By Joe Towalski
Central Minnesota Catholic
About a month ago, I participated in an online conversation about civility and talked about the growing polarization plaguing our society. Too often, fruitful debate and compromise are giving way to fanaticism and intolerance when...
Sunday Scripture readings: Jan. 17, 2021
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
1) 1 Sm 3:3-10, 19
Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-10
2) 1 Cor 6:13-15, 17-20
Gospel: Jn 1:35-42
St. Paul speaks on physical and spiritual intimacy
Today, St. Paul says that God has designed our bodies...
“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: Joan Ansalvish
HOMETOWN: Bear
PARISH: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
What does...
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
The staff of the Maryland Catholic Conference will find it a little more difficult to work with legislators in Annapolis as the 2021 session of the General Assembly opens Jan. 13.
“The committee hearings will all be...
WILMINGTON — St. Elizabeth’ girls basketball team may have a bunch of new faces, but the Vikings picked up where that crew left off last season, taking a 55-47 win at rival Ursuline on Jan. 12.
St. Elizabeth was one...
WILMINGTON — Saint Mark’s stayed with Wilmington Charter throughout the teams’ game on the afternoon of Jan. 12, but the Force scored the final five points to take a 41-36 victory. It was the season opener for both squads.
The...
Msgr. Ralph Martin, a priest of the Diocese of Wilmington for 55 years, died early on Jan. 12. He was 88.
Msgr. Martin was born in Connellsville, Pa. A graduate of St. Mary’s High School and King's College, both in...
Having been a resident of Washington for 10 years, I was privileged to witness three presidential inaugurations. Despite the fact that the ceremonies were for representatives of different political parties, and the fact that one was a reelection, the...
CLEVELAND — The novel coronavirus threw Maria Arreola for a loop in June, sending her to the hospital for four weeks in a battle with COVID-19. For a while, she was sick enough to be placed on a ventilator.
Arreola,...