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‘Thrift & Sip’: A volunteer night with cocktails and Catholic purpose
The monthly night for fun and volunteering lets people purchase vintage items while helping Catholic Social Services of Southern Nebraska
By Jay Sorgi
for the RegisterYou can sip on a margarita or a Moscow mule and nosh on charcuterie-style appetizers, while hanging up and buying vintage fashion – all as you volunteer at a Lincoln thrift store whose mission is for the greater glory of God.
St. Louise Gift & Thrift at 2201 O Street near downtown Lincoln, a part of Catholic Social Services of Southern Nebraska (CSS), is hosting monthly “Thrift & Sip” events on Monday nights, which are aimed to draw volunteers to enjoy cocktails or wine while helping set up the thrift shop for the next day’s sale, with
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Our mission of Catholic education
By Bishop James Conley
“Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you” (Confessions Book X:27).
In this famous quote from the Confessions, Saint Augustine is lamenting the fact that in his 33 years of life, he had searched for God in all the wrong places, only to discover that God was already within him all along, and describing how divine grace broke through his blindness and deafness to draw him in.
God is an ever ancient yet ever new beauty, who is always revealing Himself to us in the present moment. This “ever ancient ever new” aspect of divine beauty can also be applied to education. While we build upon
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Educators gather for annual Teachers' Institute
Southern Nebraska Register
The diocesan Teachers’ Institute was held Oct. 12 at Pius X High School in Lincoln. The annual event provides educators from the 30 schools of the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln to gather for a day of inspiration and professional growth.
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