Monthly Prayer

God our Father,

You sent Saint Patrick

to preach your glory to

the people of Ireland.

By the help of his

prayers, may all

Christians proclaim your

love to all men.

Grant this through our

Lord Jesus Christ, your

Son, who lives and

reigns with you and the

Holy Spirit, one God,

for ever and ever.

Amen

Welcome to our

new newsletter format, I

hope that it is something

that you enjoy reading. Our

goal with this new format

is to provide our parents

and alumni with informa-

tion on current events tak-

ing place at Cedar Catholic.

We want this newsletter to

be a source of information

as well as a source of con-

tact with our parents and

alumni

The students of

Cedar Catholic have been

active this Lent building

their faith and relationship

with Jesus. Thanks to the

local parishes all of the

students of Cedar Catholic

were given a copy of the

book Rediscover Jesus by

Matthew Kelley. There are

forty chapters to this book

which coincide with each

day of Lent. As the stu-

dents have been reading

the book they have also

had reflections each day in

class. A short video has

also been put together to go

along with the book. The

students have the opportu-

nity to watch this video

each day as well. We are

fortunate, as a school, to be

able to take advantage of

this faith growing experi-

ence. In addition to the

book, we held an all school

Lenten Retreat on Febru-

ary 23. More information

on the retreat is in an arti-

cle in this newsletter. At

the conclusion of the re-

treat Fr. Loseke informed

the students of the Campus

Ministry program we have

been working to develop.

This Campus Ministry pro-

gram will develop events

for our students to assist in

their faith development.

We are excited about the

beginning of this program

and what it can do for our

students. More information

about Campus Ministry

can be found on our website

under the Faith and Ser-

vice tab.

Congratulations to

all of our students involved

in winter activities. For the

most part these have

wound down for the season,

but some are still taking

place. It is exciting to see

the work and effort the stu-

dents put into their seasons

pay off with success. Thank

you to all of the people that

have supported the many

teams that we have.

The Catholic

Schools Gala is April 2.

This is a great night for our

Catholic schools as we have

the opportunity to enjoy

food and conversation with

the many people that sup-

port our Catholic schools.

This fundraising event also

important to the financial

success of our schools as it

raises funds that go to the

budgets of our schools. I

invite all of you to join us

this fun filled evening. I

encourage you to find

something on the list of

items that you need, or

don’t need, and make a

purchase to help support

our schools.

Enjoy the rest of

our newsletter. We will be

emailing this out to all of

our parents and alumni

whose email addresses we

have. If you know someone

who would like to receive

our email please let us

know.

Message from Mr. Terry Kathol, Principal

The Trojan Times

March 2016

Cedar Catholic Jr. Sr. High School’s Mission is to serve God by providing a

challenging academic education integrated with Catholic values and morals

developing our students spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, and socially.

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 3rd: Pop’s Concert @

7PM

March 8th: FFA Annual Labor

Auction @ 7PM

March 29th: Track @ Home

1PM

March 30th: NE Nebraska

Academic Contest @ NECC;

Quiz Bowl

ken and weak, our response to

brokenness, and how nothing

can defeat us if God walks

with us through our suffering.

Students then watched the

first half of the film Seabis-

cuit.

The movie is based on

the true story of three men - a

jockey, a horse trainer, and a

businessman - and an under-

sized and underestimated

racehorse. All four of these

characters experienced hurts

that caused them to be bro-

ken.

At the break, the stu-

dents reassembled and dis-

cussed the brokenness of each

character, and their road to

healing. The students then

wrote down their own broken-

ness or hurt on a piece of pa-

The lesson for the first

all-school Lenten Day of Rec-

ollection was “to be broken

and then redeemed.” Jesus

never gives up on us when we

are damaged from our sinful

condition. The movie, Seabis-

cuit, was used to teach the

students that no matter what

trials and tribulations one

may experience, with God’s

help, a person can rise in tri-

umph.

The day started with

Mass, as an introduction to

the day’s activities. Students

were then instructed to go

back to school and assemble

in their Houses. The Peer

Ministers from each House

opened with a reading from

St. Paul’s letter to the Ro-

mans, followed by discussion

on why God’s creation is bro-

per that was taken to church

for the final prayer service.

The students then en-

joyed their sack lunches be-

fore watching the second part

of the movie.

Following the film, they

gathered in church, reflected

on the day’s lesson, and of-

fered up their brokenness to

God. The day ended with the

Chaplet of Divine Mercy and

Father Loseke distributed a

pocket medal to each student

as reminder of God’s love for

them.

Written by Seniors-

Meika Kramer and

Ericka Guy

Lenten Day of Recollection Gets Positive Response

The Cedar Catholic Dance

Team competed in their fifth Ne-

braska State Cheer and Dance

Championship on February 19th,

2016. The team competed in both

the Hip Hop and the Pom categories

and took home a first place finish in

the Hip Hop category. This was the

first state dance title in school his-

tory and we couldn't be more proud

of our dance team!

DANCE TEAM TAKES STATE!

SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS

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Brandon Keiter

Plans to attend NECC and major in

Agriculture Business

Ericka Guy

Plans to attend NECC and study to

become a Veterinarian Technician

Megan Lesie

Plans to attend NECC and study to

become a Physical Therapy Assistant

Sandra Dickes

Plans to attend Mount Marty College

to major in Elementary Education

Miranda Pfund

Plans to attend South Dakota State

University and major in Dietetics

Monica Arens

Plans to attend Wayne State College

and major in Nursing.

Jay Reifenrath

Plans to attend UNL amd major in

Pre-Medicine

Brianna Lammers

Plans to attend UNL and major in

Nursing.

Noah Noecker

Plans to attend Wayne State College

and major in Building Construction

kusek, Sadie Uhing, Clarissa

Paltz, Andrew Rembert,

Nicholas Paltz, Laura Steffen,

and Anthony Heiman. This

will be held on Monday,

March 7th at Wayne State

College.

Band members were

also able to try out for Class C

All-State. Students selected

by audition were Jesse Kruse,

Zachary Paltz, Anthony

Heiman, Cassidy Ulrich,

Marie Rokusek, Sadie Uhing,

Clarissa Paltz, Laura Steffen,

Blasé Rokusek, Matthew Ro-

kusek, and Alexander

Heiman. Class C All-State

will be held at Kearney High

school on Saturday, March

19th. A public concert will be-

gin at 5:30PM.

The Cedar Catholic

band is once again excelling

at the state level. Students

accepted into the Mid-State

Conference Honor Band are

Hannah Rembert, Jesse

Kruse, James Kleinschmit,

Anna Burbach, Blasé Ro-

kusek, Zachary Paltz, Sarah

Lammers, Sydney Christen-

sen, Lauren Steffen, Cassidy

Ulrich, Alea Reifenrath, Jes-

sica Kleinschmit, Marie Ro-

CC Band Represents

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Colton Schieffer

Plans to attend NECC and major in

Agriculture.

Brodrick Emanuel

Plans to attend a four year university

and major in Architecture

Mark Kathol

Plans to attend a four year college

and major in Electrical Engineering

Bryce Lammers

Plans to attend SDSU or UNL and

major in Agriculture Business

Koby Lammers

Plans to attend NECC and major in

Information Technology

Taylor Lammers

Plans to attend NECC and major in

Pediatric Nursing

SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS Continued...

Bowling-The girls and boys bowling teams com-

peted at the state competition in Lincoln on Febru-

ary 13th, 2016. Bowling for the girls team were

Allison Loecker, Clarissa Paltz, Madison Morten,

Maggie Wiebelhaus, Laura Steffen, Hannah Rem-

bert, and Sadie Uhing. Madison Morten placed 7th

in the Top 10 with the individual scores of 141,

141, 165 for a 447 series. Bowling for the boys

team were Brandon Keiter, Brodrick Emanuel,

Connor Wuebben, Jesse Kruse, Chad Lammers,

Koby Lammers, and Mark Kathol. Brandon Keiter

finished 8th out of the Top 10 with the individual

scores of 187, 183, 126, for a 496 series.

Girls Basketball- The 2015-2016 campaign

ended with a loss to Ponca in the second round of

the C2-4 Subdistrict Tournament leaving us with

a 16-9 record on the season. We say goodbye to

five amazing Seniors who have left an indelible

mark on our program. To go from a 5-19 record as

Sophomores to 16-9 as Seniors is remarkable and

truly shows what hard work can achieve. The

team is in good shape moving forward, in addition

to the incoming freshman class we return 3 of our

top 4 leading scorers, our top free throw shooter by

% as well as our top 2 shooters in both 2pt FG and

3pt FG shooting %. Thank you for all of the sup-

port this season, nothing you do goes unnoticed or

unappreciated.

A Recap on Our Winter Activities

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Boys Basketball- On Monday, February 29th the

Trojan Boys Basketball Team lost to the Winne-

bago Indians, 44-60 in the District Final at Wayne

State College. Our boys displayed a hard fight in

the first half of the game but falling short to the

fast-paced Winnebago Indians in the second half.

Overall for the season the boys finished 13-12. The

team will graduate four seniors, Bryce Lammers,

Jay Reifenrath, Jack Steffen, and Sam Anderson.

Great season Trojans!

Wrestling- The Cedar wrestling team had a very exciting

start to the season with a lot of new wrestlers joining the

team. With only a few returning wrestlers, the team was

very young and had to work extra hard to match up with

some of the more experienced competition. Even with the

lack of experience, the wrestlers had a very successful season.

They picked up numerous medals throughout the year and

improved throughout the season. The team was able to show-

case all of their improvements at the District B-2 wrestling

meet to finish out the season. All of their hard work lead to

multiple wins and five wrestlers falling shy of the state tour-

nament by one match. With no one graduating, the team

looks forward to a successful season next year!