Young people at a Theology on Tap forum question Bishop McManus about controversies at the College of the Holy Cross, the role of Catholic students, vocations, and being good witnesses to the faith.

Bishop McManus told people who filled St. Paul Cathedral Monday that they have been drawn into one of the most important conversations in history. He was preaching at the diocese’s annual Mass for Life on the feast of the Annunciation. During Mass Bishop McManus presented the annual pro-life awards.

WHITINSVILLE – This past winter, St. Patrick Parish started a new ministry to help the homeless in its community. It became a host church for the Blackstone Valley Emergency Shelter.

FITCHBURG – Seeing the sin in the world, Christians can view mercy as too lenient. But mercy is at the heart of the Gospel, Father Joseph M. Dolan told an estimated 300 people attending last weekend’s Divine Mercy Sunday celebration at St. Bernard Parish.