Diocesan News

Pancakes, love and ‘peace be with you’

Pancakes, love and ‘peace be with you’

By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger CENTERVILLE — “Pope Leo XIV” made an appearance in Centerville’s annual Pancake Day Parade …Read More


New students tour SAU chapel

New students tour SAU chapel

By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — Back in 2017, Tammy Norcross-Reitzler created a chapel tour “scavenger hunt” …Read More


People

Falling in love with the face of Christ in your neighbor

Falling in love with the face of Christ in your neighbor

By Rachel Luppens For The Catholic Messenger (Editor’s note: Rachel Luppens, St. Wenceslaus Parish in Iowa City’s director of community …Read More


Persons, Places and things: Art and angels among us

Persons, Places and things: Art and angels among us

By Dan Russo Editor On either side of the main entrance to the St. Vincent Center, the building that houses …Read More


Features

Blessing each other without crosses

Blessing each other without crosses

By Kathy Berken On Deck Decades ago, I attended a social-justice-immersion retreat in Rochester, New York, and participated in a …Read More


Spreading our light in the world

Spreading our light in the world

By Jenna Ebener A reflection I drink tea every night and was really noticing my mug the other day. It …Read More


Opinion

‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’

‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’

By Dan Russo Editorial One of the causes of the latest federal government shutdown is a disagreement over how to …Read More


Finding meaning in Franciscan beauty

Finding meaning in Franciscan beauty

By Fr. Bud Grant SAU Theological Perspective Among other earthly delights, October gives us the Feast of the Patron Saint …Read More