NEW BEDFORD — Did you know that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River could have been the Diocese of New Bedford? The grand-looking Saint Anthony of Padua Church on Acushnet Avenue and its ...

NEW BEDFORD — For something to survive two centuries in the city is remarkable and that’s exactly the milestone being celebrated at St. Lawrence Martyr Church. “It’s actually the oldest ...

NEW BEDFORD — Prepare to be mesmerized as the local creative enterprise, Broken Glass Projection Mapping, presents the first-ever 3-D Projection Light Show at St. Anthony of Padua Church on Dec. 7.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. today at St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, New Bedford. Arrangements by Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Home ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A former altar boy and student at St. Anthony of Padua School is accusing a former priest of sexually abusing him in the rectory, in his car, and during an overnight trip to ...

This image accompanies a 1905 story in the Standard-Times (The Evening Standard back then) announcing the construction of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on N. Front St. in New bedford.

NEW BEDFORD — For something to survive two centuries in the city is remarkable and that’s exactly the milestone being celebrated at St. Lawrence Martyr Church. “It’s actually the oldest ...

Funeral Mass of the Right Reverend Monsignor Hugh J. Smyth, rector of St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts, on February 7, 1921. The solemn consecration of St. Lawrence was fulfilled by ...