Previous News Stories Relevant to St. Jeremiah Parish

Articles from August

• National Catholic Reporter - (8/26/05)

• MWDN - St. Jeremiah files its Appeal with Vatican (8/20/05)

• MWDN - St. Jeremiah to hold Mass this Sunday (8/13/05)

• MWDN - Parishioners frustrated by Vatican ruling (8/12/05)

• MWDN - Church assets in question (8/11/05)

• Boston Globe - Vatican stops diocese in taking parish assets (8/11/05)

• Boston Globe - Archdiocese skips hearing, stirs ire (8/11/05)

• MWDN - Religious Ed returning to St. Jeremiah in the Fall (8/06/05)

• Boston Globe - O'Malley allows Mass/Baptism as vigil continues (8/06/05)

• MWDN - St. Jeremiah's allowed to hold weekly Mass (8/05/05)

• MWDN - Towns say they won't tax churches (8/05/05)

• MWDN - O'Malley Visits Framingham Parish to Review Appeal (8/01/05

Articles from July

• MWDN - Church Hopeful After O'Malley Meeting (7/30/05)
  Correction of "Church Hopeful After O'Malley Meeting"

• Boston Globe - Scituate levies tax on disputed Church (7/29/05)

• Boston Globe - Sell Art, Keep Churches Open (7/09/05)

• MWDN- O'Malley meeting has Church hopeful (7/07/05)

• MWDN - O'Malley agrees to meet with parishioners (7/06/05)

• Boston Globe - O'Malley to open church in Squantum (7/06/05)

• Associated Press - One More Church Spared (7/05/05)

Articles from June

• WBUR's - Parishes resolve to continue vigils (6/27/05)

• MWDN - St. Jeremiah's appeal under review (6/22/05)

• Boston Globe - O'Malley intensifies action on closings (6/19/05)

• MWDN - St. Jeremiah hopes to hear status by Monday (6/18/05)

• Boston Herald - Reprieved parishes sing alleluia! (6/17/05)

• Boston Globe - Archdiocese halts plan to close 5 parishes (6/17/05)

• MWDN - Church Reopening Buoys Hopes (6/16/05)

• Boston Globe - Weymouth Parish Achieves Vigil's Goal (6/15/05)

• Boston Globe -Closed Parishes Cite Washington Ownership Case (6/11/05)

• Boston Globe - Catholic school lockout angers parents, officials (6/10/05)

• MWDN - St George's attendance "surges" (6/10/05)

• Herald - Parishioners seek clarification of who owns Catholic churches (6/08/05)

• MWDN - Locks changed at closed church (6/08/05)

• MWDN - Appeal Committee Preparing for Long Vigil (6/03/05)

• MWDN - After Thefts, Vigil Group is on Alert (6/02/05)

Articles from May

• MWDN - Canon Lawyer sides with Archdiocese on services (5/28/05)

• MWDN - O'Malley write letter to vigil group (5/27/05) (to see letter, click here)

• MWDN - Parishioners press legal case over church closing (5/24/05)

• MWDN - Defiant Faithful Push On (5/22/05)

• New York Times - Parishioners in Boston Plan Suit Over Priests' Pensions
  Related articles- Boston Herald | Boston Globe (5/22/05)
  Archdiocese official response

• MWDN - Archdiocese - Services Don't Count (5/21/05)

• MWDN - Parishioners to file appeal again today (5/20/05)

• Medford Transcript - Remembering My Church Family

• MWDN - Church Group Raises Money for Court Fight (5/19/05)

• TownOnline - Church Must Respect Memories (5/17/05)

• MWDN - Mom Wants Window, Memory to Live On (5/17/05)

• MWDN - Church Vigil Gaining Strength (5/17/05)

• MWDN - St. George Barely Holds Confirmation Crowd (5/15/05)

• Boston Globe - Parishioners Sue to Keep Church Open (5/14/05)

• MWDN - Not giving up the faith (5/14/05)

• MWDN - Suppression Date Arrives (5/13/05)

• MWDN - Praying for Parish, Group Spends Night in Church (5/12/05)

• MWDN - Sacred Objects Returned to Church (5/11/05)

• Boston Globe - Treasured Items Removed as vigil continues (5/10/05)

• MWDN - Sacred Objects Removed from Church (5/10/05)

• MWDN - No Welcome Mat for Press (5/09/05)

• Channel 5 (5/09/05)

• MWDN - St. Jeremiah's Last Mass (5/09/05)

• Boston Herald - Christa's Closing Church Sets Vigil (5/09/05)

• Boston Globe - Church Vigil Causes Fracture in Parish (5/09/05)

• MWDN - St. Jeremiah's parishioners remain hopeful (5/08/05)

• Boston Globe - Resistance widens to parish closings (5/08/05)

• MWDN - Prayers of Hope (5/07/05)

• Boston Herald- Church Closing Could Become P.R. Nightmare (5/07/05)

• Boston Globe-Fearing loss of access, parishioners begin vigil(5/07/05)

• AP coverage- Framingham Vigil goes into vigil to protest closing (5/07/05)

• MWDN Article : Lexington offers air conditioners (5/06/05)

• MWDN Article re; repairs (5/04/05)

Articles from April

• Bulletin insert (4/29/05)

• Appeal Committee's reply to Fr. Ron's bulletin insert (4/30/05)

• Repairs needed at St George Parish

• Letter to Archbishop O'Malley re: New developments (4/22/05)
• Press Release re: New developments (4/22/05)
• Presentation to Reconfiguration Review Committee
• Article in MetroWest Daily News (4/29/05)
• Article in MetroWest Daily News (4/30/05)
• Article in Boston Globe (4/30/05)

Previous links of interest:

• Air Conditioning Installed! - Click Here 
• Petition to Archbishop O'Malley
• Article in MetroWest Daily News  (03/05/05)
• Column in MetroWest Daily News (02/27/05)
• Letter to the Reconfiguration Review Committee (12-27-04)
• Archdiocese announcement regarding the extension of parish closing date (11/11/05)
• Results of Parish Survey (10-30--04)
• Results of Survey (spreadsheet) (11-04-04)
• Parish Survey (10-22-04)
• Article in MWDN about Traffic in Saxonville Area (10-18-04)
• Letter to Archbishop O'Malley requesting documents  (10-17-04)
• Letter to Reconfiguration Review Committee from Parish Council (10-11-04)
• Bishop Lennon's answer to Parish Council Appeal (09-30-04)
• Parish's Request for documents from RCAB (09-24-04)
• ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE APPEAL COMMITTEE (09-22-04)
• Churches Fight Closure (08/29/04)
• Fr. Calhoun's Letter in the MetroWest Daily News  (08/22/04)

• Letter from Bishop Lennon requesting closing date (06/11/04)

• Response to Parish Council request for documents  (06/07/04)

• Letter from Parish Pastoral Council requesting documentation regarding the decision to close St. Jeremiah Parish - (05/30/04)

• Fr. Calhoun's Pentecost Sunday Sermon 2004 (05/30/04)

• Letter from Archbishop O'Malley announcing the closing of St. Jeremiah Parish (05/24/04)

• Statistical Data from Cluster Report
• Relevant Letters and Articles from the Archdiocese Website

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