MILLTOWN – Saint Mark's volleyball team pulled off a difficult feat on Nov. 7, defeating rival Ursuline for a third time in a single season. This latest win happened to come in the DIAA tournament semifinal round, and the...
MILLTOWN – Fifth-set magic and a spot in the DIAA volleyball state championship match were on the line Nov. 7 when Padua and Wilmington Friends met in the second semifinal. The fourth-seeded Pandas had needed five sets in both...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Senate Nov. 6 passed a bill that would require a child born alive following an abortion receives the same medical care accorded any newborn at the same gestational age.
A second measure OK’d the same...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ top aide made no secret of what will be on the pope’s mind when he visits Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, Nov. 24: “the total elimination of nuclear weapons.”
In a late September visit to the...
VATICAN CITY — In front of the tomb of St. Peter, where they solemnly chanted the Creed in Latin, the bishops of New England contemplated the call and mission of the apostle, and how the Lord calls them as...
Sunday Scripture readings, Nov. 10, 2019
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14
Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15
2) 2 Thes 2:16-3:5
Gospel: Lk 20:27-38
If asked to sum up Christianity in a single word, what would you say? Answers that come...
"One of Us" is brief snapshot of people who support the church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We will regularly feature people who are recognizable within their parish communities.
NAME: Frank Varone
HOMETOWN: Wilmington
PARISH: St. Thomas the Apostle
WHAT...
DOVER — You can learn a lot from “Simon Says.”
Hundreds of Catholic students, who gathered for the annual Vocations Day at Holy Cross Church on Nov. 6, began their day with blessings and prayers, before a spirited game of...
NEW ORLEANS -- Southerners hold their traditions close to their hearts.
That explains why Gabrielle Campo Hillman already knew what dress she would wear for her wedding earlier this year: a hand-sewn gown first worn by her grandmother, Gayle Brack...
By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE
Q. What is the Catholic Church’s policy on having a Catholic marriage ceremony (not a Mass) at a reception venue rather than in a church? (My local pastor says that, even if it’s just a ceremony,...