Bishop’s Blog: Coming Together Around the Eucharist

Bishop’s Blog: Coming Together Around the Eucharist

  Celebration for Couples Celebrating Anniversaries We have to make many choices every day in our lives. Our choices lead to good or not-so-good consequences. If we choose a path of pride, self-righteousness, and selfishness, we prepare ourselves, our families, and even our communities for a future

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Bishop’s Blog: Rest and Family

Bishop’s Blog: Rest and Family

  Today I would like to focus on two words: rest and family. Each plays a significant role in the reason for my visit home to Brazil every January. Interestingly the first reading for the Mass yesterday came from Genesis, where we read: “On the seventh day

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Bishop Blog: Entering February

Bishop Blog: Entering February

Catholic Schools Week As I mentioned in last week’s blog, our Diocesan Catholic schools are celebrating Catholic Schools Week. Each school has welcomed families to open houses and is participating in a variety of activities and exciting programs to mark this special week.   The Catholic School

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Bishop’s Blog: Catholic Schools Week

Bishop’s Blog: Catholic Schools Week

  While admittedly, I might be partial, I do believe that Catholic schools in the Diocese of Fall River are some of the finest; they continue to impress me with the outstanding programs and educational experiences they offer. This Sunday, Catholic schools across our Diocese and across

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Bishop’s Blog: Upcoming Winter Events

Bishop’s Blog: Upcoming Winter Events

  The Peak: Planning Summit In the Diocese’s ongoing plan to provide quality faith formation, national speaker Everett Fritz, from Andrew Ministries, presented on One-to-One Discipleship at the January 7th, The Peak Planning Summit. Those in attendance received inspiring and helpful training on how to build lifelong

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