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Cathedral Arts Project's
41st Annual Flower Festival | January 22-25, 2026
This year's Festival was a great success - with ever more innovative floral designs and displays, inspiring music and warm fellowship to offset the Arctic chill in the January air outside. Visits to our receptions reached a new high, and side trips to the art exhibition in our Sunderland Gallery and to our Gift Shop were up as well. We were proud to honor our recently retired Archbishop George Lucas and Cathedral Arts Project benefactors Michaela & John Blazek for their exceptional contributions. Through all this, the Cathedral was still more resplendent with the added visual feast of floral masterpieces - see the pictures below to get a glimpse of some of the wonders presented in this haven from the cold.
Photography by Foton-Foto
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Many thanks to the hundreds of volunteers and donors who made the 40th Anniversary Flower Festival a success and to our florists, musicians, and artists who brought the beauty to life!
Florists and Designers
The Saint Joseph Shrine
Fernweh Floral and Design
Designer: Elizabeth Grundman
The Saint Anne Shrine
Designer: Ted Wzorek
The Nash Chapel
Metropolitan Community College
Floral Design Program
Instructors: Holly Kempkes and
Jeana Svoboda
The South Ambulatory
Creative Fleurs
Designer: Lillian Jacobitz
The South Ambulatory
Designer: Katie Goodman
The South Ambulatory
Jenny’s Floral Design Classes
Designer: Jenny Carney
Antiphonal Choir
DeZines
Designer: Larry Kleinlein
Molly Boulden, and Rich Handzlik
The Infant of Prague
Hy-Vee West Broadway, Council Bluffs
Janelle Gloden, Manager
Designers: Shannon Moore and
Brian Wedemeier
Saint Joseph Altar
Janousek Florist
Designers: McKayla Schroeder, Ricky Burgess-Hook, Michael Taylor
Coronation of the Virgin
Designer: James Pierson
The Gates
Fresh Floral
Designers: Rebecca WestCarrie Moriarity, Dani Rogers
The Assumption of the Virgin
Town and Country Floral
Designer: Jeff Brookhouser
The Spanish Colonial Altar
Atkinson Floral
Designer: Curie Mincer
The Saint Jude Shrine
Designers: Lisa Mueller, Amy Robbins
Kelly Brennan, and Fr. Jacob Epstein
Our Lady of Nebraska Chapel St. Wenceslaus Flower Ministry
Designers: Jill Lassek, Maria Peters,
Connie Bredemeyer, Melissa Krebs, and Abby Kreikemeier
The North Entry
Lauritzen Gardens Horticulture Team
The Baptistry
Designer: Saint Cecilia Flower Guild
The North Ambulatory
Designer: Saint Cecilia Flower Guild
The North Ambulatory
Designers: Dani Clayton,
Mackenzie Freed
The North Ambulatory
Designer: Doris Helfrich NAFD, NMF
The North Ambulatory
Hy-Vee Linden Market
Designer: Paul Simpson
The North Ambulatory
Stem Gallery, Lincoln
Designer: Conrad Quijas
The North AlcoveChrist Icon
Designer: Carol Wakin
Christ the King Shrine
VK Events Floral Planning, LLCDesigner: Dr. Vernetta Kosalka
The Great Hive
Designers: D. Damon Samuel, AIFD,AAF,CFD,PFCI,CEJ. Tia Lohman, Kathy Mann, Peter Massey, Cassy Brown, Page Kuhn,
Courtney Dunker, Sue Sandhoefner, Kelly Harris, Carl Kutchara,
Arturo Hernandez Sanchez,
Alyssa Egger, Kari Bro, and
Alyssa McIntosh
The Sanctuary
“The Exsultet”Designer: James PiersonShrine of Our Lady of Grace Designer: Kelly Harris
Artists
Sharon Boynton
Anthony Deon Brown
Musicians
Acappella Omaha Chorus (Annette Wallace, director)
Dr. Marie Rubis Bauer, organ
Jerry Brabec, piano
Diva 3: Nola Jean-Pierre & Family, vocalists
Robert Glaser, piano
Jeff Hoffman, organ
Gianna Manhart, organ
Omaha Conservatory of Music
Omaha Conservatory of Music - Frontier Strings
OPS Mini Singers (Garret Jackson, director)
Michael Pollock, marimba
Prairie Rose Ensemble
Cecilia Rickett, flute
Saint Cecilia Cathedral Choir and Soloists
Saint Cecilia School Choir (Mattia Tucksen, director)
Melissa Schuerman, harp
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