Providence Diocese begins planning celebration of 2022 sesquicentennial
Organizers of the Diocese of Providence’s sesquicentennial celebration are planning a nine-month series of events that will engage the faithful on multiple levels.
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by bcadmin | Aug 14, 2021 | Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Providence, News, Rhode Island | 0 |
Organizers of the Diocese of Providence’s sesquicentennial celebration are planning a nine-month series of events that will engage the faithful on multiple levels.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 18, 2021 | Archbishop Blase Cupich, Bishop Conference, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Church in the US, Committee on Doctrine, Eucharist, lead, News, USCCB | 0 |
In a spirited two hour long conversation Thursday, both critics and champions of a U.S. Bishops Conference doctrinal committee proposal to draft a document on the Eucharist cited timing and pro-choice politicians as reasons why they were for or against the proposal.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 14, 2021 | Associated Press, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Catholic Church, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 pandemic, Diocese of Providence, News, Rhode Island | 0 |
The leader of Rhode Island’s Catholics has restored the obligation to attend Sunday Mass, which was suspended in March 2020 at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic as in-person services at all houses of worship were suspended.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 2, 2020 | Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Providence, News, Providence College, Rhode Island, sacrilege | 0 |
Two days after a vandal defaced some of the gravestones and a central cross with swastikas at the Dominican Cemetery at Providence College, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence reconsecrated and rededicated the sacred grounds where Dominican friars have been buried since the college’s founding in 1917.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 22, 2020 | Associated Press, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Diocese of Providence, faith and sports, Football, New England Patriots, News, NFL, Social media, sports, Twitter | 0 |
Not even a Hail Mary is going to help Tom Brady win a seventh Super Bowl championship now that he’s with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to one Catholic bishop.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 22, 2020 | Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Diocese of Providence, News, Pentecost, Rhode Island | 0 |
The bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, said it’s his “aspiration” that churches reopen for Pentecost, May 31, “even with a limited number of worshippers if necessary.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 13, 2020 | Abortion, Associated Press, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, Communion, Diocese of Providence, News, Pedophilia, Rhode Island | 0 |
Rhode Island’s Catholic bishop has responded to the controversy created by a priest who said he’d deny communion to state legislators who support abortion and then defended his stance by saying abortion is worse than pedophilia.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 7, 2020 | Associated Press, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Diocese of Providence, News, Rhode Island | 0 |
Rhode Island’s attorney general said Thursday he expects to release a public report later this year with findings from his review of allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in the state.
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