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Deacon Gustavo Correa talked vivaciously about his love for Jesus, favorite saints and devotions, and thoughts about his vocation as he anticipated his June 3 priestly ordination.

On June 3 Deacon Peter Phuong Phi Bui is to become the diocese’s first Vietnamese-American priest. His godfather, Father Phuong Van Nguyen, was one of the first immigrants from Vietnam ordained to serve the Diocese of Worcester as a priest.

Maryann Lindgren and Franca Martin, parishioners at Annunciation Parish in Gardner, recently began their mission to visit area churches with an Our Lady of America statue and information about the devotion.

It was a day of rejoicing, smiles and embraces, a day of reliving the past and looking to the future, as four men were ordained deacons last Saturday at St. Paul Cathedral. One man was ordained a permanent deacon, three others transitional deacons, prior to ordination to the priesthood.

SHREWSBURY – St. John’s High School has announced that Headmaster Alex Zequeira will be leaving the school at the end of the next school year in June 2024.

Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday to place flags on the graves of our beloved deceased veterans, in anticipation of Memorial Day. Masses will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday in the clergy section of St. John Cemetery and in the main Mausoleum Chapel of Notre Dame Cemetery in Worcester.

WORCESTER - Nearly 100 engaged couples attended the “God’s Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage” program conducted by the Worcester Diocese Office of Marriage and Family last year. Such a program wouldn’t be possible without financial support from Partners in Charity.

Looking toward the future, a local religious sister joined others from her congregation on a trip to Madagascar, where they are gaining new vocations. There she saw faith and hospitality ...

As a boy, Jerry Miranda ran away from catechism class, according to his mother’s reports. As a man, he didn’t attend Mass. But on May 20, he is to be ordained a permanent deacon at St. Paul Cathedral in Worcester.

Timothy P. O’Malley, academic director of the Center for Liturgy at Notre Dame University, talked about “Becoming Eucharistic People and the Mission of Evangelization” at the gathering April 27 at St. Joseph Parish Center in Auburn.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Webster sold the former St. Anne Elementary School for $550,000 last month and the building will be converted into rental apartments, according to Ray Guerin, parish finance administrator.

Donald J. Pegg took a long, but rewarding journey to become a deacon and on May 15 he will become co-director of the Worcester Diocese’s Office of Diaconate.

WINCHENDON – Artist Michelle Scheurer rekindled Immaculate Heart of Mary parishioners’ memories, generated excitement and enlivened hope with the colorful painting of the church's statues that had been all beige since the 1970s.

WORCESTER - Visitation House’s new executive director, Rebecca Urban, met supporters and shared some of her story at the home’s dinner April 27 at Assumption University.

The tabernacle from the former Good Shepherd Parish installed at St. Mary Parish was blessed by Father Nicholas Desimone, pastor, on Good Shepherd Sunday. The parishes were united last summer.

Peter Caparso, a business executive and start-up investor, will deliver the commencement address at Anna Maria College’s 74th graduation May 15. U.S. Senator Peter Welch of Vermont, a 1969 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, will deliver the college's commencement address May 26.