Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus heals the son of a royal official. Healer: that’s why he’s come; that’s who he is. In Jesus, divinity and humanity meet.

Alicia Doherty has been a member of the Massachusetts bar for more than 20 years and has diverse professional experience in the practice areas of probate and family law. After gaining admission to the ...

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 ...

Several pastors in the diocese are to change parishes this summer, and some other priests are getting new assignments. Bishop McManus did not announce any retirements, but two pastors are becoming ...

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 ...

WORCESTER – The 5.3-acre property of the former Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on Mulberry Street was sold for $5.6 million on Wednesday, Msgr. F. Stephen Pedone, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel ...

WEST BOYLSTON – For much of his life, the late Father Walter J. Riley, a priest of the Diocese of Worcester, was passionate about visiting Civil War battlefields and collecting Civil War memorabilia.

SHREWSBURY - The Xaverian Brothers have released the names of six members of the order who served at St. John’s High School and have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors. The letter was ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...