Bishop McManus has announced transfers and one retirement affecting five diocesan priests and one deacon. All transfers are in effect. Father Juan D. Echavarría, pastor of St. Mary of the Hills Parish ...

In 1974, Jack Monahan accepted an unforgettable invitation. He was invited to attend a Mass with members of the First Friday Club – a group of Catholic men in the Worcester Diocese that participate in ...

Priests of the diocese celebrating significant anniversaries of their ordination this year were recognized at the Chrism Mass Tuesday at St. Paul Cathedral. This year, three priests are celebrating ...

Family and friends have helped college students embrace and share pro-life beliefs. Fernanda Calix, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute junior, was affected by the grandfather she doesn’t remember.

Lent is a time when we yearn to be more humble, more Christian, and more like Jesus in our lives. However, we may wonder what concrete steps might help us grow in such humility. “The great paradox ...

James Brasco, director of cemeteries for the Diocese of Worcester, realizes that vandalism or theft from a gravesite is devastating for the loved ones of the deceased. “It’s extremely traumatic to ...

The sound of soft footsteps in an atmosphere of tranquility. The radiant gleam of the golden monstrance and the infinitely more radiant, brilliant glow from the Blessed Sacrament it shelters.

When he was in third grade, his teacher joked that he’d become a priest, since religion was the only subject in which he was ‘competent’! That joke turned naggingly serious one day during high school ...

Until fairly recently, the Holy Face devotion had become somewhat obscure. Father Thiago DaSilva admitted that, originally, he wasn’t abundantly familiar with it. When Father DaSilva was administrator ...

WORCESTER - Notre Dame Academy senior Brigid Burke plays field hockey and lacrosse, interns for the athletic department, serves as class secretary, organizes a blanket drive for the Mustard Seed, ...

A group of diocesan priests recently gathered at Miramar Retreat Center, Duxbury, for a five-day retreat sponsored by the Diocese of Worcester’s Office of Ongoing Priestly Formation. The theme of the ...

At 72, music minister Steve Sonia cannot imagine retiring. “I love what I do,” he said. “I’ve been so lucky to have wonderful pastors.” In August of 1970 he was hired as part-time music director for ...