By Jan Pullella For The Catholic Messenger He grew up on the farm in Richland, Iowa, population 500. You might …Read More
Category: People
Celebrating Mass with people is the greatest gift
By Jan Pullella For The Catholic Messenger Sixty-five years ago, a first-grade student from St. Alphonsus Parish-Davenport proclaimed his future …Read More
Persons, places and things: The missing link
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger Fourth-graders and their teacher taught me a valuable lesson during our final Junior Achievement …Read More
Persons, places and things: Our God expects more from us
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Forty of us from parishes throughout the Davenport Diocese were listening to a presentation on nonviolence, …Read More
Persons, places and things: All will be well
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor We are longtime friends who met in Clinton where I developed my reporting skills and Nancy …Read More
Persons, places and things: Playtime!
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor A young mom shared her frustration about the lack of playtime at her children’s new school …Read More
Cherie faces fatal illness head on
St. Anthony’s is where it all began By John Cooper For The Catholic Messenger A couple weekends ago, I watched …Read More












