The daily Scripture readings and Bishop Robert Barron’s Gospel reflections are rituals for me, but some days I am less …Read More
Person, Places, and things: A dilemma about coats
Category: People
From Tanzania to St. Ambrose – Fr. Denis embraces academic and life experiences
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger Four years ago, Father Denis Hatungimana arrived in the Diocese of Davenport from Tanzania …Read More
Persons, places and things: A serving of love
Six of us from Our Lady of the River Parish in LeClaire took our places to serve a chicken dinner …Read More
Non-Catholic youth inspires others at local Catholic youth conference
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger Twelve-year-old Tyler Pierson of Riverside is not Catholic but started attending youth group events …Read More
Persons, places and things: Nourishing love from the microwave
On Black Friday, my husband Steve, our sons Colin and Patrick and I sat down to a Thanksgiving dinner reheated …Read More
A tribute to Loretta Pennock
By Lola Blaser For The Catholic Messenger (Editor’s note: Lola Blaser, a teacher at St. Joseph Catholic School in DeWitt, …Read More
Persons, places and things: In sacred spaces
Listening to people’s stories is my passion. I want to know what motivates people, the experiences that shape them. That …Read More