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Cardinal Seán O’Malley will celebrate Mass in thanksgiving of all active and retired Police, Fire, corrections officers, and emergency personnel and their families.  Also being remembered will be those public safety personnel who have fallen in the line of duty as well as their families.

WATERTOWN, MASS. (September 23, 2016) – Tonight, Friday, September 23 at 7pm ET, the CatholicTV Network will broadcast LIVE the Holy Mass from Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross on the Feast of Saint Padre Pio. The Mass, celebrated by Cardinal Seán O’Malley, is part of a relic tour of the heart of Saint Padre Pio in the Archdiocese of Boston. This is the first time a major relic of Saint Padre Pio has left Italy.

(Braintree, MA - September 22, 2016) -- The Clergy Health and Retirement Trust will host its eighth annual dinner in Celebration of the Priesthood at the Seaport World Trade Center this evening. The dinner—consistently one of the most well-attended dinner fundraisers in the city of Boston—will draw an expected 1,500 guests. A 5:30pm reception will be followed by dinner and program starting at 7pm.  

WATERTOWN, MASS. (September 22, 2016) – On Sunday, October 2, the CatholicTV Network will begin airing its new season for fall 2016. The new programming schedule will feature new seasons of some of CatholicTV’s most popular shows, as well as classic favorites and coverage of special events.

WATERTOWN, MASS. (September 19, 2016) – On Friday, September 23 at 7pm ET, the CatholicTV Network will broadcast live the Holy Mass from Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross on the Feast of Saint Padre Pio. The Mass, celebrated by Cardinal Seán O’Malley, is part of a relic tour of the heart of Saint Padre Pio in the Archdiocese of Boston. This is the first time a major relic of Saint Padre Pio has left Italy.  

As announced by Cardinal Seán on his blog, the Capuchin Friars who run the Shrine of Saint Padre Pio will bring to Boston the heart of Padre Pio for his feast day this year. This is the first time any major relic of Padre Pio has left Italy.  To learn more about Saint Padre Pio click here.  To learn more about Catholic relics click here.

WATERTOWN, MASS. (September 16, 2016) – On Saturday, September 17 at 2pm ET, the CatholicTV Network will broadcast live the Mass in honor of the 150 th  anniversary of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help icon being entrusted to the Redemptorist Order. The Mass will be celebrated from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. with celebrant and homilist Father Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R., the Superior General of the Redemptorists.  

WATERTOWN, MASS. (September 12, 2016) – On Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10, the CatholicTV Network held a record-breaking Telethon, the twenty-fifth in the network’s history, hosted by Bishop Robert Reed, Jay Fadden, Kevin Nelson, and Kate Andrews. Generous viewers from all over the United States donated more than $319,000 during the two-day event.

WATERTOWN, MASS. (September 12, 2016) – Beginning on Sunday, October 9, Channel 56 will air the CatholicTV Sunday Mass at 7:30am ET instead of 7am. The Mass will be taped at the Chapel of the Holy Cross at the CatholicTV Network’s Watertown, MA studios.

Anniversaries, be they of joyful, sad or tragic events, are times of reflection, moments of gratitude or sorrow accounting for lessons learned and hopes for the future.  The fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is a day which warrants prayerful attention in the Catholic community and deserves thoughtful reflection in our nation as a whole.   

Mark your calendar and invite your friends to a Dinner on Friday, Oct 14th where the Vocations Committee is hosting a speaker about the Sacrament of Marriage.  Learn, eat, and meet others in St. Augustine Parish.

WATERTOWN, MASS. (September 1, 2016) – On September 9 and 10, the CatholicTV Network will hold its 25th Telethon. Each year, CatholicTV holds the Telethon as its most important fundraiser to support its ministry of providing programming that inspires and educates Catholics in the United States and around the world.