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The Chancery Office Building, located at One Cathedral Square, Providence, will be closed Thursday in observance of the Ascension of the Lord which is a Holy Day of Obligation. Additionally, we will be closed Friday. We are also closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day. We will re-open 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Tell the members of the General Assembly you don't want to foot the bill for someone else’s abortion. Currently pending House bill 7442 and Senate bill 2549 propose using your tax dollars to fund abortions for state workers and people on Medicaid. Click for contact information...

Rev. Mr. Joseph Braga, 92, of North Providence, a deacon of the Diocese of Providence, died on Monday, May 16, 2022. Visiting hours will be held Sunday, May 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Woodlawn Funeral Home, 600 Pontiac Ave., Cranston. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, May 23, at 10 a.m. in St. Charles Borromeo Church, 178 Dexter St., Providence (Please go directly to church Monday morning). Military honors and burial will follow at St. Ann Cemetery. Please pray for Deacon Joe and his family.

THIS THURS., MAY 19 - RI House Finance Hearing on Tax Funded Abortion! *Say NO to Taxpayer-Funded Abortion-on-Demand!*

Rev. Mr. Raphael Joseph "Ray" Castaldi, 67, of Westerly, a deacon of the Diocese of Providence, died on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Visiting hours will be held in St. James Chapel, 2079 Matunuck School House Rd, Charlestown, RI, on Friday, May 20 from 5 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. James Chapel on Saturday, May 21 at 1 p.m. Please pray for Deacon Ray and his family.

The festival is an outdoor Performing Arts Showcase Concert with Catholic School students from across the Diocese of Providence. This special day will feature the World Premiere of combined chorus piece by Tom Kendzia, liturgical musician and composer. Each performance will celebrate the 150th Anniversary theme, "The Lord has done great things for us, we are filled with joy." (Psalm 126:1).

What is the choice? Is it to kill or not to kill an innocent, defenseless human being? A majority of elected RI representatives and senators have already passed a radical New York pro-abortion law which forces the state to deny legal protection to unborn children throughout all nine months. The 2019 law codified and expanded abortion rights in Rhode Island, making it easier for women to obtain late-term abortions for virtually any reason. To add insult to injury, these same anti-life politicians now intend to force taxpayers to fund the killing of the unborn, treating them as disposable objects.

Faithful Invited to Fast and Pray the Rosary on Friday, May 13 in Midst of Tensions Over Leaked Draft Supreme Court Opinion

Event is part of the diocese’s 150th anniversary celebration! Click for more!

From the diocesan office of Priests' Personnel

Throughout the month of May, the Diocese of Providence honors the extraordinary efforts of essential workers. We are immensely grateful for their lifesaving and lifegiving work. To give thanks to God for all essential workers, the Office of Health Care Ministry is holding the Second Annual Mass of Prayer and Thanksgiving for Essential Workers on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 8:45 a.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 21 Traverse Street, Providence, RI. Click for more.

Holy Mass of Thanksgiving: Join us for a Holy Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 8:45 a.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 21 Taverse St., Providence, RI. Click for more.

Statement of Bishop Tobin on the Supreme Court and Roe v Wade

In case you missed it! Editorial in Rhode Island Catholic.....

Our final session is ONLINE via ZOOM on TUESDAY, APRIL 26 at 7 p.m. For more information about the synod, the survey, or this special Zoom session, click here

*EVENT MOVED TO PETERSON REC CENTER * at Providence College - for tickets and all the details, click here!

During the 150th Anniversary celebration of the Diocese of Providence, with joy and in thanksgiving for the gift of Religious vocation, we congratulate the Religious Jubilarians celebrating anniversaries of 80, 75, 70, 65, 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30 and 25 years of religious life. They will be honored at a Jubilarian Celebration Saturday, April 23 beginning with Holy Mass at 11:30 a.m. in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence with Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Providence, Celebrant and Fr. James Sullivan, OP Homilist. Join us!

“Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven, exult, let Angel ministers of God exult, let the trumpet of salvation sound aloud our mighty King's triumph!” Click to see photos on our diocesan Twitter account!

We commemorated the Passion and death of Our Savior on Good Friday. At the customary ninth hour (3 p.m.), the faithful gathered at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence led by Bishop Thomas J. Tobin for the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion. Click to see photos on our diocesan Twitter account!

Monsignor Anthony Mancini, Rector of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, celebrated the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, April 14. Click to see photos on our diocesan Twitter account!