Welcome to April Council Connect

President's Message - Judy Weston

Put me in Coach, I’m ready to play!

Baseball time! I love watching a game and enjoy the camaraderie of the team. If you are reading this article, you are on a team. It’s been a tough month and I need to put everything into perspective through baseball.

I have to take a step back and thank the wonderful women of the LDCCW who have said yes to taking their turn at bat. In my travels, I have visited several deanery board meetings and continue to attend my PCCW meeting. Everyone is a part of a team. In baseball, everyone must step up to the plate when you are in the lineup. You have to take your turn at swinging the bat, it doesn’t mean you will hit a home run, strike out or make a base hit, it usually means you are going to advance your team little by little at each base. What is important is you are playing on a team.

Click here to read about the rest of the team!

Register by April 2

This is your chance to live out your faith in action, learning how to advocate effectively for policies that protect life, uphold family values, and promote justice for the common good.

Tickets are $15 and include breakfast, lunch, and refreshments.

Attire: Wear RED to show Catholic unity!

Click HERE for complete schedule & details

Vote For Kay - NCCW Secretary

Calling all NCCW Members

Kay Wessel of the Lincoln Diocese is running for the office of secretary for the National Council of Catholic Women. All individual and affiliate members of the NCCW may cast their vote April 1 - May 1. Election results will be announced June 1.

NCCW will send a link to all Individual Members and current Affiliate Presidents (diocese, deanery, parish) who have provided an email address. Members who do not have email should call the office to cast your vote. God Bless Kay on the venture!

Spirituality-Shelly Chloupek

As a new co-chair of this spirituality commission, along with Barb Kadlec, I sat down to review our handbook to remind myself of just what the Spirituality Commission includes. We do have quite a broad list of quality efforts that we support with our funds including Funds for Nuns, Parent Educator books, and The Our Lady of Good Counsel Burse for priests and Good Counsel Retreat Center. We encourage so many spiritual prayer efforts like Divine Mercy and Seven Sisters Apostolate. There are five great retreats in April at the Good Counsel Retreat Center as well. www.goodcounselretreat.org It is worth a look over the spirituality section of the handbook if you haven't lately.

Click HERE to read Shelly's complete report

Divine Mercy - Bonnie Damrow

5,480 Reasons to Pray this Lent

During her many visions of Jesus, St Bridget of Sweden asked Jesus how many blows He suffered? He replied, there were 5,480 and if she prayed the “15 O's" for one year she would honor each one of His wounds. This prayer known as "The Fifteen Prayers of St Bridget of Sweden" can be found several places online, one is EWTN.com and several you tube videos to pray along with.

Click HERE for St. Faustina's Way of the Cross & more

Service-Joyce Reich

Service is what prayer looks like when it gets up off its knees and walks around in the world. -

Michael J. Graham, S.J.

How are you praying today? There are many acts of service available to all of us across the Diocese of Lincoln. Helping someone who is unable to drive get to Sunday or daily Mass, the Stations of the Cross during this holy season of Lent, or to a Lenten penance service would fill someone's heart with gratitude and love. Take someone who would otherwise not get there to

one of the Diocesan Jubilee Pilgrimage sites.

Read the rest from Joyce by clicking HERE

Leadership-Jane Potts

Spring is in the air! There are signs everywhere. The farmers are working their fields to prepare for planting. Grass and plants are starting to green up. Baby calves are soaking up the sun. As we see new life and growth, let us be inspired to step into leadership roles. Your life is far more extraordinary that you could ever imagine.

Let us use these feelings of new life, hope and change to bring renewal of our councils. It is a busy world we live in so, maybe, it’s time for a new approach to our meetings:

Change meeting time (Be flexible)
Add a program or activity
Invite a friend
Be open to new ideas

SPRING into action! “Where flowers bloom, so does hope”!

In Loving Memory.......

Of our dear sister, Diane Synek of Deweese, who served on the LDCCW Executive Board as Financial Secretary and Treasurer (2022-24). Diane met Our Lord on March 11, 2025. We offer our prayers for her eternal rest and for her family who mourns.

Do you love your faith and history?

The LDCCW is in need of a person who is willing to update our history. Duties included are not only taking pictures at our meetings and events, but also formatting the history and ensuring it will be placed in the archives at the Diocesan Chancery.

For more information please email Judy Weston at ldccwpresident@gmail.com or call or text 402-984-5856.

New Officers for 2026-2028

The nominating committee is searching for candidates to fill the slate of officers for the following term. Please fill out a profile sheet and mail to:

Ann Jansky, 168 County Rd I, Friend, NE, 68359

Profile Sheet

President's Project:

Adopt a Pregnancy Center

Please choose a Pregnancy Center you would like to support. Many of those who volunteer would enjoy the personal connection from their local Parish Council of Catholic Women (PCCW). We currently have lists from pregnancy centers and one from St. Gianna for their apartment needs. Please use the list as a reference of what to purchase. If you wish to send money to the Pregnancy Center please send the money directly to Pregnancy Center

The spiritual needs of the centers are important as well. Use the Spiritual Bouquet cards and send them to your local pregnancy center and let them know they are receiving spiritual cover to do their work.

Wish List Ideas

Spiritual Bouquet Card

Click here for a list of Pregnancy Centers

Our Lady of Champion

Please read the story of

Our Lady of Champion.

President's Handbook 2024-2026

How well do you know our history?

Click on the picture below to read some LDCCW History

UPCOMING EVENTS

St Monica Prayer- Wahoo & York Deaneries

April 13 - Holy Week Begins

April 20 - Easter Sunday

April 25 - Executive Board Meeting - St. Joseph Church, Giltner, NE

April 26 - Full Board SPRING OPEN Meeting - St. Mary Church, Aurora, NE

Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel (Patroness of CCW)

April 27 - Divine Mercy Sunday

Holy Father's Intentions for April: FOR THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY - Let us pray that the use of the new technologies will not replace human relationships, will respect the dignity of the person, and will help us face the crisis of our times.

God Bless You!

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