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ExploreMembers of diocese invited to virtual Biblical walk through the Mass
FALL RIVER — Theologian, author, and popular speaker Dr. Edward Sri will lead a virtual Biblical Walk Through the Mass for members of the...
The SMaSHing success of Catholic education and tradition
Jennine Cassidy, a first-grade teacher at St. Mary-Sacred Heart School in North Attleborough, with some of her students.
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MoreDiocesan Catholic schools celebrate Catholic Schools Week
Andrew Raposo, principal of Espirito Santo School in Fall River, interacts with students.
Diocesan conference to focus on importance of the Eucharist in our...
By Dave Jolivet
EASTON — For the first time in three years, diocesan women and men will again gather for a day of prayer, praise...
Bishop da Cunha’s 2022 Christmas Message
Dear Friends in Christ,
In the Gospel account by Luke, an angel appears to the shepherds to announce the birth of Christ, saying: “Glory to...
Reflections on ‘5-Minute Prayers Around the Advent Wreath’
By Aileen Maroney
Over the phone, while bustling from a university class to a blood donor center appointment on the UCLA campus, author Lisa Hendey...
Family Rosary hosts annual ‘Try Prayer! It Works!’ contest
EASTON — The call is out now for young people to enter the 2023 “Try Prayer! It Works!” contest sponsored by Family Rosary. Students...
28th annual FACE Fall Scholarship Dinner raises more than $300,000
Students and Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., presented FACE Fall Dinner guest speaker, New England Patriot Devin McCourty, with a special gift.

Father Roger LandryPutting into the Deep
MoreThe highspeed lane to holiness
In this month of November dedicated to a Church-wide meditation on the four last things and to the practical imperative to become holy, so...
Taking Christ out to the streets
On October 11, the Church celebrated the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council.
The Second Vatican Council was summoned, St. John...
St. Therese’s Little Way of Eucharistic Love and Life
Today, September 30, is the 125th anniversary of the death and birth into eternal life of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the...
Dave JolivetMy View from the stands
MoreGood old St. Anne’s School
In my more than two-and-a-half decades at The Anchor, I always hearken back to my days at St. Anne School in Fall River each...
I do believe Old Man Winter has met his demise
Much to the contrary of my lovely wife, I am a winter person — always was and always will be. Perhaps it’s my French-Canadian...
After all is said and done, it is just another day
We are once again on the cusp of another new year. I had often heard it said by my parents and other members of...
Dr. Helen FlavinWrestling with god
MoreNothing but love
I stood in the doorway of my classroom. Behind me was the window that provided a vista to the bird’s nest. My students and I...
The call of the Good Samaritan
As a very young child, the first thing I learned about the parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10: 29-37) was to practice what...
The oh moment: Emptiness to exploration
I have always struggled with Jesus’ words that if one comes to Him without hating one’s own life, that person cannot be a disciple (Lk...
David CarvalhoAs For Me and My House
MoreOne at a time
One at a time. It’s a common phrase I have to use with my kids, whether it’s when they grab all their toys at...
Acceptance is the first step
Often times when I become frustrated or make mistakes it is usually because I am stuck in the same, self-serving mindset. It is only...
What is the end of all this anyway?
One of the key lessons I learned when I started working as a high school teacher was to begin planning the year with the...
Youth ColumnBe Not Afraid
MoreJesus the Great Optometrist: Perspective is everything
From the Cradle to the Cross is a painting by a person whose life was scattered instantly in an accident. This person, a National...
New year, best me
Happy New Year! It is that time of year again when the gyms are full, diet companies are in the black, and many people...
Don’t dive in the shallow end: Surface level relationships
When I was younger, I wanted to make friends so desperately that I would compromise good judgment. At the public pool one day I...
EDITORIAL
ExploreThe critical importance of Catholic schools
Sunday begins the 40th Catholic Schools Week in the United States, focused this year on how Catholic schools strive to form students for “faith,...
The life, death, funeral and legacy of Pope Benedict
Normally the death and funeral of a successor of St. Peter takes place within the context of a major distraction. The routine shock that...
Christmas manna
In the middle of the Christmas Octave this year, on December 28, we will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death and birth into...
Year of St. Joseph
ExploreSt. Joseph knocks at the door … Open your heart to...
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. All of Creation proclaims the coming of Christ! As the bright stars in the Heavens...
St. Joseph — The saint of silence
This month, in preparation for the Liturgical season of Advent, the Church reflects upon Christ’s coming in history, in mystery in the Holy Eucharist...
St. Joseph, powerful intercessor for the Holy Souls in purgatory
November has traditionally been the month to pray for the dead, particularly for the holy souls in purgatory. The “Catechism of the Catholic Church”...