In these days when we mourn the passing of Pope Francis, and pray for the Cardinals as they choose the next successor of Peter, we have gathered in this Cathedral of Mary Our Queen to choose and to ordain five men to serve the Church as deacons. In so doing, we are acting in accord...Read More

May this great pilgrim of joy and peace and hope safely reach his destination, the joy of the Kingdom of God that he proclaimed so insistently and effectively. Even as we pray for Pope Francis, may he pray for us that we may proclaim with similar conviction the joy of the Gospel in every community...Read More

This, in fact, is the great project of our lives. To die to self and so that even now we can live in that newness of life that Christ’s death and resurrection make possible.Read More

With our hearts glowing still more brightly, we shall then celebrate anew the mystery of the Lord’s death and resurrection by which we are redeemed. In receiving the Body of Christ, we shall taste his victory over sin and death. In receiving the Blood Christ, we shall be washed clean.Read More

Our eyes of faith see how Jesus more than fulfilled the promise of Exodus. Our liturgy dramatizes how to live as those as who hope and trust in the Lord.Read More

In this Jubilee Year of Hope, we re-affirm our trust and hope in the saving power of the Church’s sacraments, in Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders, and the Anointing of the Sick, together with Holy Matrimony, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and above all, the Most Holy Eucharist.Read More

Let the unlocking of the chapel and our entry into its interior be for us an expression of hope, hope for the endurance of religious liberty, now and always.Read More

Today it was announced that Pope Francis has appointed Baltimore’s Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., as the next Bishop of Providence Rhode Island. He will be installed as Bishop of Providence on Tuesday, May 20th, 2025.Read More