By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Spanish lessons learned in high school, college and in the workplace vanished from memory when I …Read More
A view from the outside looking in
Category: People
From Africa to Iowa: Father Adrian Ichaka’s story
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — When Father Adrian Ichaka’s bishop in Tanzania, Africa, told the priest to …Read More
No regrets | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Father Mike Spiekermeier’s homily on what we say at the time of good-byes moved me because …Read More
Inspired by the Holy Spirit | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor We will listen to a reading from Acts of the Apostles (2: 1-11) during Mass on …Read More
Watch out for the ducks! | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Fuzzy goslings tottered across the Mississippi River Trail in Bettendorf as I approached on my bicycle, …Read More
Signs of God’s grace in our lives | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor A quote from the young wife of a Ukrainian soldier holed up in a steel plant …Read More
The road to Ireland | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger A pilgrimage to Ireland, the “Emerald Isle,” has been among my deepest desires since …Read More