July 22, 2005 - Archbishop To Officiate At Rededication
Of St. Patrick Church In Stoneham
(Brighton, Massachusetts) July 22, 2005 -- Archbishop
Sean O> '> Malley
will preside at the Mass and rededication ceremonies for St. Patrick
Church in Stoneham, Massachusetts this Saturday, July 23rd. Mass will take
place
at 4:00 P.M.
The planning process for St. Patrick's began more than six years ago with
the establishment of an 18-member Building Committee to address the need
for a Parish Center. In their meetings the Building Committee determined
that not only could they address the need to construct a Parish Center,
but that they could accomplish this in addition to a Church expansion.
With more than 15,000 parishioners, this vibrant parish, originally dedicated
on November 4, 1888 by Boston's 4th Bishop and 1st Archbishop John J. Williams,
began to plan for a much larger project that held its groundbreaking on
November 2, 2003 and which culminates on Saturday, July 23, 2005 with its
rededication. The expanded Church is fully air-conditioned, complete with
an elevator and an increased capacity from 550 to 900.
Angelo Petrozzelli's brilliant design has created a new section of St.
Patrick Church that blends perfectly with the victorian, wood gothic church
of Charles Keeley from 1888.
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