Our Mission
Midtown Catholic is a community of two parishes in the Archdiocese of Omaha.
We are One Church: Encountering Jesus, Equipping Disciples, Living Mercy, Sending Apostles.
Parish Locations
Both St. Joan of Arc and St. Thomas have proud histories. About a seven minute drive from one another, both parishes were founded in the early 1960s. As neighborhood parishes they both grew as the neighborhoods grew filling with young families.
As the neighborhoods change so do the parishes. Now in a new season of life, St. Joan of Arc and St. Thomas More, are committed to work together to continue the mission. In the summer of 2020, the parishes began a partnership of sharing a pastor, ministries, maintenance, Mass schedule, and mission. The parishes use the name “Midtown Catholic” to describe this partnership.
St. Joan of Arc
3122 S. 74th St
St. Joan of Arc Parish was founded in 1958 and has been serving the Catholic community of central Omaha ever since. Parishioners are dedicated to community outreach and host a number of parish events, including the annual Sausage Fest.
Mass Schedule
Sunday Mass
Saturday (vigil): 5:30 pm
Sunday: 8:00 am
Daily Mass
Monday-Wednesday: 8:30 am
Holy Days and Holidays
(Check the Bulletin)
Confessions
Saturdays: 4:30-5:20 pm
St. Thomas More
4804 Grover St.
Founded in 1958, St. Thomas More is a neighborhood parish anchoring the corner of 48th and Grover with its unique, award-winning architecture resembling Noah’s Ark. The parish has a strong history and culture of Catholic education and loyal, generous parishioners.
Mass Schedule
Sunday Mass
10:30 AM
4:30 PM
Daily Mass
Thursday-Friday: 7:00 am
Saturday: 8:00 am
Holy Days and Holidays
(Check the Bulletin)
Confessions
30 minutes before Masses
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Midtown Catholic
Midtown Catholic is the combination of St. Thomas More and St. Joan of Arc. Our two parishes function as one community!
Let us pray with St. Terese of Lisieux, whose feast day was this week, that we can do small things with great love!
Jesus calls all of us to evangelize in Mark 16:15: 𝑮𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.
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While this may seem a little intimidating, all we need to do is be open to how God is working in our lives. Is there someone He has put in your path that might want to hear about your faith? Even a little story?
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Be open to where the Spirit might guide you. He will give you the words.
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For the next few weeks, watch for our 𝑬𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 posts! Each will give simple and practical ways to share God's love.
Who is Jesus? Come to Youth Ministry Sunday at 5:30 PM at STM to learn more!
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And, meet Cassie, our new youth minister!
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𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘕𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘢 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺! 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳! 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘩𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢. 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.
Today we celebrate the Memorial of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. We have many beautiful quotes and prayers from St. Thérèse, and she often reminds us to not forget the abundant mercies and grace from our Lord.
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May you also 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓 to schedule your family sitting for the parish directory!
SJA photos are TODAY through Saturday.
STM photos are Oct 8-12, and Oct 15-19.
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Today is 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘! Remember to thank your priest today at Mass for his heeding the call to serve the Lord!
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Offer this prayer by St. John Gabriel Perboyre, C.M. for your priest's ongoing transformation of heart and soul to that of Jesus.
This week, we celebrated the feast day of St. Padre Pio. He is a particularly powerful intercessor. People experience physical cures through his intercession in ways that cannot be explained by medicine or science. There are also many spiritual healings that take place in all parts of the world due to his intercession.
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St. Pio prayed daily the novena at the link below for all those who asked for prayers. You too can recite it daily, so as to be spiritually united with the prayer of Padre Pio.
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This Sunday we celebrate 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘. This is an opportunity to pray for and thank your parish priest or any priest that you would like to honor.
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You can support your priest by saying a special prayer or rosary for them, bringing them a card, or simply saying "THANK YOU."
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This is a beautiful prayer to offer for our priests at any time.
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Let us recall James 5:16b - 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍.