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College is expensive, but Anna Maria College, Assumption University and the College of the Holy Cross have announced new financial aid policies to make themselves more accessible.

Father Andre ‘Andy’ N. Remillard, 80, of West Yarmouth, peacefully passed in his home at the Cape, surrounded by those who loved him on Oct. 24.

In his book Purgatory, author Michael J. Taylor asks, “Is the concept of purgatory disappearing from Catholic belief and consciousness?”

“Nobody can understand child loss unless they’ve been through it. ... It’s different than any other loss.” So says Teresa “Terry” Gentile, a member of St. George Parish in Worcester, who co-leads the Pietà Support Group for Bereaved Parents there.

WORCESTER – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops designates October as “Respect Life Month.” The bishops encourage the faithful to reflect on the dignity of every human life and to work toward building a culture that respects that dignity. In Worcester County, two agencies that live out this work to support families, mothers and babies are Visitation House, a live-in program that creates a home, and Pernet Family Health Service’s maternal and child nursing program, which provides home visits.

The diocesan Commission for Women will be hosting their annual mini-retreat at St. Anne Parish in Shrewsbury on Nov. 16. Francesca LaRosa, an internationally recognized Catholic composer whose music is played in churches throughout the world, will present.

This fall, she ranks second in scoring for the field hockey team. Even when she’s not leading the Knights on the field, she helps out in other ways. She keeps score for the boys’ basketball team and she’s also helped out with the first-down chains during football games.

The U.S. Catechism goes on to teach that after particular judgment, the soul “enters heaven, purgatory or hell.” But, what, according to Church teaching, is heaven? What is hell?

Msgr. Scollen said he was at St. Peter Claver in 1968 when a riot broke out after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

The St. Thomas More Society of Worcester County will honor the following individuals at its 66th annual Red Mass on Oct. 27. The awardees are listed here.

With less than a month from election day on Nov. 5, Bishop McManus sent a letter to priests of the Diocese of Worcester, Oct. 10, encouraging them to share a fact sheet with their parishioners about ballot Question 4 concerning the legalization of some psychedelics in Massachusetts.

It is in our prayerful consideration of the Last Things that our spiritual preparation for death is informed and directed towards receiving the fullness of eternal life. The two main topics of this article are the meaning of Christian death and judgment.

Wondering who was telling the truth, a local Catholic did months of research about abortion pill reversal. The result was a paper that won the Catholic Medical Association’s 2024 Linacre Quarterly Award.

WEBSTER – The centrality of God, significance of saints and sanctity of life were highlighted at the Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference Saturday at St. Joseph Basilica and school. The day of prayer, talks and exhibits of ministries and items for sale, drew about 320 attendees and about 70 exhibitors from around New England, according to organizer and emcee Corinn Dahm.

What is my relationship with God like? What are my priorities? Have I been away from the Church and practice of the faith? How do I live charity and how am I called to become more charitable? Have I expressed clearly to family members my final wishes concerning funeral preparations? Have I contacted my parish to inform them of my need for the sacraments?

A “huge” lesson in caring for creation was brought to St. Bernard Elementary School last Friday. The lesson came through – and inside – a 65-foot inflatable model of Ladder, a fin whale. Fin whales, an endangered species, are the second largest animal, after blue whales.

Pamela Acker, a medical researcher and science teacher who earned a master’s degree in biology from the Catholic University of America, will be speaking at the annual Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference held tomorrow at St. Joseph School in Webster.

Msgr. Francis D. Kelly, a retired priest of the Worcester Diocese, received one of the second annual Pacem in Terris Awards from Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary in Weston Sept. 25.