RECTORY 3128 “S” Street Lincoln NE 68503-3297 (402) 476-2610 E-mail: sacredheartlincoln@outlook.com Fr. Leo Kosch Pastor E-mail fr.kosch@gmail.com Cell phone: 402-310-8299 please try 402-476-2610 first. Fr. Lee Jirovsky, in Residence Website: sacredheartlincoln.orgWebsite: sacredheartlincoln.orgWebsite: sacredheartlincoln.org

SCHOOL 540 North 31st St. 402-476-1783 Principal, Laura Knaus E-mail laura-knaus@cdolinc.net Website: mysacredheartschool.com

Mass Schedule Saturday, 5:00 p.m. Sunday, 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00am Weekdays Monday-Saturday 8:15am Holy Days of Obligation Vigil Mass, 7:00pm On the Day, 7:00am, 12:00pm, & 7:00pm Different schedules for Christmas and January 1

Confessions: Saturdays 4:00-4:50 pm. Mondays-Saturdays 7:45-8:05 am (before the 8:15am Mass) Baptisms: call 402-476-2610 to ar-range for Baptism preparation. Matrimony: A minimum of four months is required after contacting the priest; more in some cases; six months to a year is recommended.

Communion to the homebound or Anointing of the Sick: if you or someone you know is home-bound or seriously ill, or will be undergoing major surgery, please call or speak to Fr. Kosch.

Newcomers—Welcome! Please call 402-476-2610 Or visit the rectory Catholic Social Services (days) 402-474-1600; Lincoln Cri-sis Pregnancy Center (24-hours) 402-483-4247; Birthright 402-466-2609 (24-hours 1-800-550-4900).

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Welcome to Sacred Heart Church

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 4, 2018

Eucharistic Procession around the Capitol, This Sunday, Nov. 4 at 3 pm. See the invitation at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN2KdrmSGtI The goal is 5,500 Catholics praying for Peace and Unity. Each par-ish within 100 miles of Lincoln has been given a target goal based on the number of families registered. Our parish goal is 60 people. There will be four Altar areas on the south side of the Capitol. Our parish is assigned Altar #2. There is a map in the back of church with details. Please sign the sheet in back of church if you are able to attend.

Soup Lunch at Sacred Heart Next Sunday, November 11th from 11:30 am - 2:30 pm in the school cafeteria (31st & T Street) Free will offering. Veterans served at no cost in honor of their ser-vice. Homemade chili, chicken dumpling, vegetable beef, potato soup and gumbo with rice, grilled cheese sandwich, beverage, and dessert of your choice. Bring the family, and enjoy great food and fellowship. There will also be a jewelry table for your shopping fun. (Think Christmas!)

Tuesday, November 6th is Election Day—Remember to Vote Candidate surveys conducted by Nebraska Catholic Conference can be found at www.NebraskaCatholicVoter.com

Matthew Kadavy—a member of our parish who has been attend-ing the formation program of the Lay Mission-Helpers Association for the past few months has received his assignment. Matt has been assigned to the Diocese of Kablae, Uganda, to serve as Project Manager for the Diocesan Secretariat. His assignment is for three years. He will be commissioned as a Lay Mission-Helper on December 9, 2018, and will depart for Uganda in January 2019. Please keep Matt in your prayers.

Remembrance Book— You may write the names of your faithful departed in the book on the podium in back of church. As a parish we will keep all of them in our prayers, especially this month.

Church Cleaning: Thanks to all who helped with cleaning last week. For next Saturday, November 10, at 8:45 am, we ask for the help of at least one member from each of the following households: George Meza, Juan Miceli, Melody Michaud, Steve Michels, Greg Milius, Bry-an Miller, Chris Miller, Travis Morrison, Jim Morton, Martin Nateras, and Nancy Nemeth.

Contact Persons For Sacred Heart Organizations

Adoration Coordinator Louise Sayer 402-474-4996 Altar Society Sue Rye 402-570-7614 Bible Study Bryan Dahlberg 402-730-0084 Choir Amanda Lowery 402-480-2862 Children’s Choir Amanda Lowery 402-480-2862 Church Cleaning Mary Lawson 402-466-4452 CCD Brad Aden 402-853-6234 Christian Mothers Genny Albrecht 402-466-3652 First Saturday Coffee Laura Corder 402-464-3083 God Teens Brock & Kiley Shuler 402-631-3060 Holy Name Men’s Group Steve Michels 402-326-8885 Home & School Association Janet Beckman 402-261-5625 Knights of Columbus Chris Miller 816-807-3031 Pink Sisters Representative Chelys Svoboda 402-466-1462 Pius Home & School Representative Steve & Colleen Michels 402-326-8885 Prayer Chain Laura Corder 402-476-2610 Pro Life Jeanine Stevens 402-310-8427 Sacred Heart Quilters Mary Ann Jaros 402-464-2873 St. Vincent de Paul Jennifer Lyons 402-440-9702 Ushers Pat Perry 402-438-2650 Website Fr. Leo Kosch 402-476-2610

MASS TIMES & INTENTIONS: November 3-11, 2018

Mass Readings: Deuteronomy 6:2-6; Psalm 18; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 12:28b-34 Next Sunday: 1 Kings 17:10-16; Psalm 146; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44

Collection for October 28, 2018

Envelopes $3,571.15 Plate 731.93 Children 6:00

St. Vincent de Paul 115.00

Donations 350.00

Marilyn Mercier memorial 150.00

$4,924.08

World Mission $40.35

School endowment $1,020.00

Please pray for our Seminarians: Especially this week for James Beran, from Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Lincoln, NE, in Theology 2 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. November is our Parish’s month to help stock the shelves of the CSS food pantry. Please bring non perishable food items and place them in them in back of church. There are also envelopes on the table for monetary donations.

Sacred Heart will be celebrating our Centennial of the founding of the parish next June. In preparation, we have several opportunities for assis-tance in making this a success. Three areas for creative people to share their gifts are: (1) Making a new Parish book which will include the history of the church, stories and memories of some of our parishioners as well as a new parish directory; (2) Planning a buffet dinner after Mass on our Feast Day, June 28, 2019; (3) Planning a luncheon after Sunday Mass, June 30, with both music and games for entertainment. Please email Karyn Stroup (Karyn.Stroup1@allstate.com) to sign up or to get more information. We hope to make this a huge family weekend success! FORMED.ORG is available through this year, for our parish. To sign up: go to formed.org, scroll to bottom of the page. Click on Register. Create your FREE account by entering our Parish Code, VW27J4 and your e-mail address. Have a Family Movie Night with FORMED!

Part time custodian needed at St. Michael School. Candidate needs to be self starter, have strong work ethic, and positive team orientation. Send resume to: Sue-Braun@cdolinc.net

Natural Family Planning Intro Sessions. Questions? Call 402-488-2040. Pre-registration is re-quired. Go online to register or download a registration form at: www.lincolndiocese.org/nfp

Sat Nov 3 5:00pm Deceased relatives Sun Nov 4 7:30am For the people of the parish

Nov 4 9:00am Sister Marie Faustina, RSM

Nov 4 11:00am Kate Tomlinson+

Mon Nov 5 8:15am Fr. Ron Patterson+

Tue Nov 6 8:15am Tammy Aden+

Wed Nov 7 8:15am Altar Society members living & deceased

Thu Nov 8 8:15am Deceased parents & in-laws

Fri Nov 9 8:15am June Tvrdy+

Sat Nov 10 8:15am Souls in purgatory & deceased family members

Sat Nov 10 5:00pm Elizabeth Marodama Sun Nov 11 7:30am Holy Name members living & deceased

Nov 11 9:00am Brad & Tammy+ Aden (anniversary) Nov 11 11:00am For the people of the parish

Bishop’s Appeal for Vocations: Total amount col-lected so far is $11,041.25 (this includes pledged amounts). You may still make a donation by mailing it to us with your donor card or put it in an envelope marked “vocations” and placing it in the collection basket. Make your check payable to: Bishop’s Appeal for Vocations, and NOT to the parish. You may give electronically by visiting the website: https://lincolndiocese.aware3.net/give/ Once you are there, type in the Amount of your gift, Select campus: Sacred Heart Church of Lincoln; Fund: Bishops Appeal for Vocations 2018, and finish the transaction. Thanks again for exceeding our parish goal!—Fr. Kosch Propelr Card Program: Help our parish and school by using your Union Bank card for your regular purchases at many restaurants and other retail stores. A percent-age of your purchase is given to Sacred Heart each time you shop. All you need to get started is a checking account at UBT, and you will be able to get back to raising funds for Sacred Heart. You can do everything online in just a few minutes or stop at any Union Bank branch to open your checking account. Questions? Visit Pro-pelrCard.com, or email: WeCare@PropelrCard.com, or call 844-565-7145.

Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) 2018-2019—Jesus said to them “What do you seek?” Jn. 1:38. “Come and see” Jn. 1:39. The next TEC Retreats for Juniors and Seniors are November 17-19, in McCook, NE, and Feb-ruary 16-18, 2019 in Wahoo, NE. To register, go to www.lincolndiocese.org, office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry or call 402-473-0625. National March for Life—January 15-20, 2019—Join thousands of your generation in the fight to pro-tect the most vulnerable. $450.00. To register, visit the Youth Ministry page: http://www.lincolndiocese.org/pilgrimages/march-for-life Join a Saints and Shrines of Mexico Pilgrimage February 3-10, 2019. Register now for an 8 day tour to see Our Lady of Guadalupe and other shrines of Mex-ico, departing Omaha for only $2,395 per person, all inclusive. For info and registration call Fr. Gary Coul-ter, 402-786-2705, Fr. Ron Homes 402-543-2233, Fr. Matthew Zimmer 402-784-2511 or see: www.frcoulter.com/mexico

Altar Society Meeting—Wednesday, November 7, at 6:30 pm in the rectory dining room. All la-dies of the parish are invited.

Sacred Heart Home & School Association would like to thank St. Teresa’s Thrift Shop for allowing them to be a part of their Christmas Boutique. Also thank you to the parents and pa-rishioners who helped provide lunch and baked goods for the event. $410.22 will be donated to the Sacred Heart Endowment Fund. The 3-5 grade students recently helped raise $168.98 for the endowment fund following their efforts to sell Colby Ridge popcorn for their school lock-in. Great work students!

Reborn in Wonder Lecture Series— The next lecture will be November 7 at 7:00 pm at the Newman Center (320 N 16th St). The lecture is entitled: “Motherhood: Co-Creation with God” and will be led by Dr. Maria Fedoryka. It will conclude with questions and refreshments, and is free and open to the public.

Catholic Business Women’s Meeting Tuesday, November 13th, 11:30 am at John XXIII Diocesan Center—upstairs, first room to the left. Jim Sizemore will talk about the grace of Diane Sizemore. Title of the talk is Finding Joy and Grace. Lunch will be provided. Bring a friend. R.S.V.P. to Krista at 402-429-8778 or kristakuenning@yahoo.com.

Catholic Beer Club, for young adults (Nov 7) The link to the Facebook event for November's Catholic Beer Club can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/events/2431695410177935/

St. Gianna’s Art and Gift Gallery— Looking for interesting Christmas gifts? Come support your local artists and a great cause while you get your Christmas shopping done. Artists will display and sell their unique collection of Christian artwork and gifts on Friday, December 7 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm and Saturday, Decem-ber 8 from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm in the Guadalupe Center by Gianna’s Java & Gelato, 2241 O Street. 15% of all proceeds will be donated to benefit St. Gianna’s Women’s Homes in Lincoln.

Artists needed for above event— No table fee to display and sell your work. For more information, contact: rfischer@cssisus.org or jmousel@cssisus.org

Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect: Nebraska law requires all suspicions of child abuse or neglect to be reported to law enforcement or DHHS Child Abuse Hotline: 1-900-652-1999. Reporting Misconduct: Notify the Diocese of Lincoln of any misconduct in-volving diocesan personnel by calling the misconduct hotline: 1-844-527-0596 (English and Spanish).

Parish Council Meeting—Tuesday, Novem-ber 6, at 7:00 pm in the rectory basement.

St. Vincent de Paul donations—IMPORTANT: If you write a check to serve the poor through our parish’s St. Vincent de Paul Society, please make it payable to Sacred Heart Church. This is because the parish is giving credit for these do-nations. It is important for tax and other legal reasons that your check be to the parish.

Notice Below sponsors for our parish bulletin. Please support these businesses, who support our parish. (Ver. 7-8-11)

HOLY FATHER’S INTENTION FOR THE MONTH of November, 2018: Universal: In the Service of Peace—That the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict.

School Notes We had a great time at our annual All Saints Day celebration last week! Students dressed as a variety of saints including St. Joan of Arc, Our Lady of Guada-lupe, Sr. Jude, St. Juan Diego, St. Catherine of Siena and many more. Everyone is invited to attend the Junior High Honor Choir per-formance on Friday evening at Pius at 7:00 p.m.. Sacred Heart students will join students from other Catholic schools in Lincoln for one festive performance!

Reminder! If your child is receiving First Holy Communion or Confirmation this year, a required parent meeting is being held in the school gymeteria on Wednesday, November 7 at 6:45 p.m.