WORCESTER – Youth and elders, college and community, joined forces to produce a bountiful harvest at St. Mary Health Care Center this year.

Michelle Schmidt, a revert to Catholicism and an ardent pro-life supporter, will speak at the upcoming Worcester Catholic Women’s Conference Nov. 23.

Pope Francis will canonize Cardinal John Henry Newman in St. Peter’s Square this Sunday, Oct. 13. It will be an historic occasion for the Church in England.

Melkite Bishop Nicholas J. Samra, Eparchial Bishop of Newton, celebrated the 50th year of his ordination as a priest, and the 30th as a bishop on Oct. 3.

It was a significant gathering for classmates of Our Lady of the Angels Elementary School who returned to campus 58 years after graduation.

Bishop McManus blessed the Catholic Charities' Leominster Women's Recovery Program Oct. 4. It is set to open in the former St. Cecilia's convent.