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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Gn 3:9-24Responsorial Psalm Ps 90:2, 3-4abc, 5-6, 12-13Gospel Mk 8:1-10
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Mission Statement
As individuals, families and parishes, our mission as the Diocese of Worcester is to respond joyfully to Christ’s call to become more fully the People of God. Though imperfect, we are a blessed people striving to participate in Christ’s mission of reaching out to all. Therefore, we accept the Gospel challenge, which calls us to bring another to a deeper knowledge and love of God. Since God calls us to live in community in the Holy Spirit, we commit ourselves in this time and place to becoming a prayerful and faith-filled Church that truly reflects the glory of God.
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Partners in Charity APpeal
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Legacy of hope capital campaign
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Local News
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February 15
Massachusetts' bishops address Catholics about sex abuse summit Massachusetts bishops are addressing the state’s Catholics prior to the Feb. 21-24 Vatican Summit on the sexual abuse crisis. It is a crisis, they say, “that has again enveloped the life of the Church.Read More -
February 14
Four diocesan priests spent three days on the U.S.-Mexican border recently to observe the ministries of the Catholic Church that serve migrants on both sides of the border. The trip was under the auspices of the Catholic Extension’s Mission Immersion Program for Pastors.Read More -
February 8
WORCESTER – Rising costs have resulted in a total operating deficit of $1.4M for the Diocese of Worcester, according to financial statements and the annual report issued for the 2018 fiscal year.Read More -
February 7
WEBSTER – Weaving plastic bags into mats for the homeless. Using “trash” to organize the art teacher’s supplies. These were among ways students at All Saints Academy took care of people and the earth during Catholic Schools Week last week.Read More -
February 7
Stephanie Walsh, a 17-year-old from St. Paul Parish in Warren, came back from World Youth Day in Panama wanting to learn more and to start a youth group. Matthew J. Hart, youth ministry coordinator for middle school and high school at St. John Paul II Parish in Southbridge, hopes to follow up with pilgrims to interest others in the next WYD in Portugal in 2022.Read More
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Vatican's removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick "is a clear signal that abuse will not be tolerated," said the...
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IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has confirmed the removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick, the 88-year-old former cardinal and archbishop of...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic bishops near the U.S.-Mexico border, joined by other U.S. prelates, voiced opposition immediately after...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even if Christians struggle to recognize him with his "torn clothes (and) dirty feet," Jesus is present in the migrants...
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Bishop Confirms Commitment to the Charter for Youth protection
. . .Since arriving in Worcester more than 14 years ago, I have had no more difficult pastoral responsibility as your bishop than to hear first-hand from victims the details of the abuse which took place during their childhood. Listening to the painful burdens which they carried for decades is sometimes more than the human heart can bear. Yet we cannot turn a deaf ear or a blind eye to the abuses which occurred at the hands of clerics and other church workers who used their position and influence to subject innocent children to their perverted desires. It is for this reason that zero tolerance of clergy who have been credibly accused must remain our standard. . .(CLICK HERE for complete text)as published in the Catholic Free PRess on Aug. 16
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Around the Diocese
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February 10, 7:00 PM - February 18From Sunday, Feb. 10 – Monday., Feb. 18 at 7 pm (Saturday at 5 PM), all are invited to experience the power of the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Located at St. Bernadette Church, 266 Main St., Rte. 20, Northborough. 508-393-2838Read More
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Read MoreSaturday, February 16
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Read MoreSaturday, February 16, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Read MoreSaturday, February 16, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Read MoreSaturday, February 16, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Read MoreSaturday, February 16, 1:30 PM
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Read MoreSaturday, February 16, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Read MoreSaturday, February 16, 5:00 PM
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Read MoreSaturday, February 16, 5:30 PM
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Read MoreSunday, February 17, 11:30 AM
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Read MoreSunday, February 17, 12:30 PM
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Read MoreSunday, February 17, 2:00 PM
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TV Ministry on Charter TV has Moved to CH 193
Charter TV3 moved to Channel 193 on cable boxes. If you no longer see the Daily Mass, Sunday Mass, Family Rosary or weekly specials on Channel 3 on your Charter cable box, go to Channel 193.