By Barb Arland-Fye An angel tree tag provided few hints about the wants and desires of a 14-year-old boy who …Read More
Persons, places and things: A shark shirt Advent gift
Category: People
Long Grove Knights raise funds for pantry, special needs
For The Catholic Messenger LONG GROVE — St. Ann Parish Knights of Columbus Council 14695 held two fundraisers earlier this …Read More
Dying to self during Advent
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Driving to church, I slowed down to a crawl behind an out-of-state driver trying to find …Read More
Heading to Rome: New leadership post for Sr. Storms
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger Sister Kathleen Storms, SSND, is moving from The Prairie to Rome to serve her …Read More
Persons, places and things: watching and waiting for Jesus
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor A hard-cover spiral notebook contains clippings of prayers that I cut out of church bulletins, prayer …Read More
NCYC 17: Seeing the face of Jesus
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger INDIANAPOLIS — Some 25,000 teens had just spent an hour in silence during eucharistic …Read More
Persons, places and things: Lost and found at Lucas Oil Stadium
By Barb Arland-Fye Editor My search inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for 800+ youths and adults from the Davenport …Read More