By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger DeWITT — Pink, laminated crosses bearing the name of first-grade teacher Loretta Pennock, who …Read More
Category: People
Persons, places and things: ‘To Mom, I love you very much’
More than 2,500 miles from home, while visiting a school for children with special needs in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, I …Read More
A mountaintop experience | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland Fye Editor My mountaintop experience began with morning prayer at sunrise Nov. 3 on a sand dune …Read More
Brotherly love | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor “In the family, we learn closeness, care and respect for others,” Pope Francis says in his …Read More
Dickinson takes next step toward priesthood
For The Catholic Messenger MUNDELEIN, Ill. — Seminarian Dane Dickinson of the Diocese of Davenport was instituted in the ministry …Read More
One of the ‘All Souls’ | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Someone I never met but who has made an impression on me comes to mind as …Read More
A Family Synod | Persons, places and things
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Another Sunday night in the Fye household and the guys were watching football in the family …Read More













