National Vocation Awareness Week is an annual celebration to promote vocations to ordained ministry and consecrated life. The focus of this initiative is the fostering of vocations through prayer, invitation, and education. While vocations to religious life are extremely valuable to the life of the Church,
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Annual Red Mass Celebration The Church has a long history of offering a Mass to invoke divine guidance and strength on those who work in the areas of law and justice, and last Saturday, I celebrated this annual Red Mass in our Diocese. I was pleased by
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Synod: Universal Phase The General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality begins in Rome today, following a two-year process that started in September 2021 when the Vatican released a preparatory document and instructions on preparing for the gathering. The first phase, the Diocesan phase, consisted of gathering
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Daily Prayer Practice During our recent Parish Leader Convocation, speaker Katie Prejean McGrady gave participants a few moments to reflect on their personal prayer lives. She reminded participants of the importance of not only knowing the faith but, more importantly, practicing the faith—quoting the adage, “You cannot
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2023 Parish Leader Convocation Saturday, I was blessed to address the over 160 participants of this year’s Parish Leader Convocation, along with featured speaker Katie Prejean McGrady. My remarks began with a reminder to all that through our baptism—we must be instruments of God’s Word, message,
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I recently made an interesting discovery while contemplating some important milestones happening in my life this year. This year, I celebrate 41 years as a priest, 20 years as a bishop, and 9 years as the Bishop of Fall River, which together equal 70, the number of
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