Emmanuel House Emergency Winter Shelter to Remain Open for Summer
Proceeds from Diocesan Awards Dinner to Fund Continued Shelter Operations, Facility Improvements (PROVIDENCE, R.I.)-At an awards dinner this evening to benefit the Diocesan emergency winter homeless shelter and recognize 12 individuals and groups for their service to the Church and community, The Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, [...]
Read MoreDiocese to Honor Twelve for Service to the Church
Formal Recognition to take Place at Awards Dinner to Benefit Diocesan Homeless Shelter (Please click here to download the program book) PROVIDENCE—The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence will recognize 12 individuals and groups for their service to the Church and community at a dinner to benefit Emmanuel House, a diocesan ministry that provides critical services to the [...]
Read MoreSt. Clare Home Administrator Receives Facility Award
ALEXANDRIA, VA — The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) honored Mary Beth Daigneault, Administrator of St. Clare Home in Newport, RI with the 2013 ACHCA Facility Leadership Award. ACHCA firmly believes that facility excellence is a reflection of leadership excellence. The leadership award was celebrated during the awards luncheon at ACHCA’s 47th Annual [...]
Read MoreThis Evening: Year of Faith Diocesan Rosary Pilgrimage
PROVIDENCE — Gather as a Diocesan Family at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul to celebrate the Year of Faith with a prelude of Marian hymns, adoration, and the praying of the luminous mysteries led by Bishop Thomas Tobin during a Rosary Pilgrimage on Monday, May 13 from 7-8 p.m. Msgr. Anthony Mancini, rector [...]
Read MoreLetter to Catholics on the Approval of “Same-Sex Marriage” in RI
As the Rhode Island General Assembly prepares to pass “same-sex marriage” legislation and the Governor scheduled to sign the bill this afternoon, Bishop Tobin offers the following pastoral letter to Catholics in Rhode Island. The contents of this letter will be printed in the May 9, 2013 edition of Rhode Island Catholic Newspaper. My dear [...]
Read MorePriest Appointments
The Most Reverend Thomas J. Tobin has made the following appointments: PASTORS Reverend Peter J. Andrews, from Pastor, St. Christopher and St. Theresa Parishes, Tiverton, to Pastor, St. Barnabas Parish, Portsmouth, effective July 1, 2013 Reverend Robert L. Bailey, from Pastor, St. Maria Goretti Parish, Pawtucket, to Pastor, Holy Cross Parish, Providence, effective July 1, [...]
Read MoreStatement on SJC Vote to Advance Redefinition of Marriage
The Rhode Island Catholic Conference is disappointed that the Senate Judiciary Committee has acted to advance the redefinition of one of the state’s oldest institutions, marriage of one man and one woman. Not only did the committee vote to redefine marriage, they failed to allow the voters of Rhode Island to be heard on this [...]
Read MoreStatement of Bishop Tobin on RI Senate Action on Same-Sex Marriage
(PROVIDENCE, R.I.)-As the Rhode Island State Senate prepares to take action on same-sex marriage legislation, the Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, issued the following statement. “As the Rhode Island Senate prepares to take action on legislation that would seek to legitimize “same-sex marriage,” I once again urge [...]
Read MoreMaronite Catholic Community to Purchase Cranston Church to Establish Permanent Worship Space
St. Ann to Remain Available for Masses, Other Special Occasions (PROVIDENCE, R.I.)- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence today announced that it has approved St. Ann Parish’s request to sell its buildings to a local Maronite Catholic community whose worship space was destroyed by fire in 2005. The worship space will remain available to parishioners [...]
Read MoreEarth Day: From Overgrown Playground to Garden at Homeless Shelter
Knights, Others to Transform Overgrown Lot at Emmanuel House into Vegetable Garden **** Project in Response to Call of Pope Francis to Protect Creation, Environment (PROVIDENCE, R.I.)-Led by the Knights of Columbus, volunteers from across the state will start Earth Day 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the Emmanuel House Homeless Shelter, 239 Public Street, where [...]
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- Emmanuel House Emergency Winter Shelter to Remain Open for Summer
- Diocese to Honor Twelve for Service to the Church
- St. Clare Home Administrator Receives Facility Award
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