DAVENPORT

BUFFALO

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday 4:00 PM St. Alphonsus

Sunday 7:30 AM St. Alphonsus

9:00 AM St. Peter

10:30 AM St. Alphonsus

Confessions beginning at 3:15 p.m. on Saturdays before 4:00 p.m. Mass. Available by appointment, please call the parish office.

ST. ALPHONSUS ST. PETER

ST. ALPHONSUS CHURCH

Religious Education Director

Mary Ann Hagemann ...................................... 391-8593

RCIA Director

Sister Susan Rueve, O.S.F. .............................. 323-1502

St. Alphonsus Early Childhood

Education Center ....................................... 323-3204

Shelly Mclntosh, Director

ST. PETER CHURCH — BUFFALO

406 4th Street, Buffalo, IA 52728

Deacon Larry Dankert .................................. 381-2741

Parish Council President

Jim Matthys ................................................... 381-2553

Religious Education

Elementary - Nancy Stalder ............................ 381-2058

Intermediate - Scott Heskett .......................... 381-4991

PARISH SACRAMENTS

Baptism: Baptismal preparation class by appointment.

Please contact office for more information.

Weddings: Make arrangements pastor at least six months

before the wedding date. Dates and times for wedding in both

parishes must be scheduled by contacting the pastor.

RCIA: Classes begin mid-Sept for adults wishing to join the

Catholic church and/or wanting to enter more fully by receiving

the other sacraments. Please contact the parish office to register.

CHILD ABUSE REPORTING: Call Iowa Department of Human

Services Child Abuse Hotline: 800-362-2178 and if it involves

clergy or church personnel also notify Alicia Owens, the Victim

Assistance coordinator, 563-349-5002; vac@diodav.org

JANUARY 29, 2017-.-THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Moderator: Rev. Paul J. Appel

Parish Priests in Solidum: Rev. Christopher R. Young,

Rev. Guillermo Treviño, Jr. Residence: 2618 Boies Avenue • Davenport, Iowa 52802

Phone: (563) 322-0987 • Fax: (563) 323-1458 •

E-mail: staldav@gmail.com

Web Page: www.stalphonsusdav.org

Office Hours: Monday ― Friday: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Debbie Phelps ― Administrative Assistant

Susan Marshall– Office

Youth Minister : Joe Quinn……….381-7403

Email: davclusterym@diodav.org

GENERAL NEWS NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS: Is 58:7-10 / Ps 112/ 1 Cor 2:1-5 /

Mt 5:13-16

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Today 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

08:00 AM NO Elementary Religious Ed/St Peter

Mon. Jan 30 08:30 AM Adoration/ St Alphonsus

06:30 PM Choir Practice/ St Alphonsus

Tue. Jan 31 07:35 AM Pro Life Rosary/ St Alphonsus

09:00 AM Food Pantry/ St Peter

Wed. Feb 1 09:00 AM Sewing Group/St Alphonsus

01:00 PM St Monica's Shawl Ministry/Bookstore

06:30 PM Religious Ed/ St Alphonsus

06:30 PM Youth Group/ St Alphonsus

07:00 PM Committee Mtgs/ St Peter

Host:Liturgy

Fri. Feb 3 05:00 PM Communion Service/ St Peter

Sun. Feb 5 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

08:00 AM Elementary Religious Ed/St Peter

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In this column, we’re continuing our walk through the intro-

duction of the new Order of Celebrating Matrimony (OCM).

So far, we’ve reviewed the sections on theology and on du-

ties and ministries. This time, we’ll go over Section III: The

Celebration of Matrimony.

Paragraphs 28-32 talk about how important it is to prepare

well to celebrate a marriage. In particular, the engaged cou-

ple should be invited to be part of choosing the readings,

prayers, and music to be used (#29). The OCM is especially

insistent that the music chosen “should be appropriate and

should express the faith of the Church” (#30). While “the

festive character of the celebration of Marriage should be

suitably expressed” in the way the church is decorated, cou-

ples need to keep “the special nature” of penitential days

and seasons, such as Lent, in mind (#31-32). There are two

days on which marriages may not take place: Good Friday

and Holy Saturday.

What is most interesting about this first part of Section III is

paragraph 28. There, the Church reminds us that the cele-

bration of marriage has a “communitarian character” – it

involves not just the couple and even their family and

friends, but is a parish celebration. Therefore, the OCM talks

about the celebration of several marriages at the same litur-

gy and of celebrating the Sacrament at the parish’s Sunday

Mass. While not the way we are used to doing things, these

suggestions reveal a very important part of our theology of

sacraments in general and of matrimony in particular: noth-

ing in the church is ever individualistic. Sacraments are

communal.

Paragraphs 33-38 address the question of which rite is to

be used. The OCM offers three ways to celebrate matrimony:

within Mass, without Mass, and between a Catholic and one

who is not baptized.

If a marriage is between two Catholics, it should take place

at Mass (Chapter I; see #33). Typically, the Ritual Mass

would be used; there would be specific prayers and read-

ings that deal with marriage. However, on certain days of

the year, ritual Masses cannot be used; on those days, the

Mass of the Day (with its prayers and readings) is celebrated

(#34). In certain cases, the pastor may suggest to the cou-

ple that celebrating matrimony without Mass is a better op-

tion; for example, if most of the family is not Catholic.

If a marriage is between a Catholic and a Christian from

another tradition, then the rite for celebrating Matrimony

without Mass (Chapter II) should be used (#36). For serious

reasons, the Bishop can allow such weddings to take place

at Mass; for example, if having a wedding without Mass

would be a problem for the Catholic family. There is a spe-

cial rite (Chapter III) to be used when a Catholic marries a

catechumen or someone else who is not baptized, or if 2

catechumens get married (#36). While real and valid mar-

riages, these are not sacramental (it takes two baptized

persons to make a marriage a sacrament). In these cases,

Mass is never celebrated. (cont.)

New Marriage Rite Part 4 by Deacon Frank Agnoli

During the week All Saints will celebrate nation-al Catholic Schools Week along with Catholic schools across the country. Throughout the week students will participate in activities including a door decorating con-test, breakfast and books, themed attire days, a dodgeball tournament for charity, Mass at Assumption High School, all-school bingo, a student and staff talent show (Tuesday at 1:45 p.m.) and a family breakfast to be held Friday morning prior to the start of school. In the Davenport diocese, All Saints is a unique school due to having students from several parishes. We love the community that this allows All Saints to have and we ap-preciate all of the different types of support we receive from each parish. Thanks to the combined efforts of all of our parishes, All Saints continues to be a wonderful place for students to grow and learn.

Finally, the Church reminds us that we are to be especially

welcoming of and attentive to “those, whether Catholics or

non-Catholics, who never or rarely take part in the celebra-

tion of Marriage or the Eucharist” (#37) – this applies espe-

cially to the spouses themselves. So, as parishes and as indi-

vidual ministers, out first task is to welcome the couple and

their family and friends as we would welcome Christ himself.

MASS INTENTION

Sunday, Feb 5 9:00 AM Souls in Purgatory

ST. PETER – BUFFALO ST. ALPHONSUS – DAVENPORT

PARISH NEWS & EVENTS

3 │ The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parishioners will have the opportunity to receive the Sacrament

of Reconciliation on Saturday’s at 3:15-3:45 p.m.

MASS INTENTIONS

Week of Jan 30—Feb 5

Mon. 8:00 Loyal Sersig†

10:30 No Mass today

Tue. 8:00 Betty Coxe†

Wed. 8:00 Mary Ann Crowell†

Thu. 8:00 Dale Degen†

Fri. 8:00 Lois Donovan†

Sat. 4:00 Cyril & Mercedes Parker†

Sun. 7:30 For the People

Sun. 10:30 Frank Grenko†

LECTORS

Sat. 4:00 Sara Lannan/ Kathy Jones

Sun. 7:30 Mary Kraxner/ Amada Wesson

10:30 Marsha Menke / Jody Fleischman

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

Sat. 4:00 Liz Moritz / Marcia Moore

Sun. 7:30 Tori McCumsey / Tyler McCumsey

10:30 Gloria Chavarria/ Dottie Gallagher/

Amanda Podolski

ALTAR SERVERS

Sat. 4:00 Nate Hagedorn / Michael Quinn

Sun. 7:30 Mikey / Joey Stieger

10:30 Jennah Douglas / Haley Guldner

CHURCH CLEANERS: Char Starkey, Maureen Wallace, Paul Peacock,

Linda & Tom Stahler, Ron Patton

FEBRUARY CHURCH CLEANING: Margaret Conger & Carol

Mosier

St Alphonsus Weekly Offerings

Weekly Budget $4,712— Jan 22nd $ 2,390

ADA Goal is @ 77.2%, we need $8,484 to complete.

LITURGICAL ROLES FOR FEBRUARY 5

Greeters ...................................... Mary Beth Hansen

Eucharistic Minister ...................... Phyllis Ammeter

Lectors ................... Ken Tisinger & Alexis Cummins

Altar Servers .... Anton Kordick & Branden Behncke

Scholarship Applications

St. Ambrose University, continuing its mission of

service to the Diocese of Davenport, announces the Par-

ish Scholarship Program for the 2017-2018

academic year. To qualify, Catholic students must be

nominated by their pastors, and meet the admissions

requirements of St. Ambrose University. This scholarship

can only be used for new undergraduate students start-

ing in fall 2017. Contact Fr. Appel to receive more infor-

mation. Deadline for receipt of nominations from pas-

tors is January 31, 2017

2016 Tax Statements are available at the back

of church. Please save us the postage,

the remaining will be mailed January 31st.

DWC YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS

NCYC 2017 - November 16-18, 2017 - Indianapolis,

Indiana. The National Catholic Youth Conference is a

powerful, biennial, three-day experience of prayer, com-

munity, and empowerment for Catholic teenagers (of

high school age) Registration for this pilgrimage is now

due. Contact 381-7403 for registration information

and more details.

SNOWSTAR

Join us in an afternoon of snow-tubing on February 11,

2017. Open to 6th through 12th grade. Movie and

Snacks following at St. Alphonsus.

Joe Quinn—DWC Youth Minister (563) 381-7403 or

davclusterym@diodav.org

COATS FOR ST. MARY’S

We have now taken 3 boxes of winter coats,

hats, and gloves to St. Marys. Many of the

gloves and hats were newly purchased items.

What a wonderful outpouring of your love for our

fellow man. We will end our collecting for St.

Marys Jan 29th, but please remember we have

an ongoing collection for all types and sizes of

clothing in St. Clements throughout the year.

Do you have a talent you could share?

Are you a dancer, a magician, a juggler? Are you a good read-

er? Would you consider being part of our program for Mardi

Gras? Please give some prayerful thought to helping with the

Mardi Gras night's entertainment. Let's see how many parish-

ioners we can highlight on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 28.

Speak with any of the St Peters Family Life committee, or

text/call Bev Heintz at 505-4772.

4a January 29, 2017

Kindergarten and Preschool Registration-All Saints

Kindergarten Registration will be held Mon, Jan.

30 8:30-9:30 a.m. or 6-7 pm at the school. Please

bring a birth or baptismal certificate. A non-

refundable $100 registration fee will be due at this

time.

Preschool registration will be held on Thurs, Feb. 16

from 5-6:30 p.m. at the school. Please bring a birth

certificate. A non-refundable $100 documentation

fee will be due at this time. For more information,

contact the school office at 324-3205.

The Catholic Messenger, the “good news” paper

Be sure to include the latest issue of The Catholic

Messenger on your family room coffee table, desk-

top or laptop computer or tablet. The Messenger

nourishes your family with food for thought and

keeps you informed weekly with diocesan news,

special features, syndicated columnists, opinions,

national and world news, along with happenings in

our Catholic schools. The subscription cost is just

$29 for per year in print and/or E-edition. Subscribe

now through your parish.

Join us today Sunday, Jan. 29th, in the Assumption High School Cafeteria 4PM - 7PM for the annual Senior Spaghetti Supper!

“You Are Here.” is the

theme for the St. Al-

phonsus parish retreat

on Feb 21st from 9-2 in

St Clements Hall.

Jeannie Walsh is our

presenter.

Cost is $5 for lunch.

Please come and take a

winter breather to cen-

ter yourself before the

Lenten season begins.

“We Are Called” is the theme for the Christian Expe-

rience Weekend (CEW) at Our Lady of Victory

Church. Is the Lord calling you to take a break from

your busy schedule and to attend this weekend?

The women’s weekend is next week weekend

(February 3rd- 5th) and the men’s weekend is Feb-

ruary 17th-19th. There is still time to register! Con-

tact Julie Kilburg 563-210-3480 or Bernie Mack

563-340-8554 with questions or to register.