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.
- Longtime St. Elizabeth Elementary School principal Sister Gerard Falkowska dies at 91
NEWARK — Sister Dorothy Falkowska, a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Ridgely, Md., and longtime principal of St. Elizabeth Elementary School, died Aug. 24 at St. Gertrude Monastery. She was 91 and had been a member of her religious community since 1952. Sister Dorothy, […]
- Retired Archbishop Joseph Kurtz to deliver homily at annual Red Mass for St. Thomas More Society of Diocese of Wilmington
The St. Thomas More Society of the Diocese of Wilmington, a group of local legal professionals, will hold its annual Red Mass on Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Church in Wilmington. Bishop Koenig will be the celebrant. Homilist will be retired Archbishop Joseph […]
- Teachers in Diocese of Wilmington have ‘potential to change someone’s life,’ former TV news anchor Tracy Davidson tells them at Spirituality Day
MILLTOWN — Catholic school educators should remember that even if the fruits of their labor are not evident immediately, they are still making an impact on their students. It is a lesson Tracy Davidson learned from her own upbringing. Davidson, the former longtime Philadelphia […]


