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By Christina Galeone CFP Correspondent     WORCESTER – At the 2018 Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference, the last presentation of the day was given by Susan Conroy, the author of “Mother Teresa’s Lessons of Love and Secrets

By Susan Bailey  CFP Correspondent Early signs are pointing to a successful beginning of the four-year Legacy of Hope capital campaign, launched by Bishop McManus in January. Separate from Partners in Charity, Legacy of Hope supports six

By Susan Bailey | CFP Correspondent As Mother’s Day approaches, families scramble to find just the right gift for Mom to show their love and appreciation for all she has done for them. Catholic mothers know that maternity is more than a job

By Susan Bailey| CFP Correspondent WESTBOROUGH – Aaron Linn loves going to Mass; the fact that he is autistic has not gotten in the way. He greets other parishioners during the Sign of Peace with a broad smile and receives the Eucharist with his

By Susan Bailey CFP Correspondent Bread is often called the “staff of life,” but for teens at St. Patrick Parish in Whitinsville, the staff of life may in fact be fish. St. Patrick’s teen ministry group, which participates in Young Neighbors

Susan Bailey | CFP Correspondent      LEOMINSTER – Sunday, January 27, was Sister Anna Farragher’s birthday, but it was no ordinary observance for the member of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sitting in her

Susan Bailey CFP Correspondent Recently, while listening to a podcast, Sarah Berry, a mother of two small children, was inspired after hearing about Endow, a nationwide association founded on St. John Paul II’s “Letter to Women,” which advocates

By Susan Bailey |  CFP Correspondent The time of ramping up for the holiday season is upon us. Each year Catholics must cope with the culture of a commercial Christmas conflicting with the Church’s holy season of Advent. The world tells us

By Susan Bailey | CFP Correspondent When Maryknoll Father Robert Jalbert went to East Africa in 1976 as a young missionary-in-training, he was excited about all he could offer to the poor. “I went to East Africa for the first time thinking in my

said. She and her sister, Susan, "drove him nuts," asking, "Why can't we be altar girls?" and he was "so patient with us." Their brother, Edward, was an altar server for him at many of the family celebrations.  When