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  • 4/18/2025

    Archbishop Henning urges vocations, priestly renewal at annual Chrism Mass

    BRAINTREE -- Archbishop Richard G. Henning celebrated the annual Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on April 15. At the Mass, traditionally held in the Archdiocese of Boston on the Tuesday of Holy Week, the sacramental oils are consecrated that will be used to administer sacraments in parishes and shrines throughout the archdiocese in the coming year: the oil of the catechumens, used during baptism; the oil of the infirm, used to anoint the sick; and the sacred chrism, used for baptisms, confirmations, ordinations, and the dedication of churches and altars.

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  • 4/18/2025

    Ordination Class of 2025: Deacon Brian Delaney

    This is the fourth article in a series profiling the six men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17, 2025. WESTON -- Deacon Brian Delaney is already used to being called "Father Brian."

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  • 4/11/2025

    Building Minds gala raises $5 million to support Catholic Schools

    BOSTON -- John Connaughton, co-managing partner at Bain Capital for 37 years, is used to getting "the famous call." The call comes regularly from Peter Lynch, the legendary philanthropist who dedicated the last several decades to supporting the Archdiocese of Boston's Catholic schools. Lynch is renowned for calling his wealthy friends to encourage them to donate to the Catholic Schools Foundation, which provides financial aid to low-income students in Greater Boston.

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  • 4/11/2025

    Ordination Class of 2025: Deacon Joseph Van Nguyen

    This is the third article in a series profiling the six men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17, 2025. BRIGHTON -- Deacon Joseph Thuy Van Nguyen knows that priests are role models of the faith.

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  • 4/11/2025

    Cheverus profiles: Agatha Tong of St. James the Greater Parish, Boston

    BOSTON -- Agatha Tong has always called herself a "rice Catholic." As a young girl in Hong Kong, missionaries at her local parish provided noodles and other staples to the surrounding community. Her eldest sister attended Catholic school and would tell her family about what she learned. Tong's mother allowed her to attend religious education, and she was baptized at age 10 or 11. She doesn't recall if it was her priest or godmother who gave her the baptismal name of Agatha.

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  • 4/11/2025

    Scott Hahn and John Bergsma inspire hundreds at Waltham retreat

    BRAINTREE -- Catholic theologians and authors Scott Hahn and John Bergsma hosted a daylong retreat at St. Mary Parish in Waltham on April 5. Both men are professors at the Franciscan University of Steubenville and were former Protestant ministers before entering the Catholic Church.

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  • 4/4/2025

    Pilgrimage sites host Jubilee Year '24 Hours for the Lord'

    BOSTON -- Quinn Cunningham often thinks to himself: "Wouldn't it have been awesome to be an apostle?" "Yeah, it would have been," Cunningham, a 25-year-old graduate student of history at Boston College, told The Pilot. "But also, if Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, just as he was present to the apostles and was friends with them and led them, he still does that today, through encountering him in the Eucharist."

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  • 4/4/2025

    Lenten crispelli help preserve Italian tradition in Lawrence

    LAWRENCE -- "Like setting off an atomic bomb." That's how John Capriole described the reaction to the suggestion that there would be no crispelli at this year's feast of the Three Saints in Lawrence. The fried dough pockets with a savory filling have been a staple in northwestern Sicily for millennia.

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  • 4/4/2025

    Ordination Class of 2025: Deacon Vincenzo Caruso

    This is the second article in a series profiling the six men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17, 2025. CHESTNUT HILL -- Deacon Vincenzo Caruso was once a very cynical young man.

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  • 4/4/2025

    Haverhill parish offers support through Stephen Ministry volunteers

    HAVERHILL -- Elaine Barker has always considered herself "a very positive person." She's not the kind of person who lets things faze her, but this time was different. One of her family members "was just not nice at all," and she didn't know who to turn to. After Mass at All Saints Parish in Haverhill, she approached the pastor, Father Christopher Wallace, and asked for his advice. He told her to get in touch with the parish's recently formed Stephen Ministry.

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  • 3/28/2025

    Boston Catholic Men's Conference returns after 15 years

    QUINCY -- Jim Wahlberg, filmmaker and brother of Mark and Donnie, once considered robbing Mother Teresa. Wahlberg was incarcerated at MCI Concord in 1988 after robbing the home of a Boston police officer, his second prison sentence. He said he didn't want to leave after his first sentence because he had no plan for life as a free man.

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  • 3/28/2025

    Catholic high schools celebrate state titles

    Three Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Boston capped off their winter sports seasons this year with state championships in basketball and hockey. Catholic Memorial's hockey team clinched the Division 1 state title with a 4-3 victory over St. John, Shrewsbury, on March 16 at TD Banknorth Garden. Coach Larry Rooney's Knights finished the season with a 20-5-1 record.

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  • 3/28/2025

    Ordination Class of 2025: Deacon Brian Daley

    This is the first article in a series profiling the six men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17, 2025. BRIGHTON -- Deacon Brian R. Daley says being Catholic is much like being on a high school football team.

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  • 3/28/2025

    Catholic singles find their swing on Waltham parish dance floor

    WALTHAM -- Like a ghostly voice from a bygone era, swing music echoed gently from the basement of St. Jude Parish in Waltham on the moonlit night of March 14. The music blared from two small speakers with a microphone in front of them, bouncing off white walls lined with crooked old portraits of saints, priests, and sisters. The parish hall had become a dance floor, with beaming young couples twirling their skirts, dipping their partners, and twisting themselves into pretzels. It was another meeting of the King David Dance Club.

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  • 3/28/2025

    Bain Capital to be honored at Catholic Schools Foundation gala

    BOSTON -- The Catholic Schools Foundation will hold its 35th Annual Building Minds Scholarship Fund Gala on Thursday, April 3, at Boston Marriott Copley Place. The event is expected to draw nearly 1,000 members of the Greater Boston business community to support providing low-income students with access to a Catholic education.

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