For the first time in more than 40 years of serving the hungry in Delaware, the Ministry of Caring has closed the Emmanuel Dining Room because of the threat of the novel coronavirus. The three dining rooms will continue...
When I was 17 years old, I bumped into a bush and lodged a thorn in my elbow muscle. I pulled the thorn out, cleaned the wound with alcohol and bandaged it, thinking that the wound would heal and...
Father Norman Carroll, Diocese of Wilmington vocations director, has encouraged our seminarians to be creative in this time of turmoil in the lives of so many. Mark Donahue offered this prayer.
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"O blessed Mary, Ave Maris Stella,
one tender teardrop from...
You may have heard it said that St. Dymphna is the patron saint of the "insane." But did you know the tragic circumstances that lead her to this distinction?
St. Dymphna was a beautiful princess who lived in seventh century...
Due to the spread of the coronavirus, new visitor policies have been put in place at assisted living homes and hospitals to keep the virus from spreading to others.
Depending on the facility, the visitation policy has been either changed...
Father Norman Carroll, Diocese of Wilmington vocations director, has encouraged our seminarians to be creative in this time of turmoil in the lives of so many. James Gebhart wrote the following reflection:
A New & Unwanted Lenten Practice
Monday, March 16th...
Forgiveness -- both seeking and offering it -- is one of the great challenges of our Catholic faith. But it is also among its greatest treasures.
In some respects, forgiveness shouldn't be that challenging, great though our need to seek...
Anyone who has seen the classic movie "Song of Bernadette," will remember the dramatic conflict when church authorities did not believe the poor peasant girl was seeing the Blessed Mother.
In some ways, we can see why. Why would the...
From the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington, Bishop W. Francis Malooly celebrates Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
Join the bishop and hear a special message from him at the start of Mass.
Regulations limiting large gatherings have been...
With her auspicious beginnings in protestant early America, one would never suspect that Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton would become the founder of a religious order and a matriarch of Catholic education.
Like Mother Katharine Drexel, Elizabeth was born into a...