Cardinal O'Malley Celebrates Saint Clement's 100th Anniversary [PHOTOS]
On Sunday, the archbishop of Boston performed mass at Saint Clement Parish, which was established in 1912 to serve the Somerville and Medford communities.
Cardinal Sean O'Malley, archbishop of Boston, performed mass at Saint Clement Church Sunday to celebrate the parish's 100th anniversary. "One hundred years ago, it wasn't easy to be a Catholic here in Massachusetts. Some people say it's not easy today," O'Malley said in his homily to nearly packed pews. "As we celebrate these 100 years, we do so with great gratitude," he said. Saint Clement Parish was founded in April of 1912 in an era when Catholics were moving out of ethnic enclaves in Boston and into outlying communities like Somerville and Medford, according to a history of the parish distributed Sunday. The first services were held in a tent, and for most of its first 30 years the church was a relatively small stucco building. The …
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Chris DeFilippo
1:23 pm on Saturday, May 5, 2012
I was in attendance on the 29th of April to celebrate and it was very nice. I love hearing Cardinal O'Malley speak and Father Dever gave us a chuckle when he said, he wasn't really going to speak. The reception was very good and the food kept coming. Thanks to all for a lovely Sunday with my son and granddaughter. I was married there 32 years ago, and 2/4 children were baptized as well as my … more ›