. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . nd, andfrom thence went toSt. Marys Seminary,Mt. St. Marys, Mary-land, where he com-pleted his theologicalstudies, being or-dained priest by thelate A r c h b i s h o ])Bayley, of Baltimore,June 29, immediatelyto Boston, FatherOCallaghan servedfor two years as as-sistant priest of and PaulsChurch, South Bos-ton, at the end ofwhich time theCatholic populationhad grown to suchproportions as to de-mand the formationof another parish inthat
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . nd, andfrom thence went toSt. Marys Seminary,Mt. St. Marys, Mary-land, where he com-pleted his theologicalstudies, being or-dained priest by thelate A r c h b i s h o ])Bayley, of Baltimore,June 29, immediatelyto Boston, FatherOCallaghan servedfor two years as as-sistant priest of and PaulsChurch, South Bos-ton, at the end ofwhich time theCatholic populationhad grown to suchproportions as to de-mand the formationof another parish inthat district. There-fore to Father OCal-laghan was com-mitted the task of organizing and caring for the newparish, and he entered upon the work kwg. 22, only place of worship available for the new congre-gation was the little mortuary chapel of St. Augustine,which, for the second time in its history, had to servethe purposes of a parish until such time as more suitableaccommodation was provided. Father OCallaghan hasthat happy faculty of winning the hearty co-operation ofhis people, because he believes in them and they in DENNIS OCALLAGHAN and it was not long before pastor and people set towork unitedly and enthusiastically to provide themselveswith a parish church and property in every way credit-able to them. This united work crystallized in the pur-chase of the land on Dorchester Street, and the erectionthereon of the magnificent church, costing over twohundred and fifty thousand dollars, and which is one ofthe most attractive and beautiful in the State, con-structed of brick, with granite trimmings, and of the Gothic order of ar-chitecture. Thisbeautiful church wasdedicated .Aug. 30,1874, and two yearslater, being entirelyout of debt, it en-tered the list of thevery few consecratedchurches in the cityof Boston. In addi-tion to this church,through the labors ofFather OCallaghan,the parish enjoys abeautiful parochialresidence, and asplendid parish hall,the latter
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