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- Legion Of Mary
- Widowed, Divorced, Separated Support Group
- Hope and Healing Ministries
- Journeys in Faith Support Group
- Young Married and Engaged Catholic Adults
- Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends
- The Pilgrim Icon and Chalice
A Communal Devotion for Vocations
Our local chapter of the Legion of Mary meets on Sundays at 4:00 PM in the parish hall.
Widowed Divorced Separated
Mondays
Our Widowed Divorced Separated support group meets on Sundays at 7:30 PM in the parish hall.
Hope and Healing Ministries, a ministry of the Diocese of Davenport, offers healing retreats, toll-free hotline, and counseling referrals to those, including family members, who are struggling with the emotional or spiritual pain of an abortion or sexual abuse. Find the healing you seek. For more information, call 1-877-896-HOPE or 563-322-1684. You may also contact us by sending email to hopeandhealingministries@davenportdiocese.org
or by visiting www.davenportdiocese.org/HopeandHealing.
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Journeys in Faith Support Group
Thursdays, 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Newman Center
Please join us to explore how faith issues intersect with our academic mission at The University of Iowa. We meet each week for support, fun, and to learn. We come together to explore relevant current events, issues of faith and spirituality, world
religious, and topics of interest to the group.
Students from all faith backgrounds are invited. For more information, call the parish office at 337-4314.
Young Married and Engaged
Catholic Adults
Who: Any couple that is engaged or newly married.
What: To provide fellowship, friendship and support to young couples.
When: Events include monthly socials, faith sharing, community service opportunities and Mass attendance.
How: Activities are sent out through e-mail. To get on the mailing list, send an email to: icymeca@yahoo1.com
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend
Want to attend? Need more information?
Contact:
Roger and Marsha Luensmann
563-927-4352
Or visit www.iowa-wwme.org
Please register at least 6 weeks before the weekend that you want to attend.
A Communal Devotion for Vocations
Answering the Call to Prayer
Began the week of June 18, 2006
The Old Testament Trinity
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God appeared to Abraham and Sarah in the form of three travelers to personally promise them He would fulfill His covenant with the gift of Isaac (Gen. 18:1-15). Receiving this icon into your home is a chance to welcome the call of the Spirit with joy and openness, and to meditate upon the covenant the Father has made with us through Jesus, his only Son. |
The Chalice
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This chalice was used by a priest of our Diocese who has passed away. It is a tangible reminder of the "cup of the new covenant ... For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes" (1 Cor. 11:26). The outer figures in the icon form a chalice that contains the central figure, Jesus, given to us in the Eucharist. |
The Pilgrim Icon and Chalice
What is it?
Starting the week of June 18th, St. Mary's will begin a continuous program of home prayer dedicated to helping people discern and answer God's call.
If you participate in this program of prayer, you will host two religious items in your home for a week and promise to pray a simple prayer for vocations each day they are there. A copy of the prayer will accompany the objects.
Who can participate?
Anyone! Young or old. Married or single. Rich or poor. All that's required is an openness to pray. We will bring the objects to your home, and we will pick them up a week later.
What can it accomplish?
The Eucharist is the source and summit of our lives and Christ gives us His Body and Blood through the Church. Praying for vocations to the priesthood, is asking (as we do in the Our Father) for our daily bread. Praying for vocations to the religious life is asking God to call more men and women to give their whole selves over to build up the Church and lead people to the Risen Lord. Prayer helps us to become a community of fertile ground so that the Spirit can bring forth much fruit!
If you would like to participate, please contact Caine an Ann Thomas at 688-0907 or send email to annthomas11@gmail.com.