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JAMAICA PLAIN -- While observing the feast of the Annunciation, but with an eye toward the coming Easter, leaders and representatives of the Roman Catholic,...
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BOSTON -- Prayer, fellowship, and street ministry. These are the three pillars of Encounter, a ministry to the poor and homeless organized by young adults....
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JAMAICA PLAIN -- For over 60 years, Catholic Charities' El Centro Adult Education Center has offered classes and academic services to newly arrived...
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During their St. Joseph Day liturgy, immediately following a powerful video reflecting on their 150 years in Boston, Sister Jean McKinney, CSJ, pronounced...
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Last Friday, I was still making my way back to Boston from Paraguay, so I was unable to celebrate our St. Patrick's Day Mass at the Cathedral of the...
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BRAINTREE -- When the Archdiocese of Boston was in its infancy, it was one of the first beneficiaries of the newly formed Society for the Propagation of...
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BOSTON -- In August 2020, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the San Lorenzo Capuchin Friary in Jamaica Plain began using a customized van to deliver...
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As the winter sports season comes to an end, four Catholic high schools took home state titles in basketball. Malden Catholic boys repeated as Division...
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Last Thursday, I met with several representatives of Boston's Jewish community at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. With us were Jeremy Burton and Stacey...
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SALEM -- The annual Catholic Appeal is underway, with the theme "Faith in action starts with you." The Catholic Appeal supports the parishes, schools,...
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JAMAICA PLAIN -- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley and the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the U.S., Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of...
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DORCHESTER -- Hanging on the wall in the Carolyn Lynch Children's Center is a sign in shape of a compass rose. For Maura Letourneau, it represents...
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One of the suggestions made during the meetings of cardinals before the start of the last conclave was the possibility of the new pope having a cabinet...
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BRAINTREE -- Even though St. Patrick's Day falls on a Friday in Lent this year, parishes and families in the Archdiocese of Boston planning their festivities...
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DORCHESTER -- The fifth-grade students at St. John Paul II Catholic Academy, Lower Mills Campus, knew they were going to have a special guest on March...
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BOSTON -- Children's choirs from different Catholic communities in Massachusetts and beyond combined their voices for the New England Pueri Cantores...
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BRAINTREE -- Like millions of Catholics around the world, many in the archdiocese are counting down the days until they go on pilgrimage to World Youth...
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While I was in New York last week, I attended an event at the Union League Club with Cardinal Dolan and Bishop Octavio Cisneros to promote the canonization...
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(The following statement was issued by Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley March 7, 2023 regarding his reappointment to Pope Francis's council of cardinal...
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BOSTON -- The start of Leon's journey to being baptized in the Catholic Church began with an unexpected confession. An international student at Boston...
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CAMBRIDGE -- The ethereal voices of the boy choristers at St. Paul's Choir School are reaching beyond the walls of St. Paul's Church with the release...
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BOSTON -- Father Yaroslav Nalysnyk, the pastor of Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jamaica Plain, recalled feeling "disbelief" and "numbness"...
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This past weekend, I was very happy to attend the New York Encounter, a gathering sponsored each year by Communion and Liberation. It's a wonderful...
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