RECTORY 3128 S Street Lincoln NE 68503-3297 (402) 476-2610 E-mail: sacredheartlincoln@outlook.com Fr. Leo Kosch Pastor E-mail fr.kosch@gmail.com Cell phone: 402-310-8299 please try 402-476-2610 first. Website: sacredheartlincoln.org

Mass Schedule Saturday, 5:00 pm Sunday, 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00am Weekday Masses

See page 2 of the Bulletin. Mass times on weekdays may vary and are subject to change week-by-week. Al-ways check the bulletin.

Confessions: (In Cry Room)

Saturdays 4:00-4:50 pm. Tuesday-Saturday, 7:45-8:05 am

Baptisms: call 402-476-2610 to arrange for Baptism preparation.

Matrimony: A minimum of four months is required after contacting the priest; more in some cases; six months to a year is recom-mended.

Communion to the homebound or Anointing of the Sick: if you or someone you know is home-bound or seriously ill, or will be undergoing major surgery, please call or speak to Fr. Kosch.

Newcomers—Welcome! Please call 402-476-2610 Or visit the rectory Catholic Social Services (days) 402-474-1600; Lincoln Crisis Pregnancy Center (24-hours) 402-483-4247; Birthright 402-466-2609 (24-hours 1-800-550-4900).

La Misa en Español, Iglesia de Cristo Rey, 4221 Calle “J,” Lin-coln, NE 68510 (402-488-5087)

Welcome to Sacred Heart Church

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)

June 14, 2020

Welcome to Rev. Bala Raju Marneni! Fr. Marneni has been appointed Priest in Residence here at Sacred Heart, effective Mon-day, June 15. He was formerly the Senior As-sistant at St. Joseph Church in Beatrice. Father Marneni plans to return to India per-manently as soon as international flights be-come available, perhaps in August. Therefore he will probably be with us for most of the summer.

Father Kosch will be on retreat beginning Monday morning through Thursday, June 18th. Fr. Marneni will celebrate Masses on Monday - Thursday. These Masses will NOT be live streamed.

Corpus Christi Adoration: We will have an hour of Eucharistic Adora-tion at the church this, Sunday, June 14, from 3:00-4:00 pm, conclud-ing with Benediction. You are invited to come adore our Eucharistic Lord for the whole hour or for part of the time. This is a great oppor-tunity to pray for God’s peace upon our troubled country and world.

Mass on Friday, June 19 will be at 5:30 pm in honor of the Feast of the Sacred Heart. All other daily Masses will be at 8:15 am.

Fireworks Tent 2020 - Help Needed!

The Sacred Heart Knights of Columbus will once again organize the annual fireworks fundraiser July 3-4 at 2920 Cornhusker Highway.

For the first time, the entire parish will participate and earn a share of the funds based upon the level of volunteer participation.

Sign up information and a video are available on our web-site: sacredheartlincoln.org If you do not have email and can help, please call Joe Duggan at 402-314-1435.

What about COVID-19? Steps will be taken to limit the number of shoppers in the tent and allow for social distancing. The vendor has also established a website for customers to select fireworks for curbside pickup. So, if you are planning to celebrate with pyrotechnics this year, please support the Sacred Heart tent with your purchase! Thank you - Joe Duggan, KofC, duggan_joseph@yahoo.com

Church Cleaning: Thanks to all who helped with cleaning last week. Be-cause of the uncertainty of the health issues regarding the Co-rona Virus, there will not be reg-ular cleaning this week.

Contact Persons For Sacred Heart Organizations

Please call or email the rectory if you would like to contact any of these people. We will pass along your request. 402-476-2610 sacredheartlincoln@outlook.com

Adoration Coordinator Louise Sayer Altar Society Sue Rye Bible Study Bryan Dahlberg Choir & Children’s Choir Amanda Dieckgrafe Church Cleaning Mary Lawson CCD Brad Aden First Saturday Coffee Laura Corder God Teens Fr. Kosch Holy Name Men’s Group Tom Dierks Knights of Columbus Joe Duggan Pink Sisters Representative Chelys Svoboda Pius Home & School Representative Steve & Colleen Michels Prayer Chain Laura Corder Pro Life Angela Zoucha Sacred Heart Quilters Mary Ann Jaros St. Vincent de Paul Joe Conroy Ushers Pat Perry Website Fr. Leo Kosch

MASS TIMES & INTENTIONS: June13 - 21, 2020

Mass Readings: - Corpus Christi—Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a; Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58 Next Sunday: Jeremiah 20:10-13; Psalm 69:8-10, 14,17, 33-35; Romans 5:12-15; Matthew 10:26-33

Natural Family Planning Intro Sessions. Questions? Call 402-488-2040. Pre-registration is re-quired. Go online to register or download a registration form at: www.lincolndiocese.org/nfp

Please pray for our Seminarians: Especially this week for Scott Sullivan from St. Teresa, Lincoln, NE in College 3 at St. Gregory the Great Seminary.

Thank You for your continued generosity!

When you mail in your donations, it does help if you include one of your contribution envelopes. Thanks!

Collection for June 7, 2020

Envelopes $6,057.00 Plate 707.00 Southern Nebraska Register 15.00 Guardian Angel donation 30.58 $6,809.58

Church endowment $210.00

St. Vincent de Paul $222.25

Save the Change Jars (even empty ones) may be dropped off at the recto-ry during business hours, Mon-Fri, 9am to 4pm. Or bring it to any Mass.

The Family Life Office is offering a one day retreat for couples expe-riencing infertility on June 27 at St. Patrick Parish. Retreat will also be live- streamed. Questions: contact:marilyn-klein@cdolinc.net or: https:lincolndiocese.regfox.com/ymretreat

The Emmaus Institute for Biblical Studies is now accepting registrations for online summer classes. Course topics include the Gospels, the Eucharist, Mary, and the Creed. www.emmausinstitute.net.

Sat Jun 13 5:00pm Greg Brown+ Sun Jun 14 7:30am Holy Name members living & deceased

Jun 14 9:00am For the people of the parish

Jun 14 11:00am All souls

Mon Jun 15 8:15am Steve Donahoo+

Tue Jun 16 8:15am Marilyn Mercier+

Wed Jun 17 8:15am Quilters living & deceased

Thu Jun 18 8:15am Anna Elizabeth Jaros+

Fri Jun 19 5:30pm (Feast of the Sacred Heart) Bernadette Thiel+

Sat Jun 20 8:15am Phero Thiet & Maria Thiem+

5:00pm Genevieve Enright & Cheryl Aden+ Sun Jun 21 7:30am For the people of the parish

Jun 21 9:00am John Glushenko+ Jun 21 11:00am Sr. Agnes Mary RSM

The Diocesan Canoe Trip is still on the calendar! It will be held July 5-7 or 7-9, near Valentine, NE. $100 covers registration and food. Each at-tendee/family will need to bring their own tent. Due to current health condi-tions, we can only take a limited number of students, and will not be provid-ing transportation, so it will be important to register soon to secure a spot. Go to https://www.lincolndiocese.org/camps/diocesan-canoe-trip to register.

Parishioners’ Thoughts on Surviving the Corona Virus and Quarantine

If you would like to share your thoughts with our parish family, please send a note to the rectory office or email sacredheartlincoln@outlook.com. Whatever you or your family are doing that works for you may help someone else and also helps us stay in touch until we can get together again. Some of you may even have a funny story to share.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mary Lawson: I do stay in touch with some church friends by telephone or email & on sunny days visit with a few friends outside, 6 ft apart. I watch the Sunday Mass on channel 8 & Sacred Heart Mass by computer a couple times a week, plus I can read the bulletin there also.

When I think I am bored or weary, I thank God for a house & yard & computer and shape up!

As for attending Mass, I miss it a lot, but will choose to wait to see how this plays out the next few weeks, as I am a poor candidate for a ventilator!

Thanks to Fr Kosch & helpers for providing streamed Mass & church updates & messages. Colleen Michels: The first Sunday we celebrated Mass at home, via EWTN, something struck me in a new way: the realization that our home truly is a "little domestic Church" on earth. This little "nudge" from the Holy Spirit gave me pause. I thought about how the coronavirus is way too big for me to even wrap my head around it, BUT it is not too big for God. He is in control. This gave me peace. His love is unchanging, and He promised He'd never leave nor forsake us. Within that moment, it all seemingly "came together" for me.

This led me to think about how the Sacraments are paramount in my life. Through them, Jesus has brought healing, strength, and restoration. The fact that Jesus comes to me in all of His fullness; body, blood, soul, and divinity is beyond incredible! How very important, then, that Steve and I--with the aid of God's grace--always teach our children how very important their faith is and the reception of the Sac-raments. This is accomplished through our "little domestic Church" on earth. Pat Claussen: Because I work in a diagnostic laboratory I have had training in biohazard safety. I was familiar with PPE and the procedures to protect against exposure and preventing the spread of diseased samples. Because of health problems, I have already had limited social options the last couple of years, so self quarantine was nothing new.

I have relied heavily on KVSS radio for Mass and spiritual programs. The Word Among Us was also very helpful. I connected with my friends by phone and social media. My prayer life is much deeper, espe-cially the Rosary.

Spending time with nature was helpful. I turned to sources I trusted for news once a day for a limited amount of times on weekdays.

I appreciate the way Father Kosch uses precaution without excessive measures in distributing commun-ion. I feel it is safe to receive on the tongue. I feel strongly every individual should have that choice unless the Bishop mandates differently. Chris and Marty Lesiak: I (Chris) have been working from home since a six day shutdown at the end of March. Email and Microsoft Teams allow communication with coworkers -- we even turn our cameras on for Monday morning group meetings.

Marty has kept in touch with coworkers at Lincoln High mostly over text messages, but as a paraeduca-tor there really wasn't much work to be done from home.

We've seen Lauren a few times but mostly keep in touch with text messages. She graduated from UNL this spring and will continue her studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Eric moved home from the dorms at UNL in April and was back to work at Blue Sushi Sake Grill when they reopened about a week ago.

William is happy that school is over for the spring.

We've kept in touch with other family and friends via email, texts, and the occasional phone call.

My spiritual life has been fed with the daily Mass readings and a weekly Holy Hour.

We look forward to attending Mass soon. We haven't attended yet because we wanted to see how infec-tion numbers in Lincoln changed when things started opening back up.

Notice Below sponsors for our parish bulletin. Please support these businesses, who support our parish. (Ver. 7-8-11)

HOLY FATHER’S INTENTION FOR THE MONTH of June 2020: Prayer intention for evangelization– The Way of the Heart: We pray that all those who suffer may find their way of life, allowing themselves to be touched by the Heart of Jesus.

FORMED.ORG has free Catholic movies, audio, and faith series. To sign up: go to formed.org, click “sign up”, choose “I belong to a parish or organization”, click “find parish” and search for “Sacred Heart Lincoln”. Then create your FREE account by entering your name and e-mail address.

We have room for people at most Masses: There is room for about 60-70 people per Mass, even with the closed areas. If you are thinking about returning to Mass, note that the fullest have been the 7:30am and 11:00am on Sundays. The smallest number has been Saturday at 5:00 pm. Weekday Masses have generally had about 30 people, with room for 30 more.

Reminder to pray well at home: If you are not able to attend Sunday Mass, please remember that you have the privilege and duty as a Baptized Catholic to worship God as best you can on Sundays. Keep making time for prayer at home, such as participating in the Mass online or on TV, reading the Bi-ble, and/or praying the Rosary. May our faith keep growing as we take little steps towards “normalcy”.

If you or others around you are at risk, please stay home. We will continue to livestream 7:30 am Mass on Sundays, as well as some weekday Masses. Go to: www.Facebook.com/sacredheartlincolnNE

The new missalettes are in a box in the back of church. You may take one to use at home, or to bring back-and-forth to Mass. If you take a missalette, please do NOT give it back unless you are asked.

The Education Technology Department for Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Lincoln has an immedi-ate opening for a Support Technician (student) intern. Applicant must be a full time student, at least 19 years old and able to work 15-30 hours a week during regular business hours. For more information, see the full job description at: https://www.lincolndiocese.org/school-employment/13959-lincoln-support-technician-student-intern. To apply, send letter of interest and resume to jobs@cdolinc.net. No calls, please.