Speaking at the 2025 Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference will be Tim Francis, giving a talk titled “Signs from God-Miracles and their Meanings.” Mr. Francis has previously spoken at both the ...

CLINTON – The hope of the harvest is in the seed. Bishop McManus quoted that saying Sunday at St. John, Guardian of Our Lady Parish’s 175th anniversary celebration outside St. John’s gym. He had just ...

WORCESTER – Through teacups, SPICE, and a “letter from God,” women and girls were told about their worth and potential Saturday at Our Lady of Mercy, the local Maronite Catholic Parish. They were 22 ...

The theme of this year’s Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference is “I Thirst for the Salvation of Souls.” One of the five scheduled speakers is Noelle Mering who will give a talk titled, “Identity and ...

Young people, parents and priests were among those celebrating locally the canonization of Sts. Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, the two young men whom Pope Leo XIV named saints on Sunday.

Partners in Charity has a ways to go to reach its goal of raising $5 million in order to support 25 charitable, educational and pastoral ministries in the Diocese of Worcester, but Michael Gillespie, ...

St. Mary’s was not the first parish established in the Brookfields, but its church building is the oldest. How old has been the subject of research - and speculation. A look back is timely, since on ...

The lands of sunrise and sunset you fill with your joy (Psalm 65:8). The harmonious singing of cicadas in the afternoon, ancient temples with incense burning to strange deities, the mottled-gray of ...

The newest parish in the diocese is being named for the first millennial saint, whose canonization is set for September. Blessed Carlo Acutis will be the name of the new parish being formed from the ...

Bishop McManus offered his prayers in union with Catholics around the world Monday “that God welcome [Pope Francis] into eternal life.” “We are all saddened to hear of the death of our Holy Father on ...

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 ...

PAXTON - Sean J. Ryan, most recently from Bellarmine University in Kentucky, is to become the 12th president of Anna Maria College, the institution announced March 6. Mr. Ryan is to succeed current ...