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The National Centre for Padre Pio in Barto, Pennsylvania, is displaying relics of St. Padre Pio in an exhibit traveling throughout the nation and one of the stops will be at St. Anne and St. Patrick Parish in the Fiskdale section of Sturbridge.

With his music ministry, Som do Monte (Sound of the Mount), the 38-year-old Father Azevedo gives concerts in Brazil and around the world and has more than nine million followers on Instagram and more than seven million YouTube subscribers, Deacon Longhini said.

Bishop McManus welcomed the 400-500 people attending the ordination in person and the 549 watching all or part of it livestreamed, and thanked them for their support.

As the Diocese of Worcester celebrates 75 years since its establishment in 1950, The Catholic Free Press took a look back at the events, people and places that helped shape the Catholic Church in Worcester County.

Staffing changes are coming this summer for several parishes – due to priests retiring, becoming a senior priest, going to a different parish, taking on specialized ministry, or taking a leave of absence.