Bishop James Conley read the Christmas story for children of diocesan staff at the annual Christmas luncheon Dec. 21. SNR photos | Natalie Bender

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Bishop James Conley celebrated a “Rorate Coeli” Mass Saturday, Dec. 16 at 6:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Lincoln. A Rorate Coeli Mass is a special Mass at dawn in honor of Our Lady during Advent, held entirely in candlelight.  SNR photos | Natalie Bender

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The first "CHRISTmas at the Center" was held Dec. 9. Participants drove past Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House for a blessing from St. Nicholas and candy canes. The next stop was Villa Maria School and Home for Exceptional Children, to see a live nativity with Villa Marie students, and animals from Shepherd’s Rest and Rescue. Cars then proceeded to Marycrest Motherhouse to hear Christmas caroling of the Marian Sisters.

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Bishop James Conley celebrated a vigil Mass Dec. 7 at St. Mary Parish in downtown Lincoln, for the feast of the Immaculate Conception, the patroness of St. Mary Parish, of the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln and of the nation. The church, dedicated “St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception” for the Diocese of Lincoln in 1911, served as the cathedral of the diocese until the dedication of the Cathedral of the Risen Christ in 1965.

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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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