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Holy Week services to be held at St. Paul Cathedral. Many will be broadcast on cable TV.

Stories about a “crazy” visitor, a “crazy” pope and a not-so-peaceful Christmas Eve led to lessons about the love of the Lord. Middle schoolers heard these stories at the diocesan youth rally Saturday at St. Peter-Marian Central Catholic Junior/Senior High School in Worcester. About 50 youth and adult leaders attended.

NORTHBOROUGH - In a simple, solemn ceremony, in St. Bernadette Church Wednesday, eighth-grade students at St. Bernadette Elementary School remembered those students and staff who were shot and killed a month ago at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

SHREWSBURY – Sandwiched between two snowstorms, a celebration took place in St. Mary Parish on the afternoon of March 10. The festive atmosphere included music, excitement and plenty of food. But the food wasn’t for the people attending the event … and that’s what made it a celebration.

Father Grzegorz Zielinski, a priest of the Diocese of Radom, Poland, has come here for his vacations – to fill in for local priests, so they can go on vacation! He has freed a priest here for specialized ministry, and offered his own special services at the Chancery. And he does it with a smile.

A local Catholic’s first book was just published – in time for St. Patrick’s Day.  The novel looks at life in Ireland and the faith that sustained the people during the 19th-century potato famine. Author Eileen Charbonneau says the idea for the book “started a good 20 years ago.”