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(Braintree, Mass.) – The Archdiocese of Boston today announced the formation of the Office of Pastoral Support and Child Protection, a newly established department which joins together the offices of Pastoral Support and Outreach, Child Advocacy and Background Screening.  The new Office of Pastoral Support and Child Protection integrates the resources and expertise of these three important pastoral ministries under one Archdiocesan office. The Archdiocese also announced the establishment of a new Office of Professional Standards and Oversight and the appointments of Mr. Mark Dunderdale and Msgr. John P. McDonough to this new office.

Dorchester/ Mattapan, MA - The Board of Trustees of Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy has announced that the Academy will consolidate from five campuses to four beginning in September 2010. 

(Braintree, Mass.) - In response to the tragic news from Ireland, and the recent publication of names of Irish-born priests accused of sexual misconduct and who served in the United States, the Archdiocese of Boston issued the following statement:

Framingham, MA – After a comprehensive review and analysis over several months to consider its long-term viability, the Pastor of St. Tarcisius Parish in Framingham has announced that St. Tarcisius School will close this June.   

Braintree, MA -- Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, in Washington, DC for the 37th annual March for Life Rally, said he is pleased and proud of the many pilgrims from Boston “who have joined us this week to share and spread the Gospel of life.”  The annual event draws thousands of people from around the country. 

Faith communities of Greater Boston are sponsoring “A Service of Worship and Prayer to support the people of Haiti.”

Braintree, MA – Stating that “Catholic schools in Quincy are dynamic and energetic educational centers of excellence,” the Pastors of the Parishes of Sacred Heart, St. Ann and St. Mary have announced that their three parish schools are joining together to establish Quincy Catholic Academy. 

Baltimore, MD January 19, 2010—Catholic Relief Services began turning a Port-au-Prince golf course into one of the first formal camps for the displaced as other staff delivered medical supplies to St. Francois de Sales hospital, getting that heavily damaged facility up and running, among the many relief efforts by CRS in this devastated city.

WATERTOWN, MA - As of January 19th, CatholicTV, which turned 55 on January 1st, 2010 has 5084 Twitter followers and 3015 Facebook fans. Both the 5000 and 3000 marks were crossed during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

(Braintree, Mass.) January 15, 2010…The Archdiocese of Boston today announced that it has closed an investigation into a complaint of alleged sexual abuse of a minor made against Rev. J. Garret Thomson, a priest of the Archdiocese who died on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. Fr. Thomson most recently served as pastor of St. Martha’s Church in Plainville.

Baltimore, MD, January 15, 2010—Lifesaving supplies from Catholic Relief Services (CRS) are reaching desperate survivors in quake-shattered Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

January 15, 2010... Congressman Stephen F. Lynch along with Brockton Mayor Linda Balzotti will be hosting a community meeting and information session on rescue and relief operations underway following the earthquake in Haiti.

News of the human tragedy unfolding in Haiti is heartbreaking, and it calls all of us to action to help the people impacted by the earthquake.

The Office of Outreach and Cultural Diversity for the Archdiocese of Boston has announced a series of prayer services for those impacted by the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

“The human tragedy unfolding in Haiti is heartbreaking and it calls all of us to action to help the people impacted by the earthquake. We pray for those who have perished, for the injured, for the displaced and for relief personnel who are courageously working to assist the people of Haiti at this difficult and sad time. 

WASHINGTON—The Church mourns the terrible suffering of the people of Haiti, and parishes across the country are urged to take up a special collection the weekend of January 16-17 for the humanitarian efforts of the U.S. bishops and Catholic Relief Service (CRS) in Haiti, according to a January 13 letter to Catholic bishops of the United States from Cardinal Francis George of Chicago and Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York.

WATERTOWN, MA - On Friday, January 22nd, CatholicTV will air coverage of the Mass for Life and Youth Rally from the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON—The Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week, January 10-16.