About St. Lawrence · Scribner, Nebraska
St. Lawrence Church is a Catholic mission parish serving the small community of Scribner, Nebraska, in Dodge County. It is staffed as a mission of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Hooper and is part of the Padre Pio Family Parish Group within the Archdiocese of Omaha, sharing pastoral leadership with St. Patrick Parish in Fremont. Sunday Mass is celebrated on Saturday evening or Sunday morning each week, with confession offered before Mass, and the parish is governed by a local Parish Council.
- Patron
- St. Lawrence
- Rector
- Fr. Walter Nolte
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Omaha
Why belong here
St. Lawrence offers the small-town Catholic community of Scribner a regular Sunday Mass with confession beforehand, in a parish setting close to home. The mission is supported by neighboring parishes through the Archdiocese of Omaha's Padre Pio Family Parish Group, bringing shared priests, faith formation resources, and livestreamed Masses from St. Patrick's in Fremont. A local Parish Council, led by David Vogel with Kathy Lodl, Laura Sweet, Marlyn Camp, and Cory Schleuter, keeps the parish rooted in the daily life of its members.
Mass times at St. Lawrence
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 9:30-10:00 am (and Holy Day schedule as posted)
About St. Lawrence Mission
St. Lawrence is a small Catholic mission parish serving Scribner, Nebraska. It is part of the Archdiocese of Omaha and is administered together with St. Rose of Lima Parish in Hooper and St. Patrick Parish in Fremont. The church itself sits at 910 Grant Street, while the mission's rectory is located at St. Rose of Lima in Hooper.
- Type: Catholic mission parish
- Deanery: Rural East (Padre Pio Family Parish Group)
- Address: 910 Grant Street, Scribner, NE 68058
- Rectory phone (Hooper): 402-654-3449
- Parish office (Fremont): 402-721-6611
Parish Leadership
The parish is served by clergy from St. Patrick Parish in Fremont and is guided locally by a Parish Council. The pastor, Fr. Walter Nolte, also leads St. Patrick Parish in Fremont and serves as president of Archbishop Bergan Catholic School.
- Pastor: Fr. Walter Nolte
- Associate Pastor: Fr. Bill Cremers
- Parish Council President: David Vogel
- Secretary: Kathy Lodl
- Council members: Laura Sweet, Marlyn Camp, Cory Schleuter
Parish Family and Diocese
In 2019, as part of the Archdiocese of Omaha's Journey of Faith pastoral planning initiative, St. Lawrence Mission was grouped with St. Rose of Lima Parish in Hooper under Pastor Fr. Walter Nolte. In 2023 the family grew to include St. Charles Borromeo Parish in North Bend and St. Leo Parish in Snyder, forming the Padre Pio Family Parish Group within the Rural East Deanery.
- Diocese: Archdiocese of Omaha
- Deanery: Rural East
- Family Group: Padre Pio Family Parish Group
- Sister parishes in family group: St. Patrick (Fremont), St. Rose of Lima (Hooper), St. Charles Borromeo (North Bend), St. Leo (Snyder)
Faith Formation and Sacramental Life
Faith formation resources for St. Lawrence families are coordinated through St. Patrick Parish in Fremont. Information about baptism, marriage, first Communion, confirmation, and anointing of the sick is available through the St. Patrick parish office, and parishioners can sign up for news, online giving, and ministry updates through the parish's WeConnect platform.
- Online giving via the St. Patrick WeConnect site
- Faith Formation information linked through St. Patrick Parish
- Sacramental preparation coordinated through the St. Patrick Parish office