December 06 2 0 2 0 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 Mission Statement 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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December
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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, Today we celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. We congratulate those who have received the sacrament today. Tuesday is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. With the dispensation still in place you are not obligated to attend Mass. But if you wish, you can attend one of the normal daily Mass times. Tuesday night is the Night of Prayer. We will have adoration from 8-11pm to pray for Life. The whole country will be praying at this time. Come anytime. We will not be having the Advent Parish Penance Services this week. We hope to have them during lent. If you would like to go to confession, you can come Saturdays at 3:30 or by appointment. Please keep Fr. Emmanuel in your prayers. His Father’s funeral is Thursday. Fr. Craig
In Pursuit of Life, Love and Happiness
By: Deacon Jim Shipman Second Sunday of Advent December 6, 2020
We are always preparing to do something in our life. We prepare ourselves in the morning to face a new day, we prepare meals, we prepare our work day, we pre-pare to go to bed, but are we getting prepared for Our Lord? Advent is a time to prepare our lives for the celebration of Our Lord Jesus’ birth, it’s also a time to prepare our heart, mind, body and soul to experience Jesus Christ in a meaningful way and to follow Him where ever He takes us.
The opening sentences our Gospel of Mark say, The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths”. Mark uses Isaiah the prophet not only to introduce John the Baptist, but to say “Here is your God”, prepare the way for Him to enter your heart and mind.
Our Lord wants to remove all ob-stacles from our life that keep us from Him. He wants to gather us in and hold us in His arms, as He for-gives our sins. In order to do that, we first must take a long hard look at ourselves, ask forgiveness, open our hearts to His merciful love, and accept Him as our Savior and Lord. Once we open the WAY for the Lord into our lives everything changes. By preparing the way for His Grace, we will learn to con-duct ourselves in holiness and de-votion for the coming of the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
30th Annual National Night of Prayer for Life, Tuesday, Dec. 8th 8:00pm - 11:00pm
It was on the Feast of the Immaculate Con-ception that Our Lady of Guadalupe, pa-troness of the Americas and the unborn, first appeared to St. Juan Diego. The National Night of Prayer for Life honors Our Blessed Mother and prays through Her intercession for the establishment of a Culture of Life, protection for the Church from persecution, and asks our Lord to REVIVE OUR LAND. St. Leo will have Exposition of the Blessed Sac-rament with Adoration from 8 PM to Mid-night, Tuesday the 8th in the main church. Host couples will be present for each hour of the vigil. Pick an hour or just stop in for a few minutes. You may want to come especially during the HOUR OF UNITY, from 10pm – 11pm, when we will be united in prayer with churches across our country’s 4 time zones for the protection of all life from con-ception to natural death. The National Night of Prayer for Life is a wonderful way to start your Advent season and help you and your family put the holidays in the proper perspective. A set of mysteries of the Rosary will be prayed at the beginning of each hour followed by silent prayer.
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Religious Education Family Formation Happy Advent from your St. Leo Religious Formation Family! Mark your calendars for our monthly Zoom gatherings on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month. Dec. 2 Large Group Gatherings, 4:30 & 6:00 pm Dec.16 Small Group Gatherings, 4:30 & 6:00 pm Merry Christmas and Happy 2021! Jan. 6 Large Group Gatherings, 4:30 & 6:00 pm Jan. 20 Small Group Gatherings, 4:30 & 6:00 pm As we prepare our hearts for Jesus' coming on December 25th, we invite you to create a Sacrifice Manger. Inspired to help us grow in holiness as we prepare for Christmas, simply add a piece of straw (paper, or yarn) to Jesus' cradle anytime you make a sacrifice, do a kind act or deed! You can make a cradle out of popsicle sticks, paper, pipe cleaners, etc. Be creative and have fun!
Congratulations to the newly Confirmed 2020
Colin Berthelsen, Nathan Bluvas, Ellie Brabec, Maria Buechler, Olivia Camerer, Ava Caputo,
Nicholas Worthy, Nicholas Yosten, Steeve Zoungbowenon
Mass Intentions
Monday, December 7 6:40am Communion Service 8:00am Communion Service Tuesday, December 8 6:40am + Welsh & Osborn
Families 8:00am + Joleen Heinrichs &
William Wright Wednesday, December 9 6:40am + All Souls 8:00am + Donovan Lien Thursday, December 10 6:40am + Teresa Swarts 8:00am + Walt Maginn Friday, December 11 6:40am + Perez Siete Family 8:00am + Michael Dungan Saturday, December 12 5:00pm + Deb Haas Sunday, December 13 8:00am + Spec. Int. for Kuehl
Christmas Poinsettias This Christmas Season we will provide the opportunity for you to have poinsettias and other Christmas plants placed in the church in honor of relatives & friends who have died or in thanksgiving for blessings received during the year. We are suggesting a $10 donation for each plant. Please fill out and return this form to the parish office by December 7th. Names will then be printed in the December 20th bulletin. (We regret that any names turned in after Dec. 7th cannot be printed in the bulletin.) Make checks payable to St. Leo Church and mail to 1920 N. 102nd St., Omaha NE 68114. Name of Loved One: ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________
Your Name:______________________________________________ Phone or email: __________________________________________ ________________________________________________________
The Deadline to turn in Poinsettia Names is êê this Monday, December 7. êê
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Mass Schedule:
December 8 6:40am & 8:00am
Food Pantry Donations Needed
The St. Leo Food Pantry is in need of canned chicken and canned ham. Donations can be placed in the pantry box outside the parish office. Thank you for your help!
Thank You! The St. Leo Human Needs
Committee extends a big thank you to everyone who contributed over 200 coats in support of the coat
drive for St. Vincent de Paul. Your generosity will help many children and adults during the cold days of winter ahead of us. Thank you so
very much for your fabulous support.
St. Leo Christmas Angel Tree Project
Help Needed!
Last-minute tasks needing help… 1) Saturday, December 12, 11am-4pm distributing gifts at Drive Through Gift pick up (1 hour+ shifts). Contact Angelina Bottorff at [email protected] 2. Or-Home Gift Delivery at a time arranged with the caretaker. Contact Amanda Murtaugh at [email protected] Thanks elves!
Full of Grace You are invited to Join the Institute for Priestly Formation for an Advent Morning of Reflection on Dec. 12 at St. Vincent de Paul Church from 10am to 12noon. Mass and presentations are includ-ed. CDC guidelines will be ob-served. Visit priestlyformation.org for more information.
~ Praying For Vocations ~ This week as we honor the Immaculate Conception of our Blessed Mother, we ask her intercession on behalf of our seminarians to encourage them in their studies and to courageously follow God’s will.
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St. Leo Prayer Line Call or email the following with
"GOOD NEWS" FROM ST. PIUS X / ST. LEO SCHOOL Hello St. Pius X / St. Leo Community members!
I pray everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a very blessed start to the Advent season and our celebra-tion of our savior, Jesus Christ’s birth. For this past week, we were in remote learning in order to give extra time and precaution following the Thanks-giving holiday. I want to thank our fac-ulty and staff for all the hard work and dedication to making this past week of virtual/remote learning as successful as possible and working together to keep
our school community healthy and safe. Although this year has been different in so many ways, I am so proud of our school community for not forgetting the spirit of service and charity. Al-ready this year, our school has participated in Operation Others with mak-ing Christmas cards to help go along with food delivery for those families in need in the Omaha area. Our school also participated in a large food drive that brought in over 600 pounds of food for the St. Pius X and St. Martin de Porres food pantries. Additionally, our 1st grade families and teachers brought in over $300, and counting, for a diaper drive for the Lydia House, which provides emergency services for women and families in need of immediate assistance. Lastly, but certainly not least, our school com-munity has been donating hats, mittens and a variety of other items for a stocking project to donate to homeless men, women and children staying at the Siena Francis house and other local homeless shelters. I am so proud of our school community’s charitable spirit and living out our Catholic school mission and not letting this pandemic stop us from giving to those who are in great need of love and compassion. Way to go SPSL! *** If you have children in grades Pre-Kindergarten (3-year-old and 4-year-old programs) to Grade 8 that you are thinking about sending to our school for the next school year, please call our school office at 402-551-6667 to set up a time to come and visit, and, then enroll your child/ren when you decide to come to our school. We are blessed that our grades are filling up fast but we would love for you and your family to join our school family next year. God bless, Principal Sepich
Use CARE certificates for all of
your Christmas Needs.
CARE gift certificates make great gifts or can be used for all of your Christmas shopping. We buy the certificates at a dis-count, then sell them at face val-ue. This is a wonderful fundrais-er for the parish. Stop by the parish office during the week and on Sunday mornings....all certificates listed on page 6 can be purchased at the office. And if your place of employment us-es gift certificates for end of the year gifts or bonuses, please encourage them to buy from our parish. The deadline for large orders is December 7th. Care will be sold in the office through Dec. 23. Thanks for your support.
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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 [email protected].
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, B.J. Kreikemeier, D.J. Kreikemeier, 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, T.J. Wurth
If you have a loved one (family or friend) who is currently serving our city and would like their name listed each week
