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07/20/2025

Two funeral homes, and St. Mary's Cathedral, are assisting the families of loved ones killed in the Gabriel House fire.

07/06/2025

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06/29/2025

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Homily for June 29, 2025

06/28/2025

At his final general audience before taking a brief summer break, Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to turn to Jesus during moments of despair, exclusion and suffering. The Gospel has many examples of miracles that reveal the healing and transformative power born of faith in Jesus, he said.
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06/28/2025

Friends, today’s Gospel passage (Matthew 8:5–17) acclaims a centurion’s trust in the Lord Jesus. To trust is to have hope, to turn one’s heart to God. It means to root one’s life, to ground and center one’s concerns, in God. And oppositely, to trust and to turn one’s heart to human beings means to root the whole of one’s life, to ground and center one’s concerns, in the things of this world: in wealth, fame, power, honor, or pleasure.

What is the center of gravity of your life? What is your “ultimate concern”? The Bible consistently lays this out as an either/or. Think of the passage in the book of Joshua when Joshua lays it on the line for the people of Israel: “Choose today whom you will serve.”

Jesus tells his followers, “Whoever is not with me is against me.” Today’s Gospel reminds us that we each have to answer this question with great honesty and clarity.

05/09/2025

05/08/2025

Bishop da Cunha will celebrate a Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral for Pope Leo on Friday May 16 at 12N. All are invited!

FALL RIVER — Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha has issued the following statement on the occasion of the election of Pope Leo XIV: On behalf of all the priests, deacons, …

05/08/2025

Fall River Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha today issued the following statement on the occasion of the election of Pope Leo XIV:

"On behalf of all the priests, deacons, religious, and faithful of the Diocese of Fall River, I offer my sincerest congratulations, prayers, and best wishes to the newly elected successor of St. Peter, Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, who chose the name of Pope Leo XIV. Most importantly, on this extraordinary and joyous occasion, I offer my prayers and those of the entire Diocese for the Holy Father as he sets out on the path chosen for him by the Lord and entrusted to him by the College of Cardinals. May God grant him the help and strength he will need as he undertakes the office of Bishop of Rome and Pastor of the Universal Church."

Also, Bishop da Cunha will celebrate a Mass for Pope Leo XIV at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Friday, May 16, 2025, at 12:00 PM. All priests, deacons, religious, and laity of the Diocese will be invited to participate. (Photo: CNS)