2023 News & Press

The Massachusetts State Legislature and Governor Healey are on the verge of passing a fiscal year 2023 supplemental budget.  One of the line items in the budget would provide funding to expand emergency shelters and related educational costs for the fast growing population of migrants flowing into

FALL RIVER – The Diocese of Fall River announced today that Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River will cease operations at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.  Despite the Diocese’s best efforts to maintain the operational and financial viability of this school, the continued decline

FALL RIVER — This year, the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th falls on a Friday during Lent. In consideration of the culinary traditions of this feast and in response to a number of requests, Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., has granted to Catholics in

FACE, the Foundation to Advance Catholic Education (formerly known as the St. Mary’s Education Fund), awards need-based scholarships to assist with tuition costs for students attending a Catholic school in the Diocese of Fall River. All families with one or more children enrolled in or applying to

FALL RIVER — Parishes in the Diocese of Fall River have been invited to join together to offer financial support along with their prayers for all those affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. As an expression of solidarity with the suffering people in those