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Saint Michael
Catholic Church, Cheney, Nebraska

1909 - 2009

May 2, 2009 - Centennial Luncheon - Voices of Ellis Island Performance

May 23, 2009 - 100th Anniversary of First Mass - Parish Celebration after 5:30 Mass
 Please share your garden flowers with us for our Centennial Mass - bring fresh cut home grown flowers to the church by 1:00 Saturday, May 23rd and plan on joining us for our centennial picnic after the 5:30 Mass.

July 19, 2009 - Centennial Ice Cream Social

September 27, 2009 - Centennial Year Celebration Wrap-up

Centennial history book, The Biography of a Parish, will be available for purchase at the September 27, 2009 Mass $40.00 (books may be pre-ordered for a $10.00 deposit, $5.00 charge for mailing)

Centennial recipe collection available now and all year $10.00

Centennial T-shirts available now and all year $10.00

 

The first hundred years!

November 14, 1908: The first Bishop of Lincoln, Thomas Bonacum, purchased two lots on the north edge of Cheney
January 8, 1909: construction began on a wooden church designed by a Lincoln architect.
May 10, 1909: The work was completed.
May 23, 1909: Mass was offered for the first time in the new building.
 

It’s been awhile . . Centennial Moments


The  first Mass was held in the parish church on First Street in Cheney on May 23, 1909. 

That day in 1909 is now far away in time.

Previous generations of parishioners celebrated the milestone dates in parish life
(it’s 25th year, it’s 50th) with picnics. 

On May 23, 2009, following the 5:30 p.m. Mass, the 100th year be celebrated with a picnic.
The second century for St. Michael parish is underway.  Whoever is here in 2109 may occasionally wonder about the people who lived in those old houses in the Woodlands at Yankee Hill subdivision and where was the place called Cheney.  (Someday the parish will probably be known as St. Michael in Lincoln.)  Who went to St. Michael School back then-some old guys we’ve never heard of.  They’re in their 90’s now.  But the dome and bell tower on the old church can still be seen from far away.