Community celebrates 175th anniversary of the Sisters of Mercy in the Americas Rhode Island area Sisters of Mercy celebrated the 175th anniversary of the religious order in the Americas on June 11 at ...

PROVIDENCE — Loneliness, depression, disconnection from other people, even suicide — these have become major issues affecting young people today in greater numbers than ever before. Those numbers had ...

PROVIDENCE — While the Diocese of Providence experienced a small deficit in its annual Catholic Charity Appeal for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, its audited 2017-2018 annual financial … ...

The diocese also did its part in the gathering of critical data for consideration in the global “Synod on Synodality,” initiated by Pope Francis. Currently, the diocese is participating in the U.S.

WOONSOCKET — The board of directors for the CYO of Northern Rhode Island Inc. Father Marot CYO Center recently welcomed Leo T. Fontaine as the new director of the organization. Based in their new ...

PROVIDENCE — For the past 12 years, the Diocese of Providence has held a special Mass for couples throughout Rhode Island celebrating milestone wedding anniversaries. This past Sunday, Sept. 15, 200 ...

WESTERLY — More than 200 people were in attendance at a sold-out Respect Life dinner honoring Father Ray Suriani, pastor emeritus of St. Pius X parish, which was held on Saturday, January 26, at the ...

The early Christian community consisted mostly of Jews. The old time Jews from Judea and Galilee, like the apostles, Martha, Mary, Lazarus, the women who supported Jesus from their means, Joseph of ...

WAKEFIELD — While some bishops have barred the Legion of Christ from their dioceses, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin hopes that the congregation and its three-affiliated Regnum Christi schools will remain in ...

CRANSTON — Bishop Thomas J. Tobin visited the Rhode Island Department of Corrections Women’s Facilities on Thursday, May 11, celebrating Mass for the inmates and officers served by the diocesan … ...

Rev. Mr. Patrick Ryan smiles with his parents Anne and Doug at their family home in Coventry. On Saturday, June 24, at 10 a.m., Bishop Richard G. Henning will celebrate Holy Mass with the ordination ...

BRISTOL — Father Alban Anthony Sueper, SSC, died peacefully on May 5 at St. Elizabeth Manor, Bristol, Rhode Island. His TV was tuned to a mass in progress. He was three weeks short of his 97th ...