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The Vietnamese Catholic community celebrated its 40th anniversary and the feast of St. Andrew Dung-Lac at Our Lady of Vilna Parish

Deja New, a high-end antique shop, is located at 759 Main St., Leicester, beside St. Joseph Church. There you can find all sorts of toys, tree decorations, and other household items from times past. Deja New has either the actual items from way back when, or modern renditions of them by today’s artists.

Are you unsure of how people who passed away centuries ago can help us today? Here are six ways the saints can guide us as disciples of Jesus.

Send your child to Catholic school for a year and support Worcester’s Catholic radio station at the same time. How can that be done? Through Emmanuel Radio’s Angel’s Auction going on now.

Bishop McManus and Catholic Charities hosted a Thanksgiving Dinner at the St. Paul Cathedral Cenacle, noon, Nov. 23, in the cathedral basement. Dinners were also delivered to those who are homebound.

Father Michael E. Gaitley, author, director of evangelization for the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, challenged about 700 people to be part of history-in-the-making, as he connected the Blessed Mother with past and the future at a Mercy and Mary Retreat in Charlton.

Local high school students, Olivia Rampello, Emily Malone, and Kara Boissoneau, from St. Bernard Central Catholic High School, have raised $7,500 dollars to help feed the poor. The fundraiser resulted in the distribution of 22,222 bags of food to various food shelters in the area.

This year marked the 10-year anniversary of the St. Paul Catholic Schools Consortium. The Consortium celebrated with their annual fundraiser dinner at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, where Michael J. Nicholson spoke and was given the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

More than 1,200 years of marriage were on display in St. Paul Cathedral Nov. 5. Bishop McManus celebrated the diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass and 30 couples who had been married between 10 and 66 years took the opportunity to bless their spouses invoking God as they prayed: “Blessed are you, Lord, for in the good and bad times of our life, you have stood lovingly by our side.”

It was a first – and a déjà vu – as St. Roch Parish in Oxford and St. Anne Parish in Chardonnières, Haiti, began twinning Oct. 29. It was the first twinning relationship started since Cardinal Chibly Langlois of Les Cayes, Haiti, came here in September to renew his diocese’s covenant with the Worcester Diocese, according to Sister Marie-Judith Dupuy, who coordinates this effort.

From charades to stories to instruction about objective truth, Sunday’s high school youth rally at Assumption College engaged local teenagers. Organizers said 535 youth and adults from 30 parishes attended. “I thought it was a good opportunity for the youth to encounter the Lord in a number of ways” – each other, talks, music and especially the Eucharist, said Timothy Messenger, director of the diocesan youth and young adult ministry. “Encounter” was the theme of the rally, organized by Mr. Messenger’s office, NEWorcester:

The Worcester Diocese celebrated its 59th annual Red Mass, Oct. 29. The Mass took place at St. Paul Cathedral, and the homilist was Jesuit Father John Gavin, of the department of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, who spoke about St. Thomas More.

The life of Father Solanus Casey is fondly remembered. Throughout his life he touched the lives of countless people through divine inspiration, and today his example leaves us with six valuable lessons. The beatification Mass of “Blessed Solanus Casey” will take place in Detroit on Nov. 18.

On Oct. 29 Our Lady of Angels Parish celebrated its 100th anniversary celebration. Speaking there was Boston College History Professor James M. O’Toole. He recounted the history of the parish.

The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of St. Benedict Center in the Still River section of town are in the process of raising $1.7 million to buy 77 acres of mostly open land next to the center. Funding has reached about half of that goal through generous donations. The Sisters plan to acquire the remaining amount through loans and pay them off through fund drives.