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All are invited to our Open Houses and other Admission events happening at our Catholic Schools for this special week! Come to an Open House, schedule a tour, shadow a student, and more! DID YOU KNOW...each Catholic School in the Diocese of Providence is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Students earn scores on standardized tests above state and national averages. 98.4% of students graduate from high school and 99% go on to college. Financial assistance available.

Need to get out of the cold or need shelter? With the forecast of snow and ensuing winter weather our Emmanuel House is open 24/7 as a warming center beginning Sunday, January 19 at 7 p.m. and remaining open through Thursday morning, January 23. Emmanuel House also provides emergency overnight shelter for men and women at 239 Public Street in Providence. Call 401-421-7888 or go directly there.

The Chancery Office Building, located at One Cathedral Square, Providence, will be closed Monday. (Image: USCCB)

The following clergy appointments have been made within the Diocese of Providence.

By Allison Shinskey, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - PROVIDENCE — Just two days before the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the parish hall of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul was filled with women of all ages and vocations. Their goal was to rekindle their devotion to Mary ahead of the celebration of the birth of her son. (Photo: Allison Shinskey)

Multiple fast-moving wildfires are continuing to ravage the Los Angeles area. These fires have killed at least twenty-seven people, destroyed thousands of homes and structures and more than 180,000 people have evacuated. The Diocese of Providence is working with Catholic Charites USA (the official domestic relief agency of the U.S. Catholic Church) to direct donations to those in need. Your donation will help towards their recovery immediately. Click to help.

Join us, activities include the Visitation of the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Jan. 10-31) and Holy Mass for Life with Msgr. Kenney (Jan. 26), all from the diocesan Office of Life and Family Ministry...

This year's theme, "Trust in Providence," is a powerful reminder of God's grace and the trust he has placed in us to serve others. As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the appeal, we invite you to watch a special video reflecting on a century of hope, compassion and support provided to all those in need throughout our state. Please visit dioceseofprovidence.org/cca to make your difference today

By RICK SNIZEK, Executive Editor - PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Catholic, which began and flourished for nearly all of its 150 years as The Providence Visitor, celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2025. The venerable newspaper of the Diocese of Providence, the fourth oldest Catholic newspaper in existence in the U.S., has won hundreds of national Catholic press awards, as well as many secular honors for its coverage of local, regional and national issues, including more than 100 awards in the last five years alone.

The entire Community is invited to attend the Solemn Mass in Honor of the Virgin of Altagracia in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul on Tuesday, January 21 at 7 p.m. The Mass will be presided over by Most Rev. James T. Ruggieri, Bishop of the Diocese of Portland, Maine accompanied by priests and deacons who serve in parishes with Hispanic communities in the Diocese of Providence. Confessions and Rosary Prayer begin at 6 p.m.

By Allison Shinskey, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - NARRAGANSETT — The Knights of Columbus in Narragansett were recently honored with an international award for their work with orphaned children and adults with disabilities at an orphanage in Jamaica. (PHOTO COURTESY OF POPE PIUS XII COUNCIL 5295)

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

Adoration is a quiet time spent in prayer before Jesus present in the Eucharist. Join us Sundays from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence. This will be offered for Vocations in our Diocese and for the Diocese as a whole. All are welcome! (Photo: RI Catholic)

PROVIDENCE — Members of the Rhode Island State Police Computer Crimes Unit (CCU) recently sponsored a Rhode Island family in need, giving them a wonderful, unexpected Christmas gift of $1,000 in Target gift cards, through a donation to the diocesan Office of Catholic Charities and Social Ministry. (Photo: Laura Kilgus)

By Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service - VATICAN CITY — More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the first two weeks after Pope Francis opened it. (published in the RI Catholic)

By Sister Hosea Rupprecht, OSV News - The Jubilee Year 2025 is upon us, and Pope Francis has asked that we all attempt to be “pilgrims of hope” to witness to the love and power of Jesus Christ in the world today. What does that mean in practical terms? How am I to be a pilgrim of hope to the world?

THE CATHOLIC DIFFERENCE by George Weigel - Jubilee 2025 began on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s in Rome, and will conclude on January 6, 2026, when that door of the Vatican basilica is closed...

By Jennifer Barton, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - ROME — Romans 5:5 states that “Hope does not disappoint,” and these words resound amid the chaos of the modern world. Perhaps that is why Pope Francis announced 2025 as Jubilee Year with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope.”

“A gift to the Appeal funds immediate assistance programs that aid those in desperate need of food, shelter and heating assistance, but it also builds up the Church in the areas of Evangelization, Catholic Education, Spiritual Formation and Ministerial Services,” said Tim McCaig, director of Stewardship and Development, noting that approximately 200,000 instances of service occur each year through Catholic Social Services.

Together we'll pray a novena to protect human life! Register here...