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 their pastor has been...
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Bishop da Cunha’s 2023 Lenten Message
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It has been one year since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. We have seen the tremendous loss of life, property and the unimaginable suffering inflicted upon so...
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Bishop’s Blog: Lent 2023 and a Special Collection
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It has been one year since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. We have seen the tremendous loss of life, property, and the unimaginable suffering inflicted upon...
View ArticleBishop 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 devastating earthquake in Turkey...
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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...
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Bishop’s Blog: Lenten Passages
Celebration of the Rite of Election The Church, or our Liturgical, year is broken into seasons, allowing us to focus more closely on the themes, spiritual aspects, Liturgy, and symbols of everything...
View ArticleDispensation Granted for St. Patrick’s Day
FALL RIVER — This year, the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th falls on a Friday during Lent. In consideration of the culinary traditions of this feast and in response to a number of...
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Bishop’s Blog: Continuing to Pray for Ukraine
On February 24, 2022, the armies of the Russian Federation launched an unjust war on the people of Ukraine; sadly, this invasion continues a year later. To mark this somber anniversary, His...
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Diocese Announces Closure of Bishop Connolly High School
FALL RIVER – The Diocese of Fall River announced today that Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River will cease operations at the end of the 2022-23 academic year. Despite the Diocese’s best efforts...
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Mass. Catholic Conference Urges Legislators to Provide Additional Funding for...
The Massachusetts State Legislature and Governor Healey are on the verge of passing a fiscal year 2023 supplemental budget. One of the line items in the budget would provide funding to expand...
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Snapshots from the 2023 Women and Men’s Conference
CLICK A PHOTO TO ENLARGE Saturday, March 11, 2023 Ames Sports Complex, Stonehill College The post Snapshots from the 2023 Women and Men’s Conference appeared first on Fall River Diocese.
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Bishop’s Blog: Hope, Hard Decisions, and Two March Saints
Women and Men’s Conference Recap Being at the Conference Saturday with so many men and women from our Diocese renewed a great sense of hope in me. We had been praying for this day, not only for the...
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Fr. Tad Pacholczyk to Speak on Transgender Issues and Gender Dysphoria
FALL RIVER — Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., a priest of the Diocese of Fall River who serves as the director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, will return to...
View ArticleDecree Issued for St. Anthony and St. Rita Parishes
FALL RIVER – Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., D.D., has decreed that, effective April 3, 2023, the Parishes of Saint Anthony in Mattapoisett and Saint Rita in Marion be suppressed and the new Saint...
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Bishop’s Blog: March Announcements
Annunciation of the Lord Exactly nine months before we celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, we celebrate the Annunciation of the Lord on March 25th. Luke’s Gospel gives an account of the Angel...
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Bishop to Bless Holy Oils, Preside Over Renewal of Priestly Vows at Chrism Mass
FALL RIVER — On Tuesday of Holy Week, Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., together with priests of the Diocese, will celebrate the annual Chrism Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral – a traditional Holy Week...
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Holy Name School, Fall River, Announces Appointment of New Principal
FALL RIVER – Father Riley Williams, pastor of Holy Name Church in Fall River, is pleased to announce that Megan dos Santos has been appointed the new principal of Holy Name School, effective July 1,...
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Bishop’s Blog: Closing Lent with Important Events
Installation of Lectors Seminarian Lucas da Costa, currently in the second theology class at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, was installed as Lector, along with his classmates, on Sunday, March 26....
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Bishop to Celebrate Easter TV Mass at Special Time
FALL RIVER — The Diocese of Fall River Television Mass will expand to a full hour and air at a special time on Easter Sunday. Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., will celebrate the TV Mass on Easter,...
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Celebrating the Easter Triduum
The season of Lent ends at sunset on Holy Thursday. As Lent comes to an end, the Paschal Triduum begins. These “three days” (the literal meaning of Triduum), extending from sunset on Holy Thursday...
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