By Kent Ferris I recently accompanied Quad Cities Interfaith Executive Director Leslie Kilgannon to Black Hawk College in Moline, Illinois, …Read More
Walking with the Two Feet of Social Justice
Category: Opinion
Work must provide the means for families to prosper
Every year the U.S. bishops release a Labor Day statement focusing on an aspect of Catholic Social Teaching known as …Read More
Being politically correct
To the Editor: The term “politically correct” is coming under fire led by one of the announced Republican candidates for …Read More
What we need to teach in school
A new school year has begun and with it a growing emphasis on STEM — the acronym for the studies …Read More
Rebuild our country instead of nuclear weapons
To the Editor: In a recent Catholic Messenger Sister Nancy Miller, OSF, wrote a fact-filled letter about several nuclear weapons …Read More
The need for a truly human definition of power
By Corrine Winter I often like to take a stab at the crossword puzzle that appears in our local paper, …Read More
Patients in crisis need access to psychiatric care
Imagine this scenario: Your 12-year-old child or grandchild who lives in Iowa needs emergency psychiatric care because of severe, self-injurious …Read More