• Diocese plans for 150th anniversary
    Diocese plans for 150th anniversary
    September 15, 2020
    PROVIDENCE — While 2020 has so far been a history-making year in the diocese, as it joins the world in responding to the devastating global novel coronavirus pandemic, officials are looking ahead to next year when it will mark a joyful milestone in its history, as the diocese prepares to celebrate its sesquicentennial.
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  • Evidence-based guidelines to celebrate Mass safely are working
    Evidence-based guidelines to celebrate Mass safely are working
    September 12, 2020
    Catholic churches across the country have been open for up to four months since shelter-in-place orders were lifted. With approximately 17,000 parishes in America typically holding three or more weekend Masses — and a greater number of daily Masses — for the last 14 or more weeks — over one million public Masses have been celebrated following guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus: in sum, follow the three W’s — watch your distance, wear your mask, and wash your hands.
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  • Teens from St. John Vianney Church remind older parishioners that they are not alone
    Teens from St. John Vianney Church remind older parishioners that they are not alone
    September 9, 2020
    CUMBERLAND — With the COVID-19 restrictions and vulnerability of older parishioners returning to Mass in mind, teens from St. John Vianney Church Youth Ministry recently...
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  • Catholic schools ready for full in-person learning
    Catholic schools ready for full in-person learning
    September 7, 2020
    PROVIDENCE — While the diocesan Catholic Schools Office and a team of principals and educators have been preparing for several months for the return to in-person school this fall, Superintendent Dan Ferris anxiously awaited Gov. Gina Raimondo’s final word on the status of that return for the state’s public schools, which she delivered in a press conference Monday.
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  • Charity is path to perfection when done for Jesus, pope says
    Charity is path to perfection when done for Jesus, pope says
    September 6, 2020
    VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The central focus of a Christian’s life and all he or she does to help others must be Jesus Christ, Pope Francis said.
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  • 09.03.2020 Assignments
    09.03.2020 Assignments
    September 3, 2020
    Assignments effective September 1, 2020.
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  • Cathedral roof to be replaced in $5 million, 9-month renovation project
    Cathedral roof to be replaced in $5 million, 9-month renovation project
    September 2, 2020
    PROVIDENCE — It could be said that the Diocese of Providence certainly got its money’s worth when the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul was completed and consecrated in 1889.
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