By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger A 5,000-pound brass bell that first sounded for Catholics in Mount Pleasant more than …Read More
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Students share how faith shaped their life
By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Davenport celebrated 203 graduates this spring. …Read More
Red Dinner draws family of faith together
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — Young adults in their 20s and 30s to senior citizens celebrated faith, …Read More
‘Destiny led us to America, the best country in the world’
By Barb Arland-Fye and Lien Truong The Catholic Messenger After four of their daughters’ heartbreaking attempts to escape communist Viet …Read More
Review of the 2025 Iowa legislative session
By Tom Chapman For The Catholic Messenger Before Iowa’s legislative session began on Jan. 13, Iowa Catholic Conference staff met …Read More
Praying for an increase in vocations
By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger IOWA CITY — Water trickling into the baptismal font offered a soothing accompaniment …Read More
Let us follow Pope Leo XIV to make Christ known and loved
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger Catholics celebrated Mass for Pope Leo XIV in English, Spanish and Vietnamese at Sacred …Read More













