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The Diocese of Worcester has a new monsignor: Msgr. Richard F. Reidy. He was named a "Chaplain to His Holiness," with the title of Reverend Monsignor, by Pope Francis.

Catholic Charities’ Crozier House, a men’s substance abuse recovery home, is expanding at 10 Hammond St. following the move this summer of the Catholic Charities Worcester County offices from that building to the Mercy Centre on West Chester Street.

After being resuscitated twice and enduring immense health struggles, Father Conrad S. Pecevich, who some have dubbed “Miracle Man,” has been recovering at St. Patrick’s Manor, a care facility in Framingham. But his life-and-death experiences have helped him to discover an additional calling.

Tricia Brzenk – a teacher and pre-school director – had prepared to be a Catholic school leader. But her induction to becoming principal at St. Anna Elementary School in Leominster involved the unexpected.

On Saturday, Oct. 7, St. Joseph School in Webster will host the upcoming 2023 Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference. The theme is “Male and Female: He Created Them.” Christopher Klofft, an associate professor of theology at Assumption University, will speak at the conference.

St. Paul Church in Warren is now an oratory in which the extraordinary form of the Mass will be celebrated. A religious community committed to the traditional Latin Mass, and new to the Diocese of Worcester, will serve the pastoral needs of parishioners. The decree also changed the canonical status of St. Stanislaus Parish in West Warren to a territorial parish to serve the needs of the Catholic community of Warren.

Partners in Charity reached 93 percent of its $5 million goal, bringing in $4,637,869 from 11,961 gifts.

St. Anna Elementary School, St. Leo Elementary School, and St. Cecilia Parish experienced flooding. The schools closed for several days last week to assess the damage.

“Male and Female He Created Them” is the theme of this year’s Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference. Deborah Savage’s talk is titled “Return to the Garden: Man and Woman in the Order of Creation.”

On Sunday, the major relics of St. André will be honored at St. Cecilia Church in Leominster. His relics will be exposed in the main church for veneration beginnning at 8:30 a.m. A short talk on the saint’s life will be given by the custodian of the relics, Father Roman Kalladanthiyil, CSC, followed by an anointing with St. Joseph oil from the shrine in Montreal.