As we participate in the Church's liturgies, we use a complex system of symbols which we often only dimly understand. Learning about the symbols in the Church’s funeral liturgy can create greater ...

Friends, today’s Gospel tells of the poor widow who gave her last penny to the temple treasury. Her behavior makes us consider our possessiveness.

Local Catholics have been joining in prayer for the United States and for peace in conjunction with today’s presidential election. Today there is day-long adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St.

PAXTON – Youth expressed enthusiasm about God and their peers at a gathering where they were encouraged to maintain community, evangelize and pursue heaven. Asked her impressions of the 2024 Diocesan ...

In the Order of Christian Funerals, the text used by priests and deacons in the funeral rites, the Congregation for Divine Worship teaches us, “By means of the funeral rites it has been the practice ...

Mercy Centre, an entity of Catholic Charities Worcester County, currently located at 25 West Chester St. in Worcester, is slated to relocate to 216 West Boylston St. in West Boylston in March.

Francis R. Carroll, a business and civic leader whose philanthropy stretched from war-ravaged Korea and Vietnam to Worcester’s neediest neighborhoods, died on Oct. 29. In a statement, Bishop McManus ...

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR BISHOP'S HOLIDAY DINNERS: Volunteers are needed for Thanksgiving and Christmas meal packaging, deliveries, and the sit-down dinner events! Visit ...

MILFORD – The closing of Milford Catholic Elementary School will bring to an end 137 years of Catholic schools in Milford. Milford Catholic Elementary will close for the 2017-2018 year, Michael Walsh, ...