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It is our hope that the information contained within the articles may help the Catholics of today become reacquainted with basic Church teaching and serve as a practical means for planning responses to illness and death.

At the upcoming Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference, one of the keynote speakers is Ester Munt-Brooks. She is a Catholic educator dedicated to helping ordinary people deepen their faith and apply it to their daily lives.

“We decided we need to educate the people and have a receptacle where they could put the flags,” so these emblems of United States could be “retired” with proper respect.

St. Augustine and St. Theresa Church in Blackstone closed on June 30, 2022, when the parishes merged with St. Paul Parish of Blackstone to form Divine Mercy Parish at St. Paul Church.

On Sept. 14, at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., about 7,000 people from more than 50 Brazilian communities celebrated the enthronement of the statue of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil’s patroness.

Becoming a priest was the last thing on Father Carlos Martins radar as a young man. While being raised in a Catholic family, he abandoned the faith in his youth and became a “practical atheist.”

Researching art and church history from the homeland of her grandparents led the child to start making paintings of Jesus, Mary and Bible stories in the style of her people, expressing some of their culture. Listening to the Gospel at Mass inspired her too.

“It was a great event, nice to bring everyone together and celebrate the cultures we have in our town and try all the different cuisines,” commented Pamella DaSilva, a Brazilian.

“Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart,” is the theme of the upcoming Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference, on Oct. 5. Speakers include Father Carlos Martins, Pamela Acker and Ester Munt-Brooks.

On Saturday, Sept. 21, medical students at UMass Chan Medical School will volunteer their time at a free training program on lifesaving techniques using hands-only CPR and AEDs at St. Anne’s

The annual appeal raised $4,881,164 this year, 98 percent of its $5 million goal, the highest amount since the 2018 total of $5,076,252, Michael P. Gillespie, director of the diocesan Office of Stewardship and Development, reported Tuesday.

Mr. Murphy, “Our Lady’s driver,” gave a presentation that included a video about the Blessed Mother’s apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, and applied her messages to people today.

CLINTON - Billboards, a homily and a car crash jump-started some efforts by men to support women and children.

From ministering in Alaska and with the fur traders in the Pacific Northwest to southern Africa, from Japan to Latin America and the Amazon rain forest, and straight up through the heart of Europe, we saw global history unfold around us. We did more than survive, we thrived.

“Our liturgy this afternoon is the first in a series of events celebrating the arrival of the Sisters of Notre Dame in the Archdiocese of Boston 175 years ago, in 1849, and their subsequent journey ‘west’ here to Worcester,” Sister Patricia O’Brien, a member of the United States East-West Province’s leadership team, said in a welcome.

Robert F. Foley met with returning players after school on Tuesday to inform them that he had decided to retire after coaching high school basketball for 61 years, including the last 44 at St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury.