Maria Rosa Mystica – Mary, Mystical Rose

From Father Nicholas’ Desk (please read)Since I was ordained on the first Saturday of the month of May, I have the great privilege of referring to myself as a Fatima priest! Mother Mary requested for special devotions to Her Immaculate Heart on the first Saturday of every month. Mother requested we receive communion in reparationContinue reading “Maria Rosa Mystica – Mary, Mystical Rose”

Parents: please review these verses with your children from today’s office of Morning Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours:

Ephesians 4:29-32 Guard against foul talk; let your words be for the improvement of others, as occasion offers, and do good to your listeners, otherwise you will only be grieving the Holy Spirit of God who has marked you with his seal for you to be set free when the day comes. Never have grudgesContinue reading “Parents: please review these verses with your children from today’s office of Morning Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours:”

Sunday, 9 July: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Holy Family, Davenport: 10:15 Confessions, 10:40 Rosary, 11:00 Low Mass. Holy Face devotion; Fellowship Meal after Mass St Patrick, Iowa City: 2:10, Confessions, 2:30 Low Mass Why did Christ say: ‘I have compassion on the multitude?’ Because of His mercy and goodness to man, as well as to prove that which He taught on anotherContinue reading “Sunday, 9 July: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost”

June is the Month Catholics Dedicate to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Have you offered your home yet to the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus? A Parishioner writes: “We are giving our house to Jesus!” That’s how our four year old described it, and that’s what we did when we enthroned our home to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Enthronement is a solemn ceremonyContinue reading “June is the Month Catholics Dedicate to the Sacred Heart of Jesus”