2020 News & Press

Bishop da Cunha’s 2020 Lenten Message: Entering in the Lenten Season During Lent, special attention is given to three specific tenets of our Catholic faith — almsgiving, prayer, and fasting. The foundation for these practices can be found in Matthew’s Gospel chapter 6, verses 1-18. When practiced

FALL RIVER — Lent, the forty-day season of prayer, sacrifice and almsgiving in preparation for the joyous celebration of Easter, begins on Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020. Parishes throughout the Fall River Diocese will mark the start of Lent with the traditional rite of distribution of ashes.

FALL RIVER — The Fall River Diocese will offer its annual Women and Men’s Conference for Lent on Saturday, March 7, with a program featuring noted speakers, prayer, music, Adoration, Mass, and more. It will take place in the Ames Sports Complex on the grounds of Stonehill

Advisory February 6, 2020 Please be advised that several offices of the Fall River Diocese are being impacted by technical issues with a network server (since Tuesday). That server is down and, as a result, email service is not functioning for the Bishop’s Office, offices located within

FALL RIVER – The Catholic Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts and the Catholic Schools Alliance are pleased to announce two transformational awards from the Flatley Foundation of Braintree, Mass. These awards will continue two key initiatives for the Diocese of Fall River’s Catholic schools under the newly formed

FALMOUTH — The annual FACE Winter Brunch offers an opportunity for an enjoyable get-together to break up a cold season and a way to assist Catholic school students in the Fall River Diocese at the same time. The year’s 15th annual Winter Brunch sponsored by FACE –the