On Saturday, August 14th, over 200 members of the Assumptionist Family, religious and lay, gathered in the Hagan Campus Center at Assumption College in Worcester to celebrate the Bicentennial of the Birth of Fr. Emmanuel d'Alzon.  During the festive luncheon old friendships were renewed and new acquaintances were made through the sharing of memories and stories of the past and new hopes and dreams for the future.

On Sunday, August 15, some 25 alumni, staff, and friends of Our Lady of Lourdes Seminary gathered in Worcester, Massachusetts, to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment (1960-2010) of this Assumptionist minor seminary located in Cassadaga, New York, about 60 miles southwest of Buffalo. The meeting was held at Augustine House, next to the campus of Assumption College.

MARY, on the day of your triumph may you cast down a motherly love on those of your children who are still struggling…

Emmanuel d’Alzon
Founder of the Augustinians of the Assumption

With the Feast of the Assumption approaching on August 15th, Paulist priest, Fr. Jack Collins, CSP, was sent out into New York City to find out the Assumption IQ of citizens on the street. The first of many ventures of Jack hitting the streets...

The Assumptionist Philippine Delegation is happy to tell you that Brothers Eduardo Molina, Joseph Macalanggan and Blair Paulus Nuyda renewed their religious vows.

On Sunday, April 25th, the Assumptionist Community celebrated the first in a series of year-long events commemorating the Bicentennial of the Birth of Venerable Emmanuel d'Alzon, founder of the Augustinians of the Assumption. Families, relatives and close friends gathered in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Assumption College in Worcester for  Mass, with Fr. Dennis Gallagher, A.A., Regional Superior, presiding.

Continuing the commitment of the Assumptionist Center's goal, in word and action, to be a place where, " we can learn together and discuss what it means to be Church," the final conversation for the academic year recently focused on the theme of "Today's Catholic Parish."

Our guest celebrant at Mass and presenter was Msgr. William Fay, our pastor at St. Columbkille's, neighbor and friend here in Brighton. Before returning to Boston his home diocese, Msgr. Fay was Secretary of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops in Washington, DC. Coming home at a time of transition and transformation, Msgr. Fay requested to be assigned to a multi-cultural, diverse, urban parish with a school. St. Columbkille's fit the bill perfectly.