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In recent weeks, saints were celebrated, deceased loved ones were remembered, young Catholics prepared to attend a national youth conference, parishioners fed the hungry, and Catholic school students — and teachers — were busy!

On All Saints Day, children at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Springfield portrayed St. Lawrence, Daniel of the lion's Den, St. Anthony, St. Brigid, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Teresa of Calcutta.

At St. Joan of Arc School in Chicopee, students in grades one through four participate in a "pumpkin investigation."

State Senator Eric Lesser visits the eighth-grade history class at St. Joan of Arc School in Chicopee.

Father William Tourigny and junior high teacher Amy Fitzgerald present awards at the St. Joan of Arc School Honors Breakfast.

A delegation of teens from three parishes attended a Mass and social at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Springfield, prior to their trip to the Nov. 21-23 National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis.

Local teens, who will attend the Nov. 21-23 National Catholic Youth Conference, attend Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Springfield.

Teens from three local parishes pose in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Springfield. They will be attending National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis later this month.

Pictured in the parish center at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Springfield are chaperones who will accompany local teens to the National Catholic Youth Conference.

The annual November Memorial Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Springfield honored 67 people who have died during the last year. Family members of the deceased took part in a candle ritual.

Jennifer Dean, preschool teacher and marketing coordinator at St. Stanislaus Kostka School in Adams visits a vendor during the annual Catholic schools in-service day held at Pope Francis Preparatory School in Springfield.

Daniel Baillargeon (foreground), superintendent of Catholic schools for the Springfield Diocese, kneels during Mass at the schools' recent annual in-service day.

Volunteers from St. Michael's Cathedral Parish in Springfield serve at the soup kitchen at South Congregational Church.

The Knights and Ladies of Peter Claver, of St. Michael's Cathedral Parish in Springfield, sponsored the annual Purple Mass for those dealing with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.

Parishioners of St. Michael's Cathedral Parish are pictured at the annual Mass of Remembrance for those who have died during the last year.