Congratulations to our Newly Commissioned
OLM Altar Servers
Gabriel Aptt
Nicholas Archer
John Barrett
Frankie Bennett
Julian Buco
Oliver Colgan
Ellison "Ellie" Costa
Daniel Labrador IV
Alessio Longo
Alessandra Maggiacomo
Jagger Mulhearn
Daniel Quinn
Victor Salvas
Anna Simonelli
Congratulations to the OLM Confirmation Class of 2025
Daniel Juan Diego Anter
Lola John Berube
Calvin Matthew Buffington
Allison Elizabeth Burch
Cecilia Valentine Cambio
Joseph Michael Cozzo
Ryan Sebastian D'Orsi
Abigail Elizabeth D’Amato
Brendan Francis Danehy
Nathaniel Michael DeCesare
Stephanie Rose DiGianfilippo
Gemma Gemma Ferranti
Lilly Maximilian Flood
Sienna Marianne Giardino
Grant John Paul Goudie
Madeline Aquinas Graves
Molly Gianna Hanlon
Margaret Catherine Haun
Lucas Peter Hepel
Kathryn Adele Ingham
Ryan Aquinas Johnston
Alexa Solanus Kanelos
Andrew Andrew Kavanagh
Mia Catherine Kelly
Nathanael Anthony Lamendola
Katie Dorothy LaPlante
Andrew Lorenzo Liwanag
Benjamin Maximillian Magiera
Owen Sebastian McCall
Sofia Catherine Medici
Annabel Margaret Morgan
Samuel Anthony Murphy
Ally Bakhita Napolitano
Noah Sebastian Napolitano
Lola Joan Oberg
Ava Lorenzo Ocfemia
James Maximilian Ohare
Marco Francisco Paletta
Anthony Anthony Risk
Siena Elizabeth Rocchio
Josephine Catherine Rozen
Penelope Teresa Ruggiero
Catherine Teresa Sheeran
Charlotte Anne Sheeran
Erin Elizabeth Sheeran
Caroline Teresa Smith
Gavin Nicholas Solas
Owen John Paul Sowa
Ella Valentine Stevens
Josephine Joan Sweeney
Mason Sebastian Thibeault
Serafina Thérèse Trotta
John Anthony Tsonos
Eliza Elijah Watkins
Jake Michael Weber
Griffin John Welsh
Bishop Blesses Newly Renovated Library
The Most Reverend Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., Bishop of the Diocese of Providence, visited the OLM Parish Community on Wednesday, September 24, to celebrate Mass, visit with students, faculty, staff, and families at school, and bless the newly-renovated school library.
During his homily at Mass, Bishop Lewandowski encouraged the students to put mercy into action, reaching out in kindness and compassion when they see someone in need. A dynamic homilist, the Bishop had the entire student body on their feet, chanting “Mercy begins with Me.” Mass was con-celebrated by OLM Pastor Father Bernard Healey and Associate Pastor Father Joseph Brodeur, Father Daniel Mahoney, Pastor at St. Pius X in Westerly, and Father Daniel Proccaccini, Pastor of St. Francis DeSales in North Kingstown.
Following the Mass, the Bishop proceeded to the newly renovated OLM School Library, where middle schoolers were waiting to greet him. The library renovations were underwritten by Simon and Sinead Campion, whose daughter, Allison, was a member of the OLM class of 2019. The library is now named the Murray Library, in honor of George and Annette Murray, Mrs. Campion’s parents.
After a brief collation, the Bishop visited several classrooms to meet with students. In Mrs. Jennifer Nygren’s Fifth Grade Classroom, he blessed a statue of the newly canonized Saint Carlo Acutis. He was especially happy to meet the students in Ms. Jean Perretta’s second-grade classroom, who are preparing for the sacraments of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion this year.
The Bishop was very pleased with the display of the “Mercy 21” initiative, which he instituted throughout the Diocese for 21 Days this month. Under the direction of Technology Teacher Mrs. Jacqueline DeNuccio, students created flyers in computer class, highlighting various ways to live out the spiritual and corporal works of mercy and the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
We turn to Our Lady and her angels and saints to ask for consolation and healing in the face of such unimaginable tragedy.
Our Lady, Help of Christians, we turn to you, who watched your Son give His life for us, and stood strong at the foot of His cross, to ask for your consolation, for your guidance, for your motherly arms to embrace us. We stand in silence, praying beside you.
St. Joseph, great protector, pray for us.
Archangel Michael, defend us in every battle.
Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin, parents who lost four children, pray for us.
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, missionary to the United States, pray for us.
St. Emilia, mother of saints, pray for us.
St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine, pray for us.
Servant of God Dorothy Day, defender of all who lack protection, pray for us.
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, mothers who left their infants to die for Christ, pray for us.
St. Junipero Serra, lover of peace, pray for us.
Blessed Lucien Botovasova, a dad, a teacher, and a martyr, pray for us.
St. Rita of Cascia, mother, patron of impossible causes, pray for us.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, who lost two children and is the first saint of the United States, patron of educators, pray for us.
Sts. Jacinta and Francisco, sweet children, pray for us.
Virgin Mother, we know that as a Mother, you never took your eyes off of your children in that school, especially in those moments of dramatic confusion and fear; you accompanied them with your tenderness.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
May the souls of the departed rest in peace.
Father Joseph M. Brodeur pictured at his Ordination Mass on June 29, 2024 at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence.
As announced last weekend, we are grateful to Bishop Lewandowski for assigning Father Joseph M. Brodeur as our new Associate Pastor. Father begins his priestly ministry at OLM on July 1 after his return from Rome, where he is presently finishing up his theological studies.
Born and raised in Westerly, he is the youngest of four children. He is a native son of Saint Pius X Church, where Father Mahoney currently serves as Pastor. Fr. Brodeur attended the parish school from kindergarten to eighth grade before graduating from Westerly High School in 2016.
He then entered the Our Lady of Providence Seminary for his priestly formation during his college years. He is an alumnus of Providence College, where he earned his B.A. in Philosophy and Classics in 2020.
Fr. Brodeur greets the late Holy Father Pope Francis at the Pontifical North American College.
Following college, Father undertook his priestly formation at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, where he earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas ('Angelicum'). He was ordained a priest on June 29, 2024, by then Bishop Henning.
Last summer, he served as Associate Pastor at Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Mary Parishes in Bristol before returning to Rome to complete a Licentiate in Liturgical Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross ('Santa Croce'). He has been living at the Casa Santa Maria, the American priest graduate house in Rome.
We certainly look forward to his arrival and having Father Brodeur with us at OLM. I know you will give him your usual warm welcome when he arrives in July. Keep him in your prayers