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MILLTOWN – Tenth-ranked Padua started strong and never looked back in a 60-34 win over St. Mark's on Jan. 15. The Pandas, who have won six of their last seven, received scoring from 12 different players.
Padua jumped...
Catholic News Service
In the Catholic tradition, to be confirmed is to be chosen -- chosen by God to be a sign of God's presence in the world.
"Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit," declares the bishop (or,...
If there was anything that I did not anticipate doing during my freshman year of college, it was receiving the sacrament of confirmation. As an atheistically inclined, confirmation class dropout, I wanted nothing to do with Christ or his...
The sacrament of confirmation is perhaps the most mysterious of all the sacraments. Many Christians find it difficult to understand what benefit it brings. Isn't the Holy Spirit received at baptism?
Yes, baptism makes us "a member of Christ and...
In confirmation, the Holy Spirit strengthens us in our identity as children of God,
imparting an "apostolic" character, which associates us with the active mission of the church.
The sacrament of confirmation has helped me, on the daily, to say yes...
WASHINGTON -- The federal holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is "an important time to recommit ourselves to the Gospel message he preached," said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, who is president of the U.S....
Dialog reporter
Last week, like others before it, brought a few weather cancellations, so the games are piling up. This week includes some rivalry games for both the girls and boys, although the girls have a decidedly busier seven days.
Girls...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Building a culture of life is not solely the work of bishops and ordained clergy. Laypeople take the lead in diocesan and parish settings, and in independent organizations, to make the case for life.
Johanna Coughlin is...
Dialog reporter
HOCKESSIN – St. Thomas More's girls basketball team got off to a slow start Jan. 13, but the Ravens overwhelmed Wilmington Christian in the middle quarters on their way to a 63-35 win. The victory gave them the...
Dialog reporter
WILMINGTON – Michelle Kozicki scored 19 points, nine of them from the free-throw line, to lead Padua to a 54-38 win over Delaware Military Academy in nonconference girls basketball on Jan. 13. The win improved the Pandas' record...