Parish event encourages families to celebrate Advent at home
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 5:57pm
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Harrison George turned paper, string and beads into something special.
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Omaha’s Holy Sepulchre Cemetery recognized as national historic site
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 5:56pm
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The oldest Catholic cemetery in Omaha is being placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Anna Marie Spargo, left and Jay Spargo, right, join granchildren, Cecilia Spargo, Dominic Bowers and Eli Bowers as they decorate the Christmas tree with purple lights Nov. 27 at their home – part of their shared family traditions during Advent.
Grandparents share Advent, Christmas traditions
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 5:47pm
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Family traditions – some recent, others decades old – help members of the Catholic Grandparents Association bring a special focus to Advent and Christmas.
Social events and service projects among Newman Center Advent plans
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 5:44pm
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Festivities and acts of service.
That’s how students living at the St. John Paul II Newman Center in Omaha will celebrate the first Advent season in their new home.
Marie Rubis Bauer leads the St. Cecilia Cathedral Choir at the Abbey of Saint Cecilia in Rome.
St. Cecilia choir members share ‘mountaintop’ experience in Rome
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 5:37pm
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So many memories and experiences of God’s grace and mercy – singing as they approached and entered the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, singing at the Papal Mass closing the Year of Mercy and at the tomb of St. Cecilia, sharing faith and fellowship with one another.
Young people encounter Christ
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 5:28pm
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Helping young people experience a deeper connection with Jesus through prayer before the Eucharist.
Catholic Cemeteries offering special Advent services
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 5:26pm
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Catholic Cemeteries is again offering people who are grieving the death of a loved one a special gathering of prayer during Advent – a prayer service Wednesday evenings in Omaha.
Collection for retired religious is Dec. 10-11
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 5:08pm
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Finding nearly $250,000 in annual health care savings for the last three years, and moving from 65 percent under-funded for retirement to nearly 100 percent funded have helped turn things around for the Servants of Mary sisters in Omaha and around the country.
Annual appeal pledges exceed $3 million
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 5:06pm
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Pledges to the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal exceeded $3 million as of Nov. 28, more than $580,000 above commitments made by the same time last year.
A priest for 57 years, Father Kros served parishes and schools
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 5:05pm
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Father Donald Kros, an Omaha native whose 57 years in the priesthood included service in rural and urban parishes and high schools, died Nov. 15. He was 82.