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WASHINGTON — If, as the bromide says, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day, what if there's no sign of St. Patrick's anywhere to be seen on March 17? That's the conundrum many Catholics face as U.S. churches named for...
Like the pooka and the kelpie, St. Brigid of Kildare may have been a mythical Celtic creature -- or she may be one of the holiest women who ever lived in Ireland. As with all things Irish, her story...
Officials at the Diocese of Wilmington have decided that the next print edition of The Dialog, scheduled for distribution March 27, will not be published, and journalists and business office workers will instead focus efforts on the real-time news...
CLEVELAND — The volunteers are fewer, but Ernie Stetenfeld and his fellow Vincentians in Madison, Wisc., are not slowing down in the face of the coronavirus. Boxes of food are being packed for pickup, the state’s only charitable pharmacy continues...
EASTON, Md. — Sherrie Connolly, who has been serving as interim principal at Ss. Peter and Paul Elementary School during the 2019-20 academic year, has been tapped for the position on a permanent basis. The school announced the decision...
MAGNOLIA -- A small, but enthusiastic crowd attended the last of four performances on March 15 of The Midnight Dreary Players of Saint Thomas More Academy. "Honk" is a musical adaptation of “The Ugly Duckling” and it brought its message...
WILMINGTON — Four students from Catholic schools in the Diocese of Wilmington, along with one in a parish religious-education program, have won the annual Jerry E. Dawson, PSD, Memorial Vocation Essay Contest, which was sponsored by the Knights of...
VATICAN CITY — As Italy entered its second week of lockdown, Pope Francis urged Christians to remember the elderly who are suffering not only loneliness but also fear due to the spread of the coronavirus. “Today, I would like us...
At the March 14 evening Mass at Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington, Father Joseph W. McQuaide IV, rector, delivered a homily that was taped and viewed by about 1,000 people on cdow.org and thedialog.org. In his remarks, Father McQuaide...
She spent most of her life in an area of France less than 50 miles big. She lived in cloister, devoting her time to simple service and prayer. She died when she was only 24. Yet Therese of Lisieux...