I grew up near a small town that had a big Labor Day weekend celebration. For a farm kid, it rivaled Christmas for excitement. There were carnival rides, barkers hawking games, a big parade, an alumni dance at the...
WILMINGTON — Visitors to St. Ann School in Wilmington have a new face greeting them this year, one that is a physical reminder of a significant part of the school’s history.
A small statue of St. Francis of Assisi sits...
VATICAN CITY -- Being a priest is not a job or fulfilling an employment contract but is a gift from God that should be contemplated and treasured as such, Pope Francis said.
Those who turn ordained ministry into an occupation...
MILLTOWN — The Saint Mark's volleyball team continued its hot start to the 2019 season, picking up its fourth sweep in five matches. The opponent on Sept. 19 was Catholic Conference foe St. Elizabeth, whom the Spartans dispatched by...
By ED GORDON
In the early hours of a July morning this year, five people gathered at Sacred Heart Church, Chestertown, Md., to begin a trip to San Marcos, our sister diocese in Guatemala. The trip was led by Mary...
Father Daniel Staniskis, associate pastor at St. Francis de Sales parish in Salisbury, Md., and former associate pastor of St. Ann’s in Wilmington, was incardinated, or formally accepted, by Bishop Malooly as a priest of the Diocese of Wilmington...
VATICAN CITY — The search for Christian unity must involve all aspects of the churches’ lives, including their different church laws, Pope Francis said.
“Canon law is essential for ecumenical dialogue,” the pope told members of the Society for the...
WASHINGTON — Sister Helen Prejean, the well-known advocate for the abolition of the death penalty, was not always doing this work. It came out of her “waking up,” as she put it, to capital punishment’s injustice.
“When we’re ready, God...
NEWARK – More than 400 people took to the streets near the Jeanne Jugan Residence on Sept. 14 for the annual Nun Run 5K, which benefits the residence operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor. Donations are still...
Sunday Scripture readings, Sept. 22, 2019
1) Am 8:4-7
Psalm 113:1-2, 4-8
2) 1 Tm 2:1-8
Gospel: Lk 16:1-13
Making God your first priority
"You can't get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first."
"Put first...