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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Archbishop Henning joins U.S. Bishops call for prayers as Pope Francis' condition worsens
(OSV News) -- Catholic bishops throughout the U.S. are calling on faithful to pray for Pope Francis, now in critical condition in Rome's Gemelli hospital...
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Faith and community thrive amid renovations at Pru's St. Francis Chapel
BOSTON -- As he watched a chapel ceiling be painted, Father Jeremy Paulin saw the glory of God. Father Paulin, an Oblate of the Virgin Mary, has been...
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Cheverus profiles: Bernard Ba of St. Rita Parish, Lowell
LOWELL -- When he was a parishioner at St. Rose of Lima in Chelsea, there was one thing Bernard Ba wanted to know from his pastor: The meaning of the phrase...
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Malta Camp serves young adults with disabilities
BRAINTREE -- Ryan McLean likes to say that Malta Camp USA is "everything that the world is not." McLean, a native of Hingham, has cerebral palsy and cannot...
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Catholic Leadership Institute honors Father Paul Soper
BRAINTREE -- Father Paul Soper, director of clergy personnel for the Archdiocese of Boston, was honored with the Avery Cardinal Dulles Ad Intra Award at...
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