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2/16/2019
Cardinal O'Malley's statement on defrocking of Archbishop McCarrick

The Archdiocese of Boston released the following statement from Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley regarding the dismissal of Archbishop Theodore McCarrick from the clerical state -- Editor. Today Pope Francis rendered as final and irrevocable the recent decision by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith to dismiss former Archbishop Theodore McCarrick from the clerical state. This action by the Holy Father is important in administering justice for the crimes and sins committed by the former Archbishop.
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2/15/2019
Bishop Walter Edyvean laid to rest

NATICK -- Dozens of priests and bishops joined family and friends at St. Patrick Church in Natick Feb. 8 to bid farewell to Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Walter Edyvean. Bishop Edyvean had lived at St. Patrick's for many years as West Regional bishop and in his retirement.
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2/15/2019
Mass. bishops release statement ahead of abuse summit

BRAINTREE -- The bishops of the four Catholic dioceses of Massachusetts released a statement to be distributed at all Massachusetts parishes Feb. 16-17 in preparation for the upcoming Vatican summit addressing sexual abuse and accountability in the Church.
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2/15/2019
Bishops of Massachusetts to the Catholics of the Commonwealth

We write as your pastors; we write also at a critical moment for the Catholic Church in Massachusetts, in the nation and throughout the world. The issue which confronts us all, but especially confronts us as bishops, is the sexual abuse crisis that has again enveloped the life of the Church.
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2/15/2019
Aspiring leaders gather for Catholic schools office training

BRAINTREE -- Nineteen aspiring leaders and four apprentice principals recently gathered to discuss school governance models and to hear from a panel of three experts from Archdiocese of Boston Catholic schools. This session began with the aspiring leaders meeting in small groups that changed every 10 minutes and they discussed school governance models, benchmarks, and diversity of stakeholders.
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2/15/2019
Cardinal blesses renovations at Our Lady of Lourdes, Carver

CARVER -- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley visited Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Feb. 3 to celebrate Mass and bless the newly renovated building. Our Lady of Lourdes is part of a collaborative with St. Peter Parish and St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Plymouth. When Father Joseph Raeke was assigned to the collaborative in June 2018, it did not take long for him to decide they needed to renovate the worship space, which was located in a former drugstore.
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2/15/2019
Ordination class of 2019: Deacon Timothy Hynes

[This is the first in a series of articles profiling each of the 13 men who will be ordained to the priesthood on May 18.] BRIGHTON -- Deacon Timothy Hynes grew up in a large Catholic household, where his faith was nurtured and would ultimately mature into a vocation to the priesthood.
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2/15/2019
From Cardinal Seán's blog

The winter months are often a time of year when many people are called home to God, and in recent days we have lost three fine priests of the Archdiocese of Boston -- Father Paul Bailey and Father Vincent Maffei and Bishop Walter Edyvean.
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2/8/2019
St. Monica School highlights vocations during Catholic Schools Week

METHUEN -- During her many years of teaching at St. Louis School in Lowell, Donna Henderson liked finding ways to make Catholic Schools Week vibrant. Students might make cards for retired priests, or she might arrange a visit by retired Sisters of the Assumption, whose order founded the school.
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2/8/2019
Big Papi to serve as Regis commencement speaker

WESTON -- Red Sox legend David Ortiz will serve as the 2019 commencement speaker for Regis College in Weston. Regis will bestow an honorary degree in recognition of Ortiz's accomplishments on the field as one of the most prolific designated hitters in history and off-the-field contributions through the David Ortiz Children's Fund.
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2/8/2019
From Cardinal Seán's blog

As I left off last week, the Holy Father was just arriving in Panama to attend World Youth Day. Of course, there were a number of events connected to his welcoming and arrival, and the Holy Father's talks, particularly on Friday, were beautiful.
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2/3/2019
Bishop Edyvean, former auxiliary bishop of Boston, dies

Bishop Peter Uglietto, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Boston, announced Feb. 3 that Most Reverend Walter J. Edyvean, retired auxiliary bishop of Boston, passed to the Lord in the evening of Feb. 2. In a statement he says that Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley was with Bishop Edyvean at the time of his death.
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2/1/2019
Boston pilgrims attend World Youth Day in Panama

BRAINTREE -- "What surprised me was the people and the energy that we were welcomed with when we arrived in Panama," Jovan Paul, a UMass Lowell freshman from St. John the Evangelist Church in Cambridge, said.
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2/1/2019
Cardinal presides over vocation encounter after WYD

The day after Pope Francis told the youth gathered in Panama for World Youth Day not be afraid of opening their hearts to Christ, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley presided over a vocational encounter with 25,000 young people from around the world.
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2/1/2019
CALLED conference aims to give parishioners resources for evangelization

BRAINTREE -- The Secretariat for Evangelization and Discipleship is preparing to hold its second annual Intentional Discipleship Conference, which will take place March 2 at Fontbonne Academy in Milton.
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2/1/2019
Seaport Shrine mixes God, football to bring attention to mission

BOSTON -- Few things these days have catch the attention of New Englanders more than the upcoming matchup between the Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII, and Our Lady of Good Voyage Shine is looking to tap into that fan fervor to bring some attention to its mission to the South Boston Seaport District.
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2/1/2019
Forming the Future: St. Pius V School faculty complete training to serve diverse learners

LYNN -- All the full-time teachers at St. Pius V School recently completed the Certificate in Serving Exceptional Learners in Catholic Schools, offered by Boston College's Roche Center for Catholic Education.
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2/1/2019
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Following the March for Life in Washington, D.C., last week, I departed for Panama, where the Holy Father is meeting with young people from around the globe for World Youth Day. The first time that I was in Panama was back in the 1970s, when I was a young priest. Returning now, it is like going to a different country -- it is just amazing how much development has taken place here. There are, of course, still many places where people are struggling economically, but Panama City itself has just been transformed by development -- high-rises, skyscrapers, and banks are everywhere.
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1/25/2019
Boston pilgrims 'Witness to Life'

BRAINTREE -- Busloads of pilgrims departed Boston on Jan. 17 to join hundreds of thousands of others from around the country in Washington, D.C., in the days before the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision to witness to the value of human life.
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1/25/2019
Memory of Martin Luther King honored at prayer breakfast

DORCHESTER -- Despite temperatures in the single digits and icy terrain, about 100 people came to St. Katharine Drexel Parish for the 34th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast on Jan. 21.
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1/25/2019
Boston Archdiocese pilgrims begin WYD experience

BRAINTREE -- About 100 people from different parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston journeyed to Panama City for World Youth Day, taking place Jan. 22-27. Chris Donoghue, an evangelization consultant, and Elizabeth Feudo, a design production specialist, spoke with the Pilot by phone on Jan. 22 about their journey and first days in Panama City.
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