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 approx. 45mins. before the 4pm Saturday Mass and after the 10:30am Mass on Sunday. Also available by appointment. Please call the office.

ST. ALPHONSUS ST. PETER

ST. ALPHONSUS CHURCH

Parish Council President

Tracy Rommel ................................................ 388-5193

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

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

Parish Council President

Mary Iossi ...................................................... 349-0537

Religious Education

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

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

PARISH SACRAMENTS

Baptism: Baptismal preparation class meets 1st Tuesday of

the month, with the Baptisms the following Sunday. 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

JULY 19, 2015 .-.SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Pastor: Rev. Paul J. Appel

Parochial Vicar: Rev. Christopher R. Young

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

Youth Minister Director

Mary-Ellen Pfeiffer

email: DavClusterYM@diodav.org

GENERAL NEWS Next Sunday’s Readings: 2 Kgs 4:42-44; Eph 4:1-6; Jn 6:1-15

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Today Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

NO LATIN MASS-MOVED TO ST. MARY

Mon. July 20. 08:30 AM Adoration/St. Alphonsus

10:30 AM Mass/Good Samaritan

Tue. July 21. 07:35 AM Pro Life Rosary/St. Alphonsus

Wed. July 22 09:00 AM Sewing Group/St. Alphonsus

06:00 PM Eucharistic Adoration/St. Alphonsus

06:00 PM NO Maintenance Committee Mtg./St. Alphonsus

06:30 PM NO Altar & Rosary Meeting/St. Alphonsus

07:00 PM NO Holy Name Meeting/St. Alphonsus

07:00 PM Knights of Columbus/St. Alphonsus

Sun. July 26 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

MEDICAL MISSION TO HAITI

St. John Vianney’s in Bettendorf is sending it’s 5th Medical Mission to their twin parish,

Notre Dame du Rosaire in Haiti. Skilled medical folks are always needed, but the mis-

sion needs help from all who feel that they would like a spiritually rewarding, work

intensive experience helping our brothers and sisters in Haiti. The trip is planned for

January 22 - 30, 2016. For those who are interested and would like more information

please contact Ann Wester at 563-332-7627 or acwester@mchsi.com or Dr. Mark Blaser

at 563-332-8693 or blaserMN@gmail.com.

STANDING UNITED AGAINST HATE

Please join the QCs Standing United Against Hate Committee in an interfaith event to

promote action, unity, and prayer. Event will take place on Aug. 30th at 5 PM at four

different riverside locations to make a statement to our youth and to the world that hate

is not the answer. Please see bulletin board for flyer.

FATHER KEN MARTIN GOLF OUTING & DINNER

Aug. 26 at 12:30 PM at Emeis Golf Course with dinner to follow at K of C Hall in Daven-

port at 5:30PM. Registration info will be provided in an insert in July. Please email Jim

or Diane at JTiedje@qcbt.com or call 563-392-2820 with questions or to sponsor. All

proceeds to Scott County K-12 Catholic Schools.

YOUTH MINISTRY

Mary Ellen Pfeiffer

Let’s go to Adventureland! July 29 from 7AM-9PM . Cost is $40 which includes

admission & transportation. Bring money for lunch & dinner. ALSO we will have a

Pilgrimage to New Melleray Abbey with a tour of Divine Word College, the Bascillica

of St. Francis Xavier and a wiffle ball challenge in the Field of Dreams. Aug. 12

from 8AM-5PM. Cost $10. Bring sack lunch. For more information on both events

or to register, please call Mary-Ellen Pfeiffer at 309-912-3079 or Julia Jones 563-

505-0515.

From Father’s Desk

State of the Parish

I know the State of the Union Speech is delivered to congress in January, but July is a

good time too! The budget is done (basically) at Buffalo and we are putting the finishing

touches on St. Alphonsus. Overall our financial situation is pretty good, but we have

expended some money in savings for capital improvement projects at the church build-

ings and rectories. Most importantly, we are looking at continued problems with water,

particularly the St. Al’s school roof and rectory basement. The Holy Name Society has

been a great help for the St. Al’s projects and your support of the fish fry has been a

great blessing!

We are now under one umbrella with St. Mary’s parish and have welcomed a new priest,

Fr. Guillermo. I am hoping to combine more of our ministry and outreach over the next

year in order to provide better services to all involved. Primarily this will continue with

youth ministry and extend to RCIA, support of All Saints School, and staffing. We already

share some personnel, and I think we can do a little more without too much trouble.

Our Knights of Columbus Council has recently been named a “Five Star Council.” This is

the first time a council in Iowa has received such a reward and recognizes our recruit-

ment efforts, service, and participation in KC programs. Kudos to Mr. Bill Keiffert for his

great cheerleading efforts!

One big challenge I am trying to address is involvement in active ministry. First, we

have a critical need for youth ministry volunteers at St. Al’s. To date, Mary-Ellen Pfeiffer

and Sister Seraphin have done a large portion of the work. We still need more buy-in

from parents, grandparents, and volunteers in order to sustain this ministry. Our chil-

dren are our future, but I have not seen enough evidence that we are taking this obliga-

tion seriously as a parish. Further, we have many children on the St. Al’s roles, but only

a small percentage regularly attend religious education classes, participate in youth

activities, or go to Sunday Mass. This must change if we are to maintain long-term viabil-

ity.

This will shortly become an even bigger challenge for us since Mary-Ellen has informed

me that as of August 14th she will be stepping down as our Director of Youth Ministry.

She has worked hard to get the ball rolling for us, but thinks that it is time for her to

move on. Be sure to thank Mary-Ellen for all her hard work and caring ministry over the

last year! Our youth will still be attending NCYC in the fall and regular youth activities

will remain on the calendar. Because of this I will be looking to hire a youth minister to

serve the three parishes starting ASAP.

Finally, as some of you may have noticed, the Latin Mass community has moved to St.

Mary parish. The prospect of a morning Mass time (8 AM) was just too good for many of

the families who attend this liturgy to pass up. Don’t, worry though, they aren’t going

far and I will continue to offer the Latin Mass there on a semi-regular basis.

May God Bless You All, Fr. Paul

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Parishes of St. Alphonsus, St. Mary and St. Peter are look-

ing to fill a part-time youth ministry position that will serve the

three parishes. Qualified candidates will be practicing Catho-

lics, have some youth ministry experience, and Diocesan or

other appropriate training. Candidates should be willing to

organize and lead youth trips, fundraising, weekly activities,

and volunteer training. Bilingual skills are a plus. If you are

interested in this opportunity, please send a resume and a

letter of recommendation from your pastor to Fr. Appel, 2618

Boies Avenue, Davenport IA 52802.

50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS: A Mass & informal reception will be held at

St. Alphonsus Church, Mt. Pleasant, IA on Sunday October 11, 2015 at 2PM. This is open

to all couples celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year and to any who did not make

it to last year’s event. We will need your information called in to the parish office, 322-

0987. Please call by Aug. 5 if you are interested.

MASS INTENTION Sunday, July 26

9:00 AM Mass for the People

ST. PETER – BUFFALO ST. ALPHONSUS – DAVENPORT

PARISH NEWS & EVENTS

3 │ Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

LITURGICAL ROLES FOR JULY 26 Greeters ............................................... Josie & Tyronne Collins

Eucharistic Minister ........................................... Chae Tisinger

Lectors ................................ Larry Cawiezell/Jennifer Behncke

Altar Servers ................................... Quin Buehner/Ian Keeney

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 July 20-26

Mon. 8:00 † Betty Rupe

10:30 † Lavina M. Ruhl/Good Samaritan

Tue. 8:00 † Bill Reagan

Wed. 8:00 † The Souls in Purgatory

Thu. 8:00 † Carl Stahler

Fri. 8:00 † Don Walsh

Sat. 4:00 † Nancy Van Hoosier

Sun. 7:30 † Lola Nelson

Sun. 10:30 † Cesareo Chavarria

LECTORS

Sat. 4:00 Marsha Menke/Joe Quinn

Sun. 7:30 Charlie Pierce/Kris Peacock

10:30 Diana Underwood/Beth Ripslinger

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

Sat. 4:00 Walt & Sandy Huntington

Sun. 7:30 Tom & Linda Stahler

10:30 Lori Black/Dawn Shaw/Linda Good

ALTAR SERVERS

Sat. 4:00 Connor Quinn/Nate Hagedorn

Sun. 7:30 Leo/Dom DeLaPaz

10:30 Gillian Marbury/Drew Shaw

CHURCH CLEANERS: DONNA & BOB HUGHES’ GROUP

Char Starkey, Mary Klauer, Eva Burge, Ron Patton and Linda & Tom Stahler

JULY CHURCH CLEANING: Tricia Jasper & Toni Robertson

UPCOMING EVENTS

July 14 9AM-Noon Food Pantry

7PM Small Faith Meeting

July 28 9AM-Noon Food Pantry

COMBINED PARISH PICNIC

SUNDAY, SEPT. 13TH at 1 PM

Please join St. Alphonsus & St. Peter

Parishes for our annual picnic at West

Lake. This year we are also welcoming St.

Mary’s Parish to join us for fellowship, food,

and fun. We will have horseshoes, volleyball, croquet, etc. All fami-

lies in attendance are asked to bring their favorite pot luck dishes to

share with everyone. Grills will be available for your use, drinks will

be provided. We may even make homemade ice cream again! We

will be using the Arrowhead Pavilion (Gate 4) at West Lake. Contact

Rita Wacker 563-284-3060 for more information.

UP-COMING RETREATS SPONSORED BY ST. ALPHONSUS ALTAR & ROSARY:

“TRINITY-HEALING SHAME THAT BINDS” FR. BOB MILLER RETREAT

An all day Retreat presented by Fr. Robert Miller & Dr. Mark Nemo on Tues.,

Aug. 18 from 8:30AM-3PM at St. Alphonsus The price is $10 and includes a sack

lunch. Call 563-940-1873 to register or questions. Space is limited.

“REFRESH, RENEW, DEDICATE, & COMMIT” EAGLES WINGS MISSION RETREAT

An evening retreat Sept. 29 thru Oct. 1 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Conducted by

Marcia Moore, Marilyn Riley and the staff of Eagles Wings Retreat Center and

held at St. Alphonsus Church. If you are interested, we would like you to attend

all, but if unable, please attend any you can. We will ask for a free-will dona-

tion at the door. For questions please call 563-940-1873.

SAVE THE DATE Parish Festival

Saturday, August 29

Please begin planning now! Clean out your closets, drawers, etc. for our Country Store! Start planning your cakes for the cake walk and consider donating for the Concession Stand and your time to help with games, food service, etc! Thanks so much and hope to see you all there! Look for volunteer cards in the pews.

Looking Ahead

St. Alphonsus Craft Fair will be

Saturday, Nov. 14th from 8AM to 4PM.

ST. MONICA PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY Wednesdays at 1PM in the Franciscan Sister’s Bookstore

St. Alphonsus has started a Prayer Shawl Ministry. We would like to

share & open this ministry to anyone who is interested in fellow-

ship while supporting those in need with a “spiritual hug” through

these handmade shawls. Don’t know how to crochet/knit but al-

ways wanted to learn? No problem, come and learn! Questions,

call Sr. Seraphin at 563-323-1502.

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ST. ALPHONSUS EDUCATION CENTER

We have wonderful programs at our Center, especially the 4 year old

Pre-Kindergarten program. We will help your child be prepared to enter

Kindergarten and have a GREAT start on their educational journey! We

serve lunch and an AM & PM snack.

We also provide child care for school age children before & after

school and during breaks (Spring, Winter and holidays).

If you would like more info please call the Center Director, Shelly

McIntosh, at 323-3204. Call & set up an appointment to tour our facility.

We have all the necessary tools to prepare your children for their

education. The FREE childcare for Mass

will resume on September 6, 2015.

DAVENPORT WEST CLUSTER YOUTH MINISTRY

ADVENTURELAND: July 29 - 7AM to 9PM The cost is $40 which in-

cludes the entry ticket & transportation. Again, you must bring lunch &

dinner monies. You must register by July 20.

NAHANT MARSH CLEAN UP: August 1 - 9 AM to 12 PM Nahant Marsh

is a 265 acre preserve nestled in southwest Davenport. It is part of a wetland

complex that is bordered by the Mississippi River, Interstate 280, and High-

way 22. It is an ecological treasure that must be cared for. Permission slip

required.

PILGRIMAGE 2015: August 12 - 8AM to 5PM Prayer and tour of New

Mallory Abbey, tour of Divine Word College, tour of the Basilica of St. Francis

Xavier and a wiffle ball challenge in the Field of Dreams. Cost is $10, bring a

sack lunch. Registration due by Aug. 1. Call Mary-Ellen (309) 912-3079 or

Julia (563) 505-0515 for more information or to register. We have

registration forms in the parish office.

NCYC 2015: November 19th Its going to be a blast! Don’t miss out!

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: Provides direction and support for

the parish and cluster youth ministry efforts. Contact Mary-Ellen Pfeiffer for

more information about becoming a part of this new committee.

*Don’t forget about Movie Mondays and Sports Thursdays!

Visit our FACEBOOK page for more events.

THANK YOU

Thanks to Holy Name Society for the Tourney Clubhouse

tickets for the John Deere Classic. Jack & I so enjoyed the

day! Thanks again. Charlotte & Jack Starkey