The Partners in Charity appeal, the annual diocesan fundraising campaign to support more than 25 ministries, concluded Aug. 31, exceeding its $4.8 million goal. As of Wednesday afternoon, $4,811,880 ...

Assumption University is bringing in students, faculty and a dog from Anna Maria College by launching Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work degree programs this fall. Anna Maria announced ...

Expectations can sometimes hide or distract from the grace present in various moments in our lives. This is especially true when we might attempt to constrain or define the extent of God’s generosity, ...

Want to see snapshots of Catholic summer vacations? Come along for the adventure. It’s July and St. John Paul II Parish in Southbridge is holding its vacation Bible school, called “Families who walk ...

WORCESTER – Sister Paula Kelleher (Sister John David), beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, died in the Jewish Healthcare Center on July 11. A native of Worcester, born on April ...

For the semiquincentennial of the United States, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Worcester has a display of American saints – posters with biographies and pictures of them lining the church walls. As we ...

(OSV News) – On July 1, the Society of St. Pius X, widely known as the SSPX, illicitly consecrated four bishops without authorization from the Holy See, leading Pope Leo XIV to declare its bishops, ...

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) – As the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concluded amid the U.S.’s 250th anniversary, “the journey continues,” said Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia. And, he ...

As part of the series Conversation with Bishop McManus, a show produced by the diocese’s Communication Ministry, Raymond L. Delisle, director, sat down with the bishop ahead of his 75th birthday on ...

Father Juan Herrera, pastor at St. Edward the Confessor Parish in Westminster, is a big believer in the annual Partners in Charity Appeal because he knows firsthand about the importance of the Diocese ...

WORCESTER – A boy who always wanted to be a priest. Another son also inclined to God. A fellow seminarian with an open door – and so much more. These were among ways that family and friends of the ...

You never know who God will call to become a priest. Deacon John P. Sullivan will answer God’s call when he’s ordained on Saturday, June 13, at St. Paul Cathedral. His fraternal twin brother, Kevin, ...