The following events and activities have been cancelled or postponed. This list will be updated as we receive new information.

The Office of Marriage and Family is funded by Partners in Charity and helps couples by offering marriage preparation classes

WORCESTER –The Respect Life Office fulfills its mission to serve “the Church of Worcester by striving to build a culture of life..."

This year’s annual Adopt-A-Student Recognition Dinner has been canceled as a precaution against the COVID-19 coronavirus. It was to be held April 2.

WORCESTER Notre Dame Academy on Salisbury Street is closing the school beginning Monday, March 16, until further notice, according to a press release from the school.

Due to recent announcements from the State House that they are severely curtailing public events because of the coronavirus, the Massachusetts Family Institute Annual Lobby Day, set for March 18, has been postponed.

Anna Maria College will extend the spring break currently underway through Sunday, March 22. The extension will allow the college to prepare for remote instruction, should that become necessary.

The state Knights of Columbus is “cancelling all State run functions until further notice, with the exception of the State Convention which has not been cancelled as of yet.”

Msgr. Michael G. Foley’s surveyed St. Luke the Evangelist Church filled to capacity with people of all ages for a Lenten program and said, “All I can say is wow!"

Pledges to Partners in Charity have exceeded $1 million the week after Partners launched it general appeal on Ash Wednesday.

The new diocesan high school has a name and a location. St. Paul Diocesan Junior/Senior High School will be on Granite Street, according to Bishop McManus.

Worcester is among the dioceses nationwide that are taking precautions to guard against the spread of the coronavirus and reminding parishioners to take common sense steps related to hygiene in their personal lives.

Elected, chosen, invited and welcomed. At St. Paul Cathedral Sunday afternoon 87 catechumens celebrated the Rite of Election and 72 candidates celebrated the Rite of Recognition and Call to Continuing Conversion.

WORCESTER – Deacon John F. LeDoux, 65, of Worcester, died Sunday at St. Vincent Hospital after a long illness. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Bishop McManus on Friday, March 6, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Cathedral, 19 Chatham St. Calling hours will be held at the cathedral on Thursday, March 5, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Assumption College has temporarily suspended operations at its campus in Rome, Italy, for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester, according to the school.