The Catholic Diocese of Lincoln includes more than 130 parishes across 40 counties in southern Nebraska, serving 74,000 Catholics. These Southern Nebraska Register photos are from a Sunday Mass at St. Patrick Church in Utica, a parish of approximately 50 families.

Pastor Msgr. Mark Huber celebrated the Mass Feb. 23. for the Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time. 

SNR photos | Natalie Bender

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