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From Cardinal Seán's blog
On: 3/5/2021, , In: Local
Each year, around this time, we like to hold a retreat for men who are discerning a vocation to the priesthood. Normally, we would hold the gathering with all the men together in a retreat house. However, because of COVID, this year, we decided to hold ...

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From Cardinal Seán's blog
On: 3/5/2021, , In: Local
Each year, around this time, we like to hold a retreat for men who are discerning a vocation to the priesthood. Normally, we would hold the gathering with all the men together in a retreat house. However, because of COVID, this year, we decided to hold ...

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iTHIRST Initiative trains Spiritual Companions to accompany people in addiction, recovery
On: 3/5/2021, Jacqueline Tetrault Pilot Staff , In: Local
BRAINTREE -- New Jersey parishioner Keaton Douglas saw a need to enable people in the Church to accompany those struggling with addiction and their families. That initial idea has grown into the iTHIRST Initiative, which is now being implemented in the ...

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Mysterious find: Irish immigrant's headstone discovered under cemetery chapel floor
On: 3/5/2021, Jacqueline Tetrault Pilot Staff , In: Local
SOUTH BOSTON -- On Feb. 9, 1842, an Irish immigrant named Timothy Ryan died of consumption. Exactly 179 years later, his headstone was discovered -- not marking his grave, but buried under the floor of a cemetery chapel. St. Augustine Chapel and Cemetery ...

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Catholic Schools Foundation to honor Catholic school teachers for COVID leadership
On: 3/5/2021, Pilot Staff , In: Local
BOSTON -- The Catholic Schools Foundation will honor local Catholic school teachers with the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Award for their leadership throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The award will be presented during the foundation's virtual 31st Annual ...

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Ahead of papal trip, prelates urge prayer, solidarity with pope and Iraq
On: 3/4/2021, , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis' upcoming apostolic visit to Iraq offers Americans a time for prayer and solidarity with the pope and the Iraqi people, said two leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, ...

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Obituary: Father Vincent P. Doolan, former pastor in Quincy and administrator in Sharon

Among the tributes that came with the sad news of the death of Father Vincent P. Doolan on Feb. 25, 2021, at South Shore Hospital, Weymouth, were these: " a man of dedication and faith"; "overwhelmingly kind"; "compassionate"; and "wonderful sense of humor."

Each year, around this time, we like to hold a retreat for men who are discerning a vocation to the priesthood. Normally, we would hold the gathering with all the men together in a retreat house. However, because of COVID, this year, we decided to hold three smaller gatherings, each in a different parish -- St. Mary's in Dedham, St. Bridget's in South Boston, and Our Lady of Fatima in Sudbury.

BRAINTREE -- New Jersey parishioner Keaton Douglas saw a need to enable people in the Church to accompany those struggling with addiction and their families. That initial idea has grown into the iTHIRST Initiative, which is now being implemented in the Archdiocese of Boston.

SOUTH BOSTON -- On Feb. 9, 1842, an Irish immigrant named Timothy Ryan died of consumption. Exactly 179 years later, his headstone was discovered -- not marking his grave, but buried under the floor of a cemetery chapel.

BOSTON -- The Catholic Schools Foundation will honor local Catholic school teachers with the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Award for their leadership throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The award will be presented during the foundation's virtual 31st Annual Inner-City Scholarship Fund Celebration on Thursday, April 15.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis' upcoming apostolic visit to Iraq offers Americans a time for prayer and solidarity with the pope and the Iraqi people, said two leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.