Friends, today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, the first witness of Christ’s rising, who declared the resurrection to the apostles.

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 ...

St. Paul Cathedral in Worcester, which has welcomed different ethnic groups over the years, celebrated the 150th anniversary of its initial dedication Sunday. Bishop McManus, the main celebrant, was ...

WORCESTER – An empty stable. A teen drop-in. Even a first kiss. These were memories shared after St. Christopher Parish’s final Sunday Mass last weekend. The parish merged Wednesday, along with Our ...

WORCESTER – The bell from the former Notre Dame des Canadiens Church is where Chris Faucher believes it belongs – at the Notre Dame des Canadiens Cemetery. The bell had been held mostly in storage ...

Bishop McManus has announced changes in assignments for several priests, all effective July 1. There are two retirees. Father Paul T. O’Connell, a senior priest at St. Anne Parish in Shrewsbury, will ...

WORCESTER – Religious sisters and priests, parents and children were among hundreds of people gathered at St. Paul Cathedral Saturday for the ordination of five deacons. Two – Isaac Cross and Conner ...

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) – Pope Leo XIV published his landmark encyclical on artificial intelligence “Magnifica Humanitas” May 25, comparing the attempt to build an AI future that excludes God to the ...

FRAMINGHAM – Father Conrad Stephen Pecevich passed away in the early morning hours on Wednesday, May 13. Father Pecevich was born in Worcester, on September 19, 1949, the son of Leonard J. Pecevich ...

PAXTON – Amid tears, cheers, and comments about ending yet continuing on, Anna Maria College held its final commencement exercises and baccalaureate Mass last week on the campus’ Caparso Field.Given ...

(OSV News) – The week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, Holy Week, is the most sacred time of year. During this special time, we enter into the passion of Christ – his crucifixion, death and ...

Observing court hearings of migrants, praying for them at the U.S.-Mexico border and at a desert death site, and learning from their supporters’ treatment of adversaries were ways a local deacon and ...