CAPPA launched in January after two years of planning and now has 182 members from throughout the country.

For the Jubilee Year of Hope and 75th anniversary of the Worcester diocese, an annual procession and Mass honoring the Blessed Mother was expanded. Joining people from the United States and Portuguese-speaking and Spanish-speaking countries this year were representatives of Haiti, Vietnam, Poland, Lithuania, and African countries.

Holy Spirit Church at 50 Lovewell St. in Gardner is to close on Oct. 1, according to a Sept. 24 decree from Bishop McManus.

The story of Juan Diego and Our Lady is fascinating in itself, but even more fascinating are both the symbolism and the scientifically documented miracles discovered on the image left on St. Juan Diego’s tilma in 1531.

WORCESTER – Father James A. Houston, 84, entered peacefully into the arms of Christ on Wednesday, September 17, at Oasis at Dodge Park in Worcester.