By Sarah Adams Gray Space Graces Column I recently texted some of my friends and asked them how they define …Read More
Hope gives us the strength to take one more step
Category: Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Let’s imagine ‘peace’
To the Editor: Thank you for two very important pieces in the April 13 issue of The Catholic Messenger. The …Read More
Plant seeds of hope this Earth Day
By Barb Arland-Fye Editorial “Our health and in reality, our very lives, depend on the sprouting of seeds. … The …Read More
Eucharist as ‘sacrifice’
By Ella Johnson Eucharistic Revival Column “Sacrifice” is a difficult word to ponder. Its associations with self-deprivation and suffering are …Read More
Peace message remains timely 60 years later
By Barb Arland-Fye Editorial Sixty years ago on April 11, St. John XXIII released his encyclical “Pacem in Terris,” or …Read More
Welcoming and belonging: getting out of a rut
By Patrick Schmadeke Evangelization in the world today Column The biblical scholar Raymond Brown once said “the Church has always …Read More
Letter to the editor: Hoops and dreams
To the Editor: Thank you Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball athletes and coaches. You are the quintessential champions! Mission accomplished! You model …Read More