St. Anthony Catholic Church
Davenport, Iowa
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Decorating Your
Domestic Church
A Great Way to Bring Sacred Space Home
by John Cooper

During this time of being away from the beautiful, sacred space of St. Anthony Church, why not create "a slice" of that holy space in your domestic church? Domestic church? What's that? The phrase came out of Vatican II and become popularized by Saint John Paul II. Vatican II said, "Because baptized men and women are sacramentally married, their family is called a domestic church.

In her article, How to Create a Prayer Corner, Clarie Couche writes, "Yet beauty is also found when we imitate Christ. In the Gospels, we often read that Christ goes off by Himself to pray (Mark 1:35, Luke 5:16). We can create a space in our home where we can retreat to and find Christ. Creating a designated space for prayer, quiet, solitude, silence, and listening within our home allows us to hear God’s voice in our life more clearly." See the prayer area pictured here from parishioner Kathy Lundberg's home.

When we first got married Kate and I made it a point to create a prayer space in our university apartment. Click to continue reading...
Meet Jennifer Kakert
Candidate for Entering the Catholic Church
Where are you originally from? I grew up in St Louis. I have lived in the Quad Cities for 17 years.

Do you have any children? Yes, Jack and Caitlin

What has been your main line of work (inside or outside the home? Or where are you currently working? I am an accountant, I work for Financial District Properties. I am also a co-owner of The Vault Beauty Lounge & Urban Retreat.

What led you to the Catholic faith? I have been a lifelong Episcopalian and my husband is Catholic. I grew up a regular attender of church and my parents and family members are very observant. We baptized and raised our children in the Episcopal faith, but weren't regular attenders.
We decided to send our son to Alleman High School and it made a big impression on him. He felt called to become Catholic.  CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING...
Video Hello Quad Cities
From Staff and Patrons at McAnthony Window
Video of Our Own Ricky Peed
Two Years Ago Ricky Would Have Been Living on the Street
A Parishioner who is on Facebook Father Guillermo Trevino - Sent Me Some of His Facebook Humor...
To all the parishioners of St. Anthony’s:

I was happy to see how Kathy Lundberg shared her home prayer area with us. We eat, sleep, relax, bathe, watch TV, and do so many other things in our homes, some for fun and others out of necessity. We encourage you to take this time to make space for prayer in your home whether it be in a special prayer area or from your reclining chair in the living room. What matters most is that you reach out to God, allowing Him hold onto you during this health crisis. Hopefully, the positive spiritual habits we create during this crisis will continue long after its over and things are back to normal. God bless you!

In Christ’s Peace,
Rev. Apo Mpanda
Pastor
Uplifting Message from Deaf Priest

Father Shawn Carey is one of a small handful of Deaf priests who serve both the Deaf and hearing communities in the United States. This video is from July 13, 2016, yet is a powerful message that parents may benefit from during these challenging times setting up housekeeping for our children and their educations.

"We are responsible to nurture our children with 1: courage, 2: curiosity, and 3: creativity."

If you view it, make sure to click on the black square at the bottom with the "CC" in the middle so that you have the captions.

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