NEWARK — The drive to work takes her in a slightly different direction, but for Mary Elizabeth Muir, the destination remains the same. Muir is the new principal at Holy Angels School in Newark after four years in the...
WASHINGTON -- John Thompson, the Hall of Fame college basketball coach who guided Georgetown University in Washington to a national championship in 1984, died Aug. 31 at age 78. No cause of death was given.
He was the first African...
Recognition of Catholic school educators was part of "Spirituality Day" in the Diocese of Wilmington Aug. 31 at Saint Mark's High School.
The following educators are recognized for their ministry in Catholic Schools.
Five Years
Laura Angelo
Saint Anthony of Padua School
Rosemarie Anuinas
Most...
"Spirituality Day" traditionally kicks off the Catholic school year in the Diocese of Wilmington and while coronavirus has done its best to derail so many cherished routines, this milestone came off without a hitch at Saint Mark's High School.
And...
Unlike many Catholics who flocked to central Appalachia in the wake of "This Land Is Home to Me," the 1975 Appalachian bishops' pastoral letter, I was a native. As a 10th generation West Virginian, I grew up immersed in...
Many people suffer the loss of "a sense of place" when a region that is like home to them is exploited or abused in large ways.
Places that afford us a sense of place have played major roles in our...
We are two months away from the 2020 presidential election. My social media, as I'm sure yours as well, are filled with extreme leftist and extreme rightist views. As usual, I find myself in an uncomfortable position, not fully...
WASHINGTON -- A whistle-stop tour? How quaint.
A pledge to visit all 50 states between now and the election? Dream on.
Press the flesh? Nope, not this time.
Kissing babies? Perish the thought.
Campaigns are now conducted in real time -- faster, if...
MEXICO CITY -- No sooner had federal forces arrested José Antonio Yépez Ortiz -- a crime boss known as "El Marro," or the sledgehammer -- than stories surfaced of his supposed generosity with the Catholic Church and devotion to...
ELKTON, Md. — Immaculate Conception in Elkton, Md., will host a prayer service for aborted children on Sept. 12, the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children. The service will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the burial of the...