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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.

For your information: televised Masses and Masses live-streamed on the web/internet. **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.**

The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization announces that Pope Francis is to join Marian sanctuaries across the world, to pray to the Virgin Mary for help amidst the pandemic.

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.

The Roman Catholic of Providence has a comprehensive plan already in place...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis asked Christians to join their love for the church with a caring concern for civil society, particularly at this time of the coronavirus pandemic

PROVIDENCE — Following several weeks of careful consultations between the Diocese of Providence and the Governor’s Office and the Rhode Island Department of Health, public worship will resume in Catholic Churches on May 30, the Vigil of the Solemnity of Pentecost, following a set of guidelines released Wednesday by the diocese.

After several weeks of careful consultation with the Governor’s office and the Rhode Island Department of Health, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence has issued guidelines to parishes for the return to public worship amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

PROVIDENCE — As many remain isolated at home, trying to stay safely secluded amid coronavirus concerns, many with artistic gifts find that this could be an opportunity to create for the community, family and for God.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Two separate polls show that Americans are relying more on their faith to help persevere through the coronavirus pandemic.

At the beginning of March, it would have been quite a challenge to find a Catholic who had ever heard of St. Corona, to say nothing of finding one who had prayed to her. Since the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, however,...

The Diocese continues to help needy Rhode Islanders

Held annually the first Thursday in May, the mission of the National Day of Prayer is to mobilize prayer in America and to encourage personal repentance and righteousness in the culture.

WARWICK — Sister Mary Angelus Gabrielle, RSM, was family — to all who knew her, to all who she comforted, all that she prayed with, to all that she laughed and cried with. As many mourn the loss of this Sister of Mercy, who died from COVID-19 on Saturday, May 2...

Bishop Tobin will join the Bishops of the United States and Canada in renewing the consecration of the Diocese of Providence to the care of our Blessed Mother on Friday, May 1, 2020.

The Diocese of Providence remains deeply concerned about the increase in domestic violence calls as a result of the coronavirus crisis...

The brief liturgy and prayer of re-consecration to air at 3 p.m. ET, Friday, May 1, live from Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles with Archbishop Gomez celebrating.

PROVIDENCE — While the nation and world continue to struggle with how best to return to a sense of normalcy in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin is seeking to…

Catholic Athletic League Spring Season Cancelled Effective April 24