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Last Friday, I was still making my way back to Boston from Paraguay, so I was unable to celebrate our St. Patrick's Day Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

BRAINTREE -- When the Archdiocese of Boston was in its infancy, it was one of the first beneficiaries of the newly formed Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Now, Boston is a center of missionary activity, providing spiritual and financial support for missions around the world.

Countless Valley residents went to New York City in April 2008 to see Pope Benedict XVI on his first American visit. The luckiest were able to attend his Mass at Yankee Stadium.

SALEM -- On May 22, the Society for the Propagation of the Faith held a special Mass at St. Anne Parish in honor of the society's founder, Blessed Pauline Marie Jaricot, who was beatified in her birthplace of Lyon, France, that day.

BROCKTON -- Over the past few years, the Archdiocese of Boston has had a streak of winners in the Missionary Childhood Association's annual Christmas artwork contest. In 2021, the streak continued as Niyala Chaperon, a fourth-grade student at Trinity Catholic Academy, was named one of the 24 national winners.