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Grace during meals at Emmanuel Dining Room
Posted on April 6, 2011 | No CommentsBy Joseph Ryan, Assistant editor
WILMINGTON — It’s the 23rd of March, so Emmanuel Dining Room West is bracing for a big lunchtime crowd. That’s because every month on the 23rd...
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Pro-life lobbyists press for parental consent legislation
Posted on April 6, 2011 | No CommentsBy Gary Morton, Staff reporter
DOVER — About 70 people traveled to Dover on Tuesday to show their support for legislation that would require a minor under age 18 to receive...
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Bishops’ committee says professor’s book misrepresents Catholic faith
Posted on April 1, 2011 | No CommentsBy Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a detailed critique, the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine has concluded that a 2007 book written by Fordham University theology professor...
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Comforting touches: Hospice unit in hospital gives home-style care for terminally ill patients when their symptoms can’t be managed at home
Posted on April 1, 2011 | No CommentsBy Mike Lang, Staff reporter
WILMINGTON — When a visitor walks through the doors of the unit on the sixth floor of St. Francis Hospital, thearea doesn’t look or sound much different...
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Ursuline sisters seek new home
Posted on April 1, 2011 | No CommentsDialog report
The 10 Ursuline sisters who live on the campus of Ursuline Academy in Wilmington are looking for new housing after deciding that their current convent is no longer...
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Caution: Satan at work: Lent’s a time to recognize temptation as well as resist it
Posted on March 25, 2011 | No CommentsSunday Reading by Andy Zampini
Readings for March 13, First Sunday of Lent
Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11
Temptation. Good. Evil. Hope. Salvation. These five words capture the...
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Books and bids down by the bay: St. Martin’s Ministries’ annual Authors’ Luncheon draws 250 supporters on Eastern Shore
Posted on March 25, 2011 | No CommentsBy Joseph Ryan, Assistant editor
STEVENSVILLE, Md. — Just days before the 14th Authors’ Luncheon, St. Martin’s Ministries annual fundraiser, Sister Patricia Gamgort discovered she was stranded at a London airport...
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‘Modern slavery’ of human trafficking: Speaker to address presence of criminal industry in Philadelphia-Wilmington area
Posted on March 25, 2011 | No CommentsBy Joseph Ryan, Assistant editor
Slavery is such a hidden horror in the world today that it’s known by an innocuous alias — human trafficking.
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Fitting into God’s plan: Retired architectural designer’s outreach work in Newark leads him to the church
Posted on March 23, 2011 | No CommentsBy Gary Morton, Staff reporter
NEWARK — After three people over the course of time told Les Gibbs, “God has a plan for you,” he began to wonder what that plan...
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All that’s fit to resell: St. Catherine of Siena’s annual clothing and toy resale holds special place for sisters-in-law
Posted on March 23, 2011 | No CommentsBy Mike Lang, Staff reporter
In a few short weeks, Anna Procope will do what she does twice a year: organize thousands of pieces of children’s clothing, set up the gymnasium...
