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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the 1880s, Pope Leo XIII composed the “Prayer to St. Michael” after having a vision of the future Church being invaded by evil. Along with three recitations of “Hail Mary,” one of “Hail Holy Queen” ...

The sound of soft footsteps in an atmosphere of tranquility. The radiant gleam of the golden monstrance and the infinitely more radiant, brilliant glow from the Blessed Sacrament it shelters.

This weekend we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, often called Corpus Christi. On this feast we give special attention to Christ’s presence in the Eucharist, sometimes adding ...

Msgr. Francis D. Kelly last week recalled how he regularly talked and dined with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who later became Pope Benedict XVI. Msgr. Kelly, who is now a retired Worcester diocesan ...

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 ...

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 ...

The St. Anthony Food Pantry at the Sacred Heart-St. Catherine of Sweden Parish on Cambridge Street didn’t have a lot of food left when a woman in need entered one day about a year and a half ago.

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 ...

WORCESTER – As Our Lady of Lourdes Parish celebrated its 75th anniversary with the universal Church’s birthday, Bishop McManus compared attendance of the past and present, spoke of praying for a new ...