News Releases

FALL RIVER — Jesuit Father Matt Malone, who in 2012 at the age of 40 became the youngest editor-in-chief of the national Catholic news weekly America, will be the featured speaker at the 20th annual St. Mary’s Education Fund Fall Dinner. The Fall Dinner will take place

FALL RIVER — WLNE-TV, Channel 6, Providence-New Bedford will broadcast live the Installation Mass of Fall River Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V. from St. Mary’s Cathedral, Fall River, on Wednesday, September 24, beginning at 2 p.m. The station will also stream the ceremony on its website

FALL RIVER — The Fall River Diocese will welcome a new shepherd next week as Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., is installed as Eighth Bishop of Fall River. The installation will take place in the context of a 2 p.m. Mass on Wednesday, September 24, 2014

FALL RIVER — In response to a request from U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ President Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, parishes in the Fall River Diocese will take up a special collection to provide humanitarian relief and pastoral support for suffering Christians and other innocent victims of the

FALL RIVER — The 2014-2015 Catholic Directory for the Fall River Diocese is now available. Published by the Anchor Publishing Company, the full color spiral-bound directory is an invaluable reference guide for all parishes, offices and apostolates in the Diocese. As in past years, the Fall River

As the end of summer draws near, Catholic schools in the Fall River Diocese are in full preparation mode for the new academic year. For many, classes begin the week before Labor Day. “I am looking forward to a wonderful year ahead for the Catholic schools of