By Barb Arland-Fye Editor My son Colin approached me with his hand extended for a handshake as he prepared to …Read More
Category: People
Two BVMs celebrate jubilees
For The Catholic Messenger DUBUQUE — Two Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) will celebrate their diamond jubilees …Read More
Persons, places and things: The Long and Winding Road
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor My husband Steve stopped the car in the middle of nowhere on Highway 20 in northeast …Read More
The ‘Bladress’: Young woman on rollerblades skates into diocese
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — Bishop Thomas Zinkula’s brother-in-law in Chicago texted that he’d met a young …Read More
The gift of a Madonna: New Catholic finished portrait before her death
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger PELLA — Rebecca Madden wasn’t Catholic when she began her oil painting of a …Read More
Persons, places and things: Stocking the shelves with kindness
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor A grateful father’s video of an encounter between his teenage son with autism and a young …Read More
Persons, places and things: A transformative experience
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Standing in line with other RAGBRAI bicyclists waiting to use a porta potty, I overheard a …Read More












