By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger As a senior studying speech and drama at the University of Massachusetts in 1974, …Read More
Don Boucher reflects on five decades of faith formation
Category: Diocesan News
Challenge yourself to speak out against racism
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Many people see racism as past history because slavery ended 150 years ago and …Read More
Trilingual ‘Workers Mass’ lays the groundwork for diversity, solidarity
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger IOWA CITY — Hispanic, Congolese and Anglo Catholics celebrated unity within diversity during a …Read More
Clinton second-grader ‘surprised’ to win The Catholic Messenger’s Christmas card contest
By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger CLINTON — Second-grader Hope Wissink was happy and surprised to win this year’s …Read More
Bringing Christmas cheer to families in need
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Catholics in the Iowa City area helped make the holidays merrier for immigrant families …Read More
Family tradition continues for more than 70 years
By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger Since the early 1950s, the family of Bertha Ruth gathers the Sunday before …Read More
Faith, civic leaders call for permanent protections for DACA recipients
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT – More than 2,000 DACA recipients in Iowa contribute to the state’s wellbeing …Read More