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St. John Nepomucene church is located in Weston Nebraska, right next to the St. John Nepomucene grade school. Mass is held every weekend at the times listed above. Coffee and cinnamon rolls will be served after every 8:00am mass in the school gym.

 

    Church History

St. John Nempomucene Church was built in 1885   It was named in honor of Saint John Nepomuc or Nepomucene as it was later known as.  On December 8, 1885 Father William Choka of Omaha celebrated the first Holy Mass in the new church.  In the first four years of the church, Fathers William Choka and Stutz attended to the new parish.  At first the new church only had 32 Catholic families attending, but over the coarse of 12 years that number grew to 140 Catholic families.

     In 1891 a new sacristy  and annex was added onto the church. In February of 1901 a new pester came to the church who's the name was Father Bor, and he decided that the church was too small and that a bigger one was to be built in its place. Within a short period he was able to raise over  $10,000 for the new church, which was constructed soon after.

 

 

                 

St. John Nepomucene             Fr. Brouillette

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History of St. John Nepomucene

 

St. John grew up in Nepomuk and was born about 1340; he died on 20 March, 1393. In his early childhood, John Nepomucene was cured of a disease through the prayers of his good parents. In thanksgiving, they consecrated him to the service of God. After he was ordained, he was sent to a parish in the city of Prague. He became a great preacher, and thousands of those who listened to him changed their way of life. Father John was invited to the court of Wenceslaus IV. He settled arguments and did many kind deeds for the needy people of the city.

     He also became the queen's confessor. When the king was cruel to the queen, Father John taught her to bear her cross patiently. One day, about 1393, the king asked him to tell what the queen had said in confession. When Father John refused, he was thrown into prison. A second time, he was asked to reveal the queen's confession. "If you do not tell me," said the king, "you shall die. But if you obey my commands, riches and honor will be yours." Again Father John refused. He was tortured.

     The king ordered to be thrown into the river. Where he drowned, a strange brightness appeared upon the water. He is known as the "martyr of the confessional." He is patron of Czechoslovakia, where he is invoked against floods and against slander. His feast day is May 16.