This week’s Catholic Messenger features stories about parish planning and collaboration and the announcement of priest assignments, a natural outcome …Read More
Category: Opinion
Give minimalism a try
To the Editor: Imagine a life with less: less stuff, less clutter, less stress, less debt, less discontent. A life …Read More
Scheduling the Mass
By Bishop Thomas Zinkula Neither pastors nor parishioners feel good about a reduction of Masses. Pastors have to deal with …Read More
Language games: the sacred and profane
By Patrick Schmadeke How we use words matters. “A mole,” for example, could refer to a skin blemish, a burrowing …Read More
Welcome, Iowa KCs!
Company is coming to the Davenport Diocese to participate in the Iowa Knights of Columbus State Convention this weekend, April …Read More
Point-counterpoint
To the editor: In response to the letter written by Ruth Johnson (Messenger, March 15) which was written in response …Read More
Respectful letters, please
To the Editor: A letter to the editor in the March 15 issue was written in response to an earlier …Read More