Father Peter Howard White, 90, of Worcester, passed away peacefully with his family on July 15 in his home in Georgetown, IN. He was born in Worcester on May 19, 1934, the son of Arthur H. and Blanche R. (Michaud) White.

St. Ann Parish in the North Oxford section of Oxford grew out of St. Roch Parish in Oxford, and now is returning to its mother church with the Sept. 1 merger.

St. Ann Parish in the North Oxford section of Oxford will be merged into St. Roch Parish in Oxford Sept. 1. St. Roch’s campus will be used, and efforts will be made to sell St. Ann’s, according to a decree issued by Bishop McManus.

Local Catholics are attending the July 17-21 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis – or doing something closer to home in connection with it.

Anna Maria College announced the upcoming retirement of President Mary Lou Retelle in a press release on July 16. Her retirement will be effective at the close of the 2024-2025 academic year.

If you watch Season 5 of “The Chosen” television show next spring you might see a familiar face or two.

This digitized material is part of The Deaf Catholic Archives at the College of the Holy Cross and can be found at crossworks.holycross.edu/dca. The whole archives, of which Jesuit Father Joseph Bruce is founder and curator, is available to the public at Dinand Library on the Worcester college campus.

Sister Hilda Ponte, MPV, 91, of Worcester passed away peacefully on July 6 after a life of service to the Catholic faith.

Fifty years later, Miss Fitzgerald and Mr. McCarthy, both 86, are still running the parish’s appeal for what is now called Partners in Charity.

Bishop Reilly had St. Paul Cathedral renovated in 1996, turning it from a “barren, unappealing” place to “the beautiful church that it is today,” Msgr. Kelly said. The bishop also had to have the Chancery redone, “helped” by the March 1996 flood that left it in need of restoration.

Mr. Pike formerly worked at the Chancery and at the bishop’s private residence in Worcester, helping Bishop Harrington, Bishop Reilly’s predecessor, and Bishop Rueger, auxiliary bishop, with maintenance, lawn care, and “a little bit of everything.”

Bishop Reilly became a Knight in 1956 and the Providence native served as state chaplain in Rhode Island from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s. He later became state chaplain in Connecticut during his 19 years as Bishop of Norwich. After serving as Bishop of Worcester for a decade and retiring in 2004 at age 75, he served as K of C state chaplain for eight years.

WORCESTER – Bishop Daniel Patrick Reilly, fourth bishop of Worcester, was honored in death, as in life, by people from the dioceses where he was stationed, and by Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, OFM Cap., archbishop of Boston; other New England bishops, and Trappist Abbot Vincent Rogers. They came to St. Paul Cathedral Tuesday and/or Wednesday for his wake and funeral.  

St. Anne and St. Patrick Parish is inviting the public to the unveiling and blessing of the Memorial for the Unborn at St. Anne Shrine on the parish grounds. Bishop McManus is to celebrate Mass at 7 p.m. June 26 in the outdoor pavilion.

This weekend’s parish bulletins are to include an insert from the Massachusetts Catholic bishops, urging state residents to tell their legislators they oppose physician-assisted suicide.

Bishop Reilly’s lifetime spanned eight papacies. He had the occasion to meet five popes, three of whom are now saints.

“He was amazing,” said Sister Mary Ann Bartell, who was with him when he died. A Carmelite Sister of the Eucharist, she is responsible for ministry to retired priests of the diocese.

Bishop Daniel Patrick Reilly, 96, the fourth bishop of Worcester, passed away peacefully at 8:10 p.m. last night, June 18.

The June 14 dinner and dance in the parish hall is a fundraiser to help pay for the restoration and installation of a painting of the parish’s patrons, which is to be put up in the church.

Two pastors in the diocese are planning to retire this summer, and one died earlier this year, which leads to staffing changes in their parishes and other parishes. Bishop McManus announced the following changes, all effective July 1.