Southern Nebraska Register
The Morning Star chapter of Magnificat will host a prayer meal Saturday, May 4, in Dawson Hall at the John XXIII Diocesan Center, 3700 Sheridan Blvd., Lincoln.
The event will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon. It will include a breakfast catered by Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House, prayer, praise and worship, and a speaker’s testimony and witness.
The speaker is Rachael Tvrdy, director of the Office of Family Life and Discipleship for the Diocese of Lincoln. Her office aims to support parishes by fostering parish-based discipleship and strengthening the spiritual life of the domestic Church. Tvrdy holds degrees in family science and psychology, and has a master’s degree in marriage and family studies from the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Rome. She has served with the National Right to Life Committee, Fellowship of Catholic University Students, Nebraska Catholic Conference, and the Archdiocese of Omaha. She is also a recent graduate of the Encounter School of Ministry.
Magnificat is a ministry to Catholic women; a private association of the faithful within the Catholic Church under the jurisdiction of the Lincoln Diocese. Women of other Christian faiths are invited to share in the prayer meals, as well.
The primary purpose of Magnificat is to help Christian women become more open to the Holy Spirit through a deeper commitment of their lives to Jesus as Lord, and to impart the Holy Spirit to one another by their love, service and sharing the good news of salvation.
Magnificat started in 1981 in New Orleans and has since become an international ministry, with chapters currently located in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Malta, Poland, and Africa. Magnificat of Lincoln, the Morningstar Chapter, was approved by Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz and held its first prayer meal March 9, 1996. For more information about Magnificat, visit the link on the diocesan website.
To attend the May 4 talk, pre-paid registration is required; no walk-ins. Mail $20 check (student price: $15) payable to Magnificat by Saturday April 27 to: C/O Tina Colgan, 521 N. 56 St., Lincoln, NE 68504. With questions, contact Coordinator Rhonda Litt at 402-489-3819 or text 402.525.6396.
Magnificat’s summer prayer meal will be held Aug. 10 at Dawson Hall. The fall event will be held Nov. 9 at Hillcrest Country Club.
