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Blog of the Traditional Latin Mass priest for the Diocese of Davenport

Davenport, Holy Family: High Mass, 11:00am. Rosary & Confessions before Mass. Holy Face devotion after. Fellowship Meal in Hall.
Iowa City, St Patrick: Low Mass, 2:30pm. Rosary & Confessions before Mass







This explainer – reproduced below- may be of interest to my readers: https://infovaticana.com/en/2026/07/02/the-vatican-excommunicates-even-lay-members-of-the-sspx-in-the-harshest-measure-in-recent-history/





Please pray and fast for all concerned.
If and when Bp Walsh issues a Statement, I will reproduce it here.
This Sunday I will briefly address this week’s turn of events and what it means for attendees of the TLMs in Davenport and Iowa City.
First Friday at Holy Family church
8:00am, Adoration & Confessions


Here follows a fair backgrounder that may be of interest to my readers:









I recommend this analysis as well:

See also:
https://fsspx.news/en/news/declaration-catholic-faith-addressed-pope-leo-xiv-59110
https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/06/urgent-pope-sends-letter-to-sspx.html?m=1
https://fsspx.news/en/news/letter-superior-general-response-his-holiness-pope-leo-xiv-59914
https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/06/open-letter-to-pope-and-cardinals-from.html?m=1






11:00am, Adoration, Rosary & Confessions

Davenport, Holy Family: High Mass, 11:00am. Confessions & Rosary before Mass. Holy Face devotion & potluck after Mass.
Iowa City, St Patrick: Low Mass, 2:30pm. Rosary & Confessions before Mass.
Blessing of religious goods after Mass, both sites.
