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Seton Center, a multi-purpose service center in Princess Anne, Md., run by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Wilmington, has a full month of activities and opportunities in February. Next week, the center will offer healthy families programming on the...
“What are you giving up for Lent?” For many Catholics, the question appears almost automatically — and even before the last box of Christmas decorations has been packed up and stowed away. As someone who spent most of my...
BETHESDA, Md. -- The recent passing of Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, a former Washington auxiliary who had headed the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, for just under a year, has filled many with great sadness but also with much gratitude...
VATICAN CITY -- Feeling sad, disappointed or ashamed of oneself sometimes is normal and even can lead to conversion, but when people wallow in their sadness it becomes a dangerous vice, Pope Francis said. "We all go through ordeals that...
ROME -- The world's religious sisters have paved the way in their pioneering fight against human trafficking, said a survivor and activist. Now today's young people "are walking the way," following in the sisters' footsteps to raise awareness, assist victims...
“One of Us” is a brief snapshot of people who support the Catholic church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We regularly feature people who may be recognizable within their parish or school communities. NAME: Felicity Appelhans High School: Saint Mark's...
Police work is serious business, but it can often give law enforcement people the chance to make a difference. Mike Connelly knew it was serious business when he was asked in 2017 to run the Office for Safe Environments in...
WILMINGTON — Padua welcomed A.I. duPont to Broom Street on the night of Feb. 6 for some top-10 girls basketball, and for a half, it looked like the visiting Tigers would run away from the Pandas. But Padua staged...
Season four of “The Chosen,” the wildly popular series on the life of Jesus that began its existence as a crowd-funded streaming series, is finally here, much to the delight of fans around the world. This time around, all...
The Knights of Columbus hold a prayer vigil outside Planned Parenthood in Wilmington on the first Saturday of each month, but on Feb. 3 they were at a new clinic that has opened near Elsmere. A group of Knights...

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