Cast members of “Cross and Light” perform a song during the dramatization of Pentecost as tongues of flame are projected in the background. The multimedia musical will be the finale of ArchOmaha Unite, an archdiocese-wide celebration of the Catholic faith set for June 8, the eve of Pentecost, at the CHI Health Center arena in Omaha. KELLY NIETO
Father John Norman, pastor of St. Peter de Alcántara in Ewing and St. John the Baptist in Deloit Township, makes a point during a meeting of priests Jan. 10 at St. Patrick Parish in Fremont. There, Father Jeffrey Lorig and Father Scott Hastings introduced priests to a plan for organizing rural parishes in light of the projected decline in future numbers of priests and shifting rural population. MIKE MAY/STAFF
Abby Johnson, right, and Ashley Bratcher, the actress who portrays her, on the set of their new movie, “Unplanned.” The film will play in select theaters beginning March 29. COURTESY PHOTO
Couples perform traditional folk dances of Panama Jan. 23 in the school gymnasium of San Gerardo Mayela in Panama City. The performance followed the first catechesis session to welcome pilgrims for World Youth Day. MIGUEL BARREIRO
Local students carrying the official banner of Nebraska Right to Life lead marchers in support of the unborn during the 45th annual Nebraska Walk for Life in Lincoln Jan. 26. Nearly 4,000 walkers were estimated to have taken part in the walk from the State Capitol to the University of Nebraska student union. MIKE MAY/STAFF
Mount Michael Benedictine School students, Max Swiniarski, left, a junior, and sophomore Zachary Rapoza, put the finishing touches Jan. 23 on a robot created during robotics class, part of the STEM curriculum at the school. The banner behind them points to the school’s accomplishments in a recent robotics competition. MIKE MAY/STAFF
Archbishop George J. Lucas joins students from St. Gerald School in Ralston for a photo after the annual eighth-grade Mass Jan. 31 at St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha. The Mass, celebrated by the archbishop, marked Catholic Schools Week Jan. 27 through Feb. 2. MIKE MAY/STAFF
Jazlyn Rodriguez dreams of being a police officer and starting a family dedicated to Christ.
“Hopefully I could teach them well,” the eighth-grader at St. Bernadette School in Bellevue said about her desired future family.
Amaya Sims, an eighth-grader at Holy Name School in Omaha, wants to be a...
Catholics should be concerned about a new bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature to prohibit conversion therapy for individuals experiencing same-sex attraction.
That’s the view of Tom Venzor, executive director of the Nebraska Catholic Conference (NCC), the public policy voice for the three...
Father Daniel Andrews has been named pastor and director of the St. John Paul II Newman Center near the University of Nebraska at Omaha, effective July 1.
He replaces Father Jake Anderson, who has been serving in an interim role since Father Joseph Taphorn, the center’s first pastor and director,...
Deacon James Keating, director of theological formation at the Institute for Priestly Formation, discusses the Eucharist, mysticism and holiness, topics of his new “Discerning Hearts” podcast series, with host and founder Kris McGregor in her home recording studio Feb. 5. DANIKA LANG/STAFF
Why does God matter? Why do the sacraments matter? Why does prayer matter?
Discerning Hearts, a nonprofit online apostolate dedicated to evangelization and spiritual formation, seeks to answer these questions among others in Archbishop George J. Lucas’ latest podcast series “Why It Matters,” said...
