A Time for Fortitude: Stronger Priests, Stronger Parishes, Stronger Church is Bishop da Cunha's vision for the future of our Diocese centered on strengthening our priests. This three-year plan (2025-2027) focuses our local Church on moving forward in our relationship with Christ by actively working toward bringing to our priests more stability, hope, holiness, and wellness. Strengthening our priests will, in turn, strengthen all parishes and ministries in holiness and vitality.
From the mountains of Massachusetts to time with seminarians on Cape Cod, Bishop da Cunha reflects this week on faith, fraternity, and discerning God’s call. He also joins Pope Leo XIV in praying for peace throughout our troubled world and looks ahead to the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Strengthening the Bonds of Brotherhood on the Feast of Saint John Vianney Yesterday, I was so pleased to gather with our priests for Solemn Evening Prayer and a renewal of …
As Catholic bishops we have a moral responsibility to present and uphold Catholic teaching and the sacred God-given dignity of every human life from conception to the natural death.