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SAVE THE DATE! Join us Sat. Oct. 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. for a captivating afternoon of art and generosity at our Silent Art Auction, featuring a diverse collection of pieces ranging from etchings to landscapes to still life and more. All proceeds from this event will support the Our Lady of Providence Seminary, a cherished institution serving New England Dioceses. Click for more!

This morning at 10:30 a.m. ET, Seminarians Joseph Brodeur and Noah DaSilva will be ordained to the diaconate alongside classmates in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome! Watch the livestream here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miBSpBhn2L8

Your prayers for priestly vocations provide the spiritual support for our seminarians and your donation to the Seminarian Education Fund Collection provides the financial support for their education and formation for the priesthood of Jesus Christ.

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.

Come join us for an evening of prayer and fraternity for high school and college-aged men who are discerning God's will! Please R.S.V.P. by September 16th to Father Ryan Simas at 401-331-1316 or fathersimas@gmail.com.

By Cole DeSantis, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - NORTH PROVIDENCE — “I want to thank you parents who are here today for the formation that you have given your children. We call the family the domestic church. We also call the family the first real seminary.” (PHOTOS: COLE DESANTIS)

St. John Vianney pray for us! (Image: USCCB)

Most Reverend Richard G. Henning, Bishop of Providence, has made the following clergy appointments within the Diocese of Providence...

Diocese of Providence Office of Vocations invites Catholic high school boys to deepen their faith, learn more about vocations, and better discern God’s call in their lives at the July Quo Vadis Summer Camp! (Photo: USCCB)

By Jennifer Barton, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent & By Rick Snizek, Executive Editor PROVIDENCE — The rain falling upon the roof of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul on June 24 could not dampen the joyful spirit of those within as more than 50 priests, deacons and seminarians, followed by three bishops, processed into the nearly 135-year-old cathedral ahead of soon-to-be Father Patrick Ryan while strains of “O God Beyond All Praising” rose to the lofty rafters. (Photo: Laura Kilgus)

By RICK SNIZEK, Executive Editor COVENTRY — It’s been a busy week-and-a-half for Deacon Patrick Ryan. The Diocese of Providence seminarian, ordained to the transitional diaconate last fall, returned to his family home last week after completing his studies at Pontifical North American College in Rome. Over the weekend he attended a family wedding and now he is preparing for the most important day in the rest of his life — his ordination to the priesthood. (PHOTO: RICK SNIZEK)

Saturday, June 24 beginning at 10 a.m., Most Reverend Richard G. Henning, S.T.D, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Providence, is presiding at the Ordination of Rev. Mr. Patrick Ryan to the Sacred Order of the Priesthood. Click to go to the Diocese of Providence YouTube channel to view!

At Saints John and Paul, 341 South Main St., Coventry, RI, at 7 p.m.

With great joy the Diocese of Providence announces the ordination of Deacon Patrick Ryan to the Sacred Priesthood. Most Rev. Richard G. Henning, Bishop of Providence, will confer the Sacrament of Holy Orders at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 10 a.m.

By Cole DeSantis, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent PROVIDENCE — A large crowd gathered near the sanctuary, with people shaking hands, embracing, and laughing with a young man clad in diaconal vestments. Such was the scene after Mass at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul on Saturday, May 13, as members of the local community congratulated Jairon Olmos Rivera on the occasion of his ordination to the transitional diaconate.

PROVIDENCE — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence has announced that on Saturday, May 13, the Most Reverend Richard G. Henning, S.T.D., will ordain Jairon Gabriel Olmos Rivera, 31, to the transitional diaconate at 10 a.m. in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence. Join us! Can't make it, watch the livestream here, https://www.youtube.com/@DioceseofProvidenceRI/streams

In his final public Mass as the eighth Bishop of Providence, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin officiated the Rite of Candidacy at St. John Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts, for Diocese of Providence Seminarians Vincent “Jay” Zizza and Michael Santos

During the annual Priests Study Day at the Crowne Plaza, Warwick, held on May 1, Bishop Richard G. Henning honored the 2023 Reverend Jubilarians, with those in attendance...

On the morning of April 10, I arrived in Jijiga, Ethiopia, with a group of seminarians and priests from the North American College (Rome) and accompanied by staff from Catholic Relief Services on a weeklong journey to visit communities affected by a three-year-long drought, to learn about ongoing collaborative projects to address the needs, and to return home to share the good news — the Church in America is living the Gospel the world over!