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24
Feb
2023
Application Period Open for FACE Scholarships

FACE, the Foundation to Advance Catholic Education (formerly known as the St. Mary’s Education Fund), awards need-based scholarships to assist with tuition costs for students attending a Catholic school in …

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22
Feb
2023
Bishop Asks for Special Collection to Support Victims of Earthquake

FALL RIVER — Parishes in the Diocese of Fall River have been invited to join together to offer financial support along with their prayers for all those affected by the …

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19
Feb
2023
Raynham Priest Placed on Administrative Leave

FALL RIVER – In a communication from Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., read at Masses this weekend (February 18-19), parishioners of St. Ann Parish in Raynham were informed that …

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14
Feb
2023
Ash Wednesday Day is Feb. 22, Marks Beginning of Lenten Season

FALL RIVER — Lent, the forty-day season of prayer, sacrifice, and almsgiving in preparation for the joyous celebration of Easter, begins on Ash Wednesday, which this year is February 22, …

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6
Feb
2023
Additional Lots Available at St. John’s Cemetery, New Bedford

NEW BEDFORD – The Diocesan Catholic Cemeteries Office has announced that a limited number of plots are now available at St. John the Baptist Cemetery in New Bedford. Catholic Cemeteries …

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2
Feb
2023
Cape Cod Catholic School Concert Choir to Return to Italy on Tour

HYANNIS — From February 16 through February 24, the St. John Paul II School Concert Choir will once again tour Italy, five years since their first tour in 2017. This …

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25
Jan
2023
Women & Men’s Conference Returns This Lent

FALL RIVER — The Diocese of Fall River Women and Men’s Conference is returning this Lent as an in-person gathering after a two-year absence because of the pandemic. With a …

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25
Jan
2023
Schools in Diocese to Celebrate Catholic Schools Week

FALL RIVER — For the week of January 29 through February 4, 2023, Catholic schools across the country will celebrate Catholic Schools Week, as has been the tradition since 1974. …

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13
Jan
2023
Members of Diocese Invited to Take a Biblical Walk Through the Mass

FALL RIVER — Theologian, author, and popular speaker Dr. Edward Sri (in photo at right) will lead a virtual Biblical Walk Through the Mass for members of the Fall River …

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2
Jan
2023
Memorial Masses for Pope Benedict to be Offered Across Diocese on Wednesday

FALL RIVER—A Memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be offered in each deanery -or region- of the Diocese of Fall River on Wednesday evening, January 4, as an …

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