This weekend we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, often called Corpus Christi. On this feast we give special attention to Christ’s presence in the Eucharist ... The Eucharist should always be central to our lives; it is the “source and summit” of life in the Church.

St. Anne Parish in Southborough is to give scholarships based on faith and service to two graduates who helped others despite restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Liam Wintroath, 28, said he’s honored, but also somewhat pleasantly surprised, that he’s been hired as principal of St. Mary Elementary School in Shrewsbury.

People in the Diocese of Worcester are ministering to people in their primary language. They work with mostly seniors who are homebound, hospitalized or in nursing homes.

WORCESTER – Little Sisters of the Assumption came from Paris recently to see their congregation’s members, and to visit the ministries which aging sisters are passing on to lay people.

Deacon Gustavo Correa talked vivaciously about his love for Jesus, favorite saints and devotions, and thoughts about his vocation as he anticipated his June 3 priestly ordination.

On June 3 Deacon Peter Phuong Phi Bui is to become the diocese’s first Vietnamese-American priest. His godfather, Father Phuong Van Nguyen, was one of the first immigrants from Vietnam ordained to serve the Diocese of Worcester as a priest.

Maryann Lindgren and Franca Martin, parishioners at Annunciation Parish in Gardner, recently began their mission to visit area churches with an Our Lady of America statue and information about the devotion.

It was a day of rejoicing, smiles and embraces, a day of reliving the past and looking to the future, as four men were ordained deacons last Saturday at St. Paul Cathedral. One man was ordained a permanent deacon, three others transitional deacons, prior to ordination to the priesthood.

SHREWSBURY – St. John’s High School has announced that Headmaster Alex Zequeira will be leaving the school at the end of the next school year in June 2024.

Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday to place flags on the graves of our beloved deceased veterans, in anticipation of Memorial Day. Masses will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday in the clergy section of St. John Cemetery and in the main Mausoleum Chapel of Notre Dame Cemetery in Worcester.

Today, May 20, Bishop McManus ordained Jerry Miranda to the permanent diaconate, and Luke Johnson, Stephen Mullaney, and Assumptionist Brother Elmer Vergara to the transitional diaconate at St. Paul Cathedral in Worcester. See Photos from Saturday's ordination.

Looking toward the future, a local religious sister joined others from her congregation on a trip to Madagascar, where they are gaining new vocations. There she saw faith and hospitality ...

WORCESTER - Nearly 100 engaged couples attended the “God’s Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage” program conducted by the Worcester Diocese Office of Marriage and Family last year. Such a program wouldn’t be possible without financial support from Partners in Charity.

As a boy, Jerry Miranda ran away from catechism class, according to his mother’s reports. As a man, he didn’t attend Mass. But on May 20, he is to be ordained a permanent deacon at St. Paul Cathedral in Worcester.

Timothy P. O’Malley, academic director of the Center for Liturgy at Notre Dame University, talked about “Becoming Eucharistic People and the Mission of Evangelization” at the gathering April 27 at St. Joseph Parish Center in Auburn.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Webster sold the former St. Anne Elementary School for $550,000 last month and the building will be converted into rental apartments, according to Ray Guerin, parish finance administrator.

Donald J. Pegg took a long, but rewarding journey to become a deacon and on May 15 he will become co-director of the Worcester Diocese’s Office of Diaconate.

WINCHENDON – Artist Michelle Scheurer rekindled Immaculate Heart of Mary parishioners’ memories, generated excitement and enlivened hope with her colorful painting of the church's statues that had been all beige since the 1970s.

WORCESTER - Visitation House’s new executive director, Rebecca Urban, met supporters and shared some of her story at the home’s dinner April 27 at Assumption University.