WORCESTER – Father C. Michael Broderick appreciates the support that the Celebrate Priesthood! Taste of the Diocese Gala has provided for retired and senior priests. As a senior priest, he is one of those who benefits from the gala.

AUBURN – Bishop McManus blessed artwork in the renovated sanctuary of North American Martyrs Parish on its patronal feast day Monday.

If he hadn’t been preparing for priesthood, he wouldn’t have met the woman he married – thanks in part to a matchmaking priest. He later became a clergyman – thanks in part to his wife.

AUBURN – Rev. Thaddeus X. Stachura, 90, of Auburn and a priest for the Diocese of Worcester passed away peacefully on Friday, Oct. 16.