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Article: LAST RITES Parishioners at St. Casimir, Holy Trinity gather for final Mass as churches close
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 30, 2008
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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 ...