RECTORY 3128 ldquoSrdquo Street Lincoln NE 68503-3297 (402) 476-2610 E-mail sacredheartlincolnoutlookcom Fr Leo Kosch Pastor E-mail frkoschgmailcom Cell phone 402-310-8299 please try 402-476-2610 first Fr Lee Jirovsky in Residence Website sacredheartlincolnorgWebsite sacredheartlincolnorgWebsite sacredheartlincolnorg

SCHOOL 540 North 31st St 402-476-1783 Principal Laura Knaus E-mail laura-knauscdolincnet Website mysacredheartschoolcom

Mass Schedule Saturday 500 pm Sunday 730 900 amp 1100am Weekdays Monday-Saturday 815am Holy Days of Obligation Vigil Mass 700pm On the Day 700am 1200pm amp 700pm Different schedules for Christmas and January 1

Confessions Saturdays 400-450 pm Mondays-Saturdays 745-805 am (before the 815am Mass) Baptisms call 402-476-2610 to ar-range for Baptism preparation Matrimony A minimum of four months is required after contacting the priest more in some cases six months to a year is recommended

Communion to the homebound or Anointing of the Sick if you or someone you know is home-bound or seriously ill or will be undergoing major surgery please call or speak to Fr Kosch

NewcomersmdashWelcome Please call 402-476-2610 Or visit the rectory Catholic Social Services (days) 402-474-1600 Lincoln Cri-sis Pregnancy Center (24-hours) 402-483-4247 Birthright 402-466-2609 (24-hours 1-800-550-4900)

La Misa en Espantildeol Iglesia de Cristo Rey 4221 Calle ldquoJrdquo Lin-coln NE 68510 (402-488-5087)

Welcome to Sacred Heart Church

5th Sunday of Lent

April 7 2019

Stations of the Cross During LentmdashFridays at Noon and 700 pm

Easter FlowersmdashDeadline is April 9 Sacred Heart Parish will again make available the purchase of Easter flowers to decorate the Church during the Easter season as a memo-rial to a deceased loved one If you would like to participate there are envelopes in the Church vestibule Be sure you include your name and the name of your loved ones for whom you purchase the flowers Those names will be posted in the bulletin and the vesti-bule Suggested donation is $1500

Baked Potato Bar Here at Sacred Heart Next Friday April 12 430-700 pm in the school gym Bring the Family This is a great Lenten Friday meal Numerous toppings to choose from Choice of desserts and coffee or punch Free will offering All pro-ceeds go to the Building Fund

Meet someone with the Gift of Healing and conclude your Lent with a Palm Sunday weekend retreat April 12 - 14 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House in Waverly Bishop Ronald Gilmore Bishop Emeritus of Dodge City KS and Jacqueline Loh of ldquoGrace That Reignsrdquo will lead retreatants to understand how God works in their lives and experience spiritual mental and physical healing Call 402-786-2705 or see goodcounselretreatcom

Eucharistic Procession surrounding Planned Parenthoodmdash Bishop Conley will again lead a Procession bringing the Eucharistic Jesus around Planned Parenthood on an Abortion Tuesday April 16th starting at 200 pm Catholics should arrive by 145 pm and ldquoSurround Planned Parenthoodrdquo located at 5631 S 48th St Last year we had an estimated 2000 and this year organizers are hoping for even more For more information concerning this event contact Mike Davis at davism72gmailcom or text 402-480-0404

Church Cleaning Thanks to all who helped with cleaning last week For next Saturday April 13 at 845 am we ask for the help of at least one member from each of the following house-holds Heather Maley Tracy Mara Peter Marodama Adriana Martinez Hector Martinez Ve-ronica Martinez Sally McKee Bryan Melvin Delia Mendez Jose Mendez and Austin Menke

Contact Persons For Sacred Heart Organizations

Adoration Coordinator Louise Sayer 402-474-4996 Altar Society Sue Rye 402-570-7614 Bible Study Bryan Dahlberg 402-730-0084 Choir Amanda Lowery 402-480-2862 Childrenrsquos Choir Amanda Lowery 402-480-2862 Church Cleaning Mary Lawson 402-466-4452 CCD Brad Aden 402-853-6234 First Saturday Coffee Laura Corder 402-464-3083 God Teens Brock amp Kiley Shuler 402-631-3060 Holy Name Menrsquos Group Tom Dirks 402-438-6353 Home amp School Association Janet Beckman 402-261-5625 Knights of Columbus Chris Miller 816-807-3031 Pink Sisters Representative Chelys Svoboda 402-466-1462 Pius Home amp School Representative Steve amp Colleen Michels 402-326-8885 Prayer Chain Laura Corder 402-476-2610 Pro Life Jeanine Stevens 402-310-8427 Sacred Heart Quilters Mary Ann Jaros 402-464-2873 St Vincent de Paul Joe Conroy 443-974-1172 Ushers Pat Perry 402-438-2650 Website Fr Leo Kosch 402-476-2610

MASS TIMES amp INTENTIONS April 6-14 2019

Mass Readings Isaiah 4316-21 Psalm 126 Philippians 38-14 John 81-11 Next Sunday Isiah 504-7 Psalm 22 Philippians 26-11 Luke 2214-2356

Collection for March 31 2019

Envelopes $410968 Plate 94745 St Joseph Parish donation 250000 Southern Nebraska Register 1500 $757200 St Vincent de Paul $6500 Combined Collection $93800

Please pray for our Seminarians Especially this week for Daniel St Hilaire from Assumption Parish in Dwight NE in College 2 at St Gregory the Great Seminary

Natural Family Planning Intro Sessions Questions Call 402-488-2040 Pre-registration is re-quired Go online to register or download a registration form at wwwlincolndioceseorgnfp

April is our Parishrsquos month to help stock the shelves of the CSS food pan-try Please bring non perishable food items and place them in back of church There are also envelopes on the table for monetary donations

FORMEDORG is available for another year for our parish To sign up go to formedorg scroll to bottom of the page Click on Register Create your FREE account by entering our Parish Code VW27J4 and your e-mail ad-dress Consider using Formedorg to improve your Lenten spiritual life

To donate to flood relief go to wwwcssisusorg or send a check to Catho-lic Social Services 2241 O St Lincoln 68510 In the memo line write ldquofor flood reliefrdquo A Day-Long Retreat for couples experiencing primary or secondary infertil-ity will be held on May 5 from 900 am - 330 pm Retreat will be led by Fr Danek with other guest speakers Cost is $40 per couple and includes Mass and brunch Sign up or more information at httpslincolndioceseregfoxcominfertility-retreathttpslincolndioceseregfoxcominfertility-retreat

ldquoGive something however small to the one in need For it is not small to one who has nothing Neither is it small to God if we have given what we couldrdquo Ven Fulton Sheen

Sat Apr 6 500pm Dorsquos children Sun Apr 7 730am Maria Magdalen amp Maria Tran+

Apr 7 900am For the people of the parish

Apr 7 1100am Fr Paul Rutten+

Mon Apr 8 815am Elaine Baum

Tue Apr 9 815am Dorothy Funke+

Wed Apr 10 815am Viola Wohleb+

Thu Apr 11 815am Rose Hauptman+

Fri Apr 12 815am Jerome Urwiller+

Sat Apr 13 815am Rev John Bosco Duc+

Sat Apr 13 500pm Harold Kehm+

Sun Apr 14 730am Holy Name members living amp deceased Apr 14 900am For the people of the parish

Apr 14 1100am Kate Tomlinson+

Knights of Columbus MeetingmdashTuesday April 9 Officers meeting at 600 pm Rosary at 640 pm in the church and members meeting at 700 pm in the rectory basement St Vincent de Paul meetingmdashWednesday April 10 at 600 pm in the rectory basement Anyone interested in learning more about our conference is welcome to attend Holy Name Menrsquos MeetingmdashSunday April 14 after the 730 am Mass in the rectory basement All men of the parish over the age of 18 are invit-ed to join

Magnificat-Bulk Order Available mdash Due this Wednesday April 10 MAGNIFICAT is a monthly publication containing a short morning evening night prayer and short daily meditation as well as the Scripture read-ings for the Daily and Sunday Masses essays on the lives of the saints and spiritual insight into masterpieces of sacred art Magnificat is a good way to learn more about your faith and deepen your prayer life and your relationship with God The annual group subscription rate is $2300 That is a savings of almost $24 off of the regular individual price of $4700 The issues will be delivered to Sacred Heart Rectory where you will pick up your copy each month If you would like to be a part of the group bulk subscrip-tion please turn in your payment of $2300 to the Parish Office or see Fr Kosch Payment is due by Wed April 10 Checks should be paya-ble to Sacred Heart The group subscription runs from August 2019 - July 2020 Those in the group may also read Magnificat either online or on their iphone or on ipod Mass at St Luke Czech Shrine in Loma this Sunday April 7 at 200 pm The Ostry Family Singers will provide the music

Lenten Series at St Teresa Churchmdash The last talk in the Lenten series at St Teresarsquos is Monday April 8 from 730 - 830 pm and is titled ldquoGuided Meditationrdquo given by Matt Simmons One Day Pilgrimage to historic churches of SE Nebraska and NE KansasmdashTuesday May 7 led by Fr Hottovy The bus will leave from St Teresarsquos parking lot at 745 am and return around 600 pm The cost for the bus including lunch is $4200 per person Please send your reservation payment to Mary Ann Fitzpatrick at 4101 C St Lincoln NE 68510 Join us for a wonderful spiritual experience

ldquoPray hope and donrsquot worry Worry is useless God is merciful and will hear your prayerrdquo St Pio of Pietrelcina

School Notes The deadline to apply for the Good Shepherd Schol-arship fund through FACTS has been extended to April 15 Please ensure that the application and all neces-sary documents are submitted by that time Families who are planning to attend a Catholic school in Lincoln next year are eligible to apply More information can be found at httpsgoodshepherdscholarshipcom Our second Lenten collection will be Friday April 12 The students and staff raised $59300 for flood victims in Nebraska during the first collection There will also be a 1200 dismissal on Fri April 12 Catholic Business Women April MeetingmdashTuesday April 9 1130 am at John XXIII Diocesan Centermdashtop of stairs on the left Speaker will be Maureen Bausch presenting on Laudato sirsquo the 2015 Encyclical of Pope Francis Lunch will be provided RSVP to Krista Kuen-ning at kristakuenningyahoocom or 402-429-8778 Aflame will take place at North American Martyrs on April 12 from 700 - 900 pm Praise and worship mu-sic prayer teams adoration and confessions Come for the whole time or just a few minutes A great way to prepare for Holy Week and Easter It is a great ex-perience and all are welcome The Lincoln Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (LDCCW) Spring Full Board meeting will be April 13 at St Maryrsquos in Aurora Meeting begins with lsquoMaryrsquos Way of the Crossrsquo at 830 am All women of the Diocese are encouraged to attend RSVP to dccwpresidentgmailcom Holy Week Retreat with the Marian Sisters for single women18-32 years of age The retreat will pro-vide an opportunity to enter more deeply into the Pas-sion and Death of our Lord The silent retreat will be held at Good Counsel Retreat House in Waverly NE April 18-20 The cost is $30 for students and $40 for non-students For more information or to register con-tact Sr Serena at marian-vocationscdolincnet or at 402-786-2750 website wwwmariansistersorg Full Time Technology Integration Specialist need-ed for Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Lincoln The position will work out of Lincoln but approximately 13 time will initially be spent in Hastings NE later transi-tioning completely to St Cecilia School in Hastings Full job description at httpswwwlincolndioceseorgschool-employment To apply send letter of interest to jobscdolincnet No calls please

ldquoYou donrsquot know how to pray Put yourself in the presence of God and as soon as you have said lsquoLord I donrsquot know how o prayrsquo you can be sure yoursquove already begunrdquo St John of the Cross

Notice Below sponsors for our parish bulletin Please support these businesses who support our parish (Ver 7-8-11)

HOLY FATHERrsquoS INTENTION FOR THE MONTH of April 2019 Universal For doctors and their humanitarian collaborators in war zones who risk their lives to save the lives of others

Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect Nebraska law requires all suspicions of child abuse or neglect to be reported to law enforcement or DHHS Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-652-1999 Reporting Misconduct Notify the Diocese of Lincoln of any misconduct involving diocesan personnel by calling the misconduct hotline 1-844-527-0596 (English and Spanish)

National Catholic Singles Conferencemdashin Nashville TN October 25-27 This conference is for Catholic singles ages 19-99 Great speakers uplifting music good food and hun-dreds of single Catholics seeking to live their faith A great mix of presentations which address current challenges affecting relationships in our culture time for prayer and reflection and lots of social opportu-nities to meet new people and make new friends It really is a great time The website is wwwnationalcatholicsinglescom Early registration ends July 31st Camp Kateri Summer Camp Registration Registration is now open for SKY Camp (Grades 5-7) SKY Teens (Grades 8-9) and Leadership Camp (Grades 6-9) For more information or to register for these camps go to wwwcampkateriorg

SKY Camp amp Leadership Camp Volunteer Counselors NeededmdashCamp Kateri is now accepting appli-cations for high school volunteer counselors for SKY and Leadership Camp For more information or to download an application please go to wwwcampkateriorg Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) 2019mdashJesus said to them ldquoWhat do you seekrdquo Jn 138 ldquoCome and seerdquo Jn 139 The next TEC Retreat for Juniors and Seniors is April 27-29 2019 at Camp Kateri To register go to wwwlincolndioceseorg office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry or call 402-473-0625