For the First Saturday devotion, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, a person must go to confession, receive holy Communion, recite five decades of the rosary, and keep Mary company for ...

Timothy McMahon, executive director of Catholic Charities Worcester County, reported that food distribution has increased by 70 percent at his organization’s food pantries in Worcester, Leominster, ...

A group of diocesan priests recently gathered at Miramar Retreat Center, Duxbury, for a five-day retreat sponsored by the Diocese of Worcester’s Office of Ongoing Priestly Formation. The theme of the ...

She said it’s important to build relationships, so people see pro-lifers’ support for women “and connect that with the true message of the pro-life movement.” She has had fruitful conversations with ...

Bishop McManus has informed Nativity School of Worcester that it may no longer identify itself as a Catholic school. Following months of private and public discussion on the flying of Black Lives ...

December9,2024 By Maria Young | The Catholic Free Press WEST BOYLSTON – Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish has declined to press charges against a man who stole donations from a prayer box in the church.

1) We can begin by asking God to help us grow in humility. Like other fruits of the Holy Spirit, humility grows in the furnace of daily circumstances where we face our own weaknesses, failings, and ...

March28,2021 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 ...

January11,2024 Bishop McManus has announced transfers and one retirement affecting five diocesan priests and one deacon. All transfers are in effect. Father Juan D. Echavarría, pastor of St. Mary of ...

Another challenge for Mr. Sonia came in 2008 with the formation of Holy Trinity Parish from a merger of his parish, St. Theresa in Harvard, with St. Francis Xavier in Bolton. The pastor, Father Dennis ...

November23,2024 By Father Michael N. Lavallee | pastor, St. Peter Parish, Northbridge Symbols feature prominently in our daily lives. One of the most notable ways we frequently experience symbols is ...

The year began and ended with great concern over the spread of the virus that plunged the world into a pandemic. But the work of the diocese continued with a new resolve as ministries pivoted to ...