Diocesan High School Placement Exam is December 7th
FALL RIVER — Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Fall River will administer a Placement Examination for new students on Saturday, December 7, with a make-up exam scheduled for most schools on...
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Bishop’s Blog: Reflecting on the Power of Beauty and Balance
Celebrating Mass at St. John Lateran My recent ad limina visit in Rome included the great honor of being the celebrant of a Mass in the Basilica of St John Lateran. Walking into this magnificent...
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72 to Receive Marian Medal from Bishop
FALL RIVER — Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., will award the Marian Medal to 72 laypersons from parishes throughout the Fall River Diocese at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 1, at the Cathedral of St. Mary...
View ArticleDiocesan Review Board Finds Allegation Against Fall River Priest,Youth...
FALL RIVER — The Fall River Diocese has announced today (November 22, 2019) that an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor made against Father Michael F. Kuhn, Y.A., has been found to be...
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Bishop’s Blog: Beyond the Diocese
November has been an unusually busy travel time for me. Earlier this month, the 2019 ad limina visit with Pope Francis brought me to Rome. The following week, for the United States Conference of...
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Appeal Helps Religious Communities Care for Aging Members
FALL RIVER — The annual Retirement Fund for Religious collection will be taken up Dec. 7-8 in parishes in the Diocese of Fall River. The parish-based appeal is coordinated by the National Religious...
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Bishop’s Blog: Entering This Season of Advent
A Message for Advent Advent is a season of joyful preparation for, and expectation of, the coming of Christ into our lives, our homes, and our world. Advent is a time to direct our hearts and minds to...
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Bishop’s Blog: Service to the Church
December 13 marks the 50th anniversary of the priestly ordination of our Holy Father Pope Francis. Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has...
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Area Christmas Masses to Be Televised
FALL RIVER — Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., will be the principal celebrant and homilist of the Mass for Christmas to be broadcast on Christmas Day from 12 noon to 1 p.m. on WLNE-TV, Channel 6. The...
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Bishop’s Blog: Approaching Christmas
Christmas is Nearly Here With only a week until we celebrate the joyous occasion of our Lord’s birth, I am sure you are all very busy with your preparations. Please know of my prayers for each and...
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Bishop da Cunha’s 2019 Christmas Message
Dear Friends in Christ, During these dreary, cold and dark days of December, we long for light and warmth. As we are affected by the darkness of these winter days, we also feel the impact of what is...
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Bishop’s Blog: Merry Christmas
Christmas Wishes The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, Fall River My Dear Friends, Right in the midst of these dark and cold days of the season is when we celebrate the coming of Jesus....
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Bishop’s Blog: The Many Celebrations of January 1st
Happy New Year! ¡Feliz Ano Novo! ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! May 2020 be a year filled with many blessings for you and your family. More than Just New Year’s Day On the 1st of January, the Catholic...
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Bishop’s Blog: A Look Back at 2019
Greetings from Brazil; this month brings me the blessing of spending time visiting my mother, 13 sisters and brothers, 36 nieces and nephews, and eight great-nieces and nephews. My vacation in...
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Annual Catholic Communication Campaign Collection Supports National and...
FALL RIVER– The annual Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) collection will be taken up at parish Masses in the Fall River Diocese during the weekend of January 18 and 19, 2020. This yearly national...
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Bishop’s Blog: Respect for Life and the Word of God
March For Life I am very proud of the work the Diocese of Fall River offers on behalf of the Pro-Life movement, some of which have been recognized nationally. In August 2019, during the annual...
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Diocesan High School Students to Take Part in March for Life in Washington, D.C.
FALL RIVER – Almost 300 high school students and chaperones from the five Diocesan Catholic high schools will make the long bus trip to Washington, D.C., next week to celebrate their belief in the...
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Bishop Writes on Proposed Legislation to Expand Abortion Access,Urges Action...
January 19, 2020 Dear Friends in Christ, I want to take this opportunity to make you aware of two deeply troubling legislative bills being considered by the Joint Committee on the Judiciary at the...
View ArticleRetired Priests Suspended from Ministry
FALL RIVER — The Diocese of Fall River has announced that two retired priests have been suspended from ministry due to separate allegations of sexual abuse of a minor, said to have occurred decades...
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Diocese Responds to January 21st Demonstration
Statement of the Fall River Diocese in Response to January 21st Demonstration January 21, 2020 An individual from a New Jersey-based group was present today (Tuesday, January 21, 2020) outside the...
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