(Editor’s note: Steve Thompson is a survivor of clergy sexual abuse of a minor that occurred while he was growing …Read More
Category: archives
Ottumwa Deanery celebrates Year of Faith Mass
By LeAnn Lemberger OTTUMWA — Representatives of the 12 parishes of the Ottumwa Deanery came together at St. Patrick’s Church …Read More
Season of generosity
By Frank Wessling The last two months on the calendar are sometimes called the Holiday Season. After we’ve finished with …Read More
Persons, places and things: Celebrating marriage as sacrament
By Barb Arland-Fye A friend who is around my age got married last weekend for the first time, in a …Read More
Faith: A rich response to God’s revelation
By Corinne Winter “The Second Vatican Council enabled the light of faith to illumine our human experience from within [and] …Read More
Bishop Amos feeds spiritual hunger at the Café
By Barb Arland-Fye BURLINGTON — Bishop Martin Amos does not like to give witness talks, he told a gathering of …Read More
Community pushes us to improve ourselves
By Michael Rossmann The middle of downtown in a busy city is not where you expect to find many men …Read More












