St. Anthony Catholic Church Davenport, Iowa Weekly Email Newsletter

How to Join Us this Sunday Online for Mass Father Apo will celebrate the 4th Sunday of Lent with a videotaped Mass. For various technical related reasons, we determined that videotaping the Mass would be better than "live streaming" it. At 10 a.m. on Sunday morning, we will post this video Mass on the parish website's homepage at http://www.stanthonysdavenportiowa.org/ . We will also email out the link to those of you who are on this email distribution list. Email us the email address of anyone who is not currently receiving this email newsletter and we will add them. Also, at 10 a.m. we will post the video on Facebook. TO WATCH THE MASS ALL YOU WILL NEED TO DO IS CLICK ON THE LINK TO THE VIDEO THAT WE WILL PROVIDE.

New Parishioner Captain Christina Manley Looks for God in Emergencies by John Cooper

A few weeks ago, a woman named Tina stopped by for the 4:30 p.m. Saturday Mass. She had just moved to the Quad Cities and had rented a downtown apartment. She said, "I don't have a crucifix hanging on my walls, where can I buy one?" At that time of the day Religious Supply was closed. She wouldn't take the one hanging in my office that I offered to loan her. Then I remembered, we had found some crucifixes in a storage closest and I went to get her one. The following weekend, I saw her at Mass and as she left, she said, "I'll come down to the office this week to register as a parishioner. Sure enough on Monday afternoon, Tina walked in to register. She was dressed in her uniform and I learned that Army National Guard Captain Christina (Tina) Manley was stationed at the Rock Island Arsenal. When we sat down to talk and get to know one another, she said, "Everywhere I go to be stationed, there's a reason beyond the Army mission for God sending me there." That's when I paused her so that I could pick up a pen and paper to share her story.with you. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING...

We Have Parishioners Who Want to Help You! They're Setting Up!! Do You Need Help? We realize that some of our parishioners are unable to get out of their homes to go to the store for necessities. Some of you might be required to stay home due to comprised immunity. Others might just need someone to call them on the phone and talk with out of loneliness. Email , if you fall into one of these areas and we will do what we can as a parish to connect you with someone who can help.

What are you doing to keep yourself busy during this coronavirus social distancing? Eating, eating, eating Select Still have to work outside the home Select Watching tons of TV Select On my cell phone (landline phone) Select Walking my dog Select Talking to my cat Select Cleaning every square inch of the house (letting out that inner OCD) Select Reading the Bible Select Praying Select Reading for fun Select

To all the parishioners of St. Anthony’s: This is a time of trial for all of us. Our faith will get us through this health crisis. The Mass is the source and summit of our experience as Catholics. With this in mind, I invite you to join me online for Sunday Mass this weekend. Though unable to receive Holy Communion, we hope that you will join other Catholics around the world in a spiritual communion. See instructions in this newsletter for how to join us online. In the meantime, you are in my thoughts and prayers. In Christ’s Peace, Rev. Apo Mpanda Pastor

Humor for Those Who Are Stressed... Who was the greatest moneyman in the Bible? Noah. He was floating his stock while everyone else was in liquidation.