Our Mother of Sorrows, Centreville

The Most Reverend Alfred A. Curtis, second Bishop of Wilmington, saw the need for a church in Centreville and sought funds for Our Mother of Sorrows Church and rectory. Upon expressing his plan to Miss Mary Abel, later Sister Mary Joseph, a member of the Abel family of the Baltimore Sun, he received those funds.

Funds for the land came from Captain Ozmon, who donated $500, and from parishioners who gave $250. The land at the present-day Price Street and Tilghman Avenue was purchased for $750. Appointments for the church were donated by parishioners; the Stations of the Cross cost $2.50 each. John Bohland, a marble cutter of Centreville, placed the pews in position and set the number plates. The Church and original rectory still stand as a place in Centreville MD.

In 1925, the John J. Raskob family of Wilmington purchased Pioneer Point in Centreville and became parishioners. In 1931, Mr. Raskob purchased land where the present church and rectory stand, and built the church and rectory as a gift to the Diocese. The church was dedicated on March 19, 1932 by the Most Reverend Edmond J. Fitzmaurice, fourth Bishop of Wilmington.

In 1957, funds were raised and ground broken for a parish hall behind the church, Corbaley Hall was dedicated by the Most Reverend Michael Hyle, fifth Bishop of Wilmington, in April 1960 in Memory of Varina Corbaley, an aunt of Mrs. Helena Raskob, wife of John J. Raskob.

In 2004, the church was given an interior facelift, and a new altar and ambo were dedicated by the Most Reverend Michael A. Saltarelli, eighth Bishop of Wilmington.