Tag: Memorial Day
Thousands from around the country gather to see ‘incorrupt body’ of a Benedictine...
GOWER, Mo. -- Thousands flocked to a rural Missouri monastery over the Memorial Day weekend to venerate the apparently incorrupt body of a Benedictine nun with visitors telling...
Pentecost prayer vigil on a Sunday night is providential for people...
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Had it not been for a Pentecost prayer vigil, St. Anthony Catholic Church in downtown Davenport would not have been open...
At Arlington National Cemetery, Catholic chaplains offer services to families
ARLINGTON, Va. — “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
These words, while not identical in language...
Honor guard members: ‘We feel it’s our duty to do that...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The inception of Memorial Day goes back to the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history, when Americans slaughtered their countrymen by...
Memorial Day prayer service at St. John Beloved School in Wilmington...
MILLTOWN – The Pre-K through eighth grade students at St. John the Beloved School knew they had darkening clouds assembling overhead as they lined...
Pause and thank God this Memorial Day — Mark Christian
As a child growing up in the 1960s I have fond memories of Memorial Day. Back then, the holiday was always celebrated on May...
Annual Memorial Day field Mass at All Saints Cemetery canceled due...
The annual field Mass at All Saints Cemetery in Wilmington has been canceled this year because of ongoing coronavirus concerns, according to the Catholic...
Bishop Malooly celebrates 59th annual Field Mass at All Saints Cemetery
Under cloudy skies, Bishop W. Francis Malooly celebrated the 59th Annual Memorial Day Field Mass at All Saints Cemetery in Wilmington on Monday, May...
Veterans found ‘life-changing,’ ‘healing’ experience at Lourdes
Veterans taking part in the 2018 Warriors to Lourdes pilgrimage to France said the journey has positively influenced their lives and benefited those around...
Twilight flag ceremony honors Queenstown war dead
QUEENSTOWN – Veterans organizations and other groups place American flags on the graves of military veterans across the country for Memorial Day, but the...