To the thirty families who sent me a Spiritual Bouquet of… Family Novenas in honor of the Dolors of Mary, Family Litanies of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, a Family Novena of Rosaries, a Family Week of Rosaries, Masses for my intentions, and a Gower Sisters Novena in honor of the Dolors of Mary… inContinue reading “A note of deep gratitude…”
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Sunday, 17 September- 16th Sunday after Pentecost
Holy Family, Davenport: Catechism 9:30, Confessions 10:15, High Mass 11:00; Holy Face Devotion after Mass in the church, Fellowship Meal downstairs in the Hall. St Patrick, Iowa City: Confessions, 2:20, Mass 2:45; potluck afterwards in the Hall.
7:15am, Friday 15 September: Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Adoration and Confessions to follow
12:05pm, Monday 11 September: Ss Protus and Hyacinth, martyrs
11:00 Adoration and Confessions Saints Protus and Hyacinth were Christian martyrs during the persecution of Emperor Valerian. They were servants in the house of St. Philip and were arrested and executed for being Christians. The main source for details on their martyrdoms and acts is considered unreliable, but the relics of St. Hyacinth, known toContinue reading “12:05pm, Monday 11 September: Ss Protus and Hyacinth, martyrs”
7:15 am, Friday 8 September: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Litany of Mary during Adoration, Confessions to follow Commemorating the Parents of the Immaculate Conception Saints Anne and Joachim, the parents of the Virgin Mary, according to tradition derived from certain apocryphal writings. St. Anne is one of the patron saints of Brittany and Canada and of women in labour. As the grandparents of Jesus,Continue reading “7:15 am, Friday 8 September: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary”
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.
