2020 Vision: Wheeling Leaders Looking Ahead Nora Edinger January 1, 2020 Weelunk doesn’t have a crystal ball to foresee how Wheeling’s future will unfold in 2020, but today’s post is the next best thing. Leaders from all over the city and county share their top goals for the coming ...
HIDDEN GEMS: A Tale of Two Chapels Nora Edinger December 23, 2019 Editor’s note: Today’s post on two gem-like chapels launches a new occasional series on lovely but lesser-known facets of Wheeling’s architectural heritage. You’ve driven past them. One tiny chapel on Nation...
Bishop Appoints Vicar General Provided September 6, 2019 Bishop Mark E. Brennan has announced the appointment of Monsignor Eugene S. Ostrowski as vicar general and moderator of the curia of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, effective earlier this week. After the...
Bishop Mark E. Brennan: ‘The Only Way to Overcome Evil Is With Good’ Nora Edinger September 3, 2019 Editor’s note: Today’s post — part of an ongoing Weelunk series on Spirituality in the Ohio Valley — features a candid interview with Bishop Mark E. Brennan, newly installed leader of the Wheeling-Charleston Di...
Higher Education Commission Reauthorizes Wheeling Jesuit Provided August 16, 2019 Wheeling University today announced that it has been fully reauthorized by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and will welcome students for the 2019-20 academic year, which begins on Aug. 27. ...
Bishop Mark E. Brennan Appointed as Ninth Bishop of Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Provided July 23, 2019 Pope Francis has named the Most Rev. Mark E. Brennan, currently Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. Bishop Brennan, 72, was ordained ...
Archbishop William Lori Announces Resignations, Changes in Chancery Officials Provided June 10, 2019 Acting in his capacity as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, Archbishop William E. Lori today announced the following personnel changes involving officials of the Chancery. • Monsig...
2019 Graduating Classes of Diocese’s Six Catholic High Schools Offered $15M in Scholarships Provided June 9, 2019 Members of the 2019 graduating classes of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston’s six Catholic high schools across West Virginia were collectively offered over $15 million in scholarships. The newly graduated o...
Wiley To Be Ordained a Priest for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Provided May 31, 2019 The Rev. Mr. Nye Frederick “Joseph” Wiley III will be ordained to the priesthood at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 1. He will be ordained by Archbishop William E. Lori of the...
Ecumenical Conference to Focus on Opioid Crisis in West Virginia Provided May 5, 2019 The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston (DWC), Catholic Charities WV (CCWVa) and the West Virginia Council of Churches (WVCC) are working together to combat the opioid crisis in West Virginia. Together, the group...
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Launches Catholic Sharing Appeal Provided April 29, 2019 The annual Catholic Sharing Appeal (CSA) of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — "Sowing the Seeds of Hope” — has launched with a goal of raising $2 million to support the broad network of Catholic parishes and...
Major Relic of St. John Vianney Coming to Town During Holy Week Provided April 14, 2019 A major relic of St. John Vianney, the Curé of Ars, patron saint of parish priests, will be in West Virginia during Holy Week. The saint’s incorrupt heart will be present for the celebration of Chrism Masses in...
Excellence in W.Va. Catholic Education To Be Celebrated at Bishop’s Dinner Provided March 31, 2019 Students, teachers, benefactors and leaders in Catholic education from across West Virginia will convene for the 25th annual Bishop’s Dinner for Catholic Schools Sunday, April 7, at the Morgantown Event Center ...
More Than Just Fish Fridays: The Catholic Way Through Lent in 2019 Cassie Bendel March 29, 2019 Mention the word Lent, and a thousand memories come to mind for me. I remember celebrating Fat Tuesday with a King Cake as a second-grader at Mt. de Chantal. I remember feeling solemn the next day to receive as...
Catholic Charities West Virginia to Celebrate ‘Impressions of Hope’ Gala Provided February 24, 2019 Catholic Charities West Virginia’s (CCWVa) ninth annual gala, “Impressions of Hope,” will be celebrated from 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Wheeling Park’s White Palace ballroom. The gala will benefit the a...
Mountain State Students Celebrate Catholic Schools Week Cassie Bendel January 27, 2019 Funny socks, volleyball games and dressing up like a firefighter. What do they all have in common? These are just some of the ways students across West Virginia will transform a cold, otherwise ordinary week of...
Christmas Isn’t Christmas Until Nativity Time Vivienne Padilla December 19, 2018 The marathon between Thanksgiving and the beginning of January has started. The never-ending cooking, baking, buying, wrapping, cleaning and decorating that culminates in cranky exhaustion for most of us, is no...
Iafrate Fighting for a Better Church Nora Edinger November 29, 2018 Editor’s note: As part of a continuing series on how Ohio Valley residents express their spirituality, Weelunk recently visited with a Wheeling man whose spiritual/social-justice calling includes bringing even ...
Mt. Calvary Cemetery: A Place to Remember on a Day for All Souls Cassie Bendel October 31, 2018 Meditate much on death, that you may not be too attached to this life. — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton ___________________________________ At this time of year, when the sky turns gray, the air makes you shiver, an...
Mary Ann Deschaine: ‘It’s a God Thing’ Chana Baker August 22, 2018 Mary Ann Deschaine is a woman of faith. She is a woman of service. She is a woman who took a leap of faith. After seven years as superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Saginaw in Michigan, Deschaine fi...
A Spiritual Legacy – Women Religious in Wheeling Jon-Erik Gilot July 31, 2018 2 Wheeling’s history is intertwined with the Catholic Church. From dozens of schools, parishes and institutions to the oldest hospital in the state and a landmark university, the Catholic faith has touched on all...
Deacon Smay To Be Ordained for Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Provided June 24, 2018 The Rev. Mr. Martin Smay will be ordained to the priesthood by the Most Rev. Michael J. Bransfield, bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling, at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 30. Pries...
Graduating Classes of Diocese’s Catholic High Schools Offered $23M in Scholarships Provided June 17, 2018 Members of the 2018 graduating classes of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston’s six Catholic high schools across West Virginia were collectively offered $23 million in scholarships. The newly graduated students ...
Diocese Blessed With Generosity of Welty Sisters Jon-Erik Gilot May 31, 2018 West Virginia in general — and the Ohio Valley in particular — has a tremendously generous nature. From weekend steak fries and quarter auctions to the many foundations, trusts and charitable organizations, our...
Joseph Wiley To Be Ordained a Transitional Deacon for the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Provided May 27, 2018 Seminarian Nye Joseph Wiley will be ordained a transitional deacon by the Most Rev. Michael J. Bransfield, bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 2, at the Cathedral of St. Jose...
WJU Students To Be Recognized at Bishop’s Dinner Provided April 15, 2018 The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston will recognize three Wheeling Jesuit University seniors during the 24th Annual Bishop’s Dinner for Catholic Schools set for Saturday, April 22. During the event, the Most R...
Bishops Cross To Be Presented at Dinner for Catholic Schools Provided April 15, 2018 Students, teachers, benefactors and leaders in Catholic education from across West Virginia will convene for the 24th annual Bishop’s Dinner for Catholic Schools on Sunday, April 22, at the Morgantown Event Cen...
Spaghetti Dinner Is About Service Steve Novotney April 11, 2018 Smothered in homemade spaghetti sauce and garnished with sausages or meatballs or both, the noodles that will be devoured at Catholic Charities’ 18th Street Neighborhood Center this weekend serve as symbols of ...
Corpus Christi Creates Scholarship Fund Provided February 28, 2018 Corpus Christi School recently endowed a $56,000 scholarship fund to help families with tuition costs and is planning an open house from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8. The school has seven scholarships to off...
Bethlehem’s Mayor, Tim Bishop, Reflecting on Progress Steve Novotney June 25, 2017 It would have been only two years had he not been unopposed and re-elected in June. Now, it will be four years and only four years that Tim Bishop will serve as the mayor of the village of Bethlehem, a commu...
“Living” Stations of the Cross at St. Vincent de Paul Bryan Minor April 6, 2017 As Christians on a 40 day journey through Lent, we often find ourselves “giving up” something that becomes a challenge to live without. For some, it means giving up sweets, pop or snacking between meals. Othe...
Corpus Christi School Students Cooking up a Healthy Storm Miranda Shaner March 22, 2017 Corpus Christi School (CCS) partnered with the Culinary Arts program at West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) for a “Kids Can Cook” class. WVNCC Associate Professor of Culinary Arts Chris Kefauve...
