A group of diocesan priests recently gathered for a five-day retreat sponsored by the Diocese of Worcester’s Office of Ongoing Priestly Formation.

Priests of the diocese celebrating significant anniversaries of their ordination this year were recognized at the Chrism Mass Tuesday at St. Paul Cathedral.

As we participate in the Church's liturgies, we use a complex system of symbols which we often only dimly understand. Learning about the symbols in the Church’s funeral liturgy can create greater ...

First Friday Club members aren’t the only ones who recognize the importance of a beloved devotion and the equally cherished First Saturday. Several parishes have been keeping both alive.

Bishop McManus has announced transfers and one retirement affecting five diocesan priests and one deacon. All transfers are in effect.

For, ultimately, what Mary teaches us is that our work for life is not an essentially political act. ... It is an intimate question of human relationships, motivated not only by our love for the ...

Lent is a time when we yearn to be more humble, more Christian, and more like Jesus in our lives. However, we may wonder what concrete steps might help us grow in such humility.

The St. Anthony Food Pantry at the Sacred Heart-St. Catherine of Sweden Parish on Cambridge Street didn’t have a lot of food left when a woman in need entered one day.

After a national search, the Board of Trustees of Nativity School announced the appointment of Thomas McKenney as the new president of the school effective June 4.

This weekend, an important collection for the retired Religious will be held at Masses in the Diocese of Worcester. Last year, five religious orders in the diocese received $311,319 in financial ...

LEICESTER - St. Joseph Church has overlooked Main Street for more than 150 years, but it has been closed for nearly a decade and soon it will be torn down.

WORCESTER – As Our Lady of Lourdes Parish celebrated its 75th anniversary with the universal Church’s birthday, Bishop McManus compared attendance of the past and present, spoke of praying for a new ...