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Assumption College to start a nursing program this fall, a physician assistant graduate program, and has named of its new business school.

The Youth Ministry Office of the Worcester Diocese is offering local youth groups activities that include adventurous excursions.

STURBRIDGE - The 132nd annual Novena to St. Anne, held July 18-26 at St. Anne Shrine, includes a new ethnic group this year - Brazilians.

Experiencing the presence of God and his people was important to those from the diocese who attended Steubenville East .

"When a high school student is the one that leads the family, lives are changed,” Michael Gormley said at Steubenville East youth conference July 13.

SHREWSBURY - The Xaverian Brothers have released the names of six members who served at St. John’s High School and have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors.

Speakers at a seminar about the “ROE Act” called the abortion expansion attempts an enormous human rights issue.

Paige and Ashley DeFreitas established Up With Books to give children from low-income families access to books.

With enrollment sitting at 105, the Diocese of Worcester will keep its commitment to open St. Bernard Central Catholic High School.

Four women from Catholic Charities Worcester County traveled to the border city of Laredo, Texas, to help people seeking asylum in the US.

On July 4 members of the St. Paul Cathedral Parish gathered to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving on the 150th anniversary of the first Mass in the church.

Father Alfredo Raúl Porras talks about people and experiences that paved his journey to the priesthood. He was born in Venezuela but went to high school in Worcester.

Allison LeDoux, director of the diocesan Respect Life Office, initiated a pro-life day of reflection Saturday to put prayer first and to respond to pro-lifers’ weariness. Msgr. James P. Moroney led the day.

WORCESTER – The renewal of a parish tradition – and the bishop’s visit for the occasion – brought joy to people at Sacred Heart-St. Catherine of Sweden Parish.

Father Thiago Moises Da Silva's spiritual journey takes him from Brazil to Worcester.

The ordination of men from three countries brought family and friends from even more countries to the Worcester Diocese last weekend.

Father James Steuterman, pastor of St. Richard of Chichester Parish in Sterling, leads parish Legacy of Hope campaign past goal.

A Catholic doctor who actively opposed the Planned Parenthood facility in Fitchburg is rejoicing that it has closed.

A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Massachusetts would allow homicide, state Rep. Denise Provost said Tuesday in the State House in Boston.

Stephen Sullivan, a Northborough policeman, and Frankie Mueller, an ICU nurse at UMass Memorial Hospital, were married May 4 at St. Rose of Lima Parish in Northborough. The Sullivans chose Rome for their honeymoon.