BARRINGTON — It was as a young student that Father James Ruggieri first became acquainted with the Carmelite Sisters in Barrington. “As a seventh-grader I started going to the Carmelite Monastery. I’d serve Mass there when I was in my middle school and high school days and even back in college,” he told Rhode Island Catholic.
Get to know a little more about the men you are praying for as they continue to prepare for the priesthood! The Seminarian Collection is supported by the Catholic Charity Fund Appeal.
Join us at our National Day of Remembrance at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, our 40 Days for Life Kick Off Rally (a Jericho Walk for Life) at St. Patrick Church, Providence, and more!
The Provincial Superior of The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter has made the following appointments with the approval of the Most Reverend Thomas J. Tobin...
During the Year of Saint Joseph, which lasts from December 8, 2020 to December 8, 2021, the use of this prayer has been included among those enriched with a plenary indulgence!
PROVIDENCE — As Ed Gallagher held the door open for the steady stream of worshippers entering the Church of St. Mary’s on Broadway for the 10:30 Mass Sunday morning he marveled at the number of changes that had affected his beloved parish — which offers the traditional Latin Mass exclusively — in the previous 10 days.
Reverend Ronald Brassard, 74, Pastor Emeritus of Immaculate Conception Parish, Cranston, died August 6, 2021. A Mass for Vocations will be offered on Friday, August 13, at 6pm, at Immaculate Conception Parish, Garden Hills Drive, Cranston. Calling Hours will be on Friday, August 13, following Mass and until 9pm, in Immaculate Conception Church, Cranston. A Concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial will be offered for the repose of Father’s soul on Saturday, August 14, at 10am, at Immaculate Conception Parish, Cranston. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence.
The venue for the 2020 Lumen Gentium Awards Dinner - Twin River Convention Center, Lincoln - can no longer accommodate the rescheduled 8th Annual Lumen Gentium Awards Dinner Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - now or in the foreseeable future. We have searched Rhode Island to find another suitable and open venue for the size and format of our dinner with no success. For that reason, the 8th Annual Lumen Gentium Awards recognition will be a small private event. Thank you.
Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith! Take time to talk to your kids about how they are called to reach out and to build relationships of love and justice. (Image: USCCB)
PROVIDENCE — Sesquicentennial. It’s not a term one often uses in casual conversation, but that is about to change in the Diocese of Providence. Midway between a centennial and a bicentennial, a sesquicentennial represents a time period spanning 150 years, a milestone quite worthy of major celebration.
July 29, the House voted 219 to 208 in favor of H.R. 4502 - a package of appropriations bills that will force taxpayers to fund elective abortions. Contact your senator today and ask that they support and protect human dignity, and the most vulnerable among us! Tell them that Hyde saves lives!