Maureen DiMilla has resigned from the committee charged with drafting gender identity guidelines for students in Boston Catholic schools, citing concerns about transparency and lack of input from transgender people.
BOSTON The archdiocese is asking the faithful to commit to prayer, but refrain from public protests, to counter the Satanic Temple's upcoming multi-day Boston convention.
JAMAICA PLAIN While observing the feast of the Annunciation, but with an eye toward the coming Easter, leaders and representatives of the Roman Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, and Ukrainian Orthodox communities united to lead a prayer service for peace in Ukraine.
Father Aidan J. Walsh, a priest of the archdiocese since his incardination on May 15, 1998, died in Boston on March 4, 2023. He was born in the Hub's Jamaica Plain section on Jan. 21, 1940. He was the last surviving of the eight children of the late John and Elizabeth (Gill) Walsh; among his deceased siblings was a sister, Sister Mary (Donatus) Walsh, CSJ.
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