YOUTH GROUP

The Youth Group meets this Sunday, January 3, 6-8 pm.

The WHITE OUT is Jan. 16-17 at all Masses.

See last week’s bulletin for details.

PIZZA RANCH

Fundraiser for the SH Building Fund will be at Pizza Ranch

this Monday, January 4, 5:00-8:30 pm. 10% of all proceeds

will benefit our parish.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Classes will resume January 6 at 6:30 pm.

TRIVIA NIGHT

Trivia Night will be Saturday, January 9, 7 pm. Doors open at

6:30. To reserve your table, contact Tom Bribriesco

tlmrbribjr@aol.com/

563-505-1571 or Dori Hesse, 309-764-6909.

TAKING DOWN DECORATIONS

We will need volunteers next Sunday, Jan. 10, 1:00 pm.

Please help!

FAITH FORMATION

DOGMA & DONUTS, Wednesdays, 10 am, OCR:

The Trial & Testimony of the Early Church from Christ to

Constantine

BIBLE STUDY, Sundays, 10 am, PCL:

A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother

ANNOUNCEMENTS

M A S S READE RS E M ’ s SERVERS MUSICIANS HM’s

Jan. 9 4 pm

Jan Pullella Sarah Huber

M. Costello B. Kendall

P. Knopick,

A. Serianz R. Serianz

T. Sirna

L. Heinrichs E. Rolfstad

M. Rolfstad

Volunteer

Heidi Hansen Emily Hill

LEAD: George Moore

M&S Gahagan/

Shovlain-E T. Jacobsen/

K. Moore-W

B&M Forbes/ Riefe-V

Jan 10 9 am

Joe Heinrichs Jennifer

Hovde

G. Burkamper M. Craff

D. Gehrke

C. Huber C. Parchert

M. Vardeman

B. Davenport* S. Davenport

A. Dinh

Ab. Heinrichs Ad. Heinrichs

Heidi Hansen Michael Olson

LEAD: Frank Cincola

L&C Huber/Flynn-E

J&D Tiedje-W D&C Bair/Hoehne-V

Jan. 11 11 am

Tran Thi Thuy Truong Tuan

Nguyen Cong

Van

Thach Diem Thach Luy

Thanh Hung

Cong Van Nguyen Rosemary

Dinh Ban

Nguyen Du

Donna Nguyen Hoang Tran

Vi Dinh

Dinh Savio Tony Nguyen

(Tuyet/Chau)

Vietnamese Choir

Volunteers

*New Server

WEEKLY COLLECTION REPORT

December 20

Envelopes/ACH…$8,195.54 Loose Collection….…$512.71 Total Received…..$8,708.25

Very Rev. Richard A.

Adam, Pastor

Sacred Heart Cathedral

422 East 10th Street

Davenport IA 52803

Office 563-324-3257

Fax 563-326-6014

Fr. Adam’s Cell

319-330-2478

Email:

davsacredheart@diodav.org

Website:

shcdavenport.org

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/

sacredheartcathedral

SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL PARISH

Parish Established 1856 • Present Cathedral Started 1889

MISSION STATEMENT: We, the people of Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish, Davenport, are called together as a spiritual community to serve God and one another by building up the Body of Christ through proclaiming and living the Gospel.

January 3, 2016 • Epiphany of the Lord

Happy New Year Turning the calendar to 2016 seems

incredible. When I was young (a few years ago) the

year 2000 seemed like the far and distant future, and

now we’re in the 16th year of this century. As the years

pass by, they absolutely are going faster and faster. We

wonder what’s in store for us in this year to come.

As I think back through this past week in our celebration of Christmas, I can’t help but

appreciate and thank the many people of Sacred Heart Cathedral who collaboratively

worked together in making our parish and our liturgies as beautiful as they were. A

special thank you to our musicians and choir!! Awesome ☺ Those involved in the

environment and decorating. A huge thank-you to the Vietnamese Community for their

assistance decorating! As well the many ministers of hospitality, servers, Eucharistic

Ministers, readers, all who stepped up and represented Sacred Heart Cathedral with a

warm and generous heart. Our entire community thanks each and all of you for your

support and love of Sacred Heart Cathedral! Also, a note of thanks to All Saints Catholic

School for donating the garland and wreaths which beautifully decorated our Cathedral!

Thanks to all!!!

Regarding Sacred Heart’s building capital campaign, it is hoped that a newsletter/

update will be coming out in a couple of weeks detailing the progress of our campaign.

Plans for breaking ground and moving forward haven’t been sealed or announced to

this date-- we’re thinking more and more of being able to do so. This is something we

can look forward to as we head into the New Year. If you haven’t made a pledge or

contribution to our campaign yet, we certainly invite you to do so! Every contribution

counts! BIG NEWS!! Several weeks ago I met with Jim Collins and Jim Tiedje with

the request they “take over” the campaign! Jim Tiedje, recently retired from QCBT,

with the collaboration of Jim Collins, I think will help me out TREMENDOUSLY in

getting out to see/meet more people in the fund-raising prospects. I thank them for their

help and support. They’re going to help move our groundbreaking date ahead I’m sure!

Supporting our campaign AND Sacred Heart Cathedral is the upcoming

CATHEDRAL SUNDAY weekend February 13 and 14th!! This year will be the 2nd

Annual Cathedral Sunday in our diocese, established mostly to enhance the awareness

and identity of our Cathedral throughout the Davenport Diocese! As a part of this

celebration, SHC will host our 2nd SACRED HEART EVENT, a formal steak (and

chicken) dinner in our parish hall. The seating is limited, but the environment, food,

social and entertainment is phenomenal. Tickets are $65 each and all proceeds benefit

the new hall soon to be built. Held the 2nd weekend of February it’s oh so appropriate

to ‘give your heart to the Sacred Heart’ on this Valentine Day weekend!

January is also the month for the Catholic Messenger subscription drive. I would like

every family in our parish to subscribe to the Messenger to become more in tuned to

diocesan news, events and happenings as much as what’s going on in the world

regarding our Catholic faith. Not every paper gets read thoroughly, but having the

paper visible and readily available gives opportunities for even youth to pick up and find

out more about their church and faith. Just having it available can make a big difference in

our youth’s involvement and participation, a very important part of raising Catholic children!

Have a great and wonderful 1st week of 2016.

Fr. Rich Adam See Maggie’s column on her

“Dog Blog” at our website:

shcdavenport.org

Due to technical difficulties, the wrong version of the January 3rd bulletin was

submitted to the publisher. This erroneous version is posted on our website.

Information herein supersedes that version. Apologies from the Parish Staff.

DEACON DAN’S COLUMN

“See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples; but upon you the

LORD shines, and over you appears his glory.” Isaiah 60: 2

What are you searching for in your life? What gets you up and moving when you arise in the morning? This week the Church celebrates the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. Epiphany means manifestation. What the Church celebrates today is the manifestation of our Lord to the whole world; after being made known to the shepherds of Bethlehem He is revealed to the Magi who have come from the East to adore Him.

The Christ Child appears to a world filled with the darkness of sin and as we know reveals how that darkness will be overcome. God offers God-self in the person of Jesus the Emmanuel so that God’s mercy and justice will be made manifest. As we know the Light that Jesus brings into the world reveals the sacrificial nature of the Holy Trinity who are in an eternal exchange of self-giving.

Jesus comes as a gift. The response to this gift by the magi is to bring their gifts to the Christ Child. Filled with excitement, wonder, and expectation they drop everything to follow the light. With them, they brought gifts. Perhaps, what is most powerful is that they brought themselves and their faith in what God had promised through the prophets, like Isaiah in today’s first reading, was fulfilled in the Christ Child.

In this year of Mercy we are reminded that mercy itself has been given to us and we in turn are to continue to follow the light and offer ourselves as a gift to the poor, the lonely, the hungry, and the forgotten. To whom will you bring your gift this week?

Merry Christmas!

Monday, January 4 5:00-8:30 pm Pizza Ranch

Fundraiser-Youth Group 6:30 pm RCIA, OCR

Tuesday, January 5

7:45 am Lauds/Mass/Rosary 2:00 pm Vocation Committee Meeting,

OCR

6:30 pm Choir Practice

Wednesday, January 6 10:00 am Dogma & Donuts, OCR

5:15 pm Vespers/Mass 6:30 pm RE Classes

Thursday, January 7

7:45 am Lauds/Mass 7:00 pm Faith Formation Meeting, OCR

Friday, January 8

7:45 am Lauds/Mass 5:15 pm Vespers/Mass

Saturday, January 9

3:00 pm Reconciliation 3:30 pm Rosary, Cathedral

4:00 pm Weekend Mass 7:00 pm Trivia Night, PC

Sunday, January 10

8:30 am Rosary, Chapel 9:00 am Weekend Mass

9:00 am Children’s Liturgy of the Word

10:00 am Bible Study, PC 10:00 am St. Martin de Porres Meeting,

OCR 11:00 am Vietnamese Mass

1:00 pm Taking Down Christmas Decorations, Cathedral

OCR=Office Conference Room PCL=Parish Center Library

MASS INTENTIONS, JANUARY 5-10

Tues. 8:00 am Hung Dinh

Wed. 5:30 pm Pat David †

Thur. 5:30 pm Dave Bauwens †

Fri. 8:00 am Mr. & Mrs. Hapke † 5:30 pm Son & Anh

Sat. 4:00 pm Robert & Lennice Stoffer †

Sun. 9:00 am Mark Curran † 11:00 am For SHC Parishioners