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While the Catholic Church celebrates life every month of the year, the month of January is especially important in the celebration of life, because this is also the month when we are reminded of our challenges. It was on January 22, 1973 when the Supreme Court ruled that the constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion. Since then, countless lives have been lost and ruined...

PROVIDENCE — Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has appointed James Jahnz to serve as Secretary for Catholic Charities and Social Ministry for the Diocese of Providence. The appointment, effective January 1, is for a five-year term that may be renewed.

(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence has announced that the National Grid Foundation has made another major gift donation for its ‘Keep the Heat On’ heating assistance program. The donation of $250,000 is the eighth major gift that the heating assistance program has accepted from the Foundation and the largest to date, more than double last year’s donation of $100,000.

Diocese of Providence eNewsbulletin from Friday, January 15!

Harrison Butker is the kicker for the reigning NFL Champions, the Kansas City Chiefs. As prominent as that role is, however, Butker has his sights set on a goal far more important than kicking a football and winning a Super Bowl...

The Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is visiting the Diocese of Providence January 9 through 31, schedule here.

The Annual Respect for Life Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 23, 2021 in the Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, Providence. The Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Providence, will be the main celebrant, and Rev. Stephen J. Dandeneau will be the homilist for the Mass. The Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be on the altar for veneration during Mass.

Unable to attend Holy Mass? Rev. Jeremy J. Rodrigues, S.T.L., Administrative Secretary to the Bishop & Director of the Office for Divine Worship, Diocese of Providence, RI, explains how to Make a Spiritual Communion. Available in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Unable to attend Holy Mass? Find televised Masses and Masses live-streamed on the web/internet here. **RESUMING PUBLIC WORSHIP: Please consult parish websites, bulletins, and social media often for the most up-to-date Mass times as we slowly move to resume public worship. Be reminded that some parishes may continue with live-streaming liturgies, Mass times may change, and each parish will have guidelines in place for parishioners.**

COVENTRY — Hope has traditionally been the theological virtue most closely associated with the Christmas season: throughout Advent we look forward in joyful expectation to the moment of the Incarnation, the entry of the divine into human history and the beginning of Christ’s mission of salvation.

The Diocesan Offices will be closed Monday.

Rhode Island State Police Detectives Adam Houston and Ian Andrade delivered Christmas presents for a family in need connected through Catholic Social Services of RI’s Christmas program.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court Jan. 12 reinstated a federal requirement that women who are seeking abortion-inducing drugs must do so in person, not by mail, as a federal judge had allowed last year due to the pandemic and the high court had let stand.

During the pandemic, the Diocese of Providence eNewsbulletin is sent weekly to subscribers, sharing the latest information from Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, top news from Rhode Island Catholic newspaper, the most up to date schedule of virtual and pre-recorded Masses, and highlights of the good your Catholic Charity donations continue to do for neediest Rhode Islanders during these difficult days.

Read the Fri., Jan. 8 diocesan eNewsletter!

WASHINGTON —With three more federal executions scheduled in January, two bishop chairmen call on the current Administration to stop, and for the new Congress and incoming Administration to abolish the death penalty in federal law.

This year, bring the adventure home! The BANFF Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour is going virtual!

The mystery of Christ’s baptism in the Jordan by St. John, the Precursor, proposes the contemplation of an already adult Jesus.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis offered prayers for the people of the United States “shaken by the recent siege on Congress” and prayed for the five people who lost their lives “in those dramatic moments” when protesters stormed the Capitol Jan. 6.

PROVIDENCE — Mia Ricci became so inspired by the message of empowerment being offered to her and her fellow fourth graders at Oaklawn Elementary School during a Feinstein Junior Scholars event …