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Category: Features

80th Birthday Poem

Posted on May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 in Features

80th Birthday Poem By Michael Chan Eighty years have I journeyed past Born in a mountain cave Sheltering from the …Read More

Living as a temple of the Holy Spirit

Posted on May 13, 2021May 12, 2021 in Features
Living as a temple of the Holy Spirit

By Kathy Berken When I was a young girl attending Catholic grade school in the 1950s, I remember the sisters …Read More

New books offer unique perspectives on long road to sainthood

Posted on May 6, 2021May 5, 2021 in Features
New books offer unique perspectives on long road to sainthood

By Timothy Walch “Black Catholics on the Road to Sainthood,” edited by Michael R. Heinlein. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Indiana, …Read More

Let us strive to love each other as we are

Posted on Apr 29, 2021Apr 28, 2021 in Features
Let us strive to love each other as we are

By Jenna Ebener Recently as I hiked with my aunt, we were keeping our eyes out for four-leaf clovers. As …Read More

Praying Matthew 11:28-30: Let Christ ease your burdens

Posted on Apr 15, 2021Apr 14, 2021 in Features
Praying Matthew 11:28-30: Let Christ ease your burdens

By Hal Green The burdens you bear indicate how much you care. Bearing burdens is tough enough, but bearing them …Read More

Year of St Joseph: Celebrating St. Joseph Parish in West Liberty

Posted on Apr 15, 2021Apr 14, 2021 in Features
Year of St Joseph: Celebrating St. Joseph Parish in West Liberty

(During the Year of St. Joseph, The Catholic Messenger is featuring parishes whose patron saint is St. Joseph.) The parish: …Read More

Remembering the good old days: How the past informs the future

Posted on Apr 8, 2021Apr 7, 2021 in Features
Remembering the good old days: How the past informs the future

By Timothy Walch Spring has arrived with a sense of hope for better days. We’re still isolated by the COVID-19 …Read More

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