Diocesan News
- Parishes serve up largest Rice Bowl donation to date
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger When Loxi Hopkins of the diocesan Social Action office saw how much money had been raised for CRS Rice [...]
- St. Anne Parish in Welton to celebrate final Mass July 26
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger WELTON — St. Anne Parish will celebrate its final Mass on July 26 at 4 p.m. Bishop Martin Amos will preside. [...]
Features
- Maggie Sue’s dogmatic theology: Which virtues rank highest and lowest?
Editor’s note: In Lent 2013, Father Rich Adam’s Sheltie Maggie Sue embarked upon a new career of writing a special column “Maggie Sue’s Dogmatic Theology” [...]
- Defining body and soul
By Kathy Berken My dear friend Lee Nagel (National Conference for Catechetical Leadership executive director) died on Memorial Day (see related story in the June [...]
Opinion
- Poem offers encouragement
To the Editor: I bought a “Maryknoll Book of Poetry” recently. Today I read the following poem in it: So You Think That So you [...]
- A letter of thanks
To the Editor: To all my family, friends, fellow parishioners, community members, and all those I don’t know personally, I’d like to thank you so [...]
People
- Principal leaves Lourdes
David Hobin, principal at Lourdes Catholic School in Bettendorf since 2012, has left the position to serve as assistant principal at Alleman High School in [...]
- Clinton Franciscans mark significant milestones
By Emmaline Jurgena The Catholic Messenger The Sisters of St. Francis in Clinton will honor nine Sisters who are marking milestone anniversaries of their entrances [...]
