• Hope for overturning abortion law
    Hope for overturning abortion law
    January 27, 2022
    The possibility of overturning the U.S. Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal for the past 49 years was on the minds of many in the days leading to the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
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  • South county Serra Club sees surge in membership
    South county Serra Club sees surge in membership
    January 22, 2022
    Goal of boosting membership is paying off for two Webster business leaders in a group that promotes vocations to the priesthood.
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  • Masses celebrated for March for Life
    Masses celebrated for March for Life
    January 21, 2022
    About a dozen young adults from Worcester Polytechnic Institute were among approximately four dozen worshippers at the annual pre-March for Life Mass that Bishop McManus celebrated Jan. 20 at St. Paul Cathedral.
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  • GRACE Center opens with bishop's blessing
    GRACE Center opens with bishop's blessing
    January 21, 2022
    Grace Rett, a College of the Holy Cross athlete, died in a traffic crash two years ago in Florida on a training trip with the women's rowing team. The new athletic center at Our Lady of the Valley School fulfills Grace's dream.
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  • Synod theme to get Africans talking
    Synod theme to get Africans talking
    January 21, 2022
    A world synod is providing African Catholics with an opportunity to renew participation in the Mass and reflect on, "What have we done to become missionary disciples of Jesus Christ," as Bishop McManus notes.
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  • Pro-Life runner to speak at Men's Conference
    Pro-Life runner to speak at Men's Conference
    January 21, 2022
    Pat Castle is the founder of LIFE Runners, the largest pro-life team in the world with more than 16,000 teammates in 40 nations and 2,569 cities. A graduate of the Air Force Academy, he received the 2020 Springtime Foundation Christian Unity Award and was part of the movie, “Unplanned.” 
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  • Father Rinaldo Damian, 73
    Father Rinaldo Damian, 73
    January 21, 2022
    Father Rinaldo Damian, a retired priest of the Diocese of Worcester, died Jan. 18. Bishop McManus will celebrate his funeral Mass on Jan. 25 in St. Joseph Basilica, Webster.
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  • Former Worcester bowling alley to become St. Agnes childcare center
    Former Worcester bowling alley to become St. Agnes childcare center
    January 14, 2022
    Guild of St. Agnes to open childcare center in former candlepin bowling lanes on Mill Street.
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  • Sharing ideas & Evangelization Workshop
    Sharing ideas & Evangelization Workshop
    January 14, 2022
    Online workshop focused on evangelization: “Help ‘Missing’ Catholics Come Home to Jesus & the Mass.” The guest speaker was Allan F. Wright.
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  • Pandemic again prevents local Catholic students from attending D.C. March for Life
    Pandemic again prevents local Catholic students from attending D.C. March for Life
    January 13, 2022
    The Worcester Diocese will not be sending buses to the annual March for Life for a second year in a row. Activities around diocese are planned.
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  • Hope shined bright this Christmas in Fitchburg
    Hope shined bright this Christmas in Fitchburg
    January 13, 2022
    At the urging of the St. Vincent de Paul group at St.Joseph's, many agencies partnered to help others in a variety of ways this Christmas.
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  • Diocese hires director of facilities
    Diocese hires director of facilities
    January 13, 2022
    Nathan Schroeder hired as diocesan director of facilities to replace Richard Breagy, who retired after 18 years with the diocese.
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  • Second SPM site sold
    Second SPM site sold
    January 12, 2022
    The Diocese of Worcester announced Wednesday that it has completed the sale of the former St. Peter-Marian Junior High School at 751 Grove St. to Little Ones Day Care Inc. for $1.75 million.
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  • Holy Family lovingly portrayed in painting
    Holy Family lovingly portrayed in painting
    January 7, 2022
    Elio Sonsini's paintings show the importance of morality, justice and human dignity. Artist donates painting to Our Lady of Lourdes Parish.
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  • Boys CYC basketball begins this week in diocese
    Boys CYC basketball begins this week in diocese
    January 6, 2022
    Little interest, however, in forming girls CYC basketball teams
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  • Students for Life commends Holy Cross
    Students for Life commends Holy Cross
    January 5, 2022
    Pro-Life group survey finds Catholic colleges with links to Planned Parenthood; Holy Cross pro-life efforts praised.
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  • Catholic schools get COVID test kits
    Catholic schools get COVID test kits
    January 4, 2022
    Some Catholic institutions in the diocese have received and are using COVID-19 test kits, including Worcester Catholic schools that got them for free.
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  • St. Paul's to benefit from sale of SPM
    St. Paul's to benefit from sale of SPM
    January 3, 2022
    The Diocese of Worcester announced today that it will establish a Saint Paul Diocesan Jr. Sr. High School Fund as a result of the sale of the former St. Peter-Marian Jr/Sr High School.
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  • 2020 in the Diocese of Worcester
    2020 in the Diocese of Worcester
    December 31, 2021
    2020 began and ended with great concern over the spread of the virus that plunged the world into a pandemic. But the work of the diocese continued.
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  • Thousands raised to build GRACE center
    Thousands raised to build GRACE center
    December 31, 2021
    More than $411,000 was raised to build GRACE center at Our Lady of the Valley School and St. Mary Parish in Uxbridge  
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