Church Name: | Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church |
Architectural Type: | Romanesque Revival & Italianate |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Pastor: | Rev. Charles J. Higgins |
Country: | United States |
Founded Date: | 1870 |
Dedicated Date: | 24 November 1910 |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Boston |
Years Built: | 1909-1910 |
Founder: | Rev. John McCarthy |
Groundbreaking: | 3 October 1909 |
Membership: | 2,000 |
Materials: | Red brick, terra-cotta tiles |
Bells: | 3 |
Construction Cost: | $150,000 |
Former Name: | St. Mary's Church |
Dedication: | William Henry Cardinal O'Connell |
Architect: | Edward T. P. Graham |
Parish: | Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Parish |
Reledu: | Jean Johnson |
Businessmgr: | Sharon Hogan |
Director: | Mrs. Bobbie Hoffmann |
Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church, also referred to as St. Mary's, is a Roman Catholic parish of the Archdiocese of Boston located in Newton, Massachusetts. Its pastor is Father Charles J. Higgins. The parish is known locally as one of the few Boston parishes to offer the Tridentine Mass.
St. Mary's is the first Catholic parish in the city of Newton established in 1870 before the erection of a Gothic revival wooden chapel Catholics in Newton worshiped in private houses eventually they rented out a Hall. Until 1867 when the first chapel was built on Eillot Street. Eventually the parish outgrew their church so in 1909 Edward T. P. Graham was hired to build the church on Eillot street today it was then that the church was rededicated to Mary Immaculate of Lourdes.[1]
In 2004 the Archdiocese had put Mary Immaculate on the closing list of churches. However, in 2006 the Cardinal had reconsidered his plan to close the church and decided to close St. Phillip's Church in Waban instead. He moved the Tridentine Mass from Holy Trinity Church in the South End of Boston to Mary Immaculate of Lourdes saving the 149 year old parish from near extinction.[2]
The church is designed in the Romanesque style with Italianate features.
Novus Ordo | 7:30 AM9:00 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:30 AM | 7:30 AM | |||
Traditional Latin High Mass | 11:00 AM5:30 PM | |||||||
Traditional Latin Low Mass | 12:30 PM | 12:30 PM | 5:30 PM | 12:30 PM | 9:00 AM | |||
Sunday Vigil (Novus Ordo) | 4:00 PM |
Holy Days: as announced
Fr. Michael X. Caroll | 1870-71 | none | 1870-71 | none | 1870-71 |
Fr. Michael Dolan | 1871-85 | unknown | 1870-1906 | ||
Fr. Michael E. Begley | 1880-85 | ||||
Fr. Martin O'Brien | 1885-90 | Fr. Daniel J. Gleeson | 1886-88 | ||
Fr. Nathaniel J. Merritt | 1888-89 | ||||
Fr. J.M. Gallagher | 1889 | ||||
Fr. Matthew J. Flaherty | 1889-90 | ||||
Fr. Timothy J. Danahy | 1890-1923 | Fr. T.J. Murphy | 1890 | ||
none | 1890-92 | ||||
Fr. Edward Connolly | 1892 | ||||
Fr. Cornelius J. Riordan | 1893-1905 | ||||
Fr. Michael F. Callahan | 1906 | ||||
Fr. Frederick J. Allchin | 1906-08 | Fr. Dennis H. Donovan | 1907 | ||
Fr. Dennis H. Donovan | 1907-23 | unknown | 1907-14 | ||
Fr. Eugene A. Maguire | 1914-17 | ||||
unknown | 1917-28 | ||||
Fr. Dennis H. Donovan | 1923-34 | Msgr. Frederick G. Driscoll | 1923-28 | ||
Msgr. Michael J. Houlihan | 1928-29 | Fr. John D. Lyons | 1928 | ||
Fr. John D. Lyons | 1928-32 | unknown | 1928-31 | ||
Fr. William E. Kerrigan | 1932-34 | Fr. Daniel F. Dunn | 1931 | ||
unknown | 1931-1947 | ||||
Fr. Daniel F. Dunn | 1931-39 | ||||
Fr. William J. O'Connell | 1935-50 | ||||
Fr. Thomas A. Dwyer | 1939-44 | ||||
Fr. Joseph C. Foley | 1944-47 | ||||
Fr. Joseph E. Ryan | 1947-48 | ||||
Msgr. John J. Mulhacy | 1947-55 | ||||
Fr. Joseph F. Donoghue | 1948-49 | ||||
Fr. Edmund L. Loughlin | 1949 | ||||
Fr. Francis P. Foley | 1949-1950 | ||||
Fr. Alexander J. McCarthy | 1950 | ||||
Msgr. John R. Wall | 1950-57 | Fr. Alfonso G. Palladino | 1951 | ||
unknown | 1951-54 | ||||
Fr. Phillip J. King | 1954 | ||||
unknown | 1954-66 | ||||
Fr. Francis A. Regan | 1957 | ||||
Msgr. Daniel F. Riordan | 1957-70 | Fr. William C. Carroll | 1957-59 | ||
Fr. Joseph E. McDonald | 1959-64 | ||||
Fr. Stanislaus Miaskiewicz | 1964-71 | ||||
Fr. Nicholas J. Mullen, SM | 1966 | ||||
unknown | 1967-78 | ||||
Fr. Michael F. Doocey | 1970-94 | ||||
Fr. Robert L. Connors | 1971-77 | ||||
Fr. Robert P. Deeley | 1978-81 | ||||
Fr. Robert J. Doherty | 1978-79 | ||||
unknown | 1979-91 | ||||
Fr. Gilbert S. Phinn | 1981-83 | ||||
Fr. Thomas F. Nestor | 1983-85 | ||||
Fr. John B. McCormack | 1985-86 | ||||
Dcn. George H. Messinger | 1988-93 | ||||
Fr. Mark A. Mahoney | 1991-92 | ||||
Fr. Joseph L. Welsh | 1994-95 | unknown | 1992-2014 | ||
unknown | 1993-2014 | ||||
Fr. Stephen A. Koen II | 1995-2002 | ||||
Fr. Kenneth A. LeBlanc | 2002-2006 | ||||
Fr. Charles J. Higgins | 2006- | ||||
none | 2014-15 | none | 2014-15 |
Name | Religious Order | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Fr. William Burke | Society of Jesus (Jesuits) | possibly deceased | |
Fr. Leo J. Geraci | Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatine Fathers) | deceased | |
Fr. Robert Langlois | Society of Mary (Marist Fathers) | deceased | |
Fr. Victor Leeber | Society of Jesus (Jesuits) | deceased |
Name | Religious name | Religious Order | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nancy Braceland | Sr. Nancy Bernadette | Sisters of St. Joseph, Nashua, NH | ||
Mary Corbett | Sr. Mary Elizabeth | Sisters of St. Joseph, Framingham, MA | deceased | |
Agnes Dugan | Sr. Miriam Joseph | Sisters of Charity, Halifax | deceased | |
Sophie R. Jacobs | Sr. Mary Mammertus | Sisters of St. Joseph, Framingham, MA | possiblydeceased | |
Mary F. Murphy | Sr. Mary Cordia | Sisters of Mercy, New York City, NY | possiblydeceased | |
Winifred Shields | Sr. Winifred Shields | Daughters of the Heart of Mary | deceased | |
Ann Stevenson | Sr. Ann Stevenson | Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Lynn, MA |