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“People want to be part of something that’s going to be successful,” says Father Adam Reid, pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Webster. So he’s trying a different approach to soliciting parishioners’ contributions to the Partners in Charity Appeal this year.

Mexican-born Luis Soto, director of Hispanic content and business development for the Augustine Institute, will speak at the 20th Anniversary Worcester Diocesan Catholic Men’s Conference, scheduled for March 28, at Assumption College.

"You and I need Lent. It is a blessed season through which we heed God’s call to return to Him, grow in holiness, and center our lives on that which is most important."

NORTHBOROUGH – Dacia Jones, a.k.a Dr. Drizzle, presented a day of instruction called High Adventure STEM at St. Bernadette Elementary School recently.

Bishop McManus has announced the appointment of four new pastors in the Diocese of Worcester.

How about doing something this Lent for the common good – caring for “our common home” and the people who live on Earth with us? The diocese’s Environmental Stewardship Ministry has suggestions.

Father Charles R. Armey Jr., 79, of Shrewsbury, passed into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Feb. 17. His funeral was Friday, Feb. 21, in St. John Church, Worcester.

A letter from Bishop McManus was sent to the families of both the Holy Name and St. Peter-Marian Central Catholic Jr.-Sr. High Schools this afternoon.

Auxiliary Bishop Robert Reed of the Archdiocese of Boston will speak at the Worcester Diocesan Catholic Men’s Conference, March 28.

Associate Superintendent of Secondary Schools Michael Clark has been chosen to be the head of school and acting principal for the new combined central Catholic junior/senior high school. Other positions have also been filled.

The Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette at St. Bernadette Parish began Feb. 10 and ends Feb. 18.

Most parishes in the diocese are to launch the Partners in Charity Annual Appeal during Lent, the season of almsgiving. The official Partners launch is Feb. 24.

Want to start or revamp youth ministry in your parish or just get some new ideas? Diocesan youth ministry office has a plan.

WORCESTER – At a time of enrollment challenges, a partnership between neighboring Catholic schools, Notre Dame Academy and Assumption College, is seen as mutually beneficial.

Many Catholic parents are frustrated about their adult children who have stopped going to church. They want to know what they can do.

Behind the many donations to Legacy of Hope are the people who believe in the future of the Worcester Diocese, and the need to continue building upon its rich heritage of faith and service to the community.

“People in the local community are no longer talking about when St. Bernard’s is going to close. … People are talking about what St. Bernard’s is going to accomplish.”

Theologian and author Scott Hahn will speak at the 20th Anniversary Worcester Diocesan Catholic Men’s Conferenc, scheduled for March 28 at Assumption College