‘Trust in Providence’ as 100th Catholic Charity Appeal campaign launches in diocese

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 …

Your award-winning diocesan newspaper is celebrating its 150 year anniversary in 2025

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Catholic, which began and flourished for nearly all of its 150 years as The Providence Visitor, celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2025. The venerable newspaper of the …

Hope springs from the Eternal City for the Jubilee Year

ROME — Romans 5:5 states that “Hope does not disappoint,” and these words resound amid the chaos of the modern world. Perhaps that is why Pope Francis announced 2025 as Jubilee Year …

St. Peter’s Holy Door sees more than half million pilgrims in two weeks

A visitor touches and passes through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2024, following its opening by Pope Francis during the Christmas Mass at Night on Dec. 24, 2024, marking the start of the Holy Year of 2025.

VATICAN CITY — More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the first two weeks after Pope Francis opened it. From Dec. 24, when the …

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‘Trust in Providence’ as 100th Catholic Charity Appeal campaign launches in diocese

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 …

Your award-winning diocesan newspaper is celebrating its 150 year anniversary in 2025

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Catholic, which began and flourished for nearly all of its 150 years as The Providence Visitor, celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2025. The venerable newspaper of the …

Hope springs from the Eternal City for the Jubilee Year

ROME — Romans 5:5 states that “Hope does not disappoint,” and these words resound amid the chaos of the modern world. Perhaps that is why Pope Francis announced 2025 as Jubilee Year …

St. Peter’s Holy Door sees more than half million pilgrims in two weeks

VATICAN CITY — More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the first two weeks after Pope Francis opened it. From Dec. 24, when the …

The parish hall of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence, was packed with participants on December 7. More than 200 attended, twice as many as last year. The conference also featured dozens of local ministries and vendors selling books, rosaries and prayer cards.

R.I. Catholic Women’s Conference talks Mary, power of reflection

PROVIDENCE — Just two days before the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the parish hall of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul was filled with women of all ages and vocations. Their goal …

As local faithful and clergy gather at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady Guadalupe, they commemorate a moment in Catholic history that lies at the intersection of important elements of faith and culture.

Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

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 …

Santoro Oil Company CEO John Santoro joins Msgr. Kenney and diocesan staff who assist Keep the Heat on clients on a daily basis.
Rhode Islanders in need can receive assistance by visiting
www.HeatRI.com or by calling 401-421-7833.
Donations to the fund are also accepted at www.HeatRI.com.

In its 20 year ministry, Keep the Heat On has contributed nearly $4.4 million of heating assistance to 17,750 Rhode Islanders

PROVIDENCE — For the past 20 years, Keep the Heat On has been a lifesaver for thousands upon thousands of Rhode Island households. Since it began in 2005, the program has continued to provide …

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: Children from St. Teresa School in Pawtucket smile before the school nativity scene.

Tracing the origins of some of our favorite Christmas carols

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 …

A knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre holds the Holy Crown of Thorns during a procession for its return at Notre Dame Cathedra in Paris Dec. 13, 2024, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, as part of ceremonies to mark the Cathedral's reopening after its restoration.

Jesus’ crown of thorns returns to Notre Dame Cathedral

PARIS (OSV News) — Firefighters and police officers formed a human chain to rescue the crown of thorns from the inferno at Notre Dame on April 15, 2019. On Dec. 13, 2024, this holiest relic of …

State Police give generously to a Rhode Island family in need

PROVIDENCE — Members of the Rhode Island State Police Computer Crimes Unit (CCU) recently sponsored a Rhode Island family in need, giving them a wonderful, unexpected Christmas gift of $1,000 …

Providence Seminarian Vincent “Jay” Zizza participated in the Rite of Candidacy at Saint John Seminary on April 30, 2023, the last public Mass offered by Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, whose retirement became effective the following day.

Saint John's Seminary focused on forming 'courageous and generous shepherds'

BRIGHTON, Mass. — Priestly formation means more than simply a degree, a study of theology. Formation means attending to the whole of the man who puts on the Roman collar every day. Approaches …

St. Mary Academy Bay View’s orchestra quartet brings Christmas cheer to Hasbro Children's Hospital

Hasbro Children’s Hospital welcomed St. Mary Academy Bay View’s orchestra quartet on December 3 for a special performance. Iris Weiss, Maya Lavey, Mara Machado and Caroline Kanaczet …

St. Martin De Porres Center is a 'jewel' of the Catholic Church

December 5 was a joyous occasion over at the St. Martin de Porres Senior Center for the Diocese of Providence as they celebrated their annual Christmas party. The afternoon was full of carols, a …

Veneration: Dominican friars carry the reliquary containing St. Thomas Aquinas’ major relics in procession from St. Pius V Church to St. Dominic’s Chapel on Providence College’s campus on Dec. 4.

Major relics of St. Thomas Aquinas grace Rhode Island for a day

On Wednesday, Dec. 4, the skull that once housed one of the greatest theological minds in history was on display in Providence for the faithful to venerate, beginning at St. Pius V Church. In a …

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The baptized Christ united himself with a sinful mankind

Born in Quebec, raised in Fall River, and spending her final years in Woonsocket, Marie Rose Ferron (1902-36) is a much-respected and devout soul. To this day, La Petite Rose is revered by many for …

Jubilee 2025: New Year’s resolutions and resources

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 …

The inspired example of the Blessed Mother

St. Ambrose of Milan (d.397) might have been the first theologian to acknowledge the Blessed Virgin Mary as Mother of the Church. Quite recent examinations of his writings reveal that the ancient …

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Little Flower Home seeks volunteers PROVIDENCE — Do you have the compassion and the space to host a homeless pregnant woman in your home? If Jesus calls you to extend this welcome, you can …

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Being ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ in the Digital Landscape

The Jubilee Year 2025 is upon us, and Pope Francis has asked that we all attempt to be “pilgrims of hope” to witness to the love and power of Jesus Christ in the world today. What does …

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