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Newman Institute Lecture Series 2017

Russell Hittinger investigates the meaning of the Common Good at the Newman Institute Lecture Series, Sept. 20, 2017

“Detective Gordon: The First Case” by Ulf Nilsson, illustrated by Gitte Spee. Gecko Press, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015, 96 pages, Grades 3-4.

“Detective Gordon: The First Case” by Ulf Nilsson, illustrated by Gitte Spee.   
Gecko Press, Wellington, New Zealand, 2015, 96 pages, Grades 3-4.

Picture books are usually the first encounter children have with literature. These books are usually colorful and interesting. Through picture books, young children learn important essentials in reading such as the text flowing from the left to the right and the proper way to hold books. Since these children are learning to master the alphabet, the illustrations are usually more important than the written words to understanding the meaning of the story. 

Thrift store plans annual Christmas boutique

Shop marks anniversary at new location

LINCOLN (SNR) – St. Teresa’s Thrift Shop in Lincoln recently marked its one-year anniversary at its new location 643 S. 25th St., Suite 1.

The thrift shop, which benefits both St. Teresa School and Parish, has been in business for 35 years. It was previously located in the school, but moved to a new site last September.

“The phrase ‘Location! Location! Location!’ really has merit,” said volunteer Rose LeCorgne. “Being at the corner of 25th and Randolph has been a boon for us. Over the last year, we’ve been blessed with better visibility, more shoppers and increased donations. There have been many positive comments regarding the new look of the thrift store along with it being on the ground floor with no stairs to climb. The change to our new location has helped us continue to support and serve those in need throughout the Lincoln community.”

A statue of the parish’s patron saint, St. Therese, oversees the shop atop a newly renovated and painted pedestal. Artist and volunteer Dennis Restau – husband of manager Karen Restau – gave many hours to the restoration.

LeCorgne said the thrift shop is now stocked with fall and winter apparel for all sizes.

“We have coats, jackets, hats and more from newborn to adult sizes. Shop now while the selection is plentiful,” she said.

The staff are planning their sixth annual Christmas boutique, when the store is stocked with holiday decorations. It will be held in St. Teresa’s Kaczmarek Hall, 735 S. 36th St. It will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 3, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 4, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 5 and 6.

The normal business hours at St. Teresa’s Thrift Shop are Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations for the thrift shop are accepted Monday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon, Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

LeCorgne reminded patrons that they only accept cash and checks, no debit cards.

“Though the first year at our new location has been a good one,” she continued, “we are in desperate need of volunteers. It takes many hours every week to help keep our doors open and make us an affordable family thrift store. Please consider donating a few hours weekly so that we can continue to serve those in need.

“We try to help all in need, so all volunteers are appreciated no matter what your faith or beliefs,” she added. “You do not need to be Catholic to volunteer. Call us at (402)475-7065.

The thrift store tithes $2,000 per month to the parish, and also gives funds toward other projects, such as recent remodeling in the school and convent. They also give to other charities such as missions and pregnancy centers.

Volunteers needed for annual ‘Huskers Helping the Homeless’

LINCOLN (SNR) – Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach (MTKO), Lincoln’s largest community kitchen and outreach center, will team up with more than 500 volunteers of all ages for the 20th Annual “Huskers Helping the Homeless” Sept. 16-18.

This year’s event coincides with the Nebraska vs. Oregon football game. Volunteers wearing red “Huskers Helping the Homeless” T-shirts will be downtown, at Sam’s Club and Walmart stores, Russ’s and Super Saver stores, and at Southpointe Mall, accepting donations on behalf of MTKO, and in turn, the working poor, homeless and hungry men, women and children of the community. 

Donations will support Matt Talbot’s hunger relief and homeless prevention services offered 365 days of the year. Annually MTKO provides more than 100,000 nutritious meals to the hungry in Lincoln and more than 25,000 homeless prevention services such as transitional housing, drug and alcohol evaluations, life skills classes, nutrition counseling, and help with obtaining vital identification documents.

Groups and individuals are welcome to volunteer, and may register online at www.mtkserves.org.  Students who volunteer receive three service hours and the school with the most volunteers wins a trophy.  Past winners are Pius X, Lincoln East, Lincoln Southwest and Lincoln Christian High Schools.

To make a donation, look for volunteers the weekend of Sept. 16-18, donate online, or mail a tax-deductible gift to Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach marked Huskers Helping the Homeless, 2121 N. 27th Street PO Box 80935, Lincoln, NE 68501. 

For more information, contact Vicky Drozd, event coordinator, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 402-477-4116.

Ask the Register: What is the USCCB?

Q. I saw in the news that the USCCB is meeting this week in Baltimore. What exactly is the USCCB’s job? What does it do?

A. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the assembly of bishops in the dioceses and Eastern Catholic Churches in the United States.  All diocesan bishops, retired bishops, and auxiliary bishops are members of the conference.

The USCCB was founded in 1966, when episcopal conferences were established by Pope Paul VI in each nation or region of the world.

The job of an episcopal conference is delineated by the Holy See. Christus Dominus, a decree of the Second Vatican Council, says that  “an episcopal conference is a form of assembly in which the bishops of a certain country or region exercise their pastoral office jointly in order to enhance the Church’s beneficial influence on all men, especially by devising forms of the apostolate and apostolic methods suitably adapted to the circumstances of the times.”

The USCCB, and all episcopal conferences, are entrusted with certain immediate responsibilities: to make certain norms regarding the financial administration of dioceses, to establish the age range for Confirmation, and certain other sacramental disciplinary norms, and to establish certain norms regarding fasting, holy days of obligation, and other liturgical issues. Those are the limited areas in which the episcopal conference is given responsibility to act with authority.

But for the most part, episcopal conferences do not act with authority; instead, they serve as a forum in which bishops can plan together and work together— for example, advocating for religious liberty together, or teaching together on good citizenship and the danger of pornography.

While the USCCB, like all episcopal conferences, does many good things, it is mostly a forum for bishops to share ideas with each other,  pray with one another, and discern together the will of God as they lead the dioceses with which they have been entrusted.


Write to Ask the Register using our online form, or write to 3700 Sheridan Blvd, Lincoln NE 68506-6100. All questions are subject to editing. Editors decide which questions to publish. Personal questions cannot be answered. People with such questions are urged to take them to their nearest Catholic priest.

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