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...
WASHINGTON — Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington called on Congress to adopt legislation that would protect “Dreamers” and those covered by Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure so that families are kept intact.
Testifying before the House...
On Thursday, March 28, the St. Thomas the Apostle Columbiettes and the Knights of Columbus Council #12374 are hosting a red carpet premiere of the new film, “Unplanned: The True Story of Abby Johnson” at Penn Cinema at the...
First Sunday of Lent
Cycle C
1) Dt 26:4-10
Psalm 91: 1-2, 10-15
2) Rom 10:8-13
Gospel: Lk 4:1-13
Put God first this Lent
Opportunities to grow in holiness are found in ordinary moments of each day -- and so are temptations. In the daily routines...
ROME — In times of crisis, the Catholic Church and its faithful must return to the basics of the Christian faith, said Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles.
Bishop Barron, who was ordained to the priesthood in 1986,...
VATICAN CITY — In Catholic chronicles, St. Francis of Assisi’s meeting with the sultan of Egypt 800 years ago is enmeshed in pious legends; in Muslim sources, there’s barely a trace of the story of the Italian friar crossing...
Our Lenten Journey, March 7, 2019
Quotes of the Day:
“All life has inestimable value even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God’s creation, made in his own image, destined...