Author: FHC
St. Patrick Clean Up Day – April 17
Please join fellow St. Patrick parishioners for our parish clean-up day this Saturday, April 17, from 9:00 AM to noon. Please bring: garden rakes, hedge clippers, buckets, and rags for cleaning. Build... Read More
Divine Mercy Sunday
Today, the Second Sunday of Easter, finishing out the “Octave” of Easter (the first eight days of Easter), is known as Divine Mercy Sunday. It a day to particularly remember and commemorate the Di... Read More
Divine Mercy – April 10-11
The Divine Mercy Chaplet will be prayed prior to Mass in each parish the weekend of April 10-11. Please plan to join us 15 minutes prior to the start of Mass. Saturday 3:45 PM – St. Mary, Ack... Read More
Exalt, Let Us Exalt! Christ is Risen!
It is Easter! And I am immensely grateful that we were able to gather in person this year for Easter… Especially coming out of this past year with all the experience from COVID and protests and much... Read More
Prayer for Those Receiving the Easter Sacraments
Let us pray for our catechumens and candidates: God of the Samaritan Women, the Man Born Blind, and Lazarus, You show yourself in many ways. Most often in ways we cannot see until we look with eyes of... Read More
Archbishop Jackel’s Easter Message
Didn’t you hope we’d sing Alleluia this Easter, inspired by the end of the pandemic? I did, but that hope was left bruised and bloodied, like the Huskers facing the Hawkeyes. The pandemic has perh... Read More
Passion Week, or Holy Week
I’m very much looking forward to this Holy Week. The Sacred “Triduum” (The Liturgy including Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil), is my favorite moments of the year. Because it is a time f... Read More
Passiontide and Covering Images and Statues
You may notice that the Crucifix and/or some statues or images have been covered. The Roman Missal states: “…the practice of covering crosses and images throughout the church from [the fifth] Sund... Read More
