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November is dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory
November 1- 8 Indulgenced acts to be performed for obtaining a plenary indulgence: visit a cemetery with a mental prayer for the poor souls. November 2 Visit a church or chapel with one Our Father and one Apostle’s Creed being recited. This prayer is especially recommended “Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord, and letContinue reading “November is dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory”
Friday, 13 February
M A S S is C A N C E L L E D
Today is Ember Friday in September
Sunday, 24 September – the 17th Sunday after Pentecost
Holy Family, Davenport: 9:30 Catechism in the Parish Office bldg, 10:15 Confessions, 10:35 Rosary, 11:00 High Mass. Holy Face devotion. Fellowship meal in the Hall. St Patrick, Iowa City: 2:20 Confessions, 2:25 Rosary, 2:45 Low Mass. Religious goods blessed this week at both Masses
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.
September is Dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows
Those seven sorrows are: The Circumcision and Prophecy of SimeonThe Flight into EgyptThe Loss of Jesus in the TempleThe Meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the CrossThe CrucifixionThe Taking Down of the Body of Jesus from the CrossJesus is laid in the TombThese seven sorrows are often represented in art by aContinue reading “September is Dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows”
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.
Devotion to the Holy Face and Our Lady of Sorrows at Holy Family and St Alphonsus parishes 13 – 15 September
Please tell others and attend as much of this three day event as possible
12:05, Monday 17 July: “St Feria”
Adoration and Confessions precede Mass today.