On Saturday, June 6, Noah Hajdu carried a 130-pound wooden cross to the top of Mount Wachusett to honor Jesus Christ.

The “Remembrance Garden Healing with Hope,” on the lawn between Sacred Heart of Jesus Church and its parish office building, was blessed Sunday by the pastor, Father William C. Konicki, with parishioners’ help. Children placed candles on the block-like pavers engraved with names of deceased or living persons, or inspirational quotes.

The bell had been held mostly in storage since the church was demolished in 2018 to make way for CitySquare, a downtown project featuring apartments, office spaces, a hotel and a medical center.

WORCESTER – A boy who always wanted to be a priest. Another son also inclined to God. A fellow seminarian with an open door – and so much more. These were among ways that family and friends of the diocese’s new priests described them after their ordination Saturday at St. Paul Cathedral.

My vocation began very simply: as an altar server at my parish.