I used to think that fasting was worthless. I would find reasons to excuse myself from the obligatory Lenten practice: low blood sugar, anemia, etc. While true, these weren't the reasons I wasn't fasting. I couldn't understand how depriving...
Our Lenten Journey, March 10, 2019
Quotes of the Day:
"The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death of Christ. Every other approach is a waste."
— Venerable Fulton Sheen
"The minute you walk outside of...
Our Lenten Journey, March 9, 2019
Quotes of the Day:
“Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner," than to say: "I have no need of religion." The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill March 7 to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
The bill, which passed with a 74-66 vote, would allow adults with six or less months to live to obtain a prescription for...
WILMINGTON – A group of sixth- through eighth-graders at St. John the Beloved School have gone above and beyond their regular school work in the name of history.
On a February day, the sixth-graders’ National History Day projects were on...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The New York State Catholic Conference called on the state's legislators to reject any proposal that would legalize recreational marijuana use.
The conference warned that the state was rushing to approve a measure that Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
It has been a hard winter in my part of the Midwest. Frigid temperatures, higher than normal snowfall, blustery Plains winds.
One Saturday, a blizzard closed the interstate highway for miles as trucks jackknifed and visibility shrunk. The snow attacked...
WILMINGTON – The latest class of inductees into the Ursuline Academy Athletic Hall of Fame will be honored March 10 during a luncheon at the Wilmington school. The women represent Ursuline classes spanning more than 70 years and multiple...
Salesianum School hits the stage for the second straight weekend with the musical "The Who's Tommy."
The school continued a lineup of spring season musicals at high schools across the Diocese of Wilmington.
The show goes on March 8-9, 7:30 p.m.;...
Our Lenten Journey, March 8, 2019
Quotes of the Day:
“Self-knowledge puts us on our knees, and it is very necessary for love. For knowledge of God produces love, and knowledge of self produces humility.”
—St Teresa of Calcutta
"To be taken with...