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,...
The Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics in Ohio is home to more than 1,153 relics, ranging from slivers of Christ's cross and part of St. Joseph's tunic to a piece of St. Maximilian Kolbe's habit and a...
The significance of relics in the church is well crystallized by the Gospel story of the woman desperate to stop her bleeding who approached Jesus, believing, "If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured" (Mt 9:20-22).
Once...
To better ensure that the veneration of relics is properly followed, the Congregation for Saints' Causes released a new instruction December 2017 aimed at upholding the integrity of the practice.
Relics offer Catholics a way to personally connect with the...
Many people have assumed that once millennials started to grow older and have kids, a large number would return to the church or become more actively engaged. This has not materialized -- the numbers are troubling. And there are...
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WILMINGTON – Ursuline and Archmere played two different lacrosse games when they met May 4 at Serviam Field. The Raiders and Auks entertained with a high-scoring, freewheeling first half, then took a more patient approach in the...