BONNET SHORES — When your surname rhymes with a delectable circular Italian comfort food, it comes as no surprise that the Zizza family loves their pizza. So much so that they have pie making down to a science — literally.

CENTRAL FALLS — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost had only just become Pope Leo XIV days earlier. Inside St. Peter’s Basilica, a wide-eyed seminarian from the nearby Pontifical North American College in Rome found himself among the chosen few asked to serve during one of the first Masses of the new Holy Father’s nascent pontificate. A year removed, Mateusz Puzanowski still shakes his head in pleasant disbelief. “I wasn’t even a deacon at that point. I was an acolyte,” the Rhode Island native reveals.

From June 30 – July 2, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will travel through the Diocese of Providence, offering opportunities for prayer, worship, Eucharistic processions, and fellowship with pilgrims from across the nation. These days will be filled with grace, joyful witness, and a powerful reminder that Christ remains at the center of our lives and our nation. To register to participate in local events, please visit https://dioceseofprovidence.org/NEP

PROVIDENCE — In Rhode Island, the Dominicans are taking it to the streets to prove that Catholicism still matters. Brother Anselm Kelly, O.P., Brother Clement Greenspan, O.P. and Brother Roland Wakefield, O.P., all currently in formation for the priesthood in Washington, D.C., will be spending the summer in the Diocese of Providence, living the Dominican mission of preaching the good news. In this case, the good news is “Why Catholicism Still Matters,” and these three men will host nine four-week sessions at local parishes throughout the diocese starting June 29.

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