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Consisting of 1,694 pipes, Blessed Sacrament Parish's Skinner Organ was dismantled piece by piece and transported to New Haven, Conn., to be reconstructed and restored. A concert is planned for Oct. 6.

WORCESTER – Nearly 50 women from at least seven religious congregations celebrated 30 years of collaboration Sunday.

LEOMINSTER – Sister Margaret Garvey wasn’t going to miss her 100th birthday party – no matter what!

“The Eucharist: The Source and Summit of Our Faith” is the theme of the Nov. 23 Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference.

Father Juan D. Escudero, administrator of St. Denis Parish in Douglas since July 2018, has been named pastor there, effective immediately.

Something to Remember WORCESTER – Grief at a loss of family and heritage – and a desire to hold on to a piece of it all – were sentiments expressed as Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church crashed down under the jaws of large equipment last week. This week there was still a pile of rubble where the church once stood. “It’s amazing – the arch is still beautiful,” Doreen Quatela marveled as she watched the demolition Sept. 13.

WEST BOYLSTON – Patricia Quintiliani has known for many years of Saint Therese of Lisieux’s reputation for fulfilling her promise to “send down a shower of roses from heaven” by “doing good upon earth.” But she didn’t know how quickly those “roses” would fall when she asked the saint to intercede for her in May of this year.

PAXTON – An intercollegiate Mass celebrated by Bishop McManus, and a discussion about campus ministry opportunities, were held Saturday at Anna Maria College, an initial step in helping students feel less alone and preparing them for leadership.

WORCESTER – Bishop McManus expressed thanks this week to the many people who gave gifts or made pledges to the annual Partners in Charity Campaign which, for the first time in four years, fell short of its $5 million goal. Partners in Charity reached 95 percent of its goal, according to its final report, released September 19.

The four Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts call on all Catholics and others of faith to "take substantial, meaningful steps to protect our environment ..."

WORCESTER – The last main walls of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church crashed down under the jaws of large equipment in the midafternoon on Sept. 13 as former parishioners and other people watched.

There are many African Catholics in the Worcester Diocese who attend non-Catholic churches instead of going to Mass, “so we have to find a way to bring them back home to the Catholic Church,” Father Eric K. Asante, administrator of Sacred Heart-St. Catherine of Sweden Parish, said.

WEBSTER – To encourage prayer and strengthen Catholic identity at home, a teacher at St. Joseph School has her students take part in The Adventures of Prayer Bear.

Father Juan D. Echavarria, administrator of St. Mary of the Hills Parish in Boylston, has been named pastor there, effective immediately.

WORCESTER – Demolition of the main part of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church started Sept. 11, after workers had spent days carefully taking down the steeple. By the next morning, a rainy one, there were large holes in the walls and pieces of the building hanging or piled inside the church and on the ground around it.

The diocesan Environmental Stewardship Ministry is seeking individuals who will be liaisons between the ministry and their parishes.

Worcester Prison Ministries Inc. is presenting its first benefit concert for the interfaith chapel it is hoping to build at Worcester County Jail and House of Correction.

ASHBURNHAM - Finding your way to St. Denis Cemetery at the end of Kelton Road is a lot easier now, thanks to a Knights of Columbus fundraiser which paid for street signs pointing the way.