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Upper-BETHLEHEM INFANT ASYLUM BRIGHTSIDE, HOLYOKE One of Five Orphanages in Diocese Sisters of Providence in charge
Center - FATHER HARKINS .HOME FOR AGED WOMEN HOLYOKE Capacity 75 Sisters of Providence in charge
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ST. FRANCIS HOME FOR AGED MEN AND WOMEN WORCESTER Capacity 225 Franciscan Sisters in charge
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Upper-BEAVEN-KELLY HOME FOR AGED MEN BRIGHTSIDE, HOLYOKE Capacity 75 Sisters of Providence in charge
Center-ST. LUKE'S HOME FOR WORKING GIRLS SPRINGFIELD Capacity 150 Sisters of Providence in charge
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HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, SPRINGFIELD Capacity 200 Sisters of the Good Shepherd in charge
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Rest house and convalescent home conducted by the Sisters of Providence. 1000 guests annually.
for charity, has been augmented by an ample brick structure.
On the next hillside, to the north, the Fran- ciscan Sisters conduct a home for the aged, and the excellence of the care they bestow upon all is indicated by the fact that they generally have a waiting list.
Last but not least among our charitable insti- tutions is the large home of the Good Shepherd Sisters on Wilbraham Road, in Springfield. Humanly speaking, theirs is a thankless task, but the parable of the ninety and nine has begotten a noble band, who have found no labor too menial to enable them to bring back the stray sheep to the feet of the Good Shepherd. These Sisters
have dedicated their lives to the task of raising fallen womanhood, and the Good Shepherd must smile in approval as they achieve the impossible to bring modern Magdalens under His pardoning Hand. To use a popular phrase, these Sisters are rarely more than a step ahead of the sheriff, but never complain, never falter and are always right in their confidence that "the Lord will provide."
The latest undertaking of the Sisters of Provi- dence is the opening of day nurseries, that wid- owed mothers and others obliged to work may leave their little ones in safe hands while they are earning daily bread for both. Two flourish- ing nurseries are in operation in Worcester and Holyoke, to help hard-worked mothers meet the demands of modern industry.
Chapters could be written on what these un- selfish workers mean to our diocese. Other chap- ters could be added on the years of care and prayer and labor and anxiety which it cost them to establish their work for us on a solid founda- tion. Their labors are as wide as Charity, and Charity is as wide as it was on the road to Jeri-
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MOTHERIIOUSE, SISTERS OF MERCY, WORCESTER Rev. Mother Mary Evangelist, Superior.
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MOTHERHOUSE, SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION, FITCHBURG Rev. Mother Mary Helena, Superior. John W. Donohue, Architect
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MOTHERHOUSE, SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPII, SPRINGFIELD Rev. Mother John Berchmans, Superior.
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ST. JOSEPH'S HOME FOR WORKING GIRLS, WORCESTER Sisters of Mercy in charge
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cho, the day the Good Samaritan taught the world. The first flash of pagan tolerance was caused by Christian charity : "See, they care for our poor."
Our charitable institutions draw no line, once the need is proven. Our hospitals minis- ter to the whole community, and live the charity which the Church preaches. Our homes for orphan and aged admit all who knock for admission, so far as accommoda- tions will permit. The charity of the Good Shepherd lives again in the organized charity of the Church, organized only to add to its efficiency.
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UPPER -- Salem Square, Worcester, as seen from City Hall Tower, showing new Notre Dame Church in foreground. LOWER-Proposed new Municipal Memorial Auditorium, Worcester.
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Father Fitton
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Reberend James Fitton First Pastor of Worcester's First Catholic Parish
A missionary extraordinary, tireless laborer in the Master's Vineyard, first celebrant of Holy Mass in towns from Boston to Berkshire, from Rhode Island to the New Hampshire line, donor of the land on which Holy Cross College now stands. His baptismal name is recalled by Mount St. James, on which the Holy Cross group towers, and his family name by Fitton Athletic Field.
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ST. PETER'S CHURCH, WORCESTER Rev. John J. Bell, Pastor.
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SACRED HEART SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY HALL, WORCESTER Rt. Rev. Msgr. John P. Phelan. Sisters of Mercy in charge.
Sowing the Seed of the Springfield Diocese
HE birthplace of Catholicity in the present Diocese of Spring- field was the city of Worcester. Thither, in 1775, came a hand- ful of the unfortunate Acadians, victims of English oppression, but ultimately they drifted back to their native heath. With the building of the Blackstone Canal, the Providence-Worcester Railroad and the Boston & Albany, large num- bers of Irish laborers came to Worcester and the Blackstone Valley. The presence of the van- guard is recorded in 1826. In the early thirties, they were visited by Rev. James Fitton of Hart- ford, who took up his residence in Worcester in 1834. In the decade of his residence here he sought out scattered Catholics as far west as the present New York state line, and from Rhode Island to northern Worcester. The number of towns in which he certainly was first to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is almost unbeliev- able. Add to that the number in which tradition says he offered the first Holy Sacrifice, and we have both an idea of his superhuman activity and the solid basis for his reputation as a great mis- sionary. His own fragmentary "Sketches" are the earliest story of the beginnings of our dio- cese.
His example was nobly emulated. Fathers Gib- son and Boyce, who succeeded him at Worcester. carried on his work to the south and penetrated to the north as far as the New Hampshire state line. Clinton and Leominster and Fitchburg and Otter River, all owe a debt of gratitude to these devoted men who found no settlement too remote and no mountain home too distant for their priestly ministrations. Our diocese had no monop- oly of the missionary spirit. Father O'Callaghan. of Vermont and Father Daley, of New Hamp- shire, crossed state lines to answer the call of benighted souls in northern Worcester. These beginnings of a thriving Catholic life were in
Native American days. Catholics were still in struggling settlements, blessed with little of this world's goods, when the Knownothing storm burst. Everywhere there was difficulty in procur- ing land for church and rectory. Father Fitton had all but closed the deal for his first piece of land at Worcester when he casually mentioned what he wanted it for. The deed was torn up before his eyes, and he was assured that his peo- ple were undesirables.
Yet, to the everlasting glory of our non-Catho- lic fellow citizens be it said, there were always those who rose grandly above the narrowness of the rank and file, purchased land in their own names and then turned it over to their Catholic friends. Thus, three non-Catholics at Worcester. Messrs. Lincoln, Chase, and Pierce, purchased the land for the first Catholic church in our diocese. Christ's Church. which later became St. John's
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when the larger church was built. This first church was erected on a street called Temple, from the presence of the house of God. Father Fitton also established the first Catholic school in our diocese, the St. James' Academy, which
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developed into Holy Cross College, where the priest presented the land to the Society of Jesus.
These pioneer days of the Worcester church, full of trials and hardships to priest and people, bear the glamor of romance to us of a century later. There, in summer, the Penobscott Indians came from Maine and camped around the church to attend the divine service conducted by this ubiquitous Father Fitton, who, before going to Hartford, had labored among the aborigines of the Pine Tree State! There, the Catholic soldiers assisted at Mass as they prepared for the Florida War at a nearby camp. There, the Jackson Guards, a Catholic military organization, was disbanded because of Knownothing suspicions, though the guards volunteered to a man for serv- ice in the Civil War-we doubt if their persecu- tors could verify a similar claim.
"THE present St. John's replaced the humble Christ Church in 1846, and the old church became a hall-the Catholic Institute, which was dismantled as unfit for further use in the present pastorate, but a bronze memorial slab marks the historic spot. The Knownothings made such violent threats against the new church that Father Boyce presented the keys to the mayor, demanding the protection of the law, but adding significantly : "If you don't protect it, we will."
St. John's Church, Worcester. The oldest Catholic church in the Springfield Diocese. Rev. Edward J. Fitzgerald, Pastor.
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SACRED HEART CHURCH, WORCESTER Rt. Rev. Msgr. John P. Phelan, Pastor.
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ST. ANN'S CHURCH, WORCESTER Rev. William C. McCaughan, LL.D., Pastor.
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HOLY NAME OF JESUS CHURCH, WORCESTER Rev. J. A. Dalpe, Pastor.
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ST. STEPHEN'S IMPRESSIVE GROUP, WORCESTER Church, School, Convent. Rev. John J. Lunney, Pastor.
Yet, this sorely tried parish arose above all petty resentment, and sent to Civil War battlefields its McCaffreys, McConvilles and O'Neils, all regret- ting that they had but one life to give for their country, while their persecutors, in many cases, argued that, having only one life to give for their country, they would make it last as long as pos- sible-at home.
In 1870, St. John's gave its pastor, Rev. P. T. O'Reilly, to become our first bishop, and his suc- cessor was the never-to-be-forgotten Monsignor Griffin, in whose apostolic achievements the earlier days lived again. He built churches in Holden and Stoneville, collected funds for the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Conception foun- dations, brought the Sisters of Providence to found St. Vincent's, in 1893, established a parish school for girls in 1872, a second for boys in 1891 and justly became a domestic prelate in 1889. Worcester's "old timers" still remember the upright figure, sturdy walk, hearty greeting of this warhorse of the faith, whose charities were city wide, and who, after ruling for forty years a parish which at times approached fifteen thousand souls, died poor in this world's goods, but a mil- lionaire in the golden deeds that are currency at the exchequer of God.
His successor was the soul of mildness and priestliness, Father Thomas Donoghue, on whose death Bishop O'Leary appointed the present pas- tor, Rev. Edward J. Fitzgerald, under whom old St. John's, though its people are fleeing elsewhere before the inroads of commerce, has flourished as of yore. To this day. many from other parishes
go back to their first love for Sunday Mass, and St. John's devotions are a veritable religious magnet which draw from all parts of the city. Father Fitzgerald, a forceful pulpit orator and systematic organizer. has renovated the entire property and added the fine high school and gymn- nasium buildings, to which even Holy Cross has recourse for some of its athletic contests.
B ACK in 1856, Rev. John J. Power, later on vicar general of our diocese, founded Wor- cester's second parish, St. Ann's, with its first church a small one on Shrewsbury Street. In 1864, he brought the Sisters of Mercy, who opened up the first public hospital in the "Heart of the Commonwealth." In 1866, Father Power purchased land for St. Paul's. in the completed basement of which he said the first Mass. in
St. John's High School, Worcester. Rev. Edward J. Fitzgerald, Pastor. Xaverian Brothers in charge.
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1869. He thereupon relinquished St. Ann's, which passed to the able hands of Rev. Denis Scan- nell, whom all who knew remem- ber as the soul of charitableness. the sympathetic confessor, the comforter in the sick room, and withal, the personification of hos- pitality. A generous people sec- onded his every suggestion, and. in 1884, the present St. Ann's lifted its majestic steeples over the city. Father Scannell's death caused universal regret - the whole city appeared to feel the loss of a tried and true friend.
His successor, the Rev. James B. Tuite, proceeded to complete Father Scannell's work by build- ing a parish school and convent, which still care for the education of the parish children, though many of St. Ann's parishioners are moving to other parts of the city. The eloquent Dr. McCoy and the genial Father Kenny both went from the pastorate of St. Ann's to render the last account of their priestly stewardship. The present pastor, Rev. William McCaughan, LL.D., has manfully faced the double problem of a dwindling population and expenses that do not dwindle, and has won the confi- dence of his people by keeping every
John W. Donohue, Architect St. Peter's High School, Worcester. Rev. John J. Bell, Pastor. Sisters of St. Joseph in charge.
parish activity in full operation. He is a scholarly man and gifted speaker, with a fund of the geniality that makes him approachable, and the kindness that makes him loved.
R EV. JOHN J. POWER said the first Mass in the basement of Worcester's third parish church, St. Paul's, Independence Day, 1869, and had completed the present superb granite pile in 1874. After this lapse of years, it is still the queen of Worcester's churches. Father Power took the Sisters of Mercy from St. Ann's to St. Paul's, where they opened a home for the care of the orphan and the aged. Today, they care for the orphan girls at Worcester and the orphan boys at Nazareth, in Leicester, while from humble beginnings at Worcester has grown a commodious home for working girls.
For over forty years, Father Power was a man of light and leading in Worcester, served on many public boards, and commanded the respect of all classes and the esteem of his own people. His pulpit utterances could not be called fervid ora- tory, but, for thirty years, he preached the lenten courses in the same church, and standing room was at a premium to the very end. His successor, Rev. William F. Goggin, renovated the entire interior of the glorious church, at a price that
Our Lady of Vilna Church, Worcester. Rev. C. A. Vasys, Pastor.
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ST. CASIMIR'S SCHOOL, WORCESTER Rev. A. Petraitis, Pastor. Sisters of St. Casimir in charge.
would build a good-sized church, and constructed the parish school. He was an affable gentleman, who accomplished lasting results without any special display, and added a parish school building to the St. Paul's property. On his death, Bishop O'Leary appointed Rev. John D. McGann to take up the leadership of St. Paul's, and Father Mc- Gann, who had just rebuilt his Westboro church within a year of its destruction by fire, assumed the arduous duties of St. Paul's with the experi- ence of years and the vitality of youth. He threw the entire basement into one large chapel, multi- plied Masses to meet the convenience of his peo- ple, detected a flaw in the original structure, which, if not corrected, might have led to serious results, and constructed a rectory to replace the one too small for a parish which now demands the services of five priests. Father McGann's vigi- lant leadership is thus rapidly bearing fruit in parish improvements.
TN 1873, Rev. Robert Walsh, still remembered in Worcester as the typical "soggarth aroon." was made pastor of the new parish at the north end, the Immaculate Conception. together with Holden and Rutland missions. In 1878, he had the present church ready for dedication. It was not until 1892 that he completed the fine rectory
St. Bernard's Church. Worces- ter. Rev. George F. Flynn, Pastor.
that is still in use. The present pastor is Rev. John P. McCaughan, but the present parish is not the old "Immaculate"; two new parishes have been cut off, to facilitate the work of souls. The original parish not only covered the extensive north end of Worcester, but for fourteen years had Holden and Rutland churches to attend. St. Bernard's and Our Lady of the Rosary have been established from the original "Immaculate." Our Lady of the Rosary began independent exist- ence during the regime of Rev. James Donohoe while St. Bernard's entered our family of parishes during Rev. M. J. Coyne's incumbency. Father McCaughan is a convincing speaker, an able administrator of parish finances, as Warren and Millville amply attest, a pastor who sympa- thizes with his people in their trials and always has a word of cheer and encouragement for all. He has never failed to win the confidence and affection of his flock.
TN 1880 the parish of the Sacred Heart, in South Worcester, was born, and Rev. Thomas J. Conaty was its first pastor. Yes, he is the same Father Conaty who championed the Irish Land League, and Home Rule, and the Temperance Cause, and was the head of the Catholic Summer School at Cliff Haven, rector of the Catholic University at Washington, and died Bishop of Los Angeles, California. However. he first dedi- cated the present Sacred Heart, in 1884, and a parish hall in 1885. He served on the Worcester School Board, where he was a power for good, and when bidden to "go higher" in 1897, was succeeded by
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his brother, Rev. Bernard S. Conaty, present pastor of St. Joseph's, Pittsfield, and vicar general of our diocese, one of the first group to receive the purple under Bishop O'Leary. This soul of priestly sanctity and quiet force carried on the work of his distinguished brother. and organized every branch of parish life. The high standard of the Sacred Heart Sunday School was admired throughout the city. His immediate successor, Father Foley, did excellent work to clear the parish of financial burdens, and his successor, Rev. P. H. Boland, opened the parish school, a modern, well-equipped plant. Called to his reward this year, he has just been replaced by Rt. Rev. Msgr. John P. Phelan, of Whitinsville, whose successful administration there points to a bright future for Sacred Heart under his benign but firm rule. He too was with the first group whose labor resulted in his eleva- tion to the honors of the purple.
SACRED HEART, alone of Worcester's parishes, has not suffered further division. Old St. John's was divided again in 1887, when St. Stephen's became a parish and the eloquent Father Richard Burke was appointed first pas- tor. He erected a rectory and what was intended to be a temporary church. It was, however, so well built and adapted for Mass and Sunday School purposes that the building was used for nearly thirty years. It was dedicated the very year of the foundation of the parish, and the rectory was completed two years later. After the death of Father McGillicuddy, who became pastor in 1897, and who, for over a decade, did excellent work for the young parish, Rev. Thomas Mclaughlin moved the rectory back and reared the present noble church which faces Grafton Street, from its commanding position in the angle at Grafton Square. Scarcely had Father Mclaughlin added this achievement to a busy life and made a notable record in liquidating the debt, when he died sud- denly after hurrying to administer the last sacra- ments to a dying parishioner.
Bishop O'Leary then appointed the present pastor, Rev. John J. Lunney, who dismantled the first church to make room for the convent and school, each the well known "last word" in appointments and completeness. Today, the whole group on Grafton Square is as striking a parish plant as one could well desire, and Father Lun-
ney, who added these last buildings, is busily at work removing the mortgage encumbrances. His own boundless enthusiasm, seconded by the generosity of a people proverbially generous, will move even the mountains that are called mort- gages, though his task is no easy one.
"THE southern section of St. Paul's became a new parish under the title of St. Peter's, in 1884, and Rev. Daniel H. O'Neil was given the pastorate. He began humbly, with services in a public school, but ultimately built the first Catho- lic Church on Main Street; church and rectory cover the frontage of a city block, just opposite Clark University. This parish grew rapidly, because of an exodus from the older centres, 011 which business was crowding in, so that, when in 1916 Father Jas. J. Howard succeeded Father O'Neil whose regime lasted fully thirty years, the parish of the Holy Angels was established out towards the Leicester line. Nevertheless, Father Howard found it necessary to enlarge his church and multiply assistants, to meet the needs of his growing congregation.
He also built the splendid St. Peter's Grammar and High schools, models of school architecture and complete in every respect. Under him, so- dality life flourished as never before. When death called him home, he was succeeded by Rev. John J. Bell, fresh from a mammoth work in debt liquidation at Clinton. Father Bell has already won a warm place in the hearts of his new parishioners, by his gentleness and consideration for all, a leader who leads by persuasion, without any apparent effort except being his natural. kindly self.
THE first pastor of Our Lady of the Angels, founded in 1916. is Rev. Michael J. O'Con- nell, one time a curate at St. Peter's, and conse-
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quently familiar with the people for whom he was appointed to organize a parish. For years, he used a temporary church, while he quietly collected funds for a suitable monument of his people's love for their Eucharistic Lord, and a suitable place on which to erect it. His patience and perse- verance were crowned with success. He obtained a perfect site at the very portals of Worcester on its Main Street, and erected Our Lady of the Angels, like the mother church of St. Peter, on Worcester's main thoroughfare. It is a striking Gothic structure of Quincy granite, with a cam- panile whose graceful lines are visible far and wide, and has many unique features in its adaptation for parish purposes. Father O'Connell is a gifted musician and loves especially to embellish the musical features of the church ritual. He easily makes and keeps friends, and is assured of a united parish behind his future plans to clear his beautiful church of debt. A house which he pur- chased with the land, he transformed into a home- like and roomy rectory, for a fraction of what a similar rectory, new, would have cost.
S NT. PAUL'S was divided in 1912 by the for- mation of the Blessed Sacrament parish. on the west side, of which Rev. William E. Ryan
Holy Name of Jesus Church, Worcester. Rev. J. A. Dalpe, Pastor.
became the first pastor and still remains at the head of this flourishing and comparatively well- to-do flock. His first parish building was a school, the hall of which he used as a place of worship until he completed his church. The new Blessed Sacrament church, which nestles against the south side of Newton Hill, is a beautiful edifice of Quincy granite. beside which Father Ryan built his parochial resi- dence, an imposing frame structure. well adapted for its pur- pose, roomy, and homelike. The original
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