Office of Faith Formation offers “Forward Together” Spring Planning Series
By David CarvalhoDiocesan Faith Formation Senior Directordcarvalho@dioc-fr.org
FALL RIVER — Many Catholics may be asking: will people come back to parishes?
Perhaps a more important...
State Legislators honor Espirito Santo School, others, for being Outstanding Corporate Citizens
BOSTON — On April 7, 10 companies, including the Espirito Santo School in Fall River, were honored by the Massachusetts Clubhouse Coalition (MCC) for...
Witness on the Beach
This past Monday, February 15, Pope Francis released a video message regarding the 21 Christians whom the Islamic State (ISIS) had beheaded on a...
Awesome Act of Generosity Keeps the Road to Recovery Wide Open for Area Women
By Dave Jolivet, Editor
HYANNIS — It’s not often when a vehicle, one that is much needed, breathes its last, and it turns out to...
Joseph B. Medeiros, Brother of Fr. Arnold Medeiros
FALL RIVER — Joseph B. Medeiros, 68, of Fall River, beloved husband of Leonilde (Fernandes), passed away on April 3. Born in Capelas, Sao...
‘Anima Christi’ Legacy Society Launches
FALL RIVER — Over the years, hundreds of the faithful in the Diocese of Fall River have left a planned gift as a part...
Witness to Mercy
Last Sunday we were invited to meditate upon Divine Mercy and to seek it out through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Ultimately (in the truest...
Why would ‘the blind’ need a Guild?
FALL RIVER — Nationwide, by the year 2025, the number of cases of macular degeneration alone, setting aside glaucoma, retinitis, and all the other...
Easters past — some forgotten, some remembered
More than 50 years after the fact, I can still tell folks who played what position for the 1967 Impossible Dream Boston Red Sox....
Bishop to celebrate Mass of Atonement
FALL RIVER — Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., will be principal celebrant and homilist of a special Mass of Atonement on Sunday, April...