2018 marks the 100th year that the Columban Fathers have been servicing people throughout the world and are currently in 17 countries. We will be having the closing celebration of this 100th year by having a benefit dinner concert. 100% of the proceeds will go to support the Columban Fathers and their mission.

Dinner • Concert • Dance

Join us for the closing of our year of Celebration! Thank you for celebrating with us around the world this Centennial year. It has been a wonderful journey and we look forward to the next 100 years!

VIP Tickets: $100.00
General Tickets: $65.00

To purchase tickets, call 402.291.1920 or stop by the Columban Fathers office, 1902 Calhoun St., Bellevue, NE, Monday-Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Email mission@columban.org for more information.

A period of prayer in preparation for Christmas, including four Sundays, the first nearest the feast of St. Andrew, November 30. It is the beginning of the Church’s liturgical year. The use of the organ and other musical instruments is restricted in liturgical functions. However, it is allowed 1. in extraliturgical functions, 2. for exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 3. to support singing, and 4. on Gaudete Sunday, feasts and solemnities, and in any extraordinary celebration. Altars may not be decorated with flowers. In the celebration of matrimony, the nuptial blessing is always imparted. But the spouses are advised to take into account the special character of the liturgical season. Masses for various needs and votive Masses for the dead are not allowed unless there is a special need. (Etym. Latin adventus, a coming, approach, arrival.)

Magnificat-Omaha* invites all women to Advent at Candlelight with guest speaker Denise Bossert, syndicated columnist of Catholic by Grace and author of Gifts of the Visitation-Nine Spiritual Encounters with Mary and Elizabeth, and Stations of the Cross for a Wounded World. This special evening includes dinner and dessert.  For reservations, go to www.MagnificatOmaha.org or email magnificatomaha@gmail.com.
*Magnificat-Omaha is an archdiocesan-wide Catholic women’s organization focused on evangelization.

If Catholic schools are closed for a snow day, there will be NO safe environment training.

Knights of Columbus Council 11879 hopes that you will be our guest at the “Light Up For Christ” celebration! It’s a wonderful way to kick off the Christmas season and spread the joyful tidings of Christmas. Please join in the annual ceremonial blessing and lighting of the Nativity scene on Tuesday, December 4th at 6 PM. This is always a fun-filled evening! We meet in the Commons and proceed as a group out to the crèche (nativity scene) singing “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” as we go. Following the short formal ceremony led by Fr. Leo, we head back to the Commons where cookies, hot chocolate, coffee, and other beverages will be available. There will be activities for the children as Santa Claus and his elves make their way to visit. Why fight the traffic and long lines for the Mall Santa? Jolly Old St. Nick will be making his special visit to the St. Matthew community! May God bless you all, and it is our wish that you and your families have a blessed and Merry Christmas!

Plan to meet Saint Nicholas in the Skutt Catholic commons. You will hear his story, have dinner and take your Christmas pictures...all at no cost! Please RSVP online at SkuttCatholic.com so we can plan accordingly.

Please park in far west parking lot, Delaney Hall entrance. Signs will be posted to direct you to the room.

Training will take place at Sacred Heart Parish office; located south of Sacred Heart Church building on corner of Madison Ave and 5th Street. Enter office through front door and class is located on 2nd floor first room above the stairs.

Class will meet in the school dining room

FOCUS (the Fellowship of Catholic University Students) Pancake Feed raises funds to support three Omaha full-time FOCUS missionaries, Kelsey Ludvik, Hayley Miller, and Kaitlin Houlton. FOCUS is a national Catholic outreach that reaches out to college students to bring them into relationship with Jesus Christ. Come and support this vital evangelization mission. If unable to attend, support these missionaries by going online to www.focusonline.org/goto/Kelsey.Ludvik or http://www.focusonline.org/goto/luke-and-hayley-miller or www.focus.org/missionaries/kaitlin-houlton Questions: Contact Dan Bleyhl at 402.691.0129.

"His Global Love Prayer Community invites you to a celebration of Holy Mass at 7:00 p.m. Fr. Kevin Joyce will lead us in praise and worship beginning at 6:30 p.m. and will preside at Mass at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome."

Prepare for the Christmas season by celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation with members of the Creighton Jesuit Community. A time of communal prayer and reflection followed by opportunities for individual confessions. Details available at stjohns-creighton.org. Parking available in the lot at the corner of 24th and Cass Streets.

Holy Day of Obligation, except whenever January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God falls on a Saturday or on a Monday, the precept to attend Mass is abrogated.

Please use Delaney Hall entrance on the West side of church. Signs will be there to direct you to the room.

Class will meet in the school dining room. Dinner is not provided. You are welcome to bring your own dinner if you would like.

Croise is a new approach to teach men to pray, set goals and take action to express their faith in ways which opens their minds and strengthen their resolve to change the world they live in. It is a time in history when our original faith must be reignited, understood and lived with compelling passion by men. The confusion of today must be used to clearly define who Jesus Christ is for the world. Our premier Holy Hour will use magnificent music, time tested historical writings, preaching prayer, ingenious use of technology and a lightning demonstration of the French defensive fencing move Croise (kwaa-zay).

All men over 18 are welcome to Croise every third Monday of the month at St. Cecilia's.

Please enter through the doors near Sandoz Elementary School. Signs will direct you once you are inside the building. No food or drinks provided. Please bring your own if you need to.

Presented by parishioner Edward M. DeSimone II, R.Ph., Ph.D., FAPhA; Professor of Pharmacy Sciences at Creighton and President of Coalition Rx. Addiction to alcohol and drugs is a persistent and pervasive terminal disease that produces lifelong misery for individuals and their loved ones. Understanding this disease is critical to addressing the problem and the pain it causes.