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Tens of thousands of couples have healed their marriages through Retrouvaille. Couples learn to build communication skills and to increase intimacy. It also provides help for marriage problems, difficulties, or crises. Upcoming programs begin the weekend of October 3-5, at the Family Life Center in Malvern, PA. Visit www.HelpOurMarriage.org or call 215-766-3944 or 800-470-2230. All inquiries are strictly confidential.

The Fifty Plus Group will be ponsoring a Dinner-Dance Event on Friday, September 19, 2025 in the Parish Hall. This will be a "POT-LUCK" dinner. There is no cost to attend. Click for more info and what you should bring.

Join us on Sunday, 9/7 at 7pm in the church as we hold a holy hour for the Canonization of two new saints, Carlo Acutis (a high school student) and Giorgio Frassati (a young adult). We will have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, readings, hymns, and a discussion on who these two new saints were. All are welcome, but we would like to get as many young people/young adults to participate as possible. We hope to see you there!

The Blue Mass is an event that honors local, county, state, and federal law enforcement, fire, emergency medical, and military personnel and their families who live and work in the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, which includes Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore. This year, it will be held on Monday, Sept. 29 at 10 a.m. at St. John the Beloved Church, 907 Milltown Road, Wilmington.

Show your support for St Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish. When you dine in or order online from Applebee's in People's Plaza (Glasgow) on Thursday, September 25 from 11am to 12am, Applebee's will donate 15% of your check to the parish. You must present the flyer when ordering if dining in or taking out. Online and Mobile Orders must use the promo code DOINGOOD. Click here to download the flyer. We hope to see you on September 25!

The childhood healing of Ann O’Neill, now a diocesan parishioner in Easton, Maryland, was the miracle that led to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s canonization. Her story reminds us that the saints are not distant figures, but true friends in heaven whose intercession continues to touch lives—including right here within our Diocese. Click to read.

We have a special opportunity to bring Triumph of the Heart to Middletown, Delaware — a powerful film that will inspire hearts and strengthen faith. But it will only happen if enough tickets are reserved in advance. This beautiful crowdfunded film tells the true story of St. Maximilian Kolbe and his companions in Auschwitz. It begins with Kolbe’s extraordinary act of love, offering his life for another, and follows the hope and courage that blossomed even in the darkness of the starvation bunker. Because this is a crowdfunded release, your early ticket purchase is more than a reservation. It is a gift that makes this screening possible. Without enough early support, the film will not come to our theater. Let us come together as a community to fill the seats and share this story of sacrificial love with our neighbors. Buy your tickets today and be part of bringing this witness of faith to our community.

There is no choir practice on the Tuesday but the choir WILL SING for the Feast of the Assumption Mass on Friday at 5:30 pm.

Every August we are asked to contribute to the annual special collection to benefit the Cathedral of Saint Peter, the seat of the Diocese of Wilmington. This year, the collection is held the weekend of August 16-17. Bishop Malooly started this special collection ten years ago, with the strong support of our diocesan pastors, to help the Cathedral community maintain their beautiful and historic buildings and sustain their ministry to the neighborhood. Click for more info.

Join the Columbiettes on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at St. Helena Church, 602 Philadelphia Pike, Wilmington, DE 19809 at 6:30 pm for the Rosary and 7:00 pm for the Teardrops of St. Monica Devotional Mass. Celebrant will be Father Christopher Hanley. This special Mass is celebrated each year to beg St. Monica’s intercession to touch the hearts of loved ones, who are away from their Catholic faith. We look for God’s graces to welcome our loved ones home to a life with the Lord! Teardrop cards filled out at the entrance of the church with the name/names of those dear to us! Devotional prayers and the rosary will be prayed. Join us in daily prayer for all of the Teardrops that we are collecting.