We live in this world where there’s a lot of technology,” Miss Van Hoosen said. It’s special getting a handwritten letter ...

St. Mary’s was not the first parish established in the Brookfields, but its church building is the oldest. How old has been the subject of research - and speculation. A look back is timely, since on ...

The lands of sunrise and sunset you fill with your joy (Psalm 65:8). The harmonious singing of cicadas in the afternoon, ancient temples with incense burning to strange deities, the mottled-gray of ...

LUNENBURG – St. Boniface Parish’s 75th anniversary Mass Sunday – like the parish, priests and parishioners themselves – drew newer and long-time members. In his homily Bishop McManus said the ...

SOUTHBOROUGH – “It’s amazing,” Dee Kerner says of her parish, St. Matthew, which is welcoming pilgrims this Jubilee Year. What is amazing? “Father Flynn.” Father James B. Flynn, 87, has been pastor ...

Bishop McManus offered his prayers in union with Catholics around the world Monday “that God welcome [Pope Francis] into eternal life.” “We are all saddened to hear of the death of our Holy Father on ...

Historically the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus chapters, assemblies and councils have supported the front-line battle against abortion. The annual Mother’s Day Rose Campaign is being reignited ...

WORCESTER – In a collaboration of Catholic institutions, the St. John’s Cemetery System dug a trench for outdoor lighting at St. Paul Diocesan Jr./Sr. High School. The school wanted the lights in its ...

A local college student has encountered Jesus’ passion in a meaningful way – in homeless people he and others befriend. “Seeing Christ ... particularly in the poor on the streets ... I am seeing ...

A local priest being named a bishop elsewhere led to administrative changes in the Worcester diocese. Msgr. Richard F. Reidy, vicar general and moderator of the curia since 2013, is to be installed ...

PAXTON - Sean J. Ryan, most recently from Bellarmine University in Kentucky, is to become the 12th president of Anna Maria College, the institution announced March 6. Mr. Ryan is to succeed current ...

When they’re young, Catholics learn about Lent at Mass, in religion classes at Catholic schools or in religious education classes at their parishes. Many Catholics continue to practice Lenten ...