St. Anthony Catholic Church
Davenport, Iowa
Email Newsletter
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Priests are Praying for Us at Mass
by John Cooper
We Catholics believe that the Mass is the highest form of prayer that we can enter into this side of Heaven. We've now gone seven Sundays without being able to attend Mass in person. Our priests have been praying for us during their daily, private Masses. I don't know about you, but I've had questions about what its like for priests to say so many daily, private Masses. This is the first of a three-part series of interviews on this topic with Fathers Apo, McAleer, and Miclot.
Click here to hear Father McAleer's response...
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Pope Francis's Prayer to Mary During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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O Mary,
you always shine on our path
as a sign of salvation and of hope.
We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick,
who at the cross took part in Jesus' pain, keeping your faith firm.
You, Salvation of the Roman People,
know what we need,
and we are sure you will provide
so that, as in Cana of Galilee,
we may return to joy and to feasting
after this time of trial.
Help us, Mother of Divine Love,
to conform to the will of the Father
and to do as we are told by Jesus,
who has taken upon himself our sufferings
and carried our sorrows
to lead us, through the cross,
to the joy of the resurrection. Amen.
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Our Lady of Victory and Knights of Columbus Deliver More Food and a Check for McAnthony Window
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Tons of non-perishable food delivered brought down from OLV
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Members of the Knights of Columbus collected the food (now for a second time) and unloaded it in our parish center
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Members of the Knights of Columbus also presented us with a check for $250 for the Window with an additional $50 coming later. Thank you Knights and OLV!
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St. Anthony is Sponsoring a Food and Toiletries
Drive Thru on May 17
We'll be in the parish parking lot from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 17 for a Food and Toiletries Drive Thru for McAnthony Window. Non-perishable food and toiletries are appreciated. Items that have been really in demand include: Canned food with pull tabs, portable snack food, soup, ramen noodles, fresh fruit, body wash, deodorant, tampons, bottled water, fruit juices, potatoes, cooking oil, corn or flour tortillas, sugar, fideo, comsomede pollo, choco, maseca, beans and rice. See in the picture how we have taken "window shopping" to a whole new level at the Window.
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What's the PVC pipe in the photo used for at McAnthony Window?
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Swatting flies at the Window
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Social distance coffee cup refills
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Preparing for Our Merger with St. Mary's
The Beauty of Catholicism in the Spanish Language
Click on Link Below to Learn the Sign of the Cross in Spanish
Thank You to Meg May
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Dial In Thursday Evening Rosary at 7:30 p.m. with Zoom
Join your St. Anthony parish family for Rosary this Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. Spread the word. You don't need internet. All you need to do is....
Dial (312) 626-6799
Then enter Meeting ID 884 9496 3961#
Please keep your phone muted during the service.
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I hope this email finds you doing as well as can be expected as we've now entered the third month of this health crisis in our country and world. Clergy in our diocese talked with Bishop Zinkula last week via audio conferencing. Please know that the Bishop and priests of our diocese very much want to re-open our churches, but we want to wait until the COVID-19 picture improves in Iowa.
Until then, we invite you to join us for Mass via video this Sunday as we celebrate Mother's Day as well as crowning our Blessed Mother Mary! We invoke her protection during this time!
Yours in Christ,
Father Apo
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Italian Mother's Day Humor
Giuseppe excitedly tells his mother he's fallen in love and that he is going
to get married.
He says, "Just for fun, Mama, I'm going to bring over three women and
you try and guess which one I'm going to marry." The mother agrees.
The next day, he brings three beautiful women into the house, sits them
down on the couch and they chat for a while
He then says, "Okay, Mama, guess which one am I going to marry?"
Mama says immediately, "The one on the right."
"That's amazing, Mama. You're right. How did you know?"
Mama replies: "I don't like her."
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