ABUNDANT HARVEST Inspiring Laborers for our Lord November 7 , 2021 A BULLETIN FOR THE PARISHES OF ST. LAWRENCE , ST. ROSE OF LIMA , & ST. PATRICK FREMONT For all the saints, who from their labors rest.Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blessed,Alleluia, Alleluia!32nd Sunday in ordinary time
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A B U N DA N T H A R V E S T
I n s p i r i n g L a b o r e r s fo r o u r L or d N ov e m b e r 7 , 2 0 2 1
A B U L L E T I N FO R T H E PA R I S H E S O F S T . L AWR E N C E , S T . ROSE O F L I M A , & S T . PAT R I C K F R E M O N T
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For all the saints, who from their labors rest.�
Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,�
Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blessed,�
Alleluia, Alleluia!�
32nd Sunday in ordinary time
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One Church Encountering Jesus Equipping Disciples Living Mercy
MASS INTENTIONS
St. Lawrence, 910 Grant St., Scribner, NE� 68057�
St. Patrick, 3400 E. 16th
St., Fremont, NE�� 68025�
St. Rose of Lima, 406 E. Elk St., Hooper, NE� 68031�
The abundant harvest by father walter nolte While Fr. Nolte is on sabbatical, we will use his column as a space to introduce members of the Parish and School staffs.�
Fr. Bill cremers�
Position: Associate Pastor �
Years at St. Patrick/Bergan: 2.25�
Primary Duties: Sacramental ministry, teaching and classroom visits at Archbishop Bergan, assisting
with Faith Formation and Youth ministry, Hispanics ministry, nursing home ministry�
Birth place: Columbus, Nebraska�
Family info: Parents are J im and Mar lene Cremers, living in Columbus. Sister is Car ly Cremers, 24,
living in Grand Island�
Education: Grade school � St. Anthony’s in Columbus; High school � Scotus Central Catholic in Columbus;
College � Conception Seminary College in Conception, Missouri; Theology � Kenrick � Glennon Seminary in
St. Louis, MO (Masters of Divinity, Masters in Theology). Currently in the Encounter Online School of Minis-
try, year 2.�
Favorite interests: Reading, board games, playing music (guitar and drums), golf, disc golf, spending
time with friends and families�
What do you love about your job? God constantly invites me into deeper relationship with Him and His Church so that I
might truly be a spiritual father and an instrument of His mission and mercy. I love praying with people and seeing how God creates
breakthrough and healing; and I enjoy teaching about the reality of God’s grace. It’s also truly joyful to be part of this community and
Widows’ brunch The Knights of Columbus is hosting a
brunch for all widows of the parish on
Sunday, November 14 following the
10:00 am Mass in Delaney Hall. If you
would like to attend, please call Ray or
Helen Mann at (402)727�1650. There
will also be a sign�up sheet in the Wel-
come Center.�
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B o o k r e v i e w
“Back to the Basics: The Kerygma” by fr. Nicholas mishek � Fundamentals. There will always be a need to remember the fundamentals. This is true whether we have doing something
for 1 year or 50 years. We can imagine our favorite teams running drills over and over. Without the foundation of the fundamentals,
we get lost in the finer details and cease being truly effective. This is true of the faith as well. Imagine someone asking you in the
elevator, “What makes Christianity or Catholicism different from anything else?” or “Why should I be Catholic?” Would you know
what to say in that moment? Many times, we know things about Catholicism that are true and beautiful, but we can get lost in all the
information and miss sharing the essential parts of our faith. We miss the core that makes Catholicism so beautiful, we miss the
Kerygma.��
� Kerygma comes from the Greek work “keryx,” which means herald. If there was important news in the ancient world, like
a victory, the king would send a herald to tell everyone the announcement through a basic headline and this was the herald’s
kerygma. It is an announcement of an event or a fact that impacts the listener. The herald would not just think it applied to him, but
he went with the authority of the king to announce a message that was not his own. Early Christians took this concept and applied to
the Gospel, or “the Good News.” Jesus had commissioned his disciples to be his heralds (Mt 28:18�20), and this applies to us as
well. Let’s get back to fundamentals and proclaim the Kerygma to the world.��
WO R D S O F M E R C Y
The reed of God By caryll houselander March 25
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, the Feast of the Annunciation,
celebrates the wedding of the Holy Spirit
with humanity. Houselander notes that
whenever the Holy Spirit desired to renew
the earth, He chose communion with a
humble creature � not the great or power-
ful. This can now happen to any of us but
only because of Our Lady’s fiat (pg. 17.)
God’s love for humanity culminated in the
conception of Christ in the human race.
With Our Lady’s surrender came a New
Heaven and New Earth and the wonder of
this wedding of God to a human child
filled the earth. Of all that God has done,
He emphasizes the power of children �
that being is more important than doing.
Jesus teaches this lesson to the apostles
when he proclaims that heaven is full of
children (pg. 18.) Imagine the world wait-
ing for the consent of a child, a young girl
of fourteen years, to bear a Child who re-
deems the world. This consent was not to
do anything but rather receive a gift and to
live her life as
planned � marriage to
Joseph. No special
announcements but
instead an ordinary
life with this hidden
event accepted with
total trust in God. �
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SSG Anthony Allen, Pvt. Angie Bernal, Staff Sgt. Jared S. Carnahan, Staff Sgt. Keegan Dahlhauser, PO 3 Ni-
cole Gregory, TSgt Robert Harms, LCDR Chad Harris, SSgt Dane Kolter, Capt. Tyler Mach, TSgt. Jamison Mitz, SGT Constance Oberg, PV2 Jack
O’Neil, Coast Guard Bo Partsch, Command Sgt. Major Bryan Pfeifer, SSgt. Daniel Primm, SSgt Jeremiah Rezac, Sgt. Jordan Rock, Sgt. Nathan
Schueth, STT Sgt. Michael Smith, SMSgt Tony Uhlik, Sgt. Jourdan Winterstein, Sgt. Logan Winterstein, Sgt. Zachary Zengewald. �
Prayer Intentions Please pray for those who are serving in the military, especially:� �
Prayer Intentionsnt-
�LOTTERY CALENDAR WINNERS�
Tuesday, November 9 $25 Ellen Bode
Friday, November 12 $25 Ed Mlnarik
Sunday, November 14 $25 Paul Sendgraff
Thursday, November 11 $25 Bob or Brenda Janda
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Qaccw: The Omaha Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold the Fall Ex-
ecutive and General Board meetings for all Catholic women on�Tuesday, November
9th�at St. Patrick Church, 3400 E 16th St., Fremont, NE.�Registration at 9:30 am, Execu-
tive Board meeting at 10 am, and Mass at 11:30 am in the chapel, followed by lunch.
The General Board meeting will begin at 1:00 pm. The OACCW ongoing service project
is “Walking with Moms in Need” presented by guest speaker Julie Mainelli, Director of
Mater Filius of Nebraska. Mater Filius of Nebraska offers pregnant women in need and
their children free housing, counseling, medical care, and continuing education. Mater
Filius of Nebraska is at full capacity and awaiting the birth of several babies. If you
would like to donate to Mater Filius, they are in need of newborn and small size diapers
and sleepers. Please RSVP�to Lauren Bopp at [email protected]�or text at�
402�679�8117 by Sunday,
November 7th,�so we can have
a headcount for food and
handouts. Those attending by
ZOOM are also asked to
RSVP.��Agendas and ZOOM
information will be emailed
on�November 7th. �
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p r aye r s Formation Highl ights
Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men
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Pa r i s h p os t i t s Welcome to Parish Post Its!�
Here, we share those mini �
bits of important info.�
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Abundant Harvest Volume 2 Issue 50 5� �
Please pray for those who are not well
and have asked for our prayers, espe-
cially:�
Tess Bartlett (cousin of Ron Hirsch), Mol-
ly Backound (aunt of Mary Pitt), Dolores
Bose, Bernardine Buresh, Cody Chapman,
Terry Chapman, Sandy & Tyler Chromy,
Aiden Church (grandson of Dan and
Algene Mueller). Carmen Dufek (mother
of Mary Ann Snelson), Patty Foxhoven,
John Gibney, LaDonna Grosse, Rita
Grosse, Stella Guthmann, John Kieny,
Eileen McDermitt (sister of Shirley Allen),
Caroline Nelson, Lilah Newton
(granddaughter of Terry & Colette
Kroeten), Paul Penn, Evelyn Peplinski,
Alicia Rhea, Jackie Rock, Shirley Sjuts,
Jeff Snelson (brother of Mark Snelson),
Joe Svoboda, Chase Taylor (grandson of
Denise Taylor), Cheri Uhlik (sister�in law
of Joe Uhlik), Joe Uhlik, John Uhlik and
Ruth Caddy Vyhlidal � �
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If you want your name to remain on the
list for December, please call the parish
office at (402)721�6611 by Wednesday, No-
vember 24 to confirm that your name should
be left on the list.�
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Prayer Intentions
First reconciliation
Parents who have a youth receiv-
ing First Reconciliation on Sun-
day November 21st
: don’t forget
we will be having a retreat for
parents and youth on Wednesday,
November 17th
at the Bergan Ele-
mentary Gym from 6:30�8:00.
Please note change of location.�
Social Concerns is collecting SIGNED
Christmas cards from parishioners to
send to our 120 nursing facility resi-
dents and homebound. You do not
need to address to a specific resident
or homebound parishioner. Please
return your SIGNED Christmas cards
to the parish office by Sunday, Dec.
5th
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2021-2022 missalettes �
We ordered a few extra
copies of the missalettes,
so please call and reserve
one for yourself. Cost is
$5.00. Missalettes will
arrive prior to the first
Sunday of Advent.�
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Saint highlight: November 8 - Bl. John Duns Scotus, priest and religious�It only took 685 years for today’s saint to be beatified after his death!� John Duns was a Franciscan priest and friar born
about 1265/66 and died in 1308.� He is called Duns Scotus meaning Duns the Scot because he was from Scotland.� He was
a philosopher and theologian graduating from Oxford University.� He is called “the Subtle Doctor” because of his complex
and nuanced thought.� He taught a metaphysical argument for the existence of God through the concepts of cause and ef-
fect.� He also advocated for free will by stating that a person cannot stop what the person is doing if there is no free will;
and yet people can stop what they are doing!� �
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He also defended the teaching of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, following St. Anselm of Canterbury’s princi-
ple:� “God could do it, it was appropriate, therefore he did it!”� In other words, according to Bl. Pope Pius IX, who infalli-
bly defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854:� “At the moment of her conception, Mary was preserved
free from the stain of original sin, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ.”�
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Philosophy is the handmaiden of theology!� What this means is that the Church uses philosophy to help us understand what
God supernaturally reveals to us by using our natural reasoning ability, which God gave to us!� We are not fideists, mean-
ing, all we do is believe blindly and not think.� Nor are we rationalists, meaning, all we do is use our own unaided reason as the ultimate basis of truth
or falsehood and thus not believe.� We believe and we think!� One is a supernatural gift, faith, and the other is a natural gift, reason.� By using both we
can share what we believe in a rational manner.� Bl. Duns Scotus, pray for us!�
If you want to read more about the saints, go to Mr. Mueting’s Saint Weblog at mrmuetingsaints.blogspot.com.�
Have you packed a shoe box today? Remember: Operation Christ-
mas Child shoe boxes are due to the Par-
ish Office or Visitor’s Center at church
by November 15th
. You can also “Build
a Shoebox Online”. Simply Google
“Build a Shoebox Online/St. Patrick,
Fremont” It will take you through the
process step by step.�
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Altar server training Altar server training will be Saturday, November 20th at
9:00 am. Most servers start as 4th graders, but younger
children are allowed. We will also cover incense proce-
dures for the experienced servers. This is a great oppor-
tunity for new serves to get started or experienced servers
to review procedures. New servants will finish at 10:30
am and experienced servers will finish at10:00 am. �
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W e e k i n r e v i e w
Praying for Our Community
Weddings & Anniversaries
Service Organization News
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St . Rose of Lima
Highlights
St . Lawrence
Highl ights
Passed Souls
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Archbishop’s annual appeal We are most grateful to all our parishion-
ers who have already made a gift inten-
tion to the Archbishop's Annual Appeal.
Our parish has currently committed
$1,155 towards our goal of $21,030 with
15.91% of our members participating. If
you have not taken the opportunity to
make a gift, you may drop off your com-
mitment form to the parish office or
place it in the collection basket next
weekend. �
Mark your calendars! Please mark your calendars for the St.
Rose Parish Family Christmas Brunch
Potluck set for Sunday, December 5th,
after the 8 am Mass.� Families please
bring your favorite "Brunch"
dish.� Drinks and table service will be
provided.� Bring your cameras as we are
expecting a special guest.� All are invit-
ed!�
CDA Court queen of Angels #2253 We will be hosting our annual “Baby
Shower” to aid Life Choices at our No-
vember 15th meeting. Necessary infant
items and clothing up to size 2 are all wel-
come. And be aware that the Cookie�Walk
returns on December 11th.�
Archbishop’s annual appeal We are most grateful to all our parishion-
ers who have already made a gift intention
to the Archbishop's Annual Appeal. Our
parish has currently committed $2,715
towards our goal of $3,198, with 21.43%
of our members participating. If you have
not taken the opportunity to make a gift,
you may drop off your commitment form
to the parish office or place it in the col-
lection basket next weekend. �
Parish council meeting
The next St. Lawrence Parish Council
meeting will be Thursday, November 11
at 6:00 pm at St. Lawrence.�
Prayer Chain if anyone would like to be
part of our prayer chain, please call Mary
Ann Svec at (402)380�3477 or Maryln
Camp at (402)720�0362, For prayer re-
quests, please call either of the listed
phone numbers.�
Baptisms
ST. PAT’S WOMEN Life House: We provide the evening
meal on the 1st, 4th and 5th Wednesdays
of the month. If your last name begins
with the letter T,U,V,W,X,Y or Z, you
may be called to donate food for the meal.�
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Funeral Dinners: Chairpersons for
October is Lynnette Sellon, (402)721�
0168 . Caller for desserts is Janet Brabec,
(402)720�1580. She will be calling those
whose last name begins with A or D.�
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��� The Archdiocese of Omaha requires
that couples contact the parish at least
6 months before the wedding date.
Marriage prep classes will begin 6�8
months prior to the wedding date.
Please contact the parish office to
make arrangements.�
�� ��� Stop in the parish office to pick up the
baptism application packet, and to reg-
ister for the baptism class, which is of-
fered on the second Saturday of each
month, from 8:45 am � 10:30 am. �
Pro-life Our first native�born American, St. Eliza-
beth Ann Seton’s Shrine is in Emmits-
burg, MD.� In Pope John Paul II book
“Letter to Women” he writes,� “Thank
You Women who are daughters & wom-
en who are sisters!� He wrote “into the
heart of the family, and then all of socie-
ty, you brave the richness of your sensi-
tivity, your intuitiveness, your generosity
and fidelity.� She was canonized by the
Roman Catholic Church 1975.�
�� Maria Hammang, 89, passed
away October 29, 2021.�
�� Tom Lutz, 69, passed away Oc-
tober 6, 2021.�
�� Bill Schuler, 61, passed away
October 23, 2021. �
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Pa r i s h l i f e Calendar of Events
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Calendar of events �
(Bergan events in italics) �
Sunday, November 7�
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Monday, November 8�
�1:00 pm� � Catholic Daughters� � � Brides Room�
Tuesday, November 9�
�9:30 am�� � OACCW Board Meeting� � � � Church�
�11:30 am� � OACCW Mass� � � � � Chapel�
�6:00 pm� � Knights of Columbus meeting� � Delaney Hall�
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