By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger Father John Spiegel thinks his mother Dorothy wrote the letter addressed to him and …Read More
Persons, places and things: With love and faith, from Mother
Category: People
Derecho on deadline: Catholic Messenger has the final word
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger Visions of newspaper pages, not sugar plums, danced in our heads after the derecho …Read More
Persons, places and things: The ‘broken’ book
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Some of the books in our family’s living room bookcase appear more worn out than other …Read More
Sr. Feehan served as cook, domestic worker
JOHNSTON, Iowa – Sister Lucille Feehan (Mary Robert), CHM, 83, a former cook and domestic worker, died Aug. 4 at …Read More
Persons, places and things: ‘Hold the bag from the bottom’
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor We filled sandwich bags with potato chips in the parish kitchen of Our Lady of the …Read More
Persons, Places and Things: What time ‘looks like’
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Two enormous plastic bags — each one holding empty beverage cans or bottles — take up …Read More
‘Greyhound’ column inspires stories
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger A recent review of the movie “Greyhound” in a Persons, places and things column …Read More