This week, November 3-9, is National Vocation Awareness Week (NVAW). This annual week-long celebration of the Catholic Church in the United States is dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to renew our prayers and support for those who are considering one of these particular vocations.
READ MOREThis Thursday, October 31, Most Reverend Richard G. Henning, STD will be installed as our new Archbishop of Boston. The Mass of Installation will take place at 2:00pm at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
You are invited to view the installation on CatholicTV (via cable) or at www.CatholicTV.org. For those who wish to be together with others while viewing the installation, there will be a watch party for those living in the South Region of our Archdiocese at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Braintree.
READ MOREThis weekend, we celebrate World Mission Sunday, a special day that unites Catholics worldwide in prayer, solidarity, and support for the Church’s mission efforts, which is crucial for sustaining the Church’s outreach in over 1,150 mission territories. World Mission Sunday reminds us that we belong to a worldwide Church, which is not often in the forefront of our minds.
READ MOREEvery session of the Second Vatican Council began with the prayer Adsumus Sancte Spiritus, the first word of the Latin original meaning, “We stand before You, Holy Spirit,” which has been historically used at Councils, Synods and other Church gatherings for hundreds of years, being attributed to Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 - 4 April 636).
READ MOREThis weekend we celebrate Respect Life Sunday, which begins Respect Life Month. The U.S. bishops have affirmed that, while it is important to address all the ways in which human life is threatened, “abortion remains our pre-eminent priority as it directly attacks our most vulnerable brothers and sisters, destroying more than a million lives each year in our country alone.”
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