The feast of the Holy Family, which is situated appropriately
between Christmas and New Year's Day, serves as a context for the events it bridges: the birth of Christ and the octave of Mary.
As the humanity of Jesus is our...
Christmas homily delivered by Bishop Koenig in 2025 at St. Ann, Wilmington, and Our Mother of Sorrows, Centreville, Maryland.
Every Christmas, we decorate with lights. We string them in trees and shine them on buildings. We place them in windows...
Bishop Koenig celebrates the Christmas vigil Mass at St.Ann church in Wilmington Dec. 24, 2025.
PHILADELPHIA — The high school basketball season marched on through December, a month that normally includes games in unusual locations. It might be a showcase at the beach or a trip to Washington, D.C.
Or it could just be two...
Bishop William E. Koenig, of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, has announced the appointment of Hannah R. Dell as the new diocesan Director of the Office of Communications. She is replacing Robert G. Krebs who is retiring after 25...
GRECCIO, Italy — Eight centuries ago St. Francis of Assisi came to this hillside village to show the world that God chose to be born among the poor, staging the first Nativity scene in a cave outside the town...
Recently, I gave two presentations; first at the Pope St. John XXIII Seminary in Massachusetts, and the second at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. Both presentations were on the past 100 years of immigration history.
The old saying "the more...
WILMINGTON — Hundreds of Salesianum School students, families, alumni and friends will spend part of Christmas Day at the school to welcome more than 300 Wilmington Housing Authority residents for an afternoon of hospitality, food, music and gifts.
The school...
In announcing he was stepping down as CEO of FOCUS, an organization that ministers to tens of thousands of students and parishioners, founder Curtis Martin said he will continue to serve the board and "stay on mission with you...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito of Palm Beach, Florida, and named as his successor Father Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, currently pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Corona in...