7:15am Friday, 16 February: Friday after Ash Wednesday

Adoration and Confessions after Mass Current Church Laws Concerning Fasting and Abstinence The law of Abstinence binds all Catholics, beginning on the day after their 14th birthday.(formerly it was beginning the day after their 7th birthday) The law of Fasting binds all adults in the United States, beginning on their 18th birthday until the midnightContinue reading “7:15am Friday, 16 February: Friday after Ash Wednesday”

Sunday, 28 January: Septuagesima Sunday

Davenport, Holy Family: Catechism 9:30, Confessions 10:20, Rosary 10:35, High Mass 11:00; Holy Face reparation devotion; Fellowship Meal after Mass. Religious items (except candles) blessed after Mass. Iowa City, St Patrick: Rosary 2:00pm, Confessions, 2:10, Low Mass with hymns 2:30, Potluck in Social Hall after Mass. Religious items blessed after Mass. The 17-day period beginningContinue reading “Sunday, 28 January: Septuagesima Sunday”

12:05pm, Monday 15 January: St Paul, first hermit, confessor

St. Paul the First Hermit, also known as Paul of Thebes, was an Egyptian hermit and friend of St. Jerome. He was born in Lower Thebaid, Egypt, at the age of fifteen and hid during the persecution of Christians under Emperor Traj anus Decius. At the age of twenty-two, he went to the desert toContinue reading “12:05pm, Monday 15 January: St Paul, first hermit, confessor”

14 January: Second Sunday after Epiphany – UPDATE #3

Davenport, Holy Family: NO Catechism, 10:20 Confessions, 10:35 Rosary, 11:00 Low Mass. Holy Face devotion reparations; Fellowship Meal downstairs after Mass? Iowa City, St Patrick: – In consultation with Fr Troy, Pastor of St Patrick’s, and in view of the inadvisability of traveling on I80 due to drifting snow conditions, high winds and extreme temperatures-Continue reading “14 January: Second Sunday after Epiphany – UPDATE #3”