A “wintery” mixture of weather, as TV meteorologists call it, brewed outside my house. Inside, my husband Steve and I …Read More
Category: Editorials
Focus on the good news
A member of The Catholic Messenger’s Editorial Board, weary of the divisiveness in our world and the media’s tendency to …Read More
The Green New Deal: maybe we need a dream
By Father Bud Grant Although 83 percent of voters have not yet heard of it, “The Green New Deal” (GND) …Read More
Love never fails
Love “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails” (1 Corinthians 13:7-8). During …Read More
Our shared humanity
A wall-size photograph of the inside of a city bus dominates the entrance to the “Race: Are We So Different?” …Read More
Our church’s future depends on all of us
Catholics are uncomfortable talking about their faith. It’s not a Catholic thing to do. Those two statements contained in an …Read More
Caregiving: an encounter with Christ
After ordination to the diaconate, Deacon Mike Snyder of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Bettendorf hoped to begin studies …Read More