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HOCKESSIN — The duties of ushers at Mass have evolved over the years, and at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Hockessin, the group has changed as the parish emerged from the coronavirus pandemic. The training the men...
MILLTOWN — Saint Mark’s High School took a significant step toward reaching its goal of $8 million for its current capital campaign when 1977 graduate Linda McConnell and her husband, Paul, donated $1 million to the effort, “Renewing the...
These are dangerously murky times. Passionate voices ring out all over; few listen to each other. We risk losing one another as forces pull and push us apart, like the sudden crush in a crowd, when people going different...
VATICAN CITY -- The day after he turned 86, Pope Francis met with volunteers, family members and children receiving care from a Vatican pediatric clinic. The group of children receiving assistance from the Vatican's St. Martha Dispensary, a maternal and...
Is your parish or organization booking a bus to attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2023? Be sure to send your information, including meeting place, time and contact person, to news@thedialog.org so we can...
Bishop Koenig will celebrate a total of four Masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in the Diocese of Wilmington. On Christmas Eve, the bishop will celebrate the 4 p.m. Christmas vigil Mass at Holy Savior Church in Ocean City,...
Once thought to be more valuable than gold, cinnamon is mentioned in the Bible as one of the finest of spices. Sourced from the bark of a specific evergreen tree, it has been used for thousands of years as...
Once, an elderly archbishop was hosting a gathering at his home during the holidays. Someone presented him a gift that included a refrigerator magnet with that familiar cheery bromide, "Jesus is the reason for the season!" The archbishop grinned sardonically. "He...
WASHINGTON -- In a live morning broadcast on Twitter Dec. 18, Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, said he was not told directly by the Vatican that he has been laicized. "I'm haven't received any communication from...
'Tis the season to ponder the dual nature of Jesus Christ -- his true divinity and true humanity -- as we celebrate his incarnation and birth. There is another dual nature of Christ, though, that we strive to reflect in...

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