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Catholic schools in the Worcester Diocese are preparing to reopen this fall, aided by state guidelines that came out last week, David Perda, the superintendent, said Tuesday.

Members of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Dudley, where everyone was welcome, no matter their ethnicity, celebrated the 50th anniversary of their unique church building Saturday

When Catholic schools close “it is an awful loss for all of us,” said Meg Kursonis, principal of St. Peter Central Catholic Elementary School.

Attempts to make it legal for doctors to help patients arrange to kill themselves have moved forward in Massachusetts.

Sister Ellen Guerin, a Sister of Mercy for 67 years, passed away peacefully on Tuesday at Shrewsbury Nursing Home, in Shrewsbury.