St. Anthony Catholic Church
Davenport, Iowa
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Grandma Turns 105 Years Old on March 17
Ten Things of Faith I Received from Her
by John Cooper
My grandmother Monica pictured above with my mom and aunt in the background.
What are some of most important spiritual blessings that your grandparents or other family members have passed onto you? Lent is a time to reflect back on these graces we have received in our lives. Becoming more aware of these graces can help us to better see where God is leading us today.

As my German grandmother Monica Hicks turns 105 years old on March 17, here are ten things of faith that I received from her.

  1. I'm Catholic because of my grandma. Her husband, my grandfather belonged to the Church of Christ. My father's family were also members of the Church of Christ. If it weren't for her, I might not be worshiping where I'm at today.
  2. Having never gotten a license to drive, we picked her up every Sunday to go to Mass. If one of us children weren't in the car, we had better be sick. There were no excuses for missing Sunday Mass in my grandma's world. P.S. As a child, my grandma rode to Mass in a horse drawn wagon several miles into town from her family farm on Chicken Hollow Road. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING...
Lenten Reflection from the Pew
From this Past Tuesday
In Case You Missed It!

Pride, Insecurity, and Hypocrisy are 3 things that God cannot tolerate. The Lord’s view of the religious leaders of His day was disgust, and He didn’t have anything good to say to them. On the contrary, His honesty shot them down totally, and exposed them as the hypocrites they were.

It is not the weaknesses that we have or the mistakes we make that condemn us or remove God’s grace and love. He forgives any of that very readily. Being human automatically means that we have weaknesses, and we’ll continually make mistakes. (If I can be so bold, I can say, “So what?!?”)

An atheist or an opponent of the Kingdom of God is at least forthright, open and honest in their beliefs. They’re not pretenders. But it is those who pretend to be religious and put on airs of piety that bring God’s rejection and judgement on their heads.

Richard Leddy
St. Anthony McAnthony Window Patron

Active Disciple Participants Receive Crosses to Wear
It was very fitting this past Tuesday when each participant in the Active Disciple 40-Day Challenge received a wooden cross. Mark Bailey, who is coming into the Church at Easter made each cross. Mark is participating in the program and thought that rather than wearing disposal name tags each week, we should wear the most important symbol of our faith. Father Apo blessed all the crosses before placing them on participants. See below.
First names are written on each cross as shown above.
Alice and Lucas Try Out Our New Confessional
See there's nothing holding you back. Alice was able to easily get in and out of the confessional in her wheelchair.

Mark your calendars. Our Lenten Communal Reconciliation Service will be Saturday, March 28 at 10 a.m. There will be five priests available to hear confessions.
Diocese of Davenport Moves to Step 2
Precautions for the Coronavirus
A LITTLE RELIGIOUS HUMOR

There was a new preacher who wanted to rent a house in the country. The only house available was rumored to be haunted. Since the preacher didn’t believe in such things, he rented it.

It wasn’t long before the ghost made its appearance. The preacher told his friends about the ghost, but they didn’t believe him. They told him the only way they would believe was if he would take a picture of the ghost.

The preacher went home and called for the ghost. When it appeared, the preacher explained the situation and asked the ghost if it would mind having its picture taken. The ghost agreed.

When the picture was developed, the ghost wasn’t visible. Feeling very disappointed, the preacher called again for the ghost. When it appeared, the preacher showed it the picture and wanted to know why the ghost wasn’t in it.

The ghost thought a minute and replied, “Well, I guess the spirit was willing, but the flash was weak.”