Sunday Scripture readings, Sept. 15, 2019
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Ex 32:7-11, 13-14
Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19
2) 1 Tm 1:12-17
Gospel: Lk 15:1-32
Mercy must include power to change
Today's first reading and Gospel both illustrate God's mercy. In the first, God...
NEW YORK -- In preparing to mark the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said part of his message came from the pastor of St. Peter's Church in Lower Manhattan.
The church became...
Sister Mary Laetitia Okoniewski, OSF, celebrated her centenary birthday with her family, friends and former students on Aug. 24 at St. Joseph Villa in Reading, Pa. The following day, she celebrated the occasion with her Bernardine Franciscan Community in...
BEAR – Padua's nonconference field hockey battle at Caravel on Sept. 10 followed a distinct pattern. The host Bucs took control early in each half, but the Pandas took that away from them and found the net three times...
GREENVILLE – Ursuline struck early in a Catholic Conference field hockey game against St. Elizabeth on Sept. 10, scoring less than two minutes into the contest on the way to a 4-0 shutout of the Vikings. It was the...
CLAYMONT – Lauren Edmiston and Julia Kochie combined for 31 kills to lead the third-ranked Archmere Auks past the St. Elizabeth Vikings, 3-0, in nonconference volleyball on Sept. 10. The set scores were 25-17, 25-12 and 25-10.
Edmiston started out...
CLAYMONT – Senior Brian Burns scored three goals to lead second-ranked Archmere past St. Elizabeth, 4-1, in soccer on Sept. 10. Burns didn't waste any time, scoring a minute in on a fast break to give the Auks the...
WILMINGTON – Wilmington Charter was playing its third volleyball match in a week when the Force welcomed Padua to campus on Sept. 10. The Pandas, meanwhile, were taking the floor for the first time. Padua let Charter hang close...
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MADAGASCAR — Pope Francis told reporters he hoped and prayed the Catholic Church would not experience a new schism, but human freedom means people always have had and will have the “schism option.”
“I pray...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Msgr. John Delendick, a longtime New York Fire Department chaplain who is currently pastor of St. Jude Church in Brooklyn, remembers Sept. 11, 2001, vividly.
At the time of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center,...