By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Father Jason Crossen describes St. Joan of Arc Catholic School — opening next fall in northeast …Read More
Persons, places and things: Melissa’s fervent faith lives on in scholarship
Category: People
Iowa Knights Hall of Fame inductees
John McNeer of Newton, Jose Alvidrez of Muscatine, and Henry Fullick and Karl Schmitz of Clinton were inducted into the …Read More
Persons, places and things: Portrait from a pilgrimage
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor The popemobile made its way through a cobblestone corridor in St. Peter’s Square as I stood …Read More
Deacon Sheil passes
IOWA CITY — Deacon Mike Sheil, 73, of DeWitt, passed away suddenly April 14 at the University of Iowa Hospitals …Read More
Persons, places and things: More impressions from Chrism Mass
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Roger Youngblut smiled warmly as he handed out worship aids in the east entrance to people …Read More
Persons, places and things: On the journey with Mary
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor “Station 13: Jesus is taken down,” I prayed aloud during Stations of the Cross last Friday …Read More
Persons, places and things: Five years after the pandemic
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Searching The Catholic Messenger’s website for a story to illustrate this week’s Opinion Page editorial took …Read More