Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus warns us to expect persecution.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four pastors are retiring this year and one other has chosen to become a senior priest. Bishop McManus has announced the appointment and transfer of pastors, associate pastors, administrators, and ...

The St. Thomas More Society of Worcester County will honor the following individuals at its Sixty-Fifth Annual Red Mass on Sunday at 10 a.m. at St. Paul’s Cathedral. A brunch following the Mass will ...

Friendship, spirituality and service are the three pillars of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. “I’ve made a lot of friends that I would not have made if I hadn’t joined my parish’s St. Vincent de Paul ...

Numerous changes for priests and parishes in the diocese this summer include a different rector for St. Paul Cathedral Parish and priests leading multiple parishes. There are also first-time ...

Bishop McManus has decreed that St. Paul Church in Warren is now an oratory in which the extraordinary form of the Mass will be celebrated. A religious community committed to the traditional Latin ...

WORCESTER – In a collaboration of Catholic institutions, the St. John’s Cemetery System dug a trench for outdoor lighting at St. Paul Diocesan Jr./Sr. High School. The school wanted the lights in its ...

LEOMINSTER – Father Andre M. Gariepy, 90 died Tuesday, May 25, in St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester. He was born on May 8, 1931, in Leominster, the son of Romeo E. and Yvonne Louise (Beauchesne) Gariepy ...

Father John Edward Horgan, a retired priest of the Diocese of Worcester, passed away Tuesday, March 10. Father Horgan was born Dec. 4, 1946, in Worcester, the son of John F. and Helen L. (Bergstrom) ...