Sunday Scripture readings, Nov. 28, 2021: First Sunday of Advent
1) Jer 33:14-16 Psalm 25:4-5, 8-10, 14
2) 1 Thes 3:12-4:2 Gospel: Lk 21:25-28, 34-36
Be watchful, joyful witnesses like John the Baptist
The first time we hear of the mission of John...
INDIANAPOLIS — For many youths, group adoration on the second night of the National Catholic Youth Conference is the part of the event they look most forward to and find most memorable.
And it is indeed memorable. For as raucous...
Fr. Tom Flowers will celebrate a Mass for the Feast of Saint Francis Xavier on Friday, Dec. 3 at 11 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Church, Old Bohemia, in Warwick, Md. The rectory museum will be open one hour...
Waiting has always been a central theme of Advent. But who is it we wait for? The Messiah?
Is Our Lord Jesus not already here?
Before his death in 1968, Trappist monk Father Thomas Merton -- in several of his spiritual...
NEWARK — A resident was taken to a hospital, and a unit at Marydale Retirement Village in Newark has been rendered unlivable after a car slammed into a corner of the building on Nov. 22.
A Delaware State Police trooper...
We know Advent is a season of waiting but what if you feel like you've been waiting for a long time? We've been waiting for the pandemic to be over. We've been waiting to "go back to normal."
But ultimately,...
DOVER — Salesianum defeated Caesar Rodney for its 19th DIAA soccer state championship on Nov. 20, but the 2-0 score doesn't really tell the story about how close this game really was. The Riders came into the game as...
NEWARK — When Marydale Retirement Village wanted to start a food pantry, its administrator, Cathy Weaver, turned to an old friend, and a partnership was born that will benefit the residents of the Newark residence.
The idea was to open...
MILLTOWN — Saint Mark’s High School hosted two events to mark Veterans Day on Nov. 11 and to honor a graduate who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The first event was a breakfast for veterans and active-duty military members and their...
MILLTOWN — Saint Mark’s scored two first-half touchdowns, and the Spartans got a good defensive effort to defeat Howard, 14-6, in the first round of the DIAA Class 2A football tournament on Nov. 19 at the Graveyard. It was...