• Thanksgiving volunteers needed
    Thanksgiving volunteers needed
    November 20, 2019
    WORCESTER – For more than 55 years, the Bishop of Worcester has hosted holiday dinners provided by Catholic Charities Worcester County.
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  • Legacy in commitment phase
    Legacy in commitment phase
    November 19, 2019
    Parishes in the second wave of Legacy of Hope are in the commitment phase. Some $11.1 million in pledges have been received.
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  • Pro-life ministries getting boost
    Pro-life ministries getting boost
    November 19, 2019
    The Worcester diocesan Respect Life Office is working to renew parish respect life ministries, according to the director, Allison LeDoux.
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  • Fire Lt. Menard gave his life
    Fire Lt. Menard gave his life
    November 18, 2019
    Jason Menard’s sacrifice fully answered the question, “Can anything good come from Worcester?” Father Walter J. Riley said at the fire lieutenant's funeral.
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  • From college to Assumption University
    From college to Assumption University
    November 17, 2019
    Assumption College is to be renamed Assumption University next August, the school has announced.
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  • FOCUS on campus at Assumption
    FOCUS on campus at Assumption
    November 17, 2019
    Campus Ministry at Assumption College has invited missionaries from the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) to campus this year.
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  • Pastor, students give to veterans
    Pastor, students give to veterans
    November 14, 2019
    Father Francis A. Roberge and St. Bernard Central Catholic High School students received thanks for their service at a Veterans Day cemetery celebration.
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  • U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops elects new leaders
    November 12, 2019
    BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles was elected president of the USCCB. Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, was elected chairman of Committee for Religious Liberty. Bishop McManus had been acting chairman since July.
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  • Father Louis J. Gould, 89
    Father Louis J. Gould, 89
    November 12, 2019
    Father Louis J. Gould, 89, died Nov. 8 at University of Massachusetts - Memorial Hospital, Worcester. His funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's in Fitchburg.
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  • Pope greets Bishop McManus
    Pope greets Bishop McManus
    November 8, 2019
    Pope Francis greets Bishop McManus during a meeting with New England bishops at the Vatican. The bishops were making their "ad limina" visits. (CNS)
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  • St. Mary's makerspace
    St. Mary's makerspace
    November 7, 2019
    SHREWSBURY – You could say that the makerspace at St. Mary Elementary School is a multi-purpose room. It is a “space in which to make things,” Gabriel Beltran said.
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  • Deacon Teodoro Camacho, 65
    Deacon Teodoro Camacho, 65
    November 6, 2019
    SOUTHBRIDGE – Deacon Teodoro Camacho, 65, died Monday. Calling hours 5-8 p.m. Nov. 8; Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday both at Notre Dame Church, 446 Main St.
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  • See God through art
    See God through art
    November 2, 2019
    Need a spiritual recharge? Visit the Worcester Art Museum. About 40 people from various parishes in the diocese did that recently.
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  • Need for Legacy of Hope
    Need for Legacy of Hope
    November 1, 2019
    “We have inherited a legacy of faith from our ancestors; now it is our turn to pass on a Legacy of Hope to our children and grandchildren.”
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  • Urban Missionaries at 40
    Urban Missionaries at 40
    November 1, 2019
    Urban Missionaries of Our Lady of Hope has sponsored nearly 100 refugee/immigrant families since its inception 40 years ago.
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  • Halloween on Lincoln Street
    Halloween on Lincoln Street
    October 31, 2019
    Our Lady of Providence Parish opened the doors of St. Bernard's Gym Thursday night for a giant Neighborhood Halloween Fest. An estimated 300-400 attended.
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  • Bishop offers 5 principles to review before voting
    Bishop offers 5 principles to review before voting
    October 31, 2019
    This might be a good time to review a few Catholic principles regarding government and public service.
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  • Women's Commission retreat
    Women's Commission retreat
    October 30, 2019
    SHREWSBURY – Eighty-five women attended the diocesan Commission for Women's mini-retreat Oct. 19 at St. Mary’s Parish Hall.
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  • New shelter blessed
    New shelter blessed
    October 28, 2019
    Today Catholic Charities Worcester County held a ribbon cutting and open house at its new family shelter at 4 Caroline St., Worcester, the former St. Stephen's Parish convent.
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  • Faith & Family Celebration
    Faith & Family Celebration
    October 26, 2019
    About 40 youngsters and their families spent the afternoon at Assumption College at the Faith & Family Celebration hosted by Pflaum Publishing Group and the Diocese of Worcester.
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