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FITCHBURG – Deacon James Bernard Couture, 81, passed into the arms of his heavenly father on Tuesday, April 27, with his loving family beside him.

The Respect Life Office held “Live the Gospel of Life,” a six-week online study of St. John Paul II’s “Evangelium Vitae.”

If you have asked the question “Is Partners in Charity taking place this year?” the simple answer is a resounding “Yes.” But it may not be quite the same appeal you are used to experiencing.

All three Catholic colleges in the Diocese of Worcester are requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for on-campus students in the fall. Each will allow exemptions from the requirement.

A sex education curriculum opposed by many members of religious and ethnic communities is expected to be voted on by the Worcester Public School Committee next Thursday, May 6.

Have you ever heard of Daniel O’Connell? Bill McCann believes not enough people have. So he is planning a movie about the man who helped liberate Irish Catholics from English oppression in the 1800s.

St. Rose of Lima Parish in Northborough is one of the parishes that has strengthened the Church’s foundation through the Legacy of Hope campaign. 

So how do we share our faith with the people in our lives? How do we move from compassionate caring to active sharing?

With the increasing availability of COVID-19 vaccines, and a plethora of information from varied sources, we have a particular responsibility as Catholics to seek the truth and form our consciences.

Father Stephen E. Lundrigan, pastor at Annunciation Parish in Gardner, knows firsthand about the U.S.-Mexican border crisis.

At 72, music minister Steve Sonia cannot imagine retiring. “I love what I do,” he said. “I’ve been so lucky to have wonderful pastors.”

WORCESTER - Jesus’ wounds and a priest’s disappointment were used to point out God’s mercy on Divine Mercy Sunday last weekend.

Msgr. F. Stephen Pedone, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel/Our Lady of Loreto Parish, hopes to bring the sale of its Mulberry Street property to a conclusion in the next few months.

Abbot Francis Xavier Connelly, O.S.B., who stepped down from his post at St. Benedict Abbey in Still River last month, died April 8. His funeral is Friday at 1:30 p.m. at St. Cecilia Church, 170 Mechanic St., Leominster.

In 1955, when Father Robert G. Howes envisioned "Operation Crossroads," he was a pastor at St. Mary Church in Jefferson.

Last August, Ernie Chaplin began organizing a Catholic men’s group that would meet via Zoom and soon thereafter learned he would need the group's spiritual support.

Two men from St. Boniface Parish in Lunenburg and a woman from St. Louis Parish in Webster shared their stories about becomming Catholics this Easter.

WORCESTER – After last week’s sale of the St. Mary’s Schools and Visitation House property, the school building will house a new school and Visitation House will remain in the building it has now purchased.

Imagine the joy of Christ’s grieving followers gathered in the Upper Room when on Easter the Risen Lord suddenly appeared and said, “Peace be with you.”