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In recent years, devotions to the St. Michael the Archangel ,whose name means “who is like God,” have experienced a resurgence.

This summer Worcester Bravehearts suffered their first losing season in their nine years in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, but their fans still had a lot of fun, and Catholic school grads helped.

Catholic schools in the diocese are seeing, or preparing for, improvements during the 2022-2023 academic year, David Perda, superintendent, told The Catholic Free Press.

SHREWSBURY – Robert R. Pape, 83, a longtime supporter of Catholic education, died peacefully in his home Aug. 21, surrounded by his loving family.

Want to include Jesus in your vacation? Lots of people enjoy vacations and may even include daily prayer during such refreshing times. But how many of us have planned a combination vacation and pilgrimage?

Want to include Jesus in your vacation? Lots of people enjoy vacations and may even include daily prayer during such refreshing times. But how many of us have planned a combination vacation and pilgrimage?

WORCESTER - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish at Our Lady of Loreto Church held its first Italian festival since 2019. The Aug. 11-14 festival drew more than 7,000 people. See Photo Album.

Parishioners from St. John, Guardian of Our Lady Parish and the Trivium School community supported William McCann's dream of creating a movie. 'The Liberator' is complete and ready for screening.

WORCESTER – Religious and lay women from the social justice committee of Our Lady of Providence Parish are raising money for their sister school in Haiti with reusable shopping bags they made.

The Catholic Schools Office has retained the services of Partners in Mission to assist in developing a board of limited jurisdiction to assist in the governance of the St. Paul Diocesan Jr./Sr. High School.

Shrewsbury's St. Anne’s Human Services staff members received the Citizen of the Year Award from the Knights of Columbus Bishop O’Reilly Assembly.

The Diocese of Worcester has released audited financial reports for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2021. Diocesan operating income did not cover expenses in fiscal 2021, which ended last August. But investments benefitted from a banner year in the financial market. MORE