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“Growing up and today, I often hear Matthew 25:40 echoing in my mind and heart,” said Sarah Baldiga, the co-founder and executive director of Rise Above, a nonprofit serving children in foster care.

Myriam Kant’s husband lost his job and she was a stay-at-home mother so she turned to the food pantry at St. Anne Church in Shrewsbury to help feed their three children.

Michael David Hoye is to be ordained to the transitional diaconate at a 10 a.m. Mass Aug. 7 at St. Mary Parish in Uxbridge.

Parishes honored senior citizens in a variety of ways for the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly this week.

WORCESTER - From infants to COVID-positive adults, a variety of people benefited from last year’s Partners in Charity donations that supported Pernet Family Health Service.

WORCESTER – When Catherine Fleming decided to build pollinator gardens for an American Heritage Girls project she found the perfect homes for them – five churches.

Deacon William B. Colon died July 16 at home, surrounded by his family, in his hometown of Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. His funeral is today (Wednesday) in San Ramon Nonato Parish there.

UXBRIDGE – Father Dennis J. O'Brien, 70, a priest of the Diocese of Worcester for 44 years, died unexpectedly on July 17. His funeral Mass is 11 a.m. Friday, July 23, in St. Mary Church, 77 Mendon St., Uxbridge.

Bishop McManus says he will "serve the spiritual and pastoral well-being " of all Catholics in the diocese and "discuss the sound implementation of 'Traditionis Custodes'" with the priests who celebrate the Extraordinary Form.

In a recent survey of parishes, to which nearly 80% responded, 67% indicated that they are offering a food pantry, a meal, or other ongoing charitable program for anyone in need.

Jesus is calling all of us to the mission of living and sharing the Gospel. It can sound frightening at first, and we may wonder if we are up to the challenge.

WORCESTER - Tom Flynn figures it’s only fitting that the Legacy of Hope collection will help fund a school in Haiti that Christ the King Parish has supported for eight years.

People in the Worcester Diocese who work with people in Haiti are considering what to do in the wake of Wednesday’s assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

For the last few weeks, the secular media has been erroneously reporting that the U.S. Catholic bishops are attempting to deprive President Joe Biden of Communion.

The undiagnosed pain that sent Father John F. Hamm into early retirement is a means to join his sufferings with Christ – as he continues his ministry

The Peace and Social Justice Ministry at St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish in Upton, held a retreat based on “Let Us Dream,” by Pope Francis.

WORCESTER – Bishop McManus blessed an icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, patroness of Haiti, at the Haitian Mass at Holy Family Parish on June 20.

NORTHBOROUGH – St. Rose of Lima parishioner Joan Scott has been involved in the St. Rose Community Garden since it began in 2008. But after keeping it going during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mrs. Scott and the Garden Committee she chairs were particularly thankful at the church’s recent annual Planting Day.

John Zawacki, his wife, Lee, and their children have been a part of the St. Rose of Lima Parish family in Northborough throughout the long pastorship of Father James A. Houston, who retired on July 1.