During Holy Week, the Lord's passion, death and resurrection are recalled not as past historical events, but as mysteries of faith by which we share in the power of Jesus' passing from life to death to new life with...
"Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works." — St. Thomas Aquinas
As we prepare for Reconciliation...
Every year on Palm Sunday, we hear the narrative of the passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This year, we read from the Gospel of St. Luke. It is a story that is familiar to us.
As Catholics, we surround...
HOCKESSIN — Julianna Witherell bookended Archmere’s soccer game against Saint Mark’s on April 8 with the first and last goals, the second of which came in the last minute of play to lift the Auks past the Spartans, 4-3,...
"Going to confession is an essential part of preparing good soil. It’s the act uprooting the weeds that continually threaten to choke out our good works and snuff out our goodwill. " — Elise Italiano Ureneck
In her July 2021,...
Delaware’s senate passed House Bill 320 on April 7 along party lines, and the legislation that would expand the ability to prescribe abortion-inducing medication beyond physicians now heads to Gov. John Carney.
Carney has not indicated whether he will sign...
WASHINGTON — In a 53-47 vote, the U.S. Senate April 7 confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to fill that role.
"Judge Jackson's confirmation was a historic moment for our nation....
"Whenever we say we are sorry to the Lord, of course he forgives us. But God isn’t the only one we’ve offended with our sins." — Father John Solomon
In preparation for Reconciliation Monday, Father John Solomon, pastor of St....
TOWSON, Md. — Father Jeffrey Dauses thought for sure someone had shot at his car.
Driving along Putty Hill Avenue in the Baltimore suburb of Towson Feb. 17 on a shopping run, the pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish...
Since the beginning of the school year, Bishop Koenig has been traveling around the Diocese of Wilmington getting to know the various schools. Earlier this week, he headed to St. Elizabeth School in Wilmington, where he met with students,...