By Tanya Connor | The Catholic Free Press Sharing and repurposing was celebrated at separate, but related, events May 29. At St. Bernard Elementary School in Fitchburg, Bishop McManus blessed a new ...

April4,2025 Sister Teresa Rose Carchidi, MPV, 99 of Worcester passed away peacefully March 30. Sister Teresa dedicated more than 60 years to religious life as a Venerini Sister. She was born on August ...

March22,2025 By Tanya Connor | The Catholic Free Press A local college student has encountered Jesus’ passion in a meaningful way – in homeless people he and others befriend. “Seeing Christ ...

January30,2025 By Tanya Connor | The Catholic Free Press BLACKSONE – Hope – because of Christ – was a theme sounded Sunday when Bishop McManus visited St. Paul Church. It was his first journey to one ...

January22,2025 Father Ralph Anthony DiOrio Jr., 94, referred to as the “healing priest” and founder and director of the Apostolate of Divine Mercy and Healing, passed away on Monday, Jan 20 at Life ...

The new parish uses St. Paul’s campus, and has incorporated elements of the other churches, including a statue of St. Thérèse of Lisieux from St. T To the side of the altar is a statue from St.

November23,2024 By Father Michael N. Lavallee | pastor, St. Peter Parish, Northbridge Symbols feature prominently in our daily lives. One of the most notable ways we frequently experience symbols is ...

November16,2024 By Father Michael N. Lavallee pastor, St. Peter Parish, Northbridge The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that the works of mercy are “charitable actions by which we come to ...

October4,2024 Pamela Acker, a medical researcher and science teacher who earned a master’s degree in biology from the Catholic University of America, will be speaking at the annual Worcester Catholic ...

She said that last winter Ms. Desai realized many of the students they knew in North High needed academic help. So, she started The Polar Bear Club, named for North High’s mascot, with Ms.

July18,2024 By Tanya Connor The Catholic Free Press St. Ann Parish in the North Oxford section of Oxford will be merged into St. Roch Parish in Oxford Sept. 1. St. Roch’s campus will be used, and ...

May31,2024 By Tanya Connor | The Catholic Free Press Priests are happy. And they have a unique ability to bring people to God. Those observations helped a man of the Worcester diocese pursue such a ...