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Monday, 4 September: NO MASS today, in observance of Labor Day

Gracious and loving God, help the young men and boys of our community to hear your call to serve as priests of Jesus Christ. Our needs are great and our people thirst for your presence. Open the hearts of many; raise up faithful servants of the Gospel, dedicated, holy sisters, brothers, deacons and priests, whoContinue reading “Monday, 4 September: NO MASS today, in observance of Labor Day”

September is Dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows

Those seven sorrows are: The Circumcision and Prophecy of SimeonThe Flight into EgyptThe Loss of Jesus in the TempleThe Meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the CrossThe CrucifixionThe Taking Down of the Body of Jesus from the CrossJesus is laid in the TombThese seven sorrows are often represented in art by aContinue reading “September is Dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows”

Sunday, 3 September: 14th Sunday after Pentecost

Holy Family, Davenport: Catechism 9:30, Confessions 10:20, Rosary 10:35, High Mass 11:00. Fellowship meal downstairs afterwards St Patrick, Iowa City: Confessions 2:25, Low Mass 2:45

7:15am, Friday 1 September: First Friday Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Adoration, Sacred Heart Litany and Confessions to follow

12:05pm, Monday 28 August: St Augustine, Doctor of the Church

Adoration and Confessions the Hour before

12:05 pm, Monday 28 August: St Augustine – Doctor of the Church

11:00- Adoration and Confessions Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Devotion to the Holy Face and Our Lady of Sorrows at Holy Family and St Alphonsus parishes 13 – 15 September

Please tell others and attend as much of this three day event as possible

Sunday, 27 August: 13th Sunday after Pentecost

Holy Family, Davenport: Catechism 9:30, Confessions 10:15, Rosary 10:35, High Mass 11:00. Fellowship meal following St Patrick, Iowa City: Confessions 2:25, Low Mass 2:45 Religious items will be blessed after Mass today