Trinette Stillman used to spend summers in Rehoboth Beach, and when the pandemic began, she and her husband decided to ride out the shutdown at their home in the resort town. A longtime teacher, she stayed in the First...
“One of Us” is brief snapshot of people who support the church in various ways in the Diocese of Wilmington. We will regularly feature people who may be recognizable within their parish communities.
NAME: Connie Rutherford
HOMETOWN: Ocean Pines, MD
PARISH: St. John Neumann
What does your...
On Saturday, Sept. 18, pro-life Americans throughout the country will gather at the gravesites of aborted babies and other memorial sites dedicated in their memory for the ninth annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children.
Solemn vigils will be...
MILLTOWN — The new principal at Saint Mark’s High School really needs no introduction to members of the Spartans’ community. Diane Casey is entering her third year at the school, the first two of which were spent as assistant...
Only weeks before Wilmington’s Dr. Aideen Murphy died in mid-April, she shared an idea with Dr. Michelle Santana, a nursing professor at Neumann University. Murphy wanted to establish a mentorship program for first-generation students at Neumann.
As a first-generation student...
Milk and honey make grand appearances in the Old Testament to represent prosperity in the Promised Land. It is God that promises to lead the enslaved Israelites "into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and...
One of God's more timid creatures is embodied with deep religious symbolism forever tied to the Jewish and Christian faiths. The gentle lamb appears as a sacrificial saving grace from Exodus through the New Testament.
Sheep and their infant lambs...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Spanish bishop who had made controversial statements in favor of Catalan independence.
The Vatican announced the resignation Aug. 23 of Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà of Solsona. At 52, Bishop Novell...
"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness." -- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"
What should a retired philosophy professor who is a political skeptic, fiercely pro-life and apparently with...
WASHINGTON -- How many hours are you interacting with media each day? It may be more than you think.
It's one thing to surf the internet. It's another to binge-watch a favorite TV show, or to slap on those noise-canceling...