Priests of the diocese celebrating significant anniversaries of their ordination this year were recognized at the Chrism Mass Tuesday at St. Paul Cathedral.

Seminarians at the Pontifical North American College in Rome typically spend their first summer abroad – studying a language or doing mission work. Here are two reflections from seminarians on their ...

A group of diocesan priests recently gathered for a five-day retreat sponsored by the Diocese of Worcester’s Office of Ongoing Priestly Formation.

In Catholic Health Care Ethics: A Manual for Practitioners, Second Edition, James M. DuBois writes “In the Catholic tradition, death is conceptualized as the separation of the soul from the body.” The ...

WORCESTER – As Our Lady of Lourdes Parish celebrated its 75th anniversary with the universal Church’s birthday, Bishop McManus compared attendance of the past and present, spoke of praying for a new ...

Numerous changes for priests and parishes in the diocese this summer include a different rector for St. Paul Cathedral Parish and priests leading multiple parishes.

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.

Father Francis J. Roach, a chaplain at UMass Memorial Medical Center, sees most patients in their rooms and anoints their foreheads and hands, but he must visit COVID patients remotely.

Father Ralph Anthony DiOrio Jr., 94, referred to as the “healing priest” and founder and director of the Apostolate of Divine Mercy and Healing, passed away on Monday, Jan. 20 at Life Care Center of ...

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.

February23,2024 Interview by Margaret M. Russell | CFP Twenty-five years ago Msgr. Robert J. McManus had to shoo away a young seminarian from his office in Our Lady of Providence Seminary and rush ...

Before each field hockey and lacrosse game, Brigid and her teammates pray the “Hail Mary.” “I’m not praying to win,” she said. “Praying to me is calming and it grounds me and makes me realize win or ...