Prince of Peace Catholic Church at 1210 East 11th St, Kearney, NE 68847 US - New Article 9

RECONCILIATION- Regular time for this sacrament is 4:00-4:30pm Saturday evening. Other times may be arranged by contacting Fr. Mike.

MARRIAGES & BAPTISMS- See Fr. Mike about marriage & allow at least four months for preparation. See Sr. Doris about Baptism.

Mon. No Mass

Tue. 7:30am at the Newman Center Chapel Patricia & Clarence Davis Intention

Wed. 7:30am at the Newman Center Chapel Johnny Chabal

Wed. 11:30am at the POP Parish Hall Patricia Saylor

Thu. 7:30am at the Newman Center Chapel Patty, Dale & Mike Shearer Intention

Fri. 7:30am at the Newman Center Chapel Willie Shearer

Sat. 5:00pm at the Kearney High School Auditorium Helen Kominek

Sun. 8:00am at the Kearney High School Auditorium Clara Prochasaka

Sun. 10:30am at the Kearney High School Auditorium Prince of Peace Parish

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY- of financial support for Prince of Peace Parish! Regular church support last weekend, May 17 & 18 was $9,757.73. Total gifts and pledges to the Diocesan Appeal to date are $35,585.00. Contributions to the gold envelopes marked Building Fund, which are used for maintenance and repairs, were $320.00. Your continued generosity is appreciated!

Meetings in Spanish

Please plan to attend one of these important meetings. They are open to everyone and will provide an opportunity to hear the analyzed results of the surveys and focus groups as well as an opportunity to provide feedback.

ALL ARE INVITED- to the ordination of Jorge Canela and Jonathan Sorensen as deacons, this Friday, May 30th, 2008 at 5:30pm at the Cathedral of St. Mary, 207 S. Elm, Grand Island, NE. Jorge is from Grand Island. Jonathan is from Kearney, is a graduate of Kearney Catholic, and he is the son of Dan and Teresa Sorensen. For more information, please watch the West Nebraska Register or visit www.gi-ordinations.info/.

YOU ARE INVITED- to the 125th anniversary celebration of St. Ann’s Parish on June 1, 2008 in Lexington. Bishop Dendinger will preside the Mass at 10:30am. There will be a raffle, games and Hispanic Dancers. All activities will take place at the Parish Center at 1003 Taft Street. Please RSVP, 308-324-4647, so we can be sure to have enough food.

MAGNIFICAT- The Mary, Full of Grace Chapter of Kearney invites you and your women friends of all faiths to our next breakfast meal. We will gather on Saturday, June 21st from 10:00am to 1:00pm in the Holiday Inn. “Then Sings My Soul” will be presented by Linda Shubert who is an author of many books which guide women to a good Christian life. Linda will be giving us a message of prayer and healing. She will share her personal story and principles of forgiveness. Come expecting personal breakthrough! Please send $15.00 per person to Margaret Messbarger, 5549 Coal Chute Rd., Kearney NE 68847. Make checks payable to “Magnificat”. Clergy and religious are invited at no charge, but must RSVP. The reservation deadline is June 18. Sorry, no walk-ins. For more information call Janey Dubas at 234-3906 or e-mail: Kearney-magnificat@rcom-ne.com. Linda will be speaking at Full Gospel on Saturday evening. For more information about that please contact Don Emrick, 236-9966.

Wed. 5/28 at 11:30am Keenagers at the parish hall

Sat. 5/31 after the 5:00pm liturgy Training for new lectors at the KHS Auditorium

Sun. 6/1 at 7:00pm Ultreya

MUSIC MINISTERS NEEDED- We are working on a music schedule for the summer. If you would like to help out once or twice a month this summer, please contact Sr. Mary. We know there is a lot of talent in our parish. Please let your gifts shine for all to enjoy!

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE PARISH COUNCIL?- Our parish council will have three open places for new members beginning in July. If you are interested in putting your name in for parish council please email or call the church office. We will put the names of all interested people in a basket and draw for the three positions on the first weekend in June. The parish council usually meets the third Wednesday of each month and the term is for a period of three years (although one of these terms will just be one year to replace a member who left the parish.) Please prayerfully consider being on the parish council.

KEENAGERS- will meet this Wednesday, May 28 at 11:30am. We will begin with Mass and a potluck lunch will follow. All Senior Citizens are invited and encouraged to join us!! (This group is similar to the Grand Generation that meets at St. James.)

ULTREYA- is a small group of people who gather monthly to pray and share about their spiritual life. Ultreya will meet next Sunday, June 1 at 7:00pm at the parish hall.

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY- will meet at the parish hall Monday, June 9 at 7:00pm. Prayer shawls are knitted or crocheted during a blessing and prayer experience. The shawls are presented to those who depend on us for our prayer. There are three ways to be part of this ministry: knit or crochet a prayer shawl; donate yarn for the ministry; give financial assistance for the yarn. If you have questions or need more information contact Arlene Anderson, 801-718-5955, arleneand@msn.com.

HOMEBOUND MINISTERS - May 25: Route 1/Bill Wright, Route 2/Paul Mueting, Route 3/Joe Verzal, Route 4/Diane Watley, Route 5/Dave & Paul Mellinger June 1: Route 1/Ron Ridder, Route 2/Lisa Kennedy, Route 3/Steve & Laurie LaVoie, Route 4/Paul Stec, Route 5/John & Barb Boersma

EUCHARISTIC VOLUNTEERS- are desperately needed for the Homebound Ministry. Please call Sr. Doris at the church office if you are interested in taking Eucharist to our home bound parishioners who can’t get to Mass and appreciate this ministry so much!

MASS SET-UP & TEAR-DOWN, LIGHTS & SOUND SCHEDULE- for May 31 & June 1: Set-up/Team B; Don Emrick, Paul Liebig, Gene Methe, Brandon Shundoff, Matt McDowall, Jerry O’Rourke Team E/Tear-Down; Steve & Peter Niedbalski, Laura & Brysen Kollars, Roy Meusch, Geri & Gary Rohner, Todd & Calvin Stover Lights & Sound/5pm: Robert Schulte 8am: Dave Hoyt 10:30am: Steve & Peter Niedbalski

NEW LECTOR TRAINING- Thank you to all who are sharing their gift of lectoring. There will be another training next Saturday, May 31 following the 5:00pm liturgy. We will go over some of the important aspects of proclaiming at liturgy as well as have the opportunity to practice in our worship space. The session will last about one hour. Any present lectors are welcome to come and share with us too. Any questions, call Sr. Mary.

NAME BADGES- If you have taken your name badges home with you we ask that you please return them when you come to Mass. We would like to have them on hand for socials during the summer months and will not be using them for weekend liturgies again until autumn. Thank you!!

LAY MINISTERS- in an effort to use the parish resources more wisely, we are working on building an e-mail base for communication beginning with all lay ministers. If you have an e-mail address, please contact the parish office at popbulletin@charterinternet.com or call the church office. We hope to begin e-mailing the lay minister schedule in June. Thank you for helping us in this endeavor.

ROSARY- The Knights of Columbus will be sponsoring the praying of the Rosary after all Masses during the month of May. Please join us in the auditorium after Mass to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary.

RYDE TRANSPORTATION TO CHURCH- We have four parishioners who are very interested in participating in a pilot program to provide rides to church on Sunday mornings. This service will begin in July. Anyone else interested? Please contact Sr. Mary if you would like to try this.

INTERFAITH MEMORIAL SERVICE- You are invited to be present Sunday, June 1 at 3:00pm at this Interfaith Memorial Service honoring infants who died during pregnancy. The Memorial Service will be held near Babyland on the east side of the Kearney Cemetery at the Good Samaritan Health Systems Memorial Site. Because we at Good Samaritan Health Systems believe each life is precious, we will be remembering all of God’s children regardless of their span of life in days, weeks or months. We hope you will join us and find some comfort and meaning in the Memorial Service.