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Origin of Divine Mercy Sunday, the Divine Mercy image, the Chaplet, and the Novena

Eight men were ordained to the transitional diaconate of The Order of Preachers at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Read now...

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A Memorial Mass for Father Batista will be celebrated on Saturday, April 10 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Church, Bristol. Those who wish to attend are asked to kindly RSVP to the parish secretary, Charlene Andrade, at office@saintelizabethchurch.net or call 253-8366 before Thursday, April 8. 

Sunday, April 11, beginning at 2:00pm and ending after 6:00pm Holy Mass. Click for full schedule - https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/5523/documents/2021/3/Cathedral%20Divine%20Mercy%20for%20040121.pdf

Every April, child and youth serving organizations, including jesus-with-kids-small Catholic Dioceses, participate in Child Abuse Prevention Month to highlight the importance of protecting minors. Learn more.

Visitation will be on Thursday, April 8, from 10 - 11:45am at St. Joseph Church, 391 High Street, Central Falls. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial will be offered for the repose of his soul on Thursday, April 8, at 12 noon at St. Joseph Church, Central Falls. Please note the noon start time for the Mass. Burial will be private.

PROVIDENCE — The Diocese of Providence will host the annual Catholic Men’s Conference on Saturday, April 17, at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence. All priests, deacons and other Catholic men are invited for an in-person day of prayer, fellowship and inspired witness from apologist Trent Horn. Horn’s recent presentations have been called “engaging, compelling and incredibly intelligent.”

The Chancery Office Building will be closed for Easter Monday. We will reopen on Tuesday.

Easter Sunday is the greatest of all Sundays, and Easter Time is the most important of all liturgical times.

Visitation will be on Tuesday, April 6, from 9 - 9:45am at Precious Blood Church, 94 Carrington Avenue, Woonsocket. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial will be offered for the repose of Father’s soul on Tuesday, April 6, at 10am at Precious Blood Church, Woonsocket. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, West Warwick.

The Easter Vigil (also Paschal Vigil, Easter Vigil Mass or Mass of the Easter Vigil) is held after nightfall on Holy Saturday, it is the first Easter Mass to celebrate Christ’s resurrection from the dead, the most important feast in the church’s liturgical year.

The Church celebrates the redemptive death of Christ on Good Friday.

Alleluia! It’s the word that will resound too many times to count in our churches and across the globe on Easter Day....

Every year, the Church celebrates the great mysteries of the redemption of mankind in the “most sacred triduum of the crucifixion, burial and resurrection”(143).

PROVIDENCE — The faithful at St. Patrick Church joined Catholics around the world in the celebration of Palm Sunday, marking the start of Holy Week.

ROVIDENCE — Following a year like no other in recent history, the gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic was still hanging in the air like the incense smoke used to bless the sacramental oils at this year’s Chrism Mass.

Holy Thursday and Good Friday are particularly solemn days as we commemorate the Last Supper and the Crucifixion of Our Lord.

Every year this liturgy leaves us amazed: we pass from the joy of welcoming Jesus as he enters Jerusalem to the sorrow of watching him condemned to death and then crucified. That sense of interior amazement will remain with us throughout Holy Week. Let us reflect more deeply on it.