Bishop James Conley visited several parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln last weekend. He celebrated Confirmation Dec. 2 at St. Mary Church in Dawson. Its mission parish is St. Anne in Shubert. He celebrated Confirmations Dec. 3 at Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Falls City, and later at Immaculate Conception Church in Rulo. He also made a pastoral visit to St. Mary Church in Arago, a mission parish to Rulo, Dec. 3.

The St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center in Lincoln hosted “Huskers on Fire” Nov. 14-16.

Bart Schuchts, associated with the John Paul II Healing Center, founded the “Church on Fire” ministries. He travels the country presenting at conferences and retreats, bringing thousands into an intimate and powerful encounter with the Father’s love, transforming lives, and equipping people to live more fully into Christ’s mission.

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Bishop James Conley celebrated Mass Nov. 2 at the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center in Lincoln. He installed Father Ryan Kaup as pastor and led the annual Eucharistic procession around the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. SNR photos | Natalie Bender

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The 2023 Nebraska Men’s Rosary March was held in Lincoln Oct. 14. Men gathered at the Newman Center and walked, praying the rosary, to the Nebraska State Capitol. At the capitol, talks were given by organizer Ryan Patrick, Max Chapman and Tony Ojeda.

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Evangelist and author Kathleen Beckman presented a conference Saturday, Oct. 14, drawing from her book, “A Family Guide to Spiritual Warfare.” The event, sponsored by the Office of Family Life & Discipleship and the St. Benedict Prayer Team, was held at the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center in Lincoln.  SNR photos | Natalie Bender

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Bishop James Conley celebrated the "White Mass" for medical professionals at the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center in Lincoln Oct. 14.  SNR photos | Natalie Bender

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Bishop James Conley blessed the renovated CSS headquarters in Lincoln Oct. 14. SNR photos | Natalie Bender

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Bishop James Conley celebrated Mass Oct. 2 for students of St. Teresa School in Lincoln. The school celebrates the feast day of its patroness, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, “The Little Flower” each year. Young girls dress as the saint and join the procession for Mass. SNR photos | Kevin Clark

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The arm of St. Jude, a relic of “one of Jesus Christ’s closest collaborators,” was at St. Michael Parish in Lincoln Sept. 27 as part of a U.S. tour, the first time the relic has left Italy.

Jude, “the Lord’s first cousin,” was one of Christ’s Twelve Apostles and is believed to have been martyred in Beirut several decades after Christ’s death and resurrection. History records his body as having been transferred to a tomb in St. Peter’s Basilica centuries after his death; his arm was subsequently removed and placed in a reliquary in the shape of a priest’s hand giving a blessing. 

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Catholic speaker Paul Zucarelli shared his story Sept. 26 at Pius X High School in Lincoln, alongside his wife Beth.

Zucarelli is author of “Faith Understood: An Ordinary Man’s Journey to the Presence of God,” about his extraordinary near-death experience. The foreword was written by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, a priest of the Diocese of Lincoln who was instrumental in praying for Zucarelli during the man’s brush with death. Zucarelli was invited to Lincoln by Cathedral of the Risen Christ Parish, and also spoke to crowds at St. Cecilia Church in Hastings Sept. 27, at St. Mary Church in David City Sept. 28, and at Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Falls City Oct. 1.

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Bishop James Conley visited the “Eaglet” preschool program at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ in Lincoln Sept. 11 to talk about his beekeeping hobby. He explained how bees make honey, and how a hive works. He showed a frame from a hive, and gear he uses to work with bees. He also shared some of his bees’ honey with the children and their teachers, and answered questions.

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