Diocesan News
- Catholic schools preparing for Common Core Standards
By Anne Marie Amacher By the fall of 2014, all public and accredited private schools in the state of Iowa will have begun implementing Iowa [...]
- Exploring faith formation in the digital age
By Barb Arland-Fye Parish faith formation leaders and clergy spent a day together exploring digital communication as a way to help parishioners grow in their [...]
Features
- More joy ministering at Fort McCoy
By Fr. Bill Kneemiller Another year has sped by, and again I am traveling up north with my Reserve unit from Cedar Rapids. I’m wondering: [...]
- Deacon candidate profile
Name: Dan Huber Age: 47 Family: Married for 21 years to my wife, Rachel. We have two daughters: Sarah, who will be a freshman at [...]
Opinion
- Medjugorie: Island of peace in a land of war
By Dan Ebener We made the walk alone. A steep, slippery walk from the village to the statue. It was a cold and rainy evening. [...]
- Jesus didn’t require celibacy
To the Editor: In the May 23 issue of The Catholic Messenger, Father Ron Rolheiser wrote on the wages of celibacy. Excellent as usual. However, [...]
People
- St. Paul school attendance was family tradition
By Anne Marie Amacher DAVENPORT — On May 22 the last of Dave and Tish Haut’s five children graduated from St. Paul the Apostle Catholic [...]
- Celebrating L’Arche
By Barb Arland-Fye Bishop Martin Amos arrived at a house in Clinton for dinner and received hugs and handshakes from the five housemates meeting him [...]











