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Join Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, D. D., Bishop of Providence, celebrant and homilist, Sunday, June 26 beginning at 1 p.m. in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence.

As the Diocese of Providence celebrates its 150th anniversary through June 26, 2022, Rhode Island Catholic is featuring profiles of the men who have served as diocesan shepherds through its history.

OUR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONTINUES! The special concert will include “Jubilee Te Deum” which Rev. Monsignor Anthony Mancini, Rector of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul and conductor of the Gregorian Concert Choir and Orchestra, was commissioned to compose for a choral symposium in Calabria, Italy in the year 2000. The “Jubilee Te Deum” is a prayer of praise and Thanksgiving, most appropriate for our 150th anniversary celebration! Click for more!

PROVIDENCE — Since 1972, the same wooden cathedra has served as the seat of each bishop’s teaching authority in the Diocese of Providence. But this Sunday, June 19, the Solemnity of …

PROVIDENCE — On Saturday, June 4, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, D.D., ordained Deacon Mark Gabriel Gadoury to the priesthood at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul.

In this undated photo, Sister Magdalen Fantigro, S.S.I., leads the ...

As the Diocese of Providence celebrates its 150th anniversary through June 26, 2022, Rhode Island Catholic is featuring profiles of the men who have served as diocesan shepherds through its history.

Visit was a major event in Diocese of Providence’s 150th anniversary celebration! Click for photos and more!

The festival is an outdoor Performing Arts Showcase Concert with Catholic School students from across the Diocese of Providence. This special day will feature the World Premiere of combined chorus piece by Tom Kendzia, liturgical musician and composer. Each performance will celebrate the 150th Anniversary theme, "The Lord has done great things for us, we are filled with joy." (Psalm 126:1).

Event is part of the diocese’s 150th anniversary celebration! Click for more!

*EVENT MOVED TO PETERSON REC CENTER * at Providence College - for tickets and all the details, click here!

During the 150th Anniversary celebration of the Diocese of Providence, with joy and in thanksgiving for the gift of Religious vocation, we congratulate the Religious Jubilarians celebrating anniversaries of 80, 75, 70, 65, 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30 and 25 years of religious life. They will be honored at a Jubilarian Celebration Saturday, April 23 beginning with Holy Mass at 11:30 a.m. in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence with Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Providence, Celebrant and Fr. James Sullivan, OP Homilist. Join us!

The celebration of of the 150th anniversary of the Diocese of Providence continues Thurs., April 21 with the “Hillbilly Thomists” in Concert at Providence College! Seating limited, reservations required. Click for more.

As the Diocese of Providence celebrates its 150th anniversary through June 26, 2022, Rhode Island Catholic is featuring profiles of the eight men who have served as diocesan shepherds through its history.

Join distinguished Catholic Intellectual George Weigel TONIGHT, Wednesday, March 23 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Church, East Greenwich, for his lecture on “The Catholic Moment: The Church in the United States and the Redemption of American Democracy.” This event is co-sponsored by the Portsmouth Institute for Faith and Culture.

Faith Formation Convocation 2022, "Filled with Joy," Friday and Saturday, March 18-19, in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul and McVinney Auditorium, Providence. Click for more!

Sun., March 13 at 1 p.m.: Holy Mass and presentations of the major national awards - the St. Timothy and Companions on the Journey - as well as Catholic Scouting Religious Awards, with Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Providence. For those who cannot attend, this day will be live streamed at https://youtube.com/dioceseofprovidenceri.

Join distinguished Catholic Intellectual George Weigel March 23 at 7 p.m. for his lecture on “The Catholic Moment: The Church in the United States and the Redemption of American Democracy,” at Our Lady of Mercy, East Greenwich. This event is co-sponsored by the Portsmouth Institute for Faith and Culture.

The Diocese of Providence marked the 150th anniversary of Pope Pius IX’s signing of the decree, which founded the new diocese and delineated its boundaries, during the noon Mass at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul on Wednesday, Feb. 16...

Did you know that today, February 16th, we are celebrating the date of the 150th anniversary of the founding of our diocese? Read more at our award-winning diocesan newspaper on the birth of our diocese!