Friends, at the core of today’s Gospel is a portrait of our God, who is prodigal. The father stands for the God whose very nature is to give, the God who simply is love.
BLACKSTONE – Catholics who struggled through a merger found special reason to rejoice, when Bishop McManus blessed sanctuary renovations at their church – renovations which bring together elements of ...
Priests of the diocese celebrating significant anniversaries of their ordination this year were recognized at the Chrism Mass Tuesday at St. Paul Cathedral. This year, three priests are celebrating ...
When Father Derek Mobilio met last month in Florida with the four FOCUS missionaries who will serve at Worcester State University and Quinsigamond Community College this coming school year, he was ...
(CNA) – Mary Jane Rein decided to leave her job as executive director of the Holocaust studies center at Clark University in Worcester, in hopes of finding a “warmer welcome” at a nearby Catholic ...
The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the works of mercy are “charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbors in their bodily and spiritual needs.” The catechism goes on ...
Saturday’s ordination of two men to the priesthood was filled with emotion. “It was very emotional and moving,” said Jacqueline Sullivan, whose son Zachary Sullivan is one of the two new priests. “I ...
Arthur “Artie” Boyle, of Hingham, was a regular hockey dad and the father of 13 when a diagnosis of six months to live led him to Medjugorje in the year 2000. Artie’s testimony speaks both of his ...
A Massachusetts novena for peace and the canonization of a European ruler, with connections to the Worcester diocese, was held Sunday at St. Paul Cathedral. Bishop McManus celebrated Mass, the fifth ...
Several pastors in the diocese are to change parishes this summer, and some other priests are getting new assignments. Bishop McManus did not announce any retirements, but two pastors are becoming ...
In the Order of Christian Funerals, the text used by priests and deacons in the funeral rites, the Congregation for Divine Worship teaches us, “By means of the funeral rites it has been the practice ...
(OSV News) – Venerable Fulton J. Sheen will soon be beatified, now that the Vatican has given the green light, the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced Feb. 9. No date or location for the ...
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