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On Saturday, August 27 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at St. Pius V Church, 240 Eaton St., Providence. This support group is specifically designed for women who have gone through a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat. Click for more. All inquiries confidential.

Men of St. Joseph annual Men's Conference at Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul., Saturday, August 6 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Keynote speakers: Peter Herbeck and Fr. Christopher Murphy. Holy Mass celebrated by Bishop Thomas J. Tobin. Registration required, click below.

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By Father Mark Gadoury - Having been recently ordained a priest this past June 4, one of the most frequently asked questions I receive is, “what is it like being a priest now?”

Bishop Thomas J. Tobin celebrated the Rite of Candidacy, admitting three diocesan seminarians to continue their formation for Ordination to the Priesthood, during Evening Prayer at the Seminary of Our Lady of Providence

Join us for Nathan Schneider in Recital on Saturday, July 23 at 2 p.m. in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence. Free admission! Read more about Nathan, click below!

Use of taxpayer dollars for abortions, legalized assisted suicide fail to advance (RIC file photo)

PROVIDENCE — If history had taken a different turn in 1844, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence would have recently celebrated its 175th anniversary instead of the 150 years of existence that it is marking this year.

Rev. Mr. Raymond Batalon, 95, of Pawtucket, a deacon of the Diocese of Providence for over 30 years, died on June 24, 2022. Services were held earlier in the month. Please pray for Deacon Ray and his family. Click to read Deacon Ray's obituary.

“The majority in the House of Representatives voted last Friday to pass the most unjust and extreme abortion on demand bill our nation has ever seen. Answering the needs of women by promoting taxpayer-funded elective abortion, as this bill would do, is a grave evil and a failure to love and serve women. Offering free or low-cost abortions, instead of increasing the resources women need to care for themselves and their children, is not ‘choice’ but coercion and callous abandonment. Simply repeating the mantra that abortion is healthcare doesn’t make it so. Deliberately ending the lives of defenseless and voiceless human beings is the antithesis of healthcare....

2022 Diocesan Youth Day is Sat., Sept. 10 in Cumberland. For more information, click below

PROVIDENCE — Just in time to mark the 150th anniversary of the Diocese of Providence, the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul has emerged from recent major renovations strengthened, reinvigorated and ready for the journey to the diocese’s next milestone anniversary.

Communications Office wins first place for comprehensive 150th anniversary campaign!

In response to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scheduled another House vote to try to enshrine abortion on demand in federal law through the so-called Women’s Health Protection Act, H.R. 8296. The vote will be held TODAY. Click now to take action!

The Little Sisters of the Poor attended the Solemn Mass for the closing of the Diocese of Providence’s 150th anniversary year and had a special opportunity to meet and visit with His Excellency Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America, at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence.

From the diocesan office of Priests' Personnel

Throughout this anniversary year, Rhode Island Catholic has featured profiles of the seven former bishops who have led the Diocese of Providence over the last 150 years. Here, we feature a compilation of biographies of those who have served as auxiliary bishop of Providence over the course of its history.

For more than 100 years, diocesan Catholic Charities and Social Ministry has been dedicated to making a difference in the lives of Rhode Islanders

PROVIDENCE — For 150 years, the priests in the Diocese of Providence have brought Christ to the lay faithful through their preaching and the celebration of the sacraments. They have served the poor, advocated for the marginalized, listened and provided counsel, buried the dead, spoken for the unborn, and defended the truth. They have established social ministries, opened schools, founded prayer groups and provided outreach and ministry to the youth.