Davenport Vocations

11/09/2023

This week is

Pope Francis has given this year's week of awareness the theme of Vocation: Grace and Mission and added that "the Lord’s call is grace, complete gift, and at the same time a commitment to bring the Gospel to others."

Join us in prayer for the discernment and realization of vocations in our diocese!

Francis' full message: https://tinyurl.com/vf7t7tk4
You can find additional resources here: https://tinyurl.com/yc3snxf8

09/24/2023

Thank you to our priests! Have you prayed for your priest today?

06/13/2023

06/05/2023

Congratulations to the newly ordained!

Fr. Isaac Doucette is assigned to SS. Mary & Matthias in Muscatine, beginning July 1.

Fr. Dominic Nguyen is assigned to Divine Mercy, Burlington and St. Mary, Dodgeville.

Dc. Dane Dickinson is assigned to St. Anthony Davenport for the summer, and will be returning to Mundelein in the fall.

Congratulations to the recently ordained priests from the Diocese of Davenport, Diocese of Grand Rapids, Diocese of Saginaw, Diocese of Tucson, Diocese of Lafayette, Diocese of Rockford, St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Archdiocese of Seattle, and Diocese of El Paso.

Wishing you and your ministry countless blessings as you continue to strengthen your faith and serve those around you.

04/09/2023

A blessed Easter to you all!

02/28/2023

How are you entering this Lenten season? Why not try going deep by doing less!

02/03/2023

When did you last interact with a nun or brother?

We celebrate World Day of Consecrated Life this weekend. Consider inviting a woman at your parish to consider the call to Consecrated life. Encourage and pray for them and all those discerning!

02/01/2023

What a great idea to pray for vocations! Way to go St. Joseph Catholic School !

11/21/2022

Did you know that we have a cloistered order in our diocese? The Discalced Carmelites who now live in Clinton are technically a cloistered order.

There's also another one up the road, the Trappistines of Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey, Dubuque, well known for their Monastery carmels and chocolates!

Today on the Memorial of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple, the Church celebrates , an ecclesial event for all Catholics to commemorate the hidden lives of cloistered and monastic religious.

A few years ago, at a general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis reminded the Church, “Let us give thanks to the Lord for the powerful testimony of cloistered life.” He also urged the faithful to lend their spiritual and material support to these brothers and sisters of ours “so that they can carry out their important mission.”

Consider saying an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be for all cloistered and monastic religious.

11/11/2022

Dedicated Single Life...
Some people serve God as single people, without marrying or making special vows. While not a "vocation" in a strict theological sense, single people "contribute greatly to the good of the human family" (CCC 2231). "Some live their situation in the spirit of the Beatitudes, serving God and neighbor in exemplary fashion" (CCC 1658). There are many single people who serve the a Church with incredible generosity.

11/10/2022

Priesthood and Diaconate...
Priests bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus through preaching and the sacraments. Priests are very active as they counsel people, teach classes, prepare homilies, administer parishes, and much more. Many surveys show that priests are among the happiest people in the world!

Deacons too share in the sacrament of Holy Orders. Depending on the parish, deacons proclaim the Gospel, deliver homilies, perform baptisms and weddings, visit the sick, distribute the Eucharist, teach the faith, and generally assist the pastor. The wife of each deacon is also formed in support of her husband's call to serve the Church.

What clergy, priests or deacons, have had an impact on your life?