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 the Hills Parish ...

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 ...

Until fairly recently, the Holy Face devotion had become somewhat obscure. Father Thiago DaSilva admitted that, originally, he wasn’t abundantly familiar with it. When Father DaSilva was administrator ...

Family and friends have helped college students embrace and share pro-life beliefs. Fernanda Calix, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute junior, was affected by the grandfather she doesn’t remember.

When he was in third grade, his teacher joked that he’d become a priest, since religion was the only subject in which he was ‘competent’! That joke turned naggingly serious one day during high school ...

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 ...

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. Bishop McManus ...

St. Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior High School of Worcester and St. Bernard High School of Fitchburg announced plans to begin a Thanksgiving football rivalry next fall. “That’s exciting news, no doubt,” ...

WORCESTER - Notre Dame Academy senior Brigid Burke plays field hockey and lacrosse, interns for the athletic department, serves as class secretary, organizes a blanket drive for the Mustard Seed, ...

Chaplains usually anoint the foreheads and hands of the sick with oil while reciting prayers to provide comfort and peace. Unfortunately, during a pandemic, touching isn’t always possible. Father ...

SHREWSBURY – Parishioners of St. Mary Parish shared what makes their church community so special at the 100th anniversary celebration Sunday. One parishioner joked that he’s been there the whole ...

WORCESTER - It was 1986, the third year that Jerry Beddes volunteered to deliver free meals on Thanksgiving and Christmas to homes and apartment complexes on behalf of Catholic Charities Worcester ...