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Bishop McManus ordained six men transitional deacons, in preparation for priesthood, Saturday at St. Paul Cathedral.

BLACKSTONE – Roger Perreault wasn’t the only one honored when Bishop McManus blessed a “Mary Garden” at St. Theresa Parish Sunday.

LEOMINSTER – Father Andre M. Gariepy, 90, died May 25 in St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester.

The Diocese of Worcester has released a pastoral letter “Coming Home to Mass” which invites people who have been away from church during the pandemic, to come back.

A lot of young people depend on the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. Director Tim Messenger said the office wouldn’t exist without Partners in Charity's support.

First Friday Club members aren’t the only ones who recognize the importance of a beloved devotion and the equally cherished First Saturday. Several parishes have been keeping both alive.

Ananya Vel, an eighth-grade student at St. Bernadette School in Northborough, is the winner of this year’s Worcester County Bar Association’s Law Day Essay Contest.

Christians opposing a sex education curriculum chosen for Worcester Public Schools are talking about ways to respond - including opting out.

After a national search, the Board of Trustees of Nativity School announced the appointment of Thomas McKenney as the new president of the school effective June 4.

Bishop McManus ordained Carlos Francisco Ardila Navia and José Fernando Carvajal Castrillón, the two newest Colombians to become priests for the Worcester Diocese.

Sometimes, the opportunity to pray with someone “on-the-spot” will arise as we share our faith story or when someone shares a distressing problem.

Blackstone Valley parishes are working together to prepare for a vibrant future with fewer priests. Father Nicholas Desimone and Father Thien X. Nguyen are leading the effort.

“Basically, we recruit and train the next generation of priests,” said Father Donato Infante, director of the Office for Vocations.

Deacon José Carvajal saw the good work Colombian priests were doing in the Worcester Diocese and learned about the priest shortage. “I started to think about being a priest again.”

God, the Church and the sacraments are central to the vocation of Deacon Carlos Francisco Ardila Navia, who is scheduled to be ordained a priest May 15.

Bishop McManus has extended his suspension of the obligation to attend Mass in the Diocese of Worcester on Sundays and Holy Days of obligation because of the pandemic.

Father Juan Escudero, pastor of St. Denis in Douglas, said the visit to St. Joseph in Charlton was the first of hoped-for monthly pilgrimages during the Year of St. Joseph.

WORCESTER – “It’s Mother’s Day every day at Visitation House … because the moms … they’re learning about being a good parent, wanting to be a good parent.”