• We will have Confessions during Advent at 2:00 p.m. on Sundays at both St. Bernadette & Holy Ghost. 

• With an All Parish Penance service on Sunday, Dec. 15 with multiple priests at 2:00 p.m. at St. Bernadette Church.

• Christmas Eve Mass times 

  • 4:00 p.m. at St. Bernadette 

  • 4:00 p.m. at Holy Ghost 

• Christmas Day Mass Times 

  • Midnight at Holy Ghost 

  • 9:00 a.m. at Holy Ghost 

  • 11:00 a.m. at St. Bernadette

• As we enter this season of Advent, Jesus calls us to be alert to the opportunities to be His disciples, His witnesses and share His love. Your participation in the Archbishop's Annual Appeal is an extension of our call to discipleship in our parish. Every gift matters.

• To date, St. Bernadette has committed $41,289.00 towards our goal of $58,939.50. Holy Ghost has committed $13,311.00 towards our goal of $16,095.99.

• Please prayerfully consider supporting this year’s Archbishop’s Annual Appeal.

• The St. Vincent de Paul Conference at St. Bernadette’s is working on our annual Christmas Project. We will be assisting 40 families in our community with Christmas gifts for the children and a family gift, along with a grocery voucher for food. 

• If you would like to adopt a family, please call Barb at 402-699-1434 or Rosary at 402-676-1557. 

• The Christmas tags for needy families in our community are on the trees in the church foyer. Please take a tag or two and shop for the child or family listed on the tag and return the wrapped gift to St. Bernadette’s by Dec. 15th. 

• Do not forget to affix the tag to the gift! We will deliver the gifts on Saturday morning, Dec. 21. 

• If you would like to volunteer your time to help deliver these gifts, please come to the Social Hall at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21. Thank you! 

• Would You Like a Great Seat at Holy Ghost for the 4:00 Christmas Eve Mass?

• Since the 4:00 Christmas Eve Mass ends up being standing-room only, here is a perfect option for a seat: Join the choir as a family (couples too), and you’ll be get one of the best seats in the house! The music will be mostly Christmas carols, and a few members of the “regular” choir will be present also. No pressure! Just FUN! 

• If you or your family would like to participate in the Christmas Eve Liturgy, please contact Ben Baber: 

  • Home phone: (402) 731–2643 

  • E–mail: benandmarybaber@cox.net

• We invite you to an ALPHA INFORMATIONAL NIGHT! 

  • Enjoy a casual dinner and enjoyable evening with others from our Parish Family where you can learn all about the ALPHA course and hear other parishioners share their experience about the ALPHA series. 

  • JOIN US on Monday, Dec. 9 at 6:00 p.m. in the Holy Ghost Parish Social Hall.

  • BRING A FRIEND! We welcome people of all different backgrounds, beliefs, and church experience. 

  • We would like an RSVP to Tom/Kathy Schulte at tkschulte10@gmail.com to help with out dinner plans, but please feel welcome to join us even if you forget to RSVP! 😊

  • OUR NEXT PARISH ALPHA COURSE WILL START JAN. 13, 2025 

• This week Holy Ghost’s Women’s Club will begin their Annual Advent Angels, sponsoring The Bethlehem House. 

• Each Advent Angel tag has an item that the center needs. We ask that you take an angel tag and purchase the item listed and attach the tag to the item. 

• DO NOT wrap the item. Bring the item back to the church or parish office no later than Sunday, Dec. 15.

• If you would like to make a monetary donation, please make your check out to The Bethlehem House and place it in the collection basket or mail to the parish office. 

• The gifts you give will go a long way in helping The Bethlehem House during the Christmas season. Thank you for sharing your stewardship of treasure and your gift of Christ’s love. 

• Questions? Please call Heather Slizoski at 402-669-8863.

• Grab your family and friends and join us at Don & Millie’s on Monday, Dec. 16

• Twenty percent (20%) of every dollar spent on great food and drink will go right back to our parish!

• Dine-in or carryout at 84th & “Q” Street location.

Upcoming Holy Ghost Women’s Club Events!

• Advent Angels: Nov. 30 tags will be hung at Holy Ghost. Bring gifts back with tag attached by Sunday, Dec. 15, to Holy Ghost.  We will sort items on Dec. 15 after 9:00 a.m. mass in the parish social hall at Holy Ghost. 

• Chicken Dinner: Friday, Jan. 10 at Holy Ghost. We need your delicious desserts!

• Meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in Holy Ghost Social Hall. 

Weekly Needs: $3,350.00

Collection: $1,958.00

YTD Needs: $70,350.00 

YTD Collection: $69,501.44 

Overage: $848.56     

Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 

7:00 a.m. + Jerry Buscher

12:00 p.m. + Parishioners of Holy Ghost & St. Bernadette 

Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024 

7:00 a.m. + Florence Latzel

Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 

7:00 a.m. + Joe Knott

Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024 

9:00 a.m. + Deacon Paul Eubanks

SUNDAY, DEC. 15 - 9:00 A.M.

Deacon: Al Aulner

Sacristan: Cathy Colgan

Lector: Michaela Drewel
EMHC:  Kim Tweedy, Eileen Bullard, Brian Drewel, & Melissa Murphy
Altar Servers: Deb Ray

Gift Bearers: Melissa Morford Family

Greeters: Tom Dorwart & Geri Wilson

Dorothy Blach, Jan Brinck (sister-in-law of Marita Grebl), Carmen Cogan, Becky English, Theresa Eubanks Schwartzer, Yvonne Fisher, Warren Hadley, Christine Haite, Donna Hansen, Cheryl Koziel (daughter of Jackie Peroutka), Cathy Longacre, Betty and Mike McMillan, Mark Mruz, Cooper Pofahl, Jon Ricci (nephew of Nellie Hadley), John Ripa, Hayden Sommer, Raymond Starks, Mary Townley, Donna Vaughn, Brian Walters, and Danny Watkins (brother of Brenda Tylkowski) 

Let us also remember in our prayers those who in care centers or homebound: 

Rick Becerra, Jean Buechler, Dee Clap, Patty Dworak, Jacob Fraser, Kim Hall, Dorothy Kazor, Joanne Leutzinger, Pat Makara, Darlene McKinley, Janet Nicholas, Dolores Noonan, & Rita Tomes

• As our St. Bernadette family anticipates the coming of our Lord during Advent, we are also anticipating the renovation of our beautiful church! Tentatively, this renovation will begin after Advent, likely, mid-January. As most of you are aware, we will temporarily be relocating our Masses to Holy Ghost Church. 

• Based on feedback from many St. Bernadette parishioners, we are planning to host social events to continue to connect with “old” friends as well as getting to meet new parishioners. Most of these social events will be based back at St. Bernadette’s Social Hall monthly. 

• We will keep you updated as to the details of these events via the bulletin as well as via announcements at the pulpit. We would also like to invite each of you to consider being a greeter at Masses on a rotating basis. 

• While our Holy Ghost family has had a greeter at each door for each of their Masses, they have most graciously invited our St. Bernadette family to assist them in this ministry while we are temporarily relocated there. We would also like to adopt having a greeter at the upper AND lower entrances at St. Bernadette before and after the renovation. 

• If you would like to be a greeter, please contact either Rita Frickel at 402-734-3573 OR Deacon Tom Schulte at 402-669-1301 by Dec. 18. Thank you and God Bless!

• Please consider making a donation for Christmas flowers placed as church decoration in honor of living loved ones/family or in memory of deceased loved ones/family. 

• Cards are available in the back of church to fill out and return either in the collection basket or to the parish office with your donation. Names will be published in the bulletin after Christmas. 

The Altar Society Annual Cookie Walk & Raffle is back. 

• It will be held on Dec. 14 -15 after all Masses. Be watching for more details. There will be a variety of cookies, available to purchase for your Holiday Events! Something to please everyone’s sweet tooth! 

• The Raffle will have fabulous items to buy. Come check out these items in the social hall after all Masses. 

How would you like to bless another family this year with something as simple as prayers? I am looking for parishioners to pray for Parish Religious Education, PRE, families. These families will be learning about the seven sacraments this year and some of them will even have family members making their First Reconciliation/ Communion or Confirmation. There is a basket on the table at the back of church. Please pick a card and pray for this family through our PRE year, now through April. What a wonderful way to share God’s goodness with others…prayer.

Spending Time with the Saints

This year, during our Wednesday evening Family Classes for Religious Education (PRE), we decided to add something new. During the months of September, October, November, February, March, and April, we will be doing Saints and S'mores! 

• At our Family Classes during these months, we will do our closing prayer acknowledging and praying to certain Saints and then enjoying S'mores! 

• For each of these 6 classes, we will need graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate bars. If you would like to donate to this part of our program to offset the costs of these items…it would greatly appreciated. 

• Please contact Sue Reed in the Parish Office or put your donation in an envelope labeled S'mores and place it in the weekly collection basket. Thank you for being supportive of this wonderful program.

Thank you to all PRE & School families and Parish Members that generously gave to this year’s Boxes of Joy project. With all of your help, we will be blessing 92 children this Christmas season. Thank you again!

We want to give a heartfelt thank you to all the Legion of Mary Legionnaires and the Junior Legionnaires for their help at the Omaha Nursing And Rehabilitation Center. 

• The residents have enjoyed bingo twice a week and the rosary on Tuesday mornings. 

• The Junior legion kids helped with games and crafts and served ice cream sodas to the residents. 

• These volunteers also provided manicures and one-on-one visits with the residents. 

• We also want to thank Fr. Phil Flott, and Deacon Gary Krupa, Deacon Al Aulner and Deacon Tom Schulte for Mass and communion services. Their lives have been enriched spiritually and emotionally. 

Thank you and God Bless you! Omaha Nursing Home

All 3rd through 8th graders of St. Bernadette are invited to join our Junior Legion of Mary group. The Legion of Mary is a unique opportunity to increase one's love of God through devotion to our Blessed Mother through prayer and good deeds. Meetings are Tuesdays at school in Room 206, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. For more information, call or text Patty Pogge at (402) 681-7331.

Our prayer shawl ministry has been busy providing a lot of prayer shawls to parishioners and their families, especially those who have lost a loved one. This is great! We are however in need of more prayer shawls.

If you knit or crochet or would like to learn, please join us on the second Friday of the month from 1 to 3 p.m. in the faculty lounge. We can provide instructions, tools and yarn.

If you knit or crochet but don't want to get involved with a commitment to a meeting -- we would welcome any prayer shawls you would like to make. Everyone who receives one is so appreciative. Please contact Mary Benak at 402-733-8451 or via email at mbenak@cox.net if you are interested. 

Join us for Coffee and sweet treats after the 8:00 a.m. Mass every second  Thursday of the month. 

The prayer line offers an opportunity to pray for requested special prayers promptly for fellow parishioners, family and friends.  There is much need for prayer for many different reasons. Special prayers for our Military are also always needed. Please consider becoming part of the Prayer Line Ministry. Please call Betty Rezek at 402-734-2531 or Patty Pogge at 402-733-8234 to request instant prayer for those in need. 

The Rosary at 4:20 p.m. before the 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday's will be for the intention of vocations. We are praying the patriotic rosary every Monday night at 6:30 p.m. in the church. We are praying for the conversion of our country. 

We will be praying our Parish Rosary for world peace, the peace our nation needs for the very survival which is now dying for lack thereof. We pray for people in Ukraine and those effected by war. We will be praying on Monday night at 6:30 p.m. in the church. 

- The Legion of Mary, Holy Ghost & St. Bernadette Parish Family

Weekly Needs: $13,585.00 

Collection: $19,049.00 

YTD Needs: $280,235.00 

YTD Collection: $266,681.28 

Shortage: $11,553.72

Cheryl Adamson, Annabelle Berrera, Rick Becerra, Elle Burgess, Alfonso Calderon, Leonardo Clymer, Kathi Ciurej, John Cunningham, Charlotte & Dominic Cullenward, Donna Dailey, Kathleen Devlin, Mike Digilio, Kelly Dix, Margaret Eipperle, Norma Flores, Juanice Furmanski, Louise LaFramboise, Adam Gutierrez, Josephine Gutierrez, Michelle Gutierrez, Lisa Hargis, Jeanette Hauptman, Barbara Jansen, Margie Janssen, Carol Johnson, Carol Jura, Olga Kanne, Phyllis Knicky, Connie Kleber, Donna Kubiak, Donna Krysl, John Kwapnioski, Terry Lampe, Jan Lampe, Michael Macdonald, Marge Monaco, Mark Maeder, Steve Maguire, Fr. Robert Matya, Edwin Maslonka, Lisa Meier, Carol McDaniel, Leonard Meier, The Meyer Family, Joel Rivera, Blanche Murphy, Charles Murphy, Sue Novotny, Maryn Page, Ellen Pankievicz, Ella Peters, Jonathan Perez, Rita Perito, Keelan Phillips, Joe Pitman, Jennifer Pryjmak, Jann Reinig, Betty Rodgers, Jodi Ronnfeldt, Joyce Salvatori, Kelly Burkhardt Sheard, Fred Sokol, JoAnn Simoens, Debbie Schumacher, Isabella Sterba, Pam Stein, David Virgilito, Hope Wicken, Mark White, Michael Winter, Claire Winter, Theresa Yost, and Annabella Zyla.