A couple weeks before my three sons left for college, I took each to supper. They chose the restaurant, reflecting their personalities: a Thai place, a steak house, a premium burger grill. I picked up the tab, but I...
Across the country last week, Americans marked the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Millions recalled that sunny Tuesday morning when tragedy struck in New York City, Washington, D.C., and rural western Pennsylvania.
But the youngest...
CLAYMONT — The Padua volleyball team absorbed a body blow from a worthy opponent on the evening of Sept. 16, but they bounced back to win the final three sets in a 3-1 decision at Archmere.
In front of a...
CLAYMONT — Archmere finally got to play a field hockey game on its home turf, and the results were the same as in the Auks’ first two contests. They earned another shutout, this time a 2-0 blanking of Saint...
VATICAN CITY — Getting to be a ripe old age is a privilege, Pope Francis told older priests.
If facing an illness, that too, becomes a privilege in that one resembles Jesus, “who suffers, and one carries the cross, just...
Sunday Scripture readings, Sept. 19, 2021, Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1) Wis 2:12, 17-20 Psalm 54:3-6, 8
2) Jas 3:16-4:3 Gospel: Mk 9:30-37
Strive for holiness to bless others with good fruits of mercy, gentleness and peace
Few people reached out in...
Patrick Raglow and the resettlement staff at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City expect to be very busy very soon.
They are preparing to welcome to Oklahoma 1,800 Afghans who were part of the emergency evacuation in August...
RED LION — St. Elizabeth’s boys soccer team played Red Lion fairly evenly when the teams met on Sept. 15, but a 10-minute span midway through the first half made all the difference. The Lions scored three times in...
It can be difficult these days not to become crabby, bitter and divisive. Every day, we receive so much that frightens or angers us, and seems to threaten our very being.
Recently, I encountered a woman named Joanna. She was...
PHILADELPHIA – The Papal Foundation, whose mission is to serve the Holy Father and the Roman Catholic Church through faith, energy and financial resources, has awarded $798,244 in scholarships to 96 priests, brothers, sisters and lay faithful on five continents,...