By Allison Shinskey, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - KINGSTON — Seventy-five years ago, a small parish was built out of necessity in the shadow of the University of Rhode Island campus. Today, it’s one of the most vibrant Catholic communities in the diocese in more ways than one. (PHOTO: LAURA KILGUS)

This is a patronal feast day in the United States of America and is observed as a Holy Day of Obligation.

"A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths." – Mat 3:1-3 (Photo: RI Catholic)

Providence’s St. Adalbert Parish recently hosted a celebration for the newly canonized St. Carlo Acutis. The event was particularly meaningful to the Polish-American parish because Carlo was introduced to the faith by his Polish nanny, Beata Sperczynska, who taught him his first Polish prayer. (PHOTO COURTESY OF FATHER MAREK S. KUPKA)