WILMINGTON — The Salesianum student section sat stone-faced when Justin Molen opened the Sals’ basketball season with a three-point swish. They watched impassively as Isaiah Hynson added a pair of free throws.
But when Hynson drained a pull-up jumper a...
When I reflect on Mary, mother of God, often my admiration and gratitude for her life of fidelity, faith and wisdom cannot be expressed in ordinary words.
Instead, I turn to the deep tradition of poetry and music that has...
Something about Advent, and the Christmas season that succeeds it (or, in the secular sphere, envelops it), draws the eye to beauty.
We gently unwrap delicate decorations and place them prominently in our homes and parish sanctuaries; out comes sparkling...
WASHINGTON — Days ahead of a major Marian feast day in the Catholic Church, a marble statue of Our Lady of Fatima near the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington was vandalized, with Mary’s...
WASHINGTON — A poll released Dec. 9 showed a strong majority of Americans don’t see the reasons for a religious exemption to the coronavirus vaccine as valid.
“Few Americans say that the COVID-19 vaccine goes against their personal religious beliefs...
Bishop Koenig toured St. Ann School in Wilmington after Mass on Dec. 8.
He spent time visiting each classroom and fielding students' questions from "What is God?" ("God is Love") to "Do you pay taxes?" (to which the bishop joked,...
For the fourth year, St. Edmond’s Academy was one of the top supporters of Turkeython 2021 at a Nov. 22 live event that collected food and donations to benefit the Ministry of Caring before Thanksgiving.
“Every year, the SEA community...
Sunday Scripture readings, Dec. 12, 2021: Third Sunday of Advent
1) Zep 3:14-18 Responsorial psalm: Is 12:2-6
2) Phil 4:4-7 Gospel: Lk 3:10-18
Set aside your fears and rejoice in the Lord
When Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to the humble Aztec peasant,...
WILMINGTON — Apoquinimink’s girls basketball team went into its game against Padua on Dec. 8 having already played two games, while the Pandas were taking the floor for the first time in 2021-22. The Pandas could not get much...
WASHINGTON — A majority of the Supreme Court justices viewed a Maine school choice program that excludes religious schools as discriminatory Dec. 8.
In oral arguments that took nearly two hours, several of the justices found fault with the state’s...