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 ...

The St. Anthony Food Pantry at the Sacred Heart-St. Catherine of Sweden Parish on Cambridge Street didn’t have a lot of food left when a woman in need entered one day.

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 ...

Family and friends have helped college students embrace and share pro-life beliefs. These students are among members of Worcester college pro-life groups who planned to attend the March for Life in ...

Bishop McManus has informed Nativity School of Worcester that it may no longer identify itself as a Catholic school. Following months of private and public discussion on the flying of Black Lives ...

WEST BOYLSTON – Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish has declined to press charges against a man who stole donations from a prayer box in the church. In a statement posted on the West Boylston Police ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As we participate in the Church's liturgies, we use a complex system of symbols which we often only dimly understand. Learning about the symbols in the Church’s funeral liturgy can create greater ...

The diocese added two new revenue sources to help alleviate the annual deficit in the priests’ retirement account. Parishes were to be assessed an additional 1 percentage point on their cathedraticum ...