We’re Building a New Mirror on a Strong Foundation
by Anne Marie Cox | November 26, 2025
With this edition of The Catholic Mirror, we close one chapter and begin a new one.
Our content, which aims to teach, inform, and inspire is shifting next month from the traditional newspaper format to a new model of evangelization.
Why are we changing? Simply put, the way people consume news and information has changed. We want to engage with you and other Catholics in southwest Iowa using contemporary tools and processes to better serve everyone.
Our new approach is a hybrid one that will include both print and digital communication.
In December, we’ll begin a free digital newsletter that will be sent to your email inbox twice a month. It will include an inspiring story and news from around the Diocese. In order to receive this e-newsletter, you’ll need to subscribe. (We don’t want to clutter your inbox with unwanted email. We all get enough of that!) We invite you to subscribe by visiting dmdiocese.org/newsletter.
Then, early next year we are excited to present a new version of The Catholic Mirror in full-color magazine format. Sent six times a year, it will be delivered automatically to most registered Catholic households in the Diocese, just as the newspaper version has been.
Each issue will focus on one of our pastoral priorities:
- Creating a Culture of Welcome & Care
- Inviting People to an Encounter with Jesus
- Accompanying Youth in Discipleship
- Engaging Young Adults in the Faith
- Preparing Disciples for the Domestic Church
- Communicating the Gospel Boldly and Clearly
We hope you like the new magazine, spend time with it, and support it.
I thank everyone who has allowed us to share their stories over the years in the newspaper version of The Catholic Mirror, and I look forward to sharing future faith journeys of your fellow Catholics in the upcoming magazine.
I also want to thank you, our devoted readers. The Catholic Mirror couldn’t exist without your kindheartedness during our annual subscription drive and the Annual Diocesan Appeal, your compelling calls and notes with story ideas, and yes, even your constructive criticism. We’re grateful for your feedback!
Our diocesan publication is a labor of love. It is strong because of the solid foundation laid by editors who’ve come before me. Editors, writers, and photographers shared their talent with The Catholic Mirror over many decades because they believed in its mission: to reflect God’s love among us.
As we bid farewell to the newspaper and introduce the magazine, I want to thank my predecessors. It is because of them that Catholics in southwest Iowa have had a faith-filled, trustworthy source to inspire them and help them grow in their faith.