My husband Steve is praying the rosary daily as part of his Lenten journey this year and I have been praying with him. Colin, our son with autism, joined us last Saturday night but it has been several ...

Fye The Catholic Messenger Working families, senior citizens and individuals with disabilities who depend on food pantries ...

Father Damian Ilokaba recently earned Employee of the Month distinction for his work at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City. Father Ilokaba, a Nigerian native and retired priest of the ...

A bill that would help offenders reintegrate into society sooner without undermining public safety, which the Iowa Catholic Conference (ICC) supports, has moved forward. The Iowa House voted 88-0 last ...

Fye The Catholic Messenger Chris Green’s journey to Auschwitz began 20 years ago when one of her junior ...Read More ...

The Israelites, newly arrived in the Promised Land, “ate of the produce of the land in the form of unleavened cakes and parched grain,” Joshua tells us in the first reading for the fourth Sunday of ...

I have been continuing to ponder the meaning of Holy Week. I recently read an interesting insight about Good Friday that has captivated my mind and my heart. In Bob Schuchts’ book, “Be Healed,” he ...

By Fr. Dominic Nguyen For The Catholic Messenger Lent 2025 Week 4 I grew up in a very Catholic, populated ...Read More ...

By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger St. Joseph Parish in West Liberty celebrated the 75th anniversary of its church ...

The Catholic Messenger In the latest Catholic Messenger Conversations podcast (Ep. 67), Bishop Dennis Walsh focuses on parish ...