Report: Federal aid helped Catholic schools avoid pandemic learning loss
BRAINTREE -- As schools across the U.S. see lagging test scores since the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in low-income districts, Catholic schools across...
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Parish mission to Ghana makes impact on Scituate young adults
SCITUATE -- On a hot late June day, a priest, a seminarian, two high schoolers, and an incoming college freshman from Scituate drove to the edge of a pond...
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Cheverus profiles: Christine Ackerman of St. Linus Parish, Natick
NATICK -- When Christine Ackerman dies, she wants "a big Mass" for her funeral. She has joked with her children that when the day comes, the Mass will...
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Somerville parish rallies to aid Venezuela quake victims
SOMERVILLE -- "This is not time for tears. This is time for action. Tears will come later." Father Alejandro Lopez Cardinale, pastor of St. Benedict Parish...
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Harvard Catholic Center alum takes helm at Black Catholic news outlet
CAMBRIDGE -- As a journalist, Sheila Hodges wants to tell the stories of people who have often been misunderstood -- prisoners, homeless people, immigrants,...
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Mass. Late-term abortion bill passes legislature
BRAINTREE -- The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill that would allow abortion after 24 weeks and potentially until birth if a doctor deems it medically...
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Conference marks NFP Awareness Week
BRIGHTON -- When spreading the word about natural family planning (NFP), there's a difference between quirky and weird, warns Father Denis Nakkeeran,...
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Concord parish aids Haitian families facing immigration uncertainty
ACTON -- The Chavre household is a busy, rambunctious one. On the sweltering afternoon of July 27, Midiana Chavre sat on her sofa and watched her four...
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CSF Young Leader event celebrates students, volunteers
BRAINTREE -- The Catholic Schools Foundation recently held a "School's Out" Summer Celebration at the Envoy Hotel in Boston's Seaport. It was a...
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Archbishop's message to families impacted by TPS termination
Archbishop Richard G. Henning released the following statement July 30, 2026: Back in June, we received the news that Temporary Protected Status would...
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Mass. Bishops issue statement opposing late-term abortion bill
BRAINTREE -- The Catholic bishops of Massachusetts have released a statement opposing a proposed law that would loosen restrictions on late-term abortions. The...
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Semiquincentennial celebrations in Hamilton and Ipswich
Hundreds of people gathered on June 28 and 29 at the Church of St. Paul in Hamilton for a celebratory kickoff to the 250th Celebration of the United States...
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Cheverus profiles: Kelli and Eric Gaynor of St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Winthrop
WINTHROP -- Call it a reverse baptism. At last year's St. Michael the Archangel Parish picnic in Winthrop, then-Pastor Father Chris O'Connor sat...
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Catholic Charities Boston expands leadership with new board appointments
BOSTON -- Catholic Charities Boston announced July 14 the appointment of three new members to its Board of Trustees: Auxiliary Bishop Cristiano Barbosa...
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