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Pastor Fr. Craig Loecker Associate Pastor Fr. Emmanuel Agbo Mass Schedule Saturday: 5:00pm Sunday: 8:00am, 10:00am, 12:00noon, 5:30pm

Monday-Friday: 6:40am, 8:00am Confessions Saturdays 3:30-4:30pm St. Pius X/St. Leo School 6905 Blondo Street 402.551.6667 Principal: Cory Sepich

St . Leo the Great Miss ion S tatement

St. Leo the Great Parish is a faith-filled community dedicated to… Offering inspiring & prayerful worship, Developing & maintaining quality, life-long religious education for

everyone, Providing loving service to those in need, Celebrating the great events in our parish family.

St. Leo Catholic Church 1920 N. 102nd St. Omaha NE 68114 ║ 402.397.0407 ║ www.stleo.net

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In Pursuit of Life, Love and Happiness

By: Deacon Jim Shipman

Jesus quotes the Prophet Isaiah in the Gospel, “You shall indeed hear but not understand, you shall indeed look but never see. Gross is the heart of this people, they will hardly hear with their ears, they have closed their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and be converted, and I heal them.”

That scripture was true then and is true today. We say that we be-lieve in God, but fail to see His Glory surrounding us. We don’t hear the Word of God because our society hears what it wants to hear and ignores God’s Truth. Our eyes fill our minds with images that twist our thinking to accept what is evil as normal. We wonder why so many things seem so crazy and confused.

In the Gospel Jesus is teaching the crowd the parable of the sower. The seed is the Word of God that falls on the path, on rocky ground, on the weeds, and the rich soil. The point of the parable is that the Rich Soil are the people who Hear the Word, Accept the Word, and Live the Word of God in their dai-ly lives. Our country was once filled with that Rich Soil, those who believe in God.

Unfortunately, our country has be-come barren, rocky, weed infested ground, with less of that Rich Soil, the “Believers in God’s Word”. Our Lord is calling us to cultivate that poor soil, so that God’s Word will produce an abundant crop of souls for Heaven. The Holy Spirit gives us the tools to do this job when we Hear, See and Under-stand GOD’S WORD.

Habitat For Humanity Faithful Builders Coalition, of which St. Leo Parish is a member, will be building a house this year starting August 1st. The location of the house is 3016 Pratt. Because of COVID 19, there will not be a presentation at each Mass or a table set up in the commons area; however We Still Need Help: *To volunteer to help build the house *To contribute money to help with the construction cost *To contribute money to purchase lunch food. St. Leo’s lunch day is August 15th To volunteer to help build, call Jerry Heinrichs at 402-492-8950 and he will answer any questions and will e-mail you a construction schedule. To contribute to the construction fund, make your check payable to St. Leo and mark it for Habitat for Humanity and drop it in the collection box or mail it to St. Leo. To contribute to the lunch fund, write your check to St. Leo and mark it for Habitat lunch fund and drop it in the collection box or mail it to St. Leo. We appreciate your continued support of the Faithful Builders annual Habitat for Humanity construction project. If you have any questions, call Jerry or Pat Heinrichs at 402-492-8950.

Prayer Opportunities at St. Leo All are invited.

Masks and Social Distancing are encouraged.

+St. Monica's Prayer Group - Prayers including the Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries) - 1st Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm in the Chapel +TMIY! Rosary (Glorious Mysteries) - 1st Wednesday of the month at 6:05am inside the church +Rosary (Luminous Mysteries) and the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy - Every Thursday evening at 6:30 in the Holy Family Garden +Social Justice Rosary (Scriptural Luminous Mysteries) - Every Friday evening at 6:30 in the Holy Family Garden +Liturgy of the Hours - Morning prayer every Wednesday before both Masses: 6:15 & 7:35am (Begins on July 22nd) +Outdoor Stations of the Cross- Every Friday evening at 6:00 (Begins on July 24th)

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Ways to Continue Contributing to St. Leo Parish

Online Contribution through the

Archdiocese's Website Visit www.archomaha.org to make your contribution to St. Leo Church through the Archdiocese's website.

Automatic Contribution Form

If you would like to have St. Leo withdraw your contribution each

month, visit our website:, www.stleo.net to download a

form. You can fill it out and drop it off at the office or scan and

email it back to Betsy or mail it to the parish office. Contact Betsy at

churchlady107@juno.com with any questions.

One Parish App

You can also download the One Parish App through your App

store on your phone. One Parish allows you to make your

contribution and donate to St. Leo Parish through their app.

Mass Intentions

Monday, July 20 6:40am +All Souls 8:00am St. Leo Parish Family Tuesday, July 21 6:40am St. Leo Parish Family 8:00am St. Leo Parish Family Wednesday, July 22 6:40am St. Leo Parish Family

8:00am + Don Leahy Thursday, July 23 6:40am St. Leo Parish Family

8:00am +Lucile Johnston Friday, July 24 6:40am St. Leo Parish Family

8:00am + Walt Maginn Saturday, July 25 5:00pm + Pat Catton Sunday, July 26 8:00am + Steve Schneider 10:00am +Joe Ziskey

12:00pm + Rosalie Graz 5:30pm St. Leo Parish Family

Join us for Listening to Jesus in a Time

of Social Unrest: Study of the Gospels with

Fr. Scott Hastings July 20 & 27

6 to 7 pm in Church

We live in new and daunting times. We will take a look at what the Gospels have to say to us in

the midst of so many uncertainties.

Please wear a mask and social distance during these events.

RSVP at dina@stleo.net.

We are looking for someone to coordinate our 31 Club! If you are interested in organizing the calendar where

people sign up to pray monthly for vocations, please email Dina at dina@stleo.net.

~ Praying For Vocations ~ Lord Jesus, give to parents that faith, love and spirit of sacrifice which will inspire them to offer their children to God’s service and to rejoice when-ever one of their children is called to the priesthood or religious live.

St. Leo Blood Drive July 27 12pm-6pm

To donate, visit www.redcrossblood.org.

Save Your Family Fare Receipts!

St. Leo participates in the Direct Your Dollars program with Family Fare. Please turn in your Family Fare receipts at the parish office and help us earn $1000. So far, we’ve earned $2000 and are close to earning another $1000. Thank you for your support and a big THANKS to Ginger who helps us by organizing and tallying the receipts.

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Thank you for your

support of our

CARE program!

Prayer for Those Serving our Country in the Military

Please keep these men and women in your prayers:

John Banker, David Banker, Leigh Barry, Carl Benander,

John Bergmann, Thomas Buechler, Maury Champoux, Chandler Clark, Jake Dreessen, Ryan Fetters,

Anthony Fleming, Ed Fuchs, Aaron Hagy, Amber Hagy, Jonathon Hale, Kolbe Hall,

Jordan Hammond, Wesley Hulstein, Deborah Infante, Jack Johnston, TJ Kafka, Alex Kelly, Daniel Kudlacz,

Doug Langhorst, Donovan Leary, Andrew Leary, Matthew Leary, Jackie Leary, Nick Lynch,

Cameron McWilliams, Jessica Milbourn, Matt Oiler, Eli Reichert, Karoline Rieks, Chris Rivers,

Nathan Rokes, Ashley Sanchez, Jake Schumacher, Jason Strominger, Spencer Swerczek, Brad Tomasek, Ryan Walker, Sean P. Walz, Andrea J. White, Nate Whisler,

Matt Wolford, Maggie Yakus If you have a loved one (family or friend) who is currently

serving our country and would like their name listed each week here asking for prayers, please email dina@stleo.net.

O Prince of Peace, we humbly ask Your protection for all our men and women in military service. Give them

unflinching courage to defend with honor, dignity, and devotion the rights of all who are imperiled

by injustice and evil. +Amen

Blessed are you Lord, God of Mercy, Send down your blessings and your protection

on these your servants, who so generously devote themselves

to helping others. Protect them and grant them courage when

they are afraid, wisdom when they must make quick decisions,

strength when they are weary, and compassion in all their work. + Amen.

Prayer for Those Serving our City as

Police, Fire & Rescue Please keep the following men and

women in your prayers as they currently serve our city:

Jerry Baggert, Ronnie Beasley, Todd Callahan, Bill Clark, Matt Fadell, Tim Harding,

Bernie Kanger Jr., Ken Kanger, Brandon Krajeski, Scott Kriener, Brendan O'Flynn, Michael O’Hanlon,

Adam Rokes, D.J. Roshone, Justin Rudloff, Scott Schendt, Brian Schmaderer, Todd Schmaderer, Dave Schneider, David Shavlik, Kenneth Shipman,

Mike Smith, Joel Strominger, Aaron Tierney

If you have a loved one (family or friend) who is currently serving our city and would like their name listed each week

asking for prayers, please email dina@stleo.net.

CARE Certificates Available at the Parish office during the week

$50 BP Gas, Family Fare

$100 Family Fare, Kohl’s Target, Walmart (Sam’s Club)

$10 AMC Theater Applebees Arbys Barnes & Noble Bath & Body Works Buffalo Wild Wings Burger King Chipotle Culvers Dairy Queen Krispy Kreme Marcus Theater Panera Bread Runza Scooters Starbucks Subway Taco Bell Wendys

$25 Amazon, Applebees, Barnes & Noble, Banana Republic, Bath & Body Works, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Bonefish Grill, Buffalo Wild Wings, Carrabas, Cheddars, Family Fare, Fareway, Flemings, Fresh Thyme, Gap, Kohls, Home Depot, Long-horn Steakhouse, Lowes, Marcus Theater, Menards, Old Navy, Olive Garden, Outback, Panera, Red Lobster, Qdoba, Romeos, Scooters, Shell Gas, Starbucks, Stokes, Stokin’ Goat, Taxi’s, Twisted Fork, Target, Walmart, Zio’s Pizza

$15 Itunes

Thank you for your support!

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A Practice of Excellence Since 1934 Pain can’t wait and neither should you

OOC

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