Notre Dame Sisters Annual Report 2021-2022

JULY 1, 2021JUNE 30, 2022 NOTRE DAME SISTERS LEADERSHIP TEAM

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Sr. Margaret Hickey ,

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Sr. Rita Ostry

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We accept from God the call to reach out to people with unmet needs, to nurture in them a conviction of God’s love that they may recognize their own gifts in and through their limitations and pain.

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

November, 2022

This spring, I was selected by my Sisters to serve as the Provincial President, and I look forward to four years of serving the community in this new capacity. For the past five years I served on the Leadership Team alongside Sr. Joy Connealy and Sr. Margaret Hickey and saw firsthand what the Provincial President was responsible for.

As I reflect on this call, I turn to Jesus, who models for us a way of leadership as service. He often said, “I came not to be served but to serve” – to serve in essence is to be attentive to others. What kind of spirit does it take to be a servant leader? For me the words of Micah describe very well that spirit – to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with God.

This past year was one of many changes, and getting back to a new normal after the pandemic restrictions loosened. The Sisters raised enough funds to reach our financial goals, support our ministries, purchase a wheelchair accessible van, refurbish our meeting space in the old choir loft, and get the block-long retaining wall replaced on our historic property. These projects and ministries were made possible, thanks to dedicated partners and donors who still see our work as impactful in the community.

Another change we saw this year was the creation of a new directional statement (read the full statement on page 12). We 30 Sisters will strive to deepen our spirituality, promote solidarity and justice, and fulfill our mission as a Province, developing ways to sustain our work.

Yes, we are certainly living in interesting, chaotic, and challenging times. Sometimes it can feel distressing and overwhelming. One day as I was reading in the LCWR Reflection booklet Creating Space for the Future, I came across a few lines from Howard Thurman’s poem “I Will Sing a New Song.”

“The old song of my spirit has wearied itself out. I must learn the new song for the new needs. I must fashion new words born of the new growth of my life

– of my mind – of my spirit I shall rejoice in each new day and delight my spirit in each fresh unfolding.”

That call reminds me to learn the new song for the needs of the world, just as all of us Notre Dame Sisters continue to meet unmet needs in many ways. The song reflects not only a new world, but also our renewed commitment to service, our new Leadership Team, and many new projects ahead.

Enjoy reading about our accomplishments from this past year and join us in prayer to have a successful 2022-2023 fiscal year.

Sincerely,

SR. RITA OSTRY, ND Provincial President

ADVANCING THE MISSION

We are grateful for your assistance in improving the daily lives of the Sisters. You gave us more accessibility for us while we age, supported our Celebration of Spirit, and purchased gifts for us through our Wish List while contributing to us financially.

ACCESSIBILITY We were able to purchase a 2014 Toyota Sienna wheelchair van with the funds from “Raise the Paddle” at the Celebration of Spirit. This is perfect for transporting multiple Sisters to appointments. The choir loft now has new seating and a large TV to have Zoom gatherings.

GIVING DAYS Do Good

Week from SHARE Omaha, Joy of Giving Day from the Omaha Archdiocese, and Giving Tuesday are occasions when people are encouraged to give to their favorite nonprofits. We were grateful to raise $14,000 for the Sisters and received more than 150 items from our Amazon Wish List!

CELEBRATION OF SPIRIT

We hosted our annual event in person for the first time since 2019. We enjoyed dinner at Happy Hollow Club and auctioned 126 items, raising $184,000 in total from the event. We thank our generous sponsors and donors for the success of this event.

Bill Cutler stands at the podium next to his wife Susan to accept the Mother Qualberta Service Award. The Sisters recognized the Cutlers for their dedication to the community through their funeral homes and their philanthropy over the decades.

2020-2021 FINANCIALS

We were blessed to reach $1.9 million in revenue between July 1, 2021 and June 20, 2022.

The revenue comes from a variety of sources, such as salaries from our employed Sisters and Social Security and retirement benefits of those that have retired, along with donations and charitable contributions from individuals.

Giving from donors remains strong. Legacy gifts have also been impactful. One legacy gift we received this past year was designated to provide scholarships to local grade schools and high schools and working mothers seeking college degees as educating others has always been a priority for us.

Medical and living expenses consistently continue to be our largest expenses for the past few years. As anticipated, salaries continue to decrease and medical and living expenses continue to increase as the Sisters age.

INCOME 21-22

$1,951,716

EXPENSES 21-22

$1,822,030

MISSION MINISTRIES

We are a group Sisters involved in a wide range of service ministries. Guiding our areas of service is our mission “to meet unmet needs.” This translates into work, including supporting senior housing, eliminating family violence, and supporting women and families.

Clockwise: Residents enjoy a fruitful fishing trip, a farmer’s market comes to NDH, residents gather for a group photo for their yearbook, the full NDH campus, Sr. Marie Alice Ostry, ND, keeps in touch with Safe Homes clients to offer support in the Keeping On program, Sr. Celeste Wobeter, ND works with caseworkers to get clients into safe housing.

Our Motherhouse in Florence has served many purposes and met many needs since it was purchased over a 100 years ago. It has transformed and grown over the past 25 years and will continue to grow and change to serve the modern needs of seniors.

NOTRE DAME HOUSING (NDH) began celebrating its 25-year milestone in 2022. NDH maintains a commitment to respond to the senior housing crisis, isolation, and food insecurity. Overall success for the community comes when people are able to age in place. As NDH reached its 25 year milestone, the mission remains the same as the programming, support, and offerings to local seniors continues to grow. There is nothing like NDH in Omaha as it is the ONLY senior living facility with:

• a Service Coordinator

• a Life Enrichment Coordinator

• a public senior center, all on the same campus

NDH currently houses 107 apartment units consistently occupied by more than 125 people.

More than 400 programs were offered in the senior center last year from live music, to live animals, to potlucks. Some events included a Superbowl party, Dress Up Your Pet Day, and trips to go fishing, the circus, the Sistine Chapel exhibit, and so much more.

Staff and volunteers distributed 68,000 pounds of food through the food pantry to anyone who needs it, regardless of age or income. That was an increase of 27,000 pounds from the last year and NDH has plans to increase that number next year.

NDH also added a salon in the building so residents could have access to hair care every week without needing to arrange transportation.

WOMEN IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA have a sense of secutiry when they leave a domestic violence shelter, thanks to Safe Homes. This ministry addresses the need for a safe place so that a woman can rebuild her home life and take steps to start her future and leave abuse in her past. The social workers we work with from local agencies all agree that financial stability after escaping domestic violence is the difference-maker between staying independent and going back to an abuser.

Last year, Safe Homes served more than 100 women and 147 chldren with rental or utilities assistance.

“When someone’s leaving an abusive relationship, they are stripped of pretty much everything. They don’t have the skill set, a lot of times, the financial literacy, the credit score, the knowledge about how to get into a place, or even the financial ability to be able to afford a deposit. So it’s really like they’re starting from the beginning,” said Nyawour Paljor, a social worker with Catholic Charities.

COMMUNITY MINISTRIES

Our passions lead us into many needed areas. Here are some subjects we focus on:

PROVIDING HOMELESS PEOPLE ESSENTIALS

In conjunction with National Health Week and Charles Drew Health Center Summer Project, Sr. Stephanie Matcha joined Sandra Pinkney, a Charles Drew Community Health Worker, and her family in collecting items and putting together over 400 backpacks filled with personal and medical items. The backpack items will not only be helpful for their daily personal needs but also to show that they are not forgotten. The backpacks will be distributed to the homeless living on the streets, under bridges around the Siena Francis House Homeless Shelter and the Stephen Center.

IXIM CONNECTS OMAHA WITH GUATEMALA

Sr. Mary Kay Meagher has been working with this group since 2003. Ixim, Mayan for “Corn,” is an archdiocesan ministry cultivating relationships of friendship, faith, and solidarity between the Archdiocese of Omaha and the Diocese of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Ixim began in 2002 in response to Pope St. John Paul II’s call for dioceses in developed nations to form relationships in solidarity with dioceses in the developing world. You can read more about her work and see a video at notredamesisters.org/news.

TEACHING ENGLISH

Sr. Cynthia Hruby, Sr. Mary Kay Meagher, and Sr. Joyce Ann Rezac teach basic English to prepare people for the citizenship test or their GED. “Currently my students in the small classes are enrolled through Catholic Charities,” Sr. Cynthia said. “These students are also in the Citizenship classes, so my role is to keep in mind inclusion of citizenship type content.”

Follow the Sisters’ ongoing ministry work at notredamesisters.org/news and at Facebook.com/NotreDameSisters.

Above: Srs. Consolata and Imakulata from the community in Vrano v and Topľou assisted at the borders in Ubľa where they helped doing anythin g that was needed for migrants from Ukraine. Right: Sister Fabiola and other Sisters from Piešťany take care of 13 Ukrainian refugees in the building next to their house.

SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE

AFTER TWO FLASH FUNDRAISERS,

the Sisters raised $30,000 for the Notre Dame Sisters on the Ukrainian border and for Catholic Relief Services working with Ukrainian refugees. The Sisters were honored that friends, family, and supporters heard the call for help and were incredibly generous.

The war in Ukraine began in late February of 2022, and within two weeks, Sisters were reaching out for funds to support Catholic Relief Services, while they learned more about what the European Notre Dame Sisters needed and how they were helping Ukrainians.

Weeks later, the Sisters raised funds to support work in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Germany. Here are some highlights:

● The Sisters in the Czech Republic are housing refugees from Ukraine. On the feast of St. Joseph they had a special Mass. The refugees prepared their specialty foods and a concert, “Light for Ukraine,” was held in the chapel of the Sisters.

● In Slovakia, which is on the border of Ukraine, Sisters take care of 13 refugees in a house next to their convent and welcome refugees crossing into Slovakia, offering information on local services.

● Sisters in small towns helped provide food and clothing for the refugees.

● Others are donating weeks at a time working at the Ukrainian border with volunteers.

The work continues as the situation in Ukraine remains unstable. We look forward to more updates about our Sisters’ work to support Ukrainians with the help of these generous donations.

2022 INDIVIDUAL MINISTRIES

Sisters take on several personal ministries, whether they are working full time, part time, or retired. Below are the current ministries as of the summer of 2022.

Sr. Marlene Bakken – Meeting the unmet needs of the poor in Cedar Rapids, IA

Sr. Rosalee Burke —Prayer ministry at Newport House

Sr. Joy Connealy – Canonical treasurer, Transition to new ministry

Sr. Kathleen Cramer – Community and prayer ministry; Assistant to Nurse Coordinator

Sr. Irene Dvorak –Prayer and community ministry

Sr. Josita Hanus – Coordinator of the Notre Dame Prayer/Memorial Association

Sr. Ernestine Havlovic –Prayer and community ministry

Sr. Margaret Hickey – Transition to new ministry

Sr. Mary Hlas – Chaplain at the ARCH addictions program and scheduling priests for NDH Liturgies

Sr. Mary Jo Hrnchir – Prayer, community and outreach ministry

Sr. Cynthia Hruby – ELL and GED adult education through Catholic Charities and some Substitute teaching for Omaha Archdiocesan schools

Sr. Corona Humpal – Prayer and community ministry

Sr. Alma Janousek – Prayer ministry at Newport House

Sr. Janice Ludvik – Prayer and volunteer ministry

Sr. Theresa Maly – Transition to Omaha for a volunteer ministry with social justice concerns

Sr. Stephanie Matcha – Volunteer ministry – Siena Francis House, Princess Ann Group Home and other Metro area needs.

Sr. Mary Kay Meagher –Provincial Councilor

Sr. Mary Frances Michalec –Part-time pastoral minister at St. Ludmila in Cedar Rapids, IA

Sr. Marie Alice Ostry – Home companion for elderly through Seniors Helping Seniors Program; advocate for Safe Homes Keeping On program; visit ND Sisters at Newport House

Sr. Rita Ostry – Provincial President – Notre Dame Sisters

Above: Some Notre Dame Sisters are biological sisters as well. Srs. Karen and Anita Rolenc, Srs. Veronica Jo and Pat Posekany, and Srs. Rita and Marie Alice Ostry

Sr. Joan Polak – Prayer and community ministry and liaison to Honduras

Sr. Patricia Posekany – Prayer and community ministry

Sr. Veronica Jo Posekany – Nurse Coordinator for ND Sisters

Sr. Margaret Proskovec – adjunct professor of art at UNL at Kearney and several volunteer projects at Resurrection Parish in Grand Island, NE

Sr. Joyce Ann Rezac – Volunteer ESL instructor, Loveland, CO

Sr. Anita Rolenc – Volunteer in the Notre Dame Archives, sacristan, and organist

Sr. Karen Rolenc – Prayer ministry at Newport House

Sr. Dorothy Rolf – Associate Codirector, spiritual direction and pastoral care to the elderly and sick

Sr. Carol Tlach – Senior Outreach Coordinator at St. Mary’s Parish, Walsenburg, CO

New leadership team for 2022-2026

Sr. Celeste Wobeter – Hospice Chaplain; volunteer chair of Coalition on Human Trafficking Education Committee

Sr. Mary Ann Zimmer – Provincial Councilor

YEAR IN REVIEW

JULY 1 2020-JUNE 30, 2021

DIRECTIONAL STATEMENT

THROUGH OUR PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY WE NOTRE DAME SISTERS create a directional statement that guides our ministry and prayer over the next four years. Grounded in the Gospel message of Jesus and grateful for God’s abundant empowering grace, we, the Notre Dame Sisters of Omaha, humbly and joyfully commit our lives and resources to:

•Deepen a contemplative spirituality that shapes our values and decisions

•Promote solidarity and justice for all, especially the marginalized and neglected

•Fulfill our history as a province with active and bold openness to God’s call in our lives

We do this by:

•Practicing prayerful discernment individually and as a province

•Fostering participative partnerships with others to transform systems of injustice

•Developing ways to sustain and celebrate our vision, mission, and legacy

MEMORIAL MASS

THOSE IN OUR MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION were honored at our Memorial Mass in November. Each week, we pray for hundreds of people who have died and commemorate them annually.

ALUMNAE REUNION

WE HAD A GREAT TIME with our alumnae at our reunion, which was the first gathering we had on campus since the pandemic. We celebrated safely outdoors, and honored the class of 1971. We love all of the life updates people mailed in and shared in person.

2021 JUBILARIANS

Five Notre Dame Sisters with 320 years of religious service between them, celebrated Jubilees in 2021: Sr. Margaret Hickey, Notre Dame Sisters Provincial President is celebrating 60 years along with Sr Irene Dvorak, ND, and Sr Corona Humpal, ND. Sr. Ernestine Havlovic, ND, and Sr Joan Polak, ND, celebrated 70 years.

Sr. Ernestine Havlovic, ND, has been a beloved teacher at nine schools and a principal at five schools across three states -- that’s 51 years of teaching and 31 years as a principal. Two incredible achievements were her tenures from 1978-1994 as principal and teacher at Blessed John Neumann, Clarkson, Nebraska, and from 1994-2002 as a teacher at St. John Nepomucene, Weston, Nebraska.

While Sr. Joan Polak, ND, was born in Brainard, Nebraska, she traveled far from the Midwest, making her Central and South American ministries some of the most impactful in her life. Her first international mission was in Chile, South America, from 1963 to 1967 and then she served in Honduras from 1994 to 2005. In between she worked diligently as a social worker with the Douglas County welfare department from 1969 until 1982 and from 1982 to 1991 with the Nebraska Department of Social Services.

Sr. Irene Dvorak, ND, spent more than 25 years teaching in Omaha and Iowa. She then embarked on a career path in religious education at St. Philip Neri in Omaha and St. Rose of Lima Parish in Genoa, Nebraska and taught CCD at St Patrick’s in Elkhorn. Sr. Irene also worked as a consultant with a religious textbook company. She traveled across the Midwest for more than 20 years teaching religious educators how to get the most out of the textbooks and keep students engaged.

Many people know Sr. Margaret Hickey, ND, as a teacher (although they may remember her as Sr. Phyllis), as her education legacy stretches across Omaha -- Beginning at St. Theresa’s in Omaha in 1963, she spent a few years at St. Michael’s in Harlan, Iowa, before returning to Omaha to

teach at Notre Dame Academy, where she had attended high school. She then taught at Roncalli High School in the 70s, 80s, and early 2000s. Sr. Margaret served as Notre Dame Sisters Provincial President an impressive three times -- 1977-1983, 1998-2005, and from 2013-2022.

Sr. Corona Humpal, ND, spent 30 years from 19631993 in education: she started teaching with seventh graders at St. Adalbert’s Grade Schools in Omaha before moving to teach at Howell’s Grade School. She then taught at St. Wenceslaus Grade School, Spillville, Iowa before becoming a high school Math teacher at Notre Dame Academy, Wahoo Neumann High School, and Roncalli Catholic High School.

DONATIONS WITH A HUGE IMPACT

SISTERS HAVE A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION LEGACY thanks to the generous gift of a donor. A long-term supporter and donor gave a gift from their estate, directing that the funds be used for education. Because most of the Sisters are retired educators, they came up with the idea of establishing a scholarship fund to meet various education needs in the area. Children, families and single men and women will benefit from this scholarship over the next several years.

FUNDED THROUGH LAST YEAR’S APPEALS the choir loft and the retaining wall have been refurbished. We finished making improvements to the choir loft, so Sisters can gather comfortably in the loft, and via Zoom on a new, large teleconference screen. This will help keep us all connected, near and far.

We also finished replacing the retaining wall on the West side of the campus, which was a large endeavor. This wall was nearly a city block long. This replacement will last us decades while keeping the soil in place and improving the beauty of this historic campus.

IN A TRULY UNIQUE SITUATION one donor requested that the Sisters each receive a gift of $100 to donate to the organization of their choosing, no questions asked. The Sisters were elated to have this opportunity to contribute financially to the causes that mean the most to them.

“I chose to give it to Jimmy and his family. Jimmy is a single parent Father who is on a fixed disability income,” said one sister. “Jimmy has two teenage daughters who are 17 and 18 years of age. Within the last 6 months they both gave birth to daughters. One daughter is 3 months old and one daughter is 6 months old. Since the girls

are finishing high school Jimmy is the daytime babysitter. They were grateful for the $100.00 which is much needed to provide food, diapers, baby formula and bus tickets to school.”

Another Sister donated her $100 to a school where she used to teach.

“They have a fund which is used to provide an education to students who cannot afford the tuition, I prayed about it for several days and contacted the principal. I was excited, knowing that the donation would benefit some boy or girl who otherwise would not receive a Catholic education.”

NOTRE DAME SISTERS PRAY FOR...

The purpose of the Notre Dame Memorial Association is to provide an opportunity to honor, in a significant way, a loved one who has passed away. Below is a list of those enrolled:

Abbott, Roy

Acker, Rev Dr N Dwain

Adams, Jimmie D

Adler, Catherine Miller

Aerni, Lois Jane

Agnes, Marie, Margie & Dorothy

Ales, Daniel

Allard, Betty

Andersen, Sidney S

Andresen, Betty Jean

Antholz, Lester

Arauza, Gregory A

Ashford, Brad

Atteberry, Rafaela

Augusta, Marie I

Augustus

Bachmann, Rita C

Backens, Helen F

Baines, Mary

Baker, Laura S

Balik, Anthony P

Balik, Deborah Smetzer

Balvin, Leonard L

Bange, Col Albert A

Barber, Byron L

Barna, Mark S

Barta, Jon R

Bartek, Delores

Bartek, Marcella M

Bartunek, Bernard R “Beno

Bassler, Shane

Bataillon, Joseph F “Frank”

Bates, Joanne F

Bathen, Edward F

Bauer, Jim E

Baumert, David E

Baumert, James H

Beacom, Renee M

Bearns, Donald

Becker, Michael C

Beckwith, Patricia

Beckwith, Stanley

Beiermann, Norma Jean

Benak, Norma Lea

Benes, Edwin R

Benes, Eleanor M

Bennett, Dr Raymond

Bennett, Lucille R

Bennett, Richard L

Benschoter, Leon G

Birkel, Bradley C

Birkel, James Leroy

Birkel, Nicholas L

Bishop, Barbara Ann

Blanchard, Robert A

Blankenau, Herman J

Bloemer, Harold J

Boeckman, Gerald S

Bogatz, Eleanor J

Bohac, Rose

Bojanski, Gary

Bojanski, Ronald E

Bolam, Dr David L

Bollinger, Richard J

Bosilevac, Albert R

Bosilevac, Elaine M

Bosn, Opal E

Bostwick, Norma J

Bottner, Raymond C

Bourek, Anna M

Brabec, Ervin J & Agnes

Brabec, Rose Marie

Brabec, Valdene M

Brau, Charles W

Brester, John J

Bretey, Patricia S

Brich, John H

Brouillard, Albert M

Brown FSC, Brother Ignatius

Brown OSC, Sr Mary Clare

Brown, Shirley Fay

Bruner, Marvene

Brust, Dolores Ann “Dee”

Bryl, Mary Ann

Buckingham, Beverly Jean

Buckley, Betty E

Budin, Jeff

Budny, Geraldine Skomal

Buglewicz, George & Blanche

Buglewicz, Helen C Sweigard

Bukoskie, Libbie A

Burchard Sr, Thomas E

Buresh, Anthony J

Burkhard, Robert V

Burkhard, Thomas C

Burns, Carolyn Ann

Burns, Robert E

Callahan, Harvey

Camenzind, James L

Carlson, Mildred M

Carlton, Gary

Carr, Clayton D

Carstens, Roger B

Catalan, David

Cavanaugh, Patricia Moran

Cerny, Pamela Kay

Chacon, Elisha

Champion, Kay M

Champion, Marie

Champion, Thomas J

Chapman, Theresa B

Charipar, Patricia A

Chavanu, Marvin L

Chloupek, Susan Prochaska

Chmelka, James E

Chullino, Jeff

Cihal, Elizabeth M “Beth”

Cimino, Dolores M

Clark Jr, Donald E

Cleaver, MaryJo

Clifford, Agnes J

Coco, Joseph J

Cody, Rosalia “May”

Collier, Chelo

Collins, Janet C

Connaher, Sally

Conway, Laura Kay

Cooper, Albert E

Cooper, Antoinette “Toni”

Corcoran, Nancy Lee

Correa Jr, Richard

Corredor, Raul

Costanzo, Phyllis Lee

Cotton, Mary Lou

Coufal, Joan M

Coufal, Mary Clare

Coufal, Michael

Coughln, Donald E

Creps, Gloria

Cronican, Elizabeth “Betty” J

Cronin, Billy

Dahlberg, Theodore A “Ted

Dameron, Elena J Brewer

Dankof, Lowell L “Dan”

Davignon, Mary E

Davis, Karina N

Davlin, Clare M

Dawson, Regina R

Deardorff, Amy Jo

DeCampli, David

Deceased members of Ennen & Kaiser families

Deceased Sisters of Notre Dame

DeHart, Linda Louise

Dehner, Karen J

Delanoit, Marian Ricklefs

Deloso, Frank

Deloso, Frank T

DeMars, Larry A

Derr, Jeffrey

Derr, Jeffrey

Dervin, Geraldine W

Dervin, Joseph C

Dethlefs, Arthur F

Dethlefs, Geraldine “Gerrie”

Dinsdale, Roy G

Dippell, Clarke E

Dittenber, Patti

Divis MS, Sr Ann

Dix, Robert

Dobesh-Hruska, Nadine Ann

(Cihal)

Dockery, John M

Doerenemann, Vincent

Dolinsky, Jeffrey A

Donahoe, Michael P

Dooley, Gerald D

Dorwart, Carol L

Doty, Ray C

Doty, Roy C

Douglas, Lexa Lynn

Drahota, Dr L James

Drahozal, Robert F

Drinkwalter, Isla

Dugan, Audrey

Dworak, Paul

Ecklund, Patricia J

Egr, Richard M

Eickhoff, Rodney G

Eickmeier, Andrew “Drew”

Eikmeier, Marcella R

Elias ND, Sr Christine

Ellis, William “Bill”

Elston, Ann Marie “Jill”

English, Judith C

Erlewine, Jasinta Clara

Erlewine, Lyle W

Fairlamb, Millard S

Fangman, Michael P

Fawcett, Rodger

Fiala, Bernardine “Bernie”

Fiala, Margaret “Peg”

Ficenec ND, Sr Barbara

Ficenec, John K

Ficenec, Nancy Ann

Finken, James

Fitzpatrick, David L

Flecky Jr, George J

Fochek, Alan R

Foral, John P “Jack”

Forehead, James P

Fox-Larsen, Kathleen C

Franzluebbers OSF, Sr

Georgiana M

Franzluebbers Sr, Joseph H

Franzluebbers, Charles B

Frost, Jerry D

Furasek Jr, George J

Furlong, Msgr Thomas D

Furmanski Sr, Robert W

Fus, PhD, Dennis A

Gaeta, Richard F

Gall, Edwin

Gall, Regina A

Garber, Boris Lara

Gargett, Frederick F

Garza, Randal R

Gast, Grant M

Gast, Vivian A

Gayley, Kathryn Marie

Geiger, Sarah

Gerken, John L

Giblin III, Richard C

Gilbert, Brant

Glow, Joanne M

Goday, Ramona

Goff, Shara

Gollobit, Joseph P

Gomez, Dorothy H

Gonzalez, Ken

Gradoville, Christopher R

Graham, Kevin M

Granholm, Crystal Lea

Gray, USAF Lt Col (Ret) Gary

Greco, Martin P

Green, Mark Alan

Greger, Daryl W

Griffith, Elizabeth J

Griffith, Helen

Grovijohn, Mary M

Grunberg, Mark E

Guetterman, Daniel J

Guffey, Stewart M

Haas, Kenneth W

Hain, Scott M

Hale, Edward E

Haller, Joseph J

Haller, Margaret J

Hamersky, Albert C

Hanefeldt, Helen M

Haniszewski, Dolores “Dee”

Hansen, Diane M

Hansen, Thomas E

Hanus, Leo A & Kristine A

Harden, Robert W

Harding, Frances A Schab

Harrington, Mary Alice

Harrington, Michael

Hartman, Bernadette M

“Bernie

Hartnett, Dr Paul

Hartung, Ann T Davlin

Heafey, Edward C

Heble ND, Sr Phyllis Marie

Heble, Duane C

Heegan CSJ, Sr Maureen

Hegmann, Arlene A

Heider, Mary C

Heinson, R Conrad

Heller, Michael S

Hendricks, Marcella R

Henry, Everett J

Hensen, Donald H

Herdzina, Geraldine M

Hergott, Betty Jean

Hering, Kevin R

Hernandez, Juliana P

Herrera, Loretto “Bill”

Hibberd, Patrick L

Higgins, Dottie

Higgins, Jeffery

Hilger, Colleen M

Hill, Daniel S

Hill, John E

Hladky, James J

Hlas, Velma A

Hlavac, Magdeline “Meg”

Hoeft, Catherine Marie

Vandenberg

Hoer, Mary Ann

Hogan, Ruth C

Hopkins, Marie A

Horvath, Peggy

Hospodka, Beatrice A

Hough, Leo M

House, David

Howe, Donald G

Hower, Barbara T

Hrbek, Loretta A

Hruby Jr, Charles S

Hruby, Jane L

Hrupek, Robert J

Hudek ND, Sr Mary Cyrilla

Hudson, Cindy

Huelskamp. Rita M

Huerter Sr, Dr James V

Huerter, Lynn & Bill

Hulbert, Kip W

Hulbert, Mark A

Huliska, Mary M

Humphrey, Calvin

Humphrey, Scott G

Hunke, Allen L “Al”

Hunke, Eugene B

Hurt, Elizabeth A

Hurt, Gregory L

Hutchins, Judy L

Huttner, Joseph T

Irland, Richare L “Dick”

Ironside, Joseph E

Iwan, Russel R

Jacklen, Mary Linda

Jambor, Rose M

James, Patricia E

Janak, Leona F

Janda, John R

Janicek, Gerald E

Janky, Mary Frances

Janousek, Geraldine T

Jansa, Leonard M

Jansen, Charlotte Ann

Jaunty Jr, Joseph F

Jelinek, Dorothy

Jensen, Allen R

Jesse, Patricia M

Jirovsky, Roger A

Joens Jr, Frank P

Johannes, William D

Johnson Sr, Thomas L

Johnson, Jeanine A

Johnson, John A

Johnson, Lola M

Johnson, Verla E

Jones, Joseph

Jones, Martha M

Jones, Richard D

Jones, Susan M

Joons, Lyle F

Joros, Gary R

Juranek, William R

Jurek Sr, Leonard C

Jurek, Della M

Jurgenson, Gary D

Jurgenson, Juliann B

Kadavy, Timothy J

Kalin, Rev William A

Kalkowski, Deacon Kenneth

Kaminski, Mary Kristi

Donovan

Karnish, Kay A

Kasczmarek, Linda M

Kasperzak, Theresa

Kaup, Michael D

Kavan, Mary Ann

Kawa, Mary Frances

Kawa, Thomas F

Keefover, Carol A

Kelley, Alfred W

Kelly, John J

Kelly, Joseph F

Kelly, Martin G

Kemp, Donald J

Kemp, Michael

Kent, Lois S

Kenworthy, Mary Lee

Kessler, Maureen B

Kirby,Theresa M Mittermeier

Kirkner, Lorraine H

Kladivo, Rose L

Klimp, Don

Kment, Margarette F

Kobza, Bernard A

Kobza, Betty Lou Cihal

Kobza, Daniel P

Kobza, LeRoy I

Kobza, Marion J

Koch, Mary M

Koehler, Carol

Koenen, Robert “Bob”

Koliha, Delores

Kopecky ND, Sr Monica

Koranda, Roland K

Korisko, Jerome F

Kosch, Thomas H

Kozeny, LeRoy F

Kozisek, Norma J

Kozisek, William “Bill”

Krager, John F

Krall, John F

Kratoska, Paul J

Krayneski, Ronald G

Krejci, Frank R

Kriz, Rhoda

Kros, Catherine “Kaye”

Krumbholz, Wayne C

Krupka, Richard F

Kubesh ND, Sr Mary Beth

Kubesh, Lewis S

Kubesh, Lorraine

Kucks, Matthew T

Kuhlman, Thomas A

Kuhnel, Paul J

Kuncl, Ruby

Kunkel, Christopher T

Kuta, Pamela J

Kutell, Theresa

Kyler, Brenna N

LaCourse, Judith Ann

LaFerla, Richard T

Lampe, Robert J

Lane, Jeffrey R

Lang, Daniel P

Langenberg, William L

Langford, Evelyn Robinson

Lanspa, Bernice M

Laughlin, Patricia Rose

Lavelle, Kathleen J

Leary, James T

Leavitt, Elsie A

LeClair, Kelly A

Lee, Michele McGinn

Leeper, Marie Buglewicz

Lehr, Olga M Shorney

Lenihan, William Patrick “Bill”

Lennart, John E

Lesac Sr, Rudolph

Liska, Alice A

Leslie, Robert J

Livingston, Judith Ann

Lodes, Dorothy Ellen

Lorenz, John C

Loth, Sharon Kay

Lovely, Janice M

Ludwig, David M

Lukowski, Deacon Raymond

Lunn, Albert F

Lynch, Jane

Lynch, Michael J

Lyons, Dolores C Reisdorff

Machal, Gary T

Maides, Terry L

Major, Nancy A

Malashock, Dr Edward M

Malloy, Helen Clare

Malloy, Karen A

Maly, Amy Nicole

Maly, Gary P

Maly, Lyle D

Maly, Roger A

Maly, Terry Jo

Mangen, Rita C

Manhart, Hugh J

Maniscalco, Judith

Manning, Judith A

Manzer, Nancy S

Marchese, Patricia Ann

Marie Ann Belsky

Marion, Carolyn

Martin, David G

Marvin, Terry R

Masek, Kenneth L

Massara, Michael T

Massara, Sharon A

Masur, Barbara J

Matcha, Jack

Matulka, JoAnn L

Matya, Michael J

Matya, Sharon A

Maynard, Herbert B

Mazur, Gerald J

McAllister, JoAnn

McAndrewss, Betty A

McCarthy, Leone F

McCluskey, Rev James F

McCormack, Hon. Michael J

McCormick, Willa Marie

McCusker, Kathleen

McDermott Jr, Raymond N

McDermott, Mark O

McElliott, Patrick

McElroy, Timothy R

McEvoy, Donald J

Mcginn, Ruth Ann

Mcginn, Ruth C

McGonigal, Patricia Ann

McGrath, Mary Ann

McMahon, Raymond J

McMillan, Wandalee M

Medinger, Donald E

Meduna, George J

Meier, Bernadette M

Meier, Gloria A

Meigs, Louis O

Mendicino, Thomas R

Meradith, Lillian Kubat

Merwald Sr, Thomas J

Methe, Jerome G

Metz, Dr Philip S

Meyers, Joseph A

Meyers, Rose M

Micek ND, Sr Annunciata

Micek, Suzanne Prokupek

Michaelis, Iona

Mick, James L

Milani, Jackie R

Miller, Anna May

Miller, Glen J

Miller, Linda Engelhardt

Miller, Robert R

Millette, William G

Minchow, Ruth Ellen

Minisel, Diane

Mlnarik, Bernadine B

Mock, Frederick A

Moerles, Rosemary

Mollner, Suzanne S

Monahan, Dennis P

Monteros & Havlovic families

Moon, Maureen A

Moore, Darlene

Mooris Jr, Henry J

Moran, James M

Moran, Joseph P

Moran, Kathleen R

Morgan, Pat & Del

Moritz Sr, Paul J

Morris Jr, Henry J “Hank”

Morris, Donna L

Morris, James F

Morrison, Arlis W

Morrissey, Kevin M

Morrow, Cliff

Mruz, Georgina “Jean” A

Muff, Laurette

Muir, Robert W

Mullan, Rev Aidan

Murphy OSF, Sr Maureen

Musser, Marilyn C

Myers, Carolyn M

Najim, Mike

Nantkes, Theresa E

Naujokaitis, John

Navratil, Deloris M

Nelsen, Michael A

Nelson Jr, Robert S

Nelson, Rosemary T

Nemec DDS, Joseph C

Neuvirth Sr, Frank

Nissen, Dorothy C

Nollette, Laurence D

Nosal, Richard J

Novacek, Donald P

Novak, Mary Jo Meysenburg

Nowak, Ted

O’ Neill, Edward J

O’Brien, Rev Donald

Ocken, Ann Elizabeth

Ockenfels, Mary Jane

Ocken-Lightner, Catherine

O’Daniel, John

O’Daniel, Morris

O’Donnell, Barbara

O’Flynn, John L

Ogle, Lee D

Oligmueller, Caroline M

Olnhausen MD, Ronald W

Olson, Gary P

O’Malley, Sean R

Orin, Rosemary Rivera

Overmiller, Janis E

Pachta, Raymond

Paes, Lt Col USAF (Ret)

Gerald H

Paisley, Rev John C

Paprocki, Kathryn V

Parks, David L

Parks, Margaret A

Parr, Ralph “Mike”

Patterman, Pat

Patterson, Clara Belle

Paulsen, Dorothy I “Dottie”

Pavone, Pat P

Pazderka, John A

Pazderka, Mary Marguerite

Pazderka, William J

Pecinovsky, Sylvia R

Pecor, George E

Peetz, Kenneth W

Pelan, Lorna Racek

Peters, Donald S

Petersen, Bradley T

Peterson, Loretta

Petricek, Dorothy J

Petrzilka, Twila L

Philipp, Philip J

Phillips, Donald J

Pianalto, Rose Faimon

Pierson, Margaret A

Pink, Gary L

Pintore, John M

Piston, Betty L

Pleskac Jr, John Joseph

Podany, Dennis “Denny”

Pokorny, James

Polacek, Arline

Polacek, Delmar

Polacek, Jerome C

Polak, Ernest A

Polak, Rita M

Policky, Joseph J

Polivka, Ernest L

Polodna, Mariann Rose

Polzin, Michael A

Popken, Elsie C

Pospisil, Arnold E

Potts, Robert

Pratt, Rita M

Prazan, Jean Buglewicz

Pribramsky, John R

Prideaux, Robert B

Prigge, John L

Prinz, Glen L

Prochaska, Leona Svoboda

Prokop, Marcella C

Proskovec, Joe & Agnes

Prusa, Georgeann G

Prusha, Paul J

Pryor, Lois J

Pudenz, Alfred “Fred”

Pudil, Rose D

Putnam, Barbara J

Pytlik, Susan A

Quass, Helen M

Quigley, Col Maurice

Quinlan, Bilge E

Racek, Lorin, Nadine & Larry

Rademacher, Cyril H

Railsback, Lori Godek

Ramirez, George & Mary Rose

Ranson, Rev Dr Leonard

Raub, William J

Raur, JoAnn M

Rauth, James C

Record, BettyAnn

Redel, Stanley Gene

Rehmeier, Judy

Reichmuth, Alvin G

Reicks, Lucillle M

Renter, Roland L

Reuber, David E

Reuber, Mark L

Reynek, Ted J

Reynolds, Marjorie W

Rezek ND, Sr Edwardine

Rhodes, Carl E

Riha, Robert J

Rippe, Richard C

Rising, Irene M

Robb, Nancy Ann

Roessner, Paige M

Roh, Rev Msgr Robert A

Roh, Robert S

Rohan, Maybelle L

Romano, Anthony J

Romey, Dixie Lee

Root, James E

Rosonke, Dale J

Ross RSM, Sr Marilyn

Rossi, Elaine

Rossi, Elaine F

Rozmarin, Rose Anne

Rubner, Randall F

Rubner, Randall F “Randy”

Ruffcorn, C.L. “Ruff”

Rugeley, Ellsie Elaine

Rumbaugh Sr, Ronald K

Rumbaugh, Jerelene Gill

Ruskamp, Dale J

Ruskamp. Ralph H

Ryan, Casey John

Ryan, Jeffery Lee

Rynaski, Richard J “Dick”

Sabatka Jr, John J

Sabatka, Geraldine E

Safranek, Mary Jean

Saitta Jr, Richard F

Salberg, Chris A

Salerno, Joan C

Saltzman, Brandon S

Santiago OSC, Sr Theresina

Schaffart, John E

Scheibeler, William A

Schinzel, Sue M

Schlautman, David P

Schlautman, Irene M

Schmid, Jeanette R

Schmitz, Robert A

Schropp, Griffin M

Schropp, Ronald H

Schueneman, Judy Anne

Schulte, Jean Ann Fahey

Schulte, Karen Buresh

Schwarte, Marilyn

Schwartz, Larry J

Sedlak, John R

Sefcik, Ann R

Seichei, John

Seiker, Theresa H

Sell, Lyle

Selzer, Claryce M

Sempek, Delbert L

Severes, Mary

Severson, Joel L

Sexton, James R

Shanno, Judith Ann

Shepherd Jr, Robert J

Sherry, Robert D “Bob”

Sidzyik, Jeanette Marie

Shiley, Jennie L

Shonka, Ernest E & Donna A

Siemek, Keith E

Simmonds, Linda G

Sincic, John M

Siroky, Celestine “Sally”

Skelton, Buzz

Skelton, Glen H

Slack OP, Sr Jessica

Sladek, Ward T

Slagle, Norma Jean

Slattery Jr, Timothy L

Slattery, Thelma H “Teddi”

Slaven, James D

Slezak, Susan J

Sliva Sr, David

Sloboth, Ruth M

Smeal, Ardath

Smedra, Myron L

Smith, Bonnie

Smith, Thomas P

Sneckenberg, Shirley Marie

Sorenson Sr, Darrell D

Sosso, Joanne C

Soukup, Albert J

Soukup, Jane A

Spaedy, Sharon E

Spenner, Edward B

Spicka, Bill James

Stafford, Debra

Stanesic, MargaretM

Stanley, Margaret “Midge”

Stanzel, Virginia C “Ginny”

Stastny, Adolph J

Stastny, Mildred A

Stastny, Paul J

Stec, Eric

Steffen, Jeffrey P

Steffen, Mae A Kucera

Steier, Marian Rose

Stewart, Charles

Stienblock, Elizabeth A

Stigge, Helene M

Stortz, Mark

Stoval, Sharon

Stratman, Gertrude “Trudy”

Strnad, George F

Strobel, Florence May

Suchy, Wilfred Dean

Sullivan, Terence J

Svehla, Daniel A

Svoboda Jr, Joseph J

Swenson, Dwight C

Swerczek, Mary K

Swoboda, Izzy

Szarad, John E

Szawicki, Genevieve C

Tderman, Jean A

Telecky, Marcella L

Teplitsky, Carl M

Theis, Susan A

Thompson, Edward L

Tierney, Frank

Tomsicek, Marvin L

Tometich, Elizabeth M

Tracy, Chris

Tracy, Thomas C

Trummer, Michael T

Tupper, Alice “Ali”

Tupper, Joseph “Joe”

Tuttle, Wendy Marie

Tvrdy, Joseph J

Tworek, Paul J

Uher, Marie M

Uhlik, Cheri Lyn

Unger, Eileen Marie

Uphoff, George E

Urbanovsky, Joyce L

Vacanti, Jean M

Vacek, Robert F

Vacha, Eric R

Vamosi, Annette M

Van Moorleghem, Irene J

Van, Marian L

Vandenberg, Celestine

“Sally” Coufal

Vandenberg, Kroy W

Vanderpool, Ida B

VanOsdel, Gary L

Vap, Sandra D

Ventura, Joan

Vermeline, Sharon J

Vesely, Charles J

Virgilito, Mary Rose

Virgillito, James M

Virgl, Bonnie L

Vitous, William R

Vlcek, Linda M

Vocelka, Joseph H

Vodicka, Raymond C

Vogler, Evelyn J

Vrbicky, Donald J

Vrbka, Virgil V

Vukov, Joseph M

Vulje Jr, George F

Vyhlidal, Helen M

Waiss Jr, John A

Wajda, Mildred A

Walsh, Baron Paul

Walsh, Terry Lee

Walsh, Thomas E

Waltemath, Patricia J

Waltermyer, Michael R

Wampol, Karen Ann

Waples, Thomas M

Ward, Donna

Warren, Helen R

Waters, Donna R

Webb, Gregory W

Weber, Clinton L

Weberg, Mary Frances

Weidner, Sarah Jane

Weinfurtner, Judith A

Weis, Leader S

Welchert, Bonnie B

Werner, Louie

Werner, Rita S

Wesely, Sharon

Weskirchen, Rev Charles D

West, Paulette

Weston, Ruby

Whitaker, Betsy Ann Ruda

Whitaker, Elizabeth D

White, Joan M

Whitley, Marcella Simanek

Wichita, Carol

Widtfeldt, Doris W

Wielandt-Dendinger, Adrian

Wilkens, Pastor James D

Williams, John

Wilmot SJ, Brother Michael R

Wilson, Cathy Jo

Wingate, Patrick J

Wise, Rose B

Witt, Judith C Milan

Wobeter, Mary Paulette

Woita, Bernadette M

Woita, Bernadette M

Woita, Margaret G “Peg”

Wolfe, S Anna

Wonka, George J

Woods, Dolores Marie

Worshek, Larry M

Wortmann, Cecilia J

Wragge, Phyllis

Wrobleski III, John J

Wulfekuhl, Beverly J

Wurth Timothy

Wurth, Myron J

Young, Susan M

Zaccone, Marianna A

Zastrow, Rev John A

NDS Associates Commitment Ceremony

STAR SUPPORTER

For decades Bill and Susan Cutler have been integral parts of their communities in Council Bluffs (where they were both raised) and Omaha. Their record of service goes on for pages, and they would be the last people to list them.

“Few people know of their generosity. One of things they do is quietly provide gifts for people and nonprofits, but always with humility,” said Fr. Don Shane who has known Bill and Susan for more than 25 years, and worked with Bill preparing funeral services for local families.

Still, both Bill and Susan have been honored and noticed for their great contributions over the years. Bill is CEO and chairman of Heafey Hoffman Dworak and Cutler Mortuaries in Omaha, NE and Cutler O’Neill Meyer Woodring Funeral Home in Council Bluffs, IA, as well as the Walnut Hill, Cedar Lawn, Memorial Park and Ridgewood Cemeteries in Council Bluffs. He was inducted into the Omaha Business Hall of Fame in 2015.

Susan Cutler (formerly Susan Eakin) was born and raised in Council Bluffs. She is a 1966 graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School where she met Bill. Susan graduated in 1970 from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. Following graduation, she taught 3rd grade at Hoover Elementary in Council Bluffs until her daughter Jeanie was born.

They have been married for 52 years and have three children and seven grandchildren. They made the big move from Council Bluffs to Omaha in 1987.

The children remember their parents as being hard workers throughout their lives.

“My dad was put on this earth to be a funeral director,” said Bill Cutler IV. “When he was growing up in Council Bluffs, his school was a block away from our funeral home. When he walked to and from school he wanted to stop there, but his father wouldn’t allow it.”

All of his children have helped out at the home

over the years, making this a true family ministry of compassion. And while Bill was a role model at work, he said he hoped his children looked to their mother and followed her example.

“She is a great example of faithful giving, and a role model of doing the right thing,” Bill said. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Methodist Hospital Foundation, University of Nebraska Medical Center Healing Arts Advisory Committee, and the Archbishop’s Committee for Development. She is a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Northern Lieutenancy.

“I was always inspired by my dad’s understated optimism. Couple that with my mom’s faith and trust in God that you always are where you are meant to be. She taught us to walk by faith and not by sight,” said their daughter Jackie Conway.

“My parents have always been givers and do things for others,” said their daughter Jeanie Jones. “My father serves others every single day through his work and my mother serves the community through her volunteerism and philanthropic work. My parents are givers beyond measure and that has inspired me to serve my community as well.”

As many people who know them would say, Fr. Shane said it best, “My life is better having Bill and his family as friends.”

WE THANK OUR MANY SUPPORTERS

$10,000+

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Dahlke

Feldhaus Family Foundation

Heafey-HeafeyHoffmann-DworakKathleen Kiolbasa

Rev. R Patrick McCaslin

Mr. Arthur Ostry

Mr. & Mrs. Dick Pierson

Ms. Rose Marie Prochaska U

Schulte

St Vincent de Paul Catholic

Church

Mr. Bill Starr

The Burke Family Trust Fund

Weitz Family Foundation

Rev. John Zastrow U

Jean Zmolek

$5,000-$9,999

Eagle Enterprises

Elmwood Pharmacy

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Determan

Sarah Holstein U

Indiana University

Mr. & Mrs. John Kotouc

Susan & Thomas McGuire

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Reed Jr.

Betty L Skvor

Mr. Stephen Sosso

Mr. & Mrs. Sam Wageman

Jo Williams

$2,500-$4,999

Mr. & Mrs. John Barry

Mrs. Genevieve Behne

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Beschorner III

Mr. & Mrs. Benedict Bickels

Mrs. Susan Brown

Mrs. Mary Lou Brown

R. Brian Burke

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Christensen Jr.

Cubby’s Inc

Mrs. Mary Anne Dworak

Mr. Michael Erftmier

Dr. & Mrs. Steven Feldhaus

John and Doreen Griffith

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Haerr

Ellen Hargus

Barbara Hickey

Immanuel

Mr. & Mrs. John Jenkins

Mr. & Mrs. Lance Jones

Cindy LaPole

Dr. & Mrs. Gary Leak

Linn Area Credit Union

Mr. Justin Meyer

Oak Family Advisors

Dr. & Mrs. Wayne Penka

Aileen Randall

Mr. & Mrs. Herman Rauth

Chris and Brian Reilly

Mr. & Mrs. George Rhodes Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ritzdorf Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Tim Rouse

Mr. & Mrs. Rolland Svec

Tenaska, Inc.

Philanthropy Fund

Mr. & Mrs. John Wiggs

$1,000-$2,499

American National Bank

Mr. John Andrews

Mrs. Karen Arnone

Mrs. Kaleen Baker

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Birkel

Mr. & Mrs. Jason Birnstihl

Mary Bongers

Mr. Denis Burke

Mr. M Gregory Burrows

Ina Sue Carroll

Mr. & Mrs. Sal Carta

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Cimino

Mr. & Mrs. Dick Connealy

Mary Kay Connor

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Cook

Mr. & Mrs. Loren Coppock

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Crawford

Drs. Michael & Marcia Davies

Janet Dooley

DP Management

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Drueke

Dr. & Mrs. Allen Dvorak

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dwyer

Edward and Lida Robinson

Charitable Trust

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Emanuel

Mrs. Margaret Faciszewski

Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Finley

First National Bank of Omaha

Mr. & Mrs. James Fitzgerald

Mr. & Mrs. James Fitzgerald

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Fitzpatrick

Mary Lou Flearl, MD

Jane and Bill Foral

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Furey

Mr. & Mrs. George Gall

Mr. & Mrs. Philip Garland

Ms. Sharon Gaspers

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Gass

Mr. & Mrs. Roy Gertig

Mr. & Mrs. David Goeckeler

Mrs. Patricia Goetz

Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Gene Grillot

Marianne Hall

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Halpin

Mrs. Sharon Hansen

Mrs. Betty Hanus U

Mr. & Mrs. James Havelka

Mr. & Mrs. James Hervert Jr.

Mrs. Rita Higgins

Janet Holquist

Christine Holubar-Walsh

Holy Trinity Parish

Mr. & Mrs. Grant Hrabovsky

Mr. Gerald Humpal

Justman Brush Company

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Kaminski

Kiewit

Stuart Katz

Mary Lee Kenworthy U

Mr. & Mrs. Dan Koch Jr.

Dodie Kocsis-Odean

Marcia Koory

Mr. John J & Dr. Stephanie Koraleski

Mr. Fred Kozisek

Mr. & Mrs. Tony Kroenke

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas LaHood

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph

Lamoureux

Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Lenz

Karen Link

Lutz Financial Services, LLC

Mr. & Mrs. John Maginn

Dr. & Mrs. William Marcil

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mausbach

Mr. Victor McAllister

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen McCullough

Dr. & Mrs. Edward McGill

Mrs. Kathleen Micek

Dr. & Mrs. Michael Miriovsky

Mr. Phillip Morrison Sr.

Omaha Retail Meat Dealers

Association

Mr. & Mrs. Ric Ortmeier

Dr. & Mrs. Larry Ostry

Col. & Mrs. Timon Oujiri

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Peterson

Patricia Philbin

Physicians Mutual Insurance Company Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Pierson

Mary Rauth

Rev. Philip Rauth

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Reilly

Shirley Riedmann

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ritzdorf Jr.

Robert F & Janis L Kazimour

Charitable Lead Annuity Trust

Mr. & Mrs. John Robinson

Ms. Bridget Rolenc

Mr. Daniel Sanley

Mr. & Mrs. Condon Schnepel

Servants of Mary

Mr. & Mrs. David Shanahan

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Skradski

Mrs. Betty Skvor

Mr. & Mrs. Craig Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Philip Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Roger Snodgrass

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Sommer

Dr. Gerard Stanley Sr. St Stephen the Martyr Parish & School

Mrs. Peg Steffensmeier

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stier

Helen Thompson

Nancy Tyson

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Uhlik

Mr. & Mrs. Jay Vankat

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Vap

Mr. & Mrs. David Vislisel

Mr. Robert Voboril

Peggy Wilson

Mr. & Mrs. Roger Wozny

Mr. Lawrence Yost

$500-$999

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Abels

Abe’s Trash Service, Inc.

Dr. & Mrs. Scot Adams

Mr. James Andrews

Archer Daniels Midland Company

Kevin Axelson

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Barnes

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Bettendorf

Ms. Rebecca Brandt

Mr. & Mrs. William Brecht

Dr. Jane Burian

Barbara Burke

Gloria Byers

Mrs. Teresa Byrne

Mrs. Pamela Carlton

Michael Carroll

Catholic Mutual Group

Mr. & Mrs. George Cook

Mrs. Marcella Cook

Mr. William Cook

Mrs. Camilla Cox

Mr. & Mrs. John Dethlefs

Mr. & Mrs. Jay Doll

Mrs. Norine Drahozal

Mr. Michael Driscoll

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Duffy

Mr. & Mrs. John

Dumonceaux

Mr. Ronald Eggers

Mrs. Patricia Finn

Mr. David Fitzpatrick

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Foster

Mr. & Mrs. Jared

Franzluebbers

Mrs. Margaret From

Ms. Sharon Gaspers

Mr. & Mrs. John Glenn

Dr. & Mrs. Mark Goebel

Katherine Goodro

Mr. & Mrs. Ron Gordon

Mr. & Mrs. Kelly Goulding

Mr. & Mrs. John Hain

Dr. & Mrs. Neil Hans

Harold’s Koffee House

Mr. & Mrs. James Havlovic

Dr & Mrs Gregory Heidrick

Ms. Cynthia Henderson

Mrs. Mary Henrichson

Dr. & Mrs. David Hilger

Mr. John Hiller

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hogan

Patricia Homan

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Hospodka

Holly Huerter-Morgan

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Jensen

Ms. Lois Jordan

Mr. John Kaiser

Michelle Kalkowski

Mr. Jeffrey Keating

Ms. Anne Keenan

Mary Kelly

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kemler

Jane Knight

Mrs. Margaret Koley

Rev. Owen Korte

Dr. & Mrs. Duane Krause

Mr. & Mrs. Terry Kroeger

Mr. Robert Kroenke

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Labedz

Ms. Patricia Ladenburger

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lappe

Mary Patricia Lee

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lehn Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Levesque

Rev. William L’Heureux

Mama’s Pizza Midtown

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Masur

Rev. Eldon McKamy

Drs. Thomas A & Evelyn

H McKnight

Craig C and Dr Kristine

L McVea

Mr. Thomas Miller

Molly Mullen and George Hatcher

Mrs. Ann Nordin

Ann O’Connor

Mr. Stephen O’Meara

Elizabeth Osborne

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Patterson

Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Pfeifer

Ms. Susan Philbin

Mr. Eric Pierson

Rev. John Pietramale

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Pinkerton

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pohl

Mrs. Elizabeth Polak

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Prosser

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rasmussen

Mrs. Barb Ratkovec

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Rix

Mr. & Mrs. John Robak

Mr. T. Patrick Ryan

Dr. Roger Roubal

Mary Jean Safranek

Rev. Carl Salanitro

Kathryn Schinker

Mr. & Mrs. David Schmitt

Mr. Terry Schneekloth

Mr. & Mrs. James Schulte

Ms. Deborah Scott

Kathy Shelton

Silverstone Group

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Slattery

Mr. & Mrs. George Smallfield

Deborah Stephens

Ms. Kristi Storm

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Swetala

Mr. & Mrs. James Swoboda

Mrs. Yo Tierney

Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Tjaden

Mr. & Mrs. Francis Tworek

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Vacha

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Velinsky

Mrs. Rita Viano

Mr. Justin Vossen

Mr. Mark Walla

Mr. & Mrs. Joel Wenninghoff

Br. William Woeger

IN KIND GIFTS

Mrs. Rosemary Andrews

Ms. Angel Carl Marketing

Mrs. Karen Arnone

Mr. Orvil Bachmann

Mr. & Mrs. Gery Benes

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Bushon

Dr. & Mrs. John Cannella

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Casey Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Chandler

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Cook

Mrs. Marcella Cook

Mrs. Camilla Cox

Culvers

Mr. & Mrs. William Cutler II

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Determan

Dismal River

Durham Museum

Exceptional Portraits

Eyman Plumbing

Mrs. Margaret Faciszewski

Mrs. Marie Fletcher

Nancy Gaukel

Godfather’s Pizza Corporate Office

Mr. & Mrs. David Goeckeler

Great Harvest Bread Company

Mr. & Mrs. John Griffith

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Haerr

Mr. & Mrs. John Hain

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Hanus

Mr. & Mrs. Leo Hanus

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Hanus

Mr. & Mrs. James Hercinger Jr.

Ms. Penny Hinckley

Dr. Sharon Hoffman, PhD

Miss Mary Ann Hotovy

Mr. Steve & Dr. Lynne Houtz

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Huber

Brigid Hutson

James Arthur Vineyards

Karen Janssen

Jerry Ryan Clothing & Sportswear

Ms. Lois Jordan

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Kaminski

Mr. Robert Kaufman

Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel

Mr. & Mrs. Dan Koch Jr.

Mrs. Lynn Koch

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Leas

Mr. & Mrs. James Leonardo Jr.

Mrs. Josephine Lohmeier

Mama’s Pizza Midtown

Marathon Ventures

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Masur

Mr. & Mrs. Bill McDowall

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Medlock

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Meister

Mrs. Shirley Mendenhall

Mr. & Mrs. David Miller

Patricia Miller

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Minchow

Mount Michael Benedictine School

Mrs. Betty Ann Muntean

National WWI Museum

Omaha Academy of Ballet

Omaha Children’s Museum

Omaha Community Playhouse

Omaha Lancers

Omaha Steaks

Omaha Storm Chasers

Omaha Symphony

Opera Omaha

Oriental Trading Company, Inc

Papio Fun Park

Pasta Amore

Mrs. Lora Pecor

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Pinkerton

Railcar Modern American Kitchen

Mr. & Mrs. Herman Rauth

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Sasek

Dr. & Mrs. Michael Schafer

Mr. & Mrs. Condon Schnepel

Mr. & Mrs. William Selde

Sgt. Peffer’s Italian Cafe

Mr. & Mrs. Randy Shada

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Shepherd

Jennie Shiley

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Stessman

Ted & Wally’s Ice Cream

The Amazing Pizza Machine

The Rose Theater

Timber Wood Fire Bistro

Mrs. Betty Ann Tokosh

Mary Tracy PhD

Upstream Brewing Company

Vala’s Pumpkin Patch

Mrs. Kathleen Watson

Mr. & Mrs. John Wiggs

Nanci Wildman

Mr. Roger Wilson

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Winklebauer

Woodland Hills Golf Course

Zio’s Pizzeria

We Notre Dame Sisters wish to express our heartfelt appreciation to you, our donors, for your contributions during the past fiscal year.

Every gift we receive is important. The names printed in this year’s annual report reflect our top donors and in-kind gifts. This list includes top monetary gifts given July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. We have made every attempt to publish a complete list of donors. We sincerely apologize if your name was inadvertently omitted or printed incorrectly.

A PRAYER TO RELIEVE ANXIETY DURING TOUGH TIMES

FROM SR. MARGARET HICKEY, ND

I LEARNED ABOUT THE PRAYER TO MARY, THE UNDOER OF KNOTS, DURING ONE OF MY VISITS TO EUROPE. I HAVE A RIBBON INTO WHICH I HAVE TIED KNOTS REPRESENTING THOSE SITUATIONS THAT GIVE ME ANXIETY AND FEAR. AND I RECITE THIS PRAYER:

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us. Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of all in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exist in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon us and our world and see the snarl of knots that exists in our lives. We are desperate for peace and equity and so many knots bind us.

Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in our lives, we entrust into your hands the ribbons of our lives. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone.

Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and our Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today these knots.

[MENTION YOUR REQUEST HERE AND THE REQUESTS OF OUR WORLD.]

I beg you to undo them for the glory of God, once for all.

You are our hope. O our Lady, the fortification of our feeble strength, the enrichment of our destitution, and, with Christ, the freedom we so desire. Hear our plea. Keep us, guide us protect us, O Safe Refuge! Amen.

MAY OUR UNITED PRAYERS FILL OUR WORLD WITH GREAT PEACE, THE PEACE OF THE RISEN CHRIST.

WAYS TO GIVE

PRAYER OR MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION MATCHING GIFTS

REMEMBER LOVED ONES WITH PRAYER

Honor, in a significant way, a loved one who has died, a friend on a happy occasion, or someone in need of special prayers. You can honor the memory of your family member or friend through the ongoing prayers of the Notre Dame Sisters. In turn, your gift allows you and them to share in our prayer and ministries.

DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT

Many employers offer matching gift programs, matching dollar for dollar, their employees’ charitable contributions. Please check with your Human Resources department today to see if this is an option for you. If so, please complete the form provided by your employer and return it to the Notre Dame Sisters with your gift. We will take it from there!

PLANNED GIVING

A.K.A. LEGACY GIVING

Any major gift, made in lifetime or at death as part of a donor’s overall financial and/or estate planning enables philanthropic individuals to make larger gifts to the Notre Dame Sisters than they could make from ordinary income. Others use estate and tax planning. These include gifts of equity, life insurance, real estate, personal property, or cash.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PRAYER ASSOCIATION, MATCHING GIFTS, OR PLANNED GIVING PLEASE CONTACT THE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE AT 402-455-2994 OR EMAIL SANDRA KOCH, VP OF ADVANCEMENT AT SKOCH@NOTREDAMESISTERS.ORG.

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