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...
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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...
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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...
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Archdiocese kicks off annual Catholic Appeal in parishes
BRAINTREE -- The Archdiocese of Boston kicked off its annual Catholic Appeal on the weekend of March 15 and 16, with all of the Archdiocese of Boston's...
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Cheverus profiles: Paul Racki of St. Joseph-St. Lazarus Parish, East Boston
EAST BOSTON -- "This is my second home," says Paul Racki as he climbs to the choir loft of St. Joseph-St. Lazarus Parish in East Boston. In a career as...
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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...
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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...
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Archbishop Henning celebrates first St. Patrick's Day Mass in Boston
BOSTON -- Archbishop Richard G. Henning celebrated his first St. Patrick's Day Mass as archbishop of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston...
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Catholics encouraged to participate in '24 Hours for the Lord' March 28-29
BRAINTREE -- The Archdiocese of Boston will join dioceses throughout the world in observing 24 Hours for the Lord, an annual period of continuous eucharistic...
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Forming the Future: Making Latin accessible at St. Mary of the Hills School, Milton
MILTON -- Birds circled around the empty tarmac behind St. Mary of the Hills School in Milton on the sunny morning of March 11. Three stories above them,...
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CYO Tournament brings together top teams
WESTWOOD -- John Hurley, coach of St. Agatha Parish in Milton's CYO sixth-grade boys basketball team, doesn't play favorites on his team -- though...
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Social Justice Convocation returns in-person March 29
BRAINTREE -- "I've always tried to do my little thing by recycling and being aware," says Phil Walsh, co-chair of Catholic Relief Services for the...
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Catholics encouraged to participate in '24 Hours for the Lord' March 28-29
BRAINTREE -- The Archdiocese of Boston will join dioceses throughout the world in observing 24 Hours for the Lord, an annual period of continuous eucharistic...
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Over 450 new Catholics prepare to enter church at Rite of Election
BOSTON -- More than 450 catechumens took their next step into entering the Catholic Church at the Rite of Election, presided over by Vicar General Bishop...
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Catholic Charities faces challenges amid federal funding freeze
BRAINTREE -- Father Steve Josoma never asks refugees for their stories, but they have a way of coming up on their own. Father Josoma is the pastor of...
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Archbishop announces 2025 Catholic Appeal
At the request of Archbishop Richard G. Henning, parishes across the archdiocese will announce the 2025 Catholic Appeal during all Masses on the weekend...
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After 15 years, Boston Men's Conference returns March 22
BRAINTREE -- "We just happened to be a bunch of guys that wanted to help and did something about it." That's how Scot Landry describes the founding...
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Youth choirs unite at cathedral for largest post-COVID festival
BOSTON -- "This is a little bit like conducting a 747," Richard Clark says as he looks out over the 250 fourth through 12th-grade singers filling the pews...
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After 15 years, Boston Men's Conference returns March 22
BRAINTREE -- "We just happened to be a bunch of guys that wanted to help and did something about it." That's how Scot Landry describes the founding...
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Archbishop begins Lent with Ash Wednesday Masses
DORCHESTER -- Beginning the solemn season of Lent on Ash Wednesday, March 5, Archbishop Richard G. Henning celebrated the first of his three public Masses...
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'We forgive you': Franklin church rededicated after arson damage repairs
FRANKLIN -- Time has made it easier for Father Bob Poitras to forgive. In October 2024, his parish, St. Mary in Franklin, was severely damaged by an arson...
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Southie native LA firefighters accept wildfire relief donation at South Boston Catholic Academy
SOUTH BOSTON -- The lives of Matthew and Martin Mullen depended on a flipped coin in Florian Hall. The twin brothers were South Boston natives, baptized...
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Cheverus profiles: Mary Sullivan of the Paulist Center, Boston
BOSTON -- When Mary Sullivan found out that she had won the Cheverus Award, she was embarrassed. "I was uncomfortable and embarrassed about it," she told...
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Impact of CSF scholarships highlighted at Celebration of Excellence
BOSTON -- Seniors graduating from Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston got the chance to meet the people who supported their education at the...
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Local faithful offer prayers for pope's health
BRAINTREE -- The faithful throughout the Archdiocese of Boston, both clergy and laity, were praying for the health of Pope Francis as he continued his...
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'I see us as a family,' says incoming BC president Father John Butler
CHESTNUT HILL -- One is covered with autographs, the others are not, but the footballs all have the same words on them: "Father Jack." The game-used footballs...
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Vatican III priest jazz quartet rocks North End in Jubilee Year performance
BOSTON -- The jazz was hot, and the joint was jumping. On the night of Feb. 18, a standing-room-only audience crowded into a dark basement on a narrow...
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Black Catholic community observes Black History Month
DORCHESTER -- St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Dorchester, hub of the Archdiocese of Boston's Black Catholic community, hosted a Mass in honor of Black...
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Lenten Regulations
Abstinence -- Catholics over 14 years of age are bound to the obligation of abstinence. Abstinence is to be observed on Ash Wednesday (March 5) and on...
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