Diocesan News

Local Catholics support Tanzanian doctor’s next steps

Local Catholics support Tanzanian doctor’s next steps

By Tim Millea For The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — Over the past six years, the Quad Cities Catholic community has …Read More


Diocese hosts Advent diaconate discernment day

Diocese hosts Advent diaconate discernment day

By Deacon Ryan Burchett For The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — During Advent, the Church prays with a special kind of …Read More


People

Mother superior makes visit to Davenport Diocese

Mother superior makes visit to Davenport Diocese

By Dan Russo The Catholic Messenger COLUMBUS JUNCTION — The leader of a women’s religious order with an international reach …Read More


Triumphs, mysteries revealed in Messenger podcast

Triumphs, mysteries revealed in Messenger podcast

By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — In a special Black Catholic History Month edition of the Catholic Messenger …Read More


Features

Encountering the Holy Spirit on a ‘Wild Goose’ trip

Encountering the Holy Spirit on a ‘Wild Goose’ trip

By Kim Novak Guest Column Poets and spiritual writers have long described the Isle of Iona as a “thin place” …Read More


Does our soul have a lifetime guarantee?

Does our soul have a lifetime guarantee?

By Kathy Berken On Deck When my friend, Brother Bob, gave me a Contigo coffee mug several years ago because …Read More


Opinion

Kim family’s faith, courage captivates millions

Kim family’s faith, courage captivates millions

By Dan Russo Editorial It’s not easy to watch people you love suffer. Most of us, at some point in …Read More


College students’ interfaith discussion sparks hope

College students’ interfaith discussion sparks hope

By Sam Aitchiso The Church is Alive! It was just a regular lecture hall on a chilly Wednesday night, but …Read More