Article: PARISHIONERS SEEK TO SAVE CHURCH, KEEP LATIN MASS

As parishioners struggle to save the Holy Trinity Church in the South End from closing, they say they are both fighting the loss of their spiritual home and resisting the possible demise of a tradition found nowhere else in the Archdiocese of Boston the Latin Mass.

Approximately 20 parishioners gathered yesterday outside the rectory of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Union Park Street in Boston, where Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley lives, demanding to know why Holy Trinity was among 76 parishes chosen for closure.

Many said they believed it is because of their traditionalist background that Holy Trinity is on the list, a charge a church spokesman said is untrue.

Terrence C. Donilon, ...

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