I love the hymns that accompany us through the Advent season. A term I sometimes hear used for them is "haunting."
Some are played in minor keys, which fills them with a special mystery, a particular kind of longing. I...
Houses and light. Preparation and transformation. Peace and salvation.
Words and images that populate the readings for the first Sunday of Advent -- words and images that, taken in context with readings of the Advent season, offer hope and joy...
As a punter on his college football team, Aaron Frye was used to putting his defense in good position. He’ll be called upon to do the same thing in his new position as sports coordinator for Catholic Youth Ministry.
Frye,...
Archmere completed a very successful field hockey campaign with a 7-1 loss to Delmar in the DIAA Division II championship game Nov. 19 at Rullo Stadium at the University of Delaware. The second-seeded Auks were playing in the title...
MIDDLETOWN — On a cold night in Middletown, Noah Kracyla got the home crowd warmed up pretty quick.
The Cavaliers’ senior took the opening kickoff at his own 5-yard line, found a gap and some blocking, and 95 yards later...
DOVER — Saint Mark’s boys soccer team had found it difficult to penetrate the Caravel defense in front of goalkeeper Alejandro Marte all afternoon at Dover High School, site of the DIAA Division II championship on Nov. 19. Yet,...
DOVER — Zach Bittner is used to stopping the ball for the Salesianum soccer team, something he did quite well all season, including in the DIAA Division I boys championship game on Nov. 19 at Dover High School. But...
BALTIMORE -- "The church did not close during the pandemic," Sean Callahan, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, told the U.S. bishops during their Nov. 14-17 general assembly in Baltimore.
Recapping how the bishops' overseas relief and development agency...
WILMINGTON — With their main offensive weapon hobbled with an ankle injury, the St. Elizabeth football team needed someone to step up in the team’s DIAA Class 1A quarterfinal matchup Nov. 18 at Abessinio Stadium. They found that person...
WILMINGTON — Former parishioners and friends of the late Father Leonard R. Klein gathered in Wilmington on Nov. 17 to remember the priest as a book of his homilies was introduced to the public. “A Grain of Wheat: Collected...