Latest Diocesan News

In observance of Victory Day, the Diocesan Office Building, located at One Cathedral Square, Providence, will be closed Monday, August 10th.

Calling Hours will be on Thursday, August 6, from 4 - 7pm at the O’Neill Funeral Home, 3102 Mendon Road, Cumberland. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday, August 7, at 9:30am at Holy Spirit Parish, 1030 Dexter Street, Central Falls. Private Burial will follow.

The Peter’s Pence Collection is taken up worldwide each year to support the most disadvantaged including victims of war, oppression, natural disaster and disease. This annual Collection gives the Holy Father the means to provide emergency assistance to those in need.

PROVIDENCE — “Full, in-person enrollment is the plan for the fall,” said Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Providence Daniel Ferris. “I talk to principals daily who look forward to reopening and welcoming back their students. But they want to do so safely. If we keep our students safe, along with their teachers, and I am confident we will, coming back, if possible, is the best course of action.”

PROVIDENCE — In response to the economic fallout wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Diocese of Providence has made the difficult decision to permanently eliminate 10 positions in its Central Administration and has reduced the hours of other staff in the face of the decline in both weekly parish donations and contributions to the annual Catholic Charity Appeal.