The Easter print edition of the Dialog scheduled to be distributed April 10, or Good Friday, will not be published, officials of the Diocese of Wilmington announced March 31.
The diocese newspaper is primarily distributed at churches throughout Delaware and...
VATICAN CITY -- With self-isolation becoming more widespread due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis thanked journalists and members of the media who inform people and help them cope with loneliness.
"Today, I would like us to pray for all...
WASHINGTON -- Administering the sacrament of reconciliation via cellphone is impermissible under church teaching, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Divine Worship.
In a March 27 memo to his fellow bishops, Archbishop Leonard P. Blair of Hartford,...
As state-mandated restrictions remain in place in Delaware and Maryland, Bishop Malooly has instructed pastors in the Diocese of Wilmington to keep churches closed until further notice to try to help limit the spread of coronavirus.
Public Masses were suspended...
Parish outreach programs in the Diocese of Wilmington say they are holding up during the novel coronavirus pandemic, but donations are needed to assist the increase in requests that are arriving.
Alex Handy of the St. Vincent de Paul Society...
Posting publicly to itsFacebook page, Saint Francis Healthcare has shared that it is accepting donations from the community in response to the fight against coronavirus.
The Healthcare organization posted that they are accepting donations of unopened items like:
PAPRs
• Regular...
As communities take measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, precautions have resulted in the cancellation and postponement of numerous events.
If you have notices that are scheduled to appear in Datebook or on our online events page, please notify...
She was born prematurely, the daughter of Italian farmers, and battled frail health all her life. But that didn't stop Maria Frances Cabrini from forging a life in America and ultimately becoming the first U.S. citizen to be named...
By Father Richard Jasper
The call came in to the rectory yesterday with an out-of-state area code, the caller identifying himself as the son of a 90-year-old woman on hospice care in a local northern Delaware nursing home.
“Father, my Mom...
WILMINGTON — Citing the sharply rising cost of feeding New Castle County’s growing number of homeless and poor, including the newly unemployed, the Ministry of Caring on Tuesday made an urgent plea for donations.
“We need to let the community...