By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT —Ground was blessed and dirt turned over for the future Project Renewal …Read More
Ground blessed for new center
Category: Diocesan News
Families make crafts to welcome Advent season
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger OTTUMWA — Maggie Hoerdeman smiled as she watched her young sons frost Advent wreath-shaped …Read More
Simbang Gabi is a Filipino tradition
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Growing up in the Philippines, Father Joseph Sia would wake up before sunrise to …Read More
More impressions of NCYC
Logan Vittetoe, St. Thomas More Parish-Coralville. He was inspired to attend because of stories that recently retired Youth Minister Michelle …Read More
Advent Calendar 2023
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Working behind the scenes of NCYC
Trevor Pullinger recalls attending his first National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) in 2013. He was serving as a parish leader …Read More
Catholic youths and leaders build community at NCYC
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger Becky Jefford, a mom and chaperone with St. Joseph Parish in DeWitt, thought she …Read More