Archdiocesan high school football season wrap-up
As the fall football season comes to an end, The Pilot extends congratulations to Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood winning the Division 1 Superbowl...
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K of C women's auxiliary 'Columbiettes' form first Mass. Chapter in Weymouth
BRAINTREE -- Sometime before the COVID-19 pandemic, Susan Rosso wanted to join the Knights of Columbus. She noticed Grand Knight Michael Moody of Catholic...
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Brookline documentary screen explores ministry to homeless
BROOKLINE -- It was the first time in Chuck's life that anybody celebrated his birthday. Chuck, a homeless man living in the Denver area, had lived...
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Catholic Charities opens family emergency shelter to help deal with crisis
BRAINTREE -- Catholic Charities Boston has opened a new emergency shelter for homeless and migrant families in the Boston area, with the help of a $5 million...
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Forming the Future: 'Roboteers' experience teamwork, innovation at Sacred Heart STEM School, Roslindale
ROSLINDALE -- At first, geothermal irrigation systems and spaceflight entertainment for astronauts seem to be topics too heavy for middle schoolers. The...
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From Cardinal Seán's blog
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! As every year, I spent Thanksgiving with my family in Florida. It's the one time of year we all...
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Cardinal honors service to the church at Cheverus Award ceremony
BOSTON -- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley presented 150 Cheverus Award Medals to laity, deacons, and religious for service to the church in Boston during...
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Catholic Schools Foundation announces Christmas card competition winners
BOSTON -- Young students across the Boston Archdiocese were encouraged to show off their artistic talent and take part in the Catholic School's Foundation's...
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Jesus 'didn't write off' anybody, says Xaverian Brother prison chaplain
DANVERS -- "You've started something on death row." Xaverian Brother Jim Connolly heard those words from the warden of the maximum-security South...
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Wayland parish receives gift of saints' relics
WAYLAND -- Before he became pastor of Good Shepherd Parish in Wayland, Father David O'Leary was a chaplain and professor of comparative religion at...
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From Cardinal Seán's blog
As I do every year on Thanksgiving week, I am posting my blog a couple of days early so I can spend time with my family for the holiday. Following the...
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Catholic Appeal donors thanked at annual Appreciation Mass
BOSTON -- When he was a young priest, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley celebrated the funeral Mass of a woman with Down syndrome. After the funeral,...
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Catholic Charities partners with other groups to provide Thanksgiving meals
DORCHESTER -- Beth Chambers, vice president of basic needs at Catholic Charities Boston, considers it a Thanksgiving miracle. For 24 years, Catholic Charities...
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Waltham parish book club finds modern relevance in writings of Chesterton
WALTHAM -- On Nov. 18, the 15 members of the St. Jude Parish G.K. Chesterton Society held their monthly meeting, gathered at a long wooden table in Jake...
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Forming the Future: Patriots' Jonathan Jones visits Pope St. John Paul II Catholic Academy to promote STEM learning
DORCHESTER -- It may come as a surprise, but New England Patriots cornerback Jonathan Jones is as comfortable handling a sheep brain as he is handling...
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Paulist Center honors Len and Cherylann Gengel, founders of Be Like Brit Foundation
BRAINTREE -- In January 2010, 19-year-old Worcester native Britney Gengel went on a humanitarian trip with her college to help orphanages in Haiti. While...
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Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in New England -- The early years
In 1847, Father John McElroy, a Jesuit priest, on his way to serve as chaplain for soldiers during the Mexican-American War, stopped in Cincinnati to rest....
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From Cardinal Seán's blog
Last Thursday morning, I attended the wake of Margaret Rora, the mother of Father Michael Rora. I was pleased to be able to be there and offer some prayers...
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Cheverus Awards to be presented Nov. 26
BRAINTREE -- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley will present Cheverus Award Medals to 150 laypersons, deacons, and religious during a 3 p.m. prayer service...
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Contributions of Black Catholic community celebrated at Healy Award Dinner
COLUMBIA POINT -- According to Danielle M. Brown, Esq., the associate director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism,...
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Faith and parish support helped Plymouth teen on road to recovery after brain aneurysm
CAMBRIDGE -- "It's a coin toss he sees dawn." "Time to get a priest?" "That would be prudent." Bill Brennan could not believe that his own son had...
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Forming the Future: St. Paul's Choir School, Cambridge
CAMBRIDGE -- Dany Intsinci, a seventh grader at St. Paul's Choir School in Cambridge, says that Gabriel Faure's 1893 Requiem is a much more challenging...
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Relic of St. Jude visits archdiocese as part of nationwide tour
WAKEFIELD -- For the past eight weeks, Father Carlos Martins has traveled 15,000 miles across the U.S. with an armored van and the arm bones of St. Jude...
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From Cardinal Seán's blog
Before I move on to the events of my week, there are a couple of final items from my time in Rome that I'd like to share with you. On Oct. 29, I visited...
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Gala celebrates 15 years of Campaign for Catholic Schools
BOSTON -- Emily DaSilva's father liked what he saw. Mr. DaSilva, a janitor at St. Catherine of Siena School in Norwood, was so impressed by the school...
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Campaign for Catholic Schools alumni testimonials
Following are the prepared remarks delivered by alumni of Trinity Catholic Academy and Pope St. John Paul II Catholic Academy, who spoke about the impact...
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Planning Office cuts ribbon on Mattapan affordable housing
MATTAPAN -- Bill Grogan, president of the Archdiocese of Boston's Planning Office for Urban Affairs, can think of many numbers that highlight the seriousness...
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Cardinal celebrates Mass of Thanksgiving for women religious jubilarians
BRAINTREE -- When celebrating a Jubilee Mass for the Archdiocese of Boston's religious sisters on Nov. 4, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley had to...
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From Cardinal Seán's blog
As many may know, this past weekend, we wrapped up our work for this session of the Synod on Synodality, and there are a couple of final events in Rome...
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