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OCEAN CITY, Md. – We are all about a purpose and a mission, no matter what we do in life. Our call to be “missionary disciples” was the message from Msgr. Rick Hilgartner, a pastor in the Archdiocese of...
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B 1) 1 Kgs 17:10-16 Psalm 146:7-10 2) Heb 9:24-28 Gospel: Mk 12:38-44   Dangerous behavior Longboarding. Slacklining. Free climbing. Kiteboarding. BASE jumping. Extreme sports are dangerous. That's why they're such a kick. Fear pumps adrenaline. There's a high that comes from...
BEAR - The 10th-seeded Tower Hill Hillers edged No. 7 St. Mark's, 2-1, in penalty kicks in the opening round of the DIAA Division II soccer tournament on Nov. 7 at Bob Peoples Stadium at Caravel Academy. After 80 minutes...
GREENVILLE – Caroline Taylor scored late in the first half, and Ursuline was able to make that lead stand up, as the Raiders defeated Newark Charter, 1-0, in the first round of the Division II field hockey state tournament...
DOVER — It might be difficult to imagine 11- or 12-year-olds pondering a life in vocations. Unless you spent the morning Nov. 7 with 525 sixth graders for Vocations Awareness Day at Holy Cross church. Every sixth-grader in 17 Catholic schools...
WASHINGTON — The National Review Board chairman called for changes to the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" to "make it a less ambiguous document" because despite nearly every diocese meeting its standards in third-party audits,...
WILMINGTON – Archmere's experience was a bit too much for St. Mark's to handle in the teams' volleyball quarterfinal matchup Nov. 6 at the St. E Center. The Auks advanced to the seminfinals with a 3-0 sweep of the...
WILMINGTON – On Election Night 2018, incumbents went down across the country, but at the St. E Center, the reigning volleyball state champions held on to their office for at least one more night. Ursuline, the third seed, held...
PHILADELPHIA — A Pakistani Catholic priest living in Philadelphia is grateful to learn that Asia Bibi, a Catholic convicted of violating Pakistan’s strict blasphemy laws, has had her death sentence overturned. Father Tariq Isaac, chaplain of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s...
LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Father Jim Sichko recalls Tuesdays during his childhood in Orange, Texas, he can almost smell the aroma of his mother’s homemade tomato sauce wafting through their home. Marie Ceraso Sichko was a native of Italy who...