In this week's 'Street Stories,' Mike Montecalvo shares, "We could all use a positive news story….students at St. Patrick Academy in Providence making Christmas cards for the donors who make it possible for them to attend the school."
Held at St. Patrick Church, 244 Smith St., Providence Dec. 24, Dec. 25, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 (Photo courtesy of diocesan office of the Apostolate with People with Disabilities)
The 10 a.m. Christmas morning Holy Mass from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence with Most Rev. THomas J. Tobin, Bishop Emeritus, will be live streamed from our diocesan YouTube channel - click to watch! (Photo: RI Catholic)
Join us in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence, beginning at 11 p.m. with a "Concert of Christmas Meditations" with the Gregorian Concert Choir and Festival Orchestra under the direction of Rev. Msgr. Anthony Mancini featuring Mr. Philip Faraone, Organist. Following is the 12 a.m. Solemn Celebration of Midnight Mass with Most Rev. Reverend Richard G. Henning, Bishop of Providence. Both will be live streamed on the diocesan YouTube channel - click to watch! (Photo: Laura Kilgus)
Join us for the Celebration of Christmas in the Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul. Can't join us in person? Watch the live stream on diocesan YouTube channel, youtube.com/DioceseofProvidenceRI: - Dec. 24 at 11 p.m. “A Concert of Christmas Meditations" with the Gregorian Concert Choir & Festival Orchestra under the direction of Rev. Msgr. Anthony Mancini and Mr. Philip Faraone, Organist. - Dec. 24 at 12 a.m. The Solemn Celebration of Midnight Mass with Most Rev. Richard G. Henning, Bishop of Providence. - Dec. 25 at 10 a.m. Christmas morning Mass with Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin. (Photo: RI Catholic)
With December 24 falling on the fourth Sunday of Advent this year, Catholics have 2 Mass obligations. Click to understand how to easily satisfy both obligations.
On Thursday, December 12, the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Diocese will celebrate the evening Mass at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence. To accommodate the anticipated large crowds of the faithful, the Chancery Office Building at One Cathedral Square, Providence, will close at 3 p.m.
By Dan McQuillan , Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - Christmas is fast approaching, and if you struggle to find a good gift, consider one of the following options...
By Jennifer Barton, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - WARWICK — Starting a business is like bringing a child into this world. A spark of an idea is conceived, growing within a person until the day they bring forth a new creation. The business begins in infancy, with each successive step reminiscent of the progression of childhood as the business owner nurtures their new entity into independent adulthood. (Image: Faith and Grace Design Studios)
By Dan McQuillan, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - WINDSOR, Maine — Thirteen miles east of Augusta, quietly nestled on a hill in Windsor, Maine sits Transfiguration Hermitage. Situated in a green expanse of woods and quiet streams and blueberry fields, the environment is the perfect backdrop for a community of Benedictine contemplative nuns. (PHOTO COURTESY OF TRANSFIGURATION HERMITAGE)
Have you ever noticed the brilliance of the starlight on a clear night in that last hour or two before the dawn? I have strong memories from childhood, being out with my dad on the bay, clutching the thermos and wondering at the vast night. That last hour of night is a time of great stillness, deep quiet, and subtle beauty. Those memories come to my mind each year as we enter the season of Advent.
Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, marks the beginning of the Advent season, which lasts until Christmas Eve! The first Sunday of Advent is when the liturgical year begins and is a time when we prepare and celebrate in anticipation of the coming of our Savior Jesus Christ. Before coming back to Catholicism, I had always understood that Christmas is when Jesus was born to the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem. However, I didn’t know much more.
Whether there for the Festival of lights, Holy Mass or music, Christmastime at National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette is sure to delight visitors of any age... (Photo: Laura Kilgus)
When I succeeded Bishop Tobin as the Bishop of Providence on May 1, I also became the publisher of the Rhode Island Catholic. As I said then, I feel blessed that this venerable, nearly 150-year-old diocesan newspaper has survived and thrived when so many other similar publications across the country have shuttered their operations in recent decades.