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Laura Kilgus, Associate Editor PROVIDENCE — Since 2005, the Keep the Heat On program has been an important aspect of Bishop Thomas J. Tobin’s ministry to the state of Rhode Island. Secretary James Jahnz of the Office of Catholic Charities and Social Ministry explains Bishop Tobin’s significant role in making Keep the Heat On a successful ministry over the years.

Our Lady has appeared in many places throughout the world in the last two centuries, some of which (such as Fatima and Lourdes) are familiar to most of us. But many Catholics are not aware of the one — and the only — officially approved appearances of Mary here in the United States. These apparitions took place in Champion, Wisconsin in 1859, to a Belgian immigrant named Adele Brise — a woman who dedicated her life to the catechesis of children.

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Holy Trinity Sunday is celebrated a week after Pentecost Sunday, in honor of the most fundamental of Christian beliefs.

Here in the Diocese of Providence, the spring confirmation season has just concluded. Bishop Tobin, Bishop Evans and I have been traveling across the diocese since April for the conferral of this beautiful sacrament. It has given me the opportunity to join some 25 communities and see how each in their own way celebrates and rejoices. I always strive to express my own joy for the confirmed and my gratitude to their parents and families. At this time of the year, when we also honor mothers and fathers, I have been thinking of and praying for “the domestic church.”

The annual CAL Volleyball Tournament is this weekend, Sat. - Sun., June 3-4 at LaSalle Academy, Providence. On April 24th thirty-four teams in four divisions began the season and now the top 12 teams - based upon winning percentage - will compete in this single elimination tournament. Games will be played on two courts at 9, 9:45, 10:30 and 11:15 a.m. on Saturday. The semi-finals are set for Sunday at 1 p.m. and the championship game at 1:45 p.m. Click below for the brackets listing the teams participating and the schedule for the tournament.

Happening "Around the Diocese"...

By RICK SNIZEK, Executive Editor PAWTUCKET — The St. Raphael Academy community is rallying around one of their own after a freshman was wounded in a tragic shooting last week that also killed her father, a well-known and respected Little League coach and active member of St. Mary Parish and its school board in Cranston.

Your donation to the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Providence through FACE of RI will help economically challenged students attend a Catholic school of their choice! Click to learn more! *Applications available beginning June 1, deadline to apply is July 1, 2023.*

Acompáñanosa este retiro si uasted y su pareja están casadas por el civil o llevan conviviendo por mas de cinco años sin casarse y desean casarse por la Iglesia.

Today we celebrate the 18th anniversary of Bishop Emeritus Thomas J. Tobin's installation as the eighth Bishop of Providence on this day in 2005 in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence! His was one of the last American appointments made by Saint John Paul II.

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"Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" - Luke 1:42-43

Most Reverend Ernest Bertrand Boland, O.P., D. D., died on Pentecost Sunday, May 28, 2023, at the Jeanne Jugan Residence (Little Sisters of the Poor) in Pawtucket, RI, where he had resided since 2017. He was Bishop Emeritus of Multan, Pakistan, and a member of the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominican Friars) of the Province of St. Joseph and of the Dominican Friars’ Community at Providence College. Reception of the Body will be on Thursday, June 1, at 4pm, in the Chapel of the Priory of St. Thomas Aquinas at Providence College. Calling Hours will follow until 7pm, when the Office of the Dead will be celebrated. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday, June 2, at 10am, in the same Chapel. Burial will follow in the Dominican Friars' cemetery on the Providence College campus.

As the 2023 Catholic Charity Appeal enters the final weeks, we are so grateful to all those moved by the Holy Spirit to give to the appeal in order to assist the important work being done by the 35+ ministries of the church. If you haven’t made your gift yet, there is still time. Make a difference today by visiting – givecentral.org/2023CCA.

The reality is that Ordinary Time is anything but ordinary....

This celebration helps us to remember that growth in the Christian life must be anchored to the Mystery of the Cross, to the oblation of Christ in the Eucharistic Banquet and to the Mother of the Redeemer and Mother of the Redeemed, the Virgin who makes her offering to God.

The Chancery Office Building is closed today for Memorial Day

Pentecost Sunday is one of the most ancient feasts of the Church; it is the 50th day after Easter.

Foro de la comunidad: Tarjetas de privilegios de conductor para todos: La Oficina de Pastoral Hispana y la Secretaría de Beneficencia y Pastoral Social de la Diócesis de Providencia, en alianza con la organización Fuerza Laboral y los Consulados de Colombia, Guatemala y México, realizan un foro sobre licencias de conducir para inmigrantes. Durante el foro, estas organizaciones compartirán información importante sobre cómo solicitar identificaciones fiscales, tarjetas de identificación y otros documentos relevantes que se necesitan para obtener licencias de conducir. Todos son bienvenidos.