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Religious Institutions

Saint Ambrose Roman Catholic Church

Saint Ambrose Roman Catholic Church

No. 5559 Postcard. St. Ambrose's Church, circa 1920.   St. Ambrose's parish was created ...
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Saint Angela Roman Catholic Church

Saint Angela Roman Catholic Church

No. 1326 Postcard. Saint Angela's Roman Catholic Church, circa 1920   In the summer of ...
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Saint Ann Roman Catholic Church

Saint Ann Roman Catholic Church

No. 3868 St. Ann Roman Catholic Church, photograph taken February 14, 2004. In 1880 Father Fitzpatrick ...
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Saint Anne Episcopal Church

Saint Anne Episcopal Church

No. 14657 Postcard. Saint Ann's Protestant Episcopal Church, postmarked February 7, 1906. No. 14658 ...
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Saint Brendan Roman Catholic Church

Saint Brendan Roman Catholic Church

No. 2186 Saint Brendan's, photograph February, 2003   Saint Brendan's Parish  was ...
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Saint Christopher Roman Catholic Church

Saint Christopher Roman Catholic Church

11609 Saint Christopher's Roman Catholic Church, photograph March 6, 2011   In 1956 St. ...
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Saint Gregory’s Roman Catholic Church

Saint Gregory’s Roman Catholic Church

  No. 1305 Postcard. St. Gregory's Church, Dorchester, Mass., circa 1910. In 1844 a Catholic parish ...
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Saint Hugh Roman Catholic Church

Saint Hugh Roman Catholic Church

  Located at 517 Blue Hill Avenue, near Seaver Street, St. Hugh's Church includes a section of Dorchester ...
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Saint John Roman Catholic Church

Saint John Roman Catholic Church

St. John's was located in of Roxbury, although some now consider the area to be in Dorchester.  Rev. Hugh P. Smyth ...
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Saint Kevin Roman Catholic Church

Saint Kevin Roman Catholic Church

St. Kevin was established in the 1940s and took over a telephone company building on Columbia Road in Upham's ...
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Saint Leo Roman Catholic Church

Saint Leo Roman Catholic Church

No. 273 Postcard. St. Leo's Church and Rectory, postmarked August 19, 1909. In 1902 a portion of St. Peter's ...
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Saint Margaret Roman Catholic Church, now Saint Teresa of Calcutta Church

Saint Margaret Roman Catholic Church, now Saint Teresa of Calcutta Church

No. 275 Postcard. St. Margaret's Church, postmarked August 13, 1910. In 1893, St. Margaret's Parish was set off ...
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