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Category: Features

What is holding us back from letting our light shine?

Posted on Mar 28, 2024Mar 26, 2024 in Features
What is holding us back from letting our light shine?

By Jenna Ebener A reflection Last month, I reflected on the darkness of Lent. Today, I am going to focus …Read More

Question Box: The history and purpose of the scapular

Posted on Mar 21, 2024Mar 19, 2024 in Features
Question Box: The history and purpose of the scapular

Q. What is a scapular? Are there different types? Are they no longer popular? A. Great question and a fitting …Read More

Finding holiness in the virtual world

Posted on Mar 21, 2024Mar 19, 2024 in Features
Finding holiness in the virtual world

By Tim Walch Book Review “Gaming and the Heroic Life: A Quest for Holiness in the Virtual World,” by Bobby …Read More

The reasons we shed tears, especially during Lent

Posted on Mar 21, 2024Mar 19, 2024 in Features
The reasons we shed tears, especially during Lent

By Kathy Berken On Deck We live in challenging and heartbreaking times. You don’t have to look far to see …Read More

Chancery Profiles – Father Jake Greiner

Posted on Mar 14, 2024Mar 12, 2024 in Features
Chancery Profiles - Father Jake Greiner

Name: Father Jake Greiner Contact information: greinerj@diodav.org, 563-888-4255.  What is your role for the Chancery? Vocations Director and Director of Seminarians. …Read More

Question Box: First Friday devotion indulgence explained

Posted on Mar 14, 2024Mar 12, 2024 in Features
Question Box: First Friday devotion indulgence explained

Q. Please explain what is required to obtain the indulgence for the First Fridays devotion to the Sacred Heart. I …Read More

Philippians 4:4-7: How to gain Christ’s peace

Posted on Mar 14, 2024Mar 12, 2024 in Features
Philippians 4:4-7: How to gain Christ’s peace

By Hal Green Pondering Prayer The Apostle Paul offers us a remarkable step-by-step process for how to gain “the peace …Read More

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