(OSV News) – At the end of our earthly lives, our faith tells us there will be four last things: death, judgment, hell and heaven. Reflecting on such ominous topics in this autumn season can seem ...

PAXTON – Amid tears, cheers, and comments about ending yet continuing on, Anna Maria College held its final commencement exercises and baccalaureate Mass last week on the campus’ Caparso Field.Given ...

St. Paul Cathedral in Worcester, which has welcomed different ethnic groups over the years, celebrated the 150th anniversary of its initial dedication Sunday. Bishop McManus, the main celebrant, was ...

As part of the series Conversation with Bishop McManus, a show produced by the diocese’s Communication Ministry, Raymond L. Delisle, director, sat down with the bishop ahead of his 75th birthday on ...

Julia Saksa is an electrical apprentice for Kuik Electric in Uxbridge. So it should come as no surprise to hear how she described attending the SEEK2026 Conference last weekend. “Yeah, it was electric ...

The person you might bully – or watch getting bullied – is not that different from you. You can choose kindness, help stop bullying and make a difference. Students from five Catholic schools in the ...

WORCESTER – Religious sisters and priests, parents and children were among hundreds of people gathered at St. Paul Cathedral Saturday for the ordination of five deacons. Two – Isaac Cross and Conner ...

WORCESTER – Msgr. Michael G. Foley has been a priest for 50 years and his younger brother, Father John J. Foley, has been one for 47. Nearly a century of combined service in the Worcester Diocese will ...

Elizabeth Noone, music director for Blessed Sacrament Parish in Worcester, had noticed some problems with the church’s pipe organ. The instrument, installed in 1928, is an opus 736 Skinner. It was ...

Bishop McManus has announced transfers and one retirement affecting five diocesan priests and one deacon. All transfers are in effect. Father Juan D. Echavarría, pastor of St. Mary of the Hills Parish ...

WORCESTER – The bell from the former Notre Dame des Canadiens Church is where Chris Faucher believes it belongs – at the Notre Dame des Canadiens Cemetery. The bell had been held mostly in storage ...

The United States bishops’ updated directives for Catholic health care apply to the Worcester Diocese, Bishop McManus noted in a June 16 decree. With the decree, Bishop McManus promulgated the seventh ...