In a 2007 interview with the journal Image, author Alice McDermott shared her view on the sacramental in her work: "The idea of sacrament -- an outward sign elevated into something else, the ordinary made into occasions of grace...
By the time you reach Page 4 of Alice McDermott's stunning book, "The Ninth Hour," a man is speaking the words of the "Hail Mary" as he dies.
Is Alice McDermott a Catholic writer? Her faith background permeates her work. And...
Sports-minded onlookers outside St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington on July 13 might have believed one of the Diocese of Wilmington permanent deacons was lobbing a jab at Bishop William Koenig, the 10th bishop of Wilmington who was ordained and...
The text message arrived around 9:30 on the night of April 29. Father Charles Dillingham checked his phone at the rectory at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Hockessin, where he is the pastor. It was from a...
WILMINGTON — Serviam Girls Academy, the tuition-free middle school, has been awarded accreditation by the Middle States Association of College and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Accreditation is an expression of confidence in an institution’s mission and goals,...
VATICAN CITY -- Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal in use before the Second Vatican...
I asked my Grandma Libby what her best tip was for a happy marriage. As I got ready on my wedding day, five years ago this past June, I picked her brain. She and my grandfather were married for...
Cubans born in the past two decades are seeing firsthand state repression and violence not witnessed in their lifetimes as economic woes and a coronavirus pandemic widen in their country, according to a Catholic communications specialist in Cuba.
Thousands of...
VATICAN CITY -- Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal in use before the Second Vatican...
WILMINGTON — The Diocese of Wilmington witnessed a bit of history when Bishop William Koenig was ordained to the episcopate on July 13 at St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington. For the first time in more than a century, a...