Our Diocese
Who We Are
For over 150+ years the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington has been called and commissioned to:
- Be a community of faith living the love poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit.
- To proclaim the good news of salvation announced through Jesus Christ and confided to the Church.
- To celebrate in liturgy, especially in Eucharist, the saving act of God in Christ.
- To strengthen our allegiance to the Gospel and deepen our understanding of it.
- To serve all our brothers and sisters as Jesus taught us.
- Treasuring the treasure — Catholic education goes beyond the basics, demonstrates the reality of the unity of truth: Dana Robinson
By Dana Robinson National Catholic Community Foundation Our oldest grandson, a senior at Salesianum, is a member of the class of 2026. A century ago his great-grandfather was in the class of 1924 and around that time his great-grandmother was a student at Ursuline. For four […]
- St. Elizabeth School in Diocese of Wilmington offers new high school grants to expand access to Catholic education
WILMINGTON — St. Elizabeth School is offering two high school tuition grants designed to make a Catholic education more affordable, officials said. The St. Elizabeth Grant is designed for families that have already made a sustained commitment to Catholic education, interim […]
- IHM Sister Katherine O’Neil, former teacher and religious-education director in Diocese of Wilmington, dies at 84
SCRANTON, Pa. — Sister Katherine O’Neil, formerly Sister M. St. Germaine, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died Nov. 13 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 84 and had been a member of the IHM Sisters since 1959. A Harrisburg, Pa., […]


