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Welcome to The Catholic Messenger!
The Catholic Messenger is the official newspaper of the Diocese of Davenport. The Messenger is published weekly in Davenport, Iowa. Featured stories are from this week's issue. 
‘We are one family,’ bishop tells students
DAVENPORT — Students ought to grow in knowledge and wisdom in the spirit of faith and hope during their time at St. Ambrose University. That is the message Father Chuck Adam, the university’s chaplain, gave to students during the opening for the blessing of the academic year ... Messenger will no longer accept political advertising As the presidential race begins accelerating its pace, The Catholic Messenger’s Board of Directors is announcing that the newspaper no longer will accept political advertising. This decision comes after months of research and deliberation. ... 
Junior high brings discoveries, challenges for student
FORT MADISON — Molly Conrad and a handful of other seventh-graders file into what seems to be their first classroom Aug. 21, day one of the new year for Holy Trinity Junior/Senior Catholic High School. Only one problem — there’s no teacher... New year for Ministry Formation Programs kicks off Sept. 6 A daylong retreat Sept. 6 featuring the author of “Living Like Francis Today” and Mass with Bishop Martin Amos will launch the academic year for the Davenport Diocese’s Ministry Formation Programs. The retreat will incorporate stories from the life of St. Francis ... More than 700 students awarded STO grants Karen Witt was looking forward to her son Travis becoming a freshman at Prince of Peace College Preparatory in Clinton this fall. But the Prince of Peace parishioner, her family’s sole income earner, was concerned about whether she could afford tuition this year... 
Freshman gets to know Assumption
DAVENPORT — To help make the transition easier for freshmen and other new students at Assumption High School, officials organized an orientation day for them. On Aug. 20, 123 freshmen, six transfer students and three foreign exchange students spent the day getting acquainted with their new school... 
Xstream Cleanup draws Davenport parishioners
DAVENPORT — Children, teens and adults picked up debris from along creeks and rivers Aug. 16 as part of the Xstream Cleanup. The annual cleanup is sponsored by Riverboat Development Authority in collaboration with Chad Pregracke and his Living Lands & Waters team. Thirty-nine sites in the Iowa and Illinois Quad-City area were part of the cleanup... 
With help of horses, students aid people with disabilities
Assisting people with varying disabilities to gain a new self-confidence and improved self image through riding horses is what New Kingdom Trailriders is all about. Members of St. Paul the Apostle Parish and School in Davenport volunteer their time throughout the year at the horseback riding site ... 
The Message of Lourdes: the first apparition
In 1858, Massabielle was the name of the place outside Lourdes where every unwanted and worthless thing in Lourdes was discarded. On Feb. 11, 1858, Bernadette Soubirous, her sister Toinette and a friend, Jeanne Abadie, went to Massabielle to collect firewood and animal bones... 
persons, places and things: Labor Day thoughts
One paragraph from the U.S. bishops’ Labor Day statement this year is particularly meaningful to me: “The more we exercise self control in our possession and use of the goods of this earth, sharing with others opportunities as well as products, the less need we will have for the kinds of regulatory laws that become necessary when economic privateers and profit seeking pirates take over whole areas of our economy.” Political do’s and do not’s (Following are political responsibility do’s and do not’s for Catholic parishes, schools and other entities of the Diocese of Davenport.) Our world is increasingly focused on public policy and the people who make this policy. This is understandable due to the enormous impact state and national public policy can have on issues that directly affect the lives of people in the Davenport Diocese... Editorial: Pray first, then vote The U.S. bishops’ conference encourages American Catholics to pray a “Novena for Faithful Citizenship” prior to the national election in November. Some younger people will hear the word “novena” (praying for the same purpose for nine successive periods) for the first time ... Editorial: Seeing priorities Here is a viewpoint on health care insurance in the United States from someone with long experience thinking about the issue: “The price tag for universal coverage really is not that much. If you talk about adding the uninsured to the existing system, you’re talking about roughly $100 billion a year... Pope, at audience, offers quick biography of St. Paul At his Wednesday public audience on August 27, Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) sketched a rough ... There's a new way for you to get help. In an effort to make it as easy as possible for our users to get assistance as fast and as easily as possible we have started a new support website called CatholicWeb Help. This website will quickly become your number one resource... 
Fishers of Men
Winner of a 2007 Gabriel Award! The 18-minute DVD that is a major resource in a vocational recruitment project launched last year by the United States Conference of Catholic ... |
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