18 February- Ash Wednesday

Davenport, Holy Family: 11:45am, Rite of Blessing & Distribution of Ashes. 12:05pm, Low Mass of Ash Wednesday. Homily follows dismissal for those who need to return to office or shop. Ashes will then be distributed again for those who weren’t able to receive earlier.

11:00- Confessions begin. Resume during Mass.

https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/LentAshWednesdayAnteMissam.pdf

https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/LentAshWednesday.pdf

Please volunteer to support St Alphonsus parish Fish Fry season: Teens and Adults are really needed

Where the Chaplaincy has an office, meets and has liturgies. Proceeds of the Fish Fry cover buildings insurance and maintenance costs.

Contact Ron Patton (563) 210-9971 to schedule your assistance as a cook, if you are an adult- work starts at 10:00am on Fridays – or the parish office (563) 322-0987 to speak with Vickie to schedule your teen for table running, when serving begins at 4:00pm

Fish Fries begin 20 February.

12:05pm, 2 February- Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary

11:40am. Blessing & distribution of candles. Procession inside. brief homily after dismissal.

Our Lady was surrounded by angels on this day, forty days after her miraculous birth of the Savior of mankind, as she approached the Temple in Jerusalem, obedient to the Law of Moses.

https://open.substack.com/pub/hilarywhite/p/postcard-the-wilton-diptych?r=17ime1&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

More on The Wilton diptych:

https://youtu.be/Z2Zmmx0u-gE