The Dialog

3 weeks ago | thedialog.org | Mike Lang

GREENVILLE – Approximately 60 business people from around the Diocese of Wilmington gathered at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Parish in Greenville on June 4 for the inaugural meeting of the Catholic Business Network. An initiative of the diocese, the network is envisioned as a way to bring local Catholics together in a business networking environment. Four more events are planned over the next year – two in New Castle County, one on the Eastern Shore and one on the Lower Shore.

3 weeks ago | thedialog.org | Greg Kandra

Scripture readings for June 8, 2025, PentecostActs 2:1-11  Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34  1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 OR Rom 8:8-17  Jn 20:19-23We all heard it when we were kids, that dire warning: “Don’t play with fire!” “Stay away from the stove, it’s hot!”This Sunday, though, that goes out the window. The apostles start to play with fire — those tongues of flame that come to rest above them — and the rest is history.

3 weeks ago | thedialog.org | Kate Scanlon

NEW YORK — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York urged Empire State lawmakers to reject legislation that would legalize physician-assisted suicide. The New York Assembly April 29 passed a bill that would allow a terminally ill adult with a prognosis of six months or less to request from a physician a medication that would hasten his or her death, which the state’s Catholic bishops oppose.

3 weeks ago | thedialog.org | Mike Lang

BEAR – Saint Mark’s, the second seed in the DIAA Division I girls soccer tournament, hung with No. 1 Caravel for more than 80 minutes when they met in the title game on June 1 at Caravel’s Bob Peoples Stadium. But the Buccaneers turned up the pressure in the final 20 minutes of regulation, and Maci Hood converted on a corner kick in the 83rd minute as the Bucs successfully defended their state championship. This was the third time Saint Mark’s and Caravel met for the title since 2021.

3 weeks ago | thedialog.org | Mike Lang

CAMDEN – Salesianum’s lacrosse team trailed Cape Henlopen at the half of the DIAA championship game, 8-4, a position the Sals had not found themselves in against an in-state opponent in quite some time. In the second half, however, the defending champs and top seed outscored the No. 2 Vikings, 8-1, and left the field at Caesar Rodney High School on May 31 with a 12-9 win and their fifth consecutive title.