Boston and the nation respond to the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906Thomas Lester
In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, Californians were awoken by what the U.S. Geological Survey calls "one of the most significant earthquakes of all time." Several shocks occurred throughout ...
St. Helena's House is established in the South End Thomas Lester
On April 23, 1892, The Working Girls Home was incorporated "for the purpose of providing a temporary Home for homeless working girls while out of employment; and also for working girls whose employment, ...
Cardinal Cushing's 1961 Good Friday SermonThomas Lester
On March 31, 1961, Cardinal Richard J. Cushing of Boston delivered the Good Friday Sermon titled "Power -- Divine and Human" at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., the text of which was released to the ...
Cardinal O'Connell's 1924 pilgrimage to the Holy Land Thomas Lester
On Wednesday, March 26, 1924, a delegation of priests and laymen from the Archdiocese of Boston traveled to New York City, where they awaited the arrival of the Cunard Line ship Franconia the next morning. ...
Cummins Highway is named for Roslindale's first pastorThomas Lester
On March 1, 1929, at 3 p.m., a crowd of over 5,000 people gathered at the intersection adjacent to Sacred Heart Church in Boston's Roslindale neighborhood. They were there to dedicate the recently ...
Father Charles Dominic Ffrench serves the young Diocese of Boston Thomas Lester
On Feb. 18, 1834, Father Charles Dominic Ffrench wrote to Bishop Benedict Fenwick of Boston about a school that he commenced in Portland, Maine. St. Dominic Church in that city served as the base for ...
The 1854 visit of Archbishop Gaetano BediniThomas Lester
On Tuesday, Jan. 31, 1854, Bishop John Fitzpatrick of Boston recorded in his journal "it is supposed in the city that his Excellency Mgr. Bedini Apostolic Nuncio will sail from Boston to-morrow. The sectarian ...
The 1854 case of Fields v. Tighe Thomas Lester
On Monday, Jan. 11, 1854, Bishop John Fitzpatrick of Boston recorded in his journal that he was summoned to appear as a witness in the case of Fields v. Tighe in the Justices' Court for the County ...
