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.

It is our hope that the information contained within the articles may help the Catholics of today become reacquainted with basic Church teaching and serve as a practical means for planning responses to illness and death.

At the upcoming Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference, one of the keynote speakers is Ester Munt-Brooks. She is a Catholic educator dedicated to helping ordinary people deepen their faith and apply it to their daily lives.

“We decided we need to educate the people and have a receptacle where they could put the flags,” so these emblems of United States could be “retired” with proper respect.

St. Augustine and St. Theresa Church in Blackstone closed on June 30, 2022, when the parishes merged with St. Paul Parish of Blackstone to form Divine Mercy Parish at St. Paul Church.

On Sept. 14, at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., about 7,000 people from more than 50 Brazilian communities celebrated the enthronement of the statue of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil’s patroness.

Becoming a priest was the last thing on Father Carlos Martins radar as a young man. While being raised in a Catholic family, he abandoned the faith in his youth and became a “practical atheist.”

Researching art and church history from the homeland of her grandparents led the child to start making paintings of Jesus, Mary and Bible stories in the style of her people, expressing some of their culture. Listening to the Gospel at Mass inspired her too.

“It was a great event, nice to bring everyone together and celebrate the cultures we have in our town and try all the different cuisines,” commented Pamella DaSilva, a Brazilian.

“Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart,” is the theme of the upcoming Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference, on Oct. 5. Speakers include Fr. Carlos Martins, Pamela Acker and Ester Munt-Brooks.

On Saturday, Sept. 21, medical students at UMass Chan Medical School will volunteer their time at a free training program on lifesaving techniques using hands-only CPR and AEDs at St. Anne’s

The annual appeal raised $4,881,164 this year, 98 percent of its $5 million goal, the highest amount since the 2018 total of $5,076,252, Michael P. Gillespie, director of the diocesan Office of Stewardship and Development, reported Tuesday.

Mr. Murphy, “Our Lady’s driver,” gave a presentation that included a video about the Blessed Mother’s apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, and applied her messages to people today.