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In March, Mercymount Country Day School hosted a playoff tournament for third and fourth grade girls instructional basketball teams that included Mercymount, St. Pius and Saint Augustine. Saint …
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5/26/22
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On Oct. 19, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin joined the major religious Superiors for an annual meeting which featured a lively discussion of the Pope’s letter on the liturgy. The Superiors also …
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10/27/22
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PROVIDENCE — A recently released annual audit of its finances shows that the Diocese of Providence ended fiscal year 2022 on solid financial footing.While diocesan investments benefitted from a …
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By RICK SNIZEK, Executive Editor
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3/16/23
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Father Tetrault’s paintings on exhibit PROVIDENCE — The late Father Raymond Tetrault’s paintings will be on exhibit at the Sprout Gallery, 166 Valley St., Building 6M, Suite 103, …
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7/27/23
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Polish Catholics have a 1000-year-old Christmas tradition that I would like to recommend to you. The “oplatek,” or Christmas wafer is a large, rectangular flat wafer made in the same …
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12/21/23
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Jesus was truly a man of the people. The Master intermingled not only with the poor, handicapped and humble, but was regularly in the company of the Scribes, the Pharisees, the Sadducees and even the …
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Father John A. Kiley
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11/3/16
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Saints Matthew, Mark and Luke, as well as St. Paul, recall the institution of the Holy Eucharist in their Gospel narratives in phrases that fairly well parallel the words of consecration heard every …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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7/26/18
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Certainly among the most affectionate of Christian images is the depiction of Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd. Woolly lambs cozying up to the Savior’s knee and the Master himself embracing a …
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5/9/19
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WASHINGTON — San Francisco’s archbishop declared May 20 that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is not “to be admitted” to Communion …
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By Julie Asher, Catholic News Service
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5/26/22
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TO THE EDITOR:
A few months ago as I knelt before Mass to pray, I had an overwhelming sense of the generations that have attended this church, knelt in these pews, and offered prayers and …
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10/27/22
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“Unless you become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3People of all ages arrive at the biweekly gatherings. They might walk differently, speak …
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By Jennifer Barton, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent
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3/16/23
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In this special edition, Rhode Island Catholic takes a look at Bishop Thomas J. Tobin's 18-year legacy in the Diocese of Providence in recognition of his retirement & 50th anniversary of …
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7/27/23
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Little Flower Home seeks volunteers PROVIDENCE —“When I was a stranger you welcomed me…” Do you have the heart and the home to host a homeless pregnant woman in your home? If …
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12/21/23
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Each beatitude proclaimed in this Sunday’s liturgy celebrates a deficiency. That’s right. Jesus, through the pen of St. Matthew, honors our brothers and sisters in faith who lack some portion of life and whom others might dismiss.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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2/1/08
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That’s a headline we haven’t seen yet, dear readers, but probably will in the next couple of years. And, make no mistake about it – that’s exactly what the headline will say as the story makes its way around the state and across the nation.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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4/23/09
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I say bring back the Cappa Magna.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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9/6/12
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Come, thou Holy Spirit, come; and from thy celestial home shed a ray of light divine. Heal our wounds, our strength renew; on our dryness, pour thy dew. Wash the stains of guilt away. Bend the …
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5/26/22
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TO THE EDITOR:
In a letter to the editor dated October 13, 2022, Fr. Joseph Creedon criticized a recent guest editorial by Fr. Nicholas Fleming (September 29, 2022). Fr. Creedon suggested that, …
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10/27/22
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‘40 Cans for Lent’BRISTOL — Knights of Columbus Bristol Council #379 is holding a “40 Cans for Lent” program for families, from now through April 9. All donations can be …
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3/16/23
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For Father Joseph Brice, the sight of more than one million young people from around the world, who converged on Lisbon, Portugal, for the opening Mass to kick off World Youth Day, was one of his …
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By RICK SNIZEK, Executive Editor
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8/10/23
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