PRESS RELEASES 2008
PRESS RELEASES - 2008
January
- Diocese to host Martin Luther King Day conference and interfaith prayer service
- 2007 Annual Catholic Appeal tops $2.9 million
- Diocese to honor religious communities serving in western Massachusetts
- 2007 Annual Catholic Appeal tops $2.9 million
- Catholic schools celebration set for last week of January
February
- Season of Lent begins, leads to earliest Easter in nearly 100 years
- Bishop names new vicar for administration
- Major Catholic Men’s & Women’s Conference to take place this weekend
- Diocese of Springfield issues statement on Seeds of Hope
March
April
- Symposium of St Paul
- 2008 Annual Catholic Appeal to be formally announced this Wednesday
- Bishop McDonnell announces 2008 Annual Catholic Appeal
- Pioneer Valley Mass Citizens for Life
- Multi-Cultural / Immigration Mass to be held on Sunday (5/4)
May
- St. Patrick School Chicopee to close after current school year
- Bishop McDonnell to accept major gift to Holyoke Catholic HS on Monday
- Chicopee Savings Bank Foundation gives $75,000 to Holyoke Catholic HS
- CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION THROUGH SPRINGFIELD
- 2008 Annual Catholic Appeal more than halfway to goal
- Catholic schools establish Distinguished Community Leader Award
June
- Bishop Maguire hospitalized for tests
- Msgr. Christopher D. Connelly to be appointed vicar general for diocese and rector of St. Michael’s Cathedral
- Annual Catholic Appeal goes over $2 million mark
- Diocesan delegation prepares to depart for Eucharistic Congress in Canada
- Three men to be ordained to the priesthood this Saturday
- Msgr. Richard Sniezyk to be honored this evening
- Three men to be ordained to the priesthood today
July
- Diocese of Springfield to offer voluntary arbitration procedure
- Diocese of Springfield reaches agreement with insurance carriers
- Statement from Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell
- Pax Christi Massachusetts Press Release
August
- Diocese to announce pastoral plan for four regions this weekend
- Bishops ask Catholics to Pray Election Novena
- Community and faith leaders to discuss just released US Census Bureau report on poverty
- HCHS opened as scheduled
- Bishop McDonnell to dedicate and bless new Holyoke Catholic High School
September
- Fuel Assistance Help for Spfld elders
- Bishop to dedicate and bless new Immaculate Conception Church
- St Thomas More Society of Catholic legal professionals to celebrate annual Red Mass
- Bishop McDonnell to bless and dedicate Holyoke homes
- Internation Year of the Organ to be marked with special choral vespers
