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We are once again asking for your help to put a SMILE ON THE FACE OF A CHILD this Christmas. On December 13th, our Society will be hosting its annual Christmas Event for our neighbors in the community, and we need your help to provide meals and gifts for the less fortunate in our local community. Click here to learn how you can help.

Join the Knights of Colombus Seton Council 7990 as they welcome Santa Claus for their annual Breakfast with Santa Fundraiser, Sunday, Dec 14, from 8 to 11am in the Parish Hall. Adults: $12, Children Under 10: $7

Win $3,000! That's a SLEIGH FULL of Christmas Cash with the 7th Annual Seton Santa Sweepstakes! (Sponsored by Delaware Heating & Air Conditioning Services Inc.) Plus: 5 - $100 runner up drawings are also up for grabs! The drawing is on December 17 after the Brandywine Pops Concert. You need not be present to win. Click here to Purchase Your Tickets Online Today!

Please join us and welcome the Brandywine Pops Orchestra as they return to Seton Parish for a Christmas Concert featuring classical, sacred, and traditional Christmas music. The concert will take place in the church at 7pm on Wednesday, December 17. A cheese and wine reception will be held after the concert in the Parish Hall. Tickets are $10 per person. Click here to purchase.

Join the Fifty Plus Group for a festive evening of good food, great music, and holiday cheer! On Friday, December 19, guests will enjoy a delicious catered dinner from Trattoria di Napoli followed by live music and dancing with the award-winning FLASHBACK Band, recently inducted into the Delaware Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It’s the perfect way to celebrate the season with friends and fellowship. Click below for full details and reservation information. Click for more info and information on how to RSVP.

Join us for food and fellowship for a Business Professionals Networking Breakfast on December 5 at 8am at St Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Hall (doors open at 7:30am). Mr. Christopher Kenny, CEO of Kenny Family ShopRite of Delaware, will be the featured speaker and he will share insights on "Strategic Planning for Mission-Driven Organizations." These breakfasts offer an outstanding opportunity to gather with like-minded professionals and leaders from across Delaware and Maryland who are inspired to live their faith in the workplace. We hope you’ll join us and bring a colleague or friend! Click here to register.

Bring your own Bowl & Spoon and come join us on November 11 from 5pm-6pm for an Autumn Soup Night, with proceeds benefiting the programs of our parish St Vincent de Paul Society. Eat in or Take Out. A goodwill donation of $5 is appreciated. Hot and Frozen Soup by the quart will also be available for take out. (1 qt for $10; 3 qt for $25) Click for more info.

National Vocation Awareness Week, celebrated November 2-8, 2025, is an annual week-long celebration of the Catholic Church in the United States dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to renew our prayers and support for those who are considering one of these particular vocations. Are you being called? To learn more about how to pursue a vocation in the Diocese of Wilmington, click here.

Join us on Sunday, November 16 for our Seton Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser in the Parish Hall. We will have two seating times to choose from, the first from 12-2pm and the second from 4-7pm. Tickets are available after Masses or in the Parish Office. Click for more info.

Registration for the Children’s Christmas Choir is open! The Children's Choir will sing at the 4pm mass on Christmas Eve. To register, please take a form from the Gathering Space and return it to the Parish Office. Click for more info.

Join us in October, Respect Life Month, for the Annual Footprints Mass. The Mass will be held on Sunday, October 19, 2025, at 9:30am at St. John the Beloved Church (907 Milltown Rd, Wilmington, DE). Click for more info.

St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Hockessin, Delaware has room on their bus going to the Marian Pilgrimage at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Saturday, October 11, 2025. Cost is $60.00 per person. If you or any of your parishioners would like to go, please call Ann Courtney at 302-494-4138 for information and reservations.

The Fifty Plus Group will be ponsoring a Dinner-Dance Event on Friday, October 17, 2025 in the Parish Hall. This will be a "POT-LUCK" dinner. There is no cost to attend. Click for more info.

Show your support for St Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish. When you dine in or order online from Trattoria di Napoli on Route 40 (1222 Pulaski Hwy, Bear; across from Governor's Square) on Thursday, October 30 from 4pm to 9pm, Trattoria di Napoli will donate 15% of your check to the parish. You must present the flyer when ordering if dining in or taking out. Click here to download the flyer. We hope to see you on October 30!

Share in the Spirit is an annual collection for tuition assistance to Catholic schools in the Diocese of Wilmington. This special collection is conducted at all Masses during the fourth weekend of September. Monies collected are added to the diocese’s tuition assistance endowment to provide financial assistance to help make the dream of a Catholic Education a reality for many struggling Catholic families. Thank you for your support! Click here to donate.

Catholic Charities will be holding the Bishop's 5K Run/Walk on Nov 22, 2025 at 8 a.m., at Saint Mark's High School in Pike Creek. Click here to register!

The Silver Rose, a prayer pilgrimage program of the Knights of Columbus honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, is returning to Delaware in October. The rose will be making stops at parishes throughout the state beginning Oct. 13, and will be here at Seton Parish on October 14 at 6pm. Click here for the full schedule.

The 19th Annual Nun Run 5K (Run/Walk) fundraiser is being held once again on Saturday, October 18 at 9am, it begins and ends at the Jeanne Jugan Residence in Newark! Click here for more info.

The Red Mass is an ancient tradition that is generally celebrated near the beginning of the judicial year, and will be held October 5 at 4pm, at St. Joseph's on the Brandywine, followed by a reception. All are welcome. Click for more info.

Seton Parish's own Thomas Chacko says his spirituality focuses around helping others. He has been highlighted in this week's "One of Us" podcast from The Dialog. Click to listen.