By Jay Sorgi
for the Register
St. Joseph Parish in Beatrice celebrated a rededication Sept. 26 with Bishop James Conley, after extended renovations that repaired extensive storm damage to the roof of the Romanesque church.
The renovations, many designed by Lincoln-based Clark Architects Collaborative, which has deep experience in church renovation, have led to what parishioners believe is a greater sense of beauty that will bring deeper worship into such a tradition-filled space.
Southern Nebraska Register
For Kelan Schumacher, teaching math is about far more than numbers and equations, it is an opportunity to help students recognize their God-given worth, challenge them to reach their potential, and ensure they feel known and loved.
Schumacher, a middle school math teacher and coach at St. Cecilia Middle and High School in Hastings, will receive the Diocese of Lincoln’s 2026 St. John Cantius Award for Secondary Educator of the Year at the Oct. 11 Saints & Scholars dinner.
Pope Leo XIV announced Blessed Sheen’s feast day will be Dec. 9, the anniversary of his death.
By Jonah McKeown, EWTN
Southern Nebraska Register
Archbishop Fulton Sheen, despite his humble origins in small-town Illinois, aspired to great things as an academic and as a communicator of the Catholic faith. On Sept. 24, before a crowd of tens of thousands at The Dome at America’s Center, the farm-boy-turned-mass-media star was declared “blessed” after the reading of a decree signed by Pope Leo XIV, a fellow Midwesterner.