Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus heals many of the townspeople of Capernaum.

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 celebrating ...

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 over to the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul to meet ...

Four pastors are retiring this year and one other has chosen to become a senior priest. Bishop McManus has announced the appointment and transfer of pastors, associate pastors, administrators, and ...

This is the first installment of a two-part series aimed at helping people get closer to St. Joseph, as the year named in the saint’s honor comes to a close. It is excerpted from adult faith 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 ...

GARDNER – Bishop McManus shared some of his experiences of hope on Sunday, during his tenth and final visit to a Worcester diocesan pilgrimage church for the Jubilee Year of Hope. He also brought ...

This fall the Vatican paved the way for the Worcester diocese to begin the cause for potential canonization of a local Catholic – Ruth V. K. Pakaluk. Ruth, a wife and mother from St. Paul Cathedral, ...

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. There are also first-time ...

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 ...

LEICESTER – Religious sisters were given honor when a service to youth – which they started – took a new turn this week. McAuley Nazareth Inc. in Leicester, an outgrowth of a Sisters of Mercy ministry ...

(OSV News) – At the end of our earthly lives, our faith tells us there will be four last things: death, judgment, hell and heaven. Reflecting on such ominous topics in this autumn season can seem ...