MILLVILLE – “Seventy-five feet. ... It’s the distance from the threshold of the door to the altar. ... How many times have we gone on this 75-foot journey?” Father Nicholas Desimone asked at St. Augustine Parish.

LINWOOD – Good Shepherd’s parishioners embraced priests who returned for the closing Mass Sunday afternoon. And the shepherds seemed equally delighted to mingle with this flock.

BLACKSTONE – Beloved priests encouraged St. Theresa’s parishioners in the absence of the bishop who was expected to celebrate their closing weekend Mass.

The struggle to preserve the right to life for the unborn in Massachusetts will continue despite last Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said there is no constitutional right to abortion.