Celebrated as one Great Sunday of 50 days, Easter continues through Pentecost Sunday. Even the names of the Sundays of this season indicate this. The Sundays between Easter and Pentecost are called Su ...

April 23 marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rally on Boston Common, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In what became the first major Civil Rights march in the Northeast, more than 20,000 gather ...

The tomb was empty. In the early morning darkness of that first Easter, there was only confusion for Mary Magdalene and the other disciples. But as the daylight spread, they saw the dawning of a new c ...

High in the mountains of the Diocese of Galle, Sri Lanka sits the Silisiliya Tea Estate that employs most of the area's population. It is generational work. If your grandparents were tea-pickers, ...

It's going to be hard for Shelley Schmeck to say goodbye this May. Schmeck is the advisor of the DECA Club at Bishop Fenwick High School in Peabody. The club was founded during the 202 ...

Jesuit Father John Predmore likes to run because "you have to look into people's eyes." "There's no competitors," he said. "There's only really companions on the journey. And so, when we're running, ...

This is the fourth article in a series profiling the six men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on May 17, 2025. WESTON -- Deaco ...

Archbishop Richard G. Henning celebrated the annual Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on April 15. At the Mass, traditionally held in the Archdiocese of Boston on the Tuesda ...

Flanked on one side of the altar of St. Patrick Parish, Lawrence, stood the imposing image of Our Lady of Altagracia, the patroness of the Dominican Republic. By its side, the blue, red, a ...

Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrate Easter on the same date, Sunday, April 20. This coincidence last occurred in 2017 and will next happen in 2028. Both churches follow the same guiding ...

Jim Robson has always loved collecting. As a child, he collected coins, antique bottles, and photographs. For the past 25 years, he has collected relics of over 100 saints, and artif ...

It usually takes up to a month, weather permitting, for travelers to hike at least a section of El Camino de Santiago, the Way of St. James. This famous and historic pilgrimage path has ...