Lowell Irish Cultural Week kicks off with Mass, parade
LOWELL -- Everyone is Irish during Irish Cultural Week in Lowell. Just ask Lowell City Councilman Sokhary Chau, who, from 2022 to 2024, was the first...
Read MoreLOWELL -- Everyone is Irish during Irish Cultural Week in Lowell. Just ask Lowell City Councilman Sokhary Chau, who, from 2022 to 2024, was the first...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- When Sister of Charity of Nazareth Evelyn Hurley was born in South Boston on March 7, 1915, Woodrow Wilson had been president of the United...
Read MoreBOSTON -- To Richard Clark, music director of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, few sounds are as joyful to hear as over 100 children singing...
Read MoreBRIGHTON -- Jean O'Connor, who has taught first grade at St. Columbkille Partnership School in Brighton for 38 years, is something of an institution...
Read MoreROXBURY -- As the personal physician for Father Pio Gottin, Dr. Jean Alves cared for the earthly body of a man whose works he considered to be godly. Father...
Read MoreThis is the third article in a series profiling the 11 men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the...
Read MoreLast Saturday, while I was still in Washington, I celebrated a 50th anniversary Mass and renewal of vows for Pablo and Amelia Ortiz, a couple whom I married...
Read MoreLAWRENCE -- On the website for Lawrence Catholic Academy, the word "gym" is written in quotation marks. The so-called "gym" is a concrete room, 40 by...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- In 1976, actress Loretta Young approached director Martin Scorsese with a proposition. Young wanted to star in a movie about the life of St....
Read MoreBOSTON -- Franciscan Father David Grenier, commissary of the Holy Land for the U.S. and resident of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington,...
Read MoreWALTHAM -- In Betty Lydon's experience, the Blood of Christ is truly life-giving. As a sacristan at St. Mary Parish in Waltham, Betty Lydon is responsible...
Read MoreThis is the second article in a series profiling the 11 men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the...
Read MoreBOSTON -- The Catholic Schools Foundation hosted its annual Celebration of Excellence at PwC's Seaport office on March 1. The event was held to celebrate...
Read MoreAs I mentioned last week, I joined our recently ordained priests on their retreat last weekend for a time of conversation. On Friday, I was also very happy...
Read MoreDORCHESTER -- Annika Celestine believes that a Catholic education "is better than any other education that you can get." Annika, a senior at Fontbonne...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- On the weekend of March 2 and 3, the 284 parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston will announce the 2024 Catholic Appeal. The annual Catholic...
Read MoreLOWELL -- In her 25 years of teaching at St. Michael School in Lowell, Robin Dejadon has seen generations of students pass through her classroom. Her first...
Read MoreThis is the first in a series of articles profiling the 11 men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of...
Read MoreLast weekend, I was pleased to be able to attend the New York Encounter hosted by Communion and Liberation. Each year, CL holds this gathering for young...
Read MoreBOSTON -- About 360 catechumens from throughout the Archdiocese of Boston, joined by their godparents and catechists, participated in the Rite of Election...
Read MorePLAINVILLE -- A hoodie-clad Judas, a Barrabas sporting sweatpants, and a Virgin Mary in Nike shoes could be seen and heard at St. Martha Parish in Plainville...
Read MoreThis week, we begin a regular series profiling Catholics from around the archdiocese who received the 2023 Cheverus Award for service to the church in...
Read MoreWithin a decade after the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur arrived in Boston in 1849, they established a presence in Lawrence, in the Merrimack Valley, dedicating...
Read MoreAs I mentioned last week, I was in Rome for meetings of the C9 Council of Cardinals. Before I left, I was very happy to have the opportunity to sign an...
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