SHREWSBURY – Months of work and time spent after school came to fruition March 27 when St. Mary Elementary School held its first middle school science fair since the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Symbols feature prominently in our daily lives. One of the most notable ways we frequently experience symbols is through our computer keyboard or touch screen. The letters and numbers we enter into ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the works of mercy are “charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbors in their bodily and spiritual needs.” The catechism goes on ...

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 ...

Mercy Centre, an entity of Catholic Charities Worcester County, currently located at 25 West Chester St. in Worcester, is slated to relocate to 216 West Boylston St. in West Boylston in March.

Change is coming to the process for initiating adults into the Catholic Church. That gives the Worcester diocese a chance to make improvements for this process locally. Perhaps most obvious is the ...

WORCESTER – A parish can reach out to the community by sharing its space. Just ask Msgr. Robert K. Johnson, pastor of St. Joseph and St. Stephen Parish, and those who benefit from that sharing. The ...

Deacon Stephen J. Mullaney’s maternal grandfather, Stefano Simeoni, had a brother who was a bishop in Italy, and he was intent on one of his grandsons becoming a priest. Deacon Mullaney was 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 ...

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 about a year and a half ago.