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(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.

Watch the live broadcast of the 10:00am Christmas Day Mass from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence with Bishop Tobin - click for viewing links!

Due to recent weather reports the Chancery Office Building will be closed Thurs., Dec. 17.

Christmas Day Mass to be broadcast live on WPRI Channel 12 and on our Diocesan YouTube page at 10:00am Christmas Day.

The Chancery Office Building located at One Cathedral Square, Providence, will be closed Dec. 7 & 8.

Two pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer and Moderna, seem well on their way to receiving federal approval for their respective COVID-19 vaccines.

PROVIDENCE — In an effort to mitigate the sharp increase in the number of those testing positive for COVID-19, Gov. Gina Raimondo has placed limits on the numbers of people allowed to gather socially, dine indoors, attend church services and certain grade levels of school, among other restrictions, which will be in place until Dec. 13.

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Considerations for your year-end giving - together we can support those in need!

Diocesan heating assistance program offers a critical lifeline to local households

A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, November 21, 2020, at 11 :00 am in the Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Paul, One Cathedral Square, Providence. Burial will be private. Visitation will begin one hour prior to mass in the Cathedral. Arrangements entrusted to Russell J. Boyle & Son Funeral Home. For online condolences, visit boyleandsonfuneralhome.com.

PROVIDENCE — It was an observance that was both solemn and hopeful for Catholics.On All Soul’s Day, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, wearing black vestments as a symbol of our sadness and sorrow, ...

Statement from the Diocese of Providence on Arrest of John Petrocelli

The Most Reverend Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, celebrated Holy Mass for the faithful departed at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence on All Souls Day, Monday, November 2 at 12:00 noon. Prayers were offered for all those in the Diocese who have died in the past year, with a special remembrance of those who have died from COVID-19, and those who could not have traditional funeral rites during the statewide lockdown earlier this year. *CLICK IMAGE AT TOP LEFT TO WATCH*

Ordination to take place at Cathedral Oct. 24 at 10:00am - watch the live stream here on the diocesan YouTube channel!

Visitation on Monday, October 26, from 10 – 10:45am in St. Margaret Church, 1098 Pawtucket Avenue, Rumford. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial will be offered for the repose of Father McGovern’s soul on Monday, October 26 at 11am, in St. Margaret Church. Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, please note that seating for the Funeral Mass will be extremely limited, and out of necessity family and clergy will be given priority for seating. Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston.

The Holy Father’s apparent support for the recognition of civil unions for same-sex couples needs to be clarified...

PROVIDENCE — Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has appointed three priests to oversee special ministries within the Diocese of Providence.