18] “The Social Dilemma: Social Media and Your Mental Health,” McClean Hospital, March 29, 2024, https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/it-or-not-social-medias-affecting-your-mental-health.

[19] St. John Paul II, Speech to the Participants of the XI International Conference for Health Care Workers, November 30, 1994, #7, https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/mentally-ill-are-also-made-in-gods-image-8863

[20] Zubair Simonson, “Do You Suffer From Depression? St. Ignatius of Loyola Has Been There Too,” National Catholic Register, July 31, 2021, https://www.ncregister.com/blog/ignatius-of-loyola-depression.

[21] Kevin J. Banet, “Depression and St. Jane de Chantal’s ‘Anguish of Spirit,’” Catholic 365, August 25, 2023, https://www.catholic365.com/article/30646/depression-and-st-jane-de-chantals-anguish-of-spirit.html.

[22] Mike Eisenbath, “Here’s why I think St. John of God should be a new patron for the mentally ill,” Aleteia, May 10, 2017, https://aleteia.org/2017/05/10/heres-why-i-think-st-john-of-god-should-be-a-new-patron-for-the-mentally-ill.

[23] Kate Quiñones, “‘Christ wants to be with us’: how Catholic ministries are responding to the mental health crisis,” Catholic News Agency, April 13, 2024, https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257349/christ-wants-to-be-with-us-how-catholic-ministries-are-responding-to-the-mental-health-crisis.

[24] St. Francis de Sales writes, “They who wish to thrive and advance in the way of Our Lord should, at the beginning of their actions, both exterior and interior, ask for his grace and offer to his divine Goodness all the good they will do. In this way they will be prepared to bear with peace and serenity all the pain and suffering they will encounter as coming from the fatherly hand of our good God and Savior” (from St. Francis de Sales’ Spiritual Directory, translated and made available by The Salesian Center for Faith and Culture, https://donboscosalesianportal.org/wp-content/uploads/SalesianTextsSpritualDirectory.pdf). For an expanded explanation, see chapter five of Fr. Thomas F. Dailey’s Live Well Today: St. Francis de Sale’s Simple Approach to Holiness (Manchester, New Hampshire: Sophia Institute Press, 2015).

 

Resources for Individuals

If you are thinking about suicide, help is available 24/7 through the suicide and crisis lifeline. Call or text 988 to speak with a crisis counselor or connect via chat. To speak to a crisis counselor in Spanish, call 888-628-9454.

Directories

Catholic Therapists: Find a therapist who adheres to the teachings of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. (https://www.catholictherapists.com)

Catholic Psychotherapy Association’s Directory: Another list of Catholic counselors that includes many who are not found in the previous directory. (https://cpa.ce21.com/directory)

MyCatholicDoctor: Find a Catholic medical professional across a variety of specialties. (https://mycatholicdoctor.com)

In many states faithfully-Catholic therapy is available through Catholic Charities. On the internet, search Catholic Charities Counseling and your city or state to find a local branch. Additionally, a growing number of diocesan websites provide local mental health resources. Search mental health and your diocese.

If there is not a Catholic counselor nearby, some Catholic therapists offer tele-therapy online. If you prefer to see a non-Catholic counselor, during the initial consultation ask questions to ensure the therapist will be respectful of your Catholic beliefs and do his/her best to speak into your worldview.

Online Videos

Healing the Whole Person: A retreat available in person or online focused on healing your wounds and transformation from the heart of the Church. (https://virtual.jpiihealingcenter.org/course/hwp)

Reform Wellness: Workshops on Christ-centered wellness, with an emphasis on healing body and soul together. (https://www.reformwellness.co)

The Sanctuary Course for Catholics: This free eight-session video series, available in English and Spanish, is for those who want to learn about the intersection of faith and mental health. (https://sanctuarymentalhealth.org/catholics)

The Resilient Catholics Community: A community of like-minded Catholics from around the world, who are committed to their human formation and grounded in an authentic Catholic understanding of the human person. (https://members.soulsandhearts.com/rcc)

A Future with Hope: A Conversation with Bishop James Conley about his Pastoral Letter on Mental Health: Bishop Conley gives additional insight into his own mental health journey and his decision to write this pastoral letter on mental health. (https://youtu.be/HUTkcn3WU1E)

Bishop Conley’s Story: In this homily from SEEK 2023, Bishop Conley preaches about his mental health journey to 19,000 college students. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ35xfvnHaI)

Apps

For Liturgy of the Hours: Praying the Liturgy of the Hours via the four-volume book set can be confusing, but there are free apps that make it easy. Divine Office, iBreviary, and Laudate are a few of the many available.  Word On Fire offers monthly booklets for praying The Liturgy of The Hours. (https://www.wordonfire.org/pray/)

For general prayer: On Hallow popular figures like Mark Wahlberg, Jonathan Roumie, and Fr. Mike Schmitz lead you in guided prayer and reflection. (https://hallow.com)

Podcasts

Restore the Glory: Two Catholic therapists discuss healing and the restoration of our God-given glory. (https://www.restoretheglorypodcast.com)

Being Human: Dr. Greg Bottaro of CatholicPsych Institute explores a Catholic vision of therapy and what it means to be human. (https://beinghuman.catholicpsych.com)

Optimal Work: Dr. Kevin Majeres, a Harvard Medical School lecturer, shares the psychology and neuroscience behind overcoming stress and flourishing at work and beyond. (https://drmajeres.com/podcasts)

Books

The Catholic Guide to Depression: How the Saints, the Sacraments, and Psychiatry Can Help You Break Its Grip and Find Happiness Again: by Dr. Aaron Kheriaty (https://www.amazon.com/Catholic-Guide-Depression-Aaron-Kheriaty/dp/1933184760)

Litanies of the Heart: by Dr. Gerry Crete (https://www.soulsandhearts.com/lit/)

Be Healed: by Dr. Bob Schuchts (https://www.amazon.com/Be-Healed-Guide-Encountering-Powerful/dp/1594714762)

Consecration to St. Joseph: by Fr. Donald Calloway (https://consecrationtostjoseph.org/)

 

For Parishes

Mental Illness Theological Framework: The National Catholic Partnership on Disability’s framework for the Church’s ministry for and with people with mental illness provides recommended action items for a parish mental health ministry. (https://ncpd.org/disability-mental-illness/mental-illness-theological-framework)

The Sanctuary Course for Catholics: Start a small group with this free eight-session video series, available in English and Spanish, and begin the conversation in your parish about faith and mental health. (https://sanctuarymentalhealth.org/catholics)

National Catholic Mental Health Campaign Resources. USCCB resources, including a novena, for mental health. (https://www.usccb.org/mental-health)

 

For Bishops

Holy Alliance: A support ministry specifically for bishops that provides confidential connection with licensed Catholic psychologists and psychiatrists at no cost. (https://www.holyalliancesupport.org/)

Walking with Moms in Need

Catholic parishes and communities desire to "walk in the shoes" of local pregnant and parenting women in need.

Everyone should know how to help moms in difficult circumstances. Here are resources you can find and share with pregnant and parenting women; and please support local pregnancy centers.

Download info about local resources


Map of Pregnancy Care Centers

Local, non profit organizations that provide compassionate support to women and men faced with difficult pregnancy decisions.
(Click the button at the top left corner of the map for a list, or scroll up on your area of Nebraska to zoom in.)

Check out the Parish Action Guide or Action Guide Summary for step-by-step instructions on how to get Walking with Moms in Need started in your parish. An introductory webinar is also available which guides you through the beginning stages. Additional parish resources here.

Respect Life Apostolate

Please join us in building a Culture of Life and combating all attacks on human dignity, particularly those attacks involving the evils of contraception, abortion, euthanasia, and immoral biomedical research. We are always striving to expand our outreach and change hearts. We welcome your suggestions for further fostering a Culture of Life, or if you would like to make a donation to support the Apostolate, please contact Jeff Schinstock, the Diocesan Pro-Life Director at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 402-473-0625.

Pro-Life Local Links

Pro-Life Local Links

Walking with Moms U.S. Bishop's Website:

Check out the Parish Action Guide or Action Guide Summary for step-by-step instructions on how to get Walking with Moms in Need started in your parish. An introductory webinar is also available which guides you through the beginning stages. Additional parish resources here.

US Bishop's Statement on Standing with Moms in Need

 

Why?

Catholic parishes and communities desire to "walk in the shoes" of local pregnant and parenting women in need.

Everyone should know how to help moms in difficult circumstances.

Here are resources you can find and share with pregnant and parenting women; and please support local pregnancy centers.

Resources for Moms in Need

Download info about local resources


Map of Pregnancy Care Centers

Local, non profit organizations that provide compassionate support to women and men faced with difficult pregnancy decisions.
(Click the button at the top left corner of the map for a list, or scroll up on your area of Nebraska to zoom in.)

The Diocese of Lincoln has partnered with the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) to provide reliable references, thorough explanations, and case-based guidance so you can form your conscience with Catholic teaching when making health care decisions.

NCBC Resources available to all our parishes include:

End-of-life Guides

  • A Catholic Guide to End-of-Life Decisions explains core concepts in medical decision-making, including redemptive suffering, ordinary and extraordinary means, and advance care planning. The guide also includes templates for a health care proxy and a living will.
  • A Catholic Guide to POLST provide guidance for filling out documents that patients can use to document their treatment preferences across multiple health care setting, including benefits and concerns with common forms. The guide also includes a template physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST).
  • A Catholic Guide to Palliative Care and Hospice describes the differences between palliative care and hospice and identifies common moral issues that can arise when receiving hospice. The guide also includes a checklist for evaluating programs and facilities.

Free Service: Church Teaching for Health Care Decisions

Contact NCBC for a free, confidential Personal Ethics Consultation on topics including end-of-life care, assisted nourishment, and hospice; avoiding, achieving, or managing pregnancy; biomedical research; cooperating with the wrongdoing of others; and many more.

Monthly Resources and Bulletin inserts for Parishes

If you do not receive these contact Dennis Kellogg at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • The Bioethics Public Policy Report summarizes legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments on life issues at both the state and federal levels to help Catholics stay informed on all these topics and hold their representatives accountable to their values.
  • Living a Catholic Life fills a gap in adult catechesis by introducing parishioners to different tools for thinking like a Catholic. These include reflections on the components of the moral act, principles like double effect and totality, and larger concepts like the integrated view of the human person.
  • Making Sense of Bioethics, Tad Pacholczyk’s long-running, syndicated column, answers common question on topics ranging from ventilator support to helping friends and family through a difficult pregnancy.
  • NCBC Webinars for your viewing.

www.ncbcenter.org

The NCBC’s Mission and Vision

Our society faces unprecedented scientific developments that touch upon the mysteries of life and pose serious ethical challenges. The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) was established in 1972 to reflect on these issues and to promote and safeguard the dignity of the human person in health care and the life sciences. All of the NCBC’s work is done in conformity with the official teachings of the Catholic Church, teachings drawn from a moral tradition that acknowledges the unity of faith and reason and builds on the solid foundation of the natural law. The NCBC works to achieve its mission of upholding the dignity of the human person by providing education, guidance, and resources to strengthen the integrity and witness of the Church’s healing ministry.

The NCBC’s education draws on the deepest resources of the Catholic faith to help people address challenging ethical issues in clinical practice and research. Notably, since 1980, we have hosted a workshop on pressing issues and developments in the area of medical morality, which is attended by over one hundred bishops from across North America. The Center has always enjoyed the strong support of a large number of bishops. Today, a majority of US dioceses, and numerous foreign dioceses, receive the benefits of their affiliation with the NCBC.

The NCBC’s guidance helps individuals and institutions apply Catholic moral principles to specific situations with integrity. Perhaps most significant, our ethicists also are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to provide bioethical guidance, free of charge, to patients and families facing difficult medical decisions. The NCBC also is a leading publisher of books and articles on Catholic health care ethics and produces a wide range of electronic resources for professionals and the public.

The NCBC envisions a world in which the integral understanding of the human person underlying Catholic teaching on respect for human life and dignity is better understood and more widely embraced in America and worldwide.


The National Catholic Bioethics Center
600 Reed Rd., ste. 102
Broomall, PA 19008
215-877-2660
www.ncbcenter.org
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Download PDF Schedule of Christmas Mass and Confession Times

City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Tues. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Wed. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 23 Confessions Tue. Dec. 24 Confessions Wed. Dec. 25 Weekend Confessions
Sts Peter and Paul, Abie Midnight 10:00am   6:30pm      
St. Mary, Alexandria   8am (At St. Michael's-Fairbury) Sunday, Dec. 22nd, 1pm-3pm, Fr. Steve Major Available (At St. Michael's-Fairbury) 5pm-7pm     7:30am-7:45am Before Sunday Mass
St. Joseph, Alma No Mass scheduled 8:00am Dec. 20: 6:45-7:15pm   12:30-1:30pm 7:30am Sat. 3:30pm, Sun. 10:30am
Assumption, Appleton 10:00pm 9:00am          Sunday 8:30am
St. Mary, Ashland 5:00pm and 10:00pm 10:30am Sunday, Dec. 15 2:00-3:00pm   3:00-4:30pm 10:00-10:20am Sat 4:00pm and  Sun 10:00am
St. Germanus, Arapahoe 7pm 10:00am          
St. Joseph, Auburn 4pm and 10pm 10:30am         3-3:45
St. Mary, Aurora Dec. 24, 5:00pm Vigil Mass; Dec. 25, 12:00am Midnight Mass; Dec. 25. 9:00am   Mon., Dec. 23 (7:00am-7:25am); Mon., Dec. 23 (11:00am-12:30pm); Mon., Dec. 23 (5:00pm-6:00pm).     Sat. (4:00pm-4:55pm); Sun. (7:30am-8:10am).
St. Joseph, Barneston   8:00am         Sun 6:45am
St. Joseph, Beatrice 4:00pm and 8:00pm 9:00am   6:30-7:30pm 9:00-10:00am   Sat 4:15-5:00pm
Sacred Heart, Beaver Crossing 5:30pm 10:00am Dec.22 ,3pm in York and 5pm in Seward 5:30-6:30pm     Sat 4:30-5pm
St. Wenceslaus, Bee 4:00pm   St. Wenceslaus Bee Dec. 15, 2024 2:30pm Fr. Litt   Confessions 1/2 hour before mass @ 4:00pm    
Presentation Parish , Bellwood 4:00pm and 9:00pm 8:00am         Sat. 3:30pm, Sun. 7:30am 
St. Joseph, Bellwood 6pm           Sun 7:30am
St. Peter, Bellwood 4pm 9am Confessions Sunday, Dec 15 at 1pm       Regular weekend Confessions Sat 4pm and Sun 9:30am
St. Joseph, Benkelman 5:00pm MT 10:00am MT         Sat. 4:30pm MT, Sun. 9:30am MT
Holy Trinity, Blue Hill 7:00pm At St. Anne         20 minutes prior-Sunday Mass
Holy Trinity, Brainard 5:00 and 10:00pm 9:00am          
St. Anthony , Bruno 5:00pm 8:00am     11:00am -12:00pm   Saturday 4:30pm Sunday 7;30am
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Tues. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Wed. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 23 Confessions Tue. Dec. 24 Confessions Wed. Dec. 25 Weekend Confessions
St. John the Baptist, Cambridge 5:00pm and Midnight 8:30am 3:00pm December 22nd        
St. Anne, Campbell 4:30pm 8:00am         20 minutes prior-each weekend Mass
St. Mary, Cedar Bluffs   9:00am       Confessions at 8:00am Christmas Day Sunday 9:30am
Sacred Heart, Cedar Hill  Midnight - 12/20: 7:30 - 7:55; 12/21: 8:45-9:15am;        Before and After Mass
St. Joseph, Colon 5:00pm and 12:00 Midnight       Confessions on Tues. Dec. 24th at 4:00pm and 11:00pm   Saturday 4:00pm and Sunday 7:00am
St. James (the Greater), Cortland 4:30pm, 9:00pm 9:00am During Eucharistic Exposition Holy Hour Thursday, 12/19, 7:15pm-8pm. 6:30am-6:55am, 12:30pm-1 :30pm 6:30am-6:55am, 7:35am-8:35am, 11:30am-12:30pm, 4:00pm-4:20pm 8:30am-8:50am Sat. 7:30am-7:55am, 4:30pm-4:50pm, Sun. 7:30am-7:50am & 9:20am-10:20am
Sacred Heart, Crete 5pm English; 7pm Spanish; 11pm Bilingual 9am English; 11:30am Spanish Dec. 22 from 3-4pm 12 noon and 6pm 12 noon, 4:30-5pm, 6:30-7pm  8:30-9am, 11-11:30am (Before the Masses) 4:30pm and 6:30pm Saturday, 8:30am and 11am on Sunday
St. Mary, Davey 4:00pm, 9:00pm, 12:00 Midnight 7:00am, 10:00am   12:00 Noon     Saturday 5:00pm, Sunday 7:30am, 9:30am
St. Francis, David City 4:00pm 10:00am         Sat. 5:30pm, Sun. 9:30am
St. Mary, David City 4:00, Midnight 8am, 10am   6-6:20am, noon, 5-5:30pm, 7:00pm 7:30am, Noon   Saturday 7-7:30am, Saturday 4-5pm
St. Mary, Dawson 5pm and Midnight            
St. Mary, Denton 4pm, 6pm, 10pm 9am Dec. 21 11am-Noon, Dec. 22 4pm-5pm 6:30pm - 8pm 11am - Noon   30 minutes before weekend Masses
Our Lady of Assumption, Deweese 5:30pm   Sunday, Dec. 22, from 11:00 - 12:00        
St. Ann, Doniphan 5:00pm & 10:00pm 9:00am   6:30pm-7:30pm after the Daily 6:00pm Mass 4:15pm-4:50pm & 9:30pm-9:50pm 8:30am-8:50am Wednesday, Dec. 11th & 18th: 6:30pm-7:00pm (with Adoration); Saturdays: 3:00pm-3:50pm; Sunday: 8:30am-8:50am
St. Martin, Douglas 6pm and Midnight   All in Palmyra- Adoration & Confession- Thurs. Dec. 19 7-8pm, Sat. Dec. 21 5-6pm and Mon. Dec. 23 7-8pm  In Palmyra 7-8pm     Sun. 7:30-7:45am
Assumption, Dwight 6:00pm 9:00am         Sat 4:30pm (before Mass) and Sunday 9:30am (before Mass)
St. Mary, Elmwood 5:30pm 9:00am 12:00pm December 21       Sun 8:30am
Resurrection of our Lord, Elsie 6:00pm           Sat 6pm
St. Stephen, Exeter 12:00 Midnight 8:00am   7:00am   7:30am Sat 4pm and Sun 7:30am
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Tues. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Wed. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 23 Confessions Tue. Dec. 24 Confessions Wed. Dec. 25 Weekend Confessions
St. Michael, Fairbury 4pm, St. Michael's 10am, St. Michael's Sunday, Dec. 22nd, 1pm-3pm Fr. Steve Major Available  5pm-7pm     3pm-3:45pm Saturday, And By Appointment Anytime
Sts Peter & Paul, Falls City 4:00pm & 10:00pm 7:00am & 10:00am Dec. 22, 5:30-6:30pm 11:30am-12:30pm & 4:30-5:30pm 11:30am-12:30pm   Saturday 3:45-4:45pm & Sunday 6:15-6:45am & 9:15-9:45am
St. Katharine Drexel, Franklin 4:30pm   Dec 22, 2:00-3:00pm   4:00pm    
St. Joseph, Friend 4 and 9pm 9am one half hour before each weekend Mass        
St. Joseph, Geneva 4:00pm and 10:30pm 9:00am   4:30-5:20pm 9:00-9:30am   Sat 3-3:50pm and Sun 9:30-9:50am
St. Joseph, Giltner 10:00pm       Tue., Dec. 24, (8:00pm-9:00pm).   Sun., (10:00am-10:40am).
St. Helena, Grafton 9:00pm           (At Sutton Only)
Mother of Sorrows, Grant 4:00pm 9:00am         Sat 3:15pm, Sun 10:15am
Mother of Sorrows, Grant 4:00pm 9:00am         Sat 3:15pm, Sun 10:15am
St. Joseph, Greenwood   8:30am       8:00-8:20am Sun 8:00am
St. Joseph, Harvard 5:30pm & 8:00pm (bilingual as needed) 9am english & 11:30am spanish TBD   30 min before masses 30n min before masses 30 min before masses
Saint Michael, Hastings 5:00pm (in both church and Theisen Hall); 10:00pm; Midnight   7:30am (Mass at Dawn); 9:00am (Mass during the Day) Sunday, Dec. 22: 4:00pm-5:00pm (during Advent Adoration with extra priests available) 4:00pm-5:00pm; 7:00pm-8:00pm (or until finished) 11:00am-12:00 noon  on Christmas Day Saturday, Dec. 21: 3:00pm-4:30pm (Usual Saturday Confessions); 
St. Cecilia, Hastings 5:00pm and 10:00am 8:00am and 10am English; 11:30am Vietnamese; 1:00pm Spanish Sun. Dec. 22nd Communal Penance; Tue. Dec. 17, 7-8pm; Thur. Dec. 19, 7-8pm; Fri. Dec 20, 5-6pm; 20min prior-each 7:00am and 12:10pm daily Mass  5:00-6:00pm and 20 minutes prior-daily Mass 6:40-6:55am   Sat 3:30-4:30pm and Sun. 20 Minutes prior-each Mass
Sacred Heart, Hayes Center 7:00pm   Prior-Sunday Mass       Prior-Sunday Mass
Holy Family, Heartwell   9am       8-9am 8-8:30am
Sacred Heart, Hebron 6:00pm 10:00am Dec 18-20 6:15-7:15am, Dec 21 5:00-6:00pm, Dec 22 9:00-10:00am & 1:00-3:00pm 6:15-7:15am & 5:00-6:00pm 6:15-7:15am & 5:00-6:00pm 9:00-10:00am Sat 5:00-5:45pm, Sun 9:00-9:45 (also by appointment)
All Saints Parish, Holdrege 5:30pm and 12:00 midnight 10:30am   7-8am, 12-1pm, 7-8pm 7-8am, 12-1pm   Sat 4:30pm
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Tues. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Wed. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 23 Confessions Tue. Dec. 24 Confessions Wed. Dec. 25 Weekend Confessions
St. Catherine, Indianola 5pm; 10pm 9am 4pm Sunday, Dec. 22 1-2pm; 7-8pm 11am-12 Noon   Sat., Dec. 21:  3:30-4:30pm; Sun., Dec. 22:  8-8:45am
Sacred Heart, Kenesaw   11:00am         Sunday Dec. 8th, 15th, & 22nd after the 11am Mass
Sacred Heart, Lawrence 10:00pm at St. Stephen's Church; 9:00am at St. Stephen's Church          
St. Patrick, Manley 4:00pm 11:00am 12:00pm December 22       Sat 4:15pm and Sun 10:30am
St. Ann, McCook 5:00pm   Prior-Mass on Sunday       Prior-Mass on Sunday 
St. Patrick, McCook 5:00pm and 8:00pm 8:00am and 10:00am Dec. 19: 5:00 - 6:00pm, Dec. 20: 12:00 - 1:00pm   Dec. 21: 3:00 - 5:30pm   Dec. 22: Penance Service 7:00pm. 12:00 - 1:00pm   7:00 - 8:00pm After each morning Mass and 12:00 - 1:00pm   Sat. 4:00pm - 5:30pm 
St. Patrick, McCool Junction 4:00pm 10:00am   5:30 - 6:00pm     9:30 - 9:50am
St James , Mead 4:00pm and 7:00pm 9:00am          
St. Wenceslaus, Milligan 5:00pm 10:00am and 12:00 Noon (TLM)     4:00pm 11:30am Sat 8:00am and Sun 11:30am
St. John the Baptist, Minden 4pm, 7pm (Spanish), 11pm 11am No service, but confessions from 6-8 on Dec. 20, and 12-1 on Dec. 21 7-8pm 3-4pm, 6-7pm, 10:30-11pm 10-11am Sat 5-5:30, Sun 10-10:30, 12-12:30
St. George, Morse Bluff 6:00pm 9:00am (12/16, 12/17, 12/19): 7:30-7:55; 12/21: Noon, 3:00pm; 12/22: 12:30pm 7:30-7:55am Noon   Before Mass
St Mary, Nebraska City 5:00pm and 10:00pm 9:00am Sun Dec 22 1:30pm-2:30pm 6:30pm-7:30pm 11:30am-12:30pm   Sat 4:00-5:00pm; 7:40-8:00am & 9:40-10:00am Sunday
St. Benedict, Nebraska City 5:00pm and 12:00 midnight (bilingual) 9:00am         Sat 4:30pm and Sun 8:30am and 11:30am
Sacred Heart, Nelson   10am          
St Elizabeth Ann Seton, North Platte 5:00pm 10:00am Dec 18  at 6pm until last heard; Dec 21 at 6pm until last heard; Dec 22 at 11am until last heard       Saturday 4-4:30pm  Sunday  9-9:30am
St. Mary , Odell 5:00pm   Sat 9:30 - 10:30am       Sun 8:30am
St. Mary Church, Orleans 4:00pm No Mass scheduled Dec. 21, 11-12pm, Dec. 22nd 4:30-5pm 11-12pm 2-3pm   Sun. 8:00am
St. Vincent Ferrer, Osceola 5:30pm and 11:00pm 9:00am Dec. 22 @ 10:30am - 11:30am 7:00pm - 8:00pm     2:00pm-3:00pm Saturdays and 8:30am-8:50am Sundays
St. Michael, Oxford   10:00am Dec. 21: 7:00-7:30pm     9:30am Sat. 5:45pm
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Tues. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Wed. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 23 Confessions Tue. Dec. 24 Confessions Wed. Dec. 25 Weekend Confessions
Holy Family, Palisade 6:00pm @ St. James, Trenton Sat. Dec. 21 @ 10:30am 6:00pm     Sunday @ 8:30am.
St. Leo, Palmyra 4pm 9am Adoration & Confessions Thurs. Dec. 19 7-8pm, Sat. Dec. 21 5-6pm and Mon. Dec. 23 7-8pm 7-8pm     Sat. 3:30-3:45pm and Sun. 9:30-9:45am 
Saint Clara, Peru 6pm 8:30am          
St. Mary, Pilzno 4:00pm   Confessions 7:00pm-8:00pm Dec. 19th and Dec. 20th       3:30pm-3:50pm on Saturdays
Sts Cyril and Methodius , Plasi 6:00pm            
Church of the Holy Spirit, Plattsmouth 4:00pm and 9:00pm 8:00am and 10:00am Penance Service on Sun., Dec. 22 at 3:30pm 7:30am-7:55am Noon (until finished),  and 2:30pm (until finished)   Sat 3:00-3:45pm;  and Sun 9:45-10:15am
St John the Baptist, Prague  4:00pm and 12:00 midnight  10:00am   7:30-8:00am 7:30- 8:00am   SAT 7:30-8:00am and 4:00-5:00pm
Sacred Heart, Red Cloud   10:00am Wednesday Dec 18 6:30-7:20pm       Sunday Dec 22, 4:00 - 5:00pm     9:30am  
Assumption, Roseland 10:00pm 9:00am         30 minutes before weekend Masses
Sacred Heart, Roseland 5:00pm     8:00-9:00pm     30 minutes before weekend Masses
St. Vincent de Paul, Seward 4:00pm and 10:00pm  9:00am Sunday, Dec 22nd at 5pm       Confessions will be 30 minutes before each weekend Mass.
Sacred Heart, Shelby 5:00pm and 10:00pm 9:00am Dec. 15th 1:00pm 7:00am-7:25am Before Mass Before Mass Before Mass
St. Mary, Shickley 7:00pm           Sun 7:30-7:50am
St. Anne, Shubert 7:30pm            
St. John Parish, Smithfield   8:30am       8:00-8:30am Sun 8:00-8:30am
St. Mary, St. Mary 4:00pm Confessions 7:30am; Mass 8am          
St Anthony & Sacred Heart, Steinauer & Burchard 4pm @ Burchard Sacred Heart & 10pm @ Steinauer St Anthony 9am @ Steinauer St Anthony Dec 18, 6-7pm @ Steinauer St Anthony & Dec 19, 6-7pm @ Burchard Sacred Heart       Before & after all weekend Masses in both parishes Dec 15/16 & Dec 21/22
St. Joseph, Stratton 10:00pm CT 8:30am CT Saturday, Dec. 21, 8:30am CT       Sun., 8:00am CT
St. Joseph, Superior 4pm 8am          
St. Mary, Sutton 4:00pm 9:00am Sunday, Dec. 22 at 4:00pm       Sat 4-5pm and Sun 8:15-8:45am
St Paulinus, Syracuse  4:00pm and 10:00pm 8:00am Sunday Dec. 22nd, 3:00 - 4:00pm 5:00 - 6:00pm 10:30 - 11:00am    
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Tues. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Wed. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 23 Confessions Tue. Dec. 24 Confessions Wed. Dec. 25 Weekend Confessions
St Andrew, Tecumseh 10:00pm 10:00am Dec 25 Confessions Spanish 12 noon Dec 25 Mass 12:30pm Spanish      
St Joseph, Tobias 7pm            
St. Vitus, Touhy 10:00pm 9:00am Sat. Dec. 21, @ 9:30am.  Sun. Dec. 22, @ 6:00pm   20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass
St. James, Trenton 4:00pm 9:00am Sat. Dec. 21, @ 9:30am.  Sun. Dec. 22, @ 6:00pm       Saturdays @ 4:30pm
St. Patrick Church, Utica 4:00pm 8:30am Dec. 22, 3pm in York and 5pm in Seward 7:00-8:00pm     Sun 8:30-9:00am
Sts Mary & Joseph, Valparaiso 4:00pm and 10:00pm 9:00am         Saturdays 3:00-3:40pm      Sundays 7:15-7:40am
St. Wenceslaus, Wahoo 4:00pm; 6:30pm; Midnight 8:00am, 10:00am Monday, Dec. 16th: Penance Service 7:00pm        
St. Mary, Wallace 9:00pm           Sun 8:15am
St. John, Wauneta 7:00pm MTN time @ St. James, Trenton Sat. Dec. 21 @ 10:30am mtn time 6:00pm mtn time     Sundays @ 9:30am mtn time
St. John Nepomucene, Weston 5pm and Midnight   December 15 5:00 pm 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass   20 minutes before mass
St Wenceslaus, Wilber 4pm 9am          
St. Mary, Wymore 9:00pm 10:00am Sun 6:30 - 7:30pm 6:30 - 7:30pm     Sat 6:00pm, Sun 10:15am
St. Joseph, York 5:30pm 8:00pm and 12:00 midnight 9:00am Dec. 22 at 3:00pm 6:30 - 6:50am, 12:30 - 1:00pm, 5:30 - 6:00pm, 7:30 -8:00pm 6:30 - 6:50am, 12:00 - 12:30pm   Sat 4:00 - 5:00pm, Sun 7:30 - 7:50pm, 9:30 - 9:50pm
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Tues. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Wed. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 23 Confessions Tue. Dec. 24 Confessions Wed. Dec. 25 Weekend Confessions

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Download PDF Schedule of Christmas Mass and Confession Times

City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Wed. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Thurs. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 22 Confessions Tue. Dec. 23 Confessions Wed. Dec. 24 Weekend Confessions
Sts. Peter and Paul, Abie 4pm 10am         Sat 4:30pm (1st, 3rd, & 5th Sunday); and Sun 9:30am
St. Mary, Alexandria   8am         Sun 7:30-7:50am
Assumption, Appleton 10:00pm 9:00am         8:30am
St. Mary, Arago 10:00pm   Sunday, December 21st 3:30PM at Immaculate Conception, Rulo       Sunday 10:00am
St. Mary, Ashland 5:00pm and 10:00pm 10:30am December 21 2-3pm     3:30-4:30pm Sat 4:15pm and Sunday 10:00am
St Joseph, Auburn 4:00pm 8:30 am and 10 am Wed Dec 17, 6 pm; Sat Dec 20, 5 pm; Sunday Dec 21 at 3:30 pm (all until last in line heard)       Saturday 3-3:35pm
St. Mary, Aurora 5:00pm and 12:00am Midnight 9:00am None. Mon., Dec. 22, 7:00am-7:25am; 11:00am-12:30pm; 5:00pm-6:00pm Tue., Dec. 23, 7:00am-7:25am;5:00pm-6:00pm   Sat. 4:00pm-4:55pm; Sun. 7:30am-8:10am 
St. Joseph, Barneston   8:00am         Sun 6:45am
St. Joseph, Beatrice 4:00pm and 8:00pm 9:00am Confessions available after weekend Masses on Dec. 20-21   7:00pm 9:00am Sat 4:15pm
Sacred Heart, Beaver Crossing 5:30pm 10:00am Dec. 21st 5pm in Seward 5:30-6:30pm     Sat 4-5pm
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Wed. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Thurs. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 22 Confessions Tue. Dec. 23 Confessions Wed. Dec. 24 Weekend Confessions
St. Wenceslaus, Bee 4:00pm   Sun 21-2:30pm       Sun 7:30am
St. Wenceslaus, Bee 4pm            
Presentation, Bellwood 4pm, 9pm 8:00am Dec. 21st @ 1pm       Sat-3:30pm, Sun-7:30am
St. Joseph, Bellwood 6:00pm           Sun. @ 7:30-7:55am
St. Peter, Bellwood 4:00pm 9:00am Penance service on Sunday, Dec. 21 from 1:00-2:00pm       Fri. 6:30-6:55am, Sat. 4-4:55pm, Sun. 9:30-9:55am
St. Joseph, Benkelman 9:00pm MT 10:00am MT         Sat 4:30pm MT and Sun 9:30am MT
Holy Trinity, Blue Hill 7:00pm   Sunday 11:15am-11:45am       Sunday 9:40am-9:55am
Holy Trinity, Brainard 5:00pm and 10:00pm 9:00am Sun Dec 21, 1:00pm       Sat 4:30pm and Sun 8:30am
St. Anthony, Bruno Midnight Mass (12am) 8am         Sat 430pm (2nd and 4th Sunday of month); and Sun 730am
St. Anne, Campbell 5:00pm, Midnight No Masses Thursday, December 18th, 5:30pm-6:00pm Contact pastor Contact pastor Contact pastor Sunday 7:40am-7:55am
St. Mary, Cedar Bluffs   9:00am         Sunday 9:40am
Sacred Heart, Cedar Hill (Morse Bluff) Midnight Midnight         Friday, December 19, 6:30am, Saturday December 20, 8:35am
St. Joseph, Colon 5:00pm and Midnight   Sunday December 21 at 4:00pm     4:00pm Saturday 4:00pm and Sunday 7:00am
St. James, Cortland 4:30pm, 9:00pm 9:00am 2:30-3:30pm Sunday, 12/21. 6:30-6:55am; 7:30-8:00am after Mass 6:30-6:55am; 7:30-8:00am after Mass 3:30pm-4:00pm; 8:00pm-8:30pm Sat. 7:35am-7:55am, 4:30pm-4:55pm; Sun. 7:30am-7:55am, 9:15am-10:25am
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Wed. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Thurs. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 22 Confessions Tue. Dec. 23 Confessions Wed. Dec. 24 Weekend Confessions
Sacred Heart Church / St. James Parish, Crete 5pm English; 7pm Español; 11pm Candlelight Mass (Bilingual) 9am English; 11:30am Español Sunday, Dec. 14 at 3pm 12-1pm; 6-7pm 12-1pm; 6-7pm 12-1pm; 4:30pm; 6:30pm; 10:30pm Saturday: 4:30pm and 6pm; Sunday: 8:30am and 11am
St. Mary, Davey 4:00pm and 10:00pm 9:00am Sun. Dec. 21, 4:00-5:00pm       Sat 5:00pm and Sun 7:30am and 9:30am
St. Francis, David City 4:00pm 10:00am 21st @ 2:30pm       Sat-5:30pm, Sun-9:30am
St. Mary, David City 4:00pm, 12:00 Midnight 8:00am, 10:00am Sun Dec. 21, 4pm Noon, 7:00pm as long as needed Noon, 7:00pm as long as needed Noon as long as needed Saturday 7:00-7:20am; 4:00-4:50pm
St. Mary, Denton 4pm, 6pm, 10pm 9am     6:30pm-8pm 11am-12 Noon 30 minutes before Masses
Our Lady of Assumption, Deweese 5:00pm           Confessions before and after weekend Masses leading up to Christmas.
St. Ann, Doniphan 5:30pm 9:00am Adoration & Confessions Wed. December 17th 6:30pm-7:30pm 5:30pm-5:50pm     Sat 3pm and Sun 8:30am
Sts. Leo and Martin, Douglas 6:00pm and 12:00 midnight           Sun 7:30am
Assumption, Dwight 6:00pm 9:00am Sun 21-1:00pm       Sat 4:30pm and Sun 9:30am
St Mary Mission, Elmwood 5:30pm 9am         Sat, Dec 20, 12-1pm
St Stephen, Exeter 12:00 midnight 9am and 11am (Latin) Dec 17 9-10pm. Dec 21 4-5pm       Sat 4-5pm. And Sun 7:30am
St Michael, Fairbury 4pm 10am          
St. Michael, Fairbury 4pm 10am         Sat. 3pm-3:45pm
Sts Peter & Paul, Falls City 4:00pm & 10:00pm 7:00am & 10:00am Sunday, December 21, 5:30-6:30 (7 Priests) 11:30-12:30pm & 4:30-5:30pm 5:00-6:00pm 10:00-10:30am & 12:00-12:30pm Sat 3:45-4:45pm & Sun 6:15-6:45am & 9:15-9:45am
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Wed. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Thurs. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 22 Confessions Tue. Dec. 23 Confessions Wed. Dec. 24 Weekend Confessions
St. Katharine Drexel, Franklin   8:00am   Contact pastor Contact pastor Contact pastor Saturday 3:30pm
St. Katharine Drexel, Franklin No Mass 8:00am     5:30pm-6:00pm   Saturday 3:40pm-3:55pm
St. Joseph, Friend 5pm and 9pm 9am         sat 4pm Sunday 8am
St. Joseph, Geneva 4:00pm and Carols at 10:30pm with Mass following 9:00am   4:30pm-5:20pm 7:30am-7:50am 9:00am-9:30am Sat 3pm-3:50pm and Sun 9:30am-9:50am
Mother of Sorrows, Grant 4:00pm 9:00am   in Imperial 6pm in Wallace 6pm   Saturday 3:15pm, Sun 10:10am
St. Joseph, Greenwood   8:30am         Sun 8:00am
St. Cecilia, Hastings 5:00pm & 10:00pm English; 7:00pm Spanish 8:00am & 10:00am English; 11:30am Vietnamese Sunday, Dec. 21, 4:00pm-5:00pm, at St. Michaels Parish, Hastings 6:40am-6:55am, 11:50am-12:05pm; 5:00-6:00pm 6:40am-6:55am, 11:50am-12:05pm; 7:00-8:00pm no confessions times on Christmas Eve Saturday 3:30-4:30pm; Sundays 20 min prior to each Mass
St Michael, Hastings 5:00pm, 10:00pm, Midnight 7:30am & 9:00am Confessions with extra priests available: Sunday, December 21st from 4:00-5:00pm 6:00pm-7:00pm (or until finished) 4:00pm-5:20pm 11:00am-Noon Saturday 3:00-4:30pm
Sacred Heart, Hayes Center 7:00pm 0         0
Sacred Heart, Hebron 6:00pm 10:00am   By Request By Request 5:00-6:00pm Saturday 5:00-5:45pm Sunday 9:00-9:45am
All Saints, Holdrege 5:30pm and 12:00am Midnight 10:30am   7-8am, 12-1pm, 8-9pm 7-8am, 12-1pm, 8-9pm 7-8am, 12-1pm Sat 4:30pm
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Wed. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Thurs. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 22 Confessions Tue. Dec. 23 Confessions Wed. Dec. 24 Weekend Confessions
St. Catherine of Alexandria, Indianola 5:00pm and 10:00pm 9:00am Sun., Dec. 21, 4:00pm   1-2:00pm; 7-8:00pm 11:00am-12 Noon. Sat. 3:30-4:30pm; Sun. 8:00-8:45am
Sacred Heart, Kenesaw 9pm           Sunday, December 14th and 21st after the 11am Mass
St. Stephen, Lawrence 10:00pm           Confessions before and after weekend Masses leading up to Christmas.
St. Patrick, Manley 4pm 11am         Sun, Dec 21, 12-1pm
St. Ann, McCook 5:00pm            
St. Patrick, McCook 5:00pm and 8:00pm 8:00am and 10:00am Dec. 21 7:00pm 12:00pm-1:00pm During Holy Hour at 7:00pm 12:00pm-1:00pm 5:00pm-7:00pm 12:00pm-1:00pm Sat. 4:00pm-5:30pm
St. Patrick, McCool Junction 4pm 10am     5:30-6pm   9:30-9:50am
St Wenceslaus, Milligan 5:00pm None Dec 18 8:30-9pm   8-9pm   9:30am
St. George, Morse Bluff 6:00pm 9:00am Sunday 2:00pm 7:35am 7:35am Noon, 3:00pm Sat 5:30pm and Sunday 9:30am
St. Benedict, Nebraska City 5:00pm and 12:00 midnight 9:00am 1:30pm-2:30pm Sunday, December 21 @ St. Mary, Nebraska City       30 minutes before weekend Masses
St. Mary, Nebraska City 5:00pm and 10:00pm 9:00am Sun Dec 21 1:30pm-2:30pm 6:30pm-7:30pm 6:30pm-7:30pm 11:30am-12:30pm Saturday 4:00pm-5:00pm; 20 minutes before Sunday 8:00am and 10:00am Masses
Sacred Heart, Nelson   10am         Sun 9:30am
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Wed. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Thurs. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 22 Confessions Tue. Dec. 23 Confessions Wed. Dec. 24 Weekend Confessions
St Elizabeth Ann Seton, North Platte 5:30pm 10:00am         Sat 4pm, Sunday 9am
St. Mary, Odell 5:00pm     6:00-7:00pm     Sun 8:30a.m.
Holy Family, Palisade 6:00pm @ St. James, Trenton Sat. Dec. 20 @ 10:30am   6:00pm   Sunday @ 8:30am
Sts. Leo and Martin, Palmyra 4:00pm 9:00am   6:30-7:30pm     Sat 3:30pm and Sunday 9:30am
St Clara, Peru 6:00pm   Thursday Dec 18 at 5pm until last in line heard Monday Dec 22 7:30am until last in line heard     Sunday 7:45am for half an hour
Church of the Holy Spirit, Plattsmouth 4:00pm and 9:00pm 8:00am and 10:00am Sunday, Dec 21 at 3:30pm until finished     12:00 Noon until finished, and 2:30pm until finished Sat 3:00pm; Sun 7:30am & 10:00am; Mon & Fri 7:30am
Sacred Heart, Red Cloud No Mass 10:00am Friday, December 19th 5:30pm-6:00pm Contact pastor Contact pastor Contact pastor Saturday 5:40pm-5:55pm
Immaculate Conception, Rulo 5:30pm 8:30am Sunday, December 21st at 3:30PM       Sunday at 8AM
St. Vincent de Paul, Seward 4:00pm and 10:00pm 9:00am Sun. Dec. 21 at 5:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 10:00am Sat 4:30pm-5:30pm and Sunday 7:30am-8:00am and 9:30am-10:00am
Sacred Heart, Shelby 5:00pm & 10:00pm 9:00am Sun Dec 21st 1:00pm   7:00am Before Masses Sat 4:00pm & Sun 9:30am
St. Mary, Shickley Carols at 6:30pm with Mass at 7:00pm           Sun 7:30am-7:50am
St. John, Smithfield   8:30am         Sun 8:00-8:30am
St. Joseph, Stratton 5:00pm 8:30am Sat Dec. 20 at 8:30am       Sun 8:00am
St. Joseph, Superior 4pm Midnight, 8am         Sat. 5:15 and Sun. 7:30am
St. Paulinus, Syracuse 4:00pm and 10:00pm 8:00am Sunday December 21st 3:00-4:00pm 5:00-5:30pm   10:30am-11:00am Sat 4:15-4:50pm; Sun 6:40-6:55am, 8:30-8:50am
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Wed. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Thurs. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 22 Confessions Tue. Dec. 23 Confessions Wed. Dec. 24 Weekend Confessions
St Joseph, Tobias 7pm           30 Minutes prior to Mass on Sunday
St. Viuts, Touhy 10:00pm 9:00am       20 minutes before 10pm mass Sunday, 20 minutes before 8am or 10am mass
St. James, Trenton 4:00pm 9:00am Sat. Dec. 20, @ 9:30am. Sun. Dec. 21 @ 5:00pm. 5:30pm 5:00pm   Saturdays @ 4:30pm. Sundays @ 6:30am.
St. Patrick, Utica 4:00pm 8:30am Dec. 21st 5pm in Seward   5:30-6:30pm   8-9am
Sts Mary & Joseph, Valparaiso 4:00pm and 10:00pm 9:00am 5:30-6:00pm Sunday, December 21 with 7-8 Priests hearing Confessions       3:00-3:40pm Saturdays and 7:15-7:40am Sundays
St. Wenceslaus, Wahoo 4:00pm, 6:30pm, 12:00 Midnight 8:00am / 10:00am 7:00pm Monday, December 22nd 7:00pm Monday, December 22nd     Monday-Friday: 6:30am
St. John, Wauneta 7:00pm MT @ St. James, Trenton Sat. Dec. 20 @ 10:30am MT   6:00pm MT   Sunday @ 9:30am MY
St. John Nepomucene, Weston 5:00pm & 12:00 midnight   Sunday, December 21st 5:00pm 20 minutes before 7:50am mass 20 minutes before 7:50am mass 20 minutes befor 5:00pm mass Sat. 20 minutes before 5:30pm mass and Sun. 20 minutes before 8am or 10am mass
St Wenceslaus, Wilber 4pm Mass 9am Mass         Sat & Sun 30 minutes prior to Mass
St. Mary, Wymore 9:00pm 10:00am Dec. 21, 5:00-6:00pm     11:00am-12noon Sat 6pm and Sun 10:15am
St. Joseph, York 5:30pm and 8:00pm and Midnight 9:00am Sun. Dec. 21 at 3pm 6:30-6:50am and 5:30-6pm 6:30-6:50am and 12-12:30pm and 7:30-8pm 6:30-6:50am and 12-12:30pm Sat. 7:30-7:50am and 4-5pm and Sun. 7:30-7:50am and 9:30-9:50am
City and Parish Christmas Eve Masses Wed. Dec. 24 Christmas Day Masses Thurs. Dec. 25 Penance Service Confessions Mon. Dec. 22 Confessions Tue. Dec. 23 Confessions Wed. Dec. 24 Weekend Confessions

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Catholic Diocese of Lincoln

Eucharistic Passport Pilgrimage

 

Read: Letter from Bishop James Conley on the "Eucharistic Passport Pilgrimage"

Read from the Southern Nebraska Register: "Eucharistic Passport Pilgrimage invites faithful on spiritual journey across Lincoln Diocese"

 

Visit: the Eucharistic Revival page for the Diocese of Lincoln

Visit: National eucharisticrevival.org - Sign up to receive more information or be a Prayer Partner

 


How does it work?

Pick up a passport from your parish. Each passport includes a list of 17 designated churches and adoration chapels, and a page for each location. Visit the parish during the hours of exposition. Make a holy hour, and spend time with our Lord in prayer, and pray the Chaplet of Adoration and Reparation. Stamp your passport with the stamp provided on the correct page.

 Ten people have completed the journey of all 17 Eucharistic Pilgrimage locations and received a prize. No more prizes will be awarded, but if you want to, please tell us about your Eucharistic Journey.

Submit your completed passport here.


Pilgrimage Passport Sites

1. Beaver Crossing
2. Crete
3. David City
4. St. Cecilia – Hastings
5. Holdrege
6. Imperial
7. Blessed Sacrament - Lincoln
8. Cathedral – Lincoln
9. Newman Center - Lincoln
10. Pink Sisters – Lincoln
11. St. Michael – Lincoln
12. McCook
13. Plattsmouth
14. Rulo
15. Tecumseh
16. Valparaiso
17. York

Make plans to make a holy hour at the next stop on your Eucharistic Pilgrimage.

Read: “How to Pray a Holy Hour” by Tom Hoopes of Benedictine College

Or use the Hallow app's "How to Pray: Holy Hour"

 


News Links

“Our diocesan Eucharistic pilgrimage: join us!” by Bishop James Conley

“Eucharistic Passport Pilgrimage invites faithful on spiritual journey across Lincoln Diocese” by Southern Nebraska Register

“Explore Nebraska’s adoration chapels with a new pilgrimage ‘passport’” by Catholic News Agency

Nebraska Opportunity Scholarships

  • Empower parents to make decisions for their children
  • Help kids and families who are low-income
  • Help children who are bullied
  • Help vulnerable students
  • Designating state tax liability for scholarships
  • Allow every child the opportunity they deserve

Read Bishop Conley's Statement on LB 753

“Forty-Eight states have empowered parents by enacting school choice legislation. Nebraska should too.”

“The Opportunity Scholarships Act enables parents to make decisions for their kids and their education.”

“Opportunity Scholarships empower low-income children and families, and children who are bullied.”

- Bishop James Conley, Catholic Diocese of Lincoln

 


What's happening?

The Opportunity Scholarships Act, LB753, enacted in 2023 provides education freedom to many Nebraska families who cannot afford the best school setting for their child.

However, a petition effort is underway, seeking to undo The Opportunity Scholarships Act. If the petitioners receive enough signatures by the end of August, they can subject the law to a ballot referendum in fall of 2024 and can block the law from taking effect - preventing children in need from receiving scholarships.


“I am a teacher at a Catholic school in Lincoln, and in support of LB753. The school I teach at is a wonderfully diverse and welcoming place, and when I told my students about LB753 they responded emotionally – one boy actually began to cry because he thought Catholic high school would never be possible for him and his siblings.”

- John Buchkoski, Teacher, Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, Lincoln

“The Nebraska Opportunity Scholarships Act will make a positive difference for students in need across our diocese and across our state. This is about more than education – it gives these students and their families Hope: hope for this world and the next.”

- Fr. Lawrence Stoley, Superintendent of Schools, Catholic Diocese of Lincoln


What should I do?

You Can Support Students in Need!


Go to Holy Week and Easter schedules - Parishes in Lincoln

Mobile devices download: Outside of Lincoln Easter Schedules 2025 pdf

City and Parish   Holy Thursday Apr 17 Mass Good Friday Apr 18 Services Easter Vigil Apr 19 Mass Easter Sunday Apr 20 Mass Tuesday 4/15 Confessions Wednesday Confessions Holy Thursday Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Confessions Easter Sun Confessions Other / Penance Service
St. Mary, Alexandria       8:00am              
St. Joseph, Alma 5:00 PM 3:00 PM 8:30 PM 11:00am 3-3:30pm 12-1pm 4:30-5pm 4-4:30pm 9-9:30am 10:30-11am
St. Germanus of Constantinople, Arapahoe  6pm 5pm   9am       4pm   8:30am  
St. Mary, Ashland 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:30am     4:00pm-5:00pm Following 7:00pm Service 3:00pm-4:00pm 10:00am-10:20am Palm Sunday 4/13 2:00pm-3:00pm
Assumption, Dwight 6:00pm 12:00 noon Stations; 7:00pm Liturgy of Good Friday 8:30pm 10:00am     Following 6:00pm Mass until all are heard Following 12:00 noon Stations   Following 7:00pm Liturgy Palm Sunday 1:00 pm
St. Joseph, Auburn 7pm 6pm 8:30pm 10:30am              
St. Mary, Aurora 7:30pm 12:05pm 9:00pm 8:15am 7:00am-7:25am 6:00pm-8:00pm 8:30pm-10:30pm 1:15pm-2:30pm 4:00pm-5:00pm 7:30am-8:10am
St. Joseph, Barneston     7:15 a.m.       1:30-2:00 p.m. 6:45-7:10 a.m.
St. Joseph, Beatrice 7:00pm 7:00pm Service;  also Noon Stations and 3:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy 8:30pm 8:00am, 10:00am 7:00-8:00pm 6:30-8:00pm 8:00-9:00pm After each service: at about 12:30pm, 3:20pm, and 8:00pm 4:15-5:00pm  
Sacred Heart, Beaver Crossing 7pm in Utica St Patrick's 7pm  8:30pm 7:15am   5-6pm   after 7pm liturgy 9-10am   April 13th 3pm in York and 5pm in Seward
St. Wenceslaus, Bee   5:30pm Liturgy of Good Friday 8:00am         8:00-9:00am Palm Sunday 2:30 pm
St. Joseph, Bellwood       8am           7:30am  
St. Peter, Bellwood 7pm 7pm 8:30pm 10am     After liturgy After liturgy 9:30am 1pm Palm Sunday
St. Joseph, Benkelman 7:00pm MT 8:30pm MT 10:00am MT     5:30-6:00pm MT 9:45am MT
Holy Trinity, Blue Hill   6:30pm 8:30pm 10:00am 6-7:00pm            
Sacred Heart, Burchard 4:00pm 3pm Stations of the Cross 8:00am 6 -7pm   after Mass after Stations of the Cross  
St. John the Baptist, Cambridge  8pm 7pm 8:30pm 11am       12:30pm, 8pm 12pm 10:30am 3pm Sunday, April 13th
St. Anne, Campbell 6:30pm Noon: Stations of the Cross 8:00am   6-7:00pm 7:30pm        
Sacred Heart, Cedar Hill 7:00pm     8:00am     5:30-6:30pm, 8:00-9:00pm, 9:30-10:30pm 3:45- 4:45pm 7:30-7:55am
St. James, Cortland 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am, 10:30am 30 minutes before and after 7am Mass 1:00pm-1:30pm, 6:00pm-6:25pm, 7:00pm-7:30pm 10:00am-10:30am, 6:00pm-6:30pm, 8:15pm-8:45pm, 9:00pm-9:30pm, 10:00pm-10:30pm 12:15pm-12:45pm, 6:00pm-6:30pm, 8:00pm-8:30pm 10:00am-10:30am, 1:00pm-1:30pm, 4:30pm-5:00pm 30 mins before 8:00am Mass 30 mins before 10:30am Mass 4 pm-5 pm visiting priest
Sacred Heart, Crete 7pm (Bilingual) 7pm (Bilingual) 8:30pm (Bilingual) 9am English; 11:30am Spanish 12-1pm; 6-7pm 12-1pm; 6-7pm 12-1pm; 5:30-6:30pm 12-1pm; 5:30-6:30pm 12-1pm; 7-8pm 8:30am; 11am
St. James, Curtis 7:00pm 7:00pm Celebration of Our Lord's Passion 8:30pm 11:00am     12:00 Noon-1:00pm   and   8:15pm (following Mass, during Adoration) 1:15pm following Stations and 8:00pm following Passion  4:00pm-5:00pm 15 minutes prior-each Sunday Mass as time allows
City and Parish   Holy Thursday Apr 17 Mass Good Friday Apr 18 Services Easter Vigil Apr 19 Mass Easter Sunday Apr 20 Mass Tuesday 4/15 Confessions Wednesday Confessions Holy Thursday Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Confessions Easter Sun Confessions Other / Penance Service
St. Mary, Davey 7:00pm 4:45pm 8:30pm 8:00am & 10:00am   8:15-8:45pm, or until all are heard 5:45-6:15pm, or until all are heard 5:00-5:30pm, or until all are heard No scheduled confessions
St. Mary, David City 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8am, 10am 12-1, 4:30-5:30; 7:30-8 12-1, 4:30-5:30; 7:30-8 7-8am, 12-1pm, after Liturgy 7-8am, 12-1pm, after Passion 7-8am, 12-1pm Deanery Penance Service Palm Sunday
St. Mary, Denton 7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am, 10am, 12Noon   8pm 3:30pm and 8pm 11am-12 Noon 30 minutes before Mass times
Our Lady of Assumption, Deweese 7:00pm at Our Lady of Assumption 10:00am at Our Lady of Assumption After services    
St. Ann, Doniphan 7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 9:00am   6:45pm-7:45pm during Adoration Possibly after Mass Possibly after Service 8:30am-8:50am
Sts. Leo & Martin, Douglas  7pm at St Martin 8am at St Martin     3:30-4:30pm at St Martin  
St. Marys, Elmwood 7pm   8:30pm 9am     6:15-6:45pm 12:00-1:00pm 8:30-8:50am
Resurrection, Elsie       7:30am             in Grant and Wallace
St. Stephen, Exeter 7pm 3pm Stations 8:30pm 8am     6-6:30pm 3:30-4pm   7:30-7:45am
St. Michael, Fairbury 7:00pm Mass  with adoration until Midnight 3:00pm Stations;  7:00pm Passion of our Lord 8:30pm Mass 10:00am              
Sts Peter & Paul, Falls City 7:00pm 12:05pm Good Friday Liturgy; 3:00pm Stations 8:30pm 7:00am & 10:00am 12-1:00pm 12-1:00pm 5-6:00pm & 8:30-9:30pm 11:00am-12:00pm, 4-5:00pm, 7-8:00pm 12-1:00pm & 4-5:00pm 6:15-6:45am &  9:15-9:45am Penance Service Sunday, April 6, 5:30-6:30 pm
St. Joseph, Farnam       7:30am 6:30-7:30pm       15 minutes before 7:30am Mass
St. Katharine Drexel, Franklin 5:30pm     8:30am     4:30-5:15pm     Palm Sunday 4/13  1:00-2:00 pm
St. Joseph, Friend 6:00pm 3:00pm Station, 6:00pm Liturgy 8:30pm 9:00am     7:00pm 4:00pm 11:00am 8:00am  
St. Joseph, Geneva 7:00pm 3:00pm Stations of the Cross 8:30pm 10:00am 7:30-7:50am & 5:00-5:30pm 6:00-8:00pm 8:00-8:30am & After 7:00pm Liturgy/9:00pm till finished/10:00pm till finished/11:00pm till finished 12:00-12:30pm/After 3:00pm Stations till finished 9:00-9:30am  
St. Joseph, Giltner 5:30pm 7:00pm   10:45am   8:30am-8:55am 4:30pm-5:20pm 8:15pm-9:30pm 10:00am-10:40am
Mother of Sorrows, Grant 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 9:30am     11am-noon 11am-noon 12-1pm    
St. Joseph, Greenwood 3:00pm   8:30am       Following 3:00pm Service 8:00am-8:20am
City and Parish   Holy Thursday Apr 17 Mass Good Friday Apr 18 Services Easter Vigil Apr 19 Mass Easter Sunday Apr 20 Mass Tuesday 4/15 Confessions Wednesday Confessions Holy Thursday Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Confessions Easter Sun Confessions Other / Penance Service
St. Joseph, Harvard   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 9am English & 11:30am Spanish     After Mass After the Liturgy 9:30am-10:30am or until finished 8:30-8:50 am & after the 11:30am Mass  
St Michael, Hastings 7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 7:30am, 9am, 11am 7pm-8:30pm 4-5pm 9pm until finished After 8am morning prayer, after 3pm Stations of the Cross, after 7:30pm Liturgy 3pm-4:30pm prior-7:30am Mass after the 4 pm Sermon Series on Palm Sunday with deanery priests
St. Cecilia, Hastings 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am, 10:00am & 7:30am; 11:30am Vietnamese; 1:00pm Spanish 7:00-8:00pm 5:30-6:30pm & 8:00-9:00pm 4:30-5:30pm & 8:30-9:00pm noon-1:00pm; 3:00-4:00pm & 8:00-9:00pm noon-1:00pm 20 minutes before each Mass Sunday, April 13 Communal Penance Service at St. Michaels Church 4:00-5:00pm
Holy Family, Heartwell 7:00 PM Stations of the Cross 3pm None (at main parish) 8:30am     6-6:50pm, after Mass of the Lord's Supper 3:30pm (after Stations of the Cross) 8-8:25am Confessions with Fr. Current 6:30-7 pm Friday April 11th.
Sacred Heart, Hebron 7pm 7pm 8pm 10am     6-7pm 6-7pm 7-8pm 9-10am  
All Saints, Holdrege 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:30am 12-1pm, 6-7pm 7-8am, 12-1pm, 5-5:30pm, 8-9pm 7-8am, 12-1pm, 8:30-9pm 7-8am, 12:30-1pm, 8:30-9pm 7-8am, 12-1pm, 4:30-5:30pm
St. Catherine, Indianola 7:00 PM 12 noon Stations, 3 PM Seven Last Words, 7 PM Liturgy 8:30 PM 9:00 AM 4-5 PM 12 Noon-1 PM; 7-8 PM 8 PM, 9 PM, 10 PM, 11 PM  all until finished after each Good Friday service until all finished none scheduled none scheduled 4 P.M. Palm Sunday afternoon
Sacred Heart, Kenesaw 5:30pm 5:30pm   11:00am   3:00pm          
Sacred Heart, Lawrence 7:00pm at St Stepen's Catholic Church 3:00pm at St Stepen's Catholic Church 8:30pm at St Stepen's Catholic Church After Services  After Services    30 minutes before weekend Mass April 13
St. Stephen, Lawrence     8:00am at St Stephen's          
St. Patrick, Manley   5:30pm   11am       4:45-5:20pm 10:30-10:50am
St. Ann, McCook 7:00pm                    
St. Patrick, McCook 7:00pm 3:00pm and 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:30am 9:00am 11:00am 7:00pm 12:00-1:00pm    6:00-7:00pm  12:00-1:00pm and after 7:00pm Mass After 3:00pm Stations and after 7:00pm Liturgy Noon-1:00pm  
Sacred Heart, McCook (Hayes Center) 7:00pm                  
St. Patrick, McCool Junction 7pm 7pm   10am     6-6:30pm 3:30-4pm 9:30-9:50am  
St James, Mead 7pm 7pm 8pm 9am              
St Wenceslaus, Milligan 6pm Veneration of the Cross 10am English; 12 Noon TLM (Latin) 5:00-5:45pm    
St. John the Baptist, Minden None (at mission parish) Liturgy of the Lord's Passion 7pm, Bilingual 8:30 PM 10:30am, 12:30pm Spanish 12-1pm, 7:30-8:30pm None (At mission parish) 12-1pm, 6-6:50pm, after Passion Liturgy 11am-Noon, 7-8pm 10-10:25am, 12-12:25pm Confessions with Fr. Current, 7:15-8 pm on Friday, April 11.
St. George, Morse Bluff 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am   5:30-6:55pm 5:30-6:30pm Noon-1:00pm, 2:30-3:30pmSunday,  Sunday, April 13-2:00 pm
City and Parish   Holy Thursday Apr 17 Mass Good Friday Apr 18 Services Easter Vigil Apr 19 Mass Easter Sunday Apr 20 Mass Tuesday 4/15 Confessions Wednesday Confessions Holy Thursday Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Confessions Easter Sun Confessions Other / Penance Service
St. Mary, Nebraska City 7:00pm 3pm Stations and Divine Mercy Chaplet; 7pm Liturgy 8:30pm 8:00am & 10:00am 7:00pm-8:00pm After Holy Thursday Mass After 3pm Stations and After Evening Liturgy 4:00pm-5:00pm 20 minutes before each Mass (as normal) Palm Sunday 1:30 pm-2:30 pm
St. Benedict , Nebraska City 8pm 5:30pm 8:30pm 9am; 12pm (Spanish)     4pm-5pm 11am-12pm  
St Elizabeth Ann Seton, North Platte 6:00pm Noon- Stations; 3pm Divine Mercy; 6pm Good Friday Service 8:30pm 10:00am   After 6pm Mass until last heard     North Platte Combined Penance Service at Holy Spirit Sunday April 13 at 3 pm
St. Mary, Odell   7:00 p.m.   9:00 a.m.   7:00-7:30 p.m. 8:00-8:30 p.m.    
St. Michael, Oxford         5-5:30pm     1-1:30pm      
Holy Family, Palisade       9:00am 6:30pm       10:00-10:30am  
Sts. Leo & Martin, Palmyra 7pm at St Leo 8:30pm at St Leo 8am at St Martin and 10am at St Leo 5-7pm at St Leo 5-7pm at St Leo 8pm-Midnight at St Leo Noon-2pm at St Leo 5-6pm Sat. 4/12 at St. Leo
St. Clara, Peru       8:30am              
Church of the Holy Spirit, Plattsmouth 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am  and  10:30am After the 7pm Mass, until finished After Noon Stations until finished, and after 7pm Liturgy until finished 3:00pm until finished 7:30-7:55am  &  10:00-10:25am
Sacred Heart, Red Cloud 3:00pm 8:30pm 10:30am 5:00-6:00pm         Palm Sunday 4/13  3:00-4:00 pm
Immaculate Conception, Rulo 7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8:30am     8:30pm-10pm 8:30pm-10pm 8am  
St. Mary, Arago   3pm   10:30am              
St. Vincent de Paul, Seward 7:00pm Sung Chaplet & Stations 3pm; Liturgy Service 7pm 8:00pm 8am & 10am   After The Supper of the Lord Mass After Passion of the Lord Service Penance Service-5 pm
St. Mary, Shickley   7:00pm   8:00am   6:30-6:50am After 7:00pm Liturgy till finished  
St. John, Smithfield   3:00pm   8:30am       3:45-4:15pm    
St. Mary, St. Mary   7:00 PM 3:00 PM   8:00 AM     8:00 PM 2:00 PM   7:30 PM  
St Anthony, Steinauer 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am   6-7pm after Mass after liturgy    
St. Joseph, Stratton   3:00pm CT 8:30am CT 4:00pm CT   12:30pm CT 7:30am CT
St. Paulinus, Syracuse 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:00 and 9:00am 6:00-6:30pm Following Holy Thursday Mass 2:30-2:55pm and 6:30-6:55pm 4:00-5:00pm Palm Sunday 3:00-4:00 pm
St. Andrew, Tecumseh   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 10 am; 12:30 pm Spanish 8:00 PM 6:00 PM 2:00 PM    
St Joseph, Tobias   3pm   8am              
St Vitus Parish, Touhy   3:00pm Lord's Passion 10:00am   20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass
St. James, Trenton 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:00am   5:30-6:00pm 8:00pm (after Mass) 8:00pm (after Good Friday service) 12:30-1:00pm Palm Sunday 4/13 2:00 pm (visiting priest available till confessions finished.)
City and Parish   Holy Thursday Apr 17 Mass Good Friday Apr 18 Services Easter Vigil Apr 19 Mass Easter Sunday Apr 20 Mass Tuesday 4/15 Confessions Wednesday Confessions Holy Thursday Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Confessions Easter Sun Confessions Other / Penance Service
St. Patrick, Utica 7pm 3pm   9am   6:45-7:45pm after 7pm Mass after 3pm liturgy 11am-noon April 13th 3pm in York and 5pm in Seward
Sts Mary & Joseph, Valparaiso 7:00pm 3:00pm Stations;  7:00pm Passion of the Lord 8:30pm 8:00am & 9:30am 6:30-7:00pm 3:30-4:00pm following Stations of the Cross 3:00-4:45pm 7:15-7:45am Penance Service & Confessions Sunday 4/13 5:30-6:00pm 
St. Wenceslaus, Wahoo 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:30am / 9:00am/ 10:30am / Noon (Latin)  7:00pm   6:00pm 12:30-1:30pm; 6:00pm 9-10am   Tuesday, April 15th Penance Service 7-8:30 pm
St. Mary, Wallace   7:00pm   9:00am       11-11:55am on appointment 8:30-8:45am
St. John, Wauneta       10:00am (MT) 6:30pm (MT)     10:00am (MT)  
St. William, Wellfleet       9:30am   7:00pm-8:00pm     15 minutes before 9:30am Mass as time allows
St. John Nepomucene, Weston 7:00pm 12:00pm-Stations       7:00pm Lord's Passion 8:30pm 8:00am 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass Sunday, April 13th 5:00 pm
St Wenceslaus, Wilber 7pm 7pm 8:15pm 10am              
St. Mary, Wymore   7:00 p.m.   8:30 p.m. 10:45 a.m. 1:00-1:30 p.m. 6:15-6:45 p.m. 3:30-4:00 p.m.    
St. Joseph, York 7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am and 10am 6:30-6:50am; 6-6:30pm 6:30-6:50am; 7:30-8pm noon-12:30pm; 6-6:30pm; 8:30-9pm 12:30-1pm; 3:30-4pm; 5:30-6pm; 8:30-9pm  4-5pm 7:30-7:50am; 9:30-9:50am
City and Parish   Holy Thursday Apr 17 Mass Good Friday Apr 18 Services Easter Vigil Apr 19 Mass Easter Sunday Apr 20 Mass Tuesday 4/15 Confessions Wednesday Confessions Holy Thursday Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Confessions Easter Sun Confessions Other / Penance Service

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City and Parish   Holy Thursday Apr 17 Mass Good Friday Apr 18 Services Easter Vigil Apr 19 Mass Easter Sunday Apr 20 Mass Tuesday 4/15 Confessions Wednesday Confessions Holy Thursday Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Confessions Easter Sun Confessions Other / Penance Service
St. Mary, Alexandria         8:00am              
St. Joseph, Alma   5:00 PM 3:00 PM 8:30 PM 11:00am 3-3:30pm 12-1pm 4:30-5pm 4-4:30pm 9-9:30am 10:30-11am  
St. Germanus of Constantinople, Arapahoe    6pm 5pm   9am       4pm   8:30am  
St. Mary, Ashland   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:30am     4:00pm-5:00pm Following 7:00pm Service 3:00pm-4:00pm 10:00am-10:20am Palm Sunday 4/13 2:00pm-3:00pm
Assumption, Dwight   6:00pm 12:00 noon Stations; 7:00pm Liturgy of Good Friday 8:30pm 10:00am     Following 6:00pm Mass until all are heard Following 12:00 noon Stations   Following 7:00pm Liturgy Palm Sunday 1:00 pm
St. Joseph, Auburn   7pm 6pm 8:30pm 10:30am              
St. Mary, Aurora   7:30pm 12:05pm 9:00pm 8:15am 7:00am-7:25am 6:00pm-8:00pm 8:30pm-10:30pm 1:15pm-2:30pm 4:00pm-5:00pm 7:30am-8:10am  
St. Joseph, Beatrice   7:00pm 7:00pm Service;  also Noon Stations and 3:00pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy 8:30pm 8:00am, 10:00am 7:00-8:00pm 6:30-8:00pm 8:00-9:00pm After each service: at about 12:30pm, 3:20pm, and 8:00pm 4:15-5:00pm    
Sacred Heart, Beaver Crossing   7pm in Utica St Patrick's 7pm  8:30pm 7:15am   5-6pm   after 7pm liturgy 9-10am   April 13th 3pm in York and 5pm in Seward
St. Wenceslaus, Bee     5:30pm Liturgy of Good Friday   8:00am         8:00-9:00am   Palm Sunday 2:30 pm
St. Joseph, Bellwood         8am           7:30am  
St. Peter, Bellwood   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 10am     After liturgy After liturgy   9:30am 1pm Palm Sunday
St. Joseph, Benkelman   7:00pm MT   8:30pm MT 10:00am MT       5:30-6:00pm MT   9:45am MT  
Holy Trinity, Blue Hill     6:30pm 8:30pm 10:00am 6-7:00pm            
Sacred Heart, Burchard   4:00pm 3pm Stations of the Cross   8:00am 6 -7pm   after Mass after Stations of the Cross  
St. John the Baptist, Cambridge    8pm 7pm 8:30pm 11am       12:30pm, 8pm 12pm 10:30am 3pm Sunday, April 13th
St. Anne, Campbell   6:30pm Noon: Stations of the Cross   8:00am   6-7:00pm 7:30pm        
Sacred Heart, Cedar Hill   7:00pm     8:00am     5:30-6:30pm, 8:00-9:00pm, 9:30-10:30pm 3:45- 4:45pm   7:30-7:55am  
St. James, Cortland   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am, 10:30am 30 minutes before and after 7am Mass 1:00pm-1:30pm, 6:00pm-6:25pm, 7:00pm-7:30pm 10:00am-10:30am, 6:00pm-6:30pm, 8:15pm-8:45pm, 9:00pm-9:30pm, 10:00pm-10:30pm 12:15pm-12:45pm, 6:00pm-6:30pm, 8:00pm-8:30pm 10:00am-10:30am, 1:00pm-1:30pm, 4:30pm-5:00pm 30 mins before 8:00am Mass 30 mins before 10:30am Mass 4 pm-5 pm visiting priest
Sacred Heart, Crete   7pm (Bilingual) 7pm (Bilingual) 8:30pm (Bilingual) 9am English; 11:30am Spanish 12-1pm; 6-7pm 12-1pm; 6-7pm 12-1pm; 5:30-6:30pm 12-1pm; 5:30-6:30pm 12-1pm; 7-8pm 8:30am; 11am  
St. James, Curtis   7:00pm 7:00pm Celebration of Our Lord's Passion 8:30pm 11:00am     12:00 Noon-1:00pm   and   8:15pm (following Mass, during Adoration) 1:15pm following Stations and 8:00pm following Passion  4:00pm-5:00pm 15 minutes prior-each Sunday Mass as time allows  
City and Parish   Holy Thursday Apr 17 Mass Good Friday Apr 18 Services Easter Vigil Apr 19 Mass Easter Sunday Apr 20 Mass Tuesday 4/15 Confessions Wednesday Confessions Holy Thursday Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Confessions Easter Sun Confessions Other / Penance Service
St. Mary, Davey   7:00pm 4:45pm 8:30pm 8:00am & 10:00am     8:15-8:45pm, or until all are heard 5:45-6:15pm, or until all are heard 5:00-5:30pm, or until all are heard No scheduled confessions  
St. Mary, David City   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8am, 10am 12-1, 4:30-5:30; 7:30-8 12-1, 4:30-5:30; 7:30-8 7-8am, 12-1pm, after Liturgy 7-8am, 12-1pm, after Passion 7-8am, 12-1pm   Deanery Penance Service Palm Sunday
St. Mary, Denton   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am, 10am, 12Noon     8pm 3:30pm and 8pm 11am-12 Noon 30 minutes before Mass times  
Our Lady of Assumption, Deweese 7:00pm at Our Lady of Assumption   10:00am at Our Lady of Assumption After services      
St. Ann, Doniphan   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 9:00am   6:45pm-7:45pm during Adoration Possibly after Mass Possibly after Service   8:30am-8:50am  
Sts. Leo & Martin, Douglas  7pm at St Martin   8am at St Martin       3:30-4:30pm at St Martin  
St. Marys, Elmwood   7pm   8:30pm 9am     6:15-6:45pm   12:00-1:00pm 8:30-8:50am  
Resurrection, Elsie         7:30am             in Grant and Wallace
St. Stephen, Exeter   7pm 3pm Stations 8:30pm 8am     6-6:30pm 3:30-4pm   7:30-7:45am  
St. Michael, Fairbury   7:00pm Mass  with adoration until Midnight 3:00pm Stations;  7:00pm Passion of our Lord 8:30pm Mass 10:00am              
Sts Peter & Paul, Falls City   7:00pm 12:05pm Good Friday Liturgy; 3:00pm Stations 8:30pm 7:00am & 10:00am 12-1:00pm 12-1:00pm 5-6:00pm & 8:30-9:30pm 11:00am-12:00pm, 4-5:00pm, 7-8:00pm 12-1:00pm & 4-5:00pm 6:15-6:45am &  9:15-9:45am Penance Service Sunday, April 6, 5:30-6:30 pm
St. Joseph, Farnam         7:30am 6:30-7:30pm         15 minutes before 7:30am Mass  
St. Katharine Drexel, Franklin   5:30pm     8:30am     4:30-5:15pm       Palm Sunday 4/13  1:00-2:00 pm
St. Joseph, Friend   6:00pm 3:00pm Station, 6:00pm Liturgy 8:30pm 9:00am     7:00pm 4:00pm 11:00am 8:00am  
St. Joseph, Geneva   7:00pm 3:00pm Stations of the Cross 8:30pm 10:00am 7:30-7:50am & 5:00-5:30pm 6:00-8:00pm 8:00-8:30am & After 7:00pm Liturgy/9:00pm till finished/10:00pm till finished/11:00pm till finished 12:00-12:30pm/After 3:00pm Stations till finished 9:00-9:30am    
St. Joseph, Giltner   5:30pm 7:00pm   10:45am   8:30am-8:55am 4:30pm-5:20pm 8:15pm-9:30pm   10:00am-10:40am  
Mother of Sorrows, Grant   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 9:30am     11am-noon 11am-noon 12-1pm    
St. Joseph, Greenwood 3:00pm   8:30am       Following 3:00pm Service   8:00am-8:20am  
City and Parish   Holy Thursday Apr 17 Mass Good Friday Apr 18 Services Easter Vigil Apr 19 Mass Easter Sunday Apr 20 Mass Tuesday 4/15 Confessions Wednesday Confessions Holy Thursday Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Confessions Easter Sun Confessions Other / Penance Service
St Michael, Hastings   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 7:30am, 9am, 11am 7pm-8:30pm 4-5pm 9pm until finished After 8am morning prayer, after 3pm Stations of the Cross, after 7:30pm Liturgy 3pm-4:30pm prior-7:30am Mass after the 4 pm Sermon Series on Palm Sunday with deanery priests
St. Cecilia, Hastings   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am, 10:00am & 7:30am; 11:30am Vietnamese; 1:00pm Spanish 7:00-8:00pm 5:30-6:30pm & 8:00-9:00pm 4:30-5:30pm & 8:30-9:00pm noon-1:00pm; 3:00-4:00pm & 8:00-9:00pm noon-1:00pm 20 minutes before each Mass Sunday, April 13 Communal Penance Service at St. Michaels Church 4:00-5:00pm
Holy Family, Heartwell   7:00 PM Stations of the Cross 3pm None (at main parish) 8:30am     6-6:50pm, after Mass of the Lord's Supper 3:30pm (after Stations of the Cross)   8-8:25am Confessions with Fr. Current 6:30-7 pm Friday April 11th.
Sacred Heart, Hebron   7pm 7pm 8pm 10am     6-7pm 6-7pm 7-8pm 9-10am  
All Saints, Holdrege   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:30am 12-1pm, 6-7pm 7-8am, 12-1pm, 5-5:30pm, 8-9pm 7-8am, 12-1pm, 8:30-9pm 7-8am, 12:30-1pm, 8:30-9pm 7-8am, 12-1pm, 4:30-5:30pm
St. Catherine, Indianola   7:00 PM 12 noon Stations, 3 PM Seven Last Words, 7 PM Liturgy 8:30 PM 9:00 AM 4-5 PM 12 Noon-1 PM; 7-8 PM 8 PM, 9 PM, 10 PM, 11 PM  all until finished after each Good Friday service until all finished none scheduled none scheduled 4 P.M. Palm Sunday afternoon
Sacred Heart, Kenesaw   5:30pm 5:30pm   11:00am   3:00pm          
Sacred Heart, Lawrence   7:00pm at St Stepen's Catholic Church 3:00pm at St Stepen's Catholic Church 8:30pm at St Stepen's Catholic Church After Services  After Services      30 minutes before weekend Mass April 13
St. Stephen, Lawrence     8:00am at St Stephen's          
St. Patrick, Manley     5:30pm   11am       4:45-5:20pm   10:30-10:50am  
St. Ann, McCook   7:00pm                    
St. Patrick, McCook   7:00pm 3:00pm and 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:30am 9:00am 11:00am 7:00pm 12:00-1:00pm    6:00-7:00pm  12:00-1:00pm and after 7:00pm Mass After 3:00pm Stations and after 7:00pm Liturgy Noon-1:00pm    
Sacred Heart, McCook (Hayes Center) 7:00pm                  
St. Patrick, McCool Junction   7pm 7pm   10am     6-6:30pm 3:30-4pm 9:30-9:50am    
St James, Mead   7pm 7pm 8pm 9am              
St Wenceslaus, Milligan 6pm Veneration of the Cross   10am English; 12 Noon TLM (Latin) 5:00-5:45pm      
St. John the Baptist, Minden   None (at mission parish) Liturgy of the Lord's Passion 7pm, Bilingual 8:30 PM 10:30am, 12:30pm Spanish   12-1pm, 7:30-8:30pm None (At mission parish) 12-1pm, 6-6:50pm, after Passion Liturgy 11am-Noon, 7-8pm 10-10:25am, 12-12:25pm Confessions with Fr. Current, 7:15-8 pm on Friday, April 11.
St. George, Morse Bluff 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am   5:30-6:55pm   5:30-6:30pm Noon-1:00pm, 2:30-3:30pmSunday,    Sunday, April 13-2:00 pm
City and Parish   Holy Thursday Apr 17 Mass Good Friday Apr 18 Services Easter Vigil Apr 19 Mass Easter Sunday Apr 20 Mass Tuesday 4/15 Confessions Wednesday Confessions Holy Thursday Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Confessions Easter Sun Confessions Other / Penance Service
St. Mary, Nebraska City   7:00pm 3pm Stations and Divine Mercy Chaplet; 7pm Liturgy 8:30pm 8:00am & 10:00am 7:00pm-8:00pm   After Holy Thursday Mass After 3pm Stations and After Evening Liturgy 4:00pm-5:00pm 20 minutes before each Mass (as normal) Palm Sunday 1:30 pm-2:30 pm
St. Benedict , Nebraska City   8pm 5:30pm 8:30pm 9am; 12pm (Spanish)       4pm-5pm 11am-12pm    
St Elizabeth Ann Seton, North Platte   6:00pm Noon- Stations; 3pm Divine Mercy; 6pm Good Friday Service 8:30pm 10:00am   After 6pm Mass until last heard     North Platte Combined Penance Service at Holy Spirit Sunday April 13 at 3 pm
St. Michael, Oxford           5-5:30pm     1-1:30pm      
Holy Family, Palisade         9:00am 6:30pm       10:00-10:30am    
Sts. Leo & Martin, Palmyra   7pm at St Leo   8:30pm at St Leo 8am at St Martin and 10am at St Leo 5-7pm at St Leo 5-7pm at St Leo 8pm-Midnight at St Leo   Noon-2pm at St Leo   5-6pm Sat. 4/12 at St. Leo
St. Clara, Peru         8:30am              
Church of the Holy Spirit, Plattsmouth   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am  and  10:30am After the 7pm Mass, until finished After Noon Stations until finished, and after 7pm Liturgy until finished 3:00pm until finished 7:30-7:55am  &  10:00-10:25am  
Sacred Heart, Red Cloud 3:00pm 8:30pm 10:30am 5:00-6:00pm           Palm Sunday 4/13  3:00-4:00 pm
Immaculate Conception, Rulo   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8:30am     8:30pm-10pm 8:30pm-10pm   8am  
St. Mary, Arago     3pm   10:30am              
St. Vincent de Paul, Seward   7:00pm Sung Chaplet & Stations 3pm; Liturgy Service 7pm 8:00pm 8am & 10am     After The Supper of the Lord Mass After Passion of the Lord Service Penance Service-5 pm
St. Mary, Shickley     7:00pm   8:00am   6:30-6:50am   After 7:00pm Liturgy till finished  
St. John , Smithfield     3:00pm   8:30am       3:45-4:15pm      
St Anthony, Steinauer   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am   6-7pm after Mass after liturgy      
St. Joseph, Stratton     3:00pm CT   8:30am CT 4:00pm CT     12:30pm CT   7:30am CT  
St. Paulinus, Syracuse   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:00 and 9:00am   6:00-6:30pm Following Holy Thursday Mass 2:30-2:55pm and 6:30-6:55pm 4:00-5:00pm   Palm Sunday 3:00-4:00 pm
St Joseph, Tobias     3pm   8am              
St Vitus Parish, Touhy     3:00pm Lord's Passion   10:00am   20 minutes before mass   20 minutes before mass   20 minutes before mass  
St. James, Trenton   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:00am   5:30-6:00pm 8:00pm (after Mass) 8:00pm (after Good Friday service) 12:30-1:00pm   Palm Sunday 4/13 2:00 pm (visiting priest available till confessions finished.)
City and Parish   Holy Thursday Apr 17 Mass Good Friday Apr 18 Services Easter Vigil Apr 19 Mass Easter Sunday Apr 20 Mass Tuesday 4/15 Confessions Wednesday Confessions Holy Thursday Confessions Good Friday Confessions Saturday Confessions Easter Sun Confessions Other / Penance Service
St. Patrick, Utica   7pm 3pm   9am   6:45-7:45pm after 7pm Mass after 3pm liturgy 11am-noon   April 13th 3pm in York and 5pm in Seward
Sts Mary & Joseph, Valparaiso   7:00pm 3:00pm Stations;  7:00pm Passion of the Lord 8:30pm 8:00am & 9:30am   6:30-7:00pm   3:30-4:00pm following Stations of the Cross 3:00-4:45pm 7:15-7:45am Penance Service & Confessions Sunday 4/13 5:30-6:00pm 
St. Wenceslaus, Wahoo   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:30am / 9:00am/ 10:30am / Noon (Latin)  7:00pm   6:00pm 12:30-1:30pm; 6:00pm 9-10am   Tuesday, April 15th Penance Service 7-8:30 pm
St. Mary, Wallace     7:00pm   9:00am       11-11:55am on appointment 8:30-8:45am  
St. John, Wauneta         10:00am (MT) 6:30pm (MT)       10:00am (MT)    
St. William, Wellfleet         9:30am   7:00pm-8:00pm       15 minutes before 9:30am Mass as time allows  
St. John Nepomucene, Weston   7:00pm 12:00pm-Stations       7:00pm Lord's Passion 8:30pm 8:00am 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass 20 minutes before mass Sunday, April 13th 5:00 pm
St Wenceslaus, Wilber   7pm 7pm 8:15pm 10am              
St. Joseph, York   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am and 10am 6:30-6:50am; 6-6:30pm 6:30-6:50am; 7:30-8pm noon-12:30pm; 6-6:30pm; 8:30-9pm 12:30-1pm; 3:30-4pm; 5:30-6pm; 8:30-9pm  4-5pm 7:30-7:50am; 9:30-9:50am  
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December 31, 2022

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Bishop Conley Statement on the Death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

It is with great sadness and hope in the Resurrection that I learned of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI this morning. Pope Benedict will be remembered as a giant of the Catholic Church. He was a guiding theological light for all of us. He stood firm against the waves of secularism battering the Church; like a rock, his teachings were grounded in the Truth of Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church.

Pope Benedict’s work at the Second Vatican Council and his subsequent theological writings during the pontificate of Pope St. John Paul II and his own time as pope will serve as a guide for the Church for generations to come. His years of intense work on the Catechism of the Catholic Church are a testament to his dedication to shepherding the faithful and bringing us all closer to Christ.

I will never forget the gentle humility he brought to his work, whether he was leading a discussion, greeting the faithful or meeting one-on-one with a bishop. He was a humble man whose holiness drew so many closer to Christ.

I am so thankful to Pope Benedict for naming me a bishop in 2008 and appointing me to lead this great Diocese of Lincoln in 2012. Having had the privilege of meeting him and talking with him on numerous occasions, I will always remember the depth of his wisdom and knowledge, his heart for service to the Church, and his immense love for the Catholic faith. He has left a very permanent and distinct mark on the Catholic Church. Thank you Pope Benedict for your service to God here on earth. May you now rest in His peace eternally.

Bishop James D. Conley

Diocese of Lincoln 

 

Bishop Emeritus Bruskewitz Statement on the Death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was a great man and a great theologian. I was more than honored to have known him.

I first met him in the last session of the Second Vatican Council when I was a priest-usher in 1965. We have been friends on many levels for many years, knowing him as theologian Joseph Ratzinger and later as Cardinal Ratzinger and then as Pope Benedict XVI. We had many beautiful conversations together. I think he was an incredibly important person in the history of the Church. His mind was absolutely magnificent. We had many conversations, mostly on the theological level. I was always awed by his knowledge and his incredible ability, as well as his dedication to theological research.

I was honored he asked me to translate the Compendium to the Catechism of the Catholic Church into English, which I did. In 2010, on the occasion of my 50th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood he sent me a very nice congratulatory letter.

We were very good friends. His service to the Church will not be forgotten and should be treasured. May he now rest in the peace of God.

Bishop Emeritus Fabian Bruskewitz

Diocese of Lincoln

 

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Love Made Visible

A pastoral letter on adoration of the Most Holy Eucharist
Bishop James Conley
Holy Thursday, 2017

en Español: El Amor Hecho Visible

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Love Made Visible

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

We are made for love.

We are made to love, and to be loved.

Each one of us longs to be loved, because love is the source and the meaning of our lives. Without love, our lives feel empty, meaningless, and lonely. Most of us have found that nothing can take the place of love—nothing can satisfy us but love, given and received, by which we experience the love of God.

We are made by Love, in the image of Love, and for the purpose of Love—because God is love, and God has created each one of us in and through love.

Indeed, love is at the center of what it means to be a person. And the whole Christian mystery is the story of God’s love for us—the love of Jesus Christ, who came into the world for love.

Christ came into the world because the bonds of love between God and mankind had been broken by sin, and only he could repair them. He came because God loves us enough to atone for our sins. He came in love to undo the brokenness, pain, emptiness, and death brought forth by our frequent failure to love. He came to accept the death we deserve as sinners, to die so that we could have life. He came to save the world, through love. In love, he became a sacrifice to atone for our sin and to bring salvation to the world.

Love is selfless sacrifice, and sacrifice is the language of love. Love is the gift of ourselves to our beloved. And Christ made a gift of himself—he gave us his body and blood—poured himself out for our salvation, when he conquered death by dying and rising again.

Christ gave us his body and blood, as an act of love, so that we could know the love of God.
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On the night before he was crucified, Jesus gathered with his apostles for a Passover meal.

Jesus and his apostles recalled the promises that God had made to his people: that he would provide a sacrifice to atone for sin, that he would set his people free, that he would send a savior, who would bring salvation to the world.

Jesus told the apostles that he was “the way, the truth, and the life.” He told them that he was the fulfillment of every prophecy and expectation, every hope and every promise, and that by his life, death, and resurrection, men and women could live forever in union with God.

Christ revealed to his apostles his mission of love. He told them to “love one another, as I love you.” He told them that they should make disciples, to proclaim the Gospel to the world, “so that they may share my joy completely.”

Before he conquered death forever, in a sacrifice of love, Jesus gave himself to the Church in the gift of the Eucharist.

He blessed bread, broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and he told them that it was his body, which they should take and eat. Then he took a chalice filled with wine, blessed it, and gave it to his disciples, telling them that they should drink. “This is my blood of the covenant,” Jesus said, “which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins.”

In the Eucharist, the apostles received a share in Christ’s own identity: they became a part of his passion and death, and they became a part of his resurrection. The Eucharist unified the apostles to Jesus Christ in the bonds of his sacrificial love.

“By making the bread into his Body and the wine into his Blood,” wrote Pope Benedict XVI, “he anticipates his death, he accepts it in his heart, and he transforms it into an action of love.”

When he gave his apostles the Eucharist, he told them to “do this in remembrance of me.” He gave them the grace to take ordinary bread and wine, and through his words, transform it into his body and blood, so that his disciples in the Church could receive him, and be unified to him in love.

In the Eucharist, Pope Benedict XVI taught, “God's own love—his agape—comes to us bodily, in order to continue his work in us and through us.”

In the Eucharist, we are made sharers in Christ’s mission of love. He came to redeem the world. In the Eucharist, we are called to make disciples of all nations, so that all people will know the freedom of life in the love of the Lord. He has given us—the Church—a mission. And in the gift of the Holy Eucharist, he has given us himself, so that as we follow him, we can be unified to his life, and he can be present, with us, at all times, until the end of the world.
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We are living in a time, and a culture, which does not seem to know the love of God. In fact, Pope St. John Paul II taught that we are living in a culture that “often lives as if God does not exist.”

Our social and cultural values are not defined by virtue or grace, but by sentiment and confusion, by, as Pope Benedict XVI said, the “dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's own ego and desires.”

Pope Francis says that in our time, “humanity is experiencing a turning-point in its history,” in which “our contemporaries are barely living from day to day, with dire consequences.” We are acutely aware that in our world abortion is tolerated, personal conscience obliterated, and the family undermined and attacked by the cultural powers that shape public opinion and policy. More personally, we are all aware that in our post-Christian culture, men and women are impacted by a terrible loneliness, a despondency, and, ultimately, by the gripping despair of life without God.

Today, the great advances in technology have combined with our ethos of relativism to form a world in need of beauty, and truth and goodness: in need of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We live in a world which is longing to experience the love of God. We live in missionary territory, as “strangers in a strange land.” Our world, our Church, our parishes, communities, and families are all in need of the renewal that comes in and through Christ’s love. And God is calling us to be missionaries of renewal in Jesus Christ.

Because we are baptized in Christ, and have been confirmed in the Holy Spirit, and unified with Christ in the Eucharist, the defining mission of our lives must be to “make disciples of all nations.”

We, who have experienced God’s love and become his disciples, are called—each one of us—to be missionaries of the Gospel, proclaiming Jesus Christ, as if for the very first time, to our families, neighbors, and friends—to souls living in a culture longing for Jesus Christ.

But to witness to renewal through God’s love, our own hearts must grow in ever deeper love for God. To be true missionaries, we must experience a daily conversion of the heart—a daily renewal of life in God’s love. At the heart of the renewal is the holy Eucharist.

The Eucharist is at the center of every good work the Church undertakes and is at the heart of the identity of Christ’s great saints. The great missionaries and saints who have gone before us have been guided, sanctified, and transformed by the Eucharist. They were renewed in the gift of the Lord’s love, in the sacrament of the Eucharist.

Pope Benedict XVI said that the Church’s great saints “constantly renewed their capacity for love of neighbor from their encounter with the Eucharistic Lord.”

The Eucharist, which is the “source and summit” of our faith, has the power to transform us—to deepen our intimate friendship with Jesus Christ, to remake our hearts like his, and to fill us with the power of his love. And today, because God is calling us to renew our commitment to become missionaries of the Gospel, he is calling us to deepen our devotion to the Eucharist, and to be transformed by the power of Christ’s Eucharistic presence.

“The Eucharist not only gathers the Church,” wrote Bishop Dominque Rey, “but sends us out, renewed, to gather the whole world.”

God is calling us to be holy missionaries of the Gospel. And at the heart of holiness is the Eucharist.
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In a particular way, God is calling us, in the Diocese of Lincoln, in every family, every parish, every school, and in every religious community, to grow more deeply in love with the Lord, and to become missionaries of his love, through a deeper commitment to the practice of exposition and adoration of the Eucharist.

When we adore Christ in the Eucharist, exposed in the monstrance, we gaze directly at the mystery of his presence. The Eucharist is love made visible.

Pope Benedict XVI said that when we look upon Christ in the Eucharist “we enter into the very dynamic of his self-giving.” For that reason, adoration of the Eucharist, exposed to our view in the monstrance, is particularly important for us, and a particularly powerful encounter with the Lord.

I often ask children to imagine walking by the house of the Holy Family in Nazareth. Children who love the Lord might remember that Jesus lives there, and make a gesture of reverence, or say a short prayer. But if we walked by the Lord’s house, and he was out on the porch, and we could look directly at him, we would stop, and talk to him, and know that he was hearing us, and talking to us. So it is with adoring Christ in the Eucharist, visible to us in the monstrance. We see him, and we know that he sees us. We speak to him, and we know that he hears us. When we adore Christ in the Eucharist, exposed in the monstrance, the Lord engages all of our senses, through the ministry of the Church, to awaken us to the power of encountering him—love made visible.

Pope St. John Paul II wrote that through adoration of the Eucharist, “we can say not only that each of us receives Christ, but also that Christ receives each of us. He enters into friendship with us: ‘You are my friends.’”

In friendship, in the dialogue of Eucharistic adoration, God transforms us, so that, in love, we can make gifts of our ourselves to the world, just as Christ has made a gift of himself in the Eucharist.

Pope St. John Paul II called Eucharistic adoration a “transforming force,” which transforms us, and transforms the world.
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Encountering Christ in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is an invitation, for all people, to deepen their relationship with the Lord, and to grow in communion with his Church. In adoration, we grow in unity and friendship with him—we learn to hear his voice, to know his will, and, most especially, to know and trust the power of his love.

Everyone—no matter his circumstances—can kneel before the Eucharist, and encounter, in visible reality, the mystery of God’s transformative and powerful love. We all long for love, and in the gift of Eucharistic adoration, we can all experience the love of the Lord.

No one needs to be a mystic to kneel before the Lord in adoration. Everyone begins the practice of prayer without knowing much about how to pray. But in silence, kneeling before Jesus, we learn how God speaks to us. We learn to hear his “still, small voice,” and we learn to speak to God from the depths of our own hearts. In silence, we learn to put aside the plaguing distractions of our time—the chirping and buzzing of our technology—and simply experience the presence of God, which transforms us in peace.

“God’s first language,” said St. John of the Cross, “is silence.” In the silence of Eucharistic adoration, we learn true humility. As we kneel before our Creator-God, we are confronted with the power and the mystery of God’s love. And it is from this silence and humility that we experience a deep communion and friendship with God.

Cardinal Robert Sarah says that “silence is an attitude of the soul,” and that when we adore the Lord in silence, his presence fills our hearts, our minds, and our imaginations.

Again, Cardinal Sarah writes that “without radical humility, expressed in gestures of adoration and in sacred rituals, no friendship with God is possible. True Christian silence becomes sacred silence as it becomes silence of communion. This is why silence is necessary for a true sacramental life: It leads to adoration, to a personal encounter with the Living God. Before the divine majesty, we are at a loss for words. Who would dare speak up in the presence of the Almighty?”

There are prayerful steps we can take, in the silence of Eucharistic adoration, to hear the Lord’s voice. We can begin by thanking God for his presence, and by asking him to help us to know him, and to love him. We can acknowledge our distractions, and ask the Lord to give us the gift of silence. And, through Scripture, or the mysteries of the rosary, through some other spiritual practice or reading, or through simple contemplation of God’s goodness, we can begin to hear the Lord’s voice. We can share our hearts with the Lord, and ask him to fill our minds, our imaginations, and our hearts with his presence.

God speaks to us when he is present before us in the Eucharist. We need only learn his language: we need only dare to kneel humbly before the Lord and, with trust in God, begin a dialogue of silence—intimate, powerful, and real.
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Christ gave his Church the Eucharist before sending us forth to proclaim the Gospel, because missionary discipleship requires the Eucharist. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament conditions us for charity, and commissions us to go forth, loving God by loving our neighbors. Saint Teresa of Calcutta said that there is an “inseparable twofold presence of Jesus, in the Bread of Life and in the distressing disguise of the poorest of the poor.”

Pope Benedict XVI said that adoration of the Blessed Sacrament should always prepare us to love as the Lord loves us. In adoration of the Eucharist, he taught, “we ourselves will be transformed…His dynamic enters into us and then seeks to spread outwards to others until it fills the world, so that his love can truly become the dominant measure of the world.”

Certainly, adoration of the Eucharist can transform family life for holiness and mission.

Fathers who pray with their children have children who grow up to pray. Children look to their fathers as models of discipleship, and are more likely to grow in loving relationship with God if they see their fathers as men of prayer. Fathers who take their children to adoration model humble discipleship to their families, and form them for lifelong discipleship.

Mothers who take time to visit the Blessed Sacrament in adoration are renewed for the daily challenge of their vocation. Motherhood requires patience, peace, and serenity which surpasses understanding. Christ, present in the Eucharist, is the source of love for mothers, who are asked to love ceaselessly, and without counting the cost.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament prepares families for mission. Parents have a responsibility to form their children to be merciful, charitable missionary disciples. All families have a sacred call to be a source of apostolic joy in the world, to witness to Christ, and to proclaim him together, with intentionality and enthusiasm. But God calls each family to a particular kind of work or apostolate, and each family must discern how they are uniquely called to bring the Gospel into the world. That discernment begins with families in prayer, in the presence of the Eucharist, asking the Lord to guide them in the mission of the Gospel, and asking him to equip them for mission.

Husbands and wives who kneel together in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, especially with their children, find their family love renewed by Christ’s love, so that they can pour their joy into the evangelization of the world, in the unique and important way God calls them.

Likewise, priests who spend time adoring Christ in the Eucharist are strengthened to serve the Church and the world as ministers of mercy and truth. Each priest is called to teach, to sanctify, and to lead—to be a conduit of grace in the world. Each priest is called to be an evangelist, and a witness. Each priest is called to stand in persona Christi. Priests undertake this ministry with fidelity and strength when they are renewed, frequently, in the love of God, in the presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

Religious men and women who adore the Eucharistic Lord find new vitality and joy in their vows, in their common life, and in their charisms and apostolic life. Religious sisters and brothers are a leaven in the world, a source of salt and light. They are engaged in the work of intercession and spiritual warfare. Religious men and women are signs of the power of baptism. They are signs of Christ’s love when they experience his love, most especially through the gift of the Holy Eucharist.

Pope St. John Paul II wrote that “Jesus Christ is the answer to the question posed by every human life.” Each one of us, kneeling in silence before the Lord, finds the answers to the questions posed by our lives.

Older people who adore the Lord find refreshment in the living water of Christ’s presence. Young people in adoration find that Christ guides them, fills them with purpose, and calls them to holiness and vocation.

Kneeling before Christ in the Eucharist, the hopeless find hope. The weak find strength. Captives find freedom. The afflicted find comfort. The mourning find consolation. The lonely find friendship. Sinners find mercy.

Kneeling before Christ in the Eucharist, all of us find love. And love is what we are longing for. Before Christ in the Eucharist—love made visible—each one of us discovers that the enduring, satisfying, life-giving answer to the questions of our lives is Love: love poured out from Jesus, and love poured out from us into the world, as missionaries of Christ’s salvation.
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Adoration of the Eucharist has been a grace in the Diocese of Lincoln since its founding. We are blessed with two contemplative religious orders of nuns, adoring the Eucharist and praying for our Church. We are blessed with parishes, including our Cathedral, in which the Eucharist has been adored for generations. We are blessed with priests and religious who love and promote Eucharistic adoration, with college students who make holy hours in the middle of the night, and with families who kneel before the Eucharist together—with mothers and fathers who teach their children to pray before Jesus.

Because the Lord is calling us to deepen our commitment to become missionaries of the Gospel, he is also calling us to deepen our commitment to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, especially adoration of the Eucharist exposed in the monstrance, through which we can gaze at the mystery of love made visible, the presence of Christ.

I have encouraged our pastors to expose the Blessed Sacrament for holy hours, or for days of prayer, or for perpetual adoration, as often as possible. I encourage our schools to make adoration a regular part of each week, whenever possible. And I encourage all Catholics to make adoration of the Blessed Sacrament a daily part of life, and to be committed to a holy hour of Eucharistic adoration at least once a week, whenever possible before the exposed Blessed Sacrament.

On June 18th, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, I will rededicate the Bishops’ Chapel at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ as a chapel of perpetual adoration of Christ in Eucharist. Perpetual adoration exposed in the monstrance, will begin there soon after that. I pray that this dedicated place of Eucharistic adoration, in the Cathedral, the Mother Church of our diocese, will be a source of renewal in the hearts of all Catholics, and in our families, and in the world.

Christ calls us to become holy, as he is holy. Christ calls us to be missionaries, so that every human heart may know God’s mercy and freedom. Christ calls us to know his love, and to love as he does. He calls us to become self-gifts, as he gives himself in the Eucharist.

May our common mission as Christ’s disciples be renewed, strengthened, and deepened by God’s love, in our silent adoration of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Christ, who is love made visible.

Please be assured of my prayers, for a blessed and holy Easter.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

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Parish   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday April 12 Confessions Wednesday April 13 Confessions Holy Thurs April 14 Confessions Good Friday April 15 Confessions Saturday April 16 Confessions Penance Service
Sts. Peter & Paul, Abie   7pm 7pm at Bruno 10am     after Mass of the Lord's Supper until 8:45pm after Good Friday Liturgy    
St. Mary, Alexandria     5:30pm   8:00am            
St Joseph, Alma     3:00 pm   11:00 am 6:30-7:00 pm     2:30-3:00 pm and 4:30-5:00 pm 10:30-11:00 am  
St. Joseph Catholic, Auburn   7:00pm at St. Joseph 7:00pm at St. Joseph 8:30pm at St. Joseph 9:30am at St. Joseph           Sunday, April 10th Communal Penance Service at St. Joseph, Auburn
St. Mary, Aurora, Aurora   7:30pm 12:05pm=Good Friday Liturgy; 3:00pm=Stations of the Cross, Divine Mercy Novena, Seven Last Words 9:00pm 8:15am NA 6:00pm - 8:00pm 8:30pm - 10:30pm 1:15pm - 2:30pm 4:00pm - 5:00pm Sunday, April 10, 3:00pm (2 Priests available)
St Joseph, Beatrice   6:30pm Noon Stations 3pm Divine Mercy 6:30pm Good Friday Service 8:30pm 8am and 10am 6pm-7:30pm Noon-1pm; 6:30pm-8pm 7am-7:30am   4:15pm-5pm  
Sacred Heart, Beaver Crossing   none 7pm 8:30pm 7:30am       after 7pm Liturgy of the Passion 4-5pm  
St. Wenceslaus, Bee     5:30pm Liturgy of Good Friday   8:00am       5:00 to 5:25pm 8:00 to 9:00am Palm Sunday 4/10 2:30pm
Presentation (Marietta), Bellwood   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 9:00am 7-8pm   8-9pm 8-9pm   Palm Sunday at 1pm
St. Joseph, Bellwood     7pm   8am       1pm; 8-9pm    
St. Peter, Bellwood   7pm   8:30pm 10am 7-8pm 6:30-7:30pm 8-9pm   8:30-9:30am April 10 1-2pm
St. Anthony, Bruno   at Abie Stations of the Cross - 12 Noon, Liturgy at 3pm 8:30pm 8am         12:30-1pm  
Parish   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday April 12 Confessions Wednesday April 13 Confessions Holy Thurs April 14 Confessions Good Friday April 15 Confessions Saturday April 16 Confessions Penance Service
St. Mary, Cedar Bluffs     6pm   10am            
Sacred Heart, Cedar Hill   7:00pm - - 8:00am - - 5:30 - 6:30pm 3:45 - 4:45pm -  
St. Joseph, Colon   6pm 3pm 8:30pm 8am     12pm-1pm      
Saint James, Cortland   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am & 10:30am 6:00 - 6:30pm 6:00 - 6:30pm 6:00 - 6:30pm 6:00 - 6:30pm 4:00 - 5:00pm  
Assumption, David City   7:00pm 3:00pm 8:30pm 9:00am       12:30-1pm, 4-4:30pm    
St. Francis, David City   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 9:00am - English, 10:30am Sung High Traditional Latin Mass       After 12 Noon Stations of the Cross   Palm Sunday Penance Service at 2:30pm
St. Mary, David City   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:30am and 10:30am 7-8am, Noon-1pm, 8-9pm 7-8am, Noon-1pm, 8-9pm 7-8am, Noon-1pm, 8:30-9pm 7-8am, Noon-1pm, 8:30-9pm 7-8am, Noon-1pm, 4-5pm Multiple priests present at 4pm on 4/10. These times are in addition to our regular confession times each day.
St. Martin, Douglas     7:00pm   8:00am       5:00pm-6:00pm    
Assumption, Dwight   6:00pm 12:00 Noon Stations of the Cross. 7:00pm Liturgy of Good Friday 8:30pm 10:00am     After 6:00pm Mass until all are heard Following the 12 Noon Stations of the Cross. Following the 7:00pm Good Friday Liturgy   Palm Sunday 4/10 1:00pm
St. Stephen, Exeter   7:00pm Mass of the Lord's Supper 3:00pm Stations of the Cross 9:00pm Easter Vigil 8:30am Mass 7:00am -7:15am; 7:00pm - 8:00pm 6:30pm - 6:45pm   3:30pm - 4:00pm    
Parish   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday April 12 Confessions Wednesday April 13 Confessions Holy Thurs April 14 Confessions Good Friday April 15 Confessions Saturday April 16 Confessions Penance Service
St. Michael, Fairbury   7:00pm 12:00pm, 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am 1:00-2:00pm          
Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic, Falls City NE   7:00pm 12:05pm 8:30pm 7:00am & 10:00am   7:00 - 8:00pm 8:00 - 9:00pm 5:00 - 6:00pm & 7:00 - 8:00pm 4:00 - 5:00pm Communal Penance Service Sunday, April 3, 5:30pm
St. Katharine Drexel, Franklin   6:00pm none none 8:00am     5:30pm (Before Mass)     April 10 (Palm Sunday) 2:00 - 3:00pm
St. Joseph, Friend   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 9:00am 7 - 8pm   11am - Noon and 9 - 10pm Noon - 1pm 11am - Noon  
St. Joseph, Geneva   7:00pm 7:00pm   10:00am 7;30-7:50am and 5:00-5:30pm 6:15-8:00pm 8:00-8:30am and at 9:00pm, 10:00pm, 11:00pm till finished 12:00-12:30pm and after 7:00pm liturgy till finished 9:00-9:30am  
St. Joseph, Giltner, Giltner   5:30pm 7:00pm= Good Friday Liturgy   10:45am 7:30pm - 8:30pm   4:30pm - 5:20pm 8:15pm - 9:30pm    
St. Helena, Grafton     7pm Passion   11am Mass            
Parish   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday April 12 Confessions Wednesday April 13 Confessions Holy Thurs April 14 Confessions Good Friday April 15 Confessions Saturday April 16 Confessions Penance Service
St. Cecilia Catholic, Hastings   Bilingual 7:30pm English 7:30pm Bilingual 8:30pm English 8:00am, 10:00am, & 7:30pm; Vietnamese 11:30am; Spanish 1:00pm 6:30-7:30pm 4:30-5:30pm & 6:30-7:30pm 11:30-12:30pm, 4:00-5:30pm & 8:30-9:30pm noon-1:00pm, 3:00-4:00pm, 8:30-9:30pm 8:00-9:00am & noon-2pm Communal Penance Service at St. Michael's Church Sunday, April 10, 4-5pm
St. Michael, Hastings   7:30pm 8am-Morning Prayer, Noon-Stations of the Cross, 3pm-Divine Mercy Novena and Seven Last Words meditation, 7:30pm-Liturgy of the Passion 8:30pm 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:00am 4:00-5:00pm 7:30pm-8:30pm 9:00pm until finished Following all services 3:00-4:30pm Palm Sunday-4pm with all area priests
St Joseph, Harvard, Nebraska   6:30 pm 6:30 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 (English) 11:30 (Spanish) By appointment 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm or until done & other times by appointment By appointment 5:30 pm - 6;15 pm and by appointment By appointment Sunday April 10th 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm or until done (2 priests available)
Sacred Heart, Hayes Center     7:00pm   10:00am            
Sacred Heart, Hebron   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am 6:30-7:30pm (three priests)   6:00pm-7:00pm 12 noon-1:00pm; 6:00-7:00pm 7:30-8:30pm N
All Saints, Holdrege   7:00pm 3:00pm 8:45pm 10:30am 7:40am to 8:05am, 8:45am to 9:15am 7:40am to 8:05am, 8:45am to 9:15am, 5:00pm-5:25pm, 6:00pm to 6:30pm 11:30am-12:00 Noon, On the hour for 1/2 hour after Mass of the Lord's Supper- 8pm to 11:15pm. 10:00am-10:30am, 12:00 Noon-12:30pm, 4:00pm after Passion Liturgy. 10:00am-10:30am, 4:45pm-5:30pm Sunday, 4/10, Penance Service with multiple priests @ 4:30pm.
St. Bernard, Julian         10am            
St. Patrick Catholic, McCook   7pm 7pm 830pm 730 900 & 1100   noon - 1pm 6-7pm noon to 1pm after 7pm Mass noon to 1pm , after 3:00pm stations and after 7pm liturgy noon to 1pm Sunday April 10 7pm
St. Patrick, McCool Junction   7:00pm Stations of the Cross 3:00pm, Celebration of the Passion 7:00pm No Vigil 10:00am     6:00 - 6:30pm 3:30 – 4:00pm, 6:00 – 6:30pm 12:00 noon – 12:30pm  
St. Wenceslaus, Milligan     6:00pm Liturgy   10:30am Mass; 2:00pm TLM (Latin) 7:00pm - 8:00 at St. Stephen, Exeter 7:00am - 7:15am   7:00pm - 7:30pm    
St. George, Morse Bluff   - 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am - 5:30 - 6:30pm - 5:30 - 6:30pm Noon - 1:00pm, 2:30 - 3:30pm Sunday, April 10th: 2:00pm
Parish   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday April 12 Confessions Wednesday April 13 Confessions Holy Thurs April 14 Confessions Good Friday April 15 Confessions Saturday April 16 Confessions Penance Service
St. Benedict, Nebraska City   8PM (Bilingual) 5:30: English 7PM: Spanish 8:30PM (Bilingual) 9AM: English 12PM: Spanish 5-6PM 11:30-12:30PM One hour after Mass   11AM to 12PM  
St. Mary, Nebraska City   7:00pm 3:00pm Stations; 7:00pm Good Friday Liturgy 8:30pm 8:00 & 10:00am 7-8pm   Immediately after 7:00pm Mass Immediately after 3:00pm Stations & after 7:00pm Good Friday Liturgy 4-5pm Sunday 4/10 20 Minutes prior to 8 & 10am Mass; 1:30-2:30pm
Sacred Heart, Nelson         10am 6-7pm     Before Stations of the Cross, 3pm    
St. Vincent, Osceola   6pm 6pm 8:30pm 10am 7 7 after Holy Thursday Mass at 6pm after Passion at 6pm 1, 2, 3pm Sunday, April 10, 3pm Extra priests
St Michael, Oxford     12:00 pm Stations of the Cross 8:30 pm         11:30-12:00 pm and 12:30-1:00 pm    
St Leo, Palmyra   7:00pm 12:00pm Stations of the cross 8:30pm 10:00am     8:30pm-until finished in parish hall   12:00-1:00pm  
St. Joseph, Paul   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am     8pm 3:30pm; 8pm   Saturday 4/9 4:30-5:25pm
St. Clara, Peru     5:00pm Stations of the Cross   7:00am           Communal Penance Service at St. Joseph's in Auburn, April 10th, 3:30-4:30pm
St. Mary, Pilzno   none Stations of the Cross 3pm none 8am       after 3pm Stations    
Saints Cyril & Methodius, Plasi   N/A 3PM N/A 10AM       4:30PM    
Church of the Holy Spirit, Plattsmouth   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 8:00am and 10:30am 4:00pm - 5:00pm 12:00 noon - 1:00pm, and 7:30pm - 8:30pm 4:00pm - 5:00pm; also after the 7:30pm Mass, at 9pm, 10pm and 11pm, each until finished AFTER: 8am Morning prayer, noon Stations & Medical Desc., 3pm Seven Last Words, and 7:30pm Liturgy   April 10: 3:30pm - 4:30pm Penance Service, with up to 10 deanery priests.
Saint John the Baptist, Prague   7PM 7PM 8:30PM 8AM     8:30PM 8:30PM   Penance Service on Sunday, April 10th at 4PM
Parish   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday April 12 Confessions Wednesday April 13 Confessions Holy Thurs April 14 Confessions Good Friday April 15 Confessions Saturday April 16 Confessions Penance Service
Sacred Heart, Red Cloud   none 6:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am   3:00 - 4:00pm     8:00pm (Before Mass) April 10 (Palm Sunday) 4:00 - 5:00pm
Immaculate Conception, Rulo   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 8:30am N/A N/A After Mass After Passion Service 4pm  
St. Ann, Rural McCook   700pm     800            
St. Vincent de Paul, Seward   7pm 3pm & 7pm 8:30pm 8am & 10am         11am Sunday, April 10
St. Mary, Shickley   None scheduled 3:00pm Stations of the Cross 8:30pm None scheduled None scheduled 6:30-6:50am None scheduled After 3:00pm Stations of the Cross till finished None scheduled  
St. John, Smithfield   N/A 7:00pm N/A 8:30am 3:30pm-4:00pm N/A N/A 8:00pm-8:30pm after Passion Liturgy 2:00pm-2:30pm Before & after Mass on Palm Sunday.
St. Mary, St. Mary   6:00pm 6:00pm 8:30pm at St. Andrew, Tecumseh 8:00am   6:15pm       Sunday 4/10 Penance Service 5:30pm
St. Joseph, Superior   7pm 6:30pm 8:30pm 8am   6-7pm 6-6:50pm 5-6:15pm Before Mass  
St. Mary, Sutton   7pm Mass 3pm Stations 8:30pm Mass 9am Mass           Sunday, April 10 from 2-3pm Penance Service
St. Paulinus, Syracuse   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:00am and 9:00am   5:00pm - 6:00pm 5:00pm - 6:00pm 11:00am - 12:00pm 10:00am - 11:00am and 4:00pm - 5:00pm Penance Service on Palm Sunday from 4:30 - 5:30pm
Parish   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday April 12 Confessions Wednesday April 13 Confessions Holy Thurs April 14 Confessions Good Friday April 15 Confessions Saturday April 16 Confessions Penance Service
St. Andrew, Tecumseh   7:00pm (bilingual) 3:00pm Spanish; 5:00pm English; 7:00pm Way of the Cross Via Crucis (bilingual) 8:30pm 10:00am; 12:30pm Spanish 7:15pm         Sunday 4/10 Penance Service 5:30pm
St Joseph, Tobias     5:30pm   8:00am       4:45pm    
St. Vitus Catholic, Touhy     3:00pm   10:00am       Half hour before mass   Sunday, 4/10/22 5:00pm at St. John Nepomucene Church in Weston
Immaculate Conception, Ulysses   7:30 pm 3:00 pm Stations of the Cross 7:30 pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion 8:30 pm 9:00 pm   6:00-7:30 pm & 8:00-8:30 pm 7:00-7:20 pm & 8:45 pm till everyone is finished 2:30-3:00 pm & 6:50-7:20 pm 9:00-10:00 am 11:00 am-1:00 pm 7:50-8:20 pm  
St. Patrick, Utica   7pm 4pm none 9am       after 4pm Liturgy of the Passion    
Sts. Mary & Joseph, Valparaiso   7:00pm Eucharistic Adoration following Mass to Midnight 3:00pm Stations of the Cross 7:00pm Passion Of The Lord 8:30pm 8:00am & 9:30am         NO 3:00pm Confession & NO 4:00pm Mass Sunday, April 10 Penance Serviice & Confessions 5:00pm-6:00pm with extra visiting Priests
St. Wenceslaus, Wahoo   7:00pm 6:30pm 8:30pm 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am, Noon (Latin) 7:00pm         Tues, 4/12: Penance Svc, Benediction & Eucharistic Adoration
St. John Nepomucene Catholic, Weston   7:00pm 12:00pm Stations & 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am       Half hour before mass Half hour before mass Sunday, 4/10/22 5:00pm
St. Wenceslaus, Wilber   6:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 10am     5:45pm 6:45pm 3:30-4:30pm  
St. Joseph, York   7:00pm Stations of the Cross 3:00pm, Celebration of the Passsion 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am and 10:00am 6:30-6:50am, 6:00-6:30pm 6:30-6:50am, 7:30-8:00pm 12:00 noon – 12:30pm, 6:00-6:30pm, 8:30-9:00pm 12:30-1:00pm S, 3:30-4:00pm, 6:00-6:30pm, 8:30-9:00pm 4:00 – 5:00pm Penance Service Sunday April 10th at 3:00pm
Parish   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday April 12 Confessions Wednesday April 13 Confessions Holy Thurs April 14 Confessions Good Friday April 15 Confessions Saturday April 16 Confessions Penance Service

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City and Parish   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday April 12 Confessions Wednesday April 13 Confessions Holy Thurs April 14 Confessions Good Friday April 15 Confessions Saturday April 16 Confessions Other / Penance Service
Blessed Sacrament, Lincoln   7:30pm with Exposition & Adoration till midnight 7 Last Words - 12 N, Stations -2:50pm, Passion - 7pm 8:30pm 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am 6:00-6:30pm & 8:30-9:00pm 8:00-8:30pm 6:00-6:30pm, & 9:00-9:30pm 3:30-4:00pm, 6:00-6:30pm, & 8:30-9:00pm 12:00 N-1:00pm  
Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Lincoln   7:00pm 3:00pm 8:30pm 6:00am, 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:00am, & 6:00pm 11am-5pm and 6pm-9pm 11am-5pm 1pm-5:30pm 12:30pm-2pm and 7pm-9pm 11:30am-1pm
Cristo Rey, Lincoln   7pm 12 noon: Viacrucis, 7pm Liturgia, 8pm Via Mater, 8:30pm empieza de novena de Divina Misericordia 8:30pm 7:30am, 9:30am, 12 noon, 2pm, 5:30pm 8-8:20am 8-8:20am 6-7pm 6-7pm 7:30-8:30pm
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Lincoln   7:00pm (Vietnamesr) 6:00pm (Vietnamese) 8:30pm (Vietnamese) 10:00am (Vietnamese) 5:30pm - 6:00pm 5:30pm - 6:00pm 6:30pm - 7:00pm 5:30pm - 6:00pm 7:45pm - 8:15pm  
North American Martyrs, Lincoln   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:00am, 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am 7-8pm 7-8:30pm 9-10am, 8:30pm- finished 9-10am, 3:30pm-finished, 8:00pm to finished 10-11:30pm  
Sacred Heart, Lincoln   7:00pm 3:00pm 8:30pm 7:30am; 9:00am; 11:00am 7:45-8:05am, 6:00-7:00pm 7:45-8:05am, 7:00-8:00pm 11:30am - 12:30pm, 8:30-9:30pm 12:30-1:30pm, 4:00-5:00pm, 6:00-7:00pm 12:30-1:30pm, 4:00-5:00pm  
Saint Teresa, Lincoln   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am, 10am, and Noon Before Daily Masses and from 9-9:30am Before Daily Masses and from 9-9:30am Confessions after 7pm Mass Confessions after Noon-Stations and 7pm Liturgy 11am-Noon  
St. Andrew Dung Lac & Companions, Lincoln   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am 6:30 - 7:30pm 6:30 - 7:30pm 6:00 - 6:30pm 6:00 - 6: 30pm 6:30 - 7:30pm Sat. April 9 at 7:30pm
St. Francis of Assisi, Lincoln   7:00pm- High Mass- Latin 3:00pm- Latin 8:00pm- Solemn High Mass- Latin 8:00am- Low Mass- Latin; 10:00am- High Mass- Latin 7:30-7:50am 6:30-6:50am 5:45-6:45pm 10:45 - 11:45am; 1:45-2:45pm 11:00am-Noon; 6:30-7:30pm  
St. John the Apostle, Lincoln   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:30, 9:00, 10:30am, 12:00 Noon     9-10am, 1-2pm, 4-5pm, after 7pm Mass 9-10am, 1-2pm, 4-5pm, after 7pm Liturgy 3-3:50pm, 5-5:30pm  
St. Joseph Catholic, Lincoln   7:30pm Stations of the Cross 3:00pm 8:30pm 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:00am 12:00-1:30pm 12:00-1:30pm 12:00-1:30pm 3:30-5:00pm 3:00-5:00pm Confession, Exposition, & Benediction April 10 from 6:30-8:00pm
St. Mary, Lincoln   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am, 10:00am, 12:30pm, 5:00pm 11:00am-12:00pm, 6:00-6:45pm 11:00am-12:00pm, 6:00-6:45pm 11:00am-12:00pm 11:00am-12:00pm, 12:30-3:00pm 11:00am-4:00pm Thursday 4/14 Eucharistic Adoration: East Nave until Midnight
St. Michael, Lincoln   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:10am   6-8:00pm 8-9:00pm 4-5:00pm 11:00-noon Stations of the Cross 3:00pm Friday
St. Patrick, Lincoln   7:00pm 8am Morning Prayer, Noon & Last Words, 3pm Stations of the Cross, 7pm Veneration of the Cross 8:30pm 7am, 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am 7:30-7:55am, 6:00-8:00pm 7:30-7:55am, 5:00-5:45pm, 7:00-8:00pm 3:00-5:00pm 3:30-5:00pm 11:00am-Noon, 4:00-5:00pm Monday 4/11 7:30-7:55am
St. Peter, Lincoln   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am   7:00am - 8:00am & 7:00pm - 8:30pm 6:00pm - 6:45pm & 8:00pm - 9:00pm 6:00pm - 6:45pm & 8:00pm - 9:00pm   Monday 4/11 7:00am - 8:00am
City and Parish   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday April 12 Confessions Wednesday April 13 Confessions Holy Thurs April 14 Confessions Good Friday April 15 Confessions Saturday April 16 Confessions Penance Service

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The ordinations and first Masses this year will be restricted to “invitation only”. In order to follow state and county health regulations, only a small number of people will be able to attend both the Diaconate Ordination (May 22) and Priesthood Ordination (May 23). Each person being ordained will make direct contact with those who they are able to invite. Only the people on that list will be able to enter the Cathedral. The Ordinations will be live-streamed:

Go here to watch Diaconate Ordination: 7pm Friday, May 22

Go here to watch Priesthood Ordination: 11am Saturday, May 23

 The First Masses of Thanksgiving will also be by invitation only due to social distancing restrictions. Only those who receive a specific invitation from the Ordinandi will be able to attend the First Masses. The newly-ordained priests are each planning on having additional Masses of Thanksgiving in the weeks following the ordination. More information will be sent out regarding those Masses.

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Priesthood Ordination: 11am Saturday, May 27, 2023

Ordination of Rev. Mr. Scott Nemec, Rev. Mr. Louden Redinger, and Rev. Mr. Matthew Schilmoeller to the Sacred Order of Presbyter in the Diocese of Lincoln.

Priesthood Ordination: 11am Saturday, May 28, 2022

Ordination of  Rev. Mr. Liam O'Shea-Creal, Rev. Mr. Tony Schukei, Rev. Mr. Christian Schwenka, and Rev. Mr. Dominic Winter to the Sacred Order of Presbyter in the Diocese of Lincoln.


Fr. Ramon Decaen Funeral Mass: 10:30am Saturday, August 21, 2021

Mass of Christian Burial for Fr. Decaen will be held at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Lincoln, NE. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.

 


Diaconate Ordination: 7pm Friday, May 28, 2021

Ordination of Dr. Matthew Hecker, Mr. Liam O'Shea-Creal, Mr. Tony Schukei, Mr. Christian Schwenka, and Mr. Dominic Winter to the Sacred Order of Deacon in the Diocese of Lincoln.

Priesthood Ordination: 11am Saturday, May 29, 2021

Ordination of  Rev. Mr. Dale Allder and Rev. Mr. Matthew Kovar to the Sacred Order of Presbyter in the Diocese of Lincoln.

 


Chrism Mass: 5pm Monday, March 29, 2021


The funeral Mass for Msgr. James Dawson will be held on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Friday, June 19, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Lincoln. Due to the limited amount of space and the COVID-19 restrictions, it will be livestreamed. Please come back to this page to watch his funeral Mass online.

Funeral Mass for Msgr. Dawson: 11am Friday, June 19, 2020 (feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)


Chrism Mass: 2pm Thursday, June 11, 2020


Diaconate Ordination: 7pm Friday, May 22, 2020

Ordination of Mr. Dale Allder and Mr. Matthew Kovar to the Sacred Order of Deacon.

Priesthood Ordination: 11am Saturday, May 23, 2020

Ordination of Rev. Mr. Robert Froeschl, Rev. Mr. Caleb Hile, Rev. Mr. Robert Johnson, Rev. Mr. Alec Sasse, Rev. Mr. Joseph Wahlmeier, and Rev. Mr. Brian Wirth to the Sacred Order of Presbyter

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You are invited to enter into Lent with a number of Activities:

You’re invited to join Chris Stefanick and Bishops from around the country for a seven-week Lenten retreat using The Search.

This Lent, beginning February 17, you can form deeply meaningful and spiritual friendships and connect with God and his exciting purpose for our lives.

With the Gospel message at the core, we want you to invite others for meaningful discussions using The Search in small groups this Lent. And our own Bishop James Conley will be joining in the discussion.

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Fr. Sean Kilcawley

Love Casts Out Fear (1 John 4:18)

Men and women are invited to start the season of Lent by allowing some time away for reflection, prayer, and silence.

Fr. Sean Kilcawley, director of the Family Life Office of the Diocese of Lincoln, invites you to take a break from distractions and come pay attention to how God has loved you, as he speaks on the theme "Love Casts Out Fear" (1 John 4:18).

Fr. Kilcawley asks, "How does perfect love cast out fear? It does not require that you have perfect love! Rather, it is trusting that you are loved. Unconditionally. Perfectly. You are called to believe in God’s love for you - even in the midst of pain, guilt, trials - you no longer have to live in fear."

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From drive-up food distribution sites, to pre-packing groceries for the homebound, we strive to meet the needs of those impacted by COVID-19. And that need grows more each day. We have set up a fund to help our neighbors with rent, utilities and cash assistance. If you are able to volunteer or donate, or if you need assistance:

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Prayer for Every Day
July 8 – 16

Immaculate Virgin and Queen of Carmel, you are the hope of the suffering and the consolation of the afflicted. Look not upon my sins, but remember only that I am a poor soul redeemed by the Precious Blood of your Son, and that my heart is sealed with your Son, and that my heart is sealed with your holy Scapular. Hear my prayer and if it be for the glory of God, your honor and for the salvation of my soul, grant what I ask in this Novena. Amen.


First Day
Prayer. The beauty of Carmel and the Glory of Lebanon are given to you in your Immaculate Conception, O Blessed Queen of Carmel! I also rise from the sea of this world, not like you all pure and Immaculate, but full of sin. Help me, look upon me with your eyes of mercy. Amen. Hail Mary (three times).

Flower of Carmel    Mother of our King,
Blossoming Vine,    Peerless and fair,
Splendor of Heaven,    To your children of Carmel,
Mother Divine,    Favors grant ever,
None like to you.    Star of the Sea.


Second Day
Prayer. I give thanks to you O Virgin Mother of Carmel, for the gift of your holy Scapular, the sign of your Confraternity: O my Mother, make me worthy to wear your sacred livery, and may my heart ever be pure, free from every stain of sin. Amen. Hail Mary (three times).

Flower of Carmel, etc.


Third Day
Prayer. Virgin Mother of Carmel, remember me who am consecrated to you by the holy Scapular, I place my trust in you, O Flower of Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Ever-Immaculate Queen. O Mother mild, implore your Son to hear my prayer now and at the hour of my death. Hail Mary (three times).

Flower of Carmel, etc.


Fourth Day
Prayer. I thank you my Lady and Mother, for the gift of your holy Scapular. You know well my weakness and my malice, but I trust in you and under your protection I take refuge. O holy Mother of Mt. Carmel, despise not my petitions in my necessities, but deliver me from all danger. Hail Mary (three times).

Flower of Carmel, etc.


Fifth Day
Prayer. Queen and beauty of Carmel, your glance is love, hope and sweetness. As the rays of the sun color the flowers, so also your glance gives to the soul strength and beauty. May I remain ever before you my Mother, and turn your eyes of mercy on me. Hail Mary (three times).

Flower of Carmel, etc.


Sixth Day
Prayer. O dear Mother of Carmel, I love you more than I can express, more than my very soul can conceive. I reverence you, I praise you, O sacred Virgin, whose chaste womb bore the Son of the Most High God. Bless me and deliver me from all evil. Amen. Hail Mary (three times).

Flower of Carmel, etc.


Seventh Day
Prayer. Most loving Virgin of Carmel, I acknowledge gratefully your immense goodness towards me; hear my prayer and after this my exile, show unto me the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus, O most clement, O most loving, O most sweet, Virgin Mary. Amen. Hail Mary (three times).

Flower of Carmel, etc.


Eighth Day
Prayer. O Mother of Carmel, when my last hour shall sound; when I shall take your holy Scapular into my trembling hands, fill my heart with confidence in it, and O my loving Mother, receive my soul and offer it to your sweet Jesus. Amen. Hail Mary (three times).

Flower of Carmel, etc.


Ninth Day
Prayer. O Mary, most holy Mother of Carmel, Virgin of Virgins, Sanctuary of the Blessed Trinity, Mirror of the Angels, Assured Refuge of Sinners! Have compassion on me in my sufferings, listen to my sighs with clemency, intercede for me with your Son. Hail Mary (three times).

Flower of Carmel, etc.


L.D.V.M. (with permission)

Go to Holy Week and Easter schedules - Parishes in Lincoln

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Parish City Address Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday March 30 Confessions Wednesday March 31 Confessions Holy Thurs April 1 Confessions Good Friday April 2 Confessions Saturday April 3 Confessions Sunday April 4 Confessions Penance Service
Sts. Peter & Paul Abie 222 Maple St. at St. Anthony's - Bruno 3pm - Good Friday Liturgy 8:30pm 10:00am             Deanery Penance service at neighboring parishes, Sun. Mar. 28th
St Mary Alexandria  511amanda st    5:30pm   8:00am               
St. Joseph Alma 810 4th Street   3:00pm   9:00am 5:30pm-6:30pm     2:30pm-3:00pm, 4:15pm-4:30pm   8:30am-9:00am  
St. Germanus Arapahoe 912 Chestnut St. Arapahoe, NE 68922 6pm 5pm   9am   5pm-6pm 5pm-5:45pm 3:30-4:15pm   8:30am  
St Josephs Barneston     Noon  Stations   8:00am       After Noon Stations as long as needed      
St Joseph Church Beatrice 612 High street 6:30pm Stations (Sung) Noon; Divine Mercy (Sung) 3pm  Liturgy  6:30pm 8:30pm 8am and 10am Noon (Cry Room) 7:00-7:30am and After 6:30pm Stations 8:00pm After Noon Stations and After 3pm Divine Mercy     Sunday March 28 after 10am Mass; Monday March 29 after 8:15am  Mass
Sacred Heart Church Beaver Crossing 401 Dimery Ave. 4pm 7pm 8:30pm 7:30am York penance service 6:30-7:30pm   After 4pm Mass of the Lord's Supper After 7pm Liturgy of the Passion 4-5pm    
St. Wenceslaus Bee 350 Elm Street   Liturgy of Good Friday 5:30pm   8:00am       5:00 - 5:20pm 8:00 - 9:00am   Palm Sunday Penance Service at 2:30pm
St. Joseph's Bellwood 4211 B Road   7pm   8am       1pm, 8-9pm   7:30-7:55am  
St. Peter's Bellwood 211 Esplanade Street 7pm   8:30pm 9:15am (65+), 10:30am 8-9pm 6:15-7:30pm 6-6:45pm   8:30-9:30am   March 28, 1-2pm
Holy Trinity Brainard 108 E. Brainard St. 7:30pm 3:00pm 8:30pm 7:30am; 9:00am             March 28 at 2:30pm
St. Anthony de Padua Bruno 405 Pine St 7:00pm Stations at Noon, Good Friday Liturgy at 7pm at Sts. Peter & Paul - Abie 8:00am             Deanery Penance service at neighboring parishes, Sun. Mar. 28th
St. John the Baptist Cambridge 705 Shole Ave. Cambridge, NE 69022 8pm Stations of the Cross: Noon; Good Friday Service: 7pm 8:30pm 11am   6:30pm After the Mass of the Lord's Supper After the Good Friday Service Noon 10:30am  
St. Mary's Cedar Bluffs   6pm at St. Joseph in Colon Ne 3pm at St. Joseph in Colon Ne 8:30pm at St. Joseph in Colon 10am             Sunday March 28th 12:30-1:30pm
Sacred Heart Cedar Hill (Morse Bluff) 2750 County Road 27, Morse Bluff 7:00pm - - 8:00am - - 5:30 - 6:30pm 3:45 - 4:45pm - 7:30 - 7:55am  
Parish City Address Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday March 30 Confessions Wednesday March 31 Confessions Holy Thurs April 1 Confessions Good Friday April 2 Confessions Saturday April 3 Confessions Sunday April 4 Confessions Penance Service
St. Joseph Colon 111 Cherry St. Colon Ne 6pm 3pm 8:30pm 8am   6:30pm 12pm        
St. James  Cortland 500 West 1st Street 7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am and 10:30am 7pm-8pm 5:30pm-6:25pm 6pm-6:55-m 11am-noon; 6pm-6:55pm 9am-10am; Noon-1pm 7:30am-7:55am; 10am-10:25am  
St. Joseph-Sacred Heart Crete, NE 68333 515 E 14th Street 7:00pm Bilingual 3:00pm bilingual Stations of the Cross; 7:00pm Bilingual Good Friday Liturgy 8:30pm Bilingual 9:00am Enlgish; 11:30am Spanish 1-2pm; 6-7pm 1-2pm; 6-7pm 5:30-6:30pm 1-2pm 1-2pm; 5:30-6:30pm 8:30am; 11am Tenebrae @ 8:00am on Saturday
St. Mary's Church & Assumption Church (Appleton) David City 580 I Street 7:00pm - St. Mary's Church      7:00pm - Assumption Church, Appleton Noon Stations at Assumption    3pm- Liturgy of the Passion at Assumption 3pm – Stations at St. Mary’s   7pm – Passion Liturgy at St. Mary’s 8:30pm- Easter Vigil of the Sacred Triduum at St. Mary’s & Assumption Parish 7am – Mass at St. Mary’s            8:30am – Mass at St. Mary’s 9:00am– Mass at Assumption     10:00am – Mass at St. Mary’s ALL AT ST. MARY'S UNLESS NOTED:   7:00am – 8:00am, Noon – 1:00pm, 8:00pm – 9:00pm 7:00am – 8:00am, Noon – 1:00pm, 4:30pm – 5:30pm  7:00am -8:00am, Noon – 1:00pm, 8:30pm-9:30pm Friday, April 2 – 7:00am-8:00am, Noon-1:00pm, 8:30pm-9:30pm      12:30pm-1pm, (Assumption) 4:00pm-4:30pm (Assumption)  7:00am-8:00am, Noon-1:00pm, 4:00pm-5:00pm NO CONFESSIONS SCHEDULED Sunday, March 28:  St. Mary’s Penance Service at 4:00pm-5:00pm with Fr Buhman, Fr. Holdren and Fr. Ventre.
St. Francis  David City  3420 MN Rd.  7:00pm  3:00pm  8:30pm  9:00 and 10:30am              1pm Palm Sunday 
St. Mary Dawson 312 4th Street 7:30pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:30am     After Mass of the Lord's Supper   After Celebration of the Lord's Passion (around 8:00pm) 8:10am  
Our Lady of Assumption Deweese 506 Liberty   Noon Stations of the Cross           Following Noon Stations of the Cross      
St. Ann's Doniphan 202 N 5th  7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 9am 6:40-6:55am 6:40-6:55am          
St. Martin of Tours Douglas 125 W 3rd St, Douglas, NE 68344   6:30pm   8:30am              
Assumption Dwight 336 W Pine 6:00pm Stations of the Cross 12:00 noon.  The Good Friday Liturgy 7:00pm. 8:30pm 10:00am     After the 6:00pm Mass until all are heard. Following the Noon Stations.  Following the 7:00pm Service 8:00 - 8:15pm 9:30 - 9:45am Palm Sunday 3/28  Penance Service 1:00pm
Saint Mary Elmwood 500 West G Street 6:00PM 3:00PM   9:00AM   7:30PM to 8:30   4:00PM to 5:00   8:30AM to 8:50  
St. Michael   Fairbury 807 F Street 7:00pm Mass of Lord's Supper 7:00pm Liturgy of the Lord's Passion 8:30pm  10:00am             Palm Sunday 4-5pm 
Sts. Peter & Paul Falls City 1820 Fulton St 7:00pm 12:05pm 8:30pm 7:00am & 10:00am   7-8:00pm 8-9:00pm 5-6:00pm & 8-9:00pm 4-5:00pm   Sunday, March 28, 5:30 - 6:30pm two priests
St. Katharine Drexel Franklin 358 9th Ave 6:00pm 6:00pm -  Sacred Heart, Red Cloud 8:30pm - Sacred Heart, Red Cloud 8:00am     5:00 - 5:45pm     7:30am Palm Sunday - 1:00 - 2:00pm
St. Joseph Geneva 831 E Street, Geneva, NE 7:00pm   8:30pm 10:00am 7:30-7:50am & 5:00-5:30pm 6:15-8:00pm 8:00-8:30am & After Liturgy till finished; 9pm; 10pm; 11pm 12 noon-12:30pm; After 3:00pm stations till finished 9:00-9:30am    
St. Helena Grafton 172 N Jackson Ave   3pm Stations   11am           10:45-10:55am  
Parish City Address Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday March 30 Confessions Wednesday March 31 Confessions Holy Thurs April 1 Confessions Good Friday April 2 Confessions Saturday April 3 Confessions Sunday April 4 Confessions Penance Service
St. Joseph Catholic Church Harvard, NE 611 N. Kearney Ave.  6:30pm 6:30pm 8:30pm 9:00am (english) 11:30am (Spanish) by appointment by appointment 6:00 - 6:20pm then 7:30pm - until done 6:00 - 6:20pm then 7:30pm - until done 8-8:20pm 8:30-8:50am & After the 11:30 mass until done. Palm Sunday March 28th 4pm until done 
St. Cecilia Catholic Church  Hastings 301 West 7th Street 7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 8:00am, 10:00am & 7:30pm; Vietnamese 11:30a.m.; Spanish 1:00pm  11;30am 6:30- 7:30pm 4:30-5:30pm 6:30-7:30pm 11:30-12:30pm, 4:00-5:30pm & after 7:30pm Mass Noon-1:00pm, 3:00-4:00pm & after the 7:30pm Liturgy 8:00-9:00am & Noon- 2:00pm 9:30-9:50am, 12:30-12:50pm, 7:00-7:20pm Sunday March 28 Communal Penance Service at St. Michael's Church 4:00-5:00pm
Sacred Heart Hebron 436 N. 3rd Street Hebron, NE 68370 7p 7p Service Vigil at 8:30p Mass at 10a by appointment 7-8p 6-7p 12:15-1p & 6-7p 7:30-8:30p 9-10a 3/28 - 1p Communal Penance Service & confessions after the service with Fr. Major and Fr. Birkel, 4/1 -  Adoration after Mass, 4/2 - 12p Stations of the Cross,
All Saints Holdrege 1204 Logan St 7pm 3pm 8:45pm 10:30am 7:40-8:05am & 8:45-9:15am 7:40-8:05am &  8:45-9:15am & 5:30-5:55pm & 6:40-7:10pm 11:30am-noon & 8pm to midnight on each hour 10:10-10:40am & 12:10-12:40pm & 4-4:30pm 10-10:30am & 4:45-5:30pm 10:15-10:25am March 28 penance service 4:30pm
Saint Patrick Imperial 128 E 7th Street 7:00pm 5:30pm 8:00pm 8:00 & 10:00am 7:30pm - 8:15pm 6:30am - 7:00am 11:30am -  2:00pm - 3:00pm 11:30am - 12:30pm 7:30 - 7:50am & 9:30 - 9:50am March 25 at 6:00pm
St. Catherine's INDIANOLA 815 D St, PO Box 0 7:00pm 3pm Stations, 7pm Passion 8:30pm 9am   7pm         3/28, 4pm
Sacred Heart Kenesaw 101 West Pine Street 5:30pm 5:30pm 6am- Sunday Morning                
Sacred Heart Lawrence 250 N. Phillips 7pm Sacred Heart Church 7Pm Sacred Heart Church 8:30pm Sacred Heart Church     3-4pm & 8-9PM 10-11pm After 7pm Services      
St. Stephen's Catholic Church Lawrence 1838 Road 2600   3:00 Stations of the Cross         3-4pm After 3pm Stations of the Cross      
Saint Patrick Manley 101 Broadway Street 7:30PM 7:00PM 8:30PM 11:00AM 6:30pm to 7:30pm   8:30PM until finished 8:00PM until finished 4:00 to 5:00PM 30 minutes before 11AM Mass, as time allows.  
St. Patrick Catholic Church McCook, Ne. East 4th & F Streets 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30am 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00am   noon to 1; 6-7pm noon to 1;  after 7pm Mass noon to 1; after 3:00pm Stations & after 7pm Liturgy noon to 1pm   3/28/2021  7:00pm
St. Patrick McCool Junction 305 M St 7:00pm 3:00pm Stations of the Cross, 7:00pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion 8:30pm 10:00 a, see York St. Joseph 6:00-6:30pm 6:00-6:30pm 3:30-4:00pm & 6:00-6:30pm 12 noon-12:30pm    
St. James Mead 218 E 8th 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:15:00pm 9:00am             Palm Sunday Confession After 9:00am Mass
St. George Morse Bluff 250 Short Street   7:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am   5:30 - 6:30pm   5:30 - 6:30pm Noon - 1:00pm,  2:30 - 3:30pm   Sunday, March 28 - 2:00pm
St. Benedict Nebraska City 411 5th Rue, Nebraska City, NE 8pm, Adoration following until Midnight 3pm Stations of the Cross & Divine Mercy Chaplet, 5:30pm Liturgy of the Lord's Passion (English), 7pm Liturgy of the Lord's Passion (Spanish) 8:30pm Easter Vigil (Bilingual) 9am (English) and 12pm (Spanish) 5:30-6:30pm   9-10pm   11am - 12pm 8:30- 9AM & 11:30am - 12pm Praise & Worship Holy Hour at St. Mary's on Thursday, March 25 from 7-8pm and Deanery Penance Service on Sunday March 28th at St. Mary's at 2pm
St. Mary Nebraska City 218 N 6th Street 7pm 7pm.   Stations at 3pm 830pm 8am & 10am 7-8pm   After Mass After Stations & After evening liturgy 4-5pm 20 minutes before each Mass Palm Sunday 2-3pm
Parish City Address Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday March 30 Confessions Wednesday March 31 Confessions Holy Thurs April 1 Confessions Good Friday April 2 Confessions Saturday April 3 Confessions Sunday April 4 Confessions Penance Service
St Marys Odell       8:30pm               Friday March 26 6:30-7:30pm
St. Mary Orleans 109 West Linn Street 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm   7:00pm-8:00pm   6:00pm-6:50pm 6:30pm-7:00pm, 8:15pm-8:30pm 11:00am-12:00pm    
St. Vincent Ferrer Osceola   6pm 7pm 8:30pm 10am 7pm 6pm after Mass of Last Supper - during adoration till 8pm after 6pm celebration of Passion 1, 2 & 3pm on the hour   Palm Sunday 6pm
St. Michael Oxford 510 Central Avenue       11:00am       11:30am 12:00pm, 12:30pm-1:00pm   10:30am-11:00am  
St. Leo Palmyra 330 W 8th St. Palmyra, Ne 68418 6:30pm   8:30pm 11:00am   6:30-7pm 8-11pm  4:30pm 4:30-5pm    
St. Joseph Paul 5590 O Rd Nebraska City, NE 68410 7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8, 10am     8pm 3:30, 8pm   7:30am, 9:30am March 27, 4:30-5:25pm
St. Mary Pilzno     After 3pm Stations of ther Cross                  
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Plasi 2080 County Road O   3:00pm   10:00am       2:30pm-3:00pm   9:30am-10:00am  
Church of the Holy Spirit Plattsmouth 520 South 18th St. 7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 8:00am and 10:30am 4pm - 5pm 12pm - 1pm,  and  7:30pm - 8:30pm 4pm - 5pm,  after Mass,  9pm, 10pm, and 11pm After 12pm Stations, 3pm devotion, and the 7:30pm Liturgy None scheduled. None scheduled. 3:30pm - 4:30pm on Palm Sunday, March 28.
St. John the Baptist Prague 121 Center Avenue  7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am 7:30am-8:00am 5:00pm-5:30pm 6:00pm-7:00pm 6:00pm-7:00pm 8:00pm-8:30pm 7:30am-8:00am Sunday, March 28, 3:30pm
Sacred Heart Red Cloud 413 N Seward St 6:00pm at St. Katharine Drexel, Franklin 6:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am   3:00 - 4:00pm 5:00 - 5:45pm, St. Katharine Drexel, Franklin   8:00pm 9:30am Palm Sunday - 3:00 - 4:00pm
Immaculate Conception Rulo 601 W. Rouleau 7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 8:30am     After Mass After Liturgy   8am March 28 at 4pm
St. Mary, Arago Rulo (Arago)     3pm   10:30am       After Liturgy      
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church Seward, NE 152 Pinewood Ave, Seward, NE  68434 7pm Stations & chaplet - 3pm  /  Passion of the Lord - 7pm 8:30pm 8am & 10am     After Holy Thursday Mass After Passion of the Lord Service 10am   Penance Service, March 28th @ 4pm
St. Mary Shickley, NE     7:00pm   8:00am   6:30-6:50am   After 7:00pm Liturgy till finished      
St. Anne Shubert 507 Main Street   5:30pm   10:30am           10:10am  
Parish City Address Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday March 30 Confessions Wednesday March 31 Confessions Holy Thurs April 1 Confessions Good Friday April 2 Confessions Saturday April 3 Confessions Sunday April 4 Confessions Penance Service
St. John Smithfield 105 E Niobrara St   7pm 8:30pm - in Spanish 8:30am   2:30-3pm   8-8:30pm 2-2:30pm & 8-8:30pm - bilingual 8-8:25am  
St. Mary St. Mary 61518 Highway 41, St. Mary, NE 6:30PM 6:30PM 8:30PM (at St. Andrew) 8:00AM             Sunday March 28  4:00PM
St. Joseph Catholic Church Superior 1415 California Street 7pm 6:30pm 8:30pm 8am   6-7pm Before Mass Before Lord's Passion 5-6pm 7:30 -8:00am  
St. Mary Sutton 312 South Saunders Ave 7pm 7pm 8:30pm 9am           8:30-8:50am Palm Sunday, March 28 from 2-3pm
St. Paulinus Syracuse 863 5th St 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm   7:00am & 9:00am 5:30-6:30pm   Following 7:00pm Mass of the Lords Supper 11:00am - 12:00pm 20 minutes before Sunday Masses Palm Sunday 4:00pm - 5:00pm 
St. Paulinus Syracuse 476 Poplar St 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:00am and 9:00am 20 minutes before 7:00am Mass 5:30 - 6:30pm Following 7:00pm Mass 2:30 - 3:00pm and following 7:00pm Service  11:00am - 12:00pm regular confession times Palm Sunday: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
St. Andrew Tecumseh 186 N 5th Street Tecumseh NE 68450 7:00PM (Bilingual) 5:00PM (English) 7:00PM (Spanish) 8:30PM 10:00AM (English) 12:30PM (Spanish)             Sunday March 28 5:15PM
St. Vitus Catholic Church Touhy North Main Street   Passion - 3:00pm   10:00am       1/2 hour before Mass   1/2 hour before Mass  
Immaculate Conception Ulysses 205 S. 6th St. 7:30pm followed by adoration until Midnight. 3:00pm  Stations of the Cross          7:30pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion 8:30pm 7:30am (masks required)       9:00am 6:00 - 7:00pm 7:45 - 8:30pm 7:00 - 7:25pm and after 8:30pm 2:30 - 3:00pm and 6:30 - 7:25pm 11:00am - 1:00pm and 7:30 - 8:15pm   Penance Service - Sunday, March 28 at 2:30pm
St. Patrick Church  Utica 110 3rd Street 7pm Mass of the Lord's Supper 4pm Liturgy of the Passion   9am York penance service 6:30-7:30pm 6:30-8pm after 7pm Mass of the Lord's Supper after 4pm Liturgy of the Passion 9-10am    
Sts. Mary & Joseph  Valparaiso 637 Iver Street 7:00pm 3:00pm Stations of the Cross  7:00pm Veneration of the Cross & Holy Communion 8:30pm 8:00am and 9:30am     5:30pm-6:30pm 5:30pm-6:30pm     Palm Sunday March 28 Parish Penance Service 5:00pm-6:00pm
St. John Nepomucene Church Weston 110 N. Front Street 7:00pm Stations - 12:00pm    Passion - 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am     1/2 hour before Mass 1/2 hour before Mass 1/2 hour before Mass 1/2 hour before Mass Sunday, March 28 - 3:30pm
St Marys Wymore   7:00pm Stations 3pm  Liturgy 7:00pm   10:30am     After Mass until 10pm After 3pm Stations and after 7:00pm Liturgy as long as needed      
St. Joseph  York 505 N East Ave 7:00pm Mass of the Lord's Supper - Adoration until Midnight 3:00pm Stations of the Cross, 7:00pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion 8:30pm 8:00 & 10:00am 6:30-6:50pm & Penance Service 6:30-7:30pm 6:30-6:50am  & 7:30-8:00pm 12 noon-12:30pm, 6-6:30pm & 8:30-9:00pm 12:30-1pm, 3:30-4pm, & 8:30-9:00pm 4-5:00pm   Palm Sunday 7-7:30pm, & Mon., 3/29, 6:30-6:50am
Parish City Address Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday March 30 Confessions Wednesday March 31 Confessions Holy Thurs April 1 Confessions Good Friday April 2 Confessions Saturday April 3 Confessions Sunday April 4 Confessions Penance Service

Go to Holy Week and Easter schedules - Parishes in Lincoln

City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 16 Confessions Wednesday April 17 Confessions Holy Thurs April 18 Confessions Good Friday April 19 Confessions Saturday April 20 Confessions Easter Sun April 21 Confessions Penance Service
Abie, Sts. Peter and Paul 222 Maple Street                          
Alexandria,
St. Mary's
511 Amanda St.     5:30pm   8:00am                
Alma,
St. Joseph's
810 4th St.                          
Arago,
St. Mary's
65724 713 Rd.     3pm   7am         After 3pm Service      
Arapahoe,
St.Germanus
912 Chestnut St.                          
Ashland,
St Mary
1625 Adams st   7pm 12pm, 7pm 8:30pm  8:30am       4-5pm 6-6:40pm, 8pm+ 3-4pm   4/14 2pm
Auburn,
St. Joseph's
2221 N St   6:30 PM 6:30 PM 8:30 PM 10:30 AM           4-5 pm   April 14 3:30-4:30pm with Eucharistic Adoration
Aurora,
St. Mary
1420 9th St.   7:00 PM 12 noon Stations; 7:00 PM Liturgy 8:30 PM 8:15 AM   10:00-11:00 AM 6:30-8:00 PM 4:00-5:00 PM 12:30-1:30 PM   7:30-8:05 AM  
Avoca,
Holy Trinity
3 miles Southeast of Hwy. 34 & 102nd St. in Cass County     10 A.M. Stations of the Cross   10 A.M.     8-8:30 P.M.   After 10 A.M. Stations of the Cross      
Barneston,
St. Joseph
406 Wyatt St.                          
Beatrice, St. Joseph 612 High St.   6:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 8am & 10am       5-6pm 5-6pm 4:30-5:30pm   April 14, 3-5pm
Beaver Crossing,
Sacred Heart
401 Dimery St.   7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m.     8-8:30 p.m. 8:30-9:00 p.m. 6:30-7:00 p.m. 11-12 p.m. 9:30-10:00 a.m.  
Bee, St. Wenceslaus 350 Elm St.   6:00 PM Noon Stations, 1 pm Rosary, 3 pm Divine Mercy Chaplet, 6 pm Liturgy 9:00 PM 9:00 AM   7:00 AM 7:00 AM After Mass Noon By Appointment 8:30 AM April 14 2:30 pm
Bellwood,
Presentation
1291 - 41 Road   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 AM   N/A N/A 8:30 pm - 11:30 pm 8 pm - 11 pm N/A 8:30 - 8:50 am Apr. 14 from 8:30-8:50 am and 1 pm - 2 pm
Bellwood,
St. Joseph
4211 B Rd.     7pm   8am   5:30pm     8pm   7:30am  
Bellwood,
St. Peter
211 Esplanade St.   7pm   8:30pm 10am     4:30pm 5:30pm 3:45pm 9am    
Benkelman,
St. Joseph
819 Cheyenne St.   7:00 pm MT N/A 8:00 pm MT 10:00 am MT         7:30 pm MT      
Blue Hill,
Holy Trinity
513 South Liberty                          
Brainard,
Holy Trinity
108 E. Brainard St.   7:30pm 3:00pm 8:30pm 7:30, 9:00am                
Bruno, St. Anthony 407 Pine St.   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm at Abie 8:00 pm   Before Mass After Stations After Mass After Liturgy   before Mass  
Burchard,
Sacred Heart
405 Gage Street                          
Cambridge,
St. John
705 Shole Ave.                          
Campbell, St. Anne 518 S. Stewart                          
Cedar Bluffs,
St. Mary
207 South 3rd Street   8:00 PM 3:00 PM   8:00 AM         After the service      
Cedar Hill,
Sacred Heart
2750 County Road 27   7:00 PM 3:00 pm Divine Mercy/Stations   8:00 AM       5:30 - 6:30 pm 3:45 - 4:45 pm   7:30 - 7:55 am  
Colon, St. Joseph 111 Cherry St.   6:00 PM 6:00 PM 8:30 PM 10:00 AM         After the service 12:00 PM    
Cortland,
St. James
500 W 1ST ST   6:30pm 6:30pm 8:30pm 9:00am       5:30-6:30pm 5:30-6:30pm 7:00-8:00pm 8:30-8:55am  
Crete,
Sacred Heart
13th & Ivy   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 9:00 am (English) 11:30 am (Spanish) 7:00 pm (English)     6:00-8:00pm 6:30pm-7:30pm 6:30pm-7:30pm 1:00pm-2:00pm 8:30-8:55am; 11:00am-11:25am  
Curtis,
St. James
313 E. 6th St.                          
City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 16 Confessions Wednesday April 17 Confessions Holy Thurs April 18 Confessions Good Friday April 19 Confessions Saturday April 20 Confessions Easter Sun April 21 Confessions Penance Service
Davey,
St. Mary
17630 N. 3rd St.   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am, 10am   None at St. Mary's None at St. Mary's None at St. Mary's After 3pm Stations of Cross 12 noon -1pm 30 minutes before Sunday masses 5:30pm Sun April 14th 
David City, (Appleton)
Assumption
1821 38th Road    7pm Noon Stations, 3pm Liturgy 8:30pm         8-9pm 8-9pm      
David City (Center)
St. Francis
3071 P Rd.   6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:30pm 9:00 a.m.               Sunday, April 14th 1:00 p.m.
David City,
St. Mary
580 I St.    7pm

3pm Stations, 7pm Liturgy

8:30pm     7am, Noon, 8pm  7am, Noon, 8pm 7am, Noon, 8:30pm-Midnight 7am, Noon, 8:30pm 8am, Noon, 4pm   Sun. Apr. 14, 4-5pm
Dawson,
St. Mary's
312 4th St.   7:30 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 8:30 AM       After the Mass of the Lord's Supper After the Celebration of the Lord's Passion   8:00 AM  
Denton,
St. Mary
7105 Cass Ave.   7pm Mass of the Lord's Supper 3pm Stations; 7pm Liturgy  8:30pm 8:00; 10:00; 12noon   7:30-8:30pm 7:30-8:30pm 8:00pm until finished 8:00pm until finished 8-9am; 11-noon 7:30am; 9:30am; 11:30am  
Deweese
Assumption
506 Liberty   at Sacred Heart - Lawrence Noon Stations of the Cross at Sacred Heart - Lawrence 10am   6-7pm     After Noon Stations     See Sacred Heart - Lawrence
Doniphan,
St. Ann
202 N 5th   7:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 AM   6:40 - 6:55 am 6:40 - 6:55 am after 7:30 pm services after 7:30 pm services     April 14 at 2 pm (2 priests)
Douglas,
St Martin
125 West 3rd     6:30PM   8:30AM         Following Passion Service      
Dwight,
Assumption
336 West Pine   7:00 p.m. 12 Noon Stations. 7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m.   Prior to 7:30 a.m. Mass 6:30-7:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and after the 7:00 p.m. Mass until all are heard Confessions following the 12:00 Noon and 7:00 pm liturgies until all are heard 8:00 a.m. until all are heard 9:30 a.m. to just prior before 10:00 a.m. Mass Palm Sunday 1:00 p.m.
Elmwood
St. Mary
500 West G                          
Elsie, Resurrection 202 Grant St.   7 pm (MT) in Grant, NE 7 pm (MT) in Grant, NE 8 pm (MT) in Grant, NE 9 am (MT)   7-8 pm (MT) in Grant, NE     1-2 pm in Grant, NE 11:30 to Noon in Grant, NE    
Exeter,
St. Stephen
208 N Union Ave   7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:30 a.m.       after Mass of the Lord’s Supper after Liturgy of the Lord's Passion 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. 8:00-8:25 a.m.  
Fairbury,
St. Michael
807 F St.   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am               4/14 1:00-1:30pm 
Falls City
Sts. Peter and Paul
1820 Fulton St.                          
Farnam,
St. Joseph
540 Main St                          
Franklin,
St. Katharine Drexel
1006 O St.   6:00pm followed by Potluck     8:00am       5:00-6:00pm By appointment     1-2pm Palm Sunday
Friend
St. Joseph
405 South Main St.   7 p.m. 3 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 10:30 AM     6:30 - 8:00 p.m. 5-6 pm; 8:30 - 9:30 pm 5-6 pm; 7-8 pm 4-5 p.m. 10:00 - 10:30 am  
Geneva,
St. Joseph
831 E Street   7:00 PM 3:00 pm Stations 8:30 PM 10:00 AM   7:30 - 7:50 am 6:15 - 8:00 pm 8:00- 8:30 am, After Liturgy 9pm, 10pm, 11pm till finished 12:00-12:30 pm After Stations till finished 9:00 -9:30 am    
Giltner,
St. Joseph
209 North Derby     3:00 PM, Divine Mercy Chaplet & Seven Last Words   10:45 AM         3:30-4:30 PM 11:00-12 noon 10:00-10:35 AM  
Grafton
St. Helena
172 N. Jackson Ave.   5:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.   11:00 a.m.       3:30-4:30 p.m.        
Grant
Mother of Sorrows
739 Garfield Ave.   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 10:30 a.m.   7-8 pm     1-2 pm and after Good Friday Ltrgy 11:30 am to Noon    
Greenwood,
St. Joseph
7 Oah St     3pm   10:30am         4pm 12-1pm    
City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 16 Confessions Wednesday April 17 Confessions Holy Thurs April 18 Confessions Good Friday April 19 Confessions Saturday April 20 Confessions Easter Sun April 21 Confessions Penance Service
Harvard
St. Joseph
611 N. Kearney Ave.   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 am (English); 10:30 am (Spanish)   NA 7:00-8:00 pm 6:00-6:50 pm 6:00-6:50 pm 3:00-4:00 pm; 6:00-7:00 pm 8:30-8:50 am; 10:00-10:20 am Palm Sunday (4/14) 2:00-3:00 pm
Hastings,
St. Cecilia
6th & Kansas Ave.   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 7am; 8am (Good Samaritan Village); 9am; 11am; 1pm (Spanish)   6:40am-6:55am; 11:45am-12:05pm 6:40am-6:55am; 11:45am-12:05pm; 4:30pm-5:30pm 4:00pm-5:30pm; after the 7:30 Liturgy (English and Spanish) 4:00pm-5:30Pm; after the 7:30 Liturgy (English and Spanish) 8:00am-9:00am; 12:00 noon-2:00pm 10:30am-10:50am Penance Service at St. Michael's Hastings, 4pm
Hastings,
St. Michael's 
715 Creighton Ave.   7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:15 p.m.   4:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. After Holy Thursday Mass After Noon Stations and Passion Liturgy (at 7:30 p.m.) 3:00 p.m.   Palm Sunday at 4:00 p.m.
Hayes Center,
Sacred Heart
rural Hayes Center                          
Heartwell,
Holy Family
245 Jefferson St.   5:30 PM 5:30 PM 9 PM at St. John's 8:30 PM        4:30 PM 4:30 PM 4:30 PM 8 am  
Hebron,
Sacred Heart
436 N 3rd   7:00 PM 3:00 pm Stations 7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 PM 10:00 AM   Penance Service 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm 5:00-6:00 pm 7:30-8:00 pm 1:00-2:30 pm After Mass (8:15) to 9:30 pm 3:30-4:30 pm 8:15-9:30 pm 10:00 -11:00 am 2:30-4:00 pm 9:00-9:40 am April 16th  7:00-8:00 pm
Holdrege,
All Saints
1204 Logan St.   7:00 PM 3:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:30 AM   7:40 AM to 8:05 AM, 8:45 AM to 9:15 AM 7:40 AM to 8:05 AM, 8:45 AM to 9:15 AM, 5:30 PM to 5:55 PM, 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM 11:30 AM to 12 Noon, 8:30 to 9:30 PM, 10 to 10:30 PM, 11 to 11:30 PM. 10:10 AM to 10:40 AM, 12:10 to 12:40 PM, 4:00 to 4:30 PM. 10:00 to 10:30 AM, 4:45 to 5:30 PM 10:15 to 10:25 AM. Palm Sunday April 14, 4:30 PM - Multiple priests.
Imperial,
St. Patrick
128 East 7th St.   7:00 PM Mountain 5:30 PM Mountain 8:00 PM Mountain 10:00 AM Mountain     6:45 AM and 7:45 AM Mountain 6:15 PM Mountain 5:00 PM Mountain 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM Mountain 9:30 AM Moutain  
Indianola,
St. Catherine
815 D Street   7:00 PM 3:00 (Stations) 7:00 pm (Passion) 8:30 PM       6:30 PM       8:00 AM Sunday, April 14, 4:00 pm
Julian,
St. Bernards
5592 O Rd   7PM (at St. Joseph) 7PM (at St. Joseph) 8:30PM (at St. Joseph) 10AM     7-8PM (at St. Joseph) after Holy Thursday Mass after Good Friday services     Palm Sunday at Noon at St. Joseph
Kenesaw,
Sacred Heart
100 W Pine   5:30 PM 5:30 PM   11:00 AM                
Lawrence
Sacred Heart
141 East 2nd St.   7pm 7pm 8:30pm     8:30-9:30pm 8-9:30pm After Liturgy After Liturgy      
Lawrence
St. Stephen
1838 Road 2600   at Sacred Heart - Lawrence 3pm Stations of the Cross at Sacred Heart - Lawrence 8am   see Sacred Heart - Lawrence 12:30-1:30pm see Sacred Heart - Lawrence After 3pm Stations     see Sacred Heart - Lawrence
Manley,
St. Patrick
107 Broadway                          
McCook,
St. Ann
rural McCook   7:00 PM     8:00 AM       after 7:00 pm Mass        
McCook,
St. Patrick
401 East F St.   7:00 PM 3:00 pm Stations; 7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 PM 7:30, 9:00, 11:00 am; 4:00 pm Mass in Spanish     Noon-1:00 pm; 6:00-7:00 pm Noon-1:00 pm; after 7:00 pm Mass Noon-1:00 pm; after 3:00 pm Stations; after 7:00 pm Liturgy Noon-1:00 pm   Palm Sunday 4/14 7:00 pm
McCool Junction,
St. Patrick
305 Road M   6:00 PM 5:30 PM   10:00 AM       Before and After 6:00 pm Mass        
Mead,
St. James
213 E. 8th St.   7:00 PM 3:00 pm, 7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 PM 9:00 AM     6:30-8:00pm 8:30-9:30pm 10:30-11:30 am and 5:30-6:45 pm 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 8:15-8:45 am Sunday, April 14, 2:00 pm
Milligan,
St. Wenceslaus
703 Main St.   5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.   10:30 a.m.         5:00 -5:25 p.m.   10:00 - 10:25 a.m.  
Minden,
St. John the Baptist
624 N. Garber Ave.     Stations 2 PM  Liturgy 7:30 PM 9 PM  10:30 AM,    12:30 PM (Spanish)   6pm    after 7:30 PM   Mass  2:30 PM & after 7:30 PM Service Noon 10 AM & 11:30-12:20 PM  
Morse Bluff,
St. George
260 Short St.     7:00 PM 8:30 PM 10:00 AM   5:30 - 6:15 p, 5:30 - 6:55 pm   5:30 - 6:30 pm Noon-1:00pm, 2:30-3:30 pm   Sunday, April 14, 4:00 pm
Nebraska City,
St. Benedict
411 5th Rue   8:00 PM 5:30 PM (English) 7 PM (Spanish) 8:30 PM 9 AM (English) 12 PM (Spanish)   7 PM until finished or by appt 6 PM unitl finished or by appt 9PM until finished or by appt 1:30 PM at Ambassador; 5 PM & 8 PM 11 AM until finished or by appt 8:30-9 AM & 11:30 AM to 12 PM  
Nebraska City
St. Mary
218 N. 6th St.   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 8:00 am and 10:00 am       8:00 - 9:00 pm 8:00 - 9:00 pm 4:00 - 5:00 pm 7:40-8:00 am and 9:40-10:00 am Sun. 4/14 2:00 pm
North Platte,
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
3301 Echo Dr.   7:00pm 12:10pm Stations; 7:00pm Liturgy 9:00pm 10:00am   7:00pm-7:25pm 5-5:25pm; 7-8:00pm (2 Priests available) 8:15pm-10:30pm 8:15pm-10:30pm 4:00pm-5:00pm 9:00am-9:55am April 14, 3:00pm-5:00pm at St. Patrick, North Platte
City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 16 Confessions Wednesday April 17 Confessions Holy Thurs April 18 Confessions Good Friday April 19 Confessions Saturday April 20 Confessions Easter Sun April 21 Confessions Penance Service
Odell,
St. Mary's
521 Perry St.                          
Orleans,
St. Mary's
109 West Linn St.                          
Osceola,
St. Vincent Ferrer
751 S. Nance                          
Oxford,
St. Michael's
510 Central Ave.                          
Palisade,
Holy Family
101 North Vennum                          
Palmyra,
St Leo
330 West 8th St.   6:30PM 3pm Stations 8:30PM 11AM       Following Mass Following stations 5:30-6pm    
Paul,
St Josephs
5592 O Rd   7PM 7PM 8:30PM 8AM     7-8PM Following Holy Thursday Mass Following Good Friday Service     Palm Sunday at Noon
Peru,
St. Clara's
6th & Main Sts         8:30 AM               In Auburn on Sun. Apr. 14 from 3:30-4:30 pm with Adoration.
Pilzno,
St. Mary
1740 140th Rd.                          
Plasi (Rural Prague)
Sts. Cyril and Methodius
2880 County Road O     3PM   10AM         After the Celebration of the Lord's Passion     Sunday, April 14th - 4PM
Plattsmouth,
Church of the Holy Spirit
520 S. 18th St.   7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 8:30 P.M. 8 A.M. and 10:30 A.M.   4-5 P.M. and before morning Mass. 12 Noon-1 P.M. and 7:30-8:30 P.M. and before morning Mass. 4-5 pm; after Mass; 9 pm, 10 pm, 11 pm After 12 pm Stations and 3 pm devotion; after 7:30pm Liturgy RCIA candidates and sponsors only. No scheduled times. None scheduled. 3:30 P.M. on Palm Sunday, April 14.
Prague,
St. John the Baptist
122 Center St.   7PM 7PM 8:30PM 8AM       After the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper After the Celebration of the Lord's Passion     Sunday, April 14th - 4PM
Red Cloud,
Sacred Heart
413 N Seward     6:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am     3:00-4:00pm By appointment       3-4pm Palm Sunday
Roseland
Sacred Heart
11818 North Alexander   7:00pm 3:00 Stations 7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30pm 10:00am     4:00-5:00 & 7:00-8:30 Assumption 8:00pm 8:00pm Assumption 9:00am    
Roseland
Assumption
12630 West Assumption Road     7:00pm Passion of the Lord   8:00am     4:00-5:00pm & 7:00-8:30pm   8:00pm 9:00am @ Sacred Heart    
Rulo,
Immaculate Conception
601 Rouleau   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 8:30am       After Holy Thursday Mass After Good Friday service      
City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 16 Confessions Wednesday April 17 Confessions Holy Thurs April 18 Confessions Good Friday April 19 Confessions Saturday April 20 Confessions Easter Sun April 21 Confessions Penance Service
Seward,
St. Vincent de Paul 
152 Pinewood Ave.   7:00 p.m. 3 pm Stations/Divine Mercy; 7 pm Liturgy 8:30 p.m. 8 a.m. & 10 a.m.       After Mass After Mass 10 a.m. Before both Masses April 14 @ 7 p.m.
Shelby
Sacred Heart
210 South Walnut   7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m.   7:00 a.m. to 7:25 a.m. 5:30 p.m. to 6:25 p.m. 4:30-5:30 p.m. and 9:00 pm as needed 8:30 p.m. for as long as needed Noon to 1:00 p.m. 8:15 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. Sunday, April 14 at 1:00 p.m.
Shickley,
St. Mary
703 Swartzendruber Dr.     7:00 PM   8:00 AM     6:30 -6:50 am   After Liturgy till finished     See St. Joseph in Geneva
Shubert,
St. Anne
507 Main St.     5:30 PM   10:30 AM             10:00 AM  
Smithfield,
St. John
150 Niobrara St.     7:00 PM 8:30 PM in Spanish- Fr. Lorenz 8:30 AM     2:30 to 3:00 PM   8:00 to 8:30 PM 8:00 to 8:20 pm Spanish and English 8:00 to 8:25 AM  
St. Mary
St. Mary
325 3rd St., Hwy. 41   7:00pm 6:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am       8:30pm       5:30pm Sunday 4/14
Steinauer,
St. Anthony of Padua
310 Hickory St.                          
Stratton,
St. Joseph
419 County Road     3:00 pm CT   8:30 am CT         12:30 pm CT      
Superior
St. Jospeh
1415 California St.                          
Sutton
St. Mary
312 S. Saunders   7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m.       8-9 p.m. 6-6:30 p.m.     Sunday, April 14 from 2-3 p.m.
Syracuse,
St. Paulinus
476 Poplar St.   7 P.M. 7 am Morning Prayer; 12 noon Stations; 3 pm 7 Last words; 7 pm Liturgy  8:30 P.M. 8 A.M.     After 6 P.M. Mass (6:30-7:30 P.M.) 5-6 P.M.; after 7 P.M. Mass After each service above     Morning Prayer 8 A.M. on Holy Saturday
Tecumseh
St. Andrew
186 N. 5th St.   7:00pm (Bilingual) 4:30pm (Bilingual) 8:30pm (at St. Mary) 10:00am; 12:30pm (Spanish)   8:30pm   8:30pm       5:30pm Sunday 4/14
Tobias,
St. Joseph
511 N Elm St.         8:00 AM                
Touhy,
St. Vitus
North Main St.                   3:00pm   10:00am  
Trenton,
St. James
117 West B St.                          
Ulysses
Immaculate Conception
215 S. 6th St.   7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m.  Stations; 7:30 p.m. Good Friday Service 8:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m.       6:50 - 7:20 p.m. 2:20 - 2:50 p.m. and 6:50 - 7:20 p.m.  11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 7:50 - 8:20 p.m. 8:20 - 8:50 a.m.  
Utica,
St. Patrick
110 3rd St.   6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.   8:00 a.m.     7-7:30 p.m. 5:30-6:00 p.m. 2:30-3:00 p.m.      
Valparaiso,
Sts. Mary & Joseph
637 Iver St.   7:00pm 3:00pm Stations, 7:00pm Services 8:30pm 9:00am       5:30pm-6:30pm 5:30pm-6:30pm 5:00pm-6:00pm 8:15am-8:45am Palm Sunday, April 14, 5:30pm
Wahoo,
St. Wenceslaus
211 East 2nd St.   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 AM   6-6:50 AM, 5-5:30 PM, and 7:00 PM 6:30-6:50 AM and 5:00-5:30 PM     4:00-5:00 PM   Tuesday 7:00 PM 
Wallace
St. Mary's
221 North Commercial Ave.   In Grant, NE 7 pm CT in Spanish In Grant, NE 8 a.m.                
Wauneta,
St. John
499 South Arikaree                          
Wellfleet,
St. Williams
203 Nile St.                          
Weston,
St. John Nepomucene
450 School St.   7:00pm 12 Noon Stations; 7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30pm 8:00am             4:00pm  
Wilber,
St. Wenceslaus
501 N. Wilson St.   6:30 PM 12 pm Stations; 3 PM- Divine Mercy; 6:30 pm Liturgy 8:30 PM 10:00 AM   6:30 am and 5:00 pm until finished after Stations until finished 8:00 pm until last heard in line 12:30 pm after Stations until last heard in line      
Wymore,
St. Mary's
123 N. 11th St.                          
York,
St. Joseph
505 N. East Ave.   7:00 PM 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm  8:30 PM 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12 noon (Spanish)   12-1:00 pm; 7:00 pm Penance Service 12-1:00 pm; 5:30-6:30 pm 8:00-9:00 pm 12-1:00 pm     Tuesday, April 16 at 7:00 pm
City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 16 Confessions Wednesday April 17 Confessions Holy Thurs April 18 Confessions Good Friday April 19 Confessions Saturday April 20 Confessions Easter Sun April 21 Confessions Penance Service

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City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 16 Confessions Wednesday April 17 Confessions Holy Thurs April 18 Confessions Good Friday April 19 Confessions Saturday April 20 Confessions Easter Sun April 21 Confessions Penance Service
Lincoln,
Blessed Sacrament
1720 Lake St.   7:30 PM 12 noon 7 Last Words; 3 pm Stations; 7:30 pm Liturgy 8:30 PM 8:30 am, 10:00 am and 11:30 am   6-6:25 am, 8-8:15 am, 6-6:30 pm, 8:30-9:00 pm 6-6:25 am, 8-8:15 am, 8-8:30 pm 9-9:30 am, 12:00-12:30 pm, 6-6:30 pm, 9-9:30 pm 12:30-1 pm, 3:30-4 pm, 6-6:30 pm, 8:30-9:00 pm 12:00 – 1:00 pm    
Lincoln,
Cathedral of the Risen Christ
3500 Sheridan Blvd.   7:00 p.m. 12 Noon Stations; 3:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 p.m. 6:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m.   3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.    
Lincoln,
Cristo Rey
4245 J St.   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 7:30am, 9:30am, 12noon, 5:30pm   8am-8:20am 8:00am-8:20am 6pm-7pm 6pm-7pm 7:30pm-8:15pm 7am-7:20am, 9am-9:20am, 11:30-11:50am Sunday, April 14 from 2pm to 5pm
Lincoln,
Immaculate Heart of Mary
6435 Madison Ave.   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 10:00 AM   5:30 pm - 6:00 pm 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm 9:30 am - 10:00 am Monday - Friday 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm; Sat April 13 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm; Sun April 14 8:30 am - 9:00 am; 10:30 am - 11:00 am; 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lincoln,
North American Martyrs
1101 Isaac Dr.   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 7:00 am, 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am   7:30 - 8:30 pm 7:30 - 9:00 pm 9:00 - 10:00 am; 8:30 pm til finished 9-10 am; 3:30 pm til finished; 8:00 pm til finished 10:30 - 11:30 am    
Lincoln,
Sacred Heart
500 N 31st   7:00 PM 12 Noon Stations; 3:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 PM 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am   6:00 - 7:00 pm 7:00 - 8:00 pm 11:30 am-12:30 pm; 8:30-9:30 pm 10:30-11:30am; 4:00-5:00pm; 6:00-7:00 pm 12:30-1:30pm; 4:00-5:00pm    
Lincoln,
St. Andrew Dung Lac & Companions
9230 First St.   7:00pm 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 10:00 AM   6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 8:30 am - 9:30 am Penance Service : 7:00 pm Apr. 13
Lincoln,
St. Francis of Assisi
1145 South St.   7:00pm 3:00pm (Stations at 1:30pm) 9:00pm 8:30am, 10:30am   7:30am-7:50am 6:30am-6:50am 6:00-7:00pm 12:00-1:00pm 11:00am-12:00pm (noon) 8:00am-8:20am; 10:00am-10:20am  
Lincoln,
St. John the Apostle
7601 Vine St.   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 7:30, 9:00 &10:30 am,12:00 Noon       9-10 am, 1-2 pm, 4-5 pm, after 7 pm Mass 9-10 am, 1-2 pm, 4-5 pm, after 7 pm Liturgy 3:00-3:50 pm, 5:00-5:30 pm    
Lincoln,
St. Joseph
1940 S 77th St.   7:30 pm Mass of the Lord's Supper 3:00 pm - Stations; 7:30 pm Liturgy 8:30 PM 7:30 am; 9:00 am; & 11:00 am; No 5 pm Mass         3:30 pm - 5:00 pm 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm    Sunday, April 14, 7:00 P.M.
Lincoln,
St. Mary
1420 K St.   7:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 8:00 am; 10:00 am; 12:30 pm; 5:00 pm   11:00 am to 12:00 Noon; 6:30 to 7:00 pm 11:00 am to 12:00 Noon; 6:30 to 7:00 pm 11:00 am to 12:00 Noon; 6:30 to 7:00 pm 11:00 am to 12:00 Noon; 6:30 to 7:00 pm 11:00 am to 4:00 pm   Monday 4/15 11:00 am to 12:00 Noon
Lincoln,
St. Michael
9101 S. 78th St.   7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 8:30 P.M. 8:00 A.M., 9:30 A.M., 11:10 A.M.   1/2 hour before each daily Mass 1/2 hour before each daily Mass 8:00-9:00 P.M. 4:00-5:00 P.M. 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. 1/2 before each Mass Sunday, April 14, 5:00 P.M.
Lincoln,
St. Patrick
6111 Morrill Ave.   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 7 am; 8:30 am; 10 am; 11:30 am   7:30 - 7:55 am; 6 - 8 pm 7:30 - 7:55 am; 5 - 5:45 pm; 7 - 8 pm 3 - 5 pm 3:30 - 5 pm 11 - Noon; 4 - 5 pm    
Lincoln,
St. Peter
4500 Duxhall Dr.   7:30 PM 3 pm Stations; 7:30 pm Liturgy 8:30 PM 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM   6:00 & 7:45 AM; 5:00 - 7:00 PM 6:00 & 7:45 AM; 5:00 - 7:00 PM Noon - 1:00 PM & following Mass 3:30 - 4:30 PM & following Liturgy Noon - 1:00 PM    
Lincoln,
St. Teresa
735 So. 36th St.   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30pm 8am, 10am, and Noon   6-6:25am, 7:45-8:10am, 9-9:30am, and 7:30-8pm 6-6:25am, 7:45-8:10am, and 9-9:30am 8:00pm 7:45-8:10am, 12:30-1pm, and 8:30pm      
Lincoln,
St. Thomas Aquinas (Newman Center)
320 N. 16th St.   8:00 PM 12 pm Stations; 3:00 pm Liturgy; 7:00 pm Stations 8:30 PM 10:00 am; 11:30 am       4:30-6:00 pm 10:30-11:45 am; 1:30-2:30 pm; After 3 pm liturgy 4:30-5:30 pm    
City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 16 Confessions Wednesday April 17 Confessions Holy Thurs April 18 Confessions Good Friday April 19 Confessions Saturday April 20 Confessions Easter Sun April 21 Confessions Penance Service

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City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday March 30 Confessions Wednesday March 31 Confessions Holy Thurs April 1 Confessions Good Friday April 2 Confessions Saturday April 3 Confessions Penance Service
Blessed Sacrament, Lincoln 1720 Lake Street   7:30pm, Mass of the Lord's Supper - Adoration til Midnight 12 NOON, 7 Last Words Meditation - 3:00pm, Stations of the Cross - 7:30pm, Celebration of the Lord's Passion 8:30pm, Easter Vigil 8:30am, 10:00am, & 11:30am 6:00-6:25am, 8:00-8:15am, 6:00-6:30pm, 8:30-9:00pm 6:00-6:25am, 8:00-8:15am, 8:00-8:30pm 9-9:30am, 12-12:30pm, 6:00-6:30pm, 9:00-9:30pm 12:30-1:00pm, 3:30-4:00pm, 6:00-6:30pm, 8:30-9:00pm 12:00-1:00pm  
Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Lincoln 3500 Sheridan Blvd   7:00pm 3:00pm 8:30pm 6:00am, 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:00am, & 6:00pm 2:00pm-5:00pm & 6:00pm-9:00pm 2:00pm-5:00pm & 6:00pm-9:00pm 2:00pm-4:30pm 12:30pm-2:00pm and 7:00pm-9:00pm 11:30am-1:00pm After the Mass of the Lord's Supper and the Good Friday service
Cristo Rey, Lincoln 4221 J St., Lincoln, NE 68510   7pm 12 noon: Viacrucis, 7pm Liturgia, 8pm Via Mater, 8:30pm empieza de novena de Divina Misericordia 8:30pm 7:30am, 9:30am, 12 noon, 2pm, 5:30pm 8-8:20am 8-8:20am 6-7pm 6-7pm 7:30-8:30pm  
North American Martyrs, Lincoln 1101 Isaac Drive   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:00am, 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am 7:00 - 8:00pm 7:00 - 8:30pm 9:00 - 10:00am; 8:30pm - until finished 9:00 - 10:00am, 3:30pm - until finished; 8:00pm - until finished 10:00 - 11:30am  
Saint Teresa, Lincoln 735 S 36th St.   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am, 10:00am, and Noon 6:00-6:20am, 7:45-8:05am, and 9:00-9:30am 6:00-6:20am, 7:45-8:05am, and 9:00-9:30am After 7:00pm Mass After Noon's Stations of the Cross and after the 7:00pm Service 11am-Noon  
St. Andrew Dung Lac & Companions, Lincoln 9230 1st Street, Lincoln, NE 68526   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 10:00am 6:00pm-7:00pm 6:00pm-7:00pm 6:00pm-6:60pm 6:00pm-6:30pm 7:00pm-7:30pm  
St. Francis of Assisi, Lincoln 1145 South St.   7:00pm 3:00pm 8:00pm 8:00am, 10:00am 7:30am (prior to Mass) 6:30am (prior to Mass) 5:00-6:00pm Noon - 1:00pm 11:00am - Noon 30 minutes prior to each Easter Mass
St. John the Apostle, Lincoln 7601 Vine Street, Lincoln, NE 68505   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am, 12:00pm     9:00-10:00am, 1:00-2:00pm, 4:00-5:00pm, after 7pm Mass  9:00-10:00am, 1:00-2:00pm, 4:00-5:00pm, after 7pm Liturgy  3:00-3:50pm, 5:00-5:30pm  
St. Joseph, Lincoln 1940 S. 77th St.   7:30pm Mass of the Lord's Supper 3:00pm Stations of the Cross, 7:30pm The Passion of the Lord 8:30pm 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:00am 12:00-1:00pm 12:00-1:00pm 12:00-1:00pm 3:30-5:00pm 3:00-5:00pm 4/1 Adoration 9:00pm-Midnight
St. Mary, Lincoln 1400 "K" St.   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am, 10:00am, 12:30pm, 5:00pm 11:00am-12:00pm (Or until all are heard) 11:00am-12:00pm (Or until all are heard), 6:00-6:45pm 11:00am-12:00pm (Or until all are heard), 6:00-6:45pm 11:00am-12:00pm (Or until all are heard), 6:00-6:45pm 11:00am-4:00pm  
St. Michael, Lincoln 9101 S. 78th St.   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:10am 6:00-8:00pm 8:00-9:00pm 4:00-5:00pm 11:00am - 12:00pm 1/2 hour before each Mass  
St. Patrick, Lincoln 6111 Morrill Ave   7:00pm 8:00am, 12 noon, 3:00pm, 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:00am, 8:30am, 10:00am, 11:30am 7:30-7:55am, 6:00-8:00pm 7:30-7:55am, 5:00-5:45pm, 7:00-8:00pm 3:00-5:00pm 3:30-5:00pm 11:00am-Noon, 4:00-5:00pm  
St. Peter, Lincoln 4500 Duxhall Drive   7:30pm 3pm Stations of the Cross, 7:30pm Liturgy of the Lord's Passion 8:30pm 8am, 9:30am and 11am   6pm-8pm 6pm-7pm, and Following Mass until 10pm Following Liturgy until 10pm    
City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses Tuesday March 30 Confessions Wednesday March 31 Confessions Holy Thurs April 1 Confessions Good Friday April 2 Confessions Saturday April 3 Confessions Penance Service

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The 32nd Annual Marian Mass, Rosary, and Candlelight Procession will be held Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 7pm on the Marian Center Grounds (112th and Fletcher Road) near Waverly, Nebraska.  Bishop James D. Conley will be the Main Celebrant and Homilist.  Join us for this evening of prayer, reflection, and commemoration, specifically for the present-day crisis of faith and need for healing in the world.

This Marian event, which includes the Mass, an international rosary prayed in several languages, and a candlelight procession with the singing of Tres de Maio, began thirty-two years ago. The event was inspired by a group of pilgrims from St. Teresa’s parish who visited Fatima, Portugal and experienced the beautiful devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary.  Recognizing that only a few people from the Lincoln Diocese would ever be able to attend this event in Portugal, the group decided to replicate the devotion and bring it home to Nebraska.  While this Marian event has been held for over thirty years, the message never grows old and continues to inspire prayer and hope.

The story of Fatima, began in May 1917, against a backdrop of World War I, and an atheistic mindset that was sweeping across Europe.  Our Lady appeared to the three shepherd children, asking for prayer, penance, and to deliver the message that unless people changed their ways, “a worse war would occur”.  Culminating on October 13 of the same year, the Blessed Mother asked the children to share her words, “Do not offend God anymore”, and then she pointed to the sun, at which point it began to pulse and spin, and eventually appeared to fall to the earth, sending pilgrims fleeing and begging for mercy.  Many pilgrims were healed in this moment, and as the sun returned to the sky, the grounds were completely dry, though they had been saturated with rain for days prior.  This is known as the Miracle of the Sun, and is a historically documented event.

St. Teresa’s parish commemorates this event as near the September 13th apparition as possible, with this year’s event falling on September 11, which is an historic date for our own country, in memory of the 9-11 attack some eighteen years ago. Outdoor accommodations will be available with restrooms, wheelchair accessibility, and seating. Candles and rosaries will be available for the procession.  A free-will donation will be taken up to cover expenses.  Youth groups and parishioners of all ages are encouraged to come.

Please join pilgrims from across our city and surrounding communities this September 11th, so that we may gather as a unified family of prayer to combat the evils that now face our world, and pray for peace.

In case of inclement weather, the event will be held at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ at 7pm.

 

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City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday March 27 Confessions Wednesday March 28 Confessions Holy Thurs March 29 Confessions Good Friday March 30 Confessions Saturday March 31 Confessions Easter Sun April 1 Confessions Penance Service
Abie, Sts. Peter and Paul 222 Maple Street   7:00pm Stations 12pm, Passion 7pm 8:30pm 8:30am   6:30pm-7:30pm   4pm-5pm 6pm-6:40pm, 8pm-? 3pm-4pm   3/25 2pm
Alexandria, St. Mary's 511 Amanda St.     5:15 PM                    
Alma, St. Joseph's 810 4th St.                          
Arago, St. Mary's 65724 713 Rd.     3:00pm             After Service      
Arapahoe, St.Germanus 912 Chestnut St.                          
Ashland, St Mary 1625 Adams st   7:00pm Stations 12pm, Passion 7pm 8:30pm 8:30am   6:30pm-7:30pm   4pm-5pm 6pm-6:40pm, 8pm-? 3pm-4pm   3/25 2pm
Auburn, St. Joseph's 2221 N St                          
Aurora, St. Mary 1420 9th St.   6:30 pm 6:30 pm 8:30 pm 8:30 am       12:00-1:00 pm 12:30 - 1:30 pm by appointment    
Avoca, Holy Trinity 3 miles Southeast of Hwy. 34 & 102nd St. in Cass County   none Stations - 10:00am none 11:00am   none 8:00pm - 8:30pm none none none 10:45am March 25th - 12:15pm - 1:15pm at St. Paulinus, Syracuse
Barneston, St. Joseph 406 Wyatt St.                          
Beatrice, St. Joseph 612 High St.   6:30pm 3PM Stations; 7:30pm Liturgy 8:30pm 8:00 & 10:00am   7:45-8:10am 7:45-8:10am & 5:00-5:30pm 5:00 to 5:30pm 3:30 t 4pm & 5:00 to 5:30pm 4:00 to 5:30pm   March 25, 3:00 to 5:30pm
Beaver Crossing, Sacred Heart 401 Dimery St.   7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m.     8:00 to 8:30 p.m. 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. 11:00 to 12:00 p.m. 7:30 to 8:00 a.m.  
Bee, St. Wenceslaus 350 Elm St.   6:00 pm Noon - 3:00 Tre Ore and 6:00 pm Liturgy 9:00pm 9;00 am English and 5:00 pm Latin antiquior   7:00 am 7:00 am 5:30 pm 12:30 - 1:30   8:30am  and 4:30pm 2:30 pm Palm Sunday
Bellwood, Presentation 1291 41 Road   7:00 PM 12:10 pm Stations, 7:00 pm Liturgy  8:30 pm 9:00 am   No confessions No confessions 8 pm, 9 pm, 10 pm. about 12:40 pm No confessions 8:30 am March 20, 2018 between 7-8 pm
Bellwood, St. Joseph 4211 B Rd.     7pm   8am   5:30-630pm 7:30-830pm   12:45-1:30pm, 8-9pm   7:30-7:50am  
Bellwood, St. Peter 211 Esplanade St.   7pm   8:30pm 10am   6:30-7am 6:30-7am; 5:30-630pm 5:30-6:30pm 3:45-430pm 9-10am   March 25: 1-2pm
Benkelman, St. Joseph 819 Cheyenne St.   N/A 3:00 MT N/A 10:00 MT         7:30 pm MT      
Blue Hill, Holy Trinity 513 South Liberty     12:15 PM   10:30 AM                
Brainard, Holy Trinity 108 E. Brainard St.   7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m.; 9:00 a.m.               March 25, 2:30 p.m.
Bruno, St. Anthony 407 Pine St.                          
Burchard, Sacred Heart 405 Gage Street         8:00 AM                
Cambridge, St. John 705 Shole Ave.                          
Campbell, St. Anne 518 S. Stewart   7:00 PM 3:00 PM 8:30 PM 8:00 AM                
Cedar Bluffs, St. Mary 207 South 3rd Street                          
Cedar Hill, Sacred Heart 2750 County Road 27   7:00 pm     8:00 am       5:30-6:30 pm 3:45-4:45   7:30-7:55 am Yes - Deanery 3/25, 3/27
Colon, St. Joseph 111 Cherry St.                          
Cortland, St. James 500 W 1ST ST   7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m.; 10:30 a.m.       11:30 a.m -- 1:00 p.m.; after Mass 3:30 until finished; after the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion 11 a.m. - Noon 30 minutes before Mass  
Crete, Sacred Heart 13th & Ivy   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 9am 11:30am (Spanish)     6:00-7:00pm 6:30-7:30pm 6:30-7:30pm 6:30-7:30pm 30 minutes before Masses  
Curtis, St. James 313 E. 6th St.   7:30 pm 7:30 pm 8:30 pm 11:00 am   5:00 - 5:30 pm 7:30-8:00 am and 8:30 - 9:00 am After Liturgy, at 10 pm, at 11 pm till finished After Liturgy till finished 8:30 - 9:00 am   See McCook or North Platte
Davey, St. Mary 17630 N. 3rd St.                          
David City, (Appleton) Assumption 1821 38th Road                          
David City (Center), St. Francis 3071 P Rd.   6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m.               Palm Sunday
David City, St. Mary 580 I St.                          
Dawson, St. Mary's 312 4th St.   7:30 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 8:30 am       8:30 pm 8:00 pm   8:00 am 4:00 pm, Sunday, March 25
Denton, St. Mary 7105 Cass Ave.                          
Deweese, Assumption 506 Liberty     Noon Stations   10am     12:30-1:30pm   After Stations   Before Mass  
Doniphan, St. Ann 202 N 5th   7:30 p.m. 3:00 pm Stations; 7:30 p.m. Liturgy 8:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m.   6:40 - 6:55 a.m. 6:40 - 6:55 a.m. 6:40 - 6:55 a.m. and after 7:30 p.m. mass 6:40 - 6:55 a.m. and after 7:30 p.m. service     March 25 at 2:00 pm with 2 priests
Douglas, St Martin 125 West 3rd     6:30pm Passion Liturgy   8:30am         After Passion Liturgy      
Dwight, Assumption 336 West Pine   7:00 p.m. 12 pm Stations; 7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m.   7:00 - 7:30 a.m. 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. and after the 7:00 p.m. Mass until all are heard. After the 12:00 noon Stations of the Cros and after 7:00 p.m. Liturgy until all are heard. 8:00 a.m.   1:00 p.m. on Palm Sunday, March 25th.
Elmwood, St. Mary 500 West G   6:00PM 3:00PM   9:00AM     5:30 to 6:30PM   following 3pm service to 5pm      
Elsie, Resurrection 202 Grant St.                          
Exeter, St. Stephen 208 N Union Ave                          
Fairbury, St. Michael 807 F St.   7:00 7:00 8:30 10:00               Sunday 3-25 1:00
Falls City, Sts. Peter and Paul 1820 Fulton St.   7:30 p.m. 12:05 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 7:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.   12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. & 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Following the 7:30 p.m. Liturgy 11:30 a.m. & after 7:00 p.m. Stations None 6:30 - 6:55 a.m. & 9:30 - 9:55 a.m. Sunday, March 25, 5:30 p.m.
Farnam, St. Joseph 540 Main St     12 Noon   7:30 am         11:30 -11:55 am     See St. James - Curtis
Franklin, St. Katharine Drexel 1006 O St.   6:00 pm     8:00 am       4:30 - 5:30 pm     7:30 - 8:00 am  
Friend, St. Joseph 405 South Main St.   7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m.     Guest Confessors: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. 5 - 6 p.m.; 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. 5 - 6 p.m.; 7 - 8 p.m. 4 - 5 p.m. 9:45 - 10:15 a.m.  
Geneva, St. Joseph 831 E Street                          
Giltner, St. Joseph 209 North Derby     Divine Mercy Chaplet & 7 Last Words 3:00 pm   10:30 am         3:30 - 4:30 pm      
Grafton, St. Helena 172 N. Jackson Ave.   5:00 PM 3:00 pm   11:00 pm       3:30-4:30 pm 1:30-2:30 pm      
Grant, Mother of Sorrows 739 Garfield Ave.   7 pm 7 pm 8 pm 10:30 am                
Greenwood, St. Joseph 7 Oah St     Stations 3pm   10:30am         4pm 12pm-1pm    
Harvard, St. Joseph 611 N. Kearney Ave.   7 PM 7 PM 7:30 PM English 9 AM; Spanish 10:30 AM     7 PM before & After Mass 1:30 PM 12 PM before Masses  
Hastings, St. Cecilia 6th & Kansas Ave.   7:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 7 AM; 8 AM (at Good Samaritan Village); 9 AM; 11 AM; Spanish Mass at 1 PM     4:30 to 5: 30 PM 4:00 to 5:30 PM; after the 7:30 PM Liturgy; in Spanish after the 7:30 PM Liturgy After stations; 4-5:30 PM; after the 7:30 PM Liturgy; in Spanish after the 7:30 PM Liturgy 8:00 to 9:00 AM; 12:00 noon to 2 PM 10:30 to 10:50 AM 4:00 PM at St. Michael's parish in Hastings
Hastings, St. Michael's  715 Creighton Ave.   7:30 p.m 12 pm Stations; 3 pm Divine Mercy; 7:30 pm Liturgy 8:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.   4:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m. After all services 3:00 p.m. None Palm Sunday at 4:00 p.m.
Hayes Center, Sacred Heart rural Hayes Center     7 pm Liturgy   10 am         after 7 pm Liturgy      
Heartwell, Holy Family 245 Jefferson St.                          
Hebron, Sacred Heart 436 N 3rd   7:00 pm 3:00 Stations 7:00 Service 8:30 pm 10:00 am   7:00 pm Communal Penance Service 12:00-1:00 pm 7:30-8:30 pm 1:00-2:30 After 7:00 Mass until 9:30pm After Stations (3:40) & After Good Friday (8:15) 10:00-11:00 am 2:30-3:30 pm 9:00 - 9:45 am Tue Mar. 27 7:00 pm
Holdrege, All Saints 1204 Logan St.   7:00 PM 3:00 pm 8:45 pm 10:30 am   I can update later or see bulletin online         3/25 at 2:30 pm
Imperial, St. Patrick 128 East 7th St.                          
Indianola, St. Catherine 815 D Street   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 am   7:00 am 6:00 pm       8:15 am Sunday, (3/25) 4:00 pm
Julian, St. Bernards 5592 O Rd         10am               March 25th 12:15pm
Kenesaw, Sacred Heart 100 W Pine   5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.   Easter Vigil 5:45 a.m.                
Lawrence, Sacred Heart 141 East 2nd St.   7pm 7pm 8:30pm     8-9pm 8-9pm After Mass After Liturgy      
Lawrence, St. Stephen 1838 Road 2600     3pm Stations   8am   6-7pm     After Stations   Before Mass  
Manley, St. Patrick 107 Broadway   7:30PM 7:00PM 8:30PM 11:00AM   6:00pm to 7:00pm   following 7:30pm Mass following 7:00pm service 4:15 to 5:00pm   Sunday, March 25 at 12Noon
McCook, St. Ann rural McCook   7 pm     8 am       after 7 pm Mass        
McCook, St. Patrick 401 East F St.   7 pm 3 pm Stations, 7 pm Liturgy 8:30 pm 7:30, 9 & 11 am.; Mass in Spanish 4 pm     Noon-1 pm, 6-7 pm Noon - 1 pm, after 7 pm Mass Noon - 1 pm, after 3 pm Stations, after 7 pm Liturgy Noon - 1 pm   Palm Sunday, March 25, 7 pm
McCool Junction, St. Patrick 305 Road M   6:00 5:30 At St. Joseph, York 10:00     Before Mass Before Mass Before Service   Before Mass 7:00 Wednesday, St. Joseph, York
Mead, St. James 213 E. 8th St.   7:00pm 3 pm Stations; 7 pm Liturgy  8:30pm 9:00am     5:00-6:00pm 8:30-9:30pm 10:30-11:30am and 5:30-6:45pm 12:00pm-1:00pm 8:15-8:45am March 25, 2:00pm
Milligan, St. Wenceslaus 703 Main St.                          
Minden, St. John the Baptist 624 N. Garber Ave.                          
Morse Bluff, St. George 260 Short St.     7:00 PM 8:30 PM 10:00 am   5:30-6:15 pm 5:30-6:55 pm   5:30-6:30 pm 12:00-1:00, 2:30-3:30 pm   Deanery  3/25, 3/27
Nebraska City, St. Benedict 411 5th Rue                          
Nebraska City, St. Mary 218 N. 6th St.                          
North Platte, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 3301 Echo Dr.   7:00pm 12:10 pm, Divine Mercy Novena, 7 Last Words;  7 pm Liturgy 8:30pm 10:00am   5:00pm - 5:25pm 5:00pm - 5:25pm 8:15pm - 10:30pm 8:15pm - 10:30pm 4:00pm - 4:55pm 9:00am - 9:55am  
Odell, St. Mary's 521 Perry St.   6:00 P.M. At Wymore At Wymore 9:00 A.M.     7-8 P.M. Before Mass At Wymore At Wymore Before Mass  
Orleans, St. Mary's 109 West Linn St.                           
Osceola, St. Vincent Ferrer 751 S. Nance   7 o'clock 6 o'clock 8:30 9:00 a.m.   8:20 a.m. 8;20 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 6:45 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m.  
Oxford, St. Michael's 510 Central Ave.                          
Palisade, Holy Family 101 North Vennum                          
Palmyra, St Leo 330 West 8th St.   6:30pm   830pm 11am     7-8pm After Mass   4-5pm    
Paul, St Josephs 5592 O Rd   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am   None 7-8pm after Mass after Passion Serivec None None March 25th 12:15pm
Peru, St. Clara's 6th & Main Sts                          
Pilzno, St. Mary 1740 140th Rd.         10:30 a.m.       3:00 p.m.        
Plasi (Rural Prague), Sts. Cyril and Methodius 2880 County Road O     3PM   10AM         After the 3PM Celebration of the Lord's Passion      
Plattsmouth, Church of the Holy Spirit 520 S. 18th St.   7:30 P.M. 12 PM Stations; 3 PM 7 Last Words; 7:30 PM Liturgy  8:30 P.M. 8 A.M.; 10:30 A.M.   4-5 P.M. 12 Noon-1 P.M.; 7:30-8:30 P.M. 4-5 P.M.; after the Mass until finished; 9 P.M., 10 P.M., 11 P.M. (each until finished) After 12 Noon Stations until finished; after 3 P.M. Seven Last Words until finished; after 7:30 Liturgy until finished None scheduled None scheduled 3:30 P.M. Sunday, March 25
Prague, St. John the Baptist 122 Center St.   7PM 7PM 8:30PM 8AM       After the 7PM Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper After the 7PM Celebration of the Lord's Passion 4PM - 5PM   Sunday, March 25th at 4PM
Red Cloud, Sacred Heart 413 N Seward     3:00 pm 8:30 pm 10:00 am     12:00 - 1:00 pm       9:30 - 10:00 am  
Roseland, Sacred Heart 11818 North Alexander   7:00 PM 7:00 pm 8:30  pm 10:00 am       8:00 pm 8:00 pm     Yes, March 25 at 2:00 pm
Roseland, Assumption 12630 West Assumption Road     7:00 pm   8:00 am         8:00 pm      
Rulo, Immaculate Conception 601 Rouleau   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 8:30am       After Mass After Service     March 25 at 4pm
Seward, St. Vincent de Paul 152 Pinewood Ave   7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. & 10 a.m.   6:30 p.m. (Penance Service)   8:15 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. 3:30 - 4:00 p.m.; 8:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m.   March 27th @ 6:30 p.m.
Shelby, Sacred Heart 210 South Walnut   7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Stations & 7:30 p.m. Liturgy 8:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m.     5:30 p.m. to 6:25 p.m. 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. & after Mass after Stations & Liturgy Noon to 1:00 p.m. 8:15 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. 1:00 p.m. on March 25
Shickley, St. Mary 703 Swartzendruber Dr.                          
Shubert, St. Anne 507 Main St.     5:30 pm   10:30 am               4:00 pm, Sunday, March 25
Smithfield, St. John 150 Niobrara St.   None 7:00 pm None 8:30 am   I can update later or see bulletin online         Holdrege 2:30 pm on 3/25.
St. Mary, St. Mary 325 3rd St., Hwy. 41                          
Steinauer, St. Anthony of Padua 310 Hickory St.   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 10:00 AM               March 27 at 7:00 pm
Stratton, St. Joseph 419 County Road   7:30 pm CT N/A 8:30 pm CT 8:30 am CT         12:30 pm CT      
Superior, St. Jospeh 1415 California St.                          
Sutton, St. Mary 312 S. Saunders   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 am       1-2:00 pm 5:30-6:30 pm 1-2:00 pm    
Syracuse, St. Paulinus 476 Poplar St.   7:00pm Morn. Prayer - 7 am / Stations - 12 pm / 7 Last Words - 3 pm / Liturgy - 7 pm 8:30pm 7:00am / 9:00am   7:30am 6:30pm - 7:30pm 5:00pm - 6:00pm After all liturgies None Before all Masses March 25th - 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Tecumseh, St. Andrew 186 N. 5th St.                          
Tobias, St. Joseph 511 N Elm St.   5:30 PM 5:30 pm   8:00 am         4:30-5:15 pm      
Touhy, St. Vitus North Main St.     Lord's Passion 3:00pm   10:00am                
Trenton, St. James 117 West B St.                          
Ulysses, Immaculate Conception 215 S. 6th St.   7:30 p.m. 3 pm Stations; 7:30 pm Liturgy 8:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m.   6:30 - 7:30 p.m. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. 6:50 - 7:20 p.m. 2:20 - 2:50 p.m. and 6:50 - 7:20 p.m. 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 7:50 - 8:20 p.m. 8:20 - 8:50 a.m. Sunday, March 25 at 2:30 p.m.
Utica, St. Patrick 110 3rd St.   6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.   10:00 a.m.     7:00 to 7:30 p.m. 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. 2:30 to 3:00 p.m.   9:30 to 10:00 a.m.  
Valparaiso, Sts. Mary & Joseph 637 Iver St.   7:00pm 3:00pm Stations; 7:00pm Liturgy 8:30pm 8:00am & 10:00am       5:30pm-6:30pm 5:30-6:30pm 5:00pm-6:00pm 7:15am-7:45am, 9:15am-9:45am 5:30pm Palm Sunday March 25, 2018 with 8 extra Priests
Wahoo, St. Wenceslaus 211 East 2nd St.                          
Wallace, St. Mary's 221 North Commercial Ave.   7 pm 7 pm   8:30 a.m.                
Wauneta, St. John 499 South Arikaree                          
Wellfleet, St. Williams 203 Nile St.     3:00 pm   9:30 am         2:30-2:55 pm and after liturgy     See St. James - Curtis
Weston, St. John Nepomucene 450 School St.   7:00pm Stations at Noon; Lord's Passion at 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am               4:00pm on Palm Sunday 3/25
Wilber, St. Wenceslaus 501 N. Wilson St.   7:30 pm 7:30 pm 8:30 pm 10:00 am         8:30-9:00 pm Noon-1:00 pm    
Wymore, St. Mary's 123 N. 11th St.   7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 8:30 P.M. 10:30 A.M.   7-8 P.M.   Before Mass Before Mass 6-7 P.M. Before Mass  
York, St. Joseph 505 N. East Ave.   7:00 3:00 and 7:00 8:30 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 (Spanish)   12:00-1:00 12:00-1:00 After Mass until 9:00   4:00-5:00 Before Mass Wednesday, March 28 at 7:00

Go to Holy Week and Easter schedules - Parishes outside Lincoln

City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday March 27 Confessions Wednesday March 28 Confessions Holy Thurs March 29 Confessions Good Friday March 30 Confessions Saturday March 31 Confessions Easter Sun April 1 Confessions Penance Service
Lincoln, Blessed Sacrament 1720 Lake St.   7:30 pm 12 pm - 7 Last Words, 3 pm Stations, 7:30 pm Liturgy 8:30 pm 8:30 am, 10:00 am & 11:30 am   6-6:25 am, 8-8:15 am, 6-6:30 pm, 8:30-9 pm 6-6:25 am, 8-8:15 am, 8-8:30 pm 9-9:30 am, 12-12:30 pm, 6-6:30 pm, 9-9:30 pm 12:30-1 pm, 3:30-4 pm, 6-6:30 pm, 8:30-9 pm 12:00 – 1:00 pm    
Lincoln, Cathedral of the Risen Christ 3500 Sheridan Blvd.   7:30pm with Bishop Conley 3:00pm with Bishop Conley 8:30pm with Bishop Conley 6 am, 7:30, 9:00 (Bishop Conley), 11 am, 6 pm   3:00pm-9:00pm 3:00pm-9:00pm 3:00pm-4:30pm 12:30pm-2:00pm, 7:00pm-8:00pm 11:30am-1:00pm    
Lincoln, Cristo Rey 4245 J St.   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 7:30, 9:30, 12noon, 5:30pm       6pm-6:50pm, 8pm-9pm 6pm-6:50pm, 8pm-9pm 7:30pm-8:20pm 7am-7:20am, 9am-9:20am, 11:30am-11:50am, 5pm-5:20pm  
Lincoln, Immaculate Heart of Mary 6435 Madison Ave.   7 pm 6 pm 8:30 pm 10 am   5:30 pm - 6 pm 5:30 pm - 6 pm 6:30 pm - 7 pm 5:30 pm - 6 pm 7:45 pm - 8:15 pm 9:30 am - 10 am Sat 3/17 3pm; Sun 3/18 12:30 pm
Lincoln, North American Martyrs 1101 Isaac Dr.   7:00 pm 3 pm Stations; 7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 pm 7 am, 8 am, 9:30 am, 11 am   7:30 - 8:30 pm 7:30 - 9:00 pm 9:00 - 10:00 am, 8:30 pm - until finished 9:00 - 10:00 am, 3:30 pm until finished, 8:00 pm until finished 10:30 - 11:30 am    
Lincoln, Sacred Heart 500 No. 31st   7:00 pm 3:00 pm 8:30 pm 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 am   6:00-7:00 pm 5:00-6:00 pm 11:30a-12:30p; 8:30-9:30 pm 10:30-11:30am; 4-5 pm, 6-7 pm 11:00am-Noon; 4-5 pm    
Lincoln, St. Andrew Dung Lac & Companions 9230 First St.   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 10:00 am   6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 6:30 pm - 6:45 pm 6:30 pm - 6:45 pm 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 9:00 am - 9:30 am March 24 at 7:00 pm
Lincoln, St. Francis of Assisi 1145 South St.   8:00pm 1:30pm Stations, 3:00pm Liturgy 9:00pm 8:30am, 10:30am   Before 8:00am Mass Before 7:00am Mass 6:00-7:00pm 12:00-1:00pm 11:00am-12:00pm Before Masses  
Lincoln, St. John the Apostle 7601 Vine St.   7:00 pm 7:00 PM 8:30 pm 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 & 12 Noon       9-10 am, 1-2, 4-5 & after 7 pm Mass 9-10am, 1-2, 4-5 & after 7pm Liturgy 3:00-3:50pm & 5:00 - 5:30pm    
Lincoln, St. Joseph 1940 S 77th St.   7:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM         3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM   March 25th at 7:00 PM
Lincoln, St. Mary 1420 K St.   7:30 pm 7:30 pm 8:30 pm 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:30 pm, 5:00 pm   11 am - Noon; 7:30 - 8:00 pm 11 am - Noon; 7:30 - 8:00 pm 11 am - Noon; 6:30 - 7:00 pm 11 am - Noon; 6:30 - 7:00 pm 11 am - 4:00 pm    
Lincoln, St. Michael 9101 S. 78th St.   7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 8:30 P.M. 8:00 A.M., 9:30 A.M., 5:00 P.M.       8:00-9:00 P.M. 4:00-5:00 P.M. 11:00-12:00 1/2 before each Mass March 25 at 6:00 P.M.
Lincoln, St. Patrick 6111 Morrill Ave.   7:00 PM 7 pm 8:30 pm 7 am, 8:30 am, 10 am, 11:30 am   7:30 - 7:55 am; 6 - 8 pm 7:30 - 7:55 am; 5 - 5:45 pm, 7 - 8 pm 3 - 5 pm 3:30 - 5 pm 11 am - Noon; 4 - 5 pm    
Lincoln, St. Peter 4500 Duxhall Dr.   7:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 8AM, 9:30AM, 11AM   11-noon, 6-7PM 11-noon, 6-7PM 11-noon 11-noon, 3:30-4:15PM      
Lincoln, St. Teresa 735 So. 36th St.   7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Passion of the Lord 8:30 p.m. 8 a.m., 10 a.m. & 12 Noon   6-6:25, 7:45-8:10, 9-9:30 a.m. & 7:30-8 p.m. 6-6:25, 7:45-8:10, 9-9:30 a.m. 8:30 p.m. 7:45-8:10 a.m., 12-30-1 pm & 8:30 pm 11 a.m.- 12 Noon    
Lincoln, St. Thomas Aquinas (Newman Cen.) 320 N. 16th St.   8:00 PM 12 Noon Stations; 3 pm Liturgy; 7 pm Stations 8:30 PM 10:00 am; 11:30 am       4:30-6:00 pm 10:30-11:45 am; 1:30-2:30 pm; After 3 pm Liturgy 4:30-5:30 pm    

National Eucharistic Revival in the Diocese of Lincoln

The Eucharistic Revival is a three-year initiative that aims to inspire, educate, and unite everyone in wonder and adoration of  the True Presence of Jesus Christ in the sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist.

Eucharistic Mission Trip to Mexico City

Each pilgrimage will include time in prayer at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica, time in silence in the presence of the Eucharist each day in a guided retreat, and time spent serving the poor of Mexico City

Registration: February 1-6, 2025

Read: Eucharistic Revival pilgrimages to serve poor in Mexico City


Prepare and Proclaim

Prepare and Proclaim: Enriching our Mass Experience is a project of the Lincoln Diocese on getting the most out of Mass.

Join us for a Free Presentation on Monday November 18, 7:00 pm at St. Mary Church, 1420 K St, Lincoln.


Eucharistic Revival Events in the Diocese of Lincoln


Diocese of Lincoln: Eucharistic Passport Pilgrimage

The official Eucharistic Passport Pilgrimage has ended.  But you are still welcome to visit the Churches on the Eucharistic Pilgrimage.

Go to: Eucharistic Passport Pilgrimage


National Eucharistic Congress

July 17-21, 2024 the National Eucharistic Congress was held in Indianapolis 


National Eucharistic Revival

Visit the official website has many resources including:

Go to Holy Week and Easter schedules - Parishes in the city of Lincoln

City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 11 Confessions Wednesday April 12 Confessions Holy Thurs April 13 Confessions Good Friday April 14 Confessions Saturday April 15 Confessions Easter Sun April 16 Confessions Penance Service
Abie, Sts. Peter and Paul 222 Maple Street                          
Alexandria, St. Mary's 511 Amanda St.     5:15 PM   8:00 AM                
Alma, St. Joseph's 810 4th St.         11 am                
Arago, St. Mary's 65724 713 Rd.                          
Arapahoe, St.Germanus 912 Chestnut St.   6pm 4pm Stations, 5 pm Liturgy   9am     5:30-6:30pm 5-5:30pm 3:30pm   8:30am  
Ashland, St Mary 1625 Adams st   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8:30am     7:30pm 8pm to midnight after 7pm Passion 1, 2 & 3pm 8:00am Palm Sunday, 2pm
Auburn, St. Joseph's 2221 N St                          
Aurora, St. Mary 1420 9th St.   7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:30 a.m.   7-8 p.m.   12-1 p.m. 12-1 p.m. 12-1 p.m.    
Avoca, Holy Trinity 3 miles Southeast of Hwy. 34 & 102nd St. in Cass County   none none none 11:00am   none 8:00-8:30pm none 10:30am none 10:45am  
Barneston, St. Joseph 406 Wyatt St.   5 P.M.     7:30 A.M.       4:30-5:00 P.M.     7-7:30 A.M.  
Beatrice, St. Joseph 612 High St.   6:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 8am & 10am   8am 8am and 5pm 8am and 5pm 8am and 5pm 11am and 4pm   April 9,  3-5pm
Beaver Crossing, Sacred Heart 401 Dimery St.   7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m.     8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 7:45 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.  
Bee, St. Wenceslaus 350 Elm St.   6:00 PM Noon Stations, 1 pm Rosary, 3 pm Chaplet, 6 pm Liturgy 9:00 PM 9:00 am Mass; 12 noon Blessing of Fields   7:00 AM 7:00 am, 6:00 pm After 6:00 pm Mass 12:30 -1:00 pm, 1:30-3:00 pm   8:30 AM  
Bellwood, Presentation 1291   41 Road   7:00 pm 12:05 pm Stations, 7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 pm 9:00 am     7:15 pm 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm about 12:30 pm   from 8:30 am to 9:00 am 1:00 pm Palm Sunday, Apr. 12 at 7:15 pm
Bellwood, St. Joseph 4211 B Rd.     7pm   8am         11am-12pm      
Bellwood, St. Peter 211 Esplanade St.   7pm   8:30pm 10am     6-7pm     9-10am   4/9 1-2pm
Benkelman, St. Joseph 819 Cheyenne St.   7:00 pm (MT) N/A 8:30 pm (MT) 10:00 am (MT)         7:30 pm      
Blue Hill, Holy Trinity 513 South Liberty                          
Brainard, Holy Trinity 108 E. Brainard St.   7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.                
Bruno, St. Anthony 407 Pine St.                          
Burchard, Sacred Heart 405 Gage Street         8:00 AM                
Cambridge, St. John 705 Shole Ave.   8pm 12 Noon Stations, 7pm Liturgy  8:30pm 11am     7pm After the Mass of the Lord's Supper 12:30pm, After Good Friday Passion Service Noon 10:30am Palm Sunday 2:30pm
Campbell, St. Anne 518 S. Stewart                          
Cedar Bluffs, St. Mary 207 South 3rd Street   6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.   8:00 a.m.         7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.   7:30 - 7:55 a.m.  
Cedar Hill, Sacred Heart 2750 County Road 27   7:00 p.m.     8:00 a.m.       8:30 p.m.     8:00 a.m.  
Colon, St. Joseph 111 Cherry St.   8:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m.     7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Noon - 1:00 p.m. 9:30 - 9:55 a.m. 2:00 p.m. April 9
Cortland, St. James 500 W 1ST ST   7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.   N/A 6:30 p.m. -- 7:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m.; after the 7:30 p.m. Mass After 3:00 p.m. stations; After Liturgy of the Lord's Passion 11:00 a.m. -- Noon Before the Masses  
Crete, Sacred Heart 13th & Ivy   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 9:00am, 11:30am, 7:00pm   12:00-1:00pm, 6:00-7:00pm 12:00-1:00pm, 6:00-7:00pm 12:00-1:00pm, 6:00-7:00pm 12:00-1:00pm, 6:00-7:00pm 1:00-2:00pm, 6:30-7:30pm 30 minutes before Masses  
Curtis, St. James 313 E. 6th St.   7:30 pm 7:30 pm 8:30 pm 11:00 am   5:00 - 5:30 pm 7:30- 7:55am and 8:30-9:00 am After liturgy till finished; 10 pm till finished; 11 pm till finished After liturgy till finished 8:30-9:00 am    
Davey, St. Mary 17630 N. 3rd St.   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 8:00 am, 10:00 am    7:00 pm in Wahoo   8:00 pm, 9:15 pm, 10:00 pm 3:30 pm 4:00-5:00 pm   Palm Sunday at 5:30 pm
David City,(Appleton) Assumption 1821 38th Road                          
David City (Center), St. Francis 3071 P Rd.   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 am         noon      
David City, St. Mary 580 I St.   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 8:00am  & 10:00 am   8:00 pm ----- 5:30-6:00 pm. 6:30-7:30 pm 11:00 am-12:30 pm & after 7pm Liturgy 11:00am- 12:30 pm, after 3pm Stations, after 7 pm Liturgy 11:00 am - 12:30 pm   Penance service April 9 @ 4:00 pm
Dawson, St. Mary's 312 4th St.   7:30 pm 5:30 pm 8:30 pm 8:30 am       8:30 pm 8:00 pm   8:00 am  
Denton, St. Mary 7105 Cass Ave.   7pm 3pm Stations & 7pm Liturgy  8:30pm 8am, 10am, 12noon   7-8pm 7-8pm 6:15-6:45pm; after 7pm Mass 6:15-6:45pm; after 7pm Passion 8-9am; 10:30-11:30am 7:30-8am; 9:30-10am; 11:30-noon  
Deweese, Assumption 506 Liberty   None Stations at 3pm None 10am   7:30-8:30pm None None After Stations None 9:30am - before Mass  
Doniphan, St. Ann 202 N 5th                          
Douglas, St Martin 125 West 3rd   See St. Leo in Palmyra See St. Leo in Palmyra 8:30 pm See St. Leo in Palmyra       See St. Leo in Palmyra 12:45 pm See St. Leo in Palmyra    
Dwight, Assumption 336 West Pine   7:00 p.m. 12 Noon Stations; 7:00 pm Liturgy  8:30 p.m. 10:00 AM   Prior to 7:30 a.m. Mass 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. 5-6 p.m. and after 7:00 pm Mass After Noon Stations; after 7:00 p.m. Liturgy 8:00 a.m. Half hour prior to Mass  
City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 11 Confessions Wednesday April 12 Confessions Holy Thurs April 13 Confessions Good Friday April 14 Confessions Saturday April 15 Confessions Easter Sun April 16 Confessions Penance Service
Elmwood, St. Mary 500 West G   6:00PM 3:00PM   9:00AM     5:30 to 6:30PM   4PM to 5PM or until finished.      
Elsie, Resurrection 202 Grant St.                          
Exeter, St. Stephen 208 N Union Ave                          
Fairbury, St. Michael 807 F St.   7:00 7:00 8:30 10:00               Sunday 4/9 7:00
Falls City, Sts. Peter and Paul 1820 Fulton St.     3pm   7am                
Farnam, St. Joseph 540 Main St     Stations at 12 Noon   7:30 am         After Stations till finished      
Franklin, St. Katharine Drexel 1006 O St.   6:00 pm             5:30 pm        
Friend, St. Joseph 405 South Main St.   7:00 pm 3:00 pm 8:30 pm 10:30 am     6:30 - 8:00 pm 5 - 6pm; 8:30 - 9:30 pm 5 - 6pm; 7 - 8pm 4 - 5 pm    
Geneva, St. Joseph 831 E Street   7pm   8:30 10:30     6-8:30 8-9pm        
Giltner, St. Joseph 209 North Derby     4 p.m.   10:30 a.m.         3-4 p.m.      
Grafton, St. Helena 172 N. Jackson Ave.   5:30 PM 6:30 PM see Sutton 11:00 AM         After 6:30 Passion Service 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 10:45 AM - 10:55 AM 2:00 PM  Sunday April 9 at St. Mary Sutton
Grant, Mother of Sorrows 739 Garfield Ave.   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 10:30 a.m.         11:30 am to 12:30 pm      
Greenwood, St. Joseph 7 Oah St     3pm   10:30am         after 3pm service   10am Palm Sunday, 2pm at Ashlanmd
Harvard, St. Joseph 611 N. Kearney Ave.   6 PM 6 PM 8:30 PM 9 AM  Spanish 10:30 AM     7 PM 5:30 PM 2:30 & 5:30 PM 12 PM  & 5 PM 8:30 ALM  
Hastings, St. Cecilia 6th & Kansas Ave.   7:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 7 AM, 8 AM (Good Sam. Village), 9 AM, 11 AM   6:40 AM to 6:55 AM; 11:50 AM to 12:05 PM 6:40-6:55 AM, 11:50-12:05 PM, 4:30-5:30 PM 4:00-5:30 PM, after the 7:30 Liturgy After Noon stations, 4-5:30 PM, after 7:30 Liturgy 8 AM to 9 AM, 12 Noon to 2 PM 10:30 AM to 10:50 AM 4pm April 9 at St. Michael's, Hastings
Hastings, St. Michael's  715 Creighton Ave.   8 am Morning Prayer; 7:30 pm Mass 8 am Morn. Prayer; 12 Stations; 3pm 7 Last Words; 7:30 pm Liturgy 8 am Morning Prayer; 8:30 pm Mass 8 A.M.; 9:30 A.M.; 11 A.M.   Before 7:30 A.M. Mass; 4 P.M.-5 P.M. Before 7:30 AM Mass; 12 Noon-1 P.M.; 7:30-8:30 PM 4-5pm; after 7:30pm Mass; 9pm, 10pm, 11pm after Noon, 3pm, and 7:30pm liturgies None scheduled None scheduled 4 P.M. Palm Sunday (4-9-17)
Hastings, Holy Cross Chapel (Spanish)     8:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 12:30 PM                
Hayes Center, Sacred Heart rural Hayes Center   7:00 PM   10:00 AM         after 7:00 Liturgy   1/2 hour before Mass    
Heartwell, Holy Family 245 Jefferson St.   5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. N/A 8:30 a.m.             before Mass  
Hebron, Sacred Heart 436 N 3rd   7:00 pm Stations 3:00  Liturgy 7:00 8:30 pm 10:00 am   Penance Service 7;00 pm 12:00 -1:00; 5:00 -6:00 1:00 -2:30; 8:15 -9:30 pm 3:30 -4:30 pm; 8:15 -9:30 pm 10:00 -11:00;  2:30 -4:00 pm 9:00 -9:45 am Tue (11th) 7:00 pm
Holdrege, All Saints 1204 Logan St.   7 pm 3 pm 8:45 pm 10:30 am   7:40 am-8:05 am, 8:45 am-9:15 am 7:40-8:05 am, 8:45-9:15 am, 5:30-5:55 pm, 6:40-8;30 pm 11:30 am-12 noon, 8 pm, 9pm, 10 pm, 11 pm. 10:10 am-10:40 am, 12:10 pm-12:40 pm 10 am-10:30, 4:45 pm-5:30 pm 10:15 pm-10:25 pm Sunday, April 9, 4:30 pm
Imperial, St. Patrick 128 East 7th St.   7pm 5:30pm and 7pm Spn 8:30pm 10:00am   5:00pm 7:00am 5:pm -6:pm & 8pm 4:pm and 6:30pm 11:15am & 6pm 9:30am done March 20th
Indianola, St. Catherine 815 D Street   7:00 pm 3:00 pm, 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 am     6:00 pm       8:15 am 4/9 - 4:00 pm
Julian, St. Bernards 5592 O Rd   at St Joseph's at St Joseph's at St Joseph's 10 am   at St Joseph's at St Joseph's at St Joseph's at St Joseph's at St Joseph's at St Joseph's at St Joseph's
Kenesaw, Sacred Heart 100 W Pine                          
Lawrence, Sacred Heart 141 East 2nd St.   7pm 7pm 8:30pm None   5:30-6:30pm None After Holy Thursday liturgy After Good Friday liturgy None None  
Lawrence, St. Stephen 1838 Road 2600   None Stations at Noon None 8am   None 5:30-6:30pm None After Stations None 7:30am - before Mass  
Manley, St. Patrick 107 Broadway   8:00M 7:00PM 8:30PM 11:00AM   6:00pm to 7:00pm   following 8PM Mass until finished. following 7PM Service until finished. 4:15 to 5:00PM   Sunday, April 9th at 12:00noon
McCook, St. Ann rural McCook   7:00 PM     8:00 AM       after 7:00 PM Mass     1/2 hour before Mass  
McCook, St. Patrick 401 East F St.   7:00 PM 3:00 PM Stations; 7:00 PM Liturgy  8:30 PM 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 AM; 3:00 pm (Spanish)     Noon-1:00 PM; 7:00-8:00 PM Noon-1:00 PM; after 7:00 PM Mass Noon-1 PM; after 3 PM Stations; after 7 PM Liturgy Noon-1:00 PM   Sun. April 9 at 7:00 PM
McCool Junction, St. Patrick 305 Road M   7:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. York-8:30 p.m.  10:00 a.m.    York- before 7:00 & 8:10 Mass, 12-1:00 p.m. 1/2 hour before 6:30 p.m Mass 1/2 hour before 7:00 p.m. Mass 1/2 hour before 5:30 p.m. Mass York - 1/2 hour before 8:30 p.m. Mass 1/2 hour before 10:00 a.m. Mass York-Tues. , Apr. 4
Mead, St. James 213 E. 8th St.   7:00pm 8:00am Morning Prayer; 3:00 Stations; 7:00pm Celebration of the Lord's Passion 8:30pm 9:00am     5:00-6:00pm 3:00-4:00pm and 8:30-9:30pm 10:30-11:30am and 5:30-6:45pm 11:00am-1:00pm   Sunday, April 9, 2:00 pm
Milligan, St. Wenceslaus 703 Main St.                          
Minden, St. John the Baptist 624 N. Garber Ave.   7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m.; 12:00 noon in Spanish   6:00-7:30 p.m.   12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. before Masses;  3:00 - 3:45 p.m. April 6th, 7-8:30 p.m.
Morse Bluff, St. George 260 Short St.     7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m.     7:30 p.m.   8:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m.   4:00 p.m. Sunday, April 9
City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 11 Confessions Wednesday April 12 Confessions Holy Thurs April 13 Confessions Good Friday April 14 Confessions Saturday April 15 Confessions Easter Sun April 16 Confessions Penance Service
Nebraska City, St. Benedict 411 5th Rue   8 PM 5:30 PM English; 7 PM Spanish 8:30 PM 9 AM English; 12 PM Spanish   7 PM until finished 6 PM until finished 9 PM  until finished 4:30 PM until finished 11 AM until noon or until finished 8:30 AM and 11:30 AM Sunday, April  9, Deanery Penance Service
Nebraska City, St. Mary 218 N. 6th St.   7:00pm 12:15pm & 7:00pm 8:30pm 8:00am  & 10:00am     1200pm-100pm 8:00pm -900pm 11:30am -12:10pm and 6:15 -655pm 7pm -8pm   2:00pm Palm Sunday April 9
North Platte, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 3301 Echo Dr.   7:00pm 12:10pm Stations; 7:00 pm  Liturgy 9:00pm 10:00am   5:00pm-5:25pm 5:00pm-5:25pm 8:15pm - 10:30pm 8:15pm - 10:30pm 4:00pm - 4:55pm 9:00am - 9:55am  
Odell, St. Mary's 521 Perry St.   6 P.M.     9:00 A.M.     7-8 P.M.       8:45-9:00 A.M.  
Orleans, St. Mary's 109 West Linn St.    7:30 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 8:30 am       Following Liturgy Following Liturgy      
Osceola, St. Vincent Ferrer 751 S. Nance   7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m.   after 8:00 a.m. Mass, as long as needed after 7:15 pm Stations after 7:00 p.m. Mass, as long as needed after 6:00 p.m. Veneration, as long as needed 3:00 p.m., as long as needed 8:30 .am. to Mass time  
Oxford, St. Michael's 510 Central Ave.     12 noon Stations 8:30 pm           Following Stations      
Palisade, Holy Family 101 North Vennum     6:30 PM   9:00   6:30 AM     7:30 PM 10 AM 8:30 AM March 30
Palmyra, St Leo 330 West 8th St.   6:30 pm 6:30 pm At Douglas 8:30 am & 11 am   None None 7:30 pm 3:45pm & 7:30 pm 4-5 pm    
Paul, St Josephs 5592 O Rd   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 8:00 AM       after services after services before services before Mass Sunday April 8 @ 12 pm
Peru, St. Clara's 6th & Main Sts                          
Pilzno, St. Mary 1740 140th Rd.                          
Plasi(Rural Prague), Sts. Cyril and Methodius 2880 County Road O     3pm   10am         After 3pm Service   9:30-9:55am With St. John's
Plattsmouth, Church of the Holy Spirit 520 S. 18th St.   6:00 p.m. 1:45 pm Stations; 7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.     1:00-2:00 p.m. 4:00-5:00 p.m. 2:15-3:15 p.m. 12 noon-1:00 p.m. 7:15-7:45 a.m. and 9:45-10:15 a.m. Sunday, April 9, 3:30 p.m.
Prague, St. John the Baptist 122 Center St.   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 8am       After 7pm Mass After 7pm Service 4-5pm 7:30-7:55am April 9, 4-5pm
Red Cloud, Sacred Heart 413 N Seward     8:00 am 8:30 pm 10:00 am           8:00 pm 9:30 am  
Roseland, Sacred Heart 11818 North Alexander   At Roseland, Assumption                      
Roseland,, Assumption 12630 West Assumption Road   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 8:00 am, 10:00 am       8:00 pm 8:00 pm   7:45 am - 8:00 am, 9:45 am - 10:00 am 2:00 pm Sunday, April 9th
Rulo, Immaculate Conception 601 Rouleau   7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 8:30am               April 2 at 4pm
Seward, St. Vincent de Paul  152 Pinewood Ave.                           
Shelby, Sacred Heart 210 South Walnut   7:30 p.m. 3:00 pm Stations, 7:30 pm Liturgy  8:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m.   7:00 - 7:25 a.m. 5:30 - 6:20 p.m. 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. and after 7:30 pm Liturgy After 3 pm Stations, After 7:30 pm Liturgy 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon   Palm Sunday, April 9, at 1:00 p.m.
Shickley, St. Mary 703 Swartzendruber Dr.     7pm   8am   7-9     8pm-9pm   7:30qm  
Shubert, St. Anne 507 Main St.     5:30 pm                 10:00 am  
Smithfield, St. John 150 Niobrara St.   Holdrege 7 pm Holdrege 8:30 am   Holdrege 2:30 pm-3 pm, 4:30 pm-5 pm. Holdrege 8 pm-8:30 pn 2 pm-2:30 pm 8 am-8:25 am Holdrege- Sunday, April 9, 4:30 pm
St. Mary, St. Mary 325 3rd St., Hwy. 41   7:00pm  7:00pm    8:00am        after Mass of the Lord's Supper       Sunday April 9, 5:30pm
Steinauer, St. Anthony of Padua 310 Hickory St.   7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 10:00 AM   7:00 pm (extra priests available)   After 7:00 pm Liturgy After 7:00 pm Liturgy      
Stratton, St. Joseph 419 County Road   N/A 3:00 pm (CT) N/A 8:30 am (CT)         12:30 pm (CT)      
Superior, St. Jospeh 1415 California St.                          
Sutton, St. Mary 312 S. Saunders   7:30 PM Noon Stations 3:00 PM Passion of Our Lord 8:30 PM 9:00 AM   5:00 PM - 6:15 PM 7:00 -8:15 CCD   After Each Service 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM 8:30 - 8:50 2:00 PM  Sunday April 9
Syracuse, St. Paulinus 476 Poplar St.   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:00am & 9:00am   7:20am 7:20am, 6:30-7:30pm 8:00pm 12:30pm, 3:20pm, 8:00pm None 6:40am, 8:40am 4/09 12:15pm
Tecumseh, St. Andrew 186 N. 5th St.       8:30pm  10:30am Bilingual at St. Andrew       after Mass of the Lord's Supper       Sunday April 9, 5:30pm
Tobias, St. Joseph 511 N Elm St.   5:30 pm 5:30 pm   8:00 am         4:30-5:15 pm   7:30-7:50 am  
Touhy, St. Vitus North Main St.   3:00 pm     8:00 am                
Trenton, St. James 117 West B St.   5:45 PM 3:00 PM 8:30 PM 7:00 AM   6:00 PM 6:30 AM 6:30 AM 1:00 PM 2PM 6:30 AM March 30
Ulysses, Immaculate Conception 215 S. 6th St.   7:00 p.m. 3:00 pm Stations;  7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m.   6:30 - 7:30 p.m. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. 6:30 - 6:50 p.m. 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. and 6:30 - 6:50 p.m. 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 - 8:15 p.m. 8:15 - 8:45 a.m. April 9 (Palm Sunday) at 2:30 p.m.
Utica, St. Patrick 110 3rd St.   5:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m.   10:00 a.m.     6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.   9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.  
Valparaiso, Sts. Mary & Joseph 637 Iver St.   7:00pm 3:00pm Stations; 7:00pm Liturgy 8:30pm 8:00am & 10:00am       5:00pm-6:00pm 5:00pm-6:00pm 5:00pm-6:00pm 7:15am-7:45am & 9:15am-9:45am 4/9 5:30pm Penance Service
Wahoo, St. Wenceslaus 211 East 2nd St.   7:00pm 7:00pm 8:30pm 7:30am,9:00am, 10:30am   6:20-6:50am 6:20-6:50am None None None None Tuesday 4/11 at 7:00pm
Wallace, St. Mary's 221 North Commercial Ave.   7:00 pm 7:00 pm   8:30 a.m.; 6:00 pm (Spanish)         11:30 am to 12:30 pm      
Wauneta, St. John 499 South Arikaree   7:00 PM MT     10 AM MT       8:00 PM MT   10:30 AM MT 9:40 AM MT March 30
Wellfleet, St. Williams 203 Nile St.     3:00 pm   9:30 am         2:30 - 2:55 pm and After Liturgy till finished      
Weston, St. John Nepomucene 450 School St.   7:00 pm 12 noon Stations, 7:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 pm 10:00 am             20 minutes before Mass Penance Service 2:00 pm Palm Sunday
Wilber, St. Wenceslaus 501 N. Wilson St.   7:30 pm 7:30 pm 8:30 pm 10:00 am         8:30-9:00 pm Noon-1:00 pm 9:30-9:50 am  
Wymore, St. Mary's 123 N. 11th St.   7:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 8:30 P.M. 10:30 A.M.     7-8 P.M. 7:15-7:30 P.M. 6:30-7:00 P.M. 8-8:30 P.M. 10:15-10:30 A.M.  
York, St. Joseph 505 N. East Ave.   7:00 p.m. 3:00 & 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Spanish at Noon   1/2 before 7:00 a.m. & 8:10 a.m. Mass & 12:00-1:00 p.m. before 7 am & 8:10 am Mass, 12-1 pm, 5-5:30 pm before 7 am & 8:10 a. Mass, 12-1 pm, before and after Mass 1/2 hour before 7:00 am & 8:10 am Mass, 1-2:30 & 5-6 pm 1/2 hour before 8:30 p.m. Mass as requested April 4th 7 p.m. until finished
City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 11 Confessions Wednesday April 12 Confessions Holy Thurs April 13 Confessions Good Friday April 14 Confessions Saturday April 15 Confessions Easter Sun April 16 Confessions Penance Service

Go to Holy Week and Easter schedules - Parishes outside Lincoln

City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 11 Confessions Wednesday April 12 Confessions Holy Thurs April 13 Confessions Good Friday April 14 Confessions Saturday April 15 Confessions Easter Sun April 16 Confessions Penance Service
Lincoln, Blessed Sacrament 1720 Lake St.   7:30 pm 12 noon 7 Last words, 3 pm Stations, 7:30 pm Mass 8:30 pm 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am   8:30 - 9:00 pm 8:00 - 8:30 pm 9 - 9:30 am, 12-12:30 pm, 6 - 6:30 pm, 9 - 9:30 pm 12:30 - 1 pm, 3:30 - 4 pm, 6 - 6:30 pm, 8:30 - 9 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm    
Lincoln, Cathedral of the Risen Christ 3500 Sheridan Blvd.   7:30 PM 3:00 pm Liturgy; 7:30 pm Stations 8:30 PM 6:00 am, 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am   3:00-9:00 PM 3:00-9:00 PM 3:00-5:00 PM; After 7:30 PM Liturgy 1:00-3:00 PM; 8:00-9:00 PM 11:30-1:00 PM    
Lincoln, Cristo Rey 4245 J St.   7pm 7pm 8:30pm 7:30am, 9:30am, 12noon, 5:30pm       6pm-6:45pm 6pm-6:45pm 7:30pm-8:15pm 7-7:20am, 9-9:20am, 11:30-11:50am, 5-5:20pm  
Lincoln, Immaculate Heart of Mary 6435 Madison Ave.   6:00 PM 6:00 PM 8:30 PM 10:00 AM   5:30 PM - 5:50 PM 5:30 PM - 5:50 PM 5:30 PM - 5:50 PM 5:30 PM - 5:50 PM 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Sunday, April 9, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Lincoln, North American Martyrs 1101 Isaac Dr.   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 7 am, 8 am, 9:30 am, 11 am   7:30 - 9:00 pm 7:30 - 9:00 pm 9-10:00 am, 8:30 pm -until finished 9-10:00 am, 3:30 pm, 8:00 pm 10:30 - 11:30 am    
Lincoln, Sacred Heart 500 No. 31st   7:00 PM noon Stations, 3:00 pm Liturgy 8:30 PM 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am   6-7 pm 4-5 pm, 7-8 pm 11:30-12:30, 8:30-9:30 pm 10:30-11:30 am 6-7 pm 11:00 am - 1:00 pm  
Lincoln, St. Andrew Dung Lac & Companions 9230 First St.   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 10:00 am   6:30 pm-7:30 pm 6:30 pm- 7:30 pm 6:00 pm-6:45 pm 6:00 pm-6:45 pm 6:30 pm-7:30 pm 9:00 am-9:30 am April 02 at 3:00-4:00pm
Lincoln, St. Francis of Assisi 1145 South St.   7:00 pm Sung Mass 12 noon Stations; 3:00 pm Liturgy 10:00 PM 8:30 am Low Mass; 10:30 am Sung Mass       5:00-6:00 pm 11-12 noon 11-12 noon 8:00 am; 10:00 am  
Lincoln, St. John the Apostle 7601 Vine St.   7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:30 pm 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 Noon       9-10 am, 1-2 pm, 4-5 pm, after 7 pm Mass 9-10 am, 1-2 pm, 4-5 pm, after 7 pm Liturgy 3:00-3:50 pm, 5:00-5:30 pm    
Lincoln, St. Joseph 1940 S 77th St.   7:30 PM 3:00 pm Stations; 7:30 pm Liturgy 8:30 PM 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00 am No 5:00 PM Mass         After Stations 3:30 to 5:00 pm 1:00 - 3:00 pm   Sunday, April 9 Penance Service 7:00 pm
Lincoln, St. Mary 1420 K St.   7:30 pm 7:30 pm 8:30 pm 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:30 pm, 5:00 pm   11:00 am  - Noon; 6:00 - 7:00 pm 11:00 am - Noon; 6:00 - 7:00 pm 11:00 am - Noon; 6:00 - 7:00 pm 11:00 am - Noon; 6:00 - 7:00 pm 11:00 am - 4:00 pm    
Lincoln, St. Michael 9101 S. 78th St.   7:00PM 3 pm Stations, 3:30 pm Chaplet, 7 pm Liturgy 8:30PM 8:00AM;  9:30AM;  11:30AM       8:00PM-9:00PM 4:00PM-5:00PM 11:00AM-12:00PM Noon n/a Penance Service April 9 from 5-6:00PM
Lincoln, St. Patrick 6111 Morrill Ave.   7 pm 7 pm 8:30 pm 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30 am   7:30 - 7:55 am, 6  -8 pm 7:30 - 7:55 am, 5 - 5:45 pm, 7 - 8 pm 3 - 5 pm 3:30 - 5 pm 11 - Noon, 4 - 5 pm    
Lincoln, St. Peter 4500 Duxhall Dr.   7:30 pm 3 pm Stations; 7:30 pm Liturgy  8:30 pm 8 am, 9:30 am and 11:30 am   11 am - Noon and 6 - 7 pm 11 am - Noon and 6 - 7 pm 11 am - Noon 11 am - Noon and 3:30 - 4:15 pm      
Lincoln, St. Teresa 735 So. 36th St.   7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 12:00 noon   6-6:25 am, 7:45-8:10 am, 9-9:30 am, 5-5:25 pm , 7-7:30 pm 6-6:25 am, 7:45-8:10 am, 9-9:30 am, 5-5:25 pm , 7-7:30 pm 7:45-8:10 am, 5:00-5:30 pm, 8:30 pm 7:45-8:10 am, 12:30-1:00 pm, 5:00-5:30 pm, 8:30 pm 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon    
Lincoln, St. Thomas Aquinas (Newman Cen.) 320 N. 16th St.   8:00 PM 12 Stations, 3 pm Liturgy, 7pm Stations @Stud. Union 8:30 PM 10:00 am, 11:30 am   4:30-5:20 pm; 9-9:50 pm   4:30-6:00 pm 10:30-11:45 am, 1:30-2:30 pm, after 3 pm Liturgy 4:30-5:30 pm    
City and Parish Address   Holy Thursday Mass Good Friday Services Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday Masses   Tuesday April 11 Confessions Wednesday April 12 Confessions Holy Thurs April 13 Confessions Good Friday April 14 Confessions Saturday April 15 Confessions Easter Sun April 16 Confessions Penance Service

 

 

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    To meet the spiritual and material demands of God’s Church today, while preparing for the future, the Diocese of Lincoln launched a historic campaign.  Joy of the Gospel was conducted in all parishes from August 2014 through December 2015 to address the most pressing needs of the Church.  The needs supported by these funds will significantly influence the scope of our mission long into the future.  The challenge is great, but so too are the faith, hope, vision, and generosity of the people of the Diocese of Lincoln.

    Bishop James D. Conley leads this effort with the support of clergy and lay leaders in every parish.  Every Catholic household in southern Nebraska was asked to consider a sacrificial pledge to the Joy of the Gospel.

    From its humble beginnings as a diocese more than 125 years ago, the Diocese of Lincoln has matured into a Church family that continues to respond to the needs of its people, and those in need within and beyond our local communities.  This is an exciting time in the history of our diocese.  We face distinct challenges, but those challenges bring opportunities which we will address with the most significant fundraising campaign in our history.

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Priesthood Ordination Livestream

Saturday, May 23, 11:00am, Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Lincoln NE

Fr. Bradley Moss "First Mass" of Thanksgiving - Sunday, May 24, 12:45pm
Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, 1940 S. 77th Street, Lincoln, NE 68506
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Fr. Peter Foley "First Mass" of Thanksgiving - Sunday, May 24, 4:30pm
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Easter Sunday Message from Archbishop Lucas

How to make the most of Holy Week at home

While we are unable to celebrate Holy Week in our churches, here are some ways we might bring these holiest days of the year into being in our homes.

Read an article from Our Sunday Visitor that collects a number of ideas on using the Spiritual Treasures of the Church, such as the Liturgy of the Hours, Rosary and Stations, praying with Scripture, and sacred music.

Prayer Services as a Family during Holy Week

Where to Livestream Holy Week Liturgies from around the world

Get reminders to pray the Divine Mercy Novena starting on Good Friday

What to do if Confession is not Available

Don't forget to stay connected with your Diocese and Parish, including: News and updates at lincolndiocese.org, Follow us on Facebook, Connect with your Parish website (or social media site); Subscribe to the Southern Nebraska Register email; Lincoln Diocesan Catholic Resources, including Videos and Podcasts

 New: Online Giving to Your Parish - please consider making a recurring gift to your parish during this difficult time.

Resources for Scripture Prayer and Study

The Seeking Truth Bible Study, headquartered in Omaha and led by Steve and Sharon Doran, has made their series on St. John’s Gospel completely free: please click this link to register.

An illustrated guide to praying with scripture using Lectio Divina from FOCCUS.

Magnificat, a daily prayer resource, has granted complimentary access to their online version and apps to help people pray from home, both their adult, children’s, and Spanish versions. Visit magnificat.com/free or magnifikid.com/free or magnificat.net/gratis.

Loyola Press Sunday Connection - background on the gospel and activities for families to prepare to hear the Sunday Scripture readings

The US Bishops’ Catholic Current has a variety of resources on faith, catechetics, prayer and saints

 The Knights of Columbus offer resources to help you pray the Stations of the Cross at home including and a free, printable coloring book on the Way of the Cross for children.

Knights of Columbus booklets:

 Online Events

 Chris Stefanik "The Life You Were Made For" LIVE https://www.facebook.com/reallifecatholic

  • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 AT 7 P.M. ET - Jimmy Wahlberg on How to Healthily Cope with Your Emotions
  • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 AT 7 P.M. ET - Dom Rosso on How to Cope with Fear
  • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 AT 7 P.M. ET - Elizabeth Zelasko on Making Sacred Space in Your Home

Relevant Radio and MAGNIFICAT bring you the Way of the Cross read live by Rev. Francis Hoffman, "Father Rocky," each Friday at 3:30pm

Every night from 6:30 – 7:30pm, the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFRs) will be live-streaming adoration, music, preaching, and prayer on Facebook.

Our Sunday Visitor offers Night Prayer and a short daily reflection every evening at 8:30pm on their Simply Catholic Facebook page.

Online Resources

Vatican News is Live Streaming Pope Francis’ Masses and other speeches

EWTN Eternal Word Television Network offers live TV, daily Mass, and numerous recorded programs

St. Paul Center has a Quarantined Catholic Hub. Including Scott Hahn’s most popular study, The Eucharist in Scripture, available to stream completely free for a limited time.

Word on Fire offers numerous resources, from videos and podcasts, to daily Mass with Bishop Barron

RC Spirituality offers a number of free daily email reflections, and over 50 Retreat Guides which can be watched, listened to, or read.  Not just for Regnum Christi members.

Free Publications

The following publishers have generously made their resources available to support prayer during these difficult days. We thank them for their generosity and pastoral concern.

Augustine Institute: Free subscriptions of FORMED for 40 days, offering Free Catholic movies, e-books, media & curriculum

Bayard: Living with Christ

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (for parents)

Catholic Faith Network (Television)

Liturgical Press: Give Us This Day

Loyola Press: Faith filled Family Activities, including grammar and writing games

Magnificat

Pauline

The Word Among Us

Loyola Press - Faith Formation and Grammar and Writing Games

Apps for your iPhone and Android

  • CatholicApps.com reviews hundreds of Catholic Apps, and recommends:
  • Discerning Hearts - Spirituality audio & video podcasts. Free school of prayer and discernment for the New Evangelization
  • iBreviary - your portable breviary to pray with the full texts of the Liturgy of the Hours
  • Laudate - includes an interactive Rosary, Daily Readings, the Liturgy of the Hours, and the NAB and Douay-Rheims versions of the bible
  • Hallow – a Catholic prayer and meditation App, offers a free version and a “stuck at home” praylist, along with a 3 month free trial of their premium version at this time.
  • Relevant Radio - brings you “Talk Radio for Catholic Life”.
  • CatholicTV - Catholic television, from the Archdiocese of Boston

Not Catholic, but of interest:

“A DIY edifying film festival for the social distanced and quarantined” by Sr. Rose Pacatte, film critic for the National Catholic Register, created a list of edifying films we can together as grownups, families, with children, or solo. 

The Chosen, the first-ever-multi-season TV show about the life of Jesus, has made every episode of Season One immediately and easily accessible, completely free on their App.

Watch the acclaimed animated film The Pilgrim’s Progress for free; based on John Bunyan’s timeless allegory of the bible, follow Christian Pilgrim on his journey to rid himself of a dreadful burden on his back and find the Celestial City https://www.revelationmedia.com/watchpilgrims/

Audible.com offers hundreds of audiobook titles available completely free. The collection has been handpicked by the editors as age appropriate and is a mix of stories to entertain, engage, and inform young people, ages 0–18.

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A Message from Bishop Conley

During this Christmas season, I invite you to do something simple but profound: take some time to allow the infant Jesus to move your heart this Christmas.

This could take many forms. You could meditate on the infancy narratives of the Gospel, perhaps through a Lectio Divina. You could pick up reflections on Christmas by the saints or theologians, perhaps in Magnificat or other publications. Or, take some time and just observe a nativity scene at your local church or at home. Maybe due to all the busyness of the Christmas season, we fail to reflect on the deep mystery of it all.

On a purely natural level, the innocence, purity, and spontaneity of a little baby brings about peace and joy to those around them. If the Lord works naturally to bring about peace in our lives through little babies, it is fitting that God would become a little baby to usher in heavenly peace.

Sincerely yours in Christ,
+James D. Conley
Bishop of Lincoln

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