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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Catholic bishops issued a pastoral letter outlining ways the church could do a better job of serving those who struggle with mental illness, stressing that it is an “essential part of the pastoral care of...
WILMINGTON — Music — liturgical music in particular — has always been a integral part of Joe Louden’s life. He played at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish as a youth and St. Mary Magdalen Parish when he was home...
The Diocese of Wilmington has no priestly ordinations this year, but the Vocations Office will be holding a Mass for Vocations to promote and pray for more men to consider whether they are being called. The Mass is scheduled...
When you’re going to produce a high school musical, it seems logical to do “High School Musical.” That’s exactly what they decided at St. Thomas More Academy in Magnolia. High School Musical is a 2006 American musical television film. Upon its...
HOCKESSIN – Padua's top-ranked soccer team continued its impressive march toward the postseason on the afternoon of May 7, blitzing No. 3 Charter of Wilmington, 5-0, at Hockessin Soccer Club. After a four-game stretch earlier this season that included...
As the spring musical season draws to a close, high schools across the Diocese of Wilmington are getting into the act. The latest to strut their stuff were students from St. Elizabeth's in Wilmington who completed performances of Godspell at...
A special collection to benefit the Diocesan Priests’ Retirement Fund will be held in parishes in the Diocese of Wilmington the weekend of May 19-20. The annual collection began in 2015 to supplement the fund due to growing priest...
This week will go a long way toward determining the postseason picture in baseball and lacrosse, as teams combine regularly scheduled games with makeups. In baseball, there are good games every day except Wednesday, and in lacrosse, Salesianum gets...
It may be hard to believe, but spring sports are rapidly coming to an end. But before the postseason participants are determined, there are still several significant matchups to be played. Padua soccer opens the sports week for the...
The veneration of relics is a fundamentally biblical practice; it is not some sort of innovation in the centuries after Christ. On the contrary, as Scripture reveals, the veneration of relics was widely practiced, in one form or another,...