Father Robert “Bob’ Rooney, 85, died April 17, 2022, at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. May 3 at Sacred Heart Church in Greeley.
Four Grand Island Central Catholic students earned state honors April 25 at the Nebraska School Activities Association Journalism Contest at Northeast Community College in Norfolk.
The North Platte St. Patrick’s boys basketball team won the D1 Boys State Title for 2022. They defeated Loomis 65-57 in the State Basketball Championship on March 11.
Seminarian Noah Huddleston spoke to parish members and youth groups at St. Boniface at Callaway March 23. Huddleston, a parishioner at St. James Church in Kearney, is a student at Conception Seminary.
A special tenebrae service with adoration was celebrated with Father Don Buhrman March 30 for families of St. Leo’s in Grand Island. Tenebrae, which means shadows or darkness, is an ancient Christian service during Holy Week.
8th grade students from North Platte St. Patrick's Catholic School took a "Pilgrimage" to St. Mary's Cathedral in Grand Island on March 28th accompanied by superintendent Kevin Dodson and religion teacher, Deacon Michael Davis, the trip's organizer.
Bishop Joseph Hanefeldt celebrated the Solemnity of the Annunciation Pro-Life Mass, March 25th, at Holy Spirit Church in North Platte, organized by the Diocesan Pro-Life Office.
Bishop Joseph Hanefeldt joined Pope Francis and Bishops around the world in the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, March 25, 2022, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Grand Island.