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 ...

Friends, today’s Gospel tells of the poor widow who gave her last penny to the temple treasury. Her behavior makes us consider our possessiveness.

In the Order of Christian Funerals, the text used by priests and deacons in the funeral rites, the Congregation for Divine Worship teaches us, “By means of the funeral rites it has been the practice ...

PAXTON – Youth expressed enthusiasm about God and their peers at a gathering where they were encouraged to maintain community, evangelize and pursue heaven. Asked her impressions of the 2024 Diocesan ...

SHREWSBURY – Surrendering to God can be challenging, as composer Francesca LaRosa illustrated with her story about struggling with infertility. She led the annual retreat sponsored by the Commission ...

Local Catholics have been joining in prayer for the United States and for peace in conjunction with today’s presidential election. Today there is day-long adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St.

Children love to play and Trinity Catholic Academy in Southbridge plans to help them do so more safely. Students in the school for children in grades pre-K through eight play during recess and ...

Francis R. Carroll, a business and civic leader whose philanthropy stretched from war-ravaged Korea and Vietnam to Worcester’s neediest neighborhoods, died on Oct. 29. In a statement, Bishop McManus ...