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SPENCER – More than 30 years and 100-plus icons later, Brother Terence McGrath, OSCO, has much to share about the process of making sacred images.

Nestled in the countryside in the midst of the Worcester Diocese is St. Joseph Abbey, beloved by visitors and home to Trappist monks

Get closer to St. Joseph as the year named in the saint’s honor comes to a close. Teaching about the titles of St. Joseph by Father Kenneth R. Cardinale.

103-year-old Sister Claire Morin, SASV, keeps you laughing with her wit, even as she shares her faith and life with due seriousness.

Partners in Charity released its final report Wednesday, showing that it had received 13,291 gifts and pledges totaling $4,469,155, or 89% of the $5 million goal.

WORCESTER – Peggy Cronkhite of Millbury paused her volunteer work to wish Bishop McManus a Happy Thanksgiving Thursday at the Bishop's Thanksgiving Dinner.

Adults in the Worcester Diocese can receive online faith formation on their own time through the University of Dayton – at a reduced cost.

This fall Joan D’Argenis, religious education director at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Worcester, started a program, with a focus on family involvement.

No one can experience Mary’s journey to Christmas. But we can renew our commitment to Jesus every day. Area priests and religious recently offered suggestions.

People have responded generously in support of the future of our Church (through Legacy of Hope), Bishop McManus said in a recent interview.

The Worcester Catholic Men’s Conference, the nation’s oldest diocesan conference, will be an in-person event in 2022. Speakers have been announced.

Local people are invited to join a national prayer campaign  as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that could change abortion laws. 

CYC boys basketball is bouncing back after taking last season off due to the pandemic and the Diocese of Worcester hopes to add girls teams this winter as well.

Following the Catholic Church’s commitment to the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, Bishop McManus has announced that Ronald Provost has been laicized. He was dismissed from the clerical state by Pope Francis.

Catholic Charities Worcester County, which coordinates the Bishop's Thanksgiving meal, is seeking volunteers to serve and deliver.

Delivering the Bishop’s Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners is a sort of treasure hunt that ends in smiles on other people’s faces and increased enjoyment of his own holidays

Local organizations plan to use Catholic Campaign for Human Development grants for a refrigerator in a food pantry, to help pay families' rent, to pay staff salaries.

Bishop McManus, a member of the Doctrine Committee which worked on the Eucharist document, said, “This document is fundamentally important to who we are as Catholics."

WORCESTER - The first baby to be baptized at St. Bernard Church was from a family that had immigrated from Ireland. St. Bernard was largely an Irish parish; not so today.

WORCESTER – A shrine of the Blessed Mother of Grace built in 2019 on the front lawn of Our Lady of Vilna Church was recently blessed by Bishop McManus.