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Pastor Fr. Craig Loecker Associate Pastor Fr. Emmanuel Agbo Mass Schedule Saturday: 5:00pm Sunday: 8:00am, 10:00am, 12:00noon, 5:30pm

Monday-Friday: 6:40am, 8:00am Confessions Saturdays 3:30-4:30pm St. Pius X/St. Leo School 6905 Blondo Street 402.551.6667 Principal: Dr. Cory Sepich

St . Leo the Great Miss ion S tatement

St. Leo the Great Parish is a faith-filled community dedicated to… Offering inspiring & prayerful worship, Developing & maintaining quality, life-long religious education for

everyone, Providing loving service to those in need, Celebrating the great events in our parish family.

St. Leo Catholic Church 1920 N. 102nd St. Omaha NE 68114 ║ 402.397.0407 ║ www.stleo.net

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A Note from Fr. Craig

Dear Parishioners, Sometime later this week or into next, you will receive your quarterly statement and our end of the year report. Please look for this mail and read over the report. If you have any questions, you can call me. I thank you all for wearing masks here at Church. We have people coming to St Leo’s because we wear masks. We ask everyone to continue wearing them. If you can, bring your own otherwise we do have masks here. I also ask you to receive communion in the hand. I understand some of you like to receive directly on the tongue. But for now please use your hand. Sometimes people will exhale on my fingers as I place the host on the tongue and it would contaminate my hand. So if anyone comes and wants to receive on the tongue, I will ask for your hand. Over the summer our principal Mr. Sepich has finished his PhD. We congratulate him for such a great accomplishment. We will now call him Dr. Sepich. Have a great week. Fr. Craig

In Pursuit of Life, Love and Happiness

By: Deacon Jim Shipman

“What will separate us from the love of Christ?” That is St. Paul’s opening line of our second read-ing. This scripture is so relevant to what going on today in our world. We are filled with anguish and distress. Our faith is being perse-cuted and people are in fear for their lives. We must remember that neither life nor death, or any-thing that is going on in our life will separated from the Love of God in Christ Jesus. Some people choose to walk away from God, they even claim to hate Him, but even in their sins, God still loves them and desires to accept them into His Kingdom.

Our First Reading from Isaiah and Matthew’s Gospel speak of God’s never ending love to give us all that we need if we but follow Him. Just as Jesus feeds the five thou-sand men with five loaves and two fish, our God is ready to provide all our needs if we turn to Him and accept His Love, Mercy and Peace.

We see people around us com-plaining about how they are treat-ed and how the other person is better off. Our human pride and selfishness have always caused division, discrimination and hatred toward one another. As God’s children we need to realize the answer to stop all this anguish and distress is to turn to God. Nothing will stop this insanity in our nation and world except the Love, Grace and Peace of Jesus Christ. Our only hope for our society is for all Christians to turn to Our Lord in deep prayer to ask for mercy and forgiveness. Only Jesus Christ can heal our land and fulfill all our needs.

New Money Counter Team Needed We are in need of a new money counter team made up of 6 people who would count our Sunday collection in the months of February, May, August and November. If you would like to help us count our collections, please call the office and talk to Betsy at 402-397-0407. We have had some people retire, and others move away.

Dear St. Leo's Parishioners, Thank you for your warm welcome and your support of me during this unusual summer. I enjoyed my time here in my first parish as-signment. On August 17th, I will begin my first year of major seminary at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, MO. My new address: Thomas Matya 5200 Glennon Drive St. Louis, MO 63119 I am filled with gratitude for the graces I received this summer and I will be praying for you. Please pray for me!

Sincerely, Thomas Matya

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In Loving Memory Please remember in your prayers those who have been born into eternal life, especially Grant Newbold.

+ + + May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

2020 Marriage Celebration Archbishop George J. Lucas invites you to attend the annual Mass honoring marriage September 20th at St. Cecilia’s in Omaha. This event honors couples who are celebrating 25, 40, 50, 60 or more years of marriage. Rosary at 1:30pm, Mass at 2pm. Registration limited to the first 50 couples and is required by August 7th, 2020. If you are not able to attend in person but want your name in the program, you can make that request by completing the online registration form. We also plan to livestream this Mass. Visit ArchOmaha.org/FamilyLife for more information and to register. Contact Reggan 402-551-9003 x1300 with questions. Sponsored by the Family Life Office.

Mass Intentions

Monday, August 3 6:40am St. Leo Parish Family 8:00am St. Leo Parish Family Tuesday, August 4 6:40am St. Leo Parish Family 8:00am St. Leo Parish Family Wednesday, August 5 6:40am St. Leo Parish Family 8:00am St. Leo Parish Family Thursday, August 6 6:40am St. Leo Parish Family

8:00am + Greg Busch Friday, August 7 6:40am +Bala Perez &

Michael Peeris 8:00am +Claire Wickenhauser

Saturday, August 8 5:00pm St. Leo Parish Family Sunday, August 9 8:00am + Clotilde

Valdebenito Mellado 10:00am +Jim Kelly

12:00pm +Lavon Lau 5:30pm St. Leo Parish Family

St. Leo Women’s Group News The St. Leo Women’s Group will gather on Tuesday, August 11, 7-8:30 pm in W-2-3. Please wear your masks and social distance to keep yourself and everyone safe. With Covid, we are skipping snacks, but please feel free to bring your own drink. Teri Williams, Retired Westside Community Schools Elementary Reading Specialist, will present information about the reading mentoring program at NorthStar Foundation at 49th and Ames St. NorthStar serves young boys with after-school programming. Teri is a delightful and enthusiastic educator. NorthStar clients are fortunate to benefit from her valuable expertise. Hope to see you on Tuesday, August 11. Please bring a friend who also needs to get out of the house! Questions: Linda 402-350-1788 or lleary1@cox.net.

Maintenance Technician Needed at St. Pius X Parish

and SPSL School. St. Pius X Parish and SPSL is hiring a full-time Maintenance person with the potential for moving into a Director of Buildings and Grounds. The maintenance person maintains a clean and safe school/church environment for pa-rishioners, students, staff, and visi-tors. This includes, but not limited to: keeping the buildings neat, clean, and safe at all times, works and assist with repairs and maintenance projects, preparing spaces for gatherings, security of the buildings/campus, maintaining the outside areas of the parish and school grounds. To apply or for a job description, send resume to ritar@stpiusxomaha.org or St. Pius X, 6905 Blondo St., Omaha, NE, 68104 Attn: Rita.

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Thank you for your

support of our

CARE program!

Prayer for Those Serving our Country in the Military

Please keep these men and women in your prayers:

John Banker, David Banker, Leigh Barry, Carl Benander,

John Bergmann, Thomas Buechler, Maury Champoux, Chandler Clark, Jake Dreessen, Ryan Fetters,

Anthony Fleming, Ed Fuchs, Aaron Hagy, Amber Hagy, Jonathon Hale, Kolbe Hall,

Jordan Hammond, Wesley Hulstein, Deborah Infante, Jack Johnston, TJ Kafka, Alex Kelly, Tristin Knoell, Daniel Kudlacz, Doug Langhorst, Donovan Leary,

Andrew Leary, Matthew Leary, Jackie Leary, Nick Lynch, Cameron McWilliams, Jessica Milbourn, Matt Oiler, Eli Reichert, Karoline Rieks, Chris Rivers, Nathan Rokes, Ashley Sanchez, Jake Schumacher,

Jason Strominger, Spencer Swerczek, Brad Tomasek, Ryan Walker, Sean P. Walz, Andrea J. White, Nate Whisler,

Matt Wolford, Maggie Yakus If you have a loved one (family or friend) who is currently

serving our country and would like their name listed each week here asking for prayers, please email dina@stleo.net.

O Prince of Peace, we humbly ask Your protection for all our men and women in military service. Give them

unflinching courage to defend with honor, dignity, and devotion the rights of all who are imperiled

by injustice and evil. +Amen

Blessed are you Lord, God of Mercy, Send down your blessings and your protection

on these your servants, who so generously devote themselves

to helping others. Protect them and grant them courage when

they are afraid, wisdom when they must make quick decisions,

strength when they are weary, and compassion in all their work. + Amen.

Prayer for Those Serving our City as

Police, Fire & Rescue Please keep the following men and

women in your prayers as they currently serve our city:

Jerry Baggert, Ronnie Beasley, Todd Callahan, Bill Clark, Matt Fadell, Tim Harding,

Bernie Kanger Jr., Ken Kanger, Brandon Krajeski, Scott Kriener, Brendan O'Flynn, Michael O’Hanlon,

Adam Rokes, D.J. Roshone, Justin Rudloff, Scott Schendt, Brian Schmaderer, Todd Schmaderer, Dave Schneider, David Shavlik, Kenneth Shipman,

Mike Smith, Joel Strominger, Aaron Tierney

If you have a loved one (family or friend) who is currently serving our city and would like their name listed each week

asking for prayers, please email dina@stleo.net.

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