This halfway point in Lent is a good time to review how we’re doing. If there is a noticeable change …Read More
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Persons, places and things: A conversation with a renaissance man
By Barb Arland-Fye Don Wooten, who worked years ago for The Catholic Messenger as a side gig, called to invite …Read More
Scripture Reading Reflection
By Fr. Andrew Kelly FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT – MARCH 30, 2014 In the early Christian community, baptism was often …Read More
Junior high rally helps quench youths’ thirst for Christ
By Celine Klosterman IOWA CITY — As music from “The Hunger Games” movie played in the background, Catholics processed into …Read More
Certitude and the Holy Spirit working in us
By Corinne Winter We have just passed the middle of our spring semester and some students are having an attack …Read More
Lent is a season of enlightenment
By Msgr. Marvin Mottet This fourth Sunday of Lent is “Laetare” (rejoice!) Sunday. What are we rejoicing about? We are …Read More
‘Black Madonna,’ symbol of defending life, to make stops
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — In a traditional religious ceremony, hundreds of Catholics are expected to take part in welcoming the …Read More