By Sister Constance Veit, LSP
Pope Francis named John Henry Cardinal Newman a Catholic saint last month. Newman was a contemporary of our foundress, Saint Jeanne Jugan, and probably knew our early communities in England. He grew up and was...
WILMINGTON — Salesianum’s soccer team got off to a fast start Oct. 24 against visiting Kingsway (N.J.), and after a few missed opportunities, got the scoring machine going. The Sals scored twice in each half in a solid 4-0...
VATICAN CITY — The global ecological crisis is just one of the effects of a distorted and diseased view people have of the world, themselves and each other, Pope Francis said in a new book.
In fact, addressing a global...
WASHINGTON — For U.S. elections, candidates and political parties may develop something they call a “50-state strategy.” But for the Oct. 25 premiere in Mexico of the Spanish-language version of “Unplanned,” actor Eduardo Verastegui, the movie’s executive director, has...
HOUSTON — At 17, Matthew Blake was living the dream of most young baseball players.
A stroke of luck got him in Minute Maid Park prepping dugouts as a teenage batboy for the Houston Astros and their visiting teams.
For four...
When my friend Tom lost his wife to cancer, he grieved more than anyone I had known. Along with a few close friends, I tried to reach out to him. Some days he was open to our offers; other...
No two people grieve in the same way, but there is common ground when it comes to the aftermath of the loss of a loved one: Life goes on. Pain lingers. Somehow, those two realities must be reconciled.
Although counseling...
Sunday Scripture readings, Oct. 27, 2019
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Sir 35:12-14, 16-18
Psalm 34:2-3, 17-19, 23
2) 2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18
Gospel: Lk 18:9-14
Sometimes when I submit my thoughts on the Scripture readings to the editor, she sends back an email...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis appointed Frances H. Arnold, a Nobel-winning chemical engineer from the United States, to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Arnold, 63, is the Linus Pauling professor of chemical engineering, biochemistry and bioengineering at the California Institute...
HOCKESSIN — Padua scored four times in the first half, and the floodgates opened in the second in an 11-1 field hockey win over St. Elizabeth on Oct. 23 at Hockessin Montessori School.
Anna Getty scored the first two goals,...