Annual Catholic Appeal at $3.7M, in home stretch
Prison Ministry brings Christ’s love to the residents at the Bristol and Barnstable County Houses of Correction. (Photo by Peter Pereira; Photo taken prior to COVID pandemic)
Forty-hour Eucharistic devotion set to begin across diocese
New Bedford held a Corpus Christi procession with faithful adoring the Blessed Sacrament at Our Lady’s Chapel. Another procession and Adoration also took place in Fall River.
Falmouth Catholic churches unify to form one new parish; St. Joseph, Guardian of the...
FALMOUTH — Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., the Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River, has approved the recommendation of the Pastoral Council...
Bishop ordains new priest for diocese of Fall River
Newly-ordained Father Peter R. Scheffer Jr. gives his first blessing as a priest to Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., during his ordination Mass on Saturday. (Photo by Deacon Alan Thadeu)
Letter of reinstatement of Sunday Mass obligation
June 8, 2021
Brothers and Sisters,"Without the Lord's day, we cannot live!" His Holiness, Pope Benedict, in his homily at theCathedral of Saint Stephen in...
Annual appeal continues; diocesan seminarians aided by area faithful
Deacon William O'Connell III, left and Matt Laird prepare the altar for a recent Liturgy.
Corpus Christi procession is in New Bedford June 6
The annual Corpus Christi procession, sponsored by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate at Our Lady's Chapel in New Bedford, will take place Sunday,...
Guidelines for Liturgical practices as pandemic restrictions are lifted – effective May 29
FALL RIVER — In light of the recent updated health advisories by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the lifting of State COVID-19 restrictions, parishes...
Diocesan Pastoral Care of the Sick ministry aided by Appeal
Father Thomas Kocik, Chaplain to Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis and former Chaplain to Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River.
