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Article: In church closing, city loses a ritual Weekly Latin Mass will move to Newton
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 15, 2007
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CITY WEEKLY / South End
Today marks the last time a weekly traditional Latin Mass will be
celebrated in Boston. The Holy Trinity Church in the South End, home
to the only Latin Mass sanctioned by the Boston Archdiocese since
1990, is one of the churches that learned in 2004 it was being closed
as part of a massive cost-cutting and reorganization effort by the
Catholic Church.
Church officials informed the 300 Latin Mass parishioners late
last month that the first service at their new home will begin next
Sunday at Mary Immaculate of Lourdes in Newton.
The timing couldn't be worse, said Christine M. Quagan, a Latin
Mass participant and a spokeswoman for parishioners. With Holy Week
and Easter ...