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Bishop's Blog
24
Feb
2021
Prayer, St. Joseph, and Families

Prayer Request for Lent 2021 As we continue through the Lenten season, my hope and prayer for each of you, and your families, is that you will experience this Lent …

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Bishop's Blog
17
Feb
2021
Lent 2021

  We enter this Lent in a very different way than we are used to; although we had hoped for a return to the traditions and services, God has another …

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Bishop's Blog
10
Feb
2021
In Sickness and In Health

  Thursday, February 11, 2021, marks the 29th World Day of the Sick, and this year’s theme comes from the Gospel of Matthew, “You have but one teacher and you …

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Bishop's Blog
3
Feb
2021
Catholic Schools Week 2021

National Catholic Schools Week, an annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States, is being celebrated this week, from January 31st through February 6th. In the Fall River Diocese, the …

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Bishop's Blog
27
Jan
2021
Respect Life 2021

  For 2021, the annual March for Life in Washington, DC, set for Friday, January 29th, will look a little different this year. In light of recent events in the …

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Bishop's Blog
20
Jan
2021
Vaccines And Word Of God Sunday

USCCB Statement on Covid-19 Vaccines On December 14, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine, and Archbishop …

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Bishop's Blog
13
Jan
2021
Embracing A New Day

  As we look forward to 2021 and beyond, let us, as people of faith, embrace our call to witness the Good News. To answer this call for not only …

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Bishop's Blog
7
Jan
2021
A Necessary Step Forward In The New Year

  As I write this, my first blog post in 2021, I want to begin by assuring you of my prayers for a healthy and happy New Year for you, …

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Bishop's Blog
30
Dec
2020
Moving Ahead and Looking Back

  This year let us make Christmas not just the celebration of an event that happened long ago and far away. Let us make it real for us now. Let …

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Bishop's Blog
23
Dec
2020
Welcoming Christmas

  My first Christmas in the United States came in 1978, and it had a very different feeling to the ones I celebrated in Brazil. I had only arrived in …

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