“Lent has a way of finding me,” a woman who leads Adult Catholic Initiation in her parish told me at …Read More
Examination of conscience | Persons, places and things
Category: People
Signs of change | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor As he entered the “Fye” pew before Mass last weekend, our son Colin exclaimed in a …Read More
The Gathering of the Clan
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger QUAD CITIES — One has Irish roots and the other cannot claim “a drop …Read More
A fast by choice | Persons, places and things
More than 1.5 million refugees have fled from Ukraine while many of their fellow citizens remain in harm’s way in …Read More
Sr. Schierbrock was an educator
JOHNSTON, Iowa — Sister Marilyn (Regina Marie) Schierbrock, CHM, 82, died Feb. 28 at Bishop Drumm Care Center in Johnston. …Read More
Von Feldt named Irish Mother of the Year
Jeanne Von Feldt, principal at All Saints Catholic School in Davenport, was named Irish Mother of the Year by the …Read More
Sow seeds of goodness | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Struggling to map out my plans for observing Lent, I asked my husband, Steve, about his …Read More