• From Bishop Tobin: Weakness Will Save Us
    From Bishop Tobin: Weakness Will Save Us
    February 22, 2022
    "I will always work hard and strive to do my best, but in the end, I know that I need Jesus." Read more of Bishop Tobin's latest column...
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  • From Bishop Tobin: Ice and Snow, Bless the Lord! Really?
    From Bishop Tobin: Ice and Snow, Bless the Lord! Really?
    February 17, 2022
    “Ice and snow, bless the Lord.” I prayed these words once again recently in Morning Prayer and, frankly, they just left me cold.
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  • From Bishop Tobin: Prudence Is Indeed A Virtue
    From Bishop Tobin: Prudence Is Indeed A Virtue
    February 8, 2022
    Something to think about: Are you a prudent person?...
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  • From Bishop Tobin: Beyond Groundhog Day
    From Bishop Tobin: Beyond Groundhog Day
    February 1, 2022
    February 2nd is, of course, Groundhog Day, when lots of Americans pause early in the morning to watch a furry little rodent from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania predict the weather for the next six weeks....
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  • From Bishop Tobin: The Unity of the Eucharist
    From Bishop Tobin: The Unity of the Eucharist
    January 23, 2022
    In my nearly forty-nine years as a priest, I have celebrated Holy Mass thousands of times...
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  • From Bishop Tobin: Faith Is Spoken Here
    From Bishop Tobin: Faith Is Spoken Here
    January 15, 2022
    One summer, while a seminarian, I spent several weeks in Vienna, Austria, studying German....
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  • From Bishop Tobin: In Our Time, God’s Plan Is Unfolding
    From Bishop Tobin: In Our Time, God’s Plan Is Unfolding
    January 8, 2022
    With just a flip of a page on the calendar, a new year has begun...
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  • Dec. 25: watch the 10 a.m. Christmas morning Holy Mass from the Cathedral with Bishop Tobin!
    Dec. 25: watch the 10 a.m. Christmas morning Holy Mass from the Cathedral with Bishop Tobin!
    December 24, 2021
    The 10 a.m. Christmas morning Holy Mass from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence with Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Providence will be live streamed from our diocesan YouTube channel - click to watch!
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  • Bishop Tobin invites you to Come Home this Christmas
    Bishop Tobin invites you to Come Home this Christmas
    December 21, 2021
    Christmas is now upon us, a time when we joyfully celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It seems to me that the meaning of this season can be found in just one word — “Emmanuel” — which means “God is with us.”.....
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  • Bishop Tobin's Christmas Message
    Bishop Tobin's Christmas Message
    December 18, 2021
    A special Christmas message from Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Providence.
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  • Statement of Bishop Thomas J. Tobin  on the New Mask Mandates in Rhode Island
    Statement of Bishop Thomas J. Tobin on the New Mask Mandates in Rhode Island
    December 15, 2021
    As it has from the beginning of the pandemic, the Diocese of Providence will continue to cooperate fully with state directives regarding the response to the pandemic.
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  • From Bishop Tobin: Why Is Christmas Music So Popular?
    From Bishop Tobin: Why Is Christmas Music So Popular?
    December 10, 2021
    I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who doesn’t like Christmas music. Oh, there might be a few Grinches out there somewhere, but I’ve yet to meet them. Of course some folks favor...
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  • Reflecting on our Blessings this Holiday Season
    Reflecting on our Blessings this Holiday Season
    December 6, 2021
    Bishop Thomas J. Tobin visited the diocesan Emmanuel House homeless shelter on Thanksgiving to lead a short prayer service where he offered a blessing before helping to serve a traditional turkey dinner to the guests.
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  • From Bishop Tobin: The Preacher of Advent - John the Baptist
    From Bishop Tobin: The Preacher of Advent - John the Baptist
    December 3, 2021
    Along with the prophets of the Old Testament, particularly Isaiah, and with our Blessed Mother, the Virgin Mary, one of the lead characters of the Advent Season is John the Baptist. In the liturgy of Advent John appears in the Gospels especially on the second and third Sundays.
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    From Bishop Tobin: "How Do We Show Gratitude?"
    November 23, 2021
    One of the most intriguing incidents in the early ministry of Jesus involved the cleansing of a leper. The Gospel of Mark (1: 40-45) records that a man with leprosy approached Jesus, knelt before him, and begged to be cured. Jesus, “moved with pity” cured the man but then “warned him sternly” not to tell anyone what had happened. “See that you tell no one anything,” Jesus demanded.
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  • From Bishop Tobin: Don’t Forget Your Final Destination
    From Bishop Tobin: Don’t Forget Your Final Destination
    November 18, 2021
    I don’t travel too much anymore. I don’t look forward to it and I don’t enjoy it, especially now with the extra burden of all of the Covid restrictions, as necessary as they might be. When I do have to travel, I’m always anxious to get home again and to settle back into my routine.
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  • From Bishop Tobin: Surrounded By Our Loving Family
    From Bishop Tobin: Surrounded By Our Loving Family
    October 30, 2021
    In reading obituaries I often find a statement that John or Mary passed away peacefully, “surrounded by their loving family.”...
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  • From Bishop Tobin: The Word Of God Is Our Light
    From Bishop Tobin: The Word Of God Is Our Light
    October 23, 2021
    Bishop reminds us, "Dear friends, God is speaking to you today, so pay attention,..."
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  • From Bishop Tobin: And Who Is The Enemy?
    From Bishop Tobin: And Who Is The Enemy?
    October 19, 2021
    In his canticle, Zechariah rejoiced that the Lord had come to the People of Israel to save them from their enemies, from those who hated them. But it begs the question: Who is the enemy today? It’s a good question since, according to one count, the word enemy (or “enemies”) is found in the Bible 372 times! So, who are our enemies?
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  • From Bishop Tobin: A Harvest of Holiness
    From Bishop Tobin: A Harvest of Holiness
    October 7, 2021
    It is October, the month of the Holy Rosary. And it is harvest time, when farms and gardens produce their abundant fruit. For those two reasons, among others, it seems especially appropriate that we focus once again on the beauty and power of the Holy Rosary. And there’s no better place to turn for our reflection than St. John Paul’s beautiful Apostolic Letter, “The Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
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