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Join Us for 40 Hours October 27, 28, 29
- Prayers and Guest Homilist begin at 7:00pm each evening
- Confessions available on Monday evening
- Solemn Procession ends 40 Hours on Tuesday Evening
Adoration Times Each Day
- Sunday, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
- Monday & Tuesday, 9:30am - 7:00pm
- Sign up in the narthex - help us ensure that there is someone present at all times
This Year's Theme
- "Healing and Hope from the Father"
- Guest Homilist, Fr. Brian Kane, Military Chaplain and Dean of Men at St. Charles Seminary
- See Fr. Kane's bio below
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Homilist - Fr. Brian Kane
Fr. Kane, the Dean of Men at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Nebraska Army National Guard, was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Lincoln in 2000. He has worked as the Assistant Pastor at two parishes in Lincoln, including the Newman Center parish on campus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2002-2005, where he also served as the Assistant Vocations Director.
While working at the Newman Center, Father joined the Nebraska Army National Guard as a Chaplain in 2003 and was deployed to Iraq twice, in 2005 and 2010, for year-long assignments.
Fr. Kane taught at Pius X Diocesan High School in Nebraska from 2000-2005, and was named Principal and then Superintendent of Bishop Neumann High School.
In June 2015 he was assigned to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, where he works in seminary formation as the Dean of Men in the Theological seminary. He continues his duties in the Nebraska Army National Guard, serving as the Assistant Joint Forces Headquarters Chaplain.
Fr. Kane’s theme will be "Healing and Hope from the Father: Relationship, Identity, Mission."
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What is 40 Hours?
Forty Hours Devotion is a 40-hour period of continuos prayer made in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in solemn exposition. The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian Life." (CCC 1324)
The Forty Hours Devotion existed in Europe since the 1500s but was instituted in America in the 1850’s by our own St. John Neumann, fourth Bishop of Philadelphia. The purpose of Forty Hours Devotion is to deepen our personal relationship with Jesus through dedicated time of communal and individual Adoration and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.
If you grew up in Philadelphia, you might remember that our churches were always filled for the Forty Hours Devotion. Families prioritized Forty Hours as an important devotions, making a conscious effort to attend as a family. To help foster that practice here, no other parish activities will take place during these nights so that we are not competing with spending valuable time with Our Lord.
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