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Quincy Night 4 Life venue, time changed due to weather
QUINCY -- Due to forecasted rain on Oct. 1, the annual Night 4 Life, originally set to be held at Quincy's Veterans Memorial Stadium, is being relocated to an indoor venue. The Night 4 Life will now take place from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Marriott Boston Quincy, located at 1000 Marriott Drive, Quincy, MA, 02169. This is one hour earlier than originally planned.
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Maine OKs first religious school for tuition reimbursement
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Maine is ready to fund tuition for some religious school students for the first time since a Supreme Court ruling in June ordered the state to treat those schools the same as other private schools regarding tuition reimbursement.
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Is Pope Francis' diplomacy of dialogue failing?
VATICAN CITY (RNS) -- Pope Francis returned from his brief trip to Kazakhstan, a country nestled between Russia and China, having failed to sit down with his Russian counterpart Patriarch Kirill or the delegation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Contemplative communities: Cistercian nuns labor in love at Mount St. Mary's Abbey
WRENTHAM -- Daily work can take many different forms for the Cistercian nuns at Mount St. Mary's Abbey. But whether they are tending the sheep, caring for guests at the retreat house, or making candy in their factory, all the sisters' work is infused with prayer and love.
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Lay associates appointed directors of Seaport Shrine
SOUTH BOSTON -- Since its opening in 2017, Our Lady of Good Voyage Seaport Shrine has been led by a series of priests staying for a short period of time. But this summer, two lay staff members, evangelization associates Susan Abbott and Kathy Stebbins, were appointed the new co-directors of the shrine, becoming the first laypeople to have such leadership roles in the Archdiocese of Boston.
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Mission Church to celebrate 150th anniversary
BOSTON -- In past decades, the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, commonly known as Mission Church, was called the "Lourdes of the East" because of the number of seemingly miraculous cures that occurred there. But whatever name it has been called, it has been known as a place of healing and community throughout its 150-year history.
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From Cardinal Seán's blog
Friday, I celebrated a Mass for the beginning of the school year at St. Mary's for the three Catholic schools of Lynn -- St. Mary's, Sacred Heart, and St. Pius V. Our superintendent of schools, Tom Carroll, was there along with many people associated with the schools, including St. Mary's Board Chair Bill Mosakowski and St. Mary's Head of School Dr. John F. Dolan, and Associate Head of School David Angeramo.
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An 1871 account: 'the holy work of the Mission in this Church'
The following is an excerpt of a letter to the editor published in the June 24, 1871, issue of The Pilot recounting a procession at the then-newly established Mission Church under the headline, "Procession in Honor of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Grand and Interesting Demonstration."
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