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Celebrating Women Religious 2024

Centennial celebration in Brockton

[Ed. -- The Sisters of Jesus Crucified and the Sorrowful Mother celebrated their centennial at their Brockton convent on Sept. 15, 2024. Cardinal O'Malley...

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Celebrating Women Religious 2024

Season of Creation

The Sisters of St. Anne, joined by residents of Alliance at Marie Esther Health Center, Marlborough, planned and celebrated the Sept. 1 Day of Prayer for...

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Celebrating Women Religious 2024

Women Jubilarians 2024

80 Years Sister Kathryn Donovan, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston Sister Rita Welch, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston Sister Ann Marie McAndrews,...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

'At your word, I shall lower the net'

In his gospel, St. Luke narrates the call of Simon, the fisherman whom Jesus changes, both in name and in vocation. The whole narrative is Luke 5: 1-11....

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

Archbishop Richard Henning: Faith, family, and the sea

BRAINTREE -- On Oct. 31, 60-year-old Richard Garth Henning will be installed as the 10th bishop and sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston. To...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

The Installation Mass of Archbishop Richard Garth Henning

The Mass for the Installation of Archbishop Richard G. Henning will be familiar to all Roman Catholics -- from the singing of the Gloria through the end...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

Naming the bishop in the Eucharistic Prayer

The installation of our new bishop will require that he be mentioned in every Mass celebrated across the archdiocese from Oct. 31, 2024, after 2:00 p.m.,...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

Boston and Providence

Boston Providence Established 1808 (1875) 1872 Area (square miles) 2,465 1,085 General Population 4,496,567 1,097,379 Catholic...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

Providence welcomes Bishop Henning as coadjutor in 2023

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (OSV NEWS) -- At the Mass of Reception welcoming him to the Diocese of Providence as coadjutor, Bishop Richard G. Henning began his homily...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

Archbishop Henning's Coat of Arms

Most Reverend Richard Garth Henning Tenth Bishop Seventh Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston BLAZON Arms impaled. In the dexter: Azure, a Latin cross...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

Archbishop Henning's Episcopal Lineage

Most Reverend Richard Garth Henning Tenth Bishop Seventh Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston RICHARD GARTH HENNING, Tenth Bishop and Seventh Archbishop...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

Almost all roads lead to Rebiba

The saying "All roads lead to Rome" is said to have originated in the third century B.C. when all major roads in the Roman Empire led to Rome. When speaking...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

Diocesan bishops

First Bishop † Jean Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus (1768-1836) was born at Mayenne (Le Mans, France) on Jan. 28, 1768, and ordained a priest...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

Auxiliary bishops

† John Brady (1840-1910) was born at Kilnaleck (Kilmore), Ireland, on Feb. 11, 1840, and ordained a priest on Dec. 4, 1864. He was named Titular Bishop...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

The vocation of a bishop

The bishops, appointed by the Holy Spirit as successors to the Apostles, respond to the Lord's call to be with Him and, through Him, be sent on a mission...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

Do we have two archbishops?

Yes and no. This is one of those questions that you always wish were on your tests in school. Both answers are correct, as you can see explained under...

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Installation of The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning as Archbishop of Boston 2024

So, you need a coat of arms?

Tucked away in the whirlwind of activity surrounding the appointment of a priest to be a bishop in the Church is this strange piece of advice to the newly...

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Vocation Awareness Week 2024

Meet the novices of the Daughters of St. Paul

Veronica Escudero: I'm from San Rafael, Colombia, and am a first-year novice with the Daughters of St. Paul. A fun fact about me is that I am an artist...

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Vocation Awareness Week 2024

Our seminaries and seminarians

Each fall and spring, thanks to the cooperation of the Vocations Office of the archdiocese and to the seminaries where our seminarians are preparing for...

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