Bishop McManus has published an updated report following the review of all cases of sexual abuse of minors since the Worcester Diocese was established in 1950. This report serves as an update to the 2004 report by then Bishop Daniel P. Reilly.

GILBERTVILLE – Want to meet the saints? Then come along with The Catholic Free Press to St. Aloysius Catholic School. It’s Catholic Schools Week, and on Tuesday students are dressed as saints. (That’s one way of getting out of uniforms!)

FITCHBURG – Brian Gardiner, the father of St. Bernard’s High School students, was moved to help families get free college financial aid services from his friend’s company, Campus Bound. Read how families have saved thousands of dollars.

WEBSTER – Like any good teacher, Bishop McManus asked and answered questions Sunday at a Mass kicking off Catholic Schools Week for St. Joseph Elementary School.

On Feb. 2, many communities remember the celebrations connected with the feast of the Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple, Sister Paula Kelleher reflects on consecrated life.