Adoration: Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction will not be held August 15 due to the Holy Day of Obligation.
Saint Mary's Church is open for Prayer & Adoration daily from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Expanded Confession Times: From August 4th through August 14th, daily confession times will be extended to a full hour each morning, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon. Due to priest's retreats and vacations, there will only be one priest available on all but one of these days to hear confessions and to celebrate the 12:10 Mass. Confessions will have to end at Noon so that the celebrant has time to prepare for Mass; please know that if you arrive towards the end of confession times, if there is a line, you may not be able to have your confession heard until after Mass. If you are able to arrive earlier in the hour, we encourage you to do so, so that as many as possible can have their confessions heard before Mass.

Should I join the Choir? Is God calling you to sing with the choir? Please set up an audition time with Sister Mary at 435-2601.

Church Cleaning: The 3rd Saturday of the month, August 16th this month, is reserved for church cleaning. Please be at the church at 9 am to help.

Cathedral Card Club: Cathedral Card Club has Women's Bridge, Couples Bridge and Couples Pinochle groups that are welcoming new members to join us this fall. Two couples play each other once a month in the designated group, September through May. If interested, please call Sharon at 421-2384 or Paulette at 782-3001.

Magnificat will host a brunch on August 23rd at Beacon Hills - Country Inn and Suites, 5353 N. 27th in Lincoln. Elizabeth Webster will be the speaker for the lOam brunch. She will share the story of her conversion to the Catholic faith and her preparation to join a contemplative religious community. Register early by sending a check for $15, payable to Magnificat to Barb Bechtolt, 5500 L St., Lincoln, 68510. Deadline August 20. No walk-ins please.

Benefit for child with Leukemia: Please come enjoy a BBQ pork sandwich lunch on Saturday, August 16th from 11-2 at the Seward 4-H building. A free will offering will be taken. The benefit is to raise money for Levi Dybdal, the son of Jon and Tausha from Pleasant Dale. Levi is 9 years old and fighting leukemia. A bake sale, silent auction, raffle and kids games will be included at the benefit. The family thanks everyone for their prayers and support. Call Laurie with questions, 402-643-2665.

A Conference for the Jubilee Year of St. Paul will be held Saturday, August 16th at 1pm at the Cor Mariae Shrine in Crete, Ne, a designated Jubilee pilgrimage site. Msgr. Dan Seiker will,give a talk, "Love in the teachings of St. Paul". Confessions and Mass will follow. Questions? Call the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary at 402-826-3316.

Birthright appreciates all our generous donors. We have recently moved to a new location at 56th and 0 Street. We are in need of some volunteers so we can extend our hours and be more available to those who need us. Call Barb at 421-8141 or Paula at 423-2472.

Lincoln Right to Life is saddened to announce that the Planned Parenthood Clinic on South Street now has their doors open for abortion appointments twice a week. Dozens of lives are being ended! Please join us on Tuesdays and Fridays, between 6:30 am and 4pm to pray. If you can't join us, please fast and pray for this intention. For questions call 489-7968.

Natural Family Planning sessions in August will be Tuesday, August 12th and Tuesday, August 19th at 7 pm. Pre-registration is required. For more information please call 488-2040.

Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House schedule is out for the coming year. You may pick up a complete schedule in the bookrack in the entry to the church. The first retreats of the season are a woman's retreat on August 15 -17, a men and women's retreat on September 5-7, an Opus Sanctum Angelorum retreat for men and women on September 11-14 and a women's retreat on September 19-21. Please call 786-2705 to make reservations. http://www.goodcounselretreat.com

Charismatic Prayer and Praise Meeting is the second Friday of the month at Blessed John XXIII Diocesan Center, 3700 Sheridan Blvd., 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Everyone is invited. Please bring your Bible. For more information, call 476-1880.

Every Friday, between 20 to 25 innocent human lives are ended at the Planned Parenthood Abortion Mill on 37th & South Streets. Please pray the rosary for the unborn babies every Friday between 6:30 am and 3:00 pm. We can end abortion when we help the parents to trust that the baby is not an obstacle to their plans. Both child and parents find their fulfillment in giving themselves to each other in love and thereby truly becoming a family.  

EARN CASH FOR OUR SCHOOL: Clip and save UPC labels for Campbell's (not only the label front), Big G Box Tops for Education, Best Choice, Our Family and Tyson Project A+ labels, General Mills, Tyson. Our Family and B&R Stores, Inc. will give the school money for the UPC labels. St. Mary's School also collects aluminum cans to help raise funds for our school library. Please leave your aluminum cans by the playground school doors on Fridays.

Natural Family Planning Sessions are offered by Rosemary Clements, 402-326-0681 or through the Diocesan Family Life Office. Please call 488-2040 about the NFP Creighton Model introductory sessions. Pre-registration is required.

Project Rachel can help heal the wounds of abortion. For private and confidential counseling, and/or reconciliation, call 800-964-3787.

Father Dietrich's recent homilies are available here.

Acolyte / Lector / Reader Meeting: Usually on first Saturdays, 9 am, Flynn Hall.
The Acolyte-Lector-Reader Schedule is available here.
The General Instruction of the Roman Missal can be found here.

St. Vincent de Paul meetings normally are Mondays at 5:30 pm in Flynn Hall.

Legion of Mary meetings normally are Mondays at 6 pm in the Legion Room (the "old kindergarten room").

Pray the Rosary at the Planned Parenthood Abortion Site. Every Friday, between 20 and 25 innocent lives are ended at Planned Parenthood on 37th & South Streets. Please pray the rosary for the unborn babies every Friday between 6:30 am and 3:00 pm.

Natural Family Planning Introductory Sessions are offered by Rosemary Clements (402-326-0681) or through the Diocesan Family Life Office (402-488-2040).

First Friday Holy Hour: Holy Hour for Vocations is First Friday of every month at 7:15 pm (includes Compline & Benediction). Adoration Convent of Christ the King (The Pink Sisters), 1040 South Cotner Blvd.

Charismatic Praise, Prayer & Worship Meeting First Fridays at 7 pm, Blessed John XXIII Diocesan Center, 3700 Sheridan Blvd., Dawson Hall.

Televised Mass: Sundays at Noon and Mondays at 9 pm on cable channel 13.

Retreats At Waverly Retreat House
More information at 435-2125 or at the Waverly Retreat House's web site http://www.goodcounselretreat.com