Resurrection Parish
3000 Videre Dr
Wilmington DE 19808
302-368-0146

Our timeline can be viewed here

The Parish of the Resurrection was established in 1969 by Bishop Mardaga  (1968-1984).  He called the  Rev. Francis J. Herron to be the founding pastor. 

The new parish was established in the area between St. John the Beloved Parish and St. John the Baptist/Holy Angels.  In a time when boundaries established the parish someone would join, parishioners in these two parishes were permitted to choose between  staying in their present parish or joining the new Parish of the Resurrection.

Many people came to the new parish because of Fr. Herron’s vision (coming from the documents of the Second Vatican Council), that challenged the parents to take responsiblity for the religious education of their children as their “primary inalienable duty and right.”

In the beginning there was no parish school and the community embraced the model of a “Pilgrim People”  on their journey to salvation.  For the first two years, liturgies were held in the auditorium of a local school, Shue School, which lovingly became known as “St. Shue”.  For the next 10 years, liturgies were held at St. Mark’s High School auditorium.  An important feature of St. Mark’s was its large atrium where members of the parish would set up a donut counter each Sunday.  This feature enabled the parishioners to visit with one another after services and to welcome new members to the community.

Finally in 1984, the growth of the parish and the increasing need for a permanent worship space and space for staff offices and rooms for meetings led to the building of a multi-purpose center.  The parish center was then expanded in 1996 to its present size in order to meet the needs of growing membership and also to include a small chapel for daily worship.

 The Preamble of the Parish constitution states that  “the people of Resurrection parish have a commitment to the concept of community.”  It is this commitment which continues to inform and influennce our liturgies, our religious education programs, our outreach and concern for the larger community though our work for social justice