He grew up in one the archdiocese's largest and most fabled parishes. And he has stories to tell about it, and he loves to have the audience to do so. Father Michael J. Harkins is one of the thre ...

. . . Whether we understand it or not, we are people of the cross. And so this Sunday, we take time to acknowledge it, revere ...

A Somerville native, Father Brian F. McMahon was born July 31, 1946, a son of the late Robert and Mary (Keane) McMahon. He is one of seven siblings, the others being a brother, Robert, and five sister ...

Father Ronald L. St. Pierre was granted senior priest retirement status on June 3, 2025. His active priestly ministry spanned 42 years since his ordination on June 21, 1983, in the last class of Bosto ...

A son of St. Catherine of Genoa Parish in Somerville, Father George P. Evans was born on Aug. 2, 1951, in Boston and was the only child of the late George and Marguerite (Desveaux) Evans. He attended ...

Father John J. Healy was called "Father" by his parishioners in Lynn, Belmont, and Walpole. Before that, he was called "father" by his three children: Kristin, Leanne, and Matthew. A Hub native, born ...

Following the example of Jesus, who, as the Gospel of Luke (4:16-30) relates, went to the Temple as was his custom, and he proceeded to read from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. The Word of God was an ...

A Boston native born April 11, 1946, he is one of the six children of the late Frederick and Mary (Browne) Arens. An alumnus of the Boston Public Latin School and Newman Prep, he attended archdiocesan ...

Father Thomas J. Reilly hails from the Empire State and the Archdiocese of New York. He is the second son of the late Edward and Mary (Cody) Reilly, the older brother is Kenneth. He was raised in the ...

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the canonization of Elizabeth Seton, the first person born in what would become the United States of America to be declared a saint. It is an anni ...

Henning, "The Chosen" star Jonathan Roumie, and Mother Olga of the Sacred Heart will headline a massive pro-life conference in Brighton next month. The Hope for Life Conference will take place at the ...

Amid a global arms race, ending the threat of nuclear war -- and even the testing of nuclear weapons -- is imperative, said the Holy See's diplomat to the United Nations. Archbishop Gab ...