Friends, our Gospel today is taken from Jesus’s Sermon on the Plain in Luke. It is one of the more puzzling texts in the New Testament.

St. Mary’s was not the first parish established in the Brookfields, but its church building is the oldest. How old has been the subject of research - and speculation. A look back is timely, since on ...

The lands of sunrise and sunset you fill with your joy (Psalm 65:8). The harmonious singing of cicadas in the afternoon, ancient temples with incense burning to strange deities, the mottled-gray of ...

LUNENBURG – St. Boniface Parish’s 75th anniversary Mass Sunday – like the parish, priests and parishioners themselves – drew newer and long-time members. In his homily Bishop McManus said the ...

Bishop McManus offered his prayers in union with Catholics around the world Monday “that God welcome [Pope Francis] into eternal life.” “We are all saddened to hear of the death of our Holy Father on ...

WORCESTER – In a collaboration of Catholic institutions, the St. John’s Cemetery System dug a trench for outdoor lighting at St. Paul Diocesan Jr./Sr. High School. The school wanted the lights in its ...

A local college student has encountered Jesus’ passion in a meaningful way – in homeless people he and others befriend. “Seeing Christ ... particularly in the poor on the streets ... I am seeing ...

A local priest being named a bishop elsewhere led to administrative changes in the Worcester diocese. Msgr. Richard F. Reidy, vicar general and moderator of the curia since 2013, is to be installed ...

PAXTON - Sean J. Ryan, most recently from Bellarmine University in Kentucky, is to become the 12th president of Anna Maria College, the institution announced March 6. Mr. Ryan is to succeed current ...

When they’re young, Catholics learn about Lent at Mass, in religion classes at Catholic schools or in religious education classes at their parishes. Many Catholics continue to practice Lenten ...

WORCESTER - With gratitude, rejoicing and hope members of the Worcester diocese celebrated its 75th anniversary March 2 with a Mass and reception at St. Paul Cathedral. Bishop McManus brought them ...

Bishop McManus and superintendent of diocesan Catholic schools, David Perda, issued statements Friday in response to recent changes in federal immigration policies regarding churches and schools. In ...