Bishop Thomas Zinkula accompanied five deacon candidates and their deacon formation director, Deacon Frank Agnoli, on a border immersion experience …Read More
Insights from the border
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Students, fellow Catholics pray for slain Spanish teacher in Fairfield
By Lindsay Steele and Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger FAIRFIELD — When parishioner Nohema Graber, a Spanish teacher at Fairfield …Read More
Don’t let your jerseys define you
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger IOWA CITY — Father Chase Hilgenbrinck spent a majority of his 39 years self-defined …Read More
Students, fellow Catholics pray for slain Spanish teacher
FAIRFIELD — When parishioner Nohema Graber, a Spanish teacher at Fairfield High School, went missing Nov. 3, “we were …Read More
Surviving COVID-19: Married epidemiologist and nurse share their story
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger “Thank you, Lord, for bringing me here.” This was Kirk Phillips’ daily prayer after …Read More
College social action initiatives have ecumenical appeal
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Young adults in the Diocese of Davenport say interest in social action is strong …Read More
Building bridges not barriers: Bishop Zinkula and deacon candidates go to the U.S.-Mexico border
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger (Editor’s note: This is the first in a series on a border immersion experience.) Thirteen-hundred …Read More