On the day Worcester diocesan seminarian Christopher Tillotson flew to Lithuania for a week-long break from seminary, he wasn’t also expecting to hear the news of the death of Pope Francis. Ultimately ...

A local college student has encountered Jesus’ passion in a meaningful way – in homeless people he and others befriend. “Seeing Christ ... particularly in the poor on the streets ... I am seeing ...

The Diocese of Worcester’s annual Mass for Life will be celebrated by Bishop McManus on Tuesday, March 25, the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, at 10 a.m. at St. Paul Cathedral in Worcester.

The Worcester Catholic Men’s Conference announced that Father Donald Calloway, MIC will be the opening speaker of the 24th annual Men’s Conference. Before his conversion to Catholicism, Father ...

Father Ralph Anthony DiOrio Jr., 94, referred to as the “healing priest” and founder and director of the Apostolate of Divine Mercy and Healing, passed away on Monday, Jan 20 at Life Care Center of ...

Symbols feature prominently in our daily lives. One of the most notable ways we frequently experience symbols is through our computer keyboard or touch screen. The letters and numbers we enter into ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the works of mercy are “charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbors in their bodily and spiritual needs.” The catechism goes on ...

Sister Mary Paul Giordano, a member of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy Community, entered into eternal rest on July 29 at Misericordia Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in York, Pennsylvania, where ...

WORCESTER – As Our Lady of Lourdes Parish celebrated its 75th anniversary with the universal Church’s birthday, Bishop McManus compared attendance of the past and present, spoke of praying for a new ...

DUDLEY – A priest came from Poland to spread devotion to St. Andrew Bobola, who he said appeared to him repeatedly. Other people blessed by this 17th century Jesuit martyr came from Chicago and South ...

Head of school for St. Paul Diocesan Jr./Sr. High School, Michael Clark, announced Monday that he will be leaving the position at the end of June. On Wednesday, superintendent of Catholic schools, ...

That’s what a popular deacon challenged people attending Saturday’s Worcester Diocesan Catholic Men’s Conference to do. Dead things go with the flow in a river; salmon fight upstream to give life, ...