A 24-year-old female educator who teaches eighth grade at a Wilmington private catholic school has been arrested for sending sexual photos to her 14-year-old student. The New Castle County Police Department announced that Alanis Pinion, a now ex-teacher at St. Mary Magdalen School, âhad frequently communicated with her students via Snapchat and had sent sexually explicit photographs to one of …
Blue Mass offers prayers for protection of first responders
Dozens of police officers, firefighters, EMTs and military personnel gathered in Wilmingtonâs St. Elizabeth’s Church Friday morning for the Blue Mass. Started in 2008, the Blue Mass honors local, county, state and federal law enforcement, as well as fire, emergency medical and military personnel who live and work in the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, which includes Delaware and Marylandâs Eastern …
Catholic Diocese Blue Mass to honor first responders
A Mass to honor the regionâs first responders is coming up. The Catholic Diocese of Wilmingtonâs annual Blue Mass for law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services and military will be 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6 at St. Elizabeth Church, 809 S. Broom St., Wilmington. The Mass will also be streamed on the diocese YouTube channel. The Blue Mass honors local, …
Town Square LIVE Weekly Review â September 29, 2022
Click on the image below to view the PDF This Weekâs Top Headlines Include: Community Grand Gala returns with âHamiltonâ star on stage Private schools go into overdrive with open houses Diocese of Wilmington to honor first responders, lawyers State seeks input on plan for Coochâs Bridge site Food & Drink Dogfish, Dewey Beer, Fifer Orchards team up on autumn …
Nativity Prep principal believes God guided her into teaching
Shaquona Meyers, the new Nativity Preparatory School principal, offers a swift, brief answer when asked why she took the job at the private Wilmington boys school. âGod told me to,â she said. âGod gave me the call and here I am.â A self-proclaimed âno-nonsense nurturer,â Meyers never intended to go into teaching as she was growing up, even though she …
Roman Catholics to carry Eucharist through Wilmington Sunday
Roman Catholics will hold a Eucharistic procession through Wilmington Sunday, June 19, to mark a solemn church feast and the start of a national revival meant to uphold communion as a pathway to peace in a hurting world. The event will start with a 2 p.m. Mass at Wilmington’s Church of St. Peter. The procession is expected to begin at …
Bishop Koenig to join Pope Francis in prayer for Ukraine, Russia
The Most Reverend William E. Koenig, Bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington. Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Wilmington. In response to an invitation from Pope Francis, William Koenig, Bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington, will join in a prayer of peace for the consecration and entrustment of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Koenig, along with …
New Catholic bishop to visit four Delaware parishes at Christmas
Bishop William E. Koenig Bishop William E. Koenig of The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington will tour the state for his first Christmas as Bishop. This will be the new Bishopâs first Christmas as shepherd of the more than 240,000 Catholics who live in Delaware and on Marylandâs Eastern Shore. On Christmas Eve, Koenig will preside at the 4 p.m. Christmas …
Upcoming Masses to honor military, first responders, legal profession
An annual Catholic Mass that honors the military and police, fire and EMS officers will be held Oct. 1. The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington will honor police, fire, EMS and military personnel during its annual Blue Mass on Friday, Oct. 1. The event, which begins at 11 a.m., will be held at St. Elizabeth Roman Catholic Church, located at …
Catholic bishopâs ordination Mass July 13 to be livestreamed
Wilmington Bishop-elect William E. Koenig The incoming bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington will be ordained and installed on Sunday, June 13. in a ceremony that will be live-streamed from St. Elizabeth’s Church in Wilmington on the Diocesan YouTube channel. The Rev. Monsignor William Edward Koenig, vicar for clergy for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, was …