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The Boston Fire Department will escort the body of its beloved former chaplain, the late Father Daniel J. Mahoney, from the Carr Funeral Home on Bunker...
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Bishop Daniel Patrick Reilly (he relished including the middle name), who served as the third bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, and as the fourth bishop...
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A proud son of St. Ann Parish, Dorchester, Bishop Maurus Muldoon, OFM, died at St. Patrick Manor in Framingham on June 14, 2024. A son of the late Thomas...
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Less than a year after being granted senior priest/retirement status with residence at Regina Cleri, Boston, Father James T. Kelly died on May 16, 2024,...
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A Wellesley native born Sept. 30, 1937, as the youngest of the three children of the late Francis and Priscilla (Dickson) Daley, he was raised in Wellesley...
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A priest of the archdiocese since his ordination by Bernard Cardinal Law on June 20, 1987, Father Ronald A. Gomes died at Lahey Clinic, Burlington, on...
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Father John R. Mulvehill, a priest of the archdiocese with a wide variety of priestly assignments, from parish to college president, to archdiocesan religious...
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A Jamaica Plain native and an alumnus of Cathedral High School, Boston, Father Charles E. Salamone died following a lingering illness on April 24, 2024....
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With more priests than he needed, Archbishop Richard Cushing started to share the wealth. During the period between the mid-40s and the mid-60s, the archbishop...
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A proud veteran of the United States Navy Chaplain Corps in which he served for almost three decades, Father John W. McElroy died in Palm Coast, Florida,...
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Deacon Philip M. Caruso '83 (June 8) in Wells, Maine. Funeral Mass celebrated June 18 at Saint Mary Church, Holliston, for the husband of Diane (Mahony) Caruso; and father of Philip, Davenport, Fla.; Mary Louise, Wells, Maine; Joseph, Basking Ridge, N.J.; Stephen, Saint Augustine, Fla.; and brother of Ann Guiffre, Ocala, Fla. Deacon Caruso served his active diaconal ministry at Saint Mary, Holliston. Deacon Caruso was buried in Saint Mary Cemetery, Holliston.
Brother William (Henry) Cushing, CFX (June 17) in Danvers. Funeral Mass celebrated June 21 at Saint John Preparatory School Chapel, Danvers, for the son of the late Leo and Veronica (McColley) Cushing. During 63 years of religious life, Brother William served in congregational assignments in Kenya; Washington, D.C.; Md.; N.J.; Shrewsbury; and, locally, at Xaverian House, Danvers. Brother William was buried in the Xaverian Brothers Cemetery, Danvers.
Rita M. Murphy (June 11) in Millis. Funeral Mass celebrated June 18 at Saint Joseph Church, Medway, for the sister of the late Sister Martha Murphy, MM. Ms. Murphy was buried in Saint Mary Cemetery, Holliston.
