A Protestant New York socialite and mother of five who became a Catholic religious sister, she founded the first community of women religious in the United States. Her feast day is celebrated today, January 4. (Image: vaticannews.com)
Milestone Anniversary: On Gaudete Sunday, December 15, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin celebrated Holy Mass at Saint Bernard Church in North Kingstown. (PHOTO COURTESY OF SAINT BERNARD CHURCH)
Beginning Jan. 10, is the Visitation of the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to our diocese! Later in January Msgr. Kenney will celebrate a Mass for Life, Sun., Jan. 26 at 5 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Parish, Cranston.
Every year on January 1, the Holy Father marks the World Day of Peace with a special message inviting all people to reflect on the important work of building peace. Learn more... (Photo: George Martell)
No matter how late you may have stayed out celebrating New Year’s Eve, remember that January 1 is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, a Holy Day of Obligation.
God has a plan for each of us! This retreat is for high school seniors, college-aged, and post-college age men interested in or curious about the priesthood. The retreat will be held Friday-Saturday, January 10-11, 2025 at the Seminary of Our Lady of Providence, Providence. To recommend a man for this retreat or if interested for yourself, please contact Rev. Ryan J. Simas, Director of Vocations, fathersimas@gmail.com or Rev. Ryan W. Connors, Director of Pre-Ordination Formation, rconnors@dpvd.org. To sign up please visit https://catholicpriest.com/vocations-college-retreat/ to complete registration form. Call 401-331-1316 with questions.
Have you ever attended a Holy Hour Adoration? Adoration is a quiet time spent in prayer before Jesus present in the Eucharist. Join us today from noon to 1 p.m. at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence. This will be offered for Vocations in our Diocese and for the Diocese as a whole. (Diocese of Providence photo)
As we approach the end of this year and the last chance to make a tax-deductible charitable donation to a program that makes a real impact and fulfills a real need for Rhode Islanders, please consider a donation in any amount in support of the Keep the Heat On fund.
By Cole DeSantis, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - PROVIDENCE — The Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul was nearly filled to capacity for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the yearly celebration which represents an important day for both Catholics of Latin-American descent as well as Catholics in the Americas more generally, as it is a remembrance of the first apparition of Our Lady to take place in the Western Hemisphere. (PHOTOS: COLE DESANTIS)
A Child is born to us! A Son is given to us. And He will be our ruler. He will be called, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. - Psalm 89:2 (Image: USCCB)
"...the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” - Matthew 1:20-21 (Image: USCCB)
“In saying that Mary is ‘a mother to us in the order of grace’ the [Second Vatican] Council stresses that her spiritual motherhood is not limited to the disciples alone, as though the words spoken by Jesus on Calvary: ‘Woman, behold your son’ (Jn 19:26), required a restrictive interpretation. Indeed, with these words the Crucified One established an intimate relationship between Mary and his beloved disciple, a typological figure of universal scope, intending to offer his Mother as Mother to all mankind.”
All are invited to the upcoming Advent Masses, held December 9-24, at our Catholic Cemeteries, click for schedule of dates, times and locations. (Photo: Diocese of Providence) [Note: schedule updated 12-10-24]
Reverend Raymond C. Theroux, 85, Pastor Emeritus of St. John Vianney Parish, Cumberland and brother of former diocesan Vicar General Monsignor Paul Theroux, died on Thursday, December 19, 2024. Please click for arrangements.
By Jennifer Barton, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - Nothing rings in the holiday season like Christmas carols. Although stores and radio stations bombard the average person with Christmas music as soon as the calendar turns to November, Catholic churches will not play sacred Christmas songs until December 24. Many of these beloved carols came from Protestant composers, yet some hymns sung at Christmas Masses have Catholic roots. (PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. TERESA SCHOOL)
For December 24, the fourth Sunday of Advent, Mr. Adam Habershaw, Seminarian at St. John's in Boston and parishioner at St. Paul Parish, Cranston, explains "The Nativity Story."
