Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church (Newton, Massachusetts)

Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church
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Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Membership	2,000
Website	maryimmaculateoflourdesnewtonma.org
History
Former name(s)	St. Mary's Church
Founded	1870
Founder(s)	Rev. John McCarthy
Dedication	William Henry Cardinal O'Connell
Dedicated	24 November 1910
Architecture
Architect(s)	Edward T. P. Graham
Architectural type	Romanesque Revival & Italianate
Years built	1909-1910
Groundbreaking	3 October 1909
Construction cost	$150,000
Specifications
Tower height	135 ft (41 m)
Materials	Red brick, terra-cotta tiles
Bells	3
Administration
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Boston
Parish	Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Parish
Clergy
Pastor(s)	Rev. Charles J. Higgins
Laity
Director of music	Mrs. Bobbie Hoffmann
Business manager	Sharon Hogan
Religious education coordinator	Jean Johnson

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.

History

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.

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.

Architecture

The church is designed in the Romanesque style with Italianate features.

Mass times

Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Mass Times

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Novus Ordo	7:30 AM 9:00 AM	7:30 AM	7:30 AM		7:30 AM	7:30 AM
Traditional Latin High Mass	11:00 AM 5:30 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

List of pastors

Pastors of Mary Immaculate of Lourdes, 1870–present

Pastor	Years	Assistant	Years	Assistant	Years
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

Vocations

Diocesan priests/deacons

• Rev. Michael E. Begley, deceased
• Rev. William S. Carpenger
• Rev. Richard F. Cronin
• Rev. Msgr. Edmund Daley, deceased
• Rev. William J. Melea
• Rev. Joseph Meredith, deceased
• Rev. Thomas F. Motherway, deceased
• Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Murphy
• Rev. Msgr. John E. Murphy
• Rev. Robert F. Reardon
• Rev. Bernard J. Smith, deceased
• Rev. John E. Sheridan
• Deacon George Messinger

Religious priests

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

Religious sisters

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	possibly deceased
Mary F. Murphy	Sr. Mary Cordia	Sisters of Mercy, New York City, NY	possibly deceased
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

External links

• Parish Gallery