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August 27, 2021
You are invited to the Opening Event of our 150th Anniversary Year! 
A Night to Honor Mary, with Bishop Tobin, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m.
Our diocesan celebration begins on the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, with a Night to Honor Mary, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.

Join Bishop Thomas J. Tobin as he inaugurates the Diocese of Providence’s 150th anniversary and entrusts our diocese and our anniversary observance to our Blessed Mother Mary.

The Bishop will lead the diocese in this Marian devotion through prayer, readings from Sacred Scripture, the Holy Rosary, and a litany and procession. A small reception will follow. Security will be provided.
About our anniversary year
Beginning September 8, 2021, the Diocese of Providence will celebrate the sesquicentennial of its foundation through a series of events running through June 2022. For more information on this event and other anniversary events, visit dioceseofprovidence.org/150
Save the dates!
As our schools begin a new year
Our diocese and parishes are praying for all of our students, families and teachers as they begin their new school year. Join us in prayer.

Blessed are you, Lord God,
Creator of body and mind and heart; 
you have sent the Spirit of wisdom and knowledge 
to guide your people in all their ways.
At the beginning of this new school year (or semester/term)
we implore your mercy:
bless the students, teachers, and staff of N.,
that together we may grow in faith, hope, and love
as we learn from you and each other 
how to follow your Son Jesus. 
Expand the horizons of our minds,
that we may grow in wisdom, 
understanding, and knowledge;
deepen our commitment to seek the truth of your ways;
and enliven our faith to reach out to those in need.
Glory and praise to you, Lord God,
in the Church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever. 
Amen
Carmelite Sisters leave a legacy for others to share in
By Rick Snizek, Executive Editor, RI Catholic
BARRINGTON — It was as a young student that Father James Ruggieri first became acquainted with the Carmelite Sisters in Barrington.

“As a seventh-grader I started going to the Carmelite Monastery. I’d serve Mass there when I was in my middle school and high school days and even back in college,” he told Rhode Island Catholic.

Like many, Father Ruggieri was sad to see the population of the beloved community dwindle through the years to only six religious sisters last year. It was then that the sisters made the difficult decision to leave the monastery, a sprawling diocesan property which the late Bishop Russell J. McVinney offered them the use of in 1957.
Photo: Rick Snizek, Executive Editor, RI Catholic
A Prayer to St. Thomas the Apostle for Afghanistan
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Priest killed, one missing as church assesses damage from Haiti quake
LES CAYES, Haiti (CNS) — The magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti collapsed the bishop’s residence in Les Cayes, killing one priest, leaving one missing and injuring Cardinal Chibly Langlois.

Father Emile Beldor died of his injuries after the Aug. 14 quake. Father Jean-Antoine Coulanges is reported missing. Cardinal Langlois sustained arm and leg injuries; church sources say his life is not in danger.

Voice of America reported that 18 people, assembled for a baptism, were killed in Immaculate Conception Parish church of Les Anglais.
Getting to Know Your Seminarians: Nicholas Whitaker
Get to know a little more about the men you are praying for as they continue to prepare for the priesthood! The Seminarian Collection is supported by the Catholic Charity Fund Appeal. Click here to read.

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Hypocrisy in the church is ‘detestable,’ pope says at audience
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Hypocrites are afraid of the truth, fearful of who they really are and incapable of truly loving, Pope Francis said during his weekly general audience.

What hypocrites do “is like putting makeup on your soul, like putting makeup on your behavior” and hiding the truth, the pope said Aug. 25 to those gathered in the Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican.

All this pretending, he said, “suffocates the courage to openly say what is true and thus the obligation to say the truth at all times, everywhere and in spite of anything can easily be evaded,” he said.
Pope Francis leads his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Aug. 25, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope: Be challenged by Jesus
During his Angelus address Aug. 22, Pope Francis warned against watering down Jesus’ message.

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