June19,2014 This year’s changes in 37 priests’ assignments bring a variety of changes for parishes and other places priests serve. All but one are effective July 1. Some parishes will begin sharing a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WITH THE INCREASING AVAILABLITY of COVID-19 vaccines, and a plethora of information from varied sources, we have a particular responsibility as Catholics to seek the truth and form our consciences.

Undertaking construction of the present church was Father Edward W. Lynch, who was sickly when ordained, but ended up being pastor for 30 years. After he was appointed pastor in 1950, “the kids at ...

March1,2024 By Tanya Connor | The Catholic Free Press WORCESTER – An estimated 300 Hispanics from several parishes were shown connections between their activities and the annual Partners in Charity ...

Mr. Beddes, 75, of Worcester first got involved by delivering meals to homebound elders, individuals with disabilities and those who may otherwise go without a meal. Then for more than 30 years, he ...

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, ...

The rivalry between St. Paul’s and St. Bernard’s is expected to be much more competitive than the one between St. John’s and St. Peter-Marian. St. John’s won 16 of the final 17 games against the ...