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On Saturday, Sept 10th, pro-life Americans throughout the country will be gathering at memorial sites for the 10th annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children. Prayer services will be held....

It's that time of year again! On Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10, the CatholicTV Network will hold its 31st annual Telethon featuring music, entertainment, and highlights from CatholicTV programming. Our very own Jillian Carelli and Anne DiSanto will be performing this year! Jillian’s performance will air 9/9 at 5:00pm and 9/10 at 2:20 pm. Anne’s performance will air 9/9 at 5:40pm and 9/10 at 11:50am....

As we shared in a bulletin article earlier this year, I wanted our parishes to be intentional about deciding what kind of worship aids we choose to help us sing and pray as we worship the Lord together. When we resumed public Masses early in the pandemic, we had to remove our hymnals for a time. We eventually replaced

Recently I had to be the bearer of bad news to our Pastoral Team and support staff. Although we were able to avoid layoffs in our Plainville-Wrentham Catholic collaborative, I had to cut back the hours worked by most of our staff in order to bring the operating budget at St. Mary into balance and strengthen the budget at St. Martha. This is sad because every one....

Please join us on Saturday, September 24, 2022 as we celebrate our successes and continue to support the Parisot School in Jacmel, Haiti. The dream of this school materialized through the generous....

Many parishioners donate to the church using our on-line giving program. Others may prefer to write a monthly check or give quarterly. All donations are...

As you may know, our neighboring parish in North Attleborough is going through difficult times, and our collaborative parishes are especially appropriate communities to pray for them. First allow me to quickly review....

St. Mary Parish and the whole PWC community would like to thank Dan Fifolt for his 8 years of service to St. Mary as an Altar Server. We all wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. God Bless!

Our parishes have been blessed by the ministry of Deacons for decades now, and very soon we expect one of our own parishioners will be formally called to receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders as a Permanent....

Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 2:00 pm St. Joseph’s Church 1382 Highland Ave Needham, MA - Click for Details....

In 2019, I announced that, after consultation with the Collaborative Pastoral Council, our clergy and the Sunday Experience Team, that our Collaborative Parishes would be adding a Saturday evening 5:30 pm Mass at St. Martha on a trial basis. This was a “leap of faith” for our collaborative, praying that it would be a way we could evangelize and share the good news by....