By Lola Blaser For The Catholic Messenger (Editor’s note: Lola Blaser, a teacher at St. Joseph Catholic School in DeWitt, …Read More
A tribute to Loretta Pennock
Category: People
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
St. Joseph School ‘family’ leans on faith and each other to cope with grief
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger DeWITT — Pink, laminated crosses bearing the name of first-grade teacher Loretta Pennock, who …Read More
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