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WORCESTER – Bishop McManus joined more than 100 adults, teenagers and children at a 40 Days for Life prayer vigil to end abortion Oct. 18.

For the second year in a row the Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference has sold out, said organizer Corinn Dahm this week.

In Kyagnwali, Uganda, we visited a school for refugee children. There were nine indoor and five outdoor classrooms. More than 350 students had shown up that day, ready to learn.

WORCESTER – Youth and elders, college and community, joined forces to produce a bountiful harvest at St. Mary Health Care Center this year.

Michelle Schmidt, a revert to Catholicism and an ardent pro-life supporter, will speak at the upcoming Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference Nov. 23.

Pope Francis will canonize Cardinal John Henry Newman in St. Peter’s Square this Sunday, Oct. 13. It will be an historic occasion for the Church in England and the world.

Religious sisters received praise from Bishop McManus Sunday, Oct. 6, for being on fire with a passion to bring Christ to others.

Melkite Bishop Nicholas J. Samra, Catholic Eparchial Bishop of Newton, celebrated the 50th year of his ordination as a priest, and the 30th year of his ordination as bishop on Oct. 3.

It was a significant gathering for classmates of Our Lady of the Angels Elementary School who returned to campus 58 years after graduation.

While it’s never too late for people to learn how to pray the rosary, it’s a blessing to children who discover it at a young age.

Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B, founder of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel’s Hope, will speak at the Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference, Nov. 23.

Bishop McManus blessed and cut the ribbon for Centro de Ministerio Hispano/Latino on Saturday, for the patronal feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

On Sunday, Oct. 6, Bishop McManus will honor four religious sisters with Retired Religious awards at the 10:15 a.m. Mass at St. Paul Cathedral.

There were family and friends and food Sept. 27 at the Mercy Centre on West Chester Street at the annual Emerald Club picnic.

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.