ST. PIUS X PARISH “A Place to Call Home”

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Parish Office 402-558-8446

JUNE 7, 2015 ● CORPUS CHRISTI SUNDAY

Parish Office: Office Hours:

Weekdays 8:00 am—4:30 pm

Saturdays 8:30 am—Noon

Pastor: Rev. Michael Eckley

Associate Pastor: Rev. Mark Bridgman

Deacons: Mike Leick, Jim Nardini (Cindy)

& Gene Schimonitz (Carol)

Weekend Masses:

Saturday Vigil, 5:00 and 7:00 pm

Sunday, 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 am

Daily Masses: 7:00 am and 5:30 pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation:

Saturday, 3:30 - 4:30 pm

Marriage Preparation: Call the Parish

Office at least six months in advance

New Parent Baptismal Class: 2nd Thursday

of the month, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Parish

Center. This class is required for

baptism. Pre-registration required 1

week in advance. Call 402-558-1898

RCIA (for those interested in becoming a

Catholic) Call the parish office.

St. Pius X/St. Leo School: 402- 551-6667

Religious Education Office: 402-558-1898

Liturgy Office: 402-558-1847

Youth Ministry Coordinator: 402-558-8446

Pastoral Minister: 402-558-8446

Prayer Line: 402-556-4350, Irene Wolf

Bulletin Deadline: Two weeks in advance.

Bulletin e-mail: bulletin@stpiusxomaha.org

We Are St. Pius X Parish, grateful to our founders for a tradition of sacrifice, hard work and simplicity, proud of our economic, cultural and age diversity. As a Catholic community, we share our gifts and resources to live the Gospel of Jesus in a spirit of joy. We commit to Spirit-filled worship and prayer and excellence in education for all. We strive to be a welcoming community, to work for justice and to provide caring service for one another and the world.

From your Pastor’s Desk… Second Collection this weekend: The second collection this

weekend is for Deficit Reduction. As we come to the end of the Fiscal Year on June 30th, we need your help to close our deficit.

Last year we finished $79 in the black. Help us finish in the black this year.

Parish Festival: Thank you to all who made the Festival a great success. We great weather and the number seemed to be up all day long. There will be a complete report in the bulletin when we get final numbers for the day. Ireland??: The deadline for the Ireland trip is coming up quick. A decision has to be made in a couple weeks. If you have been on the fence about going, now is the time to register. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me or go on line at: http://www.magitravelinc.com/the-best-of-ireland.html

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi): This weekend the Church focuses on the Mystery of the Eucharist and the great gift Jesus left the Church, the gift of His Body and Blood. In the Gospel reading this weekend from Mark, we hear the story of the Institution of the Eucharist as the Last Supper. Later this Summer (July 26th – August 23rd) we will have 5 weeks of Gospel readings from the 6th Chapter of John, Jesus’s Bread of Life Discourse. I will go more deeply into the Eucharist in this space on those weeks. As mentioned last week, I want to continue my discussion of the crucifix in our Church and the Eucharistic images that are there.

St. Pius X is considered the Eucharistic Pope. He is the one who lowered the age for First Communion and also encouraged frequent reception of the Eucharist. For this reason, we wanted a particularly Eucharistic image of Jesus for our crucifix.

Above the head of Jesus we find that we don’t have the usual: INRI. Instead there is an image of a Eucharistic Host. Emanating from the Host are rays. These rays are similar to the ones that on the Altar of St. Cecilia’s Cathedral. This image unites us to the Altar of the Cathedral, the Mother Church of the Diocese. As we celebrate every mass we pray that we are in unity with our pope and bishop, this image reminds again that we are united to

the Eucharistic Sacrifice offered by our bishop at the Cathedral. If you look closely at the image of Jesus on the Cross, you

will notice that the nail marks are in His hands and feet and His side is pierced. There are not nails depicted, nor is there any sign of blood or bruising. Jesus is the Pure Lamb of God that is offered. The wounds are there but it is as if the body has been washed so as to be a pure sacrifice to the Father.

Look at the hand of Jesus on the cross. They are not flat against the wood of the cross. They are turned up. This is the way we are invited to pray as we offer the Our Father. It is also the prayer position the priest takes when offering prayers on behalf of

himself and the community. This gesture of the arms outstretched and the hands turned up in offering is an ancient prayer gesture of offering. Jesus is offering up Himself on the cross as a gift to the Father and to us.

Our crucifix is a unique piece of art made for this community. We are first and foremost a community united by the Eucharist. Every time we look and reflect on the cross, may it remind us that we are a Eucharistic People.

Discussions with the Pastor: You are invited to come and visit with an idea, concern, question, or if you would just like to talk. Feel free to come alone or with others. This week I will be available

Friday, June 12th, from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm and Saturday, June 13th from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.

Fr. Mike

Monday, June 8th 7:00 am †Michael Donovan 5:30 pm Birthday of Robert Schulte Tuesday, June 9th 7:00 am Anastasia Domalkes 5:30 pm †Margaret Ehlers Wednesday, June 10th 7:00 am †Anton Kole 5:30 pm †Margaret Ehlers Thursday, June 11th 7:00 am †John Molloy 5:30 pm †Mike Filip Friday, June 12th 7:00 am †Henry Klug 5:30 pm †Marian Marshall Saturday Vigil Masses, June 13th 5:00 pm †Warren Reynolds 7:00 pm †Bob Brown Sunday Morning Masses, June 14th 7:30 am Don Pulte 9:30 am St. Pius X Parishioners 11:30 am †William Thommes

MASS INTENTIONS

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Our Sick . . .

Arlene Borer, Tom Mitchell, Kay Baye, Judy Bednarz, Maurine Bloemer, Ron

Bojanski, Carol Brock, Joyce & Richard Castle, Jane Cannon, Leone Coyle, John DeVoe, Jane Dunn, John

Durkan, Ron Duros, Jerry Ewald, Peggy Fleming

Cindy Flogstad, Mary Gaffney, Mary Ann Garvin, Margaret Garvin, Jimmy Grasso, Kathy Haley, Louise Hanten, Rick Harrell, Buzz Hawte, Corky

Hillebrandt, Ralph Hoffman, Jack Kacin

Dennis Keller, Bill Kirk, Nathan Kitzke, Blanche Kolc, Bernie Kuhfahl, Peg Long, Marcie McCowan, Olga

& Eugene Michalski, Sr. Beatus, John Piper, Ray Ramirez, Teri Roberts, Richard Roccaforte

Sharon Schleich, David Sieben, Frank Sierawski, Shawn Simon, Geri Stratman, Elena Sullivan, Harold Trummer, Deb Vana, Lorraine Versch, Sr. Viola, Dan

Wais, Irv Wickert, Dorothy Williams

. . . and all those who are in need of our prayers.

To have your name listed in the bulletin for prayers for the sick: call the rectory at 402-558-8446.

To have a prayer intention added to the Pius X Daily Prayer Line: please call Irene Wolf 402-556-4350. These prayer requests are phoned or e-mailed to a group of parishioners each day.

PLEASE PRAY PLEASE PRAY PLEASE PRAY FORFORFOR

Religious Education

News

Needed for the Wednesday evening Religious Education Program:

Catechists Two catechists are needed for the upcoming 2015-2016 year. Openings are in grades 3 and 7. Please contact Patty Griffith in the Religious Education Office to inquire or apply. Call 402-558-1898 or e-mail pattyg@stpiusxomaha.org. Classes begin September 2nd. A background in teaching is helpful but not necessary. A love for children and sharing the faith is.

Children Registration for the 2015-2016 RE year will be taken all summer. Children and youth in grades 1 – 8 are invited to attend Wednesday evening classes beginning September 2nd. Class time is 6:30 PM – 7:45 PM. The program fee is $100/child. Class sizes are small and the catechists who teach are dedicated. Contact Patty Griffith at 402-558-1898 or pattyg@stpiusxomaha.org to inquire or register. Additional information on the RE Program can be found on the parish website at www.stpiusxomaha.org.

Patty Griffith, Director

Catechist Katy Chattin with Level 2 disciple, Tony Norris.

“Good News” From St. Pius X/St. Leo School

Many years ago we were fortunate to have a St. Pius X parishioner establish a scholarship program to honor those graduating eighth graders who plan to attend a Catholic high school. These scholarships are determined by averaging the students’ seventh and eighth years' grades. Those receiving the scholarships have the top seven academic scholastic averages and are going on to a Catholic high school from each parish. The students from St. Pius X Parish who received these scholarships are as follows in ranking from the highest to the seventh highest: Joseph McAuliffe, Sarah Gerards, James Townley, Matthew Baysa, Marti Brohman, Rebecca Townley and Alex Papa. At the time of the establishment of this St. Pius X Parish Scholarship, we were thrilled that St. Leo Parish decided to match this scholarship program. The students from St. Leo Parish who are receiving these scholarships are as follows in ranking from the highest to the seventh highest: P.J. Mooney, Hannah Rodricks, Jonathan Schroeder, Daniel Noon, Daniel Richter, Jolie Peal and Paul Weist. So many of our students work so hard to gain high academic achievement. We are proud of all of them, but, special congratulations to these fourteen parish scholarship winners!

This year was the ninth year of another very special scholarship that is given annually by the Bernie and Pat Kobza Family. The Bernie Jackson ’98 Memorial Scholarship is given to an 8th grade graduate who will be attending Creighton Prep High School the coming school year since Bernie Jackson was a 2002 graduate of Creighton Prep. It was given to Michael Sitti because of his positive attitude, excellent work ethic and caring approach to others. We are so thankful to the Kobza’s for this wonderful scholarship in honor and memory of their grandson.

We’d like to congratulate Kaji Loro on being this year's recipient of the Catholic Daughters - Court Mary Immaculate #2182's Imelda Nolan Scholarship! Only one of these scholarships is awarded each year to an Omaha 8th grade girl who currently attends a Catholic grade school and who will be entering 9th grade in the fall in a Catholic High School; so this is a great honor for Kaji!

St. Pius X / St. Leo School is accepting registrations for all grades pre-school through grade 8 for the next school year. Please call the school office at 551-6667 for information and a tour.

Special Note: The school office will be closed at different times during the summer. When our office is open, our office hours during the day will be 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM. with time off for lunch. It’s always wise, during the summer to call ahead to make sure we are in the office at the particular time you’d like to come. Our school office number is 402-551-6667.

Joyce Gubbels, Principal

Fiscal Year July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015 DONATIONS RECEIVED THE WEEKEND OF

May 23/24 & May 30/31

Our two-week Sunday goal is …….....$38,192.00 Sunday Envelopes…………….$18,518.00 Deficit Reduction……………….$2,855.00 Children’s Collection……..….............$45.41 Plate Collection………………...$1,006.75 Total Sunday Contribution……….….…..$22,425.16 This week’s deficit....…….…..................($15,766.84)

Year-to-date Parish Stewardship….…..$876,870.45 Budgeted Year-to-date Stewardship…..$916,608.00 Parish Deficit Year To-Date…………….($39,737.55)

This is week 48 of 52 weeks this fiscal year 2014-15.

Our Weekly Average Year-to-date is…..$18,268.13 Thanks for you help!

Liturgical Ministers for June 13 & 14

May 31st: #8471 Tim & Shari Costello June 1st: #7405 Damien Anderson June 2nd: #7718 Colby Bidrowsky June 3rd: #7736 Mike & Lauren Helgerson June 4th: #8475 Anne Elliott June 5th #7847 Terry Gasnick June 6th: #7061 Jerry Ewald

CALENDAR CLUB WINNERS

Are you distracted during prayer? Singing can help. Would you like quiet time with God? Try mediation. Join us in front of the tabernacle for about 30 min. on Thursday June 11 at 7 PM.

An Evening Exploring the True Nature of Islam. If everything you know of Islam comes from Twitter, the nightly news or newspapers, please join us for a thoughtful evening that will contribute to a better understanding of a faith held by almost a quarter of the world’s population. Dr. Syed M. Mohiuddin, a local cardiologist and founding member of the Tri-Faith Initiative, will share his understanding of the true nature of Islam at an event hosted by St. Pius X on Wednesday, June 17, 7-9 PM in the Parish Center. Please join us and bring a friend. RSVP by calling the rectory (402-558-8446) or register online using the sign up link at www.stpiusxomaha.org.

You Can Help Your Marriage – Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you argue … or have you just stopped talking to each other? Does talking about it only make it worse? Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vi with a long i) helps couples through difficult times in their marriages. This program has helped tens of thousands of couples experiencing difficulties in their marriage. For confidential information about or to register for the program weekend on, August 21-23, 2015 call 1-888-317-5654 or www.HelpOurMarriage.com on the web.

Habitat for Humanity. St. Pius X is helping to build a new house at 19th and Castelar. We will build Friday afternoons and all day Saturdays from July 10 through October 31, 2015. Please consider volunteering and /or donating. See the Habitat table in the narthex during the weekend of June 13 and 14. Please contact Trish Wangler for more information at 402-991-2625 or mtswangler@cox.net.

There is still time to sign up for the Branson trip from November 5th through 8th. We will continue taking reservations until the bus is full. For more information call John Brown at 402-393-9622 or 402-201-3568.

Human Trafficking Prayer Service. St. Pius X will join with many church groups in the Omaha area to pray for an end to the human trafficking horror that is an Omaha problem, a national problem and a worldwide problem. This prayer series will be held during the time of the College World Series, an event that offers prime opportunity for the trafficking industry. Youth are encouraged to attend, especially from 2 – 2:40, which is devoted to JH/SH led prayer. When: Tuesday, June 16th from 2 – 4 PM Where: The Salvation Army located at 3612 Cuming St.

For questions contact: Patty Griffith: 402-558-1898 or pattyg@stpiusxomaha.org Janet Drvol: 402-558-8446 or janetd@stpiusxomaha.org

If one of your Marian statues or artifacts is on display in the church narthex’s show cases, please see Sr. Rosalie about securing its return to you. Thank you.

5:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 AM 9:30 AM 11:30 AM

EMHC

J. Nardini J. Bruckner Sr. R. Riccobono L. Lazure L. Lazure L. Douglas M. Bieker

P. Dau D. Baye NOT FILLED S. Hillier M. Hillier M. Cox J. Klug

M. Leick M. Jo Burns A. Oswald M. Coyle J. Kresl M. Dai J. Fortina

K. Roshone K. Jolkowski A. Pyle J. Stolze M. Wessling J. Schram P. Potter

G. Schimonitz K. Martin M. Milota M. Ursick N. Bock M. Gasnick K. Schinker

Greeter R. Bianchi V. Fugger M. E. Freyermuth H. Griffith S. Skorniak

Lector C. Nardini T. Tipton

R. Volkmer L. Alvarez

C. Ciciulla S. Pugh

M. Waldron T. Griffith

P. Franks A. Salzman

Server A. Papa L. Papa H. Johnson

G. Dau W. Wharton J. Macias

K. Brown A. Chattin M. Fowler

C. Smith E. Smith R. Meyer

A. Tripp J. Tripp M. Tripp

CARE K. Papa NOT FILLED NOT FILLED J. Misek D. & M. Martins

Music P. Kern Group A. Roche/Lamoureux J. Cimino

Maplecrest EMHC’S: D. & D. Bayer

All events are in the Parish Center unless noted.

Monday, June 8

9:15am Tai Chi

6:00pm Adoration (Church)

6:15pm Pillars II

7:00pm Knights of Columbus Council Mtg.

7:15pm Boy Scouts (Gym)

Tuesday, June 9

1:00pm Shawl Ministry

6:30 pm AA (School Cafeteria)

Wednesday, June 10

9:15am Tai Chi

Thursday, June 11

7:00pm Baptism Class

7:00pm Catholic Social Teaching

Saturday, June 13

Dusting Disciples Crew 7

Sunday, June 14:

9:30 am Sunday Preschool (Kindergarten)

Rosary: 6:30 am and 5:05 pm M-F, 7:10 am Sundays

C.A.R.E. is sold after the weekend Masses and week-

days in the school and parish offices.

EVENTS THIS WEEK High School Youth Group

St. Pius X Church Youth Group is a monthly gathering for all 9-12th Grade Students. We meet the second Sunday of the month at 12:30. It is an opportunity to meet new people, learn about our faith, and have fun! All are welcome! For more information, please contact Janet Drvol at janetd@stpiuxomaha.org or 402-558-8446.

Did You Know? St. Pius X Youth Group participated in a variety of events over the last year! Keep an eye on the bulletin over the next few weeks on what kinds of things we are doing in St. Pius X Youth Ministry!

Fun Events: This year, we had a wide range of fun events sponsored by St. Pius Youth Ministry! These included Office Olympics, Easter-Lympic Games, Sempeck’s Bowling, Hayrack Ride/Haunted House, and Worlds of Fun! Join us next year to see what other fun events are in store!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MONTHLY MEETING Attention Brother Knights!

Our regular monthly meeting will be: Monday, June 8th at 7:00 pm

In the Fr. O’Brien Parish Center. Any questions contact Greg Barry at 402-964-0850

EUCHARISTIC EXPOSITION SAINT PIUS X CHURCH

MONDAY, EVENING, June 8, 2015 6 :00PM-8:00PM

COME, SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE LORD!

Scripture Readings Next Weekend: 1st) Ezekiel 17:22-24

2nd) 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 Gospel) Mark 4:26-34

Tai Chi classes will be offered this summer in the parish center on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:15-10:00 AM. The classes begin Monday, June 8th. Call Margaret at 402-553-7547 for more information.

Where there is a will there is a way to be an angel to our Parish and/or our School. Your attorney can add a simple inexpensive amendment (a codicil) to your existing will. Please contact Bob Nowaczyk, SPSL's Development Coordinator at 402-551-6667 for more information. Please prayerfully consider remembering our School and/or Parish's Endowment Funds in your will or estate planning.

Outdoor Ablaze Night: Family Prayer, Food, and Fun at Davies Amphitheater, Glenwood Lake Park, Glenwood, Iowa. Saturday, June 13th at 6:30pm.

Upcoming Retreat at St. Benedict Center, Schuyler, NE, July 2015: The Spiritual Exercises for Non-Jesuits, July 16 - 19, retreat at Saint Benedict Center, Schuyler, with well-known retreat master Father Larry Gillick, SJ. We will spend days of silence and prayer reflecting on the apparent spiritual and religious hypocrisy of our lives. We say, pronounce, and confess certain things and yet do other certain contrary things. How do we live peacefully with all that? Conferences, based on Scripture and the text of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius will be offered, followed by abundant time for prayer and reflection. Start Thursday, 6:00 PM. For more information, call (402) 352-8819 or visit www.StBenedictCenter.com

St. John's Class of 1964 Reunion Mass will be held Sunday, June 14, 2015, at St. John's Church on the campus of Creighton University, 10:30 a.m. RSVP to Hughleen Thorsen @ ht1886@cox.net Brunch to follow at Famous Dave's in Bellevue St. John's All School Picnic All classes and their family members are invited Saturday, June 13, 2015, Walnut Grove Park, 150 & Q Sts., Noon - 6:00 p.m. BYO food, drinks, chairs, and pictures to share RSVP to Linda McGuire @ lmcguire@npdodge.com or bdatkinson23@gmail.com