By Patrick Schmadeke Evangelization in the World Today This moment feels like a new chapter in American history. People have ...

By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Parishes working toward engaging youths and families on a deeper level can count on ...

This is the 10th article in a series on multicultural parishes, based on national research by the authors ...Read More ...

Fye Editor My cousin Rick gave me a bear hug at the luncheon after our uncle Lary’s funeral ...Read More ...

By Valerie Teets For The Catholic Messenger This Sunday’s Gospel (Luke 4:1-13) is an intense one. Throughout Scripture and in ...

Fye Editorial St. John Chrysostom, a doctor of the Church (347-407 CE), said, “Not to enable the poor ...Read More ...

CRS Rice Bowl participants have contributed $350 million to ease hunger locally and worldwide since the program’s inception 50 years ago. “It’s miraculous,” said Deacon Kent Ferris, diocesan director ...

The “human smuggling” bill, HSB 15, which the Iowa Catholic Conference (ICC) believes is unnecessary, passed the House Judiciary Committee by a 13-4 vote Feb. 20. Federal and state law already ...

Barb Arland-Fye and Bishop Dennis Walsh finish a podcast earlier this month at KALA Studios at St. Ambrose University in Davenport. The Catholic Messenger In the latest Catholic Messenger ...

The rituals of our Catholic Church give me a sense of continuity. I feel comfort in the rituals, the reverence in the repetition. Each of the seven sacraments is a visible sign of invisible graces and ...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This year, Luke is our traveling companion through Lent. Of the four Gospels, Luke draws our gaze to the margins. For him, it’s not the poor in spirit who are ...

Joy. What is joy, really? Is it maintaining a naïve optimism in the face of sorrow or injustice? Is it a fleeting feeling of happiness? Is it taking pleasure in temporary things? Merriam-Webster ...