St. ohn the Baptist School ~ Honor Roll ~ March ~ 2019



CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA28th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 13, 2019-1587552705Pastor: Rev. Michael HoulihanSenior Priest in Residence: Rev. Valerian BartekPriest in Residence: Rev. Gary Gross520 South 18th Street Plattsmouth, NE 68048Rectory Phone: (402) 296-3139Parish office email: plattsmouthHSC@ Website: School website: Parish Facebook page: CHSPlattsmouthSchool Facebook page: STJBCatholicPARISH WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULEENTER THE MASS! Glory to God forever!Monday, October 148:10 a.m. +Betty MeisingerSpecial Intention for D.S. and familyTuesday, October 158:10 a.m. +Cliff & Shirley Hildebrand+Dennis & Cecelia McCauleyWednesday, October 168:10 a.m. +Lowell Daisley +Abigail Whitford and family Thursday, October 178:10 a.m.+All Souls Day Intentions+Don Borer Friday, October 188:10 a.m.+Alan Poppe +Marjean BrodySaturday, October 198:00 a.m.Living & Deceased members of the Morehead family5:00 p.m.People of the Parish Sunday, October 208:00 a.m.+Anne Izokaitis10:30 a.m.+Lowell DaisleyCONFESSIONS: Weekdays: Before MassSaturdays, 3:30 - 4:45 PM Sundays, 7:30 -7:45 AM and 9:30 -10:15 AMHead Count at Mass last weekend: 577Contributions for October 6, 2019General Collection at Mass $ 13,954.79General Online Giving $ 9,252.00Debt Reduction$ 2,145.00Debt Reduction Online Giving$ 895.00Teachers/Staff $ 516.00Teachers/Staff Online Giving$ 95.00Franciscan Sisters Online Giving $ 15.00Propagation of the Faith$ 175.00P’gation of Faith Online Giving $ 145.00Mission Co-Op$ 10.00Utilities $ 35.00Utilities Online Giving $ 40.00__00Pastor: Rev. Michael HoulihanSenior Priest in Residence: Rev. Valerian BartekPriest in Residence: Rev. Gary Gross520 South 18th Street Plattsmouth, NE 68048Rectory Phone: (402) 296-3139Parish office email: plattsmouthHSC@ Website: School website: Parish Facebook page: CHSPlattsmouthSchool Facebook page: STJBCatholicPARISH WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULEENTER THE MASS! Glory to God forever!Monday, October 148:10 a.m. +Betty MeisingerSpecial Intention for D.S. and familyTuesday, October 158:10 a.m. +Cliff & Shirley Hildebrand+Dennis & Cecelia McCauleyWednesday, October 168:10 a.m. +Lowell Daisley +Abigail Whitford and family Thursday, October 178:10 a.m.+All Souls Day Intentions+Don Borer Friday, October 188:10 a.m.+Alan Poppe +Marjean BrodySaturday, October 198:00 a.m.Living & Deceased members of the Morehead family5:00 p.m.People of the Parish Sunday, October 208:00 a.m.+Anne Izokaitis10:30 a.m.+Lowell DaisleyCONFESSIONS: Weekdays: Before MassSaturdays, 3:30 - 4:45 PM Sundays, 7:30 -7:45 AM and 9:30 -10:15 AMHead Count at Mass last weekend: 577Contributions for October 6, 2019General Collection at Mass $ 13,954.79General Online Giving $ 9,252.00Debt Reduction$ 2,145.00Debt Reduction Online Giving$ 895.00Teachers/Staff $ 516.00Teachers/Staff Online Giving$ 95.00Franciscan Sisters Online Giving $ 15.00Propagation of the Faith$ 175.00P’gation of Faith Online Giving $ 145.00Mission Co-Op$ 10.00Utilities $ 35.00Utilities Online Giving $ 40.00__Church cleaning reminder: For Oct 19 (at 9:00am): Owens, Palmer, Pankonin, Parson, Payne, Peckham, Peterson, Peterson October 12 & 13 Stewardship weekend! Please fill out your Stewardship commitment form and return it next week! Thank you! Fall Festival This coming Saturday, 5-9 pm 3216910788400In the school gym and outside!New day of the week, and new time!Dinner, Fun and Games, PrizesRaffle tickets are for sale at $1.00 each or a book for $10.00. Grand Prize: $1,000. Other prizes are: 2 Nebraska/Indiana Football Tickets & Gear, 2 Nebraska/Iowa Football Tickets & Gear, Vala’s Tickets & Bench, 18 Holes lake Ridge Golf, Golf Balls & Cart, Museums Morrill Hall & Lauritzen Gardens. If you have questions, call or text Beth or Kenny Staskiewicz, 297-9244 or 297-1396. “All Souls Day Mass Intentions”: The Mass is the highest form of prayer and it is good to pray for the deceased at Mass! We will again this year have the All Souls custom where, in the Commons, you list the names of all those who have died who you want to pray for, and, in the marked box put whatever amount you deem appropriate as a stipend. Or put the stipend in an envelope clearly marked for that purpose, and drop it in the collection basket. Names and stipends will be collected through October. The names are put together as one “All Souls Day Intentions” and the stipends collected are divided into the standard $10 Mass stipends. That many Masses are then offered throughout the year for all those listed. This way, probably on a weekly basis – or more often, one of the priests’ Mass intention will be for all these departed family members and friends.Magnificat subscription re-order time. Father Houlihan highly recommends Magnificat as a great way to enter into the daily Mass readings, as well as Magnificat’s many nourishing and faith-building meditations. The current subscription for those who are receiving the Magnificat missalette with the parish bulk rate will end with December’s issue. To renew or to newly subscribe, call Sue at the rectory office, 296-3139, no later than Tuesday, Oct. 29th. (Or put a note & money in a clearly marked envelope into Sunday’s collection basket.) The bulk rate is $32.00 for the year, rather than its regular $47.00 rate. The missalettes are sent to the church, for you to pick up there. PCCW meeting, Thursday, Oct. 17 at 6:00pm in St. Joseph's Room.? All ladies of the parish are invited to attend.October 20, 21 Donations accepted for PCCW’s rummage sale. Due to events going on in the gym on Oct 19 and the morning of the 20th, donations cannot be dropped off prior to Sunday, October 20, at 1:00pm. Please do not leave donations in the Commons or St. Joseph’s Room. Thank you!October 24, 25, 26 PCCW rummage sale 8am-7pm, 8am-7pm, 8am-noon Some upcoming dates: October 17 – PCCW meeting, 6pm in SJR. October 19 – Children’s Choir sings at 5:00pm MassOctober 19 – Fall Festival (new day of the week!) 5-9pmOctober 20 – Knights’ free-will donation breakfast after 8 & 10:30 MassesOctober 20 – Corporate Mass and Communion for CDA, 10:30 MassOctober 20 – High School Youth Group 7-9pmOctober 21-26 – Book Fair at St. John’s, in the libraryOctober 20-21 – Donations accepted for Rummage SaleOctober 24-26 – PCCW Rummage Sale, gym For a more detailed list of upcoming church events and meetings, please visit and/or check the front table in the Commons.Book Fair at St. John’s! It’s a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. Profits from the fair will help our teachers build up their classroom libraries. Oct 21 & 22: 2:30pm-7:00pm, Oct 23: 12:00pm-8:00pm, Oct 24: 8:00am-5:00pm, Oct 25 & 26: 8:00am-12:00pm. Thank you for your generosity to the Bishop’s Appeal for Vocations in the previous two weeks. We have met our parish goal. It is good for us to financially and prayerfully support the seminarians during this time while they get a great formation and discern their calling to the priesthood! “Stewardship of Talent" Dinners for Fr. Houlihan, Fr. Gross & Fr. Bartek: We have a great team set up! Gay Lepert, Oct 14: Sandy DiSomma, Oct 16: Deb Warga, Oct 17: Bill Boyle, Oct 21: Carla Wehling, Oct 23: Kacey Groshans, Oct 24: Liz Rubin, Oct 28: Glennia Sand, Oct 30: Bonnie Seyfer, Oct 31: Monica YankusIntellectual Disabilities Campaign The Knights will be distributing Tootsie Rolls after Masses on October 19 & 20, supporting our Intellectual Disabilities Campaign. 50% of the proceeds from this campaign will remain in Cass Counting supporting the Cass County Special Olympics. Please support this worthy cause. If you are interested in getting a box or two to hand out for Halloween, please chat with Paul Savick or Mike Vaughn after Mass. 10th Annual Pro-Life Diaper Drive during the month of October. They’re requesting donations of sizes 4, 5 & 6. Please bring them to the playpen in the Commons! Thank you for your generosity.Knights of Columbus – Council 1966 / George Johnson GK 402-235-3518 October Breakfast – Sunday, October 20, after the 8:00 & 10:30am Masses. The Knights will be serving cinnamon rolls, egg casserole and fruit salad. The proceeds will go to the Nebraska KofC Intellectual Disabilities 2019 campaign.Knights 2019 Fall Fund Raiser Winner – Thanks for your support this year!Northwestern – George SachsOfficer’s Meeting?– Thursday, October 24th, at 7:00pm in SJRIntellectual Disabilities Campaign - See Paul Savick for a time slot when you can assist with the Intellectual Disabilities campaign this year – October 19th and 20th. Knights, Paul has the signups in the Commons – please consider volunteering your time for this worthy cause. Please also see the Sign-Up Genius mailed this week by Mike Vaughn.PASTOR’S NOTES:This coming Saturday is our Fall Festival, a tradition here in our parish. Our leadership group is trying something different this year—Saturday, instead of Sunday. The festivities begin at 5 P.M., and that is also the time that the Saturday evening Mass will continue to be, but if you are planning on going to Mass on Sunday, feel free to be first in line for games and activities and a wonderful dinner. This is a change from Sunday afternoons and a noontime dinner, but this is intended to help families who might be more inclined to take part in activities on a Saturday evening. Everything winds up by 9 P.M. The time is different, but the wonderful people who make it possible, as well as the wonderful people who patronize it, are still the same good people that we always know and love. Congratulations to James and Stephanie Schlueter Becklun, married in Christ on September 14 here at the Church of the Holy Spirit. May God bless you and keep you always! We also congratulate Gregg and Shari Pleskac Barrios, married on September 1, 1989 at St. John Vianney Church in Omaha, who celebrated 30 years of marriage. May you have many more! Congratulations are also in order for James and Rosa Ramos Smetana, married 35 years, at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Parma, Ohio, on September 21, 1984. God bless you and your loved ones!This weekend we encourage all of you to take your stewardship packet home with you and return it next weekend. This will become, I hope, a regular annual event. Just as we renew our baptismal vows at Easter, so we should renew our practical commitment of time, talent, and treasure every year. To be a disciple of Jesus means being committed to “the cause.” Our parish is the place where the Gospel is proclaimed and taken, by those here, to the rest of the community that we live in. That is the ideal. Perhaps we have not thought that we needed to make a commitment, but being a Christian---a Catholic Christian, in fact—requires that we do something practical with the baptismal promises that we have made (and renewed on an annual basis). It is not meant to be a referendum on the priest, the other parishioners, the bishop, or anything else except Christ and His Church and the work of that Church, of which we are a part. In the past struggles (which are not over, by the way) with the funding of our school—our main “ministry” over the last 135 years, in our commitment to such varied things as the prisoners in the county jail, the poor in our community (especially through the thrift store and the food pantry), in our commitment to many collaborative efforts (Building and Grounds, Finance Committee, Parish Council, School Advisory Board), in our commitment to our young people (school, CCD, youth group, Wee Worship, etc.), in our commitment to some of the active groups in our parish—Parish Council of Catholic Women (PCCW), Knights of Columbus, Catholic Daughters, for example--we have shown a willingness to put our time and talent and treasure where our mouth is. I am proud of all of those who give of themselves in a committed way. And there are many ways to do this! If you sign up for an activity or make a financial pledge that your household will fulfill in the coming year, you are a very important part of what we are trying to do. Please consider some new way of using your time and talent this year—it is all right to try something new! Please also consider making a weekly/ monthly/annual pledge of financial support—maybe raise what you did last year by some percentage or aim for the biblical 10% of gross income (or some lesser or greater percentage, if you so choose, but please choose something!). We may not be able to keep our pledge, and that is understandable given certain circumstances, but it is the willingness to try that is pleasing to God and to others. The people here have not disappointed me yet—you have already done some wonderful things over the many years that you have been here—and there is a great potential for even more. The Lord continues to surprise us with His blessings to us. Show your gratitude by making commitments to stewardship of time, talent, and treasure. God bless you all!Father Houlihan ................
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