“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: Bobbie Bell
HOMETOWN: Chester, Md.
PARISH: St. Christopher
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WILMINGTON — Ursuline Academy welcomed approximately 70 youngsters and their parents to campus on June 30 for its sixth annual Dino Day. The children enjoyed various dinosaur-related educational activities on the playground behind the lower school, mostly shaded from...
WASHINGTON — A Catholic agency has collaborated with a professor from The Catholic University of America on a report pointing out deficiencies but also opportunities in the care of unaccompanied migrant children in the United States. The report, “A...
CHANTILLY, Va. — Everyone thought that Jairus’ daughter was dead.
Jesus, however, assured them she was only asleep and asked Jairus to have faith. He then approached the sick child, took her by the hand and told her, “Little girl,...
Father Dennis G. Volmi, a priest of the Diocese of Wilmington who spent many years as a military chaplain, died June 28 in Milford, where he lived after retiring from active ministry. He was 71.
A native of Kearny, N.J.,...
HERNDON, Va. — Olivia Gans Turner has been a prominent pro-life speaker for years, but it didn’t always come easy.
“I hated public speaking, and almost failed my public speaking class” in college, she said.
But speaking out about pro-life issues...
VATICAN CITY — Modern popes have been clear voices for peace, but Pope Francis is moving closer to a broad embrace of nonviolence and a declaration that modern warfare is so deadly and sophisticated that the traditional “just war”...
WASHINGTON — The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and international policy committees have urged the House Appropriations Committee and all members of Congress “to protect taxpayers from having to pay for the evil of abortion, and to instead...
WILMINGTON — Since its founding in 1869, St. Paul Church in Wilmington has been the site of many marriages, and after a year’s delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, many of those couples gathered at the church to celebrate...
Catholic Forum, the weekly radio program/podcast produced by the Diocese of Wilmington’s Office of Communications, will focus the first three programs of July 2021 on Bishop-elect William Koenig and his ordination and installation as the Tenth Bishop of Wilmington.
The...