“St. Monica, St Augustine’s mother: She was a very holy woman, while he had been a very bad son. When they were in Carthage preparing for a voyage to Rome, St. Monica went to a church and spent the night praying there. Augustine took advantage of the opportunity to flee from her and embarked for Rome by himself, leaving her alone.

Afterward she followed him, always weeping and praying for his conversion. Once she went to the Bishop of Milan, St. Ambrose, to ask him if her son would ever convert. He replied to her with those famous words: “Woman, the child of so many tears shall never perish.” That is, she would see his rebirth through her intense and profound suffering.

You can imagine her joy when her son converted. St. Augustine and his mother spent some months together as he prepared for his Baptism.” Prof. Corrêa de Oliveira

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

“The restoration of Holy families and the society depends on making the devotion to the Holy Face and Our Lady of Sorrows known. The Holy Face is the currency of the kingdom of heaven through which we purchase souls and make reparation for the sins against the first three Commandments that hurt the majesty of God. As our Lady especially reiterated at Fatima, ‘the solution to all the problems of the human race are not in political or economic changes but regeneration of souls’. Rev N. Akindele, pastor

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

Sunday, 20 August: 12th Sunday after Pentecost

Holy Family, Davenport: 9:30 Catechism – Parish Office Bldg, 10:15 Confessions, 10:35 Rosary, 11:00 High Mass. Fellowship meal to follow.

St Patrick, Iowa City: 2:30 Confessions, 2:44 Low Mass. Potluck to follow

A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/Pentecost12th.pdf

God, of whose gift it cometh that Thy faithful do unto Thee laudable and service