June19,2014 This year’s changes in 37 priests’ assignments bring a variety of changes for parishes and other places priests serve. All but one are effective July 1. Some parishes will begin sharing a ...

March28,2021 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 ...

For the First Saturday devotion, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, a person must go to confession, receive holy Communion, recite five decades of the rosary, and keep Mary company for ...

June8,2023 By Father Thiago Ibiapinaassociate pastor, Annunciation Parish, Gardner Special to The Catholic Free Press This weekend we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, often ...

Timothy McMahon, executive director of Catholic Charities Worcester County, reported that food distribution has increased by 70 percent at his organization’s food pantries in Worcester, Leominster, ...

Joseph Bulger Jr., former sexton, said he had rescued the Fatima statue at his mother’s request in the 1970s when “they were tearing everything down” in the church. His mother spotted the statue in ...

St. Cecilia’s former pastor, Father Robert D. Bruso, died last July. Since then, Father José A. Rodríguez has been administrator. When a pastor dies, retires or is transferred, and is not immediately ...

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 ...

She said it’s important to build relationships, so people see pro-lifers’ support for women “and connect that with the true message of the pro-life movement.” She has had fruitful conversations with ...

The year began and ended with great concern over the spread of the virus that plunged the world into a pandemic. But the work of the diocese continued with a new resolve as ministries pivoted to ...

On Sept. 10, 1922, St. Mary Parish was established and Father Thomas F. McKoan became the first resident pastor. Mass was held in St. Theresa’s, but the growth of the town demanded a larger church.

He attended Our Lady of the Angels Elementary School and, in 2008, graduated from St. Peter-Marian Central Catholic High School, both in Worcester. He earned his bachelor’s degree in applied ...