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WORCESTER – Peggy Cronkhite of Millbury paused her volunteer work to wish Bishop McManus a Happy Thanksgiving Thursday at the Bishop's Thanksgiving Dinner.

No one can experience Mary’s journey to Christmas. But we can renew our commitment to Jesus every day. Area priests and religious offer suggestions.

People have responded generously in support of the future of our Church, Bishop McManus said recently.

The Worcester Catholic Men’s Conference, the nation’s oldest diocesan conference, will be an in-person event in 2022. Speakers have been announced.

CYC boys basketball is bouncing back after taking last season off due to the pandemic and the Diocese of Worcester hopes to add girls teams this winter too.

Following the Catholic Church’s commitment to the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, Bishop Robert J. McManus has announced that Ronald Provost has been laicized. He was dismissed from the clerical state by Pope Francis.

Delivering the Bishop’s Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners is a treasure hunt that ends in smiles on other people’s faces and increased enjoyment of his holidays.

Catholic Charities, which coordinates the Bishop's Thanksgiving meal, is seeking volunteers to serve and deliver.

Local organizations plan to use Catholic Campaign for Human Development grants for a food pantry refrigerator, to help families pay rent, for staff salaries.

Bishop McManus, a member of the USCCB Doctrine Committee, said, “This document is fundamentally important to who we are as Catholics."

WORCESTER - The first baby baptized in St. Bernard Church was from a family who immigrated from Ireland. St. Bernard was largely an Irish parish; not so today.

WORCESTER – A shrine of the Blessed Mother of Grace built in 2019 on the front lawn of Our Lady of Vilna Church was recently blessed by Bishop McManus

Celebrate Religious Education in the Diocese of Worcester

WORCESTER – Just before Veterans’ Day, Father Robert E. Gariepy, a Worcester Diocesan priest who served in the U.S. Army for 20 years, was honored.

Thirty-four couples, with a total of 1,371 years of marriage, registered for the diocese’s annual wedding anniversary Mass, held Oct. 31 at St. Paul Cathedral.

An estimated 250 people attended the 8th annual Celebrate Priesthood! Gala, held Oct. 28 at St. Paul Diocesan High School.

The St. Thomas More Society of Worcester County honored four individuals at its Sixty-third Annual Red Mass on Oct. 24 at St. Paul Cathedral.

St. Peter-Marian school is closed for good and is scheduled to be torn down. But an important part of St. Peter-Marian will live on.

EUCHARIST SERIES Part 2: To empower regular churchgoers to invite family, friends, and others to come back to Mass.

WINCHENDON – Faith can be resurrected, Bishop McManus told members of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish who were celebrating the church's 150th anniversary.