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First Friday Club members aren’t the only ones who recognize the importance of a beloved devotion and the equally cherished First Saturday. Several parishes have been keeping both alive.
SHREWSBURY – Parishioners of St. Mary Parish shared what makes their church community so special at the 100th anniversary celebration Sunday.
Priests of the diocese celebrating significant anniversaries of their ordination this year were recognized at the Chrism Mass Tuesday at St. Paul Cathedral.
As we participate in the Church's liturgies, we use a complex system of symbols which we often only dimly understand. Learning about the symbols in the Church’s funeral liturgy can create greater ...
St. Peter Parish in Petersham reopened for indoor Masses Sunday to the applause of parishioners. The church was too small for social distancing, so it had been closed during the pandemic.
On Saturday, Bishop McManus addressed the 32 members of the first graduating class of Thomas Aquinas College, New England, in Northfield. Also, he received the college’s highest honor.
The St. Anthony Food Pantry at the Sacred Heart-St. Catherine of Sweden Parish on Cambridge Street didn’t have a lot of food left when a woman in need entered one day.
Bishop McManus offered his prayers in union with Catholics around the world Monday “that God welcome [Pope Francis] into eternal life.” “We are all saddened to hear of the death of our Holy Father on ...
The sound of soft footsteps in an atmosphere of tranquility. The radiant gleam of the golden monstrance and the infinitely more radiant, brilliant glow from the Blessed Sacrament it shelters.
Bishop Reilly’s lifetime spanned eight papacies. He had the occasion to meet five popes, three of whom are now saints.
Family and friends have helped college students embrace and share pro-life beliefs. These students are among members of Worcester college pro-life groups who planned to attend the March for Life in ...
Since late October, and sporadically over the past year, local cable access channels have been experiencing technical difficulties getting the diocesan Sunday and Daily Masses.