Diocesan News

2025 Christmas card contest now open!

2025 Christmas card contest now open!

We invite youths in grades K-6 in the Diocese of Davenport to participate in our annual contest to create a …Read More


Medical professionals care for ‘the anxious generation’

Medical professionals care for ‘the anxious generation’

By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — “We extend our gratitude to those in the medical profession,” Bishop …Read More


People

Falling in love with the face of Christ in your neighbor

Falling in love with the face of Christ in your neighbor

By Rachel Luppens For The Catholic Messenger (Editor’s note: Rachel Luppens, St. Wenceslaus Parish in Iowa City’s director of community …Read More


Persons, Places and things: Art and angels among us

Persons, Places and things: Art and angels among us

By Dan Russo Editor On either side of the main entrance to the St. Vincent Center, the building that houses …Read More


Features

Entering ‘the cloud of witnesses’

Entering ‘the cloud of witnesses’

By Hal Green Pondering Prayer Whenever you pray, you enter into what has been called “the cloud of God,” as …Read More


Blessing each other without crosses

Blessing each other without crosses

By Kathy Berken On Deck Decades ago, I attended a social-justice-immersion retreat in Rochester, New York, and participated in a …Read More


Opinion

Christianity is a team sport

Christianity is a team sport

By Dan Russo Editorial This week the world mourns the loss of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM. The team chaplain …Read More


Beyond busy: a reflection on retreat

Beyond busy: a reflection on retreat

By Sam Aitchison The Church is Alive! Every once in a while, there’s a coincidence in my life that seems …Read More