Council of Parishes

05/13/2024

The committee at St Stan’s in Adams Mass attended our Council of Parish meetings in Wellesley. They were lucky enough to be reopened. The fetus now looking for donations to help with building repairs for this historic church.

Parishioners in the community of Adams are concerned over the shape of the "gem" of the Berkshires

02/22/2023

02/22/2023

Have a blessed Lent!

10/14/2019

A wonderful article by Arthur McCaffrey to commemorate all our hard work to keep parishes open. We showed the way to many parishes across the country. Some churches remain, some are gone, but our communities are strong and have emerged in spite of the Archdiocese of Boston.

This fall marks the 15th anniversary of the start of the grassroots Parish Vigil Resistance Movement (PVRM) which began in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese

10/14/2019

An interesting article about a church in Fall River, MA. Given the limited spiritual support (2 Masses per year) Is the diocese really wanting the parish to succeed or waiting for its failure? Our friend, Brody Hale, is assisting this parish as well as many others.

In Fall River, a group of parishioners won the chance to run their crumbling church. If their experiment works here, it might just work anywhere.

04/22/2019

The Community of St. Luke is in Framingham. On the South Shore, visit St. Frances Cabrini in Scituate on Sunday mornings at 10 am. At these churches, ALL are welcome to join and participate in all capacities.

The Roman Catholic Church is still the biggest religious institution in the United States. But fewer and fewer Americans are identifying as Catholic, and independent congregations are drawing some with an openness to concepts and stances the Roman Catholic Church eschews.

04/19/2019

Have a blessed Good Friday...

01/28/2019

Monday is the anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy.

12/05/2018

Our friends at St. Susanna capture current issues again.

A Massachusetts church that made headlines over its nativity scene last Christmas is attracting attention again this holiday season.

06/01/2018

The Polish church in Pittsfield, MA closed by the diocese of Springfield turned into apartments. St. Mary's in Pittsfield is is the next apartment complex. The only consolation is that the buildings still stand for all to see and remember.

PITTSFIELD — It's showtime at newly christened Power House Lofts on Seymour Street, the former Holy Family Church. Curious officials and former church participants came Thursday for an open …