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ACTION ITEM For Iowa Homeschooling Families parents and supporters: Unfriendly rule changes are being considered by the State of Iowa

A homeschooling parent from our community informs me that: “I wanted to make you aware of the situation with the Iowa Dept of Ed that’s trying to change rules for homeschooling, making it oppressive for us. It feels like [we’re being targeted for retaliation] prolly b/c Gov Reynolds went hard on the AEA & alsoContinue reading “ACTION ITEM For Iowa Homeschooling Families parents and supporters: Unfriendly rule changes are being considered by the State of Iowa”

25 February: The Second Sunday of Lent

Holy Family, Davenport: 9:30 Catechism in the Administration Center, 10:20 Confessions, 10:35 Rosary, 11:00 High Mass; after Mass, Holy Face devotion reparations, Fellowship Meal St Patrick, Iowa City: 2:00 Rosary, 2:10 Confessions, 2:30 Low Mass with hymns Religious Goods will be blessed after both Masses today https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/Lent2nd.pdf

7:15am, 23 February – Ember Friday of Lent

Adoration and confessions to follow https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/Lent1stFriday_0223.pdf About Embertide: Four times a year, the Church sets aside three days to focus on God through His marvelous creation. These quarterly periods take place around the beginnings of the four natural seasons. Embertides are spent fasting and partially abstaining (voluntary since the new Code of Canon Law) inContinue reading “7:15am, 23 February – Ember Friday of Lent”