• Student's Christmas ornaments adorn White House tree
    Student's Christmas ornaments adorn White House tree
    December 26, 2020
    All Saints Academy ornaments adorn a national tree. Students exchanged elbow bumps with First Lady Melania Trump.
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  • Bishop's Christmas message
    Bishop's Christmas message
    December 23, 2020
    My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As Advent gives way to Christmas, we find ourselves in a continued state of waiting, longing and expectation ...
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  • Gov. reduces church capacity
    Gov. reduces church capacity
    December 22, 2020
    Beginning the day after Christmas, churches will only be allowed to let in 25 percent of the building’s capacity.
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  • Gift-giving steady in parishes
    Gift-giving steady in parishes
    December 21, 2020
    Despite smaller numbers of people in church, parishes have managed to collect just as many, or nearly as many, Christmas presents for those in need.
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  • Meals need to be delivered
    Meals need to be delivered
    December 17, 2020
    A Catholic Charities director packaged the bishop’s dinner on Thanksgiving. And she is looking for help on Christmas. "We’ve got to do it all again.”
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  • Must Catholics refuse certain COVID-19 vaccines?
    Must Catholics refuse certain COVID-19 vaccines?
    December 17, 2020
    By Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk discusses the issue of inoculations produced using a cell line that came from an abortion.
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  • Abortion amendment stands
    Abortion amendment stands
    December 17, 2020
    The House Wednesday rejected, 49-107, Gov. Charlie Baker’s suggested changes to an amendment to the fiscal 2021 budget bill which expands abortion.
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  • Schools briefly return to remote learning
    Schools briefly return to remote learning
    December 15, 2020
    Central Catholic schools to do all remote learning, before and after the Christmas vacation, to give teachers a break.
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  • Parishes host popular novenas
    Parishes host popular novenas
    December 13, 2020
    Many parishes held novenas this year. St. Cecilia Parish in Leominster replaced its parish festival with a novena in honor of its patroness.
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  • African Ministry goals for 2021
    African Ministry goals for 2021
    December 12, 2020
    Many of the African Ministry's goals for 2020 went unrealized because of the pandemic. The ministry will try to bring them to fruition in 2021.
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  • Planning for Christmas Mass
    Planning for Christmas Mass
    December 11, 2020
    Christmas Eve Masses here can be celebrated earlier in the day this year, in light of space limitations and a state curfew because of the coronavirus.
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  • Charism of Sisters of St. Casimir
    Charism of Sisters of St. Casimir
    December 10, 2020
    Sister Paula A. Kelleher reflects on religious life and Bishop McManus calls for religious retirement support during this weekend's collection.
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  • Sequel set in Worcester
    Sequel set in Worcester
    December 10, 2020
    Eileen Charbonneau's second book, “Erin’s Children,” was officially released on Dec. 1, a sequel to her first, “Kelegeen,” about the Irish potato famine.
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  • It’s not quite “business as usual”
    It’s not quite “business as usual”
    December 10, 2020
    The coronavirus may have kept away some customers – but brought in others. You might say it’s provided an incentive to seek – and share – God.
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  • Talents bring joy to others
    Talents bring joy to others
    November 28, 2020
    Sharing joy, comfort, and inspiration have been the goals of the audiovisual and music ministry teams at St. Patrick’s in Whitinsville.
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  • Creches get fresh paint
    Creches get fresh paint
    November 28, 2020
    If you’re watching Mass on TV this Christmas season, you’ll have a “new view” of the “old, old story” – thanks to donations of time, talent and treasure.
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  • 8 tips for working through fears
    8 tips for working through fears
    November 28, 2020
    As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to bear down on us, many are plagued by growing fears. Here are eight tips for working through fears.
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  • 3,100 meals delivered
    3,100 meals delivered
    November 28, 2020
    Catholic Charities beat all odds as volunteers delivered more than 3,100 Bishop's Thanksgiving dinners to homebound. More than 240 cars lined up to make deliveries.
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  • Union wants remote learning
    Union wants remote learning
    November 23, 2020
    A teachers’ union is calling for two weeks of remote learning at central Catholic schools following Thanksgiving – to protect against a “likely increase” in COVID-19 cases.
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  • Statement from Superintendent
    Statement from Superintendent
    November 23, 2020
    We recognize that everyone is trying to balance the risk of contracting this virus with delivering effective education of children and young people. The safety of our students, teachers and staff has been a priority since the first day of school.
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