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Remittances for your  CCHD 2018 Collection funds are do as soon as possible after the collection.  Please send to the Finance Office immediately as grant determinations will be made on the funds received.  Please use remittance form. 

CRS Rice Bowl 2019 Materials Postcard:

Parishes are to watch the mail for the 2019 CRS Rice Bowl Lent Materials post card Order.  Please Review and update your order quantities if needed otherwise you will be sent the same quantity of materials you received in 2018.

Even if you don't have any updates you still need to mail the postcard back to CRS.

March 6: 2019 Rice Bowl Collection.

January 6-12: National Migration Week.  The theme is “Building Communities of Welcome” .




January 14 - January 22:  9 Days for Life is a novena for the respect and protection of every human lie.  Find resources here.



 

January 14 - Rice Bowl Orders ship 

January 18: March for Life In Washington DC. 
Each year, Iowans For LIFE (IFL) secures several
buses to take pro-life Iowans to the March For Life in Washington DC. The 2019 March, January 17-20, is an important opportunity to have your voice heard regarding respect for all life. You can walk in the national March for Life, attend the annual Catholic Youth Rally and Mass for Life and sightsee in the nation's capital.  IFL encourages groups and individuals to contact them about the bus trip and fundraising assistance at (515) 255-4113 or iowansforlife@msn.com.  Iowa Quad City area junior high, high school and college students, along with parents and sponsors, are invited to contact Tracey Jacobsen (563-340-6801 or tlccj@hotmail.com) if they are interested in attending.  Click here for more details. Flyer

Diocesan Social Action Saturday #2

Printable flyer
Mt. Pleasant Food Pantry Donations
January 26, 2019
9:30 am. - 1:30 pm.
St. Mary, Riverside, IA

Dr. Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Professor in the Religious Studies and Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies Departments and the V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair in Catholic Studies at the University of Iowa.  Dr. Kristy will share stories and insights from her Iowa-based, ethnographic fieldwork, conducted for her newest book project, Cornbelt America: Work, Food and Faith in the Heartland. She will speak about patterns of migration, work in meatpacking plants and religion in our Hawkeye State.


Learn what Diocesan Social Action Saturday is all about in the Catholic Messenger
 

February 2-5: 2019 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering – will be held February 2-5, 2019, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC.  The Theme is “Let Justice Flow (cf. Am. 5:24): A Call to Restore and Reconcile.”  Early bird registration rate ends November 5.

March 6: 2019 Rice Bowl Collection begins. (Ash Wednesday).
April 21: Easter Sunday.

May 15: Rice Bowl and CCHD Grant Deadline. (New for 2019)

• Catholic Relief Services-Rice Bowl Grants - CRS-Rice Bowl Grant funds programs that address poverty and hunger.  (First foot of Social Action).

• Catholic Campaign for Human Development. (CCHD) CCHD Grant funds organizations and projects that promote systemic change.  (Second foot of Social Action). 

June 20, 2019: World Refugee Day (WRD)_ June 20, 2019.  Click here for toolkit
 

2018/2019 Mottet Leadership Institute - is open for registration after a successful first year. Registration is limited this year to 35 people.  click here to view flyer.  Training Will be Held From 10 am to 4 pm on Seven Saturdays.

Opening retreat: Friday, September 14 at 5:30pm,
Further sessions: September 15, October 20, November 10, January 19, February 16, March 23, April 13.

You will learn: Elements of Power, Values and Self-Interest, Public Relationships, One-on-Ones, Building a Public Life. Qualities of a Leader, Building a Team, Power Analysis, Cutting Issues, Doing Actions, Entering the Public Arena, Organizing Effective Meetings, Power One-on-Ones, Media and Social Media as Part of a Change Campaign, Organizing People and Money.

September 15, 2019.  St. Vincent's Home grant deadline:  To be considered at the Fall Board meeting, applications must be postmarked by September 15th. Applicants are to be located within the 22 counties of the Diocese of Davenport or serve children within the Diocese of Davenport
 

40 Days for Life: September 26 - November 4 , 2019.