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A T THE eastern extremity of Hamp- shire, Catholicism showed an early and sturdy growth at Ware, almost from the time when Father Fitton said Mass there, in 1834. Then Chicopee cared for the Catholic population until Father Healy came as permanent pastor, in 1860, and erected St. William's Church. Thirty years later, after the picturesque pas- torate of Father William Moran, Rev.
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James Boyle erected the beautiful new Gothic church dedicated to All Saints, which still has few superiors in our diocese. Father John Fallon, who followed, built a rectory in keeping with the church edifice, and thirty years later, Bishop O'Leary warmly praised the group at his first Con- firmation in the pastorate of Fr. J. F. Griffin. Dur- ing a long pastorate, Rev. John H. Murphy all but wiped out the heavy mortgages caused by this building program, and left a record of unselfish ser- vice as his lasting monument. The late pastor, Rev. Anthony Dwyer, previously served as a curate in the same parish, and returned to end his days in a field of earlier labor when he was promoted from Fisherville, where his knowledge of French enabled him to attain marked success in a bilingual parish.
All Saints is at present being administered by Rev. John H. Freel.
R EV. LOUIS G. GAGNIER, that great missionary soul, organized the French people of Ware into the Mount Carmel congre- gation, in 1871. The present pastor, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John T. Sheehan, has not only cele- brated his golden jubilee in the priesthood- he has celebrated his golden jubilee as pastor at Ware, to which he went in the spring of 1880, and ranks as the oldest priest, in point of service, in our diocese. Malcontents assured him on his arrival that he was not wanted. Strikes against assisting at divine service conducted by him hampered his early years. But the sterling
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faith, fine priestly fervor and meek courage of a man endowed with exceptional qualities of heart and mind have overcome every difficulty and won not merely the respect but the love and admiration of former opponents. One of his first acts was the establishment of a parish school on an admirable piece of land on the heights above Ware. No man could stand higher in the estimate of his superiors and fellow priests than this gentle "lion of Israel" who has weathered the storms of half a century in one parochial charge. Ware as a community, irre- spective of creed, and our diocese as a whole, re- joiced when these fifty golden years of unremitting toil and the dream of a lifetime were crowned by the dedication of the new Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in September, 1930. On Bishop O'Leary's cordial endorsement, the present Holy Father made Father Sheehan a domestic prelate.
THE Ware Polish congregation, organized in 1905, St. Mary's, has as pastor Rev. Michael Kolbuch, M.S., under whom parish activities of every description have been promoted. The parish has a school in which three hundred children are in daily attendance, and though an independent element has caused some uneasiness, it bids fair to die the natural death which usually overtakes such ill-advised movements.
From the first, St. Mary's has been in charge of the La Salette Fathers, of whom Father Fux was the first in charge and built St. Mary's splendid church. Father Loretan's pastorate lasted twenty years, during which he opened the parish school, in 1925. He then became pastor of St. Adel- bert's Parish, at Bondsville. The present house- hold at Ware not only looks after the spiritual needs of St. Mary's flock, but gives missions and retreats throughout the diocese.
THOUGH Hatfield is in Hampshire County,
it was cared for, as a mission, by St. James' pastors, of South Deerfield, prior to beginning independent parochial life, in 1899. However, be- fore South Deerfield became a parish, the Catholics of Hatfield were looked after by St. Mary's, of Northampton. In 1893, Father Kenny said the first Mass in the present church of St. Joseph, which he had built. The first resident pastor was Rev. Charles Boylan, an experienced builder and skilled in financial management, who added the rectory to the parish property. The present pastor
is Rev. Cornelius F. Donoghue, a gracious and mild shepherd of souls, who easily gains the con- fidence and affection of his flock. He established St. John's parish at Hadley before his promotion to Hatfield.
The Catholics of Hatfield form a prosperous group, which has long exercised a beneficial in- fluence in public affairs. St. Joseph's parishioners have occupied many positions of public trust.
TN THE year 1919, St. Joseph's was divided, that the Polish people might have a priest who spoke their own tongue, and Father S. C. Zdebel organized the new parish of Holy Trinity. The mission church which he found had been con- structed by Father Lekston, when the Poles of Hatfield became a mission of St. Stanislaus, South Deerfield. On Father Zdebel's promotion to Clin- ton, he was replaced by Rev. Joseph Stanczyk, who is carrying on the good work of early organization so well begun by his predecessor, and is notably successful in the instruction of the parish youth.
"THE opening of the present century, 1904, saw the beginning of a French congregation at Easthampton, where the French people had previ- ously enjoyed the privilege of a special Mass at the Immaculate Conception. The first pastor, Rev. J. I. Lord, opened church, school, convent and rectory in frame buildings, which he reconstructed and repaired for church uses. After the short stay of Father Baret, Father Bourassa took charge, purchased the highly desirable site of the new church, which he had ready for dedication in 1922. A house on the property lent itself admirably to the purpose of a rectory. The present pastor is Rev. A. Buisson, who has an excellent church and rectory and a parish school which looks after the religious and secular instruction of nearly four hundred children. Father Buisson looks forward hopefully to the day when he can erect a school building and convent in keeping with his present church, and is already considering tentative plans.
"THE Polish people of Easthampton, who orig- inally attended the mother church of the town, the Immaculate Conception, became a mission of St. John Cantius, Northampton, in 1907, and maintained this status until 1909, when they be- came a separate unit-Sacred Heart Parish. Dur- ing its mission days, Sacred Heart was cared for
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by Fathers Kielbasinski, Jandy and Piechota, of whom the last named erected the pretty church in 1909. That same year, Rev. John Mard was named first resident pastor, and, in 1910, constructed a new rectory. For three years following him, Rev. Wenceslaus Lenz was head of this congregation. On his death, in 1914, Rev. B. Slawinski succeeded him and remained until he returned to his native land, in 1925. An energetic and aggressive worker, Father Slawinski erected a sightly modern brick school and convent, in 1917 and 1922 respectively. The present pastor, Rev. Andrew Lekarczyk, Ph.D., S.T.L., found his congregation disturbed by an in- dependent element against which he has made much headway. His people exert much political influence, and are becoming prominent in business circles.
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Falls, founded in 1878, with Rev. D. F. McGrath as first pastor. It had previously been cared for by Rev. P. J. Harkins, of St. Jerome's, who built the first church. A church was deemed necessary, not because South Hadley was so distant, but be- cause there was no bridge, and the people had to either ferry or row across. Father McGrath's suc- cessors were Fathers Toher, Conway and Sullivan, under whom St. Patrick's made steady material and spiritual progress. By a happy coincidence, the builder of the first mission church at Fairview, Rev. H. J. Wren, is the present pastor of St. Patrick's, coming from North Brookfield on the death of Father Conway. An able linguist and affable in disposition, Father Wren's rule is al- ways a mild one, but none the less successful in the essentials of parish life.
B ELCHERTOWN entered our family of parishes five years ago. Father McGrath had already obtained by purchase an old Protestant church, and renovated it for Catholic service. under the title of St. Francis. Rev. James A. Dunphy became the first resident pastor, and erected a well-appointed rectory beside the church. His territory included Granby, while he ministered to the spiritual needs of the Catholics in the state hospital. On his promotion to Brookfield. his work was continued by Rev. Leo T. Rock, who rendered meritorious service as a war chaplain. and, in his quiet, effective way, is decreasing the debt and increasing the depth of Belchertown's faith.
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HOUGH Catholicism has never en- joyed the adherence of large numbers in Franklin County, loyal Catholics in scattered spots have been there since the middle of the last century, at least. The first Mass at Greenfield was said by Rev. J. B. Daley, in 1840. Later, Father Brady, of Chicopee, brought the consolations of religion to these sparsely settled districts, and, in 1868, Rev. Henry L. Robinson became first pastor of Holy Trinity Parish, in Greenfield, which was taken from the care of Northampton, and given care of everything north of Hatfield and from Hoosac Mountain to Erving.
A tragic occurrence cast its gloom on Green- field's early Catholic days-the cold-blooded mur- der of Father McCarthy, whose slayer was liber- ated by those who might be called a "jury of his peers," but whom no stretch of charity could call
"twelve good men and true." Old timers tell, with bated breath, how these men died.
A series of energetic missionaries, such as Fathers Heneberry, McCarthy and Purcell, cov- ered this vast territory regularly, until new parish divisions cut off Deerfield and Turners Falls, each of which took missions with it. The Frank- lins still know mission work: South Deerfield, Shelburne Falls and Millers Falls still have their isolated groups to care for in chapels among the hills.
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pastorate of nearly twenty years, was succeeded by Rev. Michael J. Carroll, whose years of labor in the Franklins increased both the value and the appearance of the church property and the faith of the people. He was succeeded by Rev. Patrick J. Meehan, under whom a superb new school, with hall and modern recreational facilities, has been constructed and opened. A new spirit has been instilled into the people, who have displayed and are displaying unbounded enthusiasm for all the works of Catholic education. Father Mee- han's work in Greenfield is remarkable: under him parish organizations have multiplied, sodali- ties have flourished and the warmth of a new Catholic life thrills through Franklin's erstwhile cold county seat.
TN 1872, St. Mary's, of Turners Falls. became a parish, after being four years under the super- vision of Greenfield, and Rev. M. P. Quaille became its resident pastor for the next twenty-five years. The severely plain wooden building erected by Father Robin- son was replaced in 1878 by the present impressive Gothic structure. Father Quaille's name is connected with first Masses in Northfield and Erving, showing how far afield he went in quest of souls. The two Purcells, Fathers Thomas and Luke, directed St. Mary's for sixteen years, and the latter's successor is the present pastor, Rev. Philip J. Lee. Father Lee is a kindly, whole-souled man, a prime favorite wherever he has labored, as well as a success in financial and spiritual ad- ministration. He has just completed a re- decoration of the interior of St. Mary's.
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TN 1884, the French people of Turners Falls, with Rev. Edward Perreault as pastor, organized a new parish, St. Ann's, and, in 1896, Rev. J. C. Allard opened the first Catholic school in Franklin County. His successor, Rev. James W. Casey, is still in charge, and the parish school flourishes, with well over two hundred pupils, taught by the Sisters of St. Ann. Father Casey, a fluent speaker in both French and English, has proven a capable administrator, and has achieved excep- tional results in both his spiritual and temporary works for the parish. Church, school and rectory have all undergone extensive repairs during his pastorate.
T HOUGH St. John's, of Millers Falls, was not elevated to the status of a parish until 1898, the first Mass was said in 1848 by a Father O'Reilly, of Brattleboro, who came that distance on a sick call and stayed over night to offer Mass and instruct the children. Rev. John E. Nelligan was the first pastor, with a mission at Northfield, St. Patrick's, and a station at Erving. This same extensive territory, covered by Fathers Kirby, Lunney and Kavanaugh, remains under the juris- diction of St. John's. The present pastor is Rev. Patrick E. Carey, a pious, gentle character, who has the quiet perseverance which accomplishes the best results in the spiritual uplift of his people. Parish, mission and station all prosper under this zealous shepherd.
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ST. MARY'S CHURCH, TURNERS FALLS Rev. Phillip J. Lee, Pastor.
M ORE or less by accident. St. Joseph's. in Shelburne Falls, became the working center of a new parish in 1883, because of the need of a priest to care for the French Catholics at Gris- woldville. Rev. John F. Lee lived at Shelburne Falls, and ministered to the Catholics at Gris- woldville, where he erected a frame chapel and extended his care to others in the surrounding hill country. The parish church at Shelburne Falls was erected by Father C. H. Jeannotte, who ar- rived in 1887. Many improvements were made on church and rectory by subsequent pastors,
who had stations at Charlmont. Hawley. and Davis Mines. The rugged work of this parish, with its dozen or more towns, was carried on subse- quently by Fathers Balthazar, Galvin, Geoffroy, Judge. Sullivan and Keating. A third mission. at Charlmont, was established with the dedication of St. Christopher's Church. Father Sullivan pur- chased a Protestant church for the purpose, and Father Keating completed its transformation for Catholic purposes. The present pastor is Rev. Charles A. Foley, well known war chaplain, re- cently appointed to succeed Rev. Dr. John J. Foran,
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transferred to Whitinsville after a successful pastorate at Shelburne.
T THOUGH Father Robinson, of Greenfield, had said Mass in South Deerfield as early as 1871, and the Greenfield priests had thenceforth conducted services there regularly, it was not until 1895 that Rev. R. S. J. Burke became its first pastor, with Hatfield for a mission. He moved the church, which had been a meeting house on the old Bloody Brook field of massacre, to its present site. Its title is St. James. Four years later, when Hatfield became a separate parish un- der Rev. Charles Boylan, Conway became and still is a mission to South Deerfield. Its neat little mission church was begun by the ill fated Father McCarthy, of Greenfield. This parish which, terri- torially, includes five whole townships, has known the pastoral care of Fathers O'Grady, William McCaughan, O'Sullivan, Hartigan, Gallen and Finneran. Dr. Gallen began the extensive repairs which made St. James practically a new church, and Father Finneran completed the work.
The present pastor of St. James' is Rev. Joseph P. Martin, who has just completed a much need- ed rectory. He is a keen business man, a good
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organizer, an untiring worker for the spiritual good of his flock, and especially effective in work among the young.
A FTER having been a mission to neighboring parishes for many years, St. Mary's, of Orange, became an independent parish in 1903. The first pastor was Rev. Michael T. O'Brien. who purchased Grange Hall and remodelled it into the present pretty parish church. The subsequent pastors, all of whom contributed zealously to the deepening of the people's faith in Orange and the nearby towns of Salem and Warwick. were Fathers John McCaughan, John Boland and the late John Leonard. On the death of the last named. the present pastor, Rev. John F. McDonnell, was appointed, and has done much to spread devotions among his people. A hard worker, and an able organizer, he is rendering to his people every possible service.
"THE most recent growth of Catholicism in
Franklin County, and one that promises to assume greater numerical proportions than the earlier one, is Polish. The Poles, coming in large numbers, have taken up many of the abandoned farms of the Connecticut Valley, and become prosperous through the production of tobacco and onions. Their large families have made a success of farms where the native born failed because of the necessity of hired labor. Today, South Deer- field, Turners Falls, and Greenfield have young but vigorous Polish parishes, though unfortunate oc- currences at South Deerfield have temporarily divided the Polish ranks. Time will heal that breach, as it has healed similar breaches elsewhere. among many racial groups.
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Stanislaus', was organized in 1908 by Father John Zaszczezynski. He purchased the old G.A.R. Hall for a church pro tem. Under him and Father Lekston, neat frame church and rectory were com- pleted. It is in charge of Rev. John Langow. The situation is not an enviable one, but the pastor is young, capable and vigorous, and the whole diocese wishes him well in preventing loss of souls. His people are prosperous, and those who remained loyal to ecclesiastical authority in the recent up- heaval are certain to prove a faithful flock.
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R EV. A. A. SKONIECKI, in 1929, dedicated a fine new Polish church at Turners Falls- Our Lady of Czestochowa, named after the na- tional shrine of Our Lady of Poland, the power of whose intercession this "knight of the nations" has experienced in all her trials and sufferings. This parish dates its origin from 1909, when Father Chalupka established it as his third parochial foundation. He purchased and renovated a Prot- estant church for Catholic services. Father Zdebel. his successor, procured the present rectory in 1916. Father Lekarczyk followed, and did much to better the financial status before his promotion to East- hampton in 1925, when Father Skoniecki came to begin an active regime by the opening of a new house of worship.
G 'REENFIELD'S second parish is Sacred Heart, organized for the Polish speaking members of Holy Trinity, in 1912, by Rev. Stanis- laus Zdebel, who held services temporarily in the basement of Holy Trinity. Then the German Hall was purchased, and remodelled for Catholic worship. The second pastor was Rev. A. T. F. Nowak, who was succeeded two years ago by Rev. John Kuszaj. Father Kuszaj re- modelled and enlarged church and rectory, and has already accom- plished much for the spiritual im- provement of his people. Father Kuszaj has shown unbounded zeal, and with the warm encouragement of his Bishop, has instilled new life and energy into his flock, so that Sacred Heart's parishioners are dis- playing new life and enthusiasm in the practice and support of their faith.
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Mother Mary Lawrence of Jesus, F.A.A,
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Marie Comtois, notre Dame Parish, Worcester
Graduate of Notre Dame School, Worcester, called by God to membership in the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary, in 1904, honored with positions of trust hy her order in Quebec, New York and Rome, she became Springfield's pioneer in China, in 1914, and died there, a martyr to duty, in 1917.
The Master Calleth Thee"
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WHITE AFRICAN FATHERS, MISSIONARIES FROM OUR DIOCESE TO AFRICA
REV. AMEDEE GOULET Precious Blood Parish, Holyoke
REV. HENRY DE JORDY
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REV. OCTAVE GOULET Precious Blood Parish, Holyoke
The Goulet Fathers are brothers, and missionaries in East Africa. Rev. Henry de Jordy is completing his missionary training at Algiers, Africa.
THE LATE MOTHER MARY LAWRENCE OF JESUS, FRANCISCAN MISSIONARY OF MARY On duty in her Chinese missionary hospital.
DECEASED MISSIONARY SISTERS FROM OUR DIOCESE
LEFT TO RIGHT-Sister Mary Xavier Wholean, Maryknoll (St. Mary's Parish, Westfield) ; Sister Mary St. Jolin Brown, Maryknoll (Holy Cross Parish, Holyoke); Sister Mary Frances de Chantal, Sister of St. Ann (Delia Mailhot, Sacred Heart Parish, Webster); Sister Mary of the Eucharistic Heart, Sister of St. Aun ( Alma Beaudieu, Precious Blood Parish, Holyoke).
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S WE read the thrilling story of how priests from France, Ireland, Canada, Poland, Italy and Spain left all the comforts of home to follow the early Catholics to a strange land, and plant here the mustard seed from which our sturdy diocese has sprung, we cannot but ap- preciate the justice of the appeal made for the foreign missions. When we were the foreign missions, others gave generously of time and money that our faith might not grow dim or dis- appear, that our faith might once again gain the victory that overcometh the world. From the very inception of the great missionary society, the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, our American church was the recipient of its bounty. Nine- teen times the great Father de Smet traveled from our Rocky Mountains back to his native Belgium to beg money and vestments, to enlist the help of priests and sisters for his American missions. France and Austria and Italy and Belgium and
Ireland all sent their contributions to aid our struggling church, and that assistance continued down to the very threshold of the present century.
It is only gratitude, then, for us to aid in pass- ing on to others this faith so nobly preserved for us. To be effective, help for the missions must be organized, so that those who are giving their lives among our Indians and Negroes, or in fields afar, may count upon some fixed and permanent as- sistance. and thus be able to plan their campaign for souls. It was the lack of such an organization
Sister St. Francis Xavier, teaching an English lesson to a Japanese pupil. Sister was formerly Marie A. Jodoin, of St. Joseph's Parish, Wor- cester, and now labors in Japan as a Missionary of the Immaculate Conception.
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SISTER MARY FRANCES TERESA HESSE St. Joseph's Parish, Pittsfield Missionary in Korea
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