Bishop’s first visit to a local pilgrimage church

BLACKSONE – Hope – because of Christ – was a theme sounded on Jan. 26 when Bishop McManus visited St. Paul Church.

It was his first journey to one of the 10 churches in the Worcester diocese that he designated as pilgrimage sites for the Jubilee Year of Hope. His visits to the others are scheduled throughout the year, a year in which the diocese is also celebrating its 75th anniversary.