“This is a good investment in the common good of our Catholic children and that of our Catholic schools. The opportunity is here to try it. It is up to us to miss it. Whether we have school-age children at home or not, everyone should have a stake in the education of the next […]
Dr. Daniel Cowell This book was so many years in the making that it almost never got written. So says its 92-year-old author and longtime psychiatrist and counselor, Daniel Cowell, M.D. Dr. Cowell spent 26 years in U.S. Public Health Service, which included high level positions at the National Bureau of Prisons and Psychiatry […]
Natasha Slijepcevic is first female runner to cross the finish line during the Bishop’s 5K at Saints Mark’s High School, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Dialog photo/Don Blake There’s a lot happening in November in our diocese: The Igniting Hope 5K to benefit Catholic Charities, and the beginning of parish Christmas bazaars. Check out those […]
Catholic Business Network It’s never too early to sign up for the Dec. 4, Catholic Business Network of the Diocese of Wilmington breakfast. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. and the program begins at 8. Breakfast is $40 and first-time attendees are entitled to a free print and digital advertisement promoting their business in The Dialog […]
Christopher Crisona, left, of Orange County, Florida, and John Taggart, right, of Glynn County, Georgia, were charged with sex assault in Delaware. An elementary school teacher at the former St. Thomas the Apostle school in Wilmington was convicted of all charges in a child rape case from the mid-1990s, according to the Delaware Department […]
“For centuries Catholic education has helped weave the U.S. social fabric by forming countless young women and men with values grounded in what is true, good and beautiful. They have gone on to becoming parents, grandparents, professionals, advocates and faithful citizens sharing the best of the Catholic worldview. We must continue to form the […]
More than a dozen priests from the Diocese of Wilmington joined a large turnout at the funeral Mass for Father William F. Graney Nov. 4 at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Wilmington. Father Graney, 82, had previously been pastor at the parish. He died Oct. 24. More than a dozen priests from the Diocese […]
St. Catherine Laboure, also known as Gianna Antonio, a fifth-grader at Christ the Teacher Catholic School, talks to other students about the saint during a presentation on Nov. 3. Dialog photo/Mike Lang NEWARK — The Mercy Room and the hallways at Christ the Teacher Catholic School were filled with saints on Nov. 3. The […]
University of Delaware student Sarah Saville and Sister Janet Mary, lsp, enjoy “Snowball” fun at Jeanne Jugan Residence in Newark. Contributed photo As a Little Sister of the Poor, nothing gives me greater joy than making the elderly happy by helping them to rediscover the many reasons to celebrate life. I love to listen to […]
Bishop William Koenig carries the Blessed Sacrament from the Chester River to Sacred Heart Catholic Church Oct. 25 in Chestertown, Maryland. Dialog photo/Connie Connolly CHESTERTOWN, Md. – On a calm autumn morning as a mist rose from the Chester River, drawing local fishermen and parishioners of Sacred Heart parish to the foot of High […]