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For many of the women and families who arrive at Bethany House, the road that leads them there is marked by hardship, fear and exhaustion. Some come fleeing domestic violence. Others arrive after losing stable housing, struggling through a financial...
EASTON, Md. -- Making difficult business and personnel decisions is not something limited to the private sector, the vicar general of the Diocese of Wilmington told a group gathered for the Catholic Business Network breakfast at Ss. Peter and...
“The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for all that He, in His goodness, sends to us day after day.” — St. Gianna Molla Don't you find that when you live an attitude...
“Sometimes people think they have to do big things in order to make change. But if each one would light a candle we'd have a tremendous light.” — Sister Thea Bowman Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Thea Bowman was a...
WILMINGTON – Ursuline shook off some early shooting and used a solid defensive effort, plus some clutch shooting, to defeat Howard, 46-38, in the quarterfinals of the DIAA girls basketball tournament on March 6. Coming off an upset of second-seeded...
Although we are called on to love our neighbor, sometimes it's hard. People are imperfect and it's easier to judge instead of love. However, theologian Thomas Merton reminds us to think of others without judgement:  “Our job is to...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville filmmaker Morgan Atkinson didn't expect that his career would include producing two documentaries on a local religious congregation of women. But that's "just the way it turned out," he said. Atkinson's newest documentary -- "In the...
When President Donald Trump on March 2 posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis during a White House ceremony, the recognition did more than honor a battlefield hero. More than a decade after...
Perhaps fear, after all, is at the root of all sin. I used to think it was selfishness, but it's not. Even selfishness is rooted in fear. We can see this in the early wreckage of our Lenten practices: We...
Fifth in a seven-part series By Father James Dominic Brent, OP, OSV News "I thirst" is the shortest phrase of the Lord's last words (Jn 19:28). Short though it may be, it contains unsearchable depths. The Lord was telling of his physical...