Alanis Pinion has been arrested on two felonies and one misdemeanor for sending "sexually explicit" photos to a 14-year-old student. Photo of Pinion provided by the New Castle County Police Department.

St. Mary Magdalen teacher arrested for sending sexual pics to 14-year-old

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

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, “had frequently communicated with her students via Snapchat and had sent sexually explicit photographs to one of …

The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington held a Blue Mass Friday.

Blue Mass offers prayers for protection of first responders

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Police & Fire

Dozens of police officers, firefighters, EMTs and military personnel gathered in Wilmington’s 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 Maryland’s Eastern …

The 2022 Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Blue Mass for law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services and military. (thedialog.org)

Catholic Diocese Blue Mass to honor first responders

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

A Mass to honor the region’s first responders is coming up. The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington’s 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, …

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Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – September 29, 2022

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Grand Gala returns with ‘Hamilton’ 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 Cooch’s Bridge site Food & Drink Dogfish, Dewey Beer, Fifer Orchards team up on autumn …

Shaquona Meyers began her tenure as Nativity Prep's new principal on Aug. 15.

Nativity Prep principal believes God guided her into teaching

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

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. “God told me to,” she said. “God gave me the call and here I am.” A self-proclaimed “no-nonsense nurturer,” Meyers never intended to go into teaching as she was growing up, even though she …

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Roman Catholics to carry Eucharist through Wilmington Sunday

Betsy PriceHeadlines, Culture

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 …

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Bishop Koenig to join Pope Francis in prayer for Ukraine, Russia

Charles MegginsonCulture, Headlines

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 …

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New Catholic bishop to visit four Delaware parishes at Christmas

Charles MegginsonCulture, Headlines

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 Bishop’s first Christmas as shepherd of the more than 240,000 Catholics who live in Delaware and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. On Christmas Eve, Koenig will preside at the 4 p.m. Christmas …

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Upcoming Masses to honor military, first responders, legal profession

Charles MegginsonCulture, Headlines

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 …

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Catholic bishop’s ordination Mass July 13 to be livestreamed

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

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 …