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The Diocese of Worcester has dedicated $54,000 in Partners in Charity funds to help pay utility bills for those in need. A total of 28 parishes received funds to be distributed to parishioners.

John Vassar, a Worcester native and 2011 St. John’s High School graduate, was named the school’s new head football coach today, to replace John Andreoli, who stepped down in December after 19 seasons. Mr. Vassar served as an assistant coach at St. John’s last season.

In talking with colleagues and friends about the March for Life, Deacon David Vaillancourt found that many wondered what would be different this year, and why there would be a march, because of the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court last summer.

After attending the national March for Life, students from Trivium School in Lancaster said states should unite in abolishing abortion. “If we have different laws, that doesn’t show that there’s one answer,” said senior Viola Townsend.

Many women and their children can rejoice because of the life-changing support they have received from local pro-life pregnancy centers.

WORCESTER - Despite last June’s overturning of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, it’s still important to speak out against abortion. That belief was communicated by people who boarded buses at St. Paul Cathedral Thursday night for the 50th annual March for Life in the nation’s capital - and by those who joined them at a send-off Mass.

The African Ministry is planning to focus on the Eucharist in 2023 by offering eucharistic adoration, a Corpus Christi procession, revised instruction for youth and a regional Ghanaian convention.

Learning how to respond to emergencies – including using self-defense - is one way some girls of American Heritage Girls Troop 0716 are reflecting on the value of human life.

Father Sagar Gundiga, associate pastor of St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish, described “Adoration Under the Star” as a “great opportunity for people to adore, praise and glorify our Lord Jesus Christ"

"Our full-time job, just like God’s is to love, with a creative, obedient sacrificial and, above all, merciful love. Not just to be nice, but to love." Msgr. James P. Moroney told attendees at the Pro-Life Morning of Reflection and Enrichment

Fathers Michael Hoye and Lucas LaRoche were at the Vatican for Pope Benedict XVI's funeral and were able to concelebrate. They share their reflections.

They knew him before he was Pope Benedict XVI. Two diocesan priests and one layman share encounters with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

St. John Paul II Parish is sending out a call for talent show acts. If you can sing or dance, Father Kenneth R. Cardinale, pastor of the parish in Southbridge, would like to hear from you. It's for a good cause.

The moment of grace for the Church, I believe, was the time that Cardinal Ratzinger was Dean of the College of Cardinals and was designated as the celebrant of Pope John Paul II’s funeral Mass.

Pope Benedict XVI touched the hearts and minds of many in the world, and not least were priests and members of the Church in the Worcester Diocese. Some were witnesses to the beginning of his papacy in 2005, some experienced his wisdom and personal warmth during his priesthood, while others marked his death in holy places.

Some will remember Pope Benedict XVI as a theologian, or as “God’s Rottweiler,” but others are also reflecting on the influence the man had on teaching about the dangers of relativism in a world conflicted by the most basic truths about life and love

I was privileged to work for and with Pope Benedict XVI on many liturgical projects throughout the years, and I will always be grateful for his having appointed me as a consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship. But most of all, I am grateful for having come to know this gentle pastor who sat in the chair of Peter.

Christ as the truth was highlighted at a Mass Bishop McManus celebrated Thursday for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Paul Cathedral. 

On Thursday, Jan. 5 Bishop McManus celebrated the 12:10 Mass at Cathedral of St. Paul in Worcester for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. (video)