Article: LAST RITES Parishioners at St. Casimir, Holy Trinity gather for final Mass as churches close

The three were the rarest of congregations: the only German Catholic parish in Greater Boston, one of the area's last two Lithuanian churches, and the first local group of traditionalists authorized to pray in Latin.

In each case, a few hundred worshipers were bound by deep connections to history, strong sense of community, and affection for prayer in languages spoken by few in this part of the world.

The Archdiocese of Boston, strapped for cash and priests, decided it could no longer sustain the three congregations, and yesterday, it shuttered the two churches in which they worshiped: Holy Trinity in Boston's South End, home to the German and Latin Mass congregations, and St. Casimir in ...

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