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Bishop Richard G. Henning celebrated Mass for the Our Lady of Grace feast and procession, held on Sunday, Sept. 10 in Johnston. (PHOTO: COURTNEY AMARAL)

Be a light in a darkened world…Help put an end to abortion through prayer…Bring your entire family. Life Chain is a peaceful and prayerful way to show a public witness to life. Please consider hosting a Life Chain event at your parish or call Lisa Cooley at 401-278-4518 or email lcooley@dioceseofprovidence.org to find a location near you...

PROVIDENCE — The Diocese of Providence Traveling Eucharistic Rosary Congress will be held from October 7 - 13, 2023. A Eucharistic Rosary Congress is seven days of around-the-clock Eucharistic Adoration and hourly Rosary in response to Our Lady of Fatima’s call to conversion, consecration, and prayer.

We recently learned of the 250th abortion worker to become pro-life and quit her job. (And number 251 soon followed!)! This fall will see the 24,000th baby saved at a 40 Days for Life vigil! We're closing in on the 150th abortion facility to CLOSE following a 40 Days for Life campaign.! Milestones like these could be the result of God answering YOUR prayers! Find the 40 Days for Life vigil closest to you and sign up to pray this September 27-November 540 Days of peaceful prayer vigils and Rosaries for life and for an end to abortion - in collaboration with RI Right to Life. Sign up your parish or group for a day to pray!

As illness strikes, Catholic communities support their young members

WESTERLY — A very special International Exhibition of Eucharistic Miracles showcasing more than 100 documented eucharistic miracles compiled and cataloged by Blessed Carlo Acutis is coming to Rhode Island. The exhibit, to be held Thursday, Oct. 12-14, is part of a three-day mini Eucharistic Revival Retreat that will be hosted by Immaculate Conception Church, 111 High St.

The Reverend Pietro Paolo Polo, C.S., 80, a priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo (i.e., the Scalabrinian Missionaries) died Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at Bassano del Grappa, Provincia di Vicenza, Italy. **On Saturday, September 30, at 11 a.m. a concelebrated memorial Mass will be offered for the repose of the soul of Fr. Pietro Polo, C.S., Pastor Emeritus of Holy Ghost Church at Holy Ghost Church, 472 Atwells Avenue, Providence.**

Pope Francis reminds us, “If we encounter them, we will get to know more about them. And knowing their stories, we will be able to understand them. We will be able to understand, for example, that the precariousness that we have come to experience as a result of this pandemic is a constant in the lives of displaced people.”

By Cole DeSantis, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - WEST WARWICK — On Sunday, Sept. 10, Bishop Richard G. Henning led the faithful of St. Joseph’s Parish by celebrating a Mass to open the school year for the 100th anniversary of the founding of St. Joseph School. Father Gregory Stowe, pastor of St. Joseph’s parish, concelebrated. (PHOTO: COLE DESANTIS)

Priesthood Sunday is a special day set aside to honor priesthood in the United States. It is a day to reflect upon and affirm the role of the priesthood in the life of the Church as a central one. This nationwide event is coordinated and sponsored by the US Council of Serra International.

By Cole DeSantis, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - CRANSTON — St. Paul’s School celebrated its 100th anniversary on Friday, Sept. 15 with a gala at Rhodes at the Pawtuxet. (PHOTO: COLE DESANTIS)

From Wed., Sept. 27 through Sun., Nov. 5 we'll hold 40 days of peaceful, prayerful vigils and Rosaries for life and for an end to abortion at the public right-of-way outside 175 Broad St., Providence. 40 Days held in collaboration with RI Right to Life. Learn more or sign up now!

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Join Bishop Henning at this special annual celebration in the Cathedral on Sun., Oct. 22 beginning at 1 p.m. Registration is required - please register in advance with your Pastor or Parish Secretary.

Just as it began one year ago, St. Paul School’s 100th anniversary year concluded with a celebration of Holy Mass on Sunday, Sept. 17, in the Cranston parish. (PHOTO: COURTNEY AMARAL)

‘Her love for the priesthood is just another thread in the fabric of her devotion to God’ (PHOTO: LAURA KILGUS)

It was a day filled with blessings as Bishop Richard G. Henning visited Monsignor Clarke School....

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A generous grant from the American Battle Field trust enabled Saint Philip School teacher Melissa Roberts to extend the curriculum far outside the classroom walls taking students to Boston to study the American Revolution. (PHOTO COURTESY OF SAINT PHILIP SCHOOL)