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Please volunteer to support St Alphonsus parish Fish Fry season: Teens and Adults are really needed

Where the Chaplaincy has an office, meets and has liturgies. Proceeds of the Fish Fry cover buildings insurance and maintenance costs. Contact Ron Patton (563) 210-9971 to schedule your assistance as a cook, if you are an adult- work starts at 10:00am on Fridays – or the parish office (563) 322-0987 to speak with VickieContinue reading “Please volunteer to support St Alphonsus parish Fish Fry season: Teens and Adults are really needed”

12:05pm, Monday 2 February- Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Candlemas

The blessing and distribution of Candles will take place before Mass, beginning at 11:40am. Then, we process indoors. You may bring candles to be blessed for home use. Potluck lunch afterwards. https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/0202Purification.pdf https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/02/a-comparison-of-old-and-new-blessing-of.html?m=1

Receiving the sacred Infant Christ into our hearts this Christmas— And into our homes the Christmas Season (which lasts until 2 February)

Our community has obtained a Christ bambino and an apprentice of St Joseph has crafted for us a wooden manger for the purpose of circulating for veneration in our homes devotion and thanksgiving for the Gift of Jesus’ incarnation. Dr Chad and Jill Kluver are coordinating the sign up for you to receive Baby Jesus,Continue reading “Receiving the sacred Infant Christ into our hearts this Christmas— And into our homes the Christmas Season (which lasts until 2 February)”