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The first Mass in Newton Upper Falls was celebrated by Fr. James Strain of Waltham in the home of James Cahill in Chestnut Street in the year 1841. Prior to this, it seems that Mass was celebrated for a railroad gang in Newton Lower Falls by Fr. Thomas O'Flaherty as early as 1832. [1]
St. Anthony of Padua was founded in 1895 to serve the needs of French Canadian Catholics who lived in the North End of New Bedford. The new parish was under the care of first pastor, Fr. Hormisdas Deslauriers (1861–1916), an energetic leader who would have great influence on the parishes future development.
Founded as St. Malachy in 1872, renamed St. Agnes in 1900. Now part of Catholic Churches of Arlington [73] [74] St. Camillus Church, 185 Concord Tpk, Arlington Now part of Catholic Churches of Arlington [75] Catholic Community of Gloucester and Rockport Holy Family Church, 60 Prospect St, Gloucester: Now part of the Catholic Community [76]
As it was too much work for one pastor and three assistant priests, a second parish was established for the Riverdale neighborhood, St. Susana's, in 1962. [8] As the school was also growing, a new convent was constructed in 1964. [1] [8] The number of people attending Mass each week began to drop off rather dramatically in the early 1990s.
Since all of the churches were Protestant, Robert Laverty, a private citizen, petitioned Bishop Benedict Fenwick of Boston to assign a priest to celebrate mass in Worcester. In result, Father James Fitton, a Boston native, visited Worcester monthly starting in 1834. He laid the foundation for a church on Front Street, known as "Christ's Church".
Saint Clement Eucharistic Shrine is a historic Catholic shrine on Boylston Street in Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts. [1] It is dedicated to the adoration of the Eucharist. [2] The shrine is a church of the Archdiocese of Boston and is host to the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. [3]
The Redemptorists built a modest wooden church on the location in 1870. This was to serve as a "mission house", a home base for priests traveling to distant parts of Massachusetts, Canada, and elsewhere. [7] The church was dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The first Catholic Mass was offered on January 29, 1871. The original structure ...
Holy Name Church in West Roxbury is a Roman Catholic church of the Archdiocese of Boston.. Among the largest and most distinguished buildings in the western section of Boston, the imposing Romanesque Revival church dominates the rotary where it is located and provides an interesting contrast to the Gothic St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church, a mile down Centre Street.