FALL RIVER — Lent, the forty-day season of prayer, sacrifice, and almsgiving in preparation for the joyous celebration of Easter, begins on Ash Wednesday, which this year is February 22, 2023. Parishes throughout the Fall River Diocese will mark the start of Lent with the traditional rite
Read more →NEW BEDFORD – The Diocesan Catholic Cemeteries Office has announced that a limited number of plots are now available at St. John the Baptist Cemetery in New Bedford. Catholic Cemeteries Director David J. Raposa Jr. explained that a reconfiguration of the cemetery’s landscaping and plot layout has
Read more →HYANNIS — From February 16 through February 24, the St. John Paul II School Concert Choir will once again tour Italy, five years since their first tour in 2017. This high school choir from Cape Cod, which celebrates the immense treasury of Catholic Music, will perform throughout
Read more →FALL RIVER — The Diocese of Fall River Women and Men’s Conference is returning this Lent as an in-person gathering after a two-year absence because of the pandemic. With a full program of inspiring talks, worship, music, and much more, the Conference offers Catholics an opportunity for
Read more →FALL RIVER — For the week of January 29 through February 4, 2023, Catholic schools across the country will celebrate Catholic Schools Week, as has been the tradition since 1974. The past couple of years have been extremely challenging for all educational systems, but never before has
Read more →FALL RIVER — Theologian, author, and popular speaker Dr. Edward Sri (in photo at right) will lead a virtual Biblical Walk Through the Mass for members of the Fall River Diocese on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 6:30 p.m. There is no charge to take part, but persons
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