By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — Health care professionals and students gathered recently for a White Mass …Read More
White Mass touches on end of life decisions
Category: Diocesan News
DCYC to close out Year of Mercy
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — As the Year of Mercy comes to a close, high school-age youths …Read More
Catholics kick off 40 Days for Life, Respect Life Month
40 Days bus rolling into Iowa By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger IOWA CITY — The national 40 Days for …Read More
Immigration office working to reunite man with his wife before surgery
By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger All Rodney Swanson wants to do is to see his wife before he …Read More
New shrine urges cemetery visitors to ‘pray for one another’
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger LONG GROVE — White doves flapped their wings, swirling around the new granite sculpture …Read More
Victory over heroin: daughter credits mom with saving her life
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger Mother-daughter teamwork saved Katie, now 26, from a life-threatening heroin addiction. Katie, who lives …Read More
In solidarity with the poor: Champion of liberation theology receives peace award
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger Poverty is a contradiction to life, Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, a longtime champion of liberation …Read More