The Diocese of Worcester’s annual Mass for Life was celebrated by Bishop McManus on Wednesday at St. Paul Cathedral, Worcester. Now in its 28th year, the liturgy celebrated the Solemnity of the ...

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) ...

Life-changing experiences of God led some people to St. Paul Cathedral in Worcester Sunday for the next step in their journey of faith and initiation into the Catholic Church. Among stories were a ...

(OSV News) – Venerable Fulton J. Sheen will soon be beatified, now that the Vatican has given the green light, the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced Feb. 9. No date or location for the ...

This year the diocese’s African Ministry is focusing on helping the men in its communities to fulfill their responsibilities and bring their families to Jesus. “Each year we come up with a theme,” ...

WORCESTER – A milestone brought people “back to school,” where they enjoyed reunions, reminisced and expressed gratitude. It was the opening of Notre Dame Academy’s 75th anniversary Saturday with a ...

Julia Saksa is an electrical apprentice for Kuik Electric in Uxbridge. So it should come as no surprise to hear how she described attending the SEEK2026 Conference last weekend. “Yeah, it was electric ...

WORCESTER – Hope, despite darkness in the world, was a central theme at the Worcester diocese’s closing of the Jubilee Year. Bishop McManus, joined by Archbishop Michael W. Banach (originally from the ...

Years ago, our young adult group was asked to go door-to-door in our inner-city parish “evangelizing.” We knew evangelicals did this by asking people, “Have you met Jesus?” and Jehovah’s Witnesses ...

When Susan Holmquist and her family traveled to Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, they were impressed by the wayside shrines they saw that contained paintings of the Blessed Virgin Mary, crucifixes ...

(OSV News) – At the end of our earthly lives, our faith tells us there will be four last things: death, judgment, hell and heaven. Reflecting on such ominous topics in this autumn season can seem ...

Local Catholics gathered Monday to pray and crown a statue of Our Lady of Fatima for one of her home visits – on the anniversary of “the Miracle of the Sun.” Noting that this was the date of the ...