Celebration of the Divine Mercy Sunday Holy Hour, April 24th, will be held at Sacred Heart Church, 2217 Avenue I, Fort Madison, IA. Prior to the Divine Mercy Holy Hour, confessions will begin at 2:30pm. Divine Mercy Holy Hour starts at 3:00pm. Mass to follow at 4:00pm. Through the revelations from Jesus to St. Faustina, …
First Sunday in Lent and Precept 4 of the Catholic Church, Fasting and Abstinence
Just wanted to let everyone know that we have posted the Pastor’s Perspective for Palm Sunday, where Fr. Denis, Fr. James and Fr. Mike talk about the Gospel of John for Sunday and the Way of the Cross (Stations of the Cross) leading up to Palm Sunday. Tune in to hear the show at 9 …
Monday, April 4, 2022 – The Fifth Week of Lent The Feast of St. Isidore of Seville St. Isidore of Spain possessed a great love of knowledge and unwavering devotion to God. He lived in Spain during a time of great dissension between two groups, the Catholic Romans and the Arian Goths. It was as …
Friday, April 1, 2022 – The Fourth Week of Lent St. Mary of Egypt St. Mary of Egypt was a prostitute who joined a group of pilgrims headed to attend the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Her intention: lure them into sin. When she attempted to enter the church, an invisible force …
Thursday, March 31, 2022 – The Fourth Week of Lent The Feast of St. Guy of Pomposa St. Guy was meticulous in his appearance until realizing that having such vanity was not Christ-like. From this point forward, he dressed in rags and studied to become a monk. His virtue was quickly recognized & he rose …
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 – The Fourth Week of Lent The Feast of St. Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy This French priest intended to do mission work in Japan, but hearing of the need for missionaries in Korea, he traveled there instead. He became fluent in the Korean language and used this to write many books on Catholicism, …