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Ago
2021
Diocese Encourages Wearing of Masks at Mass Following Updated CDC Guidance

August 1, 2021 As most of you know, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a change to its mask-wearing guidance and now …

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Bishop's Blog
28
Jul
2021
Ask the Bishop

Catholic Appeal  The 80th Catholic Appeal, “Time to Gather, Time to Heal, Time to Love,” has closed with tremendous results. After an extraordinarily challenging time, more than 18,000 individual donors …

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In the News
27
Jul
2021
80th Annual Catholic Appeal Raises $4.6 Million

FALL RIVER—The 80th Catholic Appeal, “Time to Gather, Time to Heal, Time to Love,” has closed with results representing the annual campaign’s best year since 2017. In the wake of …

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Bishop's Blog
21
Jul
2021
Special Invitations

Legatus Presentation On Wednesday, July 14, I was invited to speak by the New Jersey chapter of Legatus, which is an international organization of Catholic laymen and laywomen from the …

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Bishop's Blog
14
Jul
2021
Summer Around the Diocese

Lessons from the Garden As a young man in Brazil, I lived on a farm, which is where my love of gardening began. My family often grew what we ate …

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In the News
8
Jul
2021
Diocese to Host Free Catholic Youth Day on Martha’s Vineyard

MARTHA’S VINEYARD — Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., is inviting youth (rising eighth graders through high school) to Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday, August 14, for a celebration of their …

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Bishop's Blog
7
Jul
2021
The Global and Local Church

Revitalization on a Global Level In last week’s blog, I shared that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops sets three-year cycle strategic plans. The 2021-24 USCCB Strategic Plan was …

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Bishop's Blog
30
Jun
2021
Created Anew and Eucharistic Revival

Revitalizing the Diocese In a post-pandemic world, among the challenges we face is to bring our Catholic faithful back to the Church. We need to reach the 80% of the …

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In the News
23
Jun
2021
Falmouth Parishes to Unify to Form One New Parish

FALMOUTH — Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., has approved the recommendation of the Pastoral Council of the Catholic Community of Falmouth to unite St. Anthony, St. Patrick, and St. …

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Bishop's Blog
23
Jun
2021
Clarification, Computers, and Catholic Appeal

Clarification Regarding USCCB General Assembly Since the close of the USCCB’s June General Assembly last week, there has been much discussion—and confusion—about the vote the bishops participated in regarding the …

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