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Calling hours will be held on Friday, November 3, 2017 from 6 – 7 PM at St. Martha Church, 2595 Pawtucket Avenue, East Providence. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial for the repose of Father’s soul will be offered on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 10 AM at St. Martha Church, East Providence.

Father Christopher Murphy offered a keynote address on “Inspiring Our Youth to Stand Up for Life,” during the 13th annual Human Life Guild Day Mass at Saints Rose and Clement Parish.

Commissioned for Diocesan Encuentro of Hispanic Ministry

Eight St. Patrick Academy seniors joined volunteers coordinated by the Diocese of Corpus Christi during a recent service trip to participate in cleanup efforts following Hurricane Harvey. Pastor Father James Ruggieri and Director of Campus Ministry Mary Cipriano also joined them on the trip.

Members of the judiciary, lawyers and law enforcement officials gathered at Holy Ghost Church, Providence for the celebration of the Red Mass, an annual tradition that invokes the blessings of the Holy Spirit upon a new judicial year.

Relics of Padre Pio were showcased at St. Thomas More Church in Narragansett during the stop on the national tour of St. Pio’s relics.

Students at Our Lady of Mercy are participating in the First Lego League Hydrodynamics Challenge...

The mass shooting in Las Vegas — the worst in U.S. history — took only about 11 minutes to unfold.

Over the past few weeks there has been an on-going controversy...

The final Mass is scheduled for December 31, 2017.

Sunday, October 29th at 3:00pm

Sabina Piorkowski, a sophomore at Rhode Island College and parishioner at St. Joseph Church, Woonsocket, uses a wheelchair due to diastrophic dysplasia, a form of dwarfism that leads to early-onset osteoarthritis. The family will host a fundraiser on October 14 to raise money toward the purchase of a wheelchair-accessible van.

Friday, October 20, 2017, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence Sunday, October 15, 10:00 A.M.

Those concerned about the pension situation of St. Joseph Health Services are good people who worked long and hard in the health care field. The Diocese of Providence understands and shares their concerns, and we hope that their difficult situation will come to a positive resolution as soon as possible.

A Year with Mary Our Mother - special events October 10, 14 & 15

Bishop to celebrate Mass in the Cathedral, Sunday, October 15 at 10:00 AM

What do you say to your friend whose mother has just been diagnosed with breast cancer? Or, a classmate who has recently been diagnosed with a brain tumor?...

In a special presentation at McVinney Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m., sponsored by St. Patrick’s Academy, Ilibagiza will reflect on growing up in a country she loved, surrounded by her family she cherished, until her world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a genocide.