Catholics of Boston Celebrate Centennial Cathedral Mass
The centennial celebration at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross drew a stylish, crowded audience as Archbishop Williams led a solemn Mass. Notables attended in pews and aisles while clergy, nuns, and visiting priests filled the sanctuary. The ceremony featured Gounod’s mass, elaborate decor, and a grand organ performance by James T. Whelan, marking a century of Catholic growth in Boston with prayers and pomp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas R. Walsh
James T. Whelan
Gounod
Ellen T. McLaughlin
Pratt
Samuel Tuckerman
Frank Mahoney
Mile. de la Motte
Byrne
Archbishop Williams
Deacons of Honor
Lawrence J. O'Toole
West Newton
Joshua P. Bodfish
Denis M. Bradley
Manchester
Centennial Sermon Marked Boston Catholic Cathedral History
The 100th anniversary of Boston’s first Catholic church, the Church of the Holy Cross, is celebrated with a cathedral dedication sermon by Bishop Bradley. He recalls early Boston Catholics, clergy like Matignon and Cheverus, and urges successors to preserve faith through education, charity, and memorial observances in Symphony Hall.
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Boston
Bradley
Eston
Exodus
Apostle
Christ
Church of the Holy Cross
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Jesus Christ
Nazareth
Palestine
United States
Republic
St. Peter
St. Mark
Alexandria
St. Patrick
Ireland
St. Augustine
England
St. Boniface
Germany
John Carroll
New England
Holy Church
Matignon
Cheverus
God and
Thayer
Fenwick
Nnal
Symphony Hall
New England Catholic Historical Society
Byrne
Patrick A. Collins
Archbishop Williams
John T. Shea
St. Cecelia’s Church
Fitzpatrick
John J. Williams
Father Matignon
Confraternity of the Holy Cross
Father Taylor
Father Thayer
Catholic Centenary Celebration Big Meeting at Symphony Hall
The programme outlines tomorrow’s principal event the Catholic centenary celebration at Symphony Hall Tuesday. The main celebration gathers clergy and parishioners for a civic religious ceremony with speeches and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symphony Hall
Miss Mary Martha Jackman and the early Boston church roots
Born in Newburyport on November 9, 1808, Miss Mary Martha Jackman now in Roxbury recalls Baptism and confirmation by Cardinal Cheverus. She recounts early Boston Catholic history, family tensions with Protestant relatives, and vivid memories of Bishop Cheverus, Father Matignon, and Good Friday services that shaped her faith and freedoms.
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Mary M. Jackman
Roxbury
Boston
New England
Mary Martha Jackman
Cardinal Cheverus
Miss Jackman
Newburyport
Fort Hill
Cheverus
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J. J. Williams
Thomas Magennis
Jamaica Plain
John F. Cummins
Roslindale
John J. Ryan
P. J. Shapple
D. D
E. J. Moriarty
Cambridge
R. J. Quinlan
Holliston
J. B. Delaney
N. H
William Orr
Garrett J. Barry
Patrick B. Murphy
Saxonville
John H. Harrigan
M. J. Supple
Charlestown
Thomas Moylan
J. B. Galvin
J. J. O’brien
Somerville
Thomas C. McGoldrick
Dorchester
M. J. Dooley
E. T. Shanahan
Washington
D. C
Ft. J. Danehy
Newton Upper Falls
D. F. Sullivan
West Lynn
Hyde Park
David F. Regan
Waltham
George R. Costello
Brookline
Louis 8. Walsh
D. J. O'Farrell
Arthur T. Connolly
P. J. Daly
J. E. Millerick
M. J. Masterson
Peapody
J. T. O'Reilly
O. S&s
Lawrence
W. H. Ryan
McCormack
M. J. Splaine
John T. Mullen
Francis X. Dolan
J. J. Crane
Cathedral of Holy Cross
Joseph Lazotte
Joseph A. Arsenault
John Commerford
Gray J. Fortune
William Landrigan
Michael Brown
James Taaffe
Joseph Cass
Thomas Campbell
Thomas J. Gately
Daniel Ryan
John Cheverus
Christ the Lord
Christian Gamaliels
Children of Holy Church
William Byrne
W. G
Canton
B. J. Fenwick
J. B. Fitzpatrick
Denis M. Radley
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