Dec 19, 2024 · Nothing rings in the holiday season like Christmas carols. Although stores and radio stations bombard the average person with Christmas music as soon as the calendar turns to November, Catholic churches will not play sacred Christmas songs until December 24.

Jan 9, 2025 · PROVIDENCE — The 100th annual Catholic Charity Appeal launched on January 6 in the diocese with the theme “Trust in Providence,” and a goal of raising 7.5 million. In a letter to …

3 days ago · VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told U.S. President Donald Trump he hoped that the nation would prosper under his leadership and make no room for hatred, discrimination or exclusion.

Oct 17, 2024 · Father Michael McMahon was installed as the pastor of St. Joan of Arc parish in Cumberland on Oct.13. Holy Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Richard G. Henning, with Father McMahon, Father Robert Lacombe, and Father Jacob Raju as concelebrants.

Jan 9, 2025 · Jubilee 2025 began on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s in Rome, and will conclude on January 6, 2026, when that door of the Vatican basilica is closed. The …

Nov 21, 2024 · The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, is not at all an old feast on the Church’s liturgical calendar. Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King in his encyclical Quas Primas only 100 years ago in 1925 in response to the growing nationalism and secularism affecting the Western World after World War I.

Nov 14, 2024 · LOOKING BACK: Louis E. Gelineau’s high school graduation photo; Father Gelineau with his parents Leonidas and Juliette; Bishop opens his arms to the residents of J.F.K. Housing on Clinton Street during the centennial Woonsocket Parade, 1988; a moment of prayer between Masses at Camp Yawgoog, 1987; Bishop Gelineau at the Blessing of the Fleet in Narragansett; Bishop delivers his homily during ...

Jan 16, 2025 · (OSV News) — As Catholics prayed across the country for President Donald Trump as he was sworn in as the nation’s 47th president Jan. 20, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York was in the …

Dec 19, 2024 · PROVIDENCE — The Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul was nearly filled to capacity for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the yearly celebration which represents an important day for both Catholics of Latin-American descent as well as Catholics in the Americas more generally, as it is a remembrance of the first apparition of Our Lady to take place in the Western Hemisphere.

Dec 5, 2024 · During the month of December, Mary becomes quite the prominent figure in the collective society, visually represented in Nativity scenes and plays, Christmas cards and ornaments. But for Catholics, …