Jeff Joaquin, owner of JMJ Site Development Inc., will speak at the Worcester Diocesan Catholic Men’s Conference, March 25, at Assumption University. His talk is titled, “The Journey Away from God and the Journey back.”

The Massachusetts bishops support a proposed $86 million expenditure in the state supplemental budget to expand emergency costs related to a growing migrant population in the state, the Massachusetts Catholic Conference announced today.

WORCESTER – Father Norman A. Meiklejohn, A.A., 94, died Sunday in the Rose Monahan Hospice Home. He was a former pastor of St. Anne-St. Patrick Parish in Sturbridge. His funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the Assumption University Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 512 Salisbury St.

Kayla Light-Pereira said she has a big circle on her calendar. The circle highlights April 8, the night before Easter Sunday, when she is to be initiated into the Catholic Church. She and 169 others were called to St. Paul Cathedral Sunday for a special liturgy.

March 13 marks the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis. Father Thiago Ibiapina, associate pastor of Annunciation Parish in Gardner, who contributed to a new book about the pope, will speak that evening about Francis’ papacy at 6:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church at 135 Nichols St.

A loss in the state playoffs Thursday night doesn't take away from the successful team-building that St. Paul's hockey team has undergone this season. And with such a young team, they will continue to improve, Coach Jay Monfreda predicts.

World champion surfer “Bear” Woznick will speak at the annual Worcester Diocesan Catholic Men’s Conference, scheduled for Saturday, March 25, at the Plourde Center at Assumption University. His talk is titled, “12 Rules of Manliness.”