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In a letter shared with parishioners this weekend, Bishop McManus announced that he is accepting the recommendations from parish committees and the Diocesan Pastoral Planning committee to merge the parishes of St. John the Baptist, East Brookfield, St. Joseph in North Brookfield and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in West Brookfield into one new parish. The new parish will have worship sites at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in West Brookfield and St. Joseph in North Brookfield MORE

For the past five years, Mr. Ayim has volunteered for the African Ministry. He runs a program in a few parishes in Worcester called the “Star Program” that teaches financial literacy and financial education to African teens involved in athletics.

“It’s amazing,” Father Flynn said of the interest in this pilgrimage church. “People are coming during the day, wanting to get the stamp,” a rubber stamp they can apply to their “Jubilee 2025 Pilgrim’s Guide,” like a passport. “If I’m not busy, I’ll come up and talk to them.”

DUDLEY – Bishop McManus officially established the Shrine of St. Andrew Bobola, as a shrine attached to St. Andrew Bobola Parish here, on Sunday before a standing-room-only congregation said to have come from at least 10 states.

Ignatian Volunteer Corps New England held their annual Madonna Della Strada awards ceremony April 27 at Boston College High School.

Join with me in a prayer of thanksgiving to God for the election of Pope Leo XIV as our new Holy Father. We are truly blessed to welcome him as the Supreme Pontiff and we pledge our support and prayers for his pontificate. We are also proud that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago and a product of the Church in America, is now the Holy Father of the Universal Church. MORE