March 2017
St. Teresa’s Parish Calendar
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Retreat Schedule
(Good Counsel Retreat House, Waverly)
March 1
March 3-5
March 20-24
March 24-26
March 31-April 2
Women
Men & Women
Men & Women
Men & Women
Men & Women
7 9 am & 7:30 pm
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
7 pm Marian
Devotions
7:30 pm Choir
Practice
7:30 pm RCIA
3 FIRST
4
7 am Lector
& Acolyte Mtg (PS)
8:15 am First Saturday Devotions
9 am Legion of
Mary
2-8 pm St. Teresa’s
Prayer Vigil @
Planned Parenthood
Abortion Facility
8
4 pm CCD
7:30 pm Men’s
Club (MR)
7:30 pm
Godteens
(Homes)
9
7 pm Marian
Devotions
7:30 pm Choir
Practice
7:30 pm RCIA
10
11
ASH
WEDNESDAY
Masses: 6:30, 8:15
am & 4:00, 5:30
pm
4 pm CCD
6:30 pm Altar
Society Rosary/
Mtg (KH)
FRIDAY
9:30 am Rosary at
Planned
Parenthood Abortion Facility
2:45 & 7 pm Stations of the Cross
7:15 pm Holy
Hour (PS)
5
6
7 pm Adult Special Education
Program (SCH)
7:30 pm Lenten
Series (KH)
12 Annual Girl
Scout Sunday
coffee & rolls
after 8 & 10 am
Masses (KH)
13 NO SCHOOL 14 9 am & 7:30
15
pm Fr. Bala Raju’s 7:30 pm
7:30 pm Lenten
class on India (KH) Godteens
Series (KH)
9:30 am Rosary at (Homes)
16
7 pm Marian
Devotions
7:30 pm Choir
Practice
7:30 pm RCIA
17
18
9 am Legion of
Mary
2-8 pm St. Teresa’s Prayer Vigil
@ Planned
Parenthood
Abortion Facility
19
20
7 pm Adult Special Education
Program (SCH)
7:30 pm Lenten
Series (KH)
7:30 Knights of
Columbus Mtg
(KCH)
21 9 am & 7:30
22
4 pm CCD
7:30 pm
Godteens
(Homes)
23
7 pm Marian
Devotions
7:30 pm Choir
Practice
7:30 pm RCIA
24
9:30 am Rosary
at Planned
Parenthood
Abortion Facility
7 pm Stations of
the Cross
25
9 am Legion of
Mary
2-8 pm St. Teresa’s Prayer Vigil
@ Planned
Parenthood
Abortion Facility
26
8 am Shower of
Roses Mass
27
7 pm Adult Special Education
Program (SCH)
7:30 pm Lenten
Series (KH)
28 9 am & 7:30
29
4 pm CCD
7:30 pm
Godteens
(Homes)
30
7 pm Marian
Devotions
7:30 pm Choir
Practice
7:30 pm RCIA
31
9:30 am Rosary
at Planned
Parenthood
Abortion Facility
7 pm Stations of
the Cross
Fr. Bala Raju’s
class on India (KH)
9:30 am Rosary at
Planned
Parenthood Abortion Facility
7 pm St. Teresa
Devotions & Adoration
Planned
Parenthood Abortion Facility
7 pm St. Teresa
Devotions & Adoration
pm Fr. Bala Raju’s
class on India (KH)
9:30 am Rosary at
Planned
Parenthood Abortion Facility
7 pm St. Teresa
Devotions & Adoration
pm Fr. Bala Raju’s
class on India (KH)
9:30 am Rosary at
Planned
Parenthood Abortion Facility
7 pm St. Teresa
Devotions & Adoration
9:30 am Rosary at
Planned
Parenthood Abortion Facility
1 pm Grand
Group Planning
Meeting (KH)
7 pm Stations of
the Cross
9:30 am Rosary at
Planned Parenthood
Abortion Facility
12 Noon Grand
Group to Lewis &
Clark Ctr Nebraska
City (church parking
lot to carpool)
7 pm Stations of the
Cross
8:15 am Christian
Mothers Mass &
Mtg (CH & MR)
9 am Legion of
Mary
2-8 pm St. Teresa’s
Prayer Vigil @
Planned Parenthood
Abortion Facility
Weekday
Lenten Mass
Times:
6:30, 8:15 am
and 5:30 pm
St. Teresa’s Newsletter
Volume 21, Issue 3
St. Teresa’s Parish Family * 735 South 36th Street * Lincoln, NE 68510
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday or the Stock Market
Crash of 1929, began in late October of that year. It was the most devastating stock market
crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and
duration of its fallout. The crash signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that
affected all Western industrialized countries.
In the midst of this financial crisis, St. Teresa’s School opened its doors in September
of 1930. Only two classrooms were completed on what is now the first floor of the old school
building. There were twenty-three children (kindergarten through 3rd grade in one room, and
4th through 7th in the other) who entered the school that year under the direction of two Dominican Sisters -- Sr. Theona Walla and Sr. Martha Nally. Tuition was $1.00 per month for
each student. It was an exciting time, but the combination of a new parish and the Great Depression almost continuously threatened the parish and school with bankruptcy. However, the
enthusiasm of Msgr. Kaczmarek and the faith of the parishioners not only kept this marvelous
parish afloat, but they continued to plan and build for the future. By the end of the 1950’s, a
large convent, a beautiful church and a huge addition to the school were constructed, and the
rectory would be built in 1962. This amazing accomplishment was possible only through the
hard work, sacrifice and generosity of the people. In January 1957, following the completion
of the new addition to the school, Msgr. Kaczmarek wrote:
March 2017
Upcoming
Events!
† March 1: Ash
Wednesday and
the beginning of
Lent
† April 8: Confirmations by
Bishop Conley
† April 16: Easter
Sunday
† April 29: First
Holy Communions
† May 22: 8th
Grade Graduation Mass
† June 11 - 16:
Totus Tuus
week for grade
school and high
school students.
Mark you calendars!
Parishioners of St. Teresa’s are to be congratulated for their
courage, keen insight, and vision of the future with all its demands – and what is more – all these were met to the best of
their ability in a response that finds no equal in the Diocese of
Lincoln. When men and women not only work and sacrifice for
their church but also pledge their very personal assets, their
homes, to guarantee payment on principal and interest of debt
– we have a singular phenomenon. When I arrived in January
1937, the major problem facing the people of
St. Teresa’s was a terrible debt. It is a matter
of record that twenty men from the thirty-nine families residing here at that time, pledged their personal property in or- If we go all the way back to the Council of
der to make sure that payment would be made on the debt.
Nicaea (325 AD), we discover that, already
That is a record without parallel.
LENT: 40 Days With Jesus
The sacrifices of the good people who built up our parish impacted the future—OUR TIME! We are benefiting so much from all
their sacrifices. Now, our sacrifices will impact the future for others.
Twenty-two years ago, our St. Teresa’s School Endowment was started with $65,000 left by Msgr. Kaczmarek to St. Teresa’s. By continual care to add to this sum, our Endowment has grown to over $2 million dollars, amounting to $85,000 of interest income to our parish in
2016. Let us all prayerfully consider sacrificial gifts to our Endowment. We have been so blessed by the sacrifices of others, it is time
for us to sacrificially give to impact the future of those who will enjoy
this parish family after us. Thank you for your continued support.
Your generous donations really make a difference! May the good
Lord bless you and reward you for all your generous support.
then, Lent was a well-established period of
40 days of preparation for Easter. This
length of time was associated, by the
earliest Christians, with Christ’s forty day
fast in the desert before beginning His
public life. As we begin to think of the
difficulties of Lent, we must not forget how
much more rigorously Jesus spent His forty
days in the desert. He sacrificed, fasted,
prayed and suffered out of love for us. Let
us do the same out of love for Him! May
God bless us all with a very holy Lent!