The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ST. JOHNS CATHOLIC CHURCH. The first gathering of the Hock was in the Wall street required no ordinary courage to face the difficulties which presentedthemselves, but Father Burke moved on fearlessly, yet trustingly, inthe Master, and had the proud satisfaction of seeing .St. .StephensChurch built and completed in the September following. He by the present pastor. Reverend D. F. McGillicuddy. The Worcester of 1898. 303 On Jul_v 30, 1889, the holy father appointed Reverend Thomas Griffina domest


The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ST. JOHNS CATHOLIC CHURCH. The first gathering of the Hock was in the Wall street required no ordinary courage to face the difficulties which presentedthemselves, but Father Burke moved on fearlessly, yet trustingly, inthe Master, and had the proud satisfaction of seeing .St. .StephensChurch built and completed in the September following. He by the present pastor. Reverend D. F. McGillicuddy. The Worcester of 1898. 303 On Jul_v 30, 1889, the holy father appointed Reverend Thomas Griffina domestic prelate. In conjunction with this honor, the Seminary ofSt. Marys, Baltimore, conferred the degree of doctor of divinity, and apapal brief bestowed on him the title of monsignor. The Sisters of Charity, Gray Nuns, came to Worcester Januarv 31,1S91. to take charge of an orphanage containing ninety children. Thebuilding at first occupied was a two-tenement house on the corner ofSouthgate and Crrand streets. After a period of two years, the .Sistersand their little


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