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Article: St. Casimir to hold final Mass.(LOCAL NEWS)

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June 27, 2009
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Byline: Bronislaus B. Kush

WORCESTER - "Sudiev."

Members of Central Massachusetts' close-knit Lithuanian community will gather, "with God," for the last time this weekend for a regularly scheduled Sunday Mass at St. Casimir Church on Providence Street.

The red brick church, which prominently overlooks Interstate 290 on lower Grafton Hill, was one of five city parishes shuttered last summer by Bishop Robert J. McManus as part of a reorganization plan aimed at coping with the dwindling number of diocesan priests, changing demographics and other factors.

Although he formally closed it, Bishop McManus allowed parishioners to attend Sunday ...

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