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Following the devastation of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, the missionary teams from St. Thomas More in Narragansett recently completed a vital service trip to Jacob’s Ladder in Jamaica. At the …
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2/5/26
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RIVERSIDE — Female chess players of all ages and skill levels recently gathered at St. Mary Academy – Bay View for the 2nd annual state-wide chess tournament featuring the Open Women’s …
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2/5/26
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Five Saints Raphael Academy students recently benefited from the new “Pay It Forward” scholarship. The scholarship was created by an anonymous alum donor to “pay it forward” in appreciation …
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2/5/26
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Environment Laudato Si Program WARWICK — St. Gregory the Great Parish, 360 Cowesett Road, will host a program titled “What Does Caring for Creation Have To Do With Faith” on Saturday, Feb. 7, …
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2/5/26
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Great, awful, and remarkable things happen on trains. Remember “Around the World in Eighty Days” by Jules Verne which features a dramatic, dangerous train journey across the American West. Or …
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2/5/26
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Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
We are anticipating the release of the Rhode Island Attorney General’s report on his six-and-a-half-year historical review of clergy sexual abuse in Rhode …
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2/5/26
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WASHINGTON — Smith Street, that normally congested artery pumping traffic into and out of the heart of Providence, seems eerily deserted at 2 o’clock on this late January morning. Nary a car in …
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By Erik Scalavino, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent
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1/29/26
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ROME — From unilateral actions in Venezuela to continued violence in Iran, the world is steadily sliding into a “crisis of values” that risks sparking international war, the Vatican’s top …
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By Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV NEWS
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1/29/26
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PROVIDENCE — Long before he became accomplished trial attorney Robert J. Quigley Jr., Esq., his surname among those appearing on the shingle hanging outside his downtown law firm, he was just Bob, …
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By Erik Scalavino, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent
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1/29/26
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — After a second fatal shooting in January involving federal agents in Minneapolis during an increase in federal immigration enforcement, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda presided over …
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By Joe Ruff, OSV NEWS
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1/29/26
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WARWICK—Coach Francis McGuire has a unique perspective on the Diocese of Providence, having lived through almost two-thirds of the diocese’s 155-year history. For the former athletes he coached …
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By DANIEL J. HOLMES, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent
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1/29/26
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WARWICK — Hundreds of families attended a school fair on Jan. 24 at the Crowne Plaza to learn about education options across the Providence area, gathering representatives from more than 30 public, …
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1/29/26
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Women’s Silent Retreat ENFIELD, Conn. — The Little Sisters of the Poor, 1365 Enfield St., will host a silent discernment retreat for single Catholic women (ages 18-35) from Friday, Jan. 30, at 6 …
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1/29/26
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To be a Catholic in America has never been easy. In the years after World War II, as decades of outright discrimination and even persecution faded away, Catholics were left with the unsettling …
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By Scott P. Richert, OSV News
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1/29/26
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Having recently lamented in this space that book reading is on life support in these United States, I find myself in the awkward position of recommending a made-for-television series as good …
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1/29/26
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St. Bridget of Sweden (1304-1373), from an early age, had visions of the crucified Christ. She lived her married life in the court of the Swedish king Magnus II. Mother of eight children, Bridget …
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1/29/26
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Robert Marcel Morisseau, “Deacon Bob”, 88, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family. He was the beloved husband of Elaine M. (Fortin) Morisseau, …
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1/27/26
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PROVIDENCE — This may be the final year for the visitation of the missionary image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Diocese of Providence. After 20 years of traveling the world and coming to Rhode …
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By Kathleen Troost-Cramer, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent
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1/22/26
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WASHINGTON – “We must continue to support pregnant and parenting mothers in need and offer spiritual and emotional help to all who have participated in abortion,” said Bishop Daniel E. Thomas, …
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1/22/26
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WASHINGTON — “We are tremendously grateful for the Administration’s work to address certain challenges facing foreign-born religious workers, their employers, and the American communities they …
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1/22/26
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