Friends, our Gospel for today features the parable of the mustard seed.

In Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Practitioners, Second Edition, James M. DuBois writes “In the Catholic tradition, death is conceptualized as the separation of the soul from the body.” The ...

(CNA) – Mary Jane Rein decided to leave her job as executive director of the Holocaust studies center at Clark University in Worcester, in hopes of finding a “warmer welcome” at a nearby Catholic ...

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 ...

Years ago, our young adult group was asked to go door-to-door in our inner-city parish “evangelizing.” We knew evangelicals did this by asking people, “Have you met Jesus?” and Jehovah’s Witnesses ...

LEICESTER - St. Joseph Church has overlooked Main Street for more than 150 years, but it has been closed for nearly a decade and soon it will be torn down. Nathan Schroeder, director of facilities for ...

BLACKSTONE – Catholics who struggled through a merger found special reason to rejoice, when Bishop McManus blessed sanctuary renovations at their church – renovations which bring together elements of ...

Numerous changes for priests and parishes in the diocese this summer include a different rector for St. Paul Cathedral Parish and priests leading multiple parishes. There are also first-time ...

Mercy Centre, an entity of Catholic Charities Worcester County, currently located at 25 West Chester St. in Worcester, is slated to relocate to 216 West Boylston St. in West Boylston in March.

(OSV News) – At the end of our earthly lives, our faith tells us there will be four last things: death, judgment, hell and heaven. Reflecting on such ominous topics in this autumn season can seem ...

Four pastors are retiring this year and one other has chosen to become a senior priest. Bishop McManus has announced the appointment and transfer of pastors, associate pastors, administrators, and ...

LEICESTER – Religious sisters were given honor when a service to youth – which they started – took a new turn this week. McAuley Nazareth Inc. in Leicester, an outgrowth of a Sisters of Mercy ministry ...