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WARWICK, Md. — More than 225 years of wear and tear have taken a toll at St. Francis Xavier Shrine, and now the mother church of the Diocese of Wilmington is in need of some major renovations — close...
What a disappointment it’s been, though unsurprising, to see Catholics offering negative commentary of this summer’s National Eucharistic Congress. Now, I’m not an idealist. Some of the criticism can be warranted. Missteps have been made at the local and...
He was a priest whose wide smile could just light up a room and whose energetic self-giving to the people he served seemed limitless. Those who knew Father Norman Fischer said the priest's easy ability to model the love of...
VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of State, visited Ukraine to hold high-level meetings, meet local Catholics and represent Pope Francis at the final stop of a pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine of Berdychiv. "My presence in Ukraine...
About the same time Chicago-area native George Robert Newhart was inching his way from an accounting job toward a career in comedy, his older sister Joan was professing her final vows as a Sister of Charity of the Blessed...
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden addressed his historic decision to end his reelection bid and sought to set the tone on his legacy in remarks from the Oval Office on July 24. Biden's historic announcement that he would end his...
Sunday Scripture readings for July 28, 2024, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Kgs 4:42-44  Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18  Eph 4:1-6  Jn 6:1-15 Only God satisfies our spiritual hunger. The celebration of a National Eucharistic Congress this year invites reflection on the...
On 20 July 2024, Maryland Knights of Columbus Council #3489, from Salisbury, Md., hosted the annual Fraternal Corn Hole Competition between Councils #3489 and #9053 from Ocean City, Md. The Salisbury Council won the competition, and therefore retains the Knights...
The Dialog enlisted Millersville University senior, Saint Mark’s High School graduate and St. Patrick’s parishioner Abbey Thibodeau to chronicle the events last week with the Diocese of Wilmington delegation to the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. See her story...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news update from The Dialog, we will talk with Abbey Thibodeau, Dialog special correspondent to the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. The St. Mark's High School grad and communications student at Millersville University...