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It’s the first week of October, which means the Major League Baseball playoff season is about to begin (unfortunately minus the Red Sox). Also absent will be the legendary play-by-play …
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10/6/22
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On Saturday, Oct. 1, Tony Melendez visited the Diocese of Providence for a night of praise, testimony and adoration. Melendez is a Nicaraguan-American guitar player, composer, singer, and songwriter. …
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10/6/22
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Mass every Sunday was an integral part of my young life, as was true for most and likely all of my neighborhood friends. The 9 a.m. Sunday Mass was the children’s Mass and all were expected to …
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10/6/22
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PROVIDENCE — “We’re swimming upstream trying to live the culture of life, and the evil one wants to isolate us, separate us, make us second guess ourselves in the value of what we …
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By Cole DeSantis, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent
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10/6/22
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PROVIDENCE — On Saturday, Sept. 24, pro-life activists gathered at St. Patrick’s Church in Providence for the Jericho Walk. The event took place in preparation for the 40 Days for Life, a …
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By Cole DeSantis, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent
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10/6/22
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PROVIDENCE — Diocese of Providence Seminarian Patrick Ryan was one of 23 seminarians from the Pontifical North American College in Rome ordained to the transitional diaconate on Sept. 29.The …
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By RICK SNIZEK, Executive Editor
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10/6/22
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“i am a little church… at peace with nature …winter by spring, i lift my diminutive spire to merciful Him Whose only now is forever”FOSTER — Few churches in the …
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By DANIEL J. HOLMES, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent
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10/6/22
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Many years ago, in a random conversation with my dad about things religious, the phrase “The fear of the Lord” came up. And I distinctly remember my dad saying, “I’m not …
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10/6/22
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PROVIDENCE — As the central hub of diocesan life for the past century-and-a-half, the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul is certainly terra cognita for most Rhode Island Catholics. Many readers, …
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By DANIEL J. HOLMES, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent
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9/29/22
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Loving commitment of donors and diocese makes completion of Prout’s Meghan C. Cooney Field a reality
WAKEFIELD — Two decades since the idea was first conceived for a first-rate athletic field for The Prout School students to play soccer and lacrosse, the field has now successfully been …
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By Laura Kilgus, Assistant Editor
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9/29/22
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PROVIDENCE — In August, more than 100 people gathered at the annual Seminarian and Parent Celebration Dinner, sponsored by the Serra Club of the Diocese of Providence. The evening honored the …
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9/29/22
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CRANSTON — Alumni, teachers, staff, students and their families filled Saint Paul Church in Cranston on Sunday, Sept. 18 to take part in a Mass of Thanksgiving and look back on a century of …
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By Laura Kilgus, Assistant Editor
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9/29/22
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PastorsReverend Vander Sebastiao Martins, to Pastor, St. Elizabeth Parish, Bristol, effective August 5, 2022.
Reverend Albert D. Ranallo, Jr., from Pastor, St. Ann Parish, Providence, to Pastor, …
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9/29/22
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WASHINGTON — The National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM) has announced that it has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to strengthen family-focused ministry in …
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9/29/22
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St. Gregory the Great was a pope who lived in the second half of the 6th century and the beginning of the 7th. He’s been honored with the title “Great” because he had a profound and …
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9/29/22
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VATICAN CITY — As Hurricane Fiona swept across the Caribbean, leaving behind numerous victims and material destruction, Pope Francis called for greater solidarity in assisting all those …
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9/29/22
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Bishop Thomas J. Tobin installed Father Michael McMahon as the new pastor of St. Philip’s parish in Greenville on Sunday, Sept. 25. Bishop Tobin was the principal celebrant at the Holy Mass, …
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9/29/22
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Novena for Life ongoingEAST PROVIDENCE — A Novena for Life is running from now to November 12, at 8 a.m., at Sacred Heart Church, 118 Taunton Ave., followed by a Rosary outside Planned …
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9/29/22
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In the depths of the lower library at the former Our Lady of Providence Seminary at Warwick Neck was a book entitled, “The Thirteenth: Greatest of Centuries.” The hefty tome was authored …
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9/29/22
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With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and the long-awaited ascent of her son to become King Charles III, England has become the focus, once again, of great pageantry and palace intrigue. There is …
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9/29/22
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