WORCESTER – Bishop McManus joined more than 100 adults, teenagers and children at a 40 Days for Life prayer vigil to end abortion Oct. 18.

In Uganda, Father Donato Infante visited a school for refugee children. There were nine indoor and five outdoor classrooms for more than 350 students.

For the second year in a row the Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference has sold out, said organizer Corinn Dahm this week.

WORCESTER – Youth and elders, college and community, joined forces to produce a bountiful harvest at St. Mary Health Care Center this year.

Michelle Schmidt, a revert to Catholicism and an ardent pro-life supporter, will speak at the upcoming Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference Nov. 23.

Pope Francis will canonize Cardinal John Henry Newman in St. Peter’s Square this Sunday, Oct. 13. It will be an historic occasion for the Church in England.