Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Last month, I celebrated Mass at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison to ...Read ...

By Tom Chapman For The Catholic Messenger With the beginning of the legislative session comes a flurry of new bills. ...Read ...

By Barb Arland-Fye Editor Each year during our Catholic Messenger subscription drive, I ask our staff to reflect on a ...Read ...

By Ken Miller Guest Column Sunday of the Word of God, which Pope Francis instituted, takes place the third Sunday of ...Read More ...

By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger More than 130 high school and college students from the Diocese of Davenport traveled ...Read More ...

By Brennen Schmertmann Fatherhood in Real Time Fatherhood is tough. I could end the column right there and every dad ...Read More ...

Fye The Catholic Messenger Some parishes, particularly in rural communities, have clustered for years while others are making ...Read More ...

By Hal Green Pondering Prayer There is surely no grander statement of faith in God than Psalm 91. It is ...Read More ...

Fye Editorial From the moment we take our first tentative steps as toddlers to the last moment we ...Read More ...

By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger Enrollment in Catholic schools in the Diocese of Davenport has grown by more ...Read More ...