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Category: Opinion

Reform payday lending

Posted on Dec 15, 2016Dec 14, 2016 in Editorials, Opinion

Payday loans are big business in Iowa with 613,461 transactions totaling $220 million in 2015, an Iowa Division of Banking …Read More

Re-visioning our ministry with youths

Posted on Dec 15, 2016Dec 14, 2016 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Re-visioning our ministry with youths

(Editor’s Note: The following letter on re-visioning ministry with youth is provided by Tom East and Don Boucher. It is …Read More

Restoring hope

Posted on Dec 8, 2016Dec 7, 2016 in Diocesan News, Editorials, Opinion

Iowa has the dubious distinction of ranking at the top of the nation for the number of African Americans per …Read More

Are your grandparents lonely? Sharing God’s mercy this Christmas

Posted on Dec 8, 2016Dec 7, 2016 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Are your grandparents lonely? Sharing God's mercy this Christmas

By Sr. Constance Veit, l.s.p. In the past few weeks I’ve been asked to speak about loneliness in the elderly …Read More

SNAP benefits children

Posted on Dec 8, 2016Dec 7, 2016 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: Many Americans are feeling left out of America’s economic prosperity. Why then would the new Congress be …Read More

Apparently placemats and nametags are all you need

Posted on Dec 8, 2016Dec 7, 2016 in Editorials, Opinion
Apparently placemats and nametags are all you need

Sometimes I can be so blind. Who would have thought that when I walked into work at the Carondelet Center …Read More

A unique pilgrimage

Posted on Dec 8, 2016Dec 7, 2016 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: During the sermon, a minister speaks words of praise. He gives witness with examples and reassures the …Read More

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