The Rev. James McCurry, 76, is now back in the Pioneer Valley, praying this week at the grave of the Rev. Ignatius ...

Fount of love and holy sorrow, mother, may my spirit borrow somewhat of your woe profound. Unto Christ with pure emotion, raise my contrite heart's devotion, to read love in every wound.

Holy week observances spread to Spain by the fifth century, to Gaul and England by the early seventh century. They didn’t spread to Rome until the twelfth century.

Holy Thursday: 6 p.m. — Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the main church, followed by Adoration until midnight in the Chapel of St. Therese Good Friday: 1:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross, Rosary ...

By Father Vincent Guest June has long been recognized in our Catholic tradition as the month of the Sacred Heart ...