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.

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

Welcome to

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Parish Office 402-558-8446

MAY 3, 2015 ● FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Parish Office: Office Hours:

Weekdays 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

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

From your Pastor’s Desk… Second Collection: This is the first weekend of the month. We will have a second collection. The second collection for May and June is for Deficit Reduction. Currently we are looking at a $30,000 budget deficit. Help us close this gap with this week’s collection and the collection in June.

New Staff Member: I’m pleased to announce that we have hired parishioner David Dalton as the new parish secretary. He will start on Monday. He has been doing a similar job at St. Wenceslaus. With the hire of David, we say good-bye and thank you to Peg Monzu. Peg has worked the last 17 years as parish secretary. I know I along with many other staff, volunteers, and parishioners will miss her in the office. We all wish her the very best in retirement.

Pastoral Council Question: This weekend during the Ministry Fair members of the Pastoral Council will be available in the narthex. They would like your feedback on the following question: Where do you go for information about the parish? What is the best way to communicate with you about events going on in the parish? (Parish Website, Facebook, Twitter, Bulletin, Announcements before Mass, Letter, e-mail, or other ways) The end of today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles tells us, “The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit it grew in numbers.” The peace will not last and we hear earlier in the reading that there was not peace prior to this. The reading begins by telling us that the Church in Jerusalem did not trust Paul. They were skeptical of his conversion. Once the disciples in Jerusalem do accept him, Paul was still rejected by the Hellenist, the Jews who spoke Greek. It was so bad that they had to sneak Paul out of Jerusalem and send him back to his own home town of Tarsus. It was only then that the Church was at peace. The early Church has the same problems that the modern Church has. There are times of mistrust of each other. Also, there are some that are not welcome. Yet, as St. John reminds us in his First Epistle, if we are to live in Christ, we must follow Christ commandments. It is most important that we love one another, “just as he has commanded us.” If we truly love one another we will be united to Christ and to one another. In the Gospel today, Jesus uses the image of the vine and branches. For us to ‘bear fruit’ and truly live, we must be united to Christ. We cannot live separate from him any more than a branch can live separate from the vine. A branch that is separate just withers and dies. That is our life if we are separated from Christ. If we are united to Christ, then we are also united to everyone else through Christ. This unity comes through love. As the Epistle tells us in the beginning of today’s reading, “Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.” If we are to see true growth in our parish and the Church, it must be through authentic love. Ireland: I’m going to Ireland from September 21st – October 3rd on The Best of Ireland Tour through Magi Travel and you are invited to join me. If you would like more information about the trip please contact me at the rector. You can also find information about the tour at http://www.magitravelinc.com/the-best-of-ireland.html

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 Wednesday, May 6th from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm and Friday, May 8th

from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Fr. Mike

Monday, May 4th 7:00 am † Stan Batter 5:30 pm † Doris Durkan Tuesday, May 5th 7:00 am † George Homan 8:30 am † Ray Stratman 5:30 pm † Robert Kassmeier Wednesday, May 6th 7:00 am † Dan Nelson 8:30 am † Sr. Lucille Frost, OP 5:30 pm † Luisa Majand Thursday, May 7th 7:00 am † George Homan 8:30 am † John Molloy 5:30 pm † Souls in Purgatory Friday, May 8th 7:00 am † Alice Staley 5:30 pm † Theresa Spratlen Saturday Vigil Masses, May 9th 5:00 pm † Margaret Goeser 7:00 pm † Don Pulte Sunday Morning Masses, May 10th 7:30 am † Don Pulte 9:30 am † Toni Hecsenberger 11:30 am St. Pius X Parishioners

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Our Sick . . . Kay & Marty Baye, Judy Bednarz, Maurine

Bloemer, Joyce & Richard Castle, Jane Cannon, Leone Coyle, John DeVoe, Jane Dunn, Ron Duros,

Jerry Ewald, Peggy Fleming, Cindy Flogstad, Mary Gaffney, Mary Ann Garvin, Margaret Garvin, Fran Gaskill, 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, Mary Swafford, Harold Trummer, Deb Vana, Lorraine Versch, Sr. Viola, Dan Wais,

Amy Wheeler, Irv Wickert, Dorothy Williams and all those who are in need of our prayers. To place names on our Saint Pius X Prayer List

call the Parish Office at 402-558-8446.

Our Deceased...

† Erwin Krumel

† Leon Kresl

Father of Terence Kresl

PLEASE PRAY FOR

Religious Education

News

How we love our moms! Catechist Cheri Bowe used that concept to teach her Level 4 group that Mary is our mom, too, our mom in heaven. One disciple in Cheri’s group fully grasped the connection and commented, “If Mary is our mom, then her heart must really hurt if someone hurts us or if we hurt another person.” With Mother’s Day approaching, the Level 4 disciples will honor both their mom on earth and their mom in heaven for the love of both. The main thrust of the Level 4 curriculum is the Ten Commandments. Cheri used both song and symbol to help her group memorize the commandments in order as well as know what each means. Once all of Ten Commandments were learned, the children practiced reciting them and writing them on the whiteboard. They even started to make up their own symbols to help them remember and understand the meanings of the commandments. For example, one disciple came up with simple but effective symbols for remembering the 4th Commandment, honor your father and your mother. She used three hearts followed by a plus sign and a capital “O.” The hearts symbolized the parents and child and the “O” stood for obedience, which, when put together, created the perfect equation for happiness. Religious Education classes ended last week on April 29th. It was a wonderful year for our 80 disciples, 11 catechists, 6 aides, assistants and office personnel, and this director. We were blessed by God!

Patty Griffith, Director

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

"St. Pius X / St. Leo School is a diverse community forming

students in the Catholic faith

to excel in academics and service to others."

We are pleased to announce the names of the 8th grade students who have made Honor Roll for the third quarter of this school year. In order to be placed on the honor roll, the family handbook states the criteria as: "If the average of all subjects is 94.5% or above and there are no N's or U's in general conduct, the student will be placed on the First Honor Roll for the quarter. If the average of all these subjects is 89.5% to 94.4% and there are no N's or U's in general conduct, the student will be placed on the Second Honor Roll for the quarter. Students on either Honor Roll receive a special certificate of Academic Achievement in their report card each quarter they are on the Honor Roll."

We are thrilled to say that 77% of our 8th grade students made the Honor Roll for the third quarter. There were 35% of the 8th grade students on the First Honor Roll and 42% on the Second Honor Roll. This is outstanding for the 8th grade students! The students are:

First Honors for 8th Grade: Katie Amburn, Matthew Baysa, Marti Brohman, Evan Cannon, Brayden Cote´, Jaime Crinklaw, Sarah Gerards, Allison Glantz, Ben Goeman, Lily Jensen, Kylie Kampe, Kaji Loro, Joseph McAuliffe, PJ Mooney, Daniel Noon, Connor O'Doherty, Alexander Papa, Jolie Peal, Grace Porter, Daniel Richter, Hannah Rodricks, Thomas Rusch, Jordan Sauer, Jon Schroeder, Cameron Snyder, Erica Steiner, James Townley, Rebecca Townley, Roseclaire VandeVegt and Paul Weist.

Second Honors for 8th Grade: Rachel Beck, Mitchell Blaine, Doug Brown, Leo Burns, Kyle Cimino, Samantha Cochrane, Godwin Djossou, Charles Ehlers, Gianluca Green, Nolan Gurney, Carter Hancock, Charlie Herold, Henry Johnson, Caressa Jones, Joseph Kastl, Clara Kidder, Tatum Kuti, Tristen Kuti, James Lang, Marissa Morris, Theodore Novotny, Edward Okosi, Morgan Ortner, Andrew Osborn, Jacob Owens, Michael Pavel, Cassie Petersen, Reagan Redburn, Peyton Rohlfs, Will Schroeder, Michael Sitti, Thomas Stolze, Eleanor Walter, Owen Whittinghill, Madison Worthy and David Wunderlich.

From the list of honor roll students you can see we have many students who are studying very hard and keeping their behavior in check! Our thanks to these students for their hard work and to their parents for the wonderful support they provide to their children. It takes the students, their parents and the teachers working together to succeed with such outstanding academic achievement. Congratulations to all!

Joyce Gubbels, Principal

Other School News…

Crew #1 has cafeteria duty this week.

Menus: M) Teriyaki chicken; T) Mini corn dogs; W) Pizza; Th) Crunchy taco; F) popcorn chicken

Fiscal Year July 1, 2014

- June 30, 2015 DONATIONS RECEIVED THE WEEKEND OF

April 25/26

Our per Sunday goal is …………..…....$19,096.00 Sunday Envelopes…………….$9,220.00 Deficit Reduction………………...$240.00 Children’s Collection……..…...........$73.26 Plate Collection…………………$623.75 Total Sunday Contribution……….….…..$10,157.01 This week’s deficit....…….…...................($8,938.99)

Year-to-date Parish Stewardship….…..$782,276.85 Budgeted Year-to-date Stewardship…..$821,128.00 Parish Deficit Year To-Date…………….($38,851.15)

This is week 43 of 52 weeks this fiscal year 2014-15. Our Weekly Average Year-to-date is…..$18,192.48

Thanks for you help!

Liturgical Ministers for May 9/10

Lectors: 5:00 pm Mass: T & T Tipton 7:00 pm Mass: L Alvarez/D Baye 7:30 am Mass: S Pugh/W West 9:30 am Mass: M Waldron/J Maciejewski 11:30 am Mass: A & K Salzman Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: 5:00 pm J & C Nardini/S. Rosalie/M & M Harrell/M Bieker/B Campbell 7:00 pm M & S Hillier/M Cox/J Klug/M Dorcey/C Nelson/T Potter 7:30 am D West/P & D Juszyk/J Kresl/A Mitchell/M Dai/DA Bayer 9:30 am J Jolkowski/K Roshone/T Zenk/M Wessling/A Pyle/J Stolze/J Morrissey 11:30 am G Schimonitz/I Salzman/J Brown/M Gasnick/M Ursick/K Martin/N Bock Maplecrest EMHC’S: M Longo/P Wagoner Altar Servers: 5:00 pm H Johnson/H Weber/Need A Sub 7:00 pm F Ward/K Brown/M Fowler 7:30 am C Freyermuth/S Loukota/A Chattin 9:30 am F Jolkowski/K Dreher/G Vosika 11:30 am E Salzman/C Lang/J Thomas Ministers of Hospitality: 5:00 pm L Ehlers 7:00 pm V Fugger 7:30 am J Owens 9:30 am L Krumel 11:30 am S Skorniak C.A.R.E Sellers: 5:00 pm M Jarzynka 7:00 pm Need A Sub 7:30 am Need A Sub 9:30 am J & S Cobb 11:30 am D & M Martins Musicians: 5:00 pm Mass: C Johnson 9:30 am Mass: Alleluia Choir 11:30 am Mass: Youth Ministry Choir

April 26th: #8062 Jacob Klein April 27th: #8430 Andy & Iris Oswald April 28th: #7211 Carolyn Hoover April 29th: #7906 Ralph Hoffman April 30th: #8422 Frances Hoover May 1st: #7067 Doug Harding May 2nd: #7163 Shelli Abboud

CALENDAR CLUB

WINNERS

EPS Rose Drive The Essential Pregnancy Services Rose Drive is Mother’s Day weekend, May 9th and 10th. After all Masses, Knights of Columbus invite you to select a lovely long stemmed rose in return for

your $5.00 donation to EPS. Giving EPS roses is a wonderful way to acknowledge special people in your life while helping expectant women choose life for their little ones.

Pew Polishing It's time to polish the church pews. Cloths and Guardsman unscented polish provided. If you can help for an hour or two on Sat. May 9, 9am-11am or Sat. May 16, 2-3:30 pm, contact Rita Bianchi at 402 556 1201 or dustingdisciples@stpiusxomaha.org.

Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery Does Human Sex Trafficking occur in Nebraska? In small towns? At what age do most become victims of sex trafficking? Why is there a demand? These and many more questions will be answered by this hour long presentation covering human trafficking in general and in Nebraska in particular. Sister Rosalee Burke, Notre Dame Sister, brings home the evil of this form of modern slavery showing the problem, who the victims are, who the traffickers are, what the laws are and what can be done to combat it. What do the victims need and how do we give them hope? An informed society with God’s help can eradicate this evil. MAY 14 – Discover these answers and more at the 7:00 p.m. presentation at St. Pius X Parish Center (sponsored by the Catholic Social Teaching Committee).

Scripture Readings Next Weekend: 1st) Acts of the Apostles 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48

2nd) 1 John 4:7-10 Gospel) John 15:9-17

HONORING MARY If you have an unusual or favorite statue of our Blessed Mother and would like to have it displayed in the church’s narthex glass cases during the month of May, then contact the Liturgy Office [402.558-1847]or email rosal ier@stpiusxomaha.org to make arrangement

Blest Art from the Holy Land will at our parish the

weekend of May 9 and 10th after all the Masses. They will have many beautiful pieces of religious art for sale. Hand carved Nativity sets, statues of many sizes, last suppers, crosses, rosaries, and many others. By purchasing a piece of art from the Holy Land you support your brothers and sisters; who choose to stay and protect the holy sites where Jesus himself lived.

St. Pius X Participating in Omaha Gives! St. Pius X Parish is excited to be a part of the 2015 Omaha Gives! Campaign. This Campaign is a 24-hour online giving event organized by the Omaha Community Foundation. It will take place Wednesday, May 20th from midnight to midnight via omahagives24.org. If you would like to give a gift to St. Pius X, please visit the website and contribute to this city-wide event

All events are in the Parish Center unless noted. Monday, May 4th: - Pillars, 6:15 p, - Knights of Columbus Officers Mtg., 7:00 pm - Boy Scouts, 7:15 pm, gym Tuesday, May 5th: -AA, 6:30 pm, school cafeteria Wednesday, May 6th: Thursday, May 7th: - St. Pius X/St Leo Sports Banquet, 5:00 pm Friday, May 8th: - Wedding Rehearsal, 6:00 pm Saturday, May 9th: - Dusting Disciples Crew #2 Cox 402-510-9016 - Wedding, 2:00 pm - Blest Art Sales at all Masses Sunday, May 10th: - Happy Mother’s Day - Blest Art at all Masses - Sunday Preschool, 9:30 am, kindergarten - Financial Peace University, 4:00 pm

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

Development Dialogue Just as we plan to ensure the financial welfare of our fami-lies, we, the current parishioners, need to plan for the long-term financial welfare of the Parish and the Grade School. Your contributions to our Parish or School Endowment Funds will provide financial support for the future and perpetuate our Catholic heritage. Please prayerfully consider remem-bering our School and/or Parish's Endowment Funds in your will or estate planning. Please contact Bob Nowac-zyk, SPSL's Development Coordinator at 402-551-6667 for more information.

OTOC Research & Action Committees You are invited to attend any of the committee meetings!

Environmental Sustainability, Laurie Gift, 2thegifts@cox.net 402-334-1917 Next meeting: Thursday , May 7th, 7:00 pm First Unitarian Church, 3114 Harney Street

Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Gloria Austerberry, glauster@yahoo.com, 402-455- 7751. Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 5th, 6:00 pm, St. Paul United Methodist, 55th & Corby St.

Medicaid Redesign and Just Tax Policy

Mark Hoeger, , mhoeger@aol.com

Mental Health Access for all Nebraskans (including Prisoners), Sarita Penka, saritapenka2@gmail.com

402-498-3660

Just Immigration Reform Kathleen Grant, 402-556-7877, kathleen.grant2@hotmail.com

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 peo-ple, 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. Worlds of Fun: All current 7th-12th graders are invited on our annual Worlds of Fun trip June 3rd! Forms are due May 10 ($75 ) and can be found on parish website on youth page! Registrations for Camps and Conferences: If you did not turn in your registration forms for NCYC, the Service Trip, or Youth Serve last week, there may still be time! Call the youth office asap to see if spots are still available. Janet Drvol at janetd@stpiusxomaha.org or 402-558-8446. Senior Luncheon: Reminder if you RSVP’d for the Senior Graduation Luncheon that it is today/Sunday May 3rd at 12:30 pm in the Parish Center. Questions: Janet Drvol at janetd@stpiusxomaha.org. A Special Thank You to our Connections Adult Volunteers this year! You have been a blessing a great help to us! Thank you to: Brigid Lamoureaux, Megan McAuliffe, and Cole Nardini.

THE BEST OF BRIDGE Saint Pius X / Saint Leo Bridge Club

The three high scores for the April 2015round were:

Don & JoAnn McKamy 3850 Jan & Jo Heese 3560 Steve & Liz Gleason 3520

Congratulations to all our Bridge Players

Last weekend it was our pleasure to welcome and congratulate the following child who was baptized at

Saint Pius X Catholic Church:

Frances Marie Nelson Daughter of Eric Michael & Lauren Patton Nelson

We welcome her to the family of God!

Trivia Night is Back Last year as part of our 60th year anniversary celebrations we hosted our first trivia night. We have heard from many people who would like to make this an annual event. So we have heard your wishes and are currently trying to schedule a date. To make this happen, it takes many hands. First off, we need to find committee chairs. The most important thing is that people have fun (and at the same time it raises a little money for the parish). IF you are interested in knowing mo r e , p l e a s e c o n t a c t Na n cy L o b s i ng e r , n l o b s i n g @ t r a v e l e r s . c o m , o r R i t a R a m o s , ritar@stpiusxomaha.org, 558-8446.