There are many lines from the 1987 film "The Princess Bride" that are memorable, given that the characters are so well-crafted and portrayed.
It is not uncommon in my family for someone to blurt out the famous trope, "My name...
There was a Trump rally held in my old hometown of Anchorage, Alaska, recently. I've read the news reports, but the thing I keep recalling is the picture someone posted of a crude, scatological message scrawled in a women's...
"Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man." -- Mercutio, "Romeo and Juliet"
In the past two and a half months I've been to four funerals. Friends. A spouse of a friend. A child of a...
Sunday Scripture readings, July 24, 2022: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Gn 18:20-32 Psalm 138:1-3, 6-8
2) Col 2:12-14 Gospel: Lk 11:1-13
Prayer is meant to draw us closer to God
I recently came across a story of a Ukrainian teenager who...
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — Clients of the Down Syndrome Association of Delaware gathered at St. Edmond’s Academy the week of July 18 for the opportunity to learn to ride bicycles and the independence that comes with it.
The iCanBike Camp, a...
St.Mary Star of the Sea parish held its "Christmas in July" celebration for the International Student Outreach Program.
The program enables international students to spend the summer in seaside towns in Maryland and Delaware working at local businesses.
ISOP is an...
My cradle Catholic parents instilled in me the importance of going to Mass religiously (no pun intended) but were never able to articulate why we went, answering only "because we are Catholic and that is what good Catholics do."
It...
For the first time in some 50 years, states have an unprecedented opportunity to explore anew ways to regulate abortion services and at a time when some employer health insurance plans have already entered the fray.
The U.S. Supreme Court's...
BEAR — Aquinas Academy, which is marking 25 years of education this coming school year, will host a concert and picnic on July 24 on its campus on Red Lion Road. The Hillbilly Thomists, a group of Dominican friars...
Q. Often, I have been at a Mass where the deacon reads the Gospel, which is fine. But then, sometimes, the deacon goes on to give the homily while the priest watches. This disappoints me and makes me feel...