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Local Stories
2010 Initiative breaks ground in Dorchester
By Christine WilliamsPosted: 5/9/2008
DORCHESTER -- Four students set to attend Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy this fall broke ground May 5 on the project that will create a five-school system out of seven independent grammar schools in Dorchester and Mattapan. The symbolic ceremony took place outside the Columbia Campus of the academy, the former St. Margaret School adjacent to Blessed Mother Teresa Parish.
Program awarded for supporting ‘Grandparents as Parents’
By Christine WilliamsPosted: 5/9/2008
BRIGHTON -- Assuming the role of parent comes with difficulties and stresses, say grandparents who are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren.
BU students mark month of Mary with bicentennial Mass
By Christine WilliamsPosted: 5/9/2008
BOSTON -- Catholic students at Boston University celebrated the month of Mary and the 200th anniversary of the Archdiocese of Boston with a Mass at Marsh Chapel on May 4. The crowd filled the 400-seat chapel.
From Cardinal Seán’s blog
Posted: 5/9/2008
On Monday (April 27), I participated at a Cursillo Mass. For a long time I have wanted to have a Mass with the cursillistas, and I thought that it would be good to do it during the bicentennial year. Then, when Eduardo Bonnin Aguilo, who led the first Cursillo in 1944, died on Ash Wednesday this year, I asked the leadership of the cusillistas to organize this Mass.
Archdiocesan Archives announces temporary closing
Posted: 5/9/2008
During 2008, the Archdiocesan Archives, together with other archdiocesan offices and agencies, will be relocating to the new Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Braintree. The archives will be closed and all research services will be suspended temporarily during 2008. The archives anticipates research services to resume in 2009.
Living the Faith: George Knittel
By Donis Tracy
Pilot Correspondent
Posted: 5/9/2008
SHIRLEY If you want proof of the compatibility of faith and reason, you only need to talk to George Knittel.
Obituary: Margaret ‘Midge’ Darling, former Pilot staffer
By Father Robert M. O’GradyPosted: 5/9/2008
Described variously as “a gem” by a former Pilot co-worker; “a loyal friend” by many in South Boston; “a woman of faith” by her long-time friend, Father Kevin Toomey of St. Raphael, Medford and as a “genuinely good person” by virtually all who knew her; Margaret “Midge” Darling died at Marian Manor in South Boston on April 30 following an extended battle with cancer.
Boston hosts annual cardinals dinner
By Christine WilliamsPosted: 5/2/2008
BOSTON -- Cardinals Seán P. O’Malley, Daniel DiNardo, Francis E. George, William H. Keeler, Roger Mahony and Adam J. Maida were the guests of honor at the 19th annual American Cardinals Dinner, held in Boston on April 25.
Cardinal honors jubilarian deacons
By Neil W. McCabe
Pilot CorrespondentPosted: 5/2/2008
WESTON -- Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley presented deacons ordained from 1980-1983 with cross pins marking their tenure in service to the Archdiocese of Boston April 24 at an evening prayer service and social hour held in their honor at St. Julia Church.
Gala to aid bringing Chernobyl children to Boston for care
By Donis Tracy
Pilot CorrespondentPosted: 5/2/2008
BOSTON -- For the past 13 years, Patty Doyle has worked tirelessly to help children from Belarus, Russia and the Ukraine living with the effects of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. This year, Doyle and the other dedicated volunteers at the Chernobyl Children Project USA, the non-profit organization Doyle heads, have found a new way to help.
From Cardinal Seán’s blog
Posted: 5/2/2008
(Last week) was quite an eventful week, to say the least. The Holy Father’s apostolic visit to the United States ended last Sunday, after a Mass at Yankee stadium in New York City.
Living the Faith: David and Ann Cronin
By Donis Tracy
Pilot Correspondent
Posted: 5/2/2008
WOBURN -- For most of their 45 years of marriage, David and Ann Cronin have been active parishioners at St. Barbara Parish in Woburn. It is there that they raised their three children; it is there that they feel “at home with God,” as Ann described it.
Obituary: Father Henry Ronan, former Billerica pastor
By Father Robert M. O’GradyPosted: 5/2/2008
A much beloved former pastor of St. Theresa of Lisieux Parish in Billerica who could easily be described a giant -- in voice, in presence and especially in priestly zeal -- Father Henry Ronan died at St. Patrick Manor in Framingham on April 21. He was 81.
Peter Among Us
Posted: 4/25/2008
Cardinal reflects on apostolic visit, meeting with victims
By Antonio Enrique
Posted: 4/25/2008
BRIGHTON -- In an April 23 interview with The Pilot, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, shared his thoughts on the Holy Father’s six-day trip to the United States.
Pope meets with Boston victims of priestly sexual abuse
By John Thavis
Posted: 4/25/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI held an unscheduled meeting with victims of priestly sexual abuse, shortly after pledging the Church’s continued efforts to help heal the wounds caused by such acts.
3,000 represent Boston at N.Y. papal Mass
By Christine WilliamsPosted: 4/25/2008
NEW YORK -- Donning Red Sox apparel and armed with their rosaries, fans of both the Sox and Pope Benedict XVI made their way to Yankee Stadium for the April 20 Papal Mass.
Salem Catholic school alumni invited to ‘Harvest Homecoming’
By Donis Tracy
Pilot CorrespondentPosted: 4/25/2008
SALEM -- Something exciting is happening in Salem.
“It’s an event more than a century in the making,” declared Father John Sheridan, pastor of St. James Church and St. Joseph school, who is among those planning the event.
Catholic Men encouraged to ‘Put out into the deep’
By Neil W. McCabe
Pilot CorrespondentPosted: 4/25/2008
More than 1,500 Catholic men April 19 attended the Boston Catholic Men’s Conference at Boston College and were joined by Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, who shuttled from papal visit in New York City to celebrate the closing Mass and meet with Boston media to describe the meeting between the Holy Father and five local victims of sexual abuse by priests.
Praise and worship marks Women’s Conference
By Christine WilliamsPosted: 4/25/2008
CHESTNUT HILL -- Speakers at the 3rd annual Boston Catholic Women’s Conference shared their struggles and trust in the Lord with a crowd of more than 2,800 Catholic women from all over New England. The conference, entitled “The Joy of the Lord is Our Strength,” was held at Boston College’s Conte Forum April 18 from 5-10 p.m.
Living the Faith: Donna Foley-Hodges
By Donis Tracy
Pilot Correspondent
Posted: 4/25/2008
CAMBRIDGE -- There’s an excitement in her voice when Donna Foley-Hodges speaks about her parish. In everything she does -- lectoring on Sundays, teaching second-graders to appreciate the sacraments they are about to receive, distributing communion during the Masses -- Foley-Hodges has what she describes as an “energy and burning excitement” for each and every one.
Meet our seminarians: Francesco Martini-Varvesi
Posted: 4/25/2008
Home Country: Italy. Home Parish: Parochia di S. Tarcisio Rome, Italy. Seminary: Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan House of Formation. College: Universita di Roma Tor Vergata. Hobbies:
Cheering the Holy Father
Posted: 4/25/2008
Pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Boston cheer Pope Benedict as he passes in the popemobile down New York’s 5th Avenue after celebrating Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral April 19.
Fathers Cunney, Fagan and O’Rourke named senior priests
By Father Robert M. O’GradyPosted: 4/25/2008
Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, OFM Cap., has announced that he has granted senior priest/retirement status to three priests of the archdiocese. The combined years of service of Fathers Henry Cunney, Joseph Fagan and James O’Rourke reaches almost a century and a half.
Local Church leaders anticipate seeing pope
By Christine Williams
Posted: 4/18/2008
BRIGHTON -- Pope Benedict XVI has already inspired hope in Boston as a result of his papal visit to the United States, entitled “Christ Our Hope.” Representatives from the Archdiocese of Boston told The Pilot they were looking forward to seeing the Holy Father in Washington, D.C. or New York City from April 15-20.
Golden, silver anniversary Mass
celebrates vocation of marriage
By Christine WilliamsPosted: 4/18/2008
SOUTH END -- More than 170 golden and silver anniversary couples renewed their wedding vows at Holy Cross Cathedral on April 13 as part of the Archdiocese of Boston’s annual marriage anniversary Mass.
BC Eagles win national championship
By Father Robert M. O’GradyPosted: 4/18/2008
BRIGHTON -- The Boston College hockey team, which began its season Oct. 12 with an overtime loss to the University of Michigan in Minnesota ended its season six months later on April 12 with a 4-1 championship win over the University of Notre Dame. The 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Frozen Four was held at the Pepsi Arena in Denver, Co.
Spiritual direction program addresses growing need
By Meghan Noé
Pilot CorrespondentPosted: 4/18/2008
LOWELL -- Discussing your encounters with God, confiding in someone trustworthy and receiving feedback is integral to growing in faith, said Sister Linda Greenwood, OSF, but today there are few people who perform this service as spiritual directors. To address this need, Sister Linda, a trained spiritual director, began a certificate program to instruct others to minister to people in the Archdiocese of Boston and beyond. On April 27, 15 enrollees in the program will receive their certification and begin their new roles.
East Boston Catholic school to close
Posted: 4/18/2008
EAST BOSTON -- St. Mary Star of the Sea School announced April 10 that it will close at the end of the school year, June 2008.
Living the Faith: Georgia Winfrey
By Donis Tracy
Pilot Correspondent
Posted: 4/18/2008
CARLISLE -- Something impels Georgia Winfrey to instruct young people in the ways of God.
For over 40 years, Winfrey, 68, has been involved in religious education. Beginning in the 1960s, she became a teacher. Shortly after being widowed in 1991, she received her masters in religious education from Boston College and became the director of religious education first in St. Joseph Parish in Waltham, and later at St. Irene Parish in Carlisle, a position she still holds today.
Obituary: Swampscott pastor dies suddenly
By Father Robert M. O’GradyPosted: 4/18/2008
The much loved pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Swampscott, Father Clyde H. Chetwynde, was found dead in his rectory early in the evening of April 12. Father Dennis Burns, the 87-year-old senior priest in residence at the Swampscott rectory, made the stunning discovery on his return from dinner with friends.
Archdiocese to streamline central operations
By Antonio EnriquePosted: 4/11/2008
BRIGHTON -- Following the recommendations of an independent consulting firm, the Archdiocese of Boston will undertake a streamlining of its central administration operations.
Two hundred years of faith and service
By Father Robert M. O’GradyPosted: 4/11/2008
Fragile beginnings
Within 20 years of its foundation in 1789 the diocese of Baltimore had grown both beyond expectations and beyond the capacity of a single bishop to govern. There were hints earlier when its first bishop, John Carroll had sought and obtained the assistance of a coadjutor bishop. The first, Bishop-elect Dominic Laurence Graessl, was appointed in January 1794. He, however, died before the document appointing him arrived from Rome. With his death Bishop Carroll sought a replacement in the person of Father Leonard Neale who was appointed as Bishop Carroll’s assistant on April 17, 1795. Another delay in the delivery of documents held up Bishop-elect Neale’s episcopal ordination until Dec. 7, 1800.
‘Co-Workers’ conference focuses on role of laity
By Christine WilliamsPosted: 4/11/2008
BRIGHTON -- Focusing on the role of laity in the local Church’s pastoral planning, more than 200 of the Archdiocese of Boston’s pastors, parish staffs and lay leaders attended a conference at St. John’s Seminary on April 4. More than 80 parishes, some by their entire staff, were represented.
Women’s conference speaker will share personal encounter with the Holy Spirit
By Matt McDonald
The Anchor Posted: 4/11/2008
CHESTNUT HILL -- An intense encounter with the Holy Spirit more than 40 years ago led Patti Gallagher Mansfield to devote her life to encouraging devotion to him who is sometimes referred to as the forgotten member of the Blessed Trinity.
Cathedral Grammar takes New England CYO title
By Christine WilliamsPosted: 4/11/2008
BRAINTREE -- A three-point shot at the buzzer clinched the New England CYO Basketball title for Cathedral Grammar School’s seventh and eighth grade boys on April 6. The team -- in its first year of existence -- ended the season with a win in the highest level of competition available in Catholic Youth Organization sports.
Living the Faith: Jay and Mary Beth Smith
By Donis Tracy
Pilot Correspondent
Posted: 4/11/2008
SALEM -- As parishioners of the second oldest parish in the Archdiocese of Boston -- second only to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross -- Jay and Mary Beth Smith see the future of the Church with hope. Particularly as Immaculate Conception Parish celebrates the 150th Anniversary of the church building -- the parish itself predates the church -- “we have all had the opportunity to look back on our history and to look forward to our future,” Jay Smith said.
Meet our seminarians: Jefrey Barrantes
Posted: 4/11/2008
Home Country: Costa Rica. Seminary: Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan House of Formation.
High School: Instituto Julio Acosta Garcia. College: Universidad de Costa Rica. Hobbies: Music, playing the guitar, reading and walking.
From Cardinal Seán’s blog
Posted: 4/11/2008
On Sunday (March 30) I visited St. Patrick’s Manor in Framingham. I said Mass at the residence. There’s a very large contingent of sisters, both the Carmelite Sisters who run St. Patrick’s, but also there are many sisters -- I think over 30 sisters in all -- who are residents at the residence and are members of other communities as well.
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