Father Derek A. Mobilio will give a talk on reconciliation titled: “His Mercy Endures Forever- Biblical Insights for the Sacrament of Reconciliation” at this year’s annual Worcester Diocesan Men’s Conference.

The Little Store distributed 7,990 pounds of free food to 245 families last year. That was up from 7,347 pounds in 2023 and 3,247 pounds in 2022. The number of families receiving food has soared so other Urban Missionaries expenses had to be curtailed in order to purchase more food.

A local priest being named a bishop elsewhere led to administrative changes in the Worcester diocese.

WORCESTER – The Worcester diocese’s 75th anniversary was on some people’s minds for St. John Parish’s 102nd annual Novena of Grace in honor of St. Francis Xavier.

The common denominator in these young adults’ stories? The Catholic Church. They were among people who filled St. Paul Cathedral in Worcester Sunday for the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion. This liturgy is for people preparing to receive the sacraments of initiation – baptism, first Communion and/or confirmation – at the Easter Vigil in their parishes.