Some things look different, while others are very much the same. Baynard Stadium is no longer standing, forcing two Catholic schools to find new football homes in 2019. In soccer, two teams feature preseason all-USA selections. Plenty of teams...
Training camps are over. In a matter of days, girls high school sports teams from around the diocese will be playing for real. The schedules are a bit light in a short week, but there’s enough going on to...
CENTRALIA, Pa. -- About 500 pilgrims came to a small church on the side of a Pennsylvania mountain Aug. 25 to pray for peace.
They gathered at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Centralia, which overlooks...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — A couple of familiar faces will be in the directors’ offices at St. Edmond’s Academy this year. Juliana McClellan, appointed to lead the lower grades, has been a teacher at the all-boys school for four years,...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — For Tina Morroni, becoming the principal at Immaculate Heart of Mary represents a homecoming of sorts.
“I am a product of Catholic school but worked all of my career in public school. I learned a ton and...
It’s always good to visit Mother once in a while, and the annual Diocese of Wilmington’s Marian Pilgrimage gives Delaware and Maryland Eastern Shore Catholics an opportunity to do just that – visit our Blessed Mother.
In odd-numbered years —...
VATICAN CITY — At the Pontifical North American College, new student orientation is not just a weekend or even just a week — it includes almost a month of intensive Italian studies, punctuated with occasional gelato sampling and one...
WASHINGTON — After the mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 14, 2018 — this century’s Valentine’s Day Massacre — students who survived the attack have made the case for...
Sunday Scripture readings, Sept. 1, 2019
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29
Psalm 68:4-7, 10-11
2) Heb 12:18-19, 22-24
Gospel: Lk 14:1, 7-14
Take a humble approach
Jesus counsels us to take a humble approach to situations in our lives. To illustrate...
Miracles!
One dictionary definition explains a miracle as “a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences.”
Some people await great miraculous events such as illnesses healed, families reunited, marriages restored, debts resolved, and other situations...