The Foundation to Advance Catholic Education (FACE) celebrates 30 years of scholarships for need-based...
FALL RIVER — Since the opening of the first Catholic school in the Diocese of Fall River, it has been a goal to make...
Diocese to offer Eucharistic Nights and Relic tour
NEW BEDFORD — This Lent, there will be a series of Eucharistic Nights in the Diocese of Fall River to coincide with the National...
Knights from around the world rapidly respond to needs of Ukrainian people
Knights in Ukraine gather with Cardinal Konrad Krajewski (center), almoner of His Holiness, and Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki of Lviv in a storage area at the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Lviv, March 9. The seminary has become a distribution point for humanitarian aid to Ukrainians displaced by the Russian invasion. Photo by Tamino Petelinšek
ECHO of Cape Cod celebrates 50th anniversary
MASHPEE — After a two-year delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, ECHO of Cape Cod, a retreat program for high school youth, is finally...
Bishop installs 15 candidates as Readers
On June 22, 15 candidates currently in formation for the permanent diaconate were installed as Readers by Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., at Holy Trinity Church in Fall River. Back row, from left: Scott Taveira, Shawn Seybert, John O’Brien, Americo Miranda, Bishop da Cunha, James Adams, Tyrone Gonsalves, Jeremias Carraras, and Deacon Frank Lucca, co-director of the diocesan Permanent Diaconate Office. Front row: Leonard Guyette, Joseph Martinho, Thomas Martin, David Roderick, David Gaspar, Richard Fish, David Laird, and Philip Koch.
Celebrating 30 years of assisting Catholic school students, FACE welcomes season with two events
By Dave Jolivet, Editor
FALMOUTH — The diocesan Foundation to Advance Catholic Education (FACE) has two special summer events coming up quickly. One, a summer...
‘Anima Christi’ Legacy Society initiated in diocese
FALL RIVER — “I never felt home until I joined Christ the King Parish,” shared parishioner and legacy gift donor Stella Citrano. “When it...
Help needed to ease the supply shortage facing the Solanus Casey Food Pantry
In better days, shelves at the Solanus Casey Food Pantry in New Bedford were stocked with necessities for needy people in the New Bedford area. Since the pandemic, cutbacks and other obstacles have created a food shortage, bringing the pantry closer to shutting its doors.
Gift of Giving — Making a Difference
By Rose Mary Saraiva
Volunteer Coordinator & Bereavement Services
Catholic Social Services of Fall River, Inc.
FALL RIVER — Catholic Social Services’ Gift of Giving program has...
Bishop lauds works of St. Joseph at Church that connect with Saint’s ‘Humility and...
Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., visited the Mary Garden following a Mass on May 1 at St. Joseph Church in Woods Hole where he lauded the virtues and example of St. Joseph. (Photo by John E. Kearns Jr.)
