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Many Anna Maria College students had not been born yet when the planes crashed into the World Trade Centeon 9/11/01 but they contributed to an anniversary ceremony nevertheless.

Participants in the Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference were given ways to combat evil.

WEBSTER – Attempts to curtail the Catholic Church are prevalent in the United States, Bishop McManus said at the Women’s Conference Saturday.

WEBSTER - The Sept. 11 Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference focused on evil in society and in individuals, and offered tools for combating it.

Homeless, elders and grandparents are among people in the community served by Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Milford.

St. Peter’s Free Medical Program is offered Thursday evenings in St. Peter Parish’s gym at 929 Main St.,Worcester. It’s a sister program of St. Anne’s Free Medical Program in Shrewsbury.

Sister Lucille Yvette Roy died peacefully on Monday. A funeral Mass will be held Sept. 11, at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel at the Marie Esther Health Center in Marlborough.

The St. Paul Knights are scheduled to open their football season at noon, at home, Saturday against Nipmuc Regional High School of Upton.

Catholic schools in Worcester were required to start implementing mask-wearing indoors today, after a mandate from the city health department that included all schools.

We’re supposed to spread the faith, and one of the best places to do that is a Catholic school. So says Jay Sweet, new principal of Holy Family Academy in Gardner.

There are unseen, spiritual consequences since one of the worst aviation disasters in United States history, TWA Flight 800’s explosion.

According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2019, 15.7 percent of Fitchburg residents lived in poverty. The city is counted among the top 10 poorest cities in Massachusetts. And with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of its residents continue to struggle.

MILLVILLE – Bishop McManus made a plea for today’s wayward young people at a novena to St. Augustine, a converted sinner. The novena also sought the prayers of that sinner’s mother, St. Monica. And, it was held at a parish named for him, St. Augustine Parish.

NORTHBOROUGH – They adorned their church with 850 roses, each representing a person, in honor of St. Rose of Lima. But the flowers weren’t the most important gift, the pastor said.

Father Laurence V. Brault was devastated when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake severely damaged the Haitian parish that his Upton church, St. Gabriel the Archangel, supports.

St. Roch Parish in Oxford is planning to assist its sister parish, St. Anne’s in Chardonnieres, Haiti, in rebuilding its main church building – to support the Haitians’ relationship with Jesus.

The Catholic Schools Office has advised parish and diocesan elementary and secondary schools on mask wearing as they prepare to reopen.

The pandemic and other factors seem to have affected St. Anna Elementary School in Leominster in both positive and negative ways.

Our Lady of the Valley Regional School in Uxbridge has 195 students registered for the 2021-2022 school year, up from 181 last year at this time, said Principal Edward Reynolds.

The recent hiring of Angela Symock as principal of Trinity Catholic Academy in Southbridge came as no surprise because she knew the school well as not only a teacher and an administrator, but also as a parent.