St. John Parish in Worcester has placed William Riley on administrative leave as the director of the St. John Food for the Poor Program pending the outcome of an investigation of claims of illegal activity involving adults, according to the diocese.
WASHINGTON, D.C (CNA) – The highest court in Massachusetts considered a challenge brought by two doctors against the state’s prohibition of physician-assisted suicide on Wednesday.
Notre Dame Academy has revealed its new mascot, Rose the Rebel – a roughly six-foot-tall girl with green and gold hair, sporting an NDA athletic uniform.
GRAFTON – With the arrival of Lent, St. James Parish will probably need more votive candles. “People are really into the practice,” said Father Anthony J. Mpagi, pastor.
"With ashes on our foreheads, we have begun Lent’s 40 days of deeper prayer, more frequent penance and greater almsgiving. We do so because we are sinners in need of repentance...."
STURBRIDGE – Father Jerome A. Lively, A.A., 57, died Sunday, Feb. 27, in Harrington Memorial Hospital, Southbridge, after an illness. He was director of faith formation at St. Anne and St. Patrick Parish.
Sister Beata Wilk, 54, of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, is helping people in war-torn Ukraine. She is a friend of Father Richard W. Polek, pastor of Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish in Worcester.
