By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Jeanette Roush-Krafka was in elementary school when she lost her mother, Cindy, to breast …Read More
Priest and daughter: faith community ‘became our glue’ after loss
Category: People
Our way of the cross | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Last Friday (March 25), as my son Patrick read the conclusion to “Everyone’s Way of the …Read More
Examination of conscience | Persons, places and things
“Lent has a way of finding me,” a woman who leads Adult Catholic Initiation in her parish told me at …Read More
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