By Jay Sorgi
for the Register
Kathy and Steve Niedbalski say they used to drive their kids crazy.
“Do we have to stop in another church?” they would convey in disgust.
The kids aren’t asking the annoyed question anymore, but celebrating their parents’ rare accomplishment.
The Niedbalskis, who attend Prince of Peace Church in Kearney, have stepped onto every Catholic Church property in Nebraska. By their count, it’s more than 360 in total, with 133 of them in the Diocese of Lincoln.
By Jay Sorgi
for the Register
On September 12, 1976, a woman now known as Mother Joan Paul joined two others in entering a religious order that didn’t even have a name yet.
A half-century later, the 31 members of the Lincoln-based order with the name School Sisters of Christ the King can light 50 birthday candles on a cake to celebrate how God has used them to bring light to young people about Christ’s kingdom.
By Jay Sorgi
for the Register
As the School Sisters of Christ the King reach their 50th year as a religious order, their family of faith recognizes that some of their members are reaching ages where greater personal care is needed.
Just like some families choose to do with their homes, the Sisters have renovated Villa Regina, their home on Lincoln’s southwest side, to provide for Sisters as they age and allow for the kind of care that will let many of them stay with their community up to the day they go to the Lord.