On Sunday, September 29, the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion from St. Bernadette and Holy Ghost gathered for a meeting/training to update them on the Local Law for the Archdiocese of Omaha and to get information about best practices that will better equip them to serve in their EMHC ministry. 

Fr. Boyd invited Fr. Scott Hastings, Vicar General for the Archdiocese to teach us the Pastoral Polices concerning the EMHC ministry and to walk us through the practical practices needed to perform our responsibilities correctly. We were fortunate to have Fr. Scott as our instructor given his knowledge, presentation skills and position for the Archdiocese. In addition to the information Fr. Scott gave, he answered participants’ questions concerning their ministry and helped EMHC’s from both of our parishes be more comfortable performing their important ministry to our Parish Family. 

Fr. Boyd will be meeting soon with the deacons to decide on practices for EMHC’s concerning taking communion to the homebound, nursing homes and hospitals. The goal will be to have all EMHC’s at both parishes following the same protocol when handling and distributing the Holy Eucharist. 

Click on the images to the left to see photos of this EMHC meeting.

The Altar Society will have our Fall Bake Sale and Raffle after both Masses on Oct. 19 and Oct. 20. Please consider donating any items for our raffle and bake sale. Items for the raffle can include gift certificates, themed baskets (i.e. spa day, wine and cheese, game day, etc) or fall décor. Items and baked goods can be dropped off after 3 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 19. Our fundraisers help provide items needed for the church as well as scholarships for our students. Thanks in advance for your generosity. May God bless you!

The Serra Club of West Omaha invites you to a special Mass for Vocations on Monday, October 21, at 5:30 p.m. at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, 8200 N. 30th Street in Omaha. 

• Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Tom Weisbecker to pray together for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and consecrated religious life in the Archdiocese of Omaha. 

• After Mass, stay for our Meeting & Mixer and learn from our speaker, Deacon John Pflug, about his call to serve our Lord, his spiritual experiences along the way, and why prayer for vocations is so vital to the future of the Catholic Church. 

• Light refreshments will be provided. There is no cost to attend. All are invited! If you are interested in helping to build the Church locally through vocations support, contact Bruce Jefferies, Serra VP, at westomaha@serrainternational.org. 

• Learn more at serrawestomaha.org and follow them on Facebook @serrawestomaha. 

• The St. Vincent de Paul Parish Office is now accepting applications for an Administrative Assistant. 

• Job duties include interacting with parishioners and visitors in person, answering phone, data entry, and completing clerical responsibilities.

• Candidate should be proficient in Microsoft Office and demonstrates proficient computer skills including word processing, database and email programs. 

• This is a 12-month position, 25-30 hours per week, Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.). 

• To submit a resume, or request a job description, please contact Kathy Wilhelm at parishoffice@svdpomaha.org 

The Parish Office at Holy Ghost will be CLOSED on Friday, Oct. 18. 

Please join us on Sunday, October 20 after 9:00 a.m. mass in the Holy Ghost parish social hall for a reception celebrating Deacon Tom and Kathy Schulte. Help us celebrate their 45th anniversary in the Diaconate. 

SAVE THE DATE:

This year's turkey dinner is Sunday, Nov. 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Starting this weekend you will find envelopes in the pews at Holy Ghost for those that would like to make a donation to the cost of the turkeys for this year's Turkey Dinner. Those donations may be placed in the collection basket any weekend leading up to our turkey dinner. 

Also, on the wall at Holy Ghost, you will find tags hanging to help with the raffle baskets at the Turkey Dinner. If you are able to help out, please attach the tag to your donation. These would need to be returned by November 3. The Turkey Dinner Committee thanks you for your support of this yearly tradition!

Help support 50 years of Husker tradition at Holy Ghost. Fantastic food! Husker Fans! Insightful and interesting information! 

Join us for Husker Night at Holy Ghost on Thursday, Oct. 17!

• Doors open at 5 p.m. and our speakers start at 7 p.m. 

• Admission is $5 for kids and $10 for adults. 

• Food and drink are available for purchase (not included in admission fee). 

• Our guest speaker for Thursday, Oct. 17 is Rob Zatechka. 

• Click here to see photos from our recent Husker Night at Holy Ghost.

• Grab your family and friends and join us at Don & Millie’s on Oct. 21

• 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!

• October Meeting – Tuesday, Oct. 15 

  • 6 p.m. rosary in church & 6:30 p.m. meeting in the parish social hall.

• Cinnamon Roll Sunday – Sunday, Oct. 27 

• Turkey Dinner – Sunday, Nov. 10: 11am – 3pm 

• Advent Angels – tags will be hung on Sat., Nov. 30

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is sponsoring its 20th annual Coat Giveaway on the following dates and times:

• Saturday, Oct. 5 

  • Centro Pastoral Tepeyac (5301 South 36th Street)

  • 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Saturday, Oct. 19 

  • Omaha Home for Boys (4343 N. 52nd St.) 

  • 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Please donate new or gently used coats, hats, scarves, mittens and gloves for children and adults by taking them to one of the Society’s SVdP Thrift stores, marked “Coat Giveaway.” 

  • Store locations are: 

    • Northwest Store: (402) 502-7837

5505 N. 90th St | Mon-Fri, 9 AM-8 PM, Sat, 10 AM-4 PM 

• • • Downtown Store: (402) 341-1689

2101 Leavenworth St | Mon-Sat, 9 AM-6 PM  

• • • Papillion Store: (402) 593-4055

807 Tara Plaza | Mon-Sat, 9 AM-6 PM 

• • • West Center Store: (402) 933-8242 

12301 W Center Road | Mon-Sat, 10 AM-8 PM, Sun, 12-5 PM 

Monetary Contributions & Volunteers

To bless this project with a financial contribution, go to the SSVP website at SSVPomaha.org and note that it is for the Coat Giveaway. With the help of the Knights of Columbus, we can order 12 new coats for about $250. 

• Many volunteers area needed to help sort donations before the event, and to help on the day of the Giveaway. 

• Check the SVVP website, SSVPOmaha.org for more information or contact Austin Bryant at 402-779-8499 or email: office@ssvpomaha.org. 

• Coats may be placed in the blue bins marked "SVDP at St. Bernadette" and in the bin in the back of Holy Ghost Church. Thank you for your support! 

Weekly Needs: $3,350.00

Collection: $3,008.00

YTD Needs: $46,900.00

YTD Collection: $49,534.00

Overage: $2,634.00      

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 

7:00 a.m. + Jerry Buscher

Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 

7:00 a.m. + Deacon Paul Eubanks

Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 

9:00 a.m. + Peggy Steinauer

SUNDAY, OCT. 20 - 9:00 A.M.

Deacon: Al Aulner

Sacristan: Cathy Colgan

Lector: Terri Aulner
EMHC: Johna Belling & Heather Slizoski
Altar Servers: Jerry Koraleski

Gift Bearers: Ken & Dori Morong

Greeters: Larry Dyer & Tom Dorwart

Dorothy Blach, Jan Brinck (sister-in-law of Marita Grebl), Mark Broich (brother of Marita Grebl), Carmen Cogan, Ron Coniglio, Becky English, Jackie Eubanks, 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, Ender Pitman, Cooper Pofahl, Jon Ricci (nephew of Nellie Hadley), John Ripa, Ray Sempek, 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

To all who have been so very supportive of Ron and I through the years– We Thank you! You have touched our hearts! We are very grateful! You all have blessed us with your love and friendship! May God Bless each and everyone of you! It is our hope to continue our ministry for many years to come! 

Deacon Ron & Sue Casart

The St. Bernadette Altar Society in cooperation with the Omaha Urban Council of Catholic Women (OUCCW) is sponsoring a diaper drive for the month of October benefitting the Omaha Archdiocesan Pro-Life Organizations. 

• This is an opportunity for all of us to Walk with Moms in Need who choose not to have an abortion and who need our help in supporting their baby. 

• We are requesting diapers in all sizes, especially sizes 5 & 6. Monetary donations are welcome and will be used to purchase diapers. 

• Checks should be payable to St. Bernadette Altar Society and placed in the collection basket or mailed to Theresa Yost, 13605 So. 45th Street, Papillion, NE 68133. 

• Diapers can be placed in port-a-cribs found on both the upper and lower levels of St. Bernadette church. Your participation is greatly needed and appreciated. Thank you for your support. 

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.

Boxes of Joy!

The Parish Religious Education (PRE) and St Bernadette School students are working together once again this year to fill Boxes of Joy. We will fill these boxes with goodies and then they will be distributed to children in Guatemala, Dominican Republic, and Malawi. We want them to have a very Merry Christmas. There will be a list in the back of church on the bulletin board, please help us out and donate some items. A collection box will be in the back as well. Also, it is $9.00 per box to mail so a monetary donation is also greatly appreciated. Contact Sue Reed in the Parish Office for more information.

This year we will once again be doing the Boxes of Joy. Collection of items will be in September and October. If you would like to shop for some items now, that would be great. We will have a collection basket in the back of the Church. 

A couple of "Boxes of Joy" team members went on a mission trip, and below are some of the items they noticed the children really liked: 

• Playing cards, card games (UNO, GO FISH, etc.)

• Crochet hooks and yarn, 

• Craft items or kits, (beads, pipe cleaners, bracelet string)

• Small playing balls, (can be deflated) 

• Matchbox cars

• Lego sets 

• Solar digital watches 

• Calculators. 

Remember that we can not include liquid of any kind in these boxes. 

Continue to watch for more Boxes of Joy information!

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: $29,375.63 

YTD Needs: $157,970.00 

YTD Collection: $127,993.29

Shortage: $29,976.71  

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.