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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
HOLY GHOST SOCIETY, INC.
COVERING PERIOD FROM JANUARY 31, 1972 thru DECEMBER 31, 1972
Balance Brought forward
16,674.90
Receipts
New Year's party
(1971)
496.76
Queen's Ball
905.91
Holy Ghost Feast
1000.42
Heart Fund Dance
416.29
Misc.&donations for use of hall 825.06
Income from Blitz
23632.96
27,277.40
Expenditures
Insurance
Electricity
Gas heat
Water
Real Estate Taxes (2 years)
Cleaning & Polishing Floors
Refuse removal service
Snow removal
Electrical Work
Repairs - refrigerator
Maintenance
(outside)
Telephone
Rest room supplies
Fixtures
Hardware
Outside speaker
Dishes, silverware etc.
Commonwealth of Mass. (license)
Air Condition unit
Installation-Construction
Hot Top
Heart Fund donation
Mary Silveira (gift)
Sacred Heart donation
St. Anthony's Church (gift)
Miscellaneous
Balance as of December
1250.00
1364.99
646.15
106.38
6801.25
555.80
· 443.00
351. 00
300.92
292.41
120.00
12.61
397.03
189.63
31. 60
72.30
687.37
10.00
7860.00'
4944.29
5700.00
416.29
60.00
50.00
3000.00
333.75
35,996.77
7,955.53
Savings account - First Federal Savings Bank balance $1148.68
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
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Girl Scouts
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Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
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Police
Portuguese American women
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Priests
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Snow
Veterans
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History
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Lowell (Mass.)
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1902-1943
Description
An account of the resource
This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Holy Ghost Park 1973
Showers
Ill Donation
$ 50.00
(Party Cle~ns Hall)
100.00
(Party Cleans Hall)
112 Double Shower - Donation
Weddings
Ill Donation
$100.00
112 Donation
150~00
113 Donation
.• ..
80.00
Cater~d-Party cleans hall
Committee cleans
Wedding party operates bar
Society operates bar
Party cleans hall
Dances
Dance
$ 80.00
Dance
150.00
House operates bar
Party cleans
Party operates bar
Committee cleans hall
,,
Persons occupying the hall must pay permit and police if bar is to be
used.
Bar must close according to time specified on permit.
Children under twelve years of. age will not be admitted at any dance.
Appropriate dress - no dungarees allowed.
Police officer mus~ be present and remain on duty until such time as
the building is cleared.
�Rules & Regulations
for
Holy Ghost Park
1)
Holy Ghost Hall can be used only if approved by
President - Manuel Correa
Joseph Camara
Secretary - Wilhemina Gouveia
Anthony Decosta
/
2)
Permit must be obtained when operating bar from the Lowell
License Commission.
3)
Police must be on duty at all indoor and outdoor functions.
4)
No alcoholic beverages can be brought into the premises by an~
private partx~
5)
All persons occupying the hall are liable for damages.
6)
Donation payment should be paid before leaving the premises.
7)
Anyone using the kitchen facilities shall leave the kitchen the
the way they found it.
Kitchen utilities to be used only upon approval of the comm~ttee,
8)
No decorations are to be used unless approved by the committee.
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Acolytes
Altars
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Balls (parties)
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Choirs (Music)
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First Confession and Communion
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Holy Ghost Park Rules and Regulations (1973)
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.sotli Amver4ar'I Clet,auon HOLY GHOST SOCIETY, INC.
OF
LOWELL, MASSACHUSETS
Dear
This year we are planning a two-day celebration commem.~orating the
fiftieth anniversary of the founding of The Holy Ghost Society, Inc.
of Lowell.
A formal ball will be held on Saturday evening, August 18, On Sunday,
August 19, The Most Reverend Humberto S. Medeiros, Archbishop of
Boston will celebrate a mass at 11:30 A.M. at St. Anthony's Church,
Lowell in honor of this occasion. Immediately following the mass a
banquet will take place at the Holy Ghost Society Hall starting at
l:OOp.m. Outdoor dancing will be held from 4:00 to 9:00 pi..m.
The primary purpose of the Holy Ghost Society, Inc. is to promote
good will among and give benevolence to all people of Greater Lowell,
primarily Portuguese. Some who have benefited in the past fifty years
are: St. Anthony's Church, Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce, Heart
Fund, Sacred Heart tland, Festival Accordion Band and numerous organizations and youth activities.
To help
, book is
It will
old and
defray expenses, an 8½ 11 x 11 11 complimentary souvenir program
planned for this event and will be distributed on a large scale.
contain, among other things, the history of the Society with
new photos, making it an ideal keepsake.
Having done business with you in the past, your patronage is sincerely
requested at this time to help us achieve our goals.
For your convenience, please use the enclosed form and return as soon
as possible to Mrs. Manuel Correa, 38 1,hipple Road, Tewksbury, Mass.
01876. Thank you.
Very sincerely yours,
Mrs. Manuel (Sally) ' 6orrea
Enc.
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
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Altars
Azorean Americans
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Choirs (Music)
Christmas
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First Confession and Communion
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Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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HOLY GHOST SOCI8TY, ING. _
Lowell, ll'i assachusetts
ArtTICLE I:
Name.
The name of this organizat ion is 11 HOLY GHOST SOCI:.;., TY, I NC.", and it has its
principal office at Village Street in Lowell, Middlesex County, 1vlassachusetts.
Af,'i'IClli II:
Purposes.
The purpose of this Society is to furnish a place and means for the recreation
and education of its members, and for social, religious and civic purposes. In
addition, the purpose of the Society shall be to preserve the ethnic heritage,
background and culture of the Portuguese conununity in the Greater-Lowell area.
illiTICLE III:
Officers.
The officers shall ccmsist of a fresident, a Vice-.t'resident, a Con esponding
Secretary, a Financial Secretary, a Tr easurer and Directors. i>.ll officers and
directors shall be i'ortuguese or of .fortuguese extraction, and in addition, shall
be members of the Catholic faith.
1. The ~resident must be able to speak both English and rortuguese; shall
manage the affairs of the Society; shall, when present, preside at all meetings,
vrhet her regular or SS)ecial; may, in his discretion, call meetings of the Society.
He may remove, for cause, other officers and committees only with a two-thirds vote
of the board of Directors. All checks shall be signed jointly by the fresident and
the Treasurer. He shall have the power to appoint all standing committees.
2. The Vice-t'resident shall assist the President and shall take charge in the
absence of said President .
3. The Gorres ponding Secretary shall be sworn to the faithful performance of
his dut~es; shall kee:J a detailed record of all proceedings at the meetings; shall
kee p and maintain all re cords and documents pertaining to the Society; shall, at
least five (5) days before the annual or any SiJecial meeting, cause to be delivered
to eaci, member of the 0ociety, or to be mailed :iostage prepaid to same, or left at
his usual r esidence, or usual place of business, a written or printed notice of the
place, hour and purf)ose of the meeting; and shall perform all other duties required
by law, t r:e Society, or the Directors.
4. '!'he Financial Secretary shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his
duties; shall be resJonsible for the collection of all dues of the Society. He
shall account directly to t he Treasurer for all monies collected, and he shall keep
a record of all monies collected and transferred to sa id 'l'reasurer. He shall assist
the Corres~oonding Secretary: in any duties deemed_ necess
by the Society.
S. The Treasurer shall see that all bills due to the Society are paid orompt~y;
shall pay all bills due from the Society; shall keep and have charge of the accounts
of the Society, the vouchers therefor, and the monies, books and other valuables of
the bociety; shall deposit •all funds of the Society to its ~redit in its corporate
name with such Bank as the Society agrees uJon. He shall sign all checks jointly
with the .!:'resident, and he shall, a the annual 111eeting, or at any meeting, present .
a financial report of the receipts and expenditures during the fiscal year or such
period as may be decided upon.
·
6. The Directors shall
shall be the officers of the
be properly kept, all books,
may require the Treasurer to
consist of nineteen (19) members,' five (5) of whom
Society, and said Directors shall examine and cause to
accounts and other properties ot the Society. They
give Bond to the Society.
�Page Two
a1tTICLK IV:
i\1embership.
1. Any person who is a Catholic and of Portuguese descent, and/or married to
a person of .l?ortuguese descent and who is either a member of St. Anthony's .Parish of
Lowell, or residing in the Greater-Lowell area, may become a member of the Society.
2. Membership in the Society must be renewed yearly by the payment of dues in
the amount of Two ('.i, 2.00) Dollars; said dues to cover tbe period from January 1st
through December 31st of any given year, and must be paid no later than l.larch 31st
of any given year. All mem~ers must be eighteen (16) years of age or older.
AATICLE V:
Elections.
1. All officers and directors of the Society shall be elected for a period of
one (1) year, said election to take place at the Annual Meeting of tbe Society.
2. The .!:'resident shall appoint a Nominating Committee of not more than five (5)
members whose duties shall be to nominate a slate of officers of the Society, along
with a slate of Board of Directors, to be voted on at the JUU1ual Meeting. Said Nominating Connnittee shall be appointed by the fresident no later than the April meeting.
Nominations from the floor will also be allowed.
MTICL~ VI:
Meetings.
1. The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be no later than six (6) weeks from
the !<'east of the tentecost.
2. There shall be three (3) other meetings of the Society: on the third Sunday
of January, April and September, respectively.
3. Only paid-up members st all be eligible to vote and tal{e part in the meetings.
4. At least fifty (50) members or one-third (1/3) of the membership, whichever
is the smaller, must be present to conduct the meeting of election.
5. At least nineteen (19) members must be present to conduct any other meeting
of the Society.
att.TICLE VII:
Maintenance.
1. The buildings and all of the property of the Society must be fully insured
at all times by said Society for Liability, Fire, Theft and Vandalism.
2. City and State rules and regulations protecting the property and buildings
must be posted on the premises at all times to protect the committees who serve and
the people having access to same.
lUtTIGU VIII:
.Procedural Authority.
All meetings of the Society shall be conducted in compliance with hoberts'
rtules of farliamentary Procedure.
b.hTICLt IX:
amendments.
In ordeir to alter, amend, change, revise, revoke or suspend any of the foregoing By-Laws, it shall be necessary that notice of a meeting to be held for said
pur~ose be given to the membership by regular mail, postage prepaid, at least ten
(10) days before said meeting, and said notice shall contain the specific purpose
of said meeting to a111encl, alter, chan6 e, or to revise these By-Laws.
The presence of nineteen (19) members shall constitute a quorum in order to
conduct business relative to this Article, and two-thirds (2/3) of those present
shall oe necessary to vote a change to these By-Laws.
�Page Three
Ali.TICLi X:
Committees.
In addition to t Le Nominatini:; Committee, the .President shall appoint the
following committees to serve during his term of office. All recommendations
made by these committees shall be placed before the membership for aporoval.
1.
Feast of the Holy Ghost Committee
2.
w
,ays and Means Committee
3. Membership Committee
4. House Cammi ttee
5.
Any other committee which, in the discretion of the .President,
is necessary to properly conduct the affairs of tr.e Society.
All com.nittees appointed by the President shall comply with a set of rules
and regulations which shall be established by the Board of Directors and approved
by the membership.
after a meeting duly called and held on June 10, 1973, the membership of the
Holy Ghost Society, Inc. acted upon the foregoing By-Laws and accepted the same
as the by-Laws of the Holy Ghost Society, Inc.
Officers of the Society at the time are as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
s.
6.
±--resident • • • • • • • • • •
Vice-President • . . • • • • • • •
Corresponding Secretary ••
Financial Secretary
••••
Treasurer. . • • . •
• •••
Directors
..
....
Lowell, Mass., ____, 1973
Middle sex, ss.
_________________ ________
Sworn to and subscribed to:
By:
......_
, Secretary of the
Holy Ghost Society, Inc.,
oefore me,
Notary Public
1Ji;1
commission expires
�CONSTITUI~AO DA IRMANDADE DO
DIVINO ESP!RITO SANTO
Lowell, M3.ssachusetts
10 de Junho de 1973
ARTIGO I: NOME.
0 nome des ta Organiza9ao e: "IRMANDADE DO DIVINO ESPIBITO SANTO". 0 seu escri torio principal esta localizado em Village Street, Lowell, Middlesex County,
l-hssachusetts.
ARTIGO II:
OBJECTIVOS.
O objective desta Sociedade e proporcionar um Ambiente com Meios Recreativos e Instrutivos para os seus membros, relativamente aos fins: - Social, Relig1oso, e C{vico.
Mais pormenorizad.amente, o objective d.a Sociedade consiste em manter costunes locais, hereditariedade ea Cultura d.a Comunidade Portuguesa; pois que uma elevada percentagem vive na Area de Lowell.
'
ARTIGO III:
OFICIAIS.
A Direc9ao e constitu{da pelo Presidente, Vice-Presidente, Secretario da Correspondencia, Secretario d.as Finan9as, Tesoureiro e Directores. Todos os Oficiais
e Directores devem ser Portugueses ou descendentes de Portugueses, alem da exigencia que sejam Catolicos Praticantes.
1. 0 Presidente deve ter capacid.ade para falar as duas l!nguas-Portugu~s
e Ingles; orientara os assuntos d.a Socied.ade. Preside a tad.as as Reunioes, quer
:regulares OU especiais. Esta a sua discrigao ma.rear Reunioes para O Bern Comunitario d.a Socied.ade.
t-lhe concedido o direito de fazer altera9oes com fundamento justificavel,
quanto a outros Oficiais e Comites, apenas com dais tergos (2/3) de votos do Conselho dos Directores,
Todos os cheques devem ser assinados simultineamente pelo Presidente e pelo Tesoureiro. Tem o poder para nomear tod.as as categorias de
Comites.
2. O Vice-Presidente ajudara o Presidente e deve substitu!-lo em circunsUncias de ausencia.
J. O Secretario da Correspondencia deve jurar fidelidade no cumprimento
dos seus deveres; conservara urna Acta pormenorizada com todos os factos ocorria.os na.s Reunioes. Deve arquivar todos os Registos e Documentos respeitantes a Sociedade. Deve tambem pelo menos cinco dias anteriores a Reuniao, Anual _ou a qualquer Reuniao Especial- entregar a cad.a membro da Sociedade, ou enviar pela Mala
do Correia para a direc9ao da Residencia ou do seu emprego, uma noticia escrita
ou imprimida, com o local, hora e objectivo d.a Reuniao; e aind.a cumprira todos os
demais deveres requesitados pela Lei, pela Sociedade ou pelos Oficiais.
4, 0 Secretario de Finan9as deve jurar fidelidade no cumprimento dos seus
deveres, t responsavel pela cobran9a de todas as quotas da Sociedade, Deve fazer
um Relatorio derectamente para o Tesoureiro de todo o dinheiro adquirido em cobt-an9as;e cumpre-lhe canservar um Registo com todas as quotas recebidas e mantida.s na posse do Tesoureiro. Deve traba.lhar em colabora9ao com o Secretario da Correspondencia em qualquer encargo referente a Sociedade,
�5. 0 Tesoureiro responsabilizar-se-a, com sentido de pontualidade, em pagar
todas as Contas da Sociedade. Deve conservar as facturas das despesas da Sociedade; por conseguinte, vales~ dinheiro, livros e outros artigos, Deve depositar
todos os fundos da Sociedade para credito, em associa9ao com determinado Banco,
de acordo unanime com a Sociedade. Todos os cheques devem ser assinados pelo Tesoureiro, alem da assinatura do Presidente. Ao Tesoureiro compete-lhe apresentar
um Relatorio Fina nceiro em todas as Reunioes, respeitante aos factos ocorridos no
per1odo que foi mencionado.
6. Os Directores devem ser dezanove. Cinco dos quais serao os Oficiais da Sociedade. Estes incumbir-se--ao em m.anter com aprumo e perfei ta ordena9ao todos os
livros, relatorios e out ros acessorios relativos a Sociedade. Podem requerir ao
'fusoureiro que haja "Bo;.1d" na Sociedade.
ARTIGO IV: INSCRigAO DE MEMBROS,
1. Pode inscrever-se nesta Soc iedade o Catolico Portugues ou descendente de
:fam1lias Portuguesas, casa do com portugues ou descendente de portugueses, e que
seja um Paroquiano de Sa nto Antonio em Lowell, ou residente na /i.rea Circum-Vizinha desta Cidade.
2, Esta inscri9ao na Sociedade deve ser renovada anualmente, mediante a quota de dois dollars. A extensao desta Assinatura decorre de 1 de Janeiro a 31 de
Tuzembro de cada a no, e deve ser paga ate 31 de Mar9O (de cada ano) inclusive.
Todos os membros devem ter 18 anos de idade, ou mais.
ARTIGO V:
ELEigOES.
1. Todos os Oficiais e Directores da Sociedade serao eleitos pelo per!odo
de um ano. As Elei9oes far--se-ao na Reuniao Anual da Sociedade.
2. 0 Presidente indicara uma Comissao Nomeadora (que nao tenha mais de 5
nembros), cuja respons3. bilidade consiste em nomear um Grupo de Oficiais da Sociedade, a par de um Grupo do Conselho de Directores, que devera ser eleg{vel
na Reuniao Anual. 0 Presidente deve indicar a Comissao Nomeadora ate a Reuniao
de Abril. E l f cit o que a Assembleia proceda activamente nas Elei9oes.
ARTIGO VI:
REUNIL'.)ES,
1. A Reuniao Anual da Sociedade devera realizar-se,dentro do limite de seis
semanas depois da Festa de Pentecostes,
2. Alem da Reuniao Anual deve haver outras tres Reunioes na Sociedade:
- Terceiro Domingo de Janeiro, Abril e Setembro respectivamente.
nas
3. Somente os membros que tenham a quota em dia, poderao votar e ~articipar
Reunioes.
4. Pelo menos 50 membros ou 1/3 dos membros inscritos na Sociedade, destes
dois grupos o menor - devem estar presentes para se proceder as Elei9oes Anuais.
5.
Para se realizar qualquer Reuniao na Sociedade,
presentes pelo menos dezanove membros.
ARTIGO VII:
e necessario
que estejam
MANUTENCAO.
1. Os Edif1cios e toda a Propriedade da Sociedade devem ser protegidos corn
Seguros a beneficiar a Sociedade como: - danos, incendios, roubos e vandalismo.
2. As Normas e Regulamentos que a Cidade e o Estado estabelecem em ordem a
proteger a Propriedade e o Edif1cio, devem ser afixados nas prernissas permanentemente, para ajudar o Servi90 das Comites e as pessoas que tenham acesso a estas.
�ARTIGO VIII,
AUTORIDADE MET6DICA.
Tod.as as Reunioes serao orientadas em conformidade com as normas parlamentares de : "ROBERT RULES".
ARTIGO IX:
MODIFICACOES.
Respeitantemente a alterar, modificar, mudar, rever, revogar ou suspender
algumas das leis mencionadas. sera necessario enviar a cad.a membro uma Carta a
avisar uma Reuniao, e que sera muitissimo bem expl1cita sobre o Terna da Reuniao
(alterar, modificar, mudar ou rever as referidas leis), com uma antecedencia de
pelo mfnirno dez dias, anteriores a Reuniao.
Se houver dezanove membros presentes constituirao o numero necessario, para se executar o procedimento indicado
neste Artigo, Para votar numa determindada altera~ao das Leis, e exig1vel que
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ARTIGO X:
CONIT~S.
Alem da Comissao Nomeadora, o Presidente indicara as segu1ntes Comites, para servirem durante a sua Missao de Oficial,
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membros inscritos, antes da aprova9ao,
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em vista a Orienta9ao das Actividades da Sociedade,
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membros.
Depois de uma Reuniao marcada com antecedencia, e realizada a 10 de Junho de
1973, os membros da Irmandade do Divine Espirito Santo aprovaram as Leis mencionadas nesta Constitui9ao, e aceitaram de livre vontade que estas leis devem vigorar nesta Sociedade,
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
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Altars
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
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Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Xeception
for
Mrs. Gladvs Picanso
J{olv Ghost Societv ]{all
Lowell, Massachusetts
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�National Anthem of"Portugal
National Anthem of the United States
Welcome
)Vair Sa11/os & ;:th11ue/firrelra
Guest Speakers
Unveiling of Mrs. Gladys Plcanso's Portrait
Benediction
Dinner
�Gladvs 'Picanso was born In Lowell, on Julv 18, 1918.
Gladvs Is one of three daug-hters of Marla Bettencourt and
John Sousa Mendonca, who emigrated to the United States
from Graclosa, .Azores at a verv voung age. Gladvs Is a
graduate from Lowell J{tgh School and the Wilfred
.Academy ofJ{atr Design In Boston. She was married In
March of 1936, to lino 'Plcanso, and had two children, Lino
and Linda. She now has six grandchildren and five great
grandchildren. She owned and operated .Anne Marie's
Beautv Shop for over thlrtv vears.
Gladvs Involvement with the J{olv Ghost Societv and
the 'Portu(jUese communltv goes back to when she was a verv
voung girl. She came with her parents, who were also verv
Involved with the J{olv Ghost Socletv. J{er father was one of
our past presidents. She grew up and managed to balance a
household, a faml/v, and a bulsness, without ever forgetting
the 'Portu(jUese communltv and Its people. Gladvs and her
husband would sponsor manv 'Portu(jUese families, often
housing them In their own home. Gladvs would find these
families Jobs, enroll their children In school, and when thev
were flnanclal/v able, find them a place to live.
Gladvs Is responsible for getting the additional land In
the rear of the parking lot at the J{olv Ghost Park from the
Cltv of Lowell for $1.00. She was also on the committee
responsible for getting the building that now houses the St .
.Anthony's Bovs and Girls Scouts on Central Street, also for
$1.00.
Throughout her life Gladvs has been Involved In
manv organizations, Including all of the committees In
charge ofchurch events. She Is one of the founders and
still ls on the board of the Portuguese .American Vouth
Center, a member of the ladles of St. John, lea(jUe of
Catholic Women, past president of the J{olv .Xosarv
Sodalttv, Eucharistic Minister, member of the finance
Committee and past member ofthe 'Pastoral Council of
St . .Anthony's Church of Lowell, life member of St John's
Nursing J{ome, and life member and past president of
the J{olv Ghost Socletv, inc. of Lowell. She was also
Involved with the 'Portu(jUese .American Civic lea(JUe,
did volunteer work at manv area hospitals, helped her
husband with his Involvement with the 'Portu(jUese Clubs
of Lowell, and was recentlv awarded the Outstanding
Commur1ltv .Achievement .Award from the 'Portu(JUese
.American Women's .Association.
Todav we recognize and honor Mrs. Gladvs
'Plcanso, as a role model for all ofus.
1171th Sincere .Appreciation,
The Portu(jUese Communltv of Lowell
�Special Thanks To ...
J{ob:1 Ghost Society, inc.
Qualttronlcs
McDonouqh f'uneral J{ome
Mrs . .Anqle Mello
Mrs. Charlotte Silva
Mrs. Marqarett J'urtado
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Saab
Mrs. ;;f.nqle Sakelorvs
Mrs. Trudv Sakelorvs
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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1996-04-28
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"Holy Ghost Procession"
Lowell Connector - Back Central Street Community
Artist: Tom Gill (Collectable Postcard -July 2003)
�First Class Mail
Presort
U.S Postage
Dear Friend:
Enterprise Bank commissioned local artist, Tom Gill to paint a scene capturing the
essence of the "Holy Ghost Procession" in an area in Lowell very near and dear to
George Duncan, our Chairman/CEO 's heart. His depiction is characterized through the
intensity of color via vigorous brushwork and a bold mass of execution. The original
artwork is in the bank lobby at 430 Gorham Street in Lowell, and brightens the day of
those in the neighborhood who experience a "Bank with a View." Our painting is a
permanent display, and the general public is welcome to view the Gill Exhibit during
regular banking hours. Please stop by and share in the spirit of this special event
honoring the lives of the Lowell Connector-Back Central Street community.
Francisco Carvalho
VP/Branch Manager, Enterprise Bank
430 Gorham Street*
978-656-55 18
ENTERPRISE
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
Member FDIC
*We are proud to have two convenient locations in Lowell.
You are welcome to do your banking business in Lowell at
our Main Office located at 222 Merrimack Street. Our office
hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Wednesday,
Thursday until 6 00 p.m., Friday until 5:00 p.m., and Saturday
until noon. Also available, 24/7 ATM access and log on to our
web site at www. EnterpriseBankandTrust.com.
PAID
Permit No. 123
Lowell, MA
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
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Snow
Veterans
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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�ST. ANTHONY'S CHURC:
893 Central Street
~OWfll, MA 01852
CARDINAL'S RESIDENCE
On the cover of this book is the crown of Queen Isabel of Portugal (12711336), cannonized on Trinity Sunday, May 25, 1625 by Pope Urbano VIII,
who, during his 21-year reign as pope, cannonized only one saint-Saint Isabel.
There is a legend that Queen Isabel, taking part in a procession, came upon
a person who was seriously ill. She placed her crown on his head and he was
cured and, since that time, in memory of her devotion to the Holy Spirit and
the miracle which she performed, we still have the crownings for the seven
weeks between Easter and Pentecost.
In the village of Alenquer, Portugal, Queen Isabel had a dream-that she
should have a church built in that village for devotion to the Holy Spirit. In
the morning she called a chaplain and told him of her dream. Carpenters and
workmen found the foundation already opened and the plan of the building
in outline. This unexplainable and prodigious event was witnessed by her
husband, King Diniz, and the entire village of Alenquer. Many miracles
happened during the time of construction. The first mass was celebrated on
Pentecost Sunday and on that day the sovereigns established the Confraternity
of the Holy Ghost. In an excerpt in the "Life of Saint Isabel" we find that
she founded this confraternity and from it came the societies of the Holy Ghost.
In some of the islands the name imperio designates devotion to the Holy Spirit to
celebrate the solemnity of Pentecost as it is still practiced in the islands of the
Azores and Madeira, and Portuguese colonies in the United States of America.
2101 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE
BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02135
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Holy Ghost Society, Inc.
Past Presidents
Officers and Directors 1972-1973
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President ......... .. ......... ..... ..... .. ... ......... ... ....... ............ .. ... .. .. ..... MANUEL CoRREA
VINCENT
SILVA
Vice-President ........................................ ............................ MANUEL RAMALHO
JOHN SOUSA
MENDONSA
MANUEL CuNHA
PACHECO
Treasurer .................................................................................. JosEPH FREITAS
Secretary ....... .............................. ............................................. DIMAS EsPINOLA
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JOHN f.
PrrrA
- DIRECTORS Mrs. Manuel Correa
Marie D. Espinola
Joseph Camara
Mrs. Gabriel Gouveia
Annibale Caselle
Larry Estacio
Francis Bettencourt
Jose Santos
Antonio da Costa
Eliseu Silva
Lino Picanso
Valmiro Silva
Mary Lou Silva
Mrs. Antonio da Costa
Mary Jo Cunha
Jose Cordeiro
JoAo SousA
SILVA
JOAQUIM
SILVA
.ANTHONY
SILVA
CLARA
CORREIA
MARY
MEDEIROS
MANUEL
GoUVEIA
MANUEL C;
SILVA
PICANSO
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MANUEL
PERRY
JOHN
AVLLA
LEANDRO
JOHN
PERRY
MANUEL
RAMALHO
MANUEL
CoRREA
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Spiritual Advisor ................................................................ REv. JoHN F. SILVA
Attorney ..... ...................................... ................................... HERBERT PITTA, JR.
Queen ........................................................ MAUREEN GuLBICKI
Attendant, DoNNA GuLBICKI
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Attendant, EnwARDA BETTENCOURT
UNO
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Charter M e,nbers
Co,n,niftee
IN CHARGE OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OBSERVANCE OF HOLY GHOST SOCIETY, INC.
• • •
VINCENT SILVA ...... .... . ................. . ..... ........... ... .... ........ ...... ..... . President
Honorary Chairman .. .. ... ... ...... .. ...... REv. JoHN F. SILVA
General Chairman ..... .. ....... .. ..... ... JQSEPH A. CAMARA
MANUEL P. REIS
Treasurer
MANUEL J. SILVA
. Secretary
Co-Chairman .. .... ... .. ....... .... .. .. .... .. DIMAS M . ESPINOLA
• • •
MANUEL CORREA, President
MANUEL C. SILVA
Director
JosEPH FREITAS, Treasurer
MRS. ANTHONY D. SILVA, SECRETARY
MANUEL MACHADO . .................... .................................. ... .... Director
ANTHONY D. SILVA, Publicity; Co-Chairman, Program
ANNIBALE F. CASELLE, Chairman, Banquet
MRs. MANUEL CoRREA, Chairman, Program; Decorations
MANUEL C. PICANSO
Di'rector
MRs. ANTONIO DACosTA, Co-Chairman, Program
MRs. GABRIEL GouvEIA, Chairman, Banquet Tickets
JOSEPH L. SIMAS .
... . ......... ................. ................. ....... Director
MRs. JosEPH FREITAS, Chairman, Ball Tickets
JosEPH A.
CAMARA,
JR., Chairman, Entertainment
MARY Lou SILVA, Usherette
MARIA D. ESPINOLA, Usherette
REv. EusEBIO SILVA, Choir Director
• • •
Antonio Da Costa
Joseph Ferreira
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ramalho
Mr. and Mrs. Lino Picanso
Mrs. Eliftherios Kokinos
Francisco Silva
Mrs. John Varoski
Edward Santos
Mrs. George Mello
Mrs. Annibale Caselle
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bettencourt
�Fiftieth
Anniversary
Co,n,niffee
REv.
JoHN
F.
SILVA
Honorary Chairman
A. CAMARA
General Chairman
JosEPH
ANNIBALE
F.
CASELLE
Banquet Chairman
MANUEL ColU\EA
President
M. ESPINOLA
Co-Chairman
DIMAS
D.
MRS. MANUEL CORREA
ANTHONY D. SILVA
Chairman, Program Book
Decorations
Chairman, Publicity
Co-Chairman, Program Book
Secretary
MRs. GABRIEL GouvEIA
MRs. ANToNio DA CosTA
MRS. JOSEPH FREITAS
Chairman,
Jubilee Banquet Tickets
Co-Chairman, Program Book
Chairman;
Jubilee Ball Tickets
JosEPH A. CAMARA, JR.
Chairman, Entertainment
MARIA D. ESPINOLA
REv. EusEBIO SILVA
JosEPH FREITAS
MARY Lou SILVA
Choir Director
Treasurer
Jubilee Usherette
MRS. ANTHONY
SILVA
Jubilee Usherette
�The following history was compiled from
information gathered and available records.
Although the Holy Ghost Society was founded 50 years ago,
feasts have been held in Lowell since the Portuguese people
came to this country from the Azores, approximately 75 years
ago, when they brought the tradition with them. Every year
on Pentecost and Trinity Sundays the traditional dinner was
sopa do Divina Espirito Santo e came assada. Originally there
were two presidents, one for the Pentecost Sunday dinner and
procession and another for Trinity Sunday. By 1923 the practice
of two presidents was discontinued and one person handled
both.
History
of the
Holy Ghost
Society~ Inc.
Preparing for the, Feast
Looking back fifty years, around 1922, we find that on the
Thursday before Pentecost the people gathered on Charles,
Street to decorate a cow (or cows, depending on how many
members they had) with paper Rowers, crepe paper ribbons and
tree branches. This created a very colorful sight, especially when
the cow got excited and the colors would go Hying. This was a
festive day; people gathered, following the decorated cow along
Lawrence and Charles Streets accompanied by violas and
guitars. If they knew, they would go to the house of the person
who had the crown.
On the following day (Friday), the men slaughtered the cow
on Charles Street. Joseph Silva and his brother Joaquim would
then go on horse and buggy, delivering a piece of beef, blood
for the soup and spearmint to the members of the feast. This
was the same horse and buggy used during the week to sell
wood from their business location on Charles Street. They
would wash and scrub down the wagon in preparation for this
event.
On Friday and Saturday the cooking was done in people's
homes. On Sunday it was brought to the Odd Fellows Hall,
located at 100 Middlesex Street, which was rented for the
Feast. This hall was divided into two rooms. While the children
ate first in one room, the parents waited in another. Dinner
consisted of soup, roast beef, an orange ( which they took to
work the next morning) or banana, wine or tonic and Portuguese bread. The donated wine was homemade. Homemade
beer was also served. One of the by-laws of the Confraternity
established by Queen Isabel was that seven bulls should be
slaughtered and the meat given to the poor of the area.
The person who had the crown received a free dinner. All
children who marched in the procession were fed free of charge.
Th_e Union Portuguese Colonial Band, usually played for
the Feast.
Processions with the band left from Middlesex Street and
went to the house of the person who had the crown and proceed~d to St. Anthony's Church for mass. After mass, they
contmued up Central Street down Gorham and back to Middlesex for the dinner and celebration of auction and band concert.
It was customary for the President to carry a bouquet of Rowers
and the committee usually wore a medallion ribbon and sash.
Around 4:00 P.M. sandwiches and wine or tonic were oiven to
everyone. After moving to Holy Ghost Park the cust~m was
that children were served the sandwiches first and any left
would go to the adults present. It has always been the custom
that members' children, no matter how many in the family,
would have a free dinner-and the custom continues today.
The Origin of Holy Ghost Park
1
Around 1922 President Frank Ramos and a committee ran a
Masquerade Dance (the only one to be held) with admission
set at 25¢. It was held at the Odd Fellows Hall, which was
rented for $5. The purpose of the dance was to make money
to buy land so they could have their own property to celebrate
the Holy Ghost Feast. Meetings were held at the Old Colonial
Band Hall, located at 2 Chapel Street, now known as the
Portuguese American Center Club. People went from house to
house collecting nickels and dimes from their friends to aid
this land fund. The person collecting the most money won a
barrel of Hour which was donated by A. N. Bettencourt Grocery.
Frederick Avila collected $49.50 and was the winner.
Up to 1922 a president was elected each year and any monies
left over would be handed to the next president. That year
Mr. Ramos decided that they should have their own land and
said the surplus money would go toward the purchase.
The idea for locating at Village Street came from John Dias
who lived in the vicinity. The charter of the Holy Ghost
Society, Inc. was signed by six Holy Ghost members on August
24, 1923 (see Charter Members page). The purpose of the
Holy Ghost Society, Inc. was to "furnish a place and means for
the education and recreation of its members and for social,
religious and civic purposes among its members". The two and
a half acres of land were purchased from Herbert C. and Margaret W . Merrill on September 4, 1923. They underwrote a loan
to the Society for $1200.00 which was repaid in two years.
The Story of the Rusty Nail
During the feast in 1923, someone found a rusty nail and it
was auctioned off for $25, which at that time was considered a
lot of money, to start the original land fund. The nail symbolized
fencing in the land. A wooden fence was built by the Holy
Ghost Committee. At that time, the land was very wooded and
members chopped down the trees and brush. A horse would pull
the logs which were then loaded onto Bettencourt's truck to be
hauled away.
On January 13, 1927, a building loan was taken out for $1,000.
It was paid for at the rate of $ 15.00 every three months with
final payment on August 2, 1940.
Vincent Silva used his homi!S as collateral for construction of
the original building, built from second hand lumber. A tent was
used at first. Long tree branches were used to cover it. Tables
were constructed of saw horses and platforms. In 1927 Mr. Silva.
and committee also built the first bandstand. A capela was built
to house the coroa do Divinio Espirito Santo and the coroa da
Trindade. Someone would sit outside and keep watch on the
candles.
Recent Improvements
In 1950 improved outside lavatories were built.
The Trinity Sunday celebration was discontinued in 1958.
Dances became more frequent after the Roor was put in the
old building.
The annual election of the Holy Ghost Queen was established in 1959 and the first Portuguese girl to be chosen was Mary
Caires. This year's Queen and attendants were awarded a trip
to Portugal as part of the Golden Jubilee celebration.
Fire destroyed the old building in June 1964. Immediate
plans were made for rebuilding. On June 15, 1964 the Building
Committee (see Building Committee page) was organized. The
new construction began in October 1965 and continued through
1966. In the interim, the feast and dinner were held under a
large white tent, and one year was held on the grounds of
St. Apthony's Church . In 1965 there was only a shell to the
new building and meals were cooked in the old kitchen.
Improvements on the new building continued through the
years and included hot-topping of the parking lot in 1967, with
completion in 1971; playground equipment was installed for
the children; overhangs were gradually added and, in 1972, one
side was enclosed; air-conditioners were installed in 1972; and
many more improvements, too numerous to mention were made.
Today, as we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the founding of
the Holy Ghost Society, Inc., the building and grounds are
considered complete and, at the last general meeting held on
July 15, 1973, the Building Committee was dissolved.
As the name of this society implies, may the Holy Spirit
guide all its members and their families; mav everyone continue
to enjoy the pleasures of the Holy Ghost Park.
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1923-1973
1923-1973
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Agrella
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Medina
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel J. Alves
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Mello
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Andrews
Mrs. Deolinda M. Mello
Patrons
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Athaide
Patrons
Mr. and Mrs. George Mello
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Avila
Mrs. Louise Mello
Mr. Antonio F. Bello
Mr. and Mrs. John Mendonsa
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Bettencourt
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Mendonsa and Family
Mr. and Mrs. James Braga and Family
Mr. Jose E. daSilva
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Freitas
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel J. Merino
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel F. Braga, Jr.
Mrs. Rose Depocher
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freitas
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miguel
Mr. and Mrs. Joao Branco
Mr. and Mrs. John DeSilva
Miss Patricia Freitas
Mrs. Elvira M. Neves
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Branco
Mr. and Mrs. John F. DeSilva
Mr. Antonio Gouveia, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Norwood
Mr. Manuel Camacho
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Dias
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hilton and Family
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paine
Mr. Joseph A. Camara
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Duarte
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hogan,
Mr. Joseph A. Camara, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Duarte and Family
Mr. and Mrs. George Hurley
Mr. Jose Ferreira Pereira
Miss Lauren J. Camara
Mr. and Mrs. John Emond and Family
Mrs. Mary Jalbert
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Joao Pereira
Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Cancella
Mr. and Mrs. Arlindo Espinola
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Kligerman
Miss Maria Cremilde Pereira
Miss Ana Candida
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Espinola
Miss Evelyn Lawrence
Miss Odete Alexandrina Pereira
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Cavaco
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Falante
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Lima
Mr. and Mrs. Eward Peter
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Costa
Mr. John R. Falante, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Gil Lima
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Picanso
Mr. and Mrs. George Cunha
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Falcon
Maria da Cunha Lima
Mr. Joao Picanso
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cunha
Mrs. Maria Farinha
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Lobao
Mr. and Mrs. Lino Picanso, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Cunha
Mr. and Mrs. Sidonio Farinha
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Machado
Mr. and Mrs. Lino Picanso, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Daigle
Mr. and Mrs. Americo Ferreira
Daniel and Vivian Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel C. Picanso
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio C. DaSilva
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Ferreira
Mr. Daniel J. C. Martin
Mr. William Picanso
Mr. and Mrs. Floriberto daSilva
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Floria
Mr. ~nd Mrs. James Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Raoul Pimentel
1923-1973
Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Paquette
1923-1973
�1923-1973
1923-1973
Mr. and Mrs. John Puzon
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ramalho
Mrs. Mary Ramalho
Patrons
Z. Mildred Ramalho
Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Rebello
Mrs. Clara Reis
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H . Ritchotte
Miss Michelle M. Ritchotte
Linda Maria and .Susan Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rodrick
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio S. Rosa and Son
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel A. Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Santos
Mr. and M~s. Virginio V. Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Florence Santos
Mrs:· Mary Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel P. Santos
Mrs. Mary Gloria Soares
Mary C. Santos
Mrs. Mary Gloria Soares
Miss Mary C. Santos
Mr. Frank A. Sodre
Mrs. Sophie Santos
Leo R. and Grace H. Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Afonso Silva
Mrs. Mary C. Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Silva
Mrs. Dominick Spinney
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus W. Stys
Mr. Arthur J. Silva
Mr. Albert Teixeira
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Silva
Miss Mary E. Teixeira
Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Silva
Mr. and Mrs. John Urban
Miss Florence Silva
Mr. and Mrs. John Varoski, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Hermenegildo Silva
Miss Judith Walters
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Silva
Mrs. Rita Walters
1923-1973
Mr. Daniel Alves
Mrs. Maria P. Andrade
Mr. Manuel Avila
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Barry
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony P. Beatti
Mr. and Mrs. Roland F. Bedard
Mr. and Mrs. Eugenio Bettencourt
Mr. and Mrs. Joao Bettencourt
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Bettencourt
Mrs. Mary S. Bettencourt
Mrs. Maria Botelho
Mrs. Anita Braga
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Braga
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Braga
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Braga
Mr. Jose N. Brasil
Miss M. Lasalette Brasil
Miss Maria de Lourdes Brasil
Mrs. Maria J. Brazil
Mr. and Mrs. Luiz de Sousa Candeias
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Caron
Mr. and l\1rs Domingos Chaves
Miss Maria da Conceicao Cipriano
Mr. ·and Mrs. Jose Cipriano
Miss Georgina Correia
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Costa
Mr. and Mrs. John Dalton
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel DaSilva
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel DaSilva
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel DeSilva
Mr. Joao Dias
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Dias
Mr. and Mrs. Valquirio Dias
Miss Mary Espinola
Mr. Cary Ferreira
Mr. Gary Ferreira
Miss Sandra Ferreira
Mrs. Florence Gonsalves
Mr .. and Mrs. Joseph K. Gorski
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel J. Gouveia
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Gouveia
Mrs. Cecile Guerin
Mrs. Hilda Harris
Miss Maureen Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Eliftherios Kokinos
Miss Maria Luis
Mrs. Bertha Machado
Mrs. Amelia S. Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Jonn S. Marshall
Mrs. Brites A. Medina
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Medina
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Sousa Medina
Mrs. Luzia Melo
Mrs. Cecelia Mendes
Mr. and Mrs. John Monteiro
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Norkiewicz
Mrs. Therese Paquette
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Pereira
Mr. and Mrs. James Picanso
Miss Amelia Pimentel
Mrs. Luiza Pimentel
Mr. and Mrs Jose Albino Pombeiro
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ramos
Mrs. Gertrude Rebello
Mr. and Mrs. Dionizio Reis
Miss Lucilia Reis
Miss Mary Ribeiro
Miss Patricia Roy
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Santos
Mr. and Mrs. Augusta Santos
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Santos
Mr. and Mrs. Albino C. Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Antero Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio C. Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Elisiario Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Florentino Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel P. Silva
Mrs. Maria Silva
Mrs. Maria C. Silva
Miss Rose C. Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Severo S. Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Apolinario Simao
Mrs. Avelina Simao
Mr. and Mrs. Aristides Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Joao de Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Veiga
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vieira
Mrs. Maria Julia Vieira
1923-1973
�I*'
Building Fund Co,n,niftee
Business Friends of the Holy Ghost Society, lne.
ANNE'S BEAUTY SALON, 1222 Gorham St., Lowell
CHARLIE'S MARKET, 888 Central St., Lowell
GULBICKI'S SERVICE STATION, 50 First St., Lowell
McKITTRICK HARDWARE CO., 60 Fletcher St., Lowell
DURKIN'S HOME DECORATING CENTER, 287 Appleton St., Lowell
CLEM BRISSETTE, D.D.G. Lion's Club, 33N
ARMANDO AUGUSTO, Real Estate, 94 Central St., Somerville
THE LANCERS, Music for all occasions, 15 Fourth St., Lowell
HUDSON SAND & GRAVEL, INC., 85 Greeley St., Hudson, N.H.
B&M MOTORS, 859 Gorham St., Lowell
IDA'S BEAUTY SALON, 614 Central St., Lowell
PEPSI-COLA METHUEN BOTTLERS INCORPORATED
MR. and MRS. GERARD HUDON
ABBOTT PRODUCTS CO., INC., P.O. Box 173, Hull, Mass.
MR. and MRS. ANTHONY R. GOMES
GRAY FURNITURE COMPANY, INC., 231 Central St., Lowell
LA BOTIQUE HYE FASHIONS, INC.
LEFTY'S DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
FRANCIS BETTENCOURT
ANNIBALE CASELLE
MANUEL CORREA
JOSEPH CAMARA
JOSEPH FREITAS
ANTONIO DaCOSTA
FASHION TAILORS & CLEANERS, 886 Central St., Lowell
QUALITY CLEANERS, 176 Textile Ave., Lowell
�Our Professional Friends
EXTEND BEST WISHES ON YOUR
GOLDEN JUBILEE
DR. CHARLES A. KOKINOS
In memory of
DR. COSTOS S. KOKINOS
DR. ROBERT C. LAWLOR
DR. GEORGE V. GIANIS, Optometrist
DR. and MRS. JOHN JANAS and family
JOSE and ROSA P. FRANCISCO
ATTY. HERBERT PITTA, JR.
who were deeply devoted to
Divino Espirito Santo
Acknowledgements
We wish to thank the following for their assistance
and donated much of their time
to this Religious Organization.
in makino
this celebration a success.
0
THE PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN CENTER, INC.
THE LOWELL SUN
BARRY'S PASTRY SHOP
PIONEER MARKET
ATTY. HERBERT PITTA, JR.
MR. and MRS. FREDERICK AVILA
LUSO AMERICANO / DIARIO de NOTICIAS
ECOS de PORTUGAL / HORA PORTUGUESA
• • •
We also wish to thank all our loyal workers who, during
the past fifty years, have shown their dedication t~ the
I-Ioly Ghost Society.
Manuel and Sally Correa
�In memory of
our beloved mother
In memory of
my beloved
MARY SILVA
husband, GEORGE SOUSA
grandson, BRUCE WALTERS
who died on June 26, 1972
brother, MANUEL ESPINOLA
John Silva
Angie Mello
Charlotte Silva
Louis Silva
Manuel Silva
Mrs. Antoinette Sousa
�In memory of
In memory of
BELARMINO C. L'EITE
MANUEL REIS SILVA
and
ROSE EMILINDA SILVA
from his children
Martin and Madeline Silva
�In memory of
With fondest memories
of
MR. and MRS. JOAQUIM SILVA
MRS. CHARLOTTE LOBAS
MANUEL PERRY
MRS. PAULINE CASELLE
JOHN PERRY
MR. and MRS. JOSEPH SILVA
MR. and MRS. MICHAEL MIGACZ
PHILOMENA MENDONSA
MRS. STELLA CUDDY
MR. JOSHUA CUNLIFFE
MR. FRANK CUNLIFFE
MR. THOMAS CUNLIFFE
Mrs. Manuel Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Silva
Mrs. Edgar Seman
�In memory of
In memory of
GUIOMAR and VERISSIMO BETTENCOURT
and
MARY and MANUEL BETTENCOURT
ANTONIO PICANSO
MANUEL PICANSO
Francis and Adeline Bettencourt
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ROSA AUGUSTA CORA<;AO de JESUS
In memory of
MR. and MRS. MANUEL F. BRAGA
MR. ARTHUR F. BRAGA
MRS. WILHELMINA SOUSA
Frank Picanso
Requested by the Braga Family
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In memory of
In memory of MARY and MANUEL C. PICANSO
Requested by his son, William Picanso
JOSE CORREIA SILVA
MANUEL CORREIA SILVA FRANK ESPINOLA MELO EDWARD MELO -
ISABEL DeJESUS SILVA
ADELAIDE MELO
ELEANOR MELO
In memory of MANUEL P. MELLO, JR.
Requested by his wife, Louise Mello
AVIS JOHNSON MELO
In memory of MARY and JOHN URBAN
Manuel Correia Silva
Requested by his son, John J. Urban and Family
Em memoria dos meus pais
In memory of
EMILIO ESTEVES e LENA CONSTANCIA PIRES
MR. ANTONIO PICANSO, father
MANUEL PICANSO, brother
JOSEPH and MARIA de CONCEICAO AVILA
father and mother
eu ofere~o estas coroas a
lgreja de Santo Antonio
de Lowell, Mass., ano 1973
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Avila
Maria Conceicao Pires
�-
Em memoria de
In memory of
JUVENTINO LEAL
PETER F. GAUGHAN
In memory
of
In memory of
;
MRS. FLORENCE L. TEIXEIM
Remembered by his loving wife, Laura
In me,mory of
Remembered by : John Teixeira
In memory of
JOSE JOAQUIM and MARY SILVA
Remembered by (children)
Americo and Mary Silva
In memoriam
The deceased members of the
MANUEL and ELVIM P. REIS
JOHN DIAS and MANUEL COSTA FAMILIES
ANTHONY E. MENDONSA
1877-1959
ANNA P. MENDONSA
In memory of
In memory
of
MR. & MRS. MANUEL PEREIRA - MR. & MRS. JOHN J. SHEEDY
FERNANDO LOPES MIRANDA -
CRIZANTA MIRANDA
ALBERTINA MIRANDA VIEIRA
Remembered by: Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Perry and
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Miranda
1885-1973
VIRGINIA F. GOUVEIA
and
MANUEL FREITAS
The Mendonsa Family
�In memory of
In memory of
In loving memory of
JAMES PERRY
MISS LAURA PIMENTEL, 1908-1970
Remembered by
Hazel and Donald Perry
In memory of
MANUEL BETTENCOURT, JR.
Requested by his wife,
Mrs. Emily Bettencourt
MR. AGOSTINHO PIMENTEL, 1888-1919
In memory of
LEONORA E. RAMALHO
MRS. MARIA ROCHA
(mother)
Z. Mildred Ramalho
In memory of
JULIA SILVA GONSALVES
and MANUEL GONSALVES
In memory of
In memory of
MR. and MRS. ANTERO SANTOS
VINCENT and
MR. and MRS. CHARLES S. CAMARA
MARIA SILVA
Mr. and Mrs. John Gonsalves, Sr.
In memory of my husband
In memory of
In memory of
DOMINICK SPINNEY
LEO BARROS
5-28-65
THE DECEASED MEMBERS
Mrs. Dominick Spinney
OF THE
In loving memory of
HOLY GHOST SOCIETY, INC.
In memory of
MANUEL E. RAMALHO
(father)
JOSEPH and RITA MARTIN
Ernest Ramalho
F.S.
�"Specializing in American and Italian food
for over a quarter of a century"
NIMS CATERERS
Air-conditioned halls available
HILLCREST FUNCTION ROOM -
20 FOX ROAD, WALTHAM
DE:LUXE WEDDING PACKAGE PLAN
"One Stop Service for your Wedding Day"
Best wishes
DINNERS - BUFFETS - SMORGASBORD - PARTY PLATTERS
on your
Functions of all types . . .
Weddings
•
Graduation
Bowling
•
Showers
•
•
Anniversaries
Bar Mitzvahs
Cocktail
Breakfast •
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Christma-s
Cookouts •
Hors D'oeuvres •
Testimonials
•
Rehearsal
Clambakes •
Outings
In-Plant Service
"There is no substitute for quality. We use only the finest foods.
Our staff is personally trained efficient, courteous and neat."
-Vincent Messina, president
main o.ffice:
20 FOX ROAD, WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Call for free brochure today . . 890-2282
50th ANNIVERSARY
HOLY GHOST SOCIETY, INC.
�J. SILVA PACKAGE STORE, INC.
424 Chelmsford Street, Lowell -
Congratulations
Telephone 457-7810
GUILBEAUL T'S PACKAGE STORE
77 Branch Street, Lowell -
Telephone 459-9241
PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN
SILVA'S PACKAGE STORE, INC.
80 Winthrop Avenue, Lawrence -
CENTER, INC.
Telephone 1-686-4950
Pioneer Club of Lowell
These package stores specialize in
imported
and
domestic
wines.
J.
President
JOHN CARDOSA, First Vice President
JosEPH EsPINOLA, SR., Second Vice President
DIMAS EsPINOLA, Treasurer
MANUEL FREITAS, JR., Secretary
EDwARD
SILVA REAL ESTATE
SILVA BROS. PAINTING COMPANY
-
SANTOS,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS -
JOSEPH CORDEIRO LAUREANO EsTACIO -
ROLAND E. SANTOS
MANUEL RocHA
JosEPH "RocKA" SILVA
Financial Secretary
Manager
DONALD PERRY, Warden
VERISSIMO, ALVARO AcmAR, Club Stewards
MANUEL CORDEIRO,
Above owned and operated by:
DANIEL
JOHN SILVA
999 MIDDLESEX STREET, LOWELL
Telephone 455-5993
JOHN
R.
CORREA,
�I
JOHNNIE'S CAFE
LOWELL LUSITANOS
SOCCER TEAM
EDWARD J. SANTOS, President
LARRY EsT ACIO, Treasurer
DIMAS M. EsPINOLA, Secretary
367 BACK CENTRAL STREET, LOWELL
TELEPHONE 452-8377
John Neves, prop.
- DIRECTORS MANUEL RocHA, ANTONIO FELIX, DoN PERRY
EusEu SILVA, VALMIRO SILVA, RoN SANTOS
DRIVE-IN PACKAGE STORE
JosE SANTOS, Manager
JosE CoRDEIRO, Coach
Dick Robe,rto, prop.
Visit our new Wine Room
(Wines from all over the world)
PLAYERS
JOGADORES
Jose Carvalho
Fernando Silva
Manuel Veiga
Roy Felix
Francisco Carvalho
Leonel Dias
Joao Vieira
Antonio Freitas
Manuel Santos
Jorge Oliveira
Miguel Dias
Firmino Santos
Messias Dias
Joao Melo
Carlos Ramos
Telephone 452-8310
LOWELL-LAWRENCE BOULEVARD
DRACUT
�GEORGE BROX, INC.
McDONOUGH
FUNERAL HOME
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
HOT TOP CONSTRUCTION
14 HIGHLAND STREET
LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS 01852
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Telephone 458-6816
BITUMINOUS CONCRETE PLANTS
1471 METHUEN STREET
NORTH STREET
DRACUT, MASS.
MERRIMAC, MASS.
617-454-9105
617-346-8984
Joseph M. McDonough, funeral Director
�DIAL 452-4214
COREY ELECTRIC SERVICE
.
Modern Electric
w·mng
.
f or Lights
-
P.A. C. L.
LADIES' & MEN'S COUNCIL
Motors
Ranges
_ Transformers
Generators - El.,.,.tric
....
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Oil Burners
-
Comfort Electric Heating
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ENGINEERING
SALES & SERVICE
LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS
•
38 RIVERNECK ROAD
CHELMSFORD
�BOUGHT
USED CARS AND PARTS
SOLD
FRANK'S AUTO SALES
PIONEER SUPER MKT., INC.
GENERAL AUTO REPAIRS
ESTIMATES -
DANIEL S. SILVA
COLLISION WORK
DANIEL J. SILVA
24-HR. WRECKER SERVICE
PAUL J. SILVA
•
JUNK and WRECKED CARS
REMOVED FREE OF CHARGE·
953 CENTRAL STREET, LOWELL
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TELEPHONE 453-0805, 459-7333
MEATS -
GROCERIES -
VEGETABLES
In memory of
MRS. MARY C. ABREU
Remembered by:
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Mathews
Augustine A Mathews
Bruce A. Mathews
Mary Harding, Mary Page
Telephone 454-77 46
421 CENTRAL STREET
LOWELL
�Best wishes for the
BARRY'S PASTRY SHOP
continued success
of the Holy Ghost Society
Specializing in
Wedding and Birthday Cakes
•
ATTY. and MRS.
HERBERT PITTA, JR.
MANUEL J. BARROS
MANUEL F. BARROS
and SON
•
Telephone 452-1519
434 CENTRAL STREET
LOWELL
�FRANCIS J. BETTENCOURT
191 Dracut Street
Dracut, Massachusetts
Tel. (617) 452-7164
MONUMENTS
WANT THE VERY BEST?
COME SEE US
LUZ BROS.
1122 Gorham St.
459-9812
Best wishes
Best wishes
BUTLER CHEVROLET & TOYOTA
COMMODORE FOODS
777 ROGERS STREET
LOWELL
�Congratulations to all our friends of the Holy Ghost Society, Inc.,
on your Golden Anniversary Celebration and
Compliments of
Best Wishes for Continued Success.
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Meus sinceros parabens ~ irmandade do
Divino Espfrito Santo per ocasiao do seu
C. S. U. MADEIRENSE
50 aniversario.
GRACE SHOE MFG. CORP.
46 Madeira Avenue
200 MARKET STREET
Central Falls, Rhode Island
LOWELL
Armand Tremblay
Roland J. Tremblay
Tel. 256-9478
Tel. 256-5669
TREMBLAY CONSTRUCTION
FAY FUNERAL HOME
Edward I. McCabe - Francis H. McCabe
AMPLE PARKING
AIR CONDITIONING
105 MOORE STREET (off Upper Gorham Street), LOWELL
•
TELEPHONE 455-5711
Building and Remodeling
4 Pine Hill Road
Chelmsford, Mass. 01824
�Dine in the Castle Era
THE KING'S RIB
5 EXCITING AUTHENTIC
OLD ENGLISH BANQUET ROOMS
BOYLE BROS.
• King Richard The Lion Hearted
• King Arthur's Court
• Sir Lancelot
• . . . and three Royal Suites
Savoy Beverages
KING ARTHUR'S PRIME RIB AND STEAK CASTLE
"YOUR TONIC MAN"
ALONG THE MERRIMACK
For information, call 452-8903 or 452-8904
TRANSIT MIX CONCRETE • FUEL OIL • AIR
•
Route 113, Lowell
CASELLE'S MODERN BARBER SHOP
CONDITIONING • HEATING
AT CORNER OF LAWRENCE AND WAMESIT STREETS, LOWELL
Telephone 453-3132
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caselle
I
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Mr. and Mrs. Annibale Caselle
■
Paul Francis Caselle
EST . 1891
RED PINE GRILLE
Telephone 454-7841
Catering to all kinds of parties
BALLROOM DANCING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
700 BROADWAY
LOWELL
EXIT 28, OFF ROUTE 3, TOWARD CARLISLE
�A sapataria
Lowell Plaza
LAWRENCE MAID FOOTWEAR
Division of W. R. Grace & Co.
Felicita a Sociedade do Divino Espfrito Santo
pelo seu 50 2 Aniversario
0 gerente,
Mr. Manuel Santos
50 ISLAND STREET
LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS
Congratulations on your 50th Anniversary
SOUCY WIRE & IRON WORKS
ROSENBLOOM PAPER CO., INC.
-
Shower •
JOSEPH F.
Manufadurers of
Guards and Railing of All Kinds - Wire and Iron Fences
Distributor and Erector of Chain Link Fences
Party Supplies -
Wedding
•
Happy Birthday
TEL. 452-4221
1100 GORHAM STREET
427 RIVERSIDE ST. (Rear)
LOWELL, MASS. 01854
LOWELL
TONY'S GARAGE
Compliments of
24-Hour Towing Service
MR. and MRS. MANUEL RAMALHO
TELEPHONE 452-8500
EAST CHELMSFORD
"IF IT'S PHOTOGRAPHY,
LET GEORGE DO IT."
Budweiser®
KING
251 TEXTILE AVENUE, LOWELL
OF
BEERS(i)
MICHELOR
Where Photography is an art TELEPHONE 453-3796
D. J. REARDON CO., INC.
E. M. Reardon, President
�Fire
•
Life
•
Casualty •
Surety
Eddie Pare
Butch Pare
JOHN F. GLEASON
P&L
INSURANCE AGENCY
Complete Insurance Service
Tels. 851-2241, 2242
256-9666
CHELMSFORD, MASS.
221 CHELMSFORD ST.
Tel. 452-5381
Tewksbury
1764 Main Street
BODY-FENDER REPAIR SHOP
35 Wamesit Street
Lowell
Compliments of
"Your Number /or Lumber"
459-9336
AL RIOS ORCHESTRA
A FRIEND
RussELL LuMBER CoMPANY
Tel. (401) 726-4196
Meadowcroft Street
Lowell, Mass.
Robert
J.
Scannell, M.D.
PAINTING
o.~
Joseph A. Camara, Jr.
Tel. 458-2997
Compliments of
DECORATING
EMPLOYEES INSURED
JOSEPH C. MELLO
THE SHARPS
EXPERT
ORCHESTRA
WORKMANSHIP
FAIR PRICES
Music for all Occasions
-
Interior Decorators -
Lowell, Mass.
Interior & Exterior
Residential Painting
Specialists
FRANK D. ROCHA
452-7614
730 Lawrence St.
LOWELL
Everybody needs protection. Protect yourself . . .
JOIN a Fraternal Benefit Society that pays tax-free
benefits.
FRED C. CHURCH, INC.
Contact:
INSURANCE
A. P. MADEIRAN UNION OF MASSACHUSETTS
since 1865
1428 Aucushnet Ave., New Bedford, Mass.
Stoughton
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Taunton
Seekonk
•
Cambridge
•
Norton
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TONY, MARY, ANTHONY
and NANCY SILVA
or any member in
New Bedford
Parabens
on your
Golden Anniversary!
Lowell • Chelmsford • Littleton
North Easton
Lowell
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Fall River
Bridgewater
Andover -
Smart & Flagg
on behalf of
St. Anthony's C.C.D. (Sunday School)
�Parties & Banquets
Wholesale & Retail
JOHN and MARY ALVES
"Pleasing you, pleases us"
Compliments of
Congratulations on your
Fiftieth Anniversary
from Hayward, California
P&L
AL'S CREAM.TEST ICE CREAM
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
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Snow
Veterans
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Holy Ghost 50th Anniversary booklet (1973)
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
Includes letter from Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston.
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Event held at Holy Ghost Park in Lowell, MA.
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1973-08-11
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
Subject
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Invitation to Saint Anthony's 75th Anniversary Banquet
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
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Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
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Priests
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Snow
Veterans
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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Lowell (Mass.)
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Invitation to 50th Anniversary Banquet for Saint Anthony's Church
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
Subject
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History
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Lowell (Mass.)
Date
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1902-1943
Description
An account of the resource
This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Invitation to Rev. Grillo Silver Jubilee
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Rev. Joseph C. Grillo was celebrating 25 years at Saint Anthony's Church. The event took place at the Memorial Auditorium.
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
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Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
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Musicians
Nuns
Police
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Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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City of Lowell Resolution for Prince Henry Day in Lowell
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The Portuguese people in Lowell celebrated the quincentennial anniversary of Portuguese discovers under Prince Henry the Navigator during the week of October 2, 1960.
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1960-09-27
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Janas, John
Lord, Raymond J.
Downes, Joseph M.
Desmond, John J.
Gendreau, Arthur G.
Hartwell, Harold W., Jr.
Moriarty, William
Pollard, Samuel S.
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D. HENRIQUE JOSt REED DA SILVA
Nasceu em Lisboa, a 19~1-1854 e morreu na mesma
cidade, em 6-X-1930.
Fsz os seus estudos no Colégio das Missões de
Cernache do Honjardim e, depois de ordenado, partiu para Luanda em 5-VIII-l~BO, acompanhando D. José Sebastião Neto, bispo
de Angola e Congo.
Em 10-VII-1~81 foi-lhe confiada a paróquia de N.
Senhora da Conceição de Luanda, mas logo em 31 de Agosto foi
nomeado provisor e vigário geral da diocese. Em I-V-1~82 ficou
encarregAdo do governo do bispado, enquanto o prelado fazia a
visita pastoral ao int~rior de Angola. Pelo mesmo tempo, era
também professor no seminário diocesano e, pouco depois, ohantre da Sé de Luanda.
Em 1~83, regressou à Metrópole, oom D. José Sebastião Neto, q_ue fora transferido .p ara a Sé :!?a triareal de Lisboa.
Por decreto de 6-III-1~84 era apresentado na prelazia de Moçambique e em 17 do mesmo mês era confirmado pela
Santa Sé com o título do bispo de Filadélfia. Foi sagrado em
Lisboa, na igreja dos Paulistaa, _em 4-V-1~1:M, pelo Cardeal Patriarca D. José Neto. Tomou posse da prelazia, por procuração,
em 27 de Julho, mas parece que não chegou a ir a Moçambique.
Algum tempo d.e-p.o is, era apresentado coadjutor do
arcebispo de Goa e em 14-III-1~~7, . transferido p~ra a diocese
de s. Tomé de Meliapor. Esta s, ~tihha estado vaga durante cerca de 60 anos, em virtude das questões do padroado entre o Governo Português e a Santa Sé. Primeiro bispo depois da Concordata de 1~~6, D. Henrique entrou em circunstâncias muito desagradáveis e teve de remover não pequenas difilcudadee. Para aubstiuir a antiga, mandou construir uma nova catedral, das mais
belas de toda a lndia, s promoveu a edificação da igreja de Santo António de Roiapuram, uma das paróquias da cidade de Madrasta.
Abriu o seminário diocesano, .com internato; fundou orfanatos e
asilos de velhos para ambos os sexos, e um laboratório farmacijutico em que se ministravam gratuitamente remédios aos pobres.
Sustentou em Calcutá um liceu para meninas com internato, e ou~
troque habilitava alunos para a Universidade. Fundou duas publicações periódicas: em português, o Boletim · Ecleaiástico da
Diocese de Meliapor; em inglês, The Catholic Regiater. Introdu-
�ziu na diocese as religiosas franciscanas Missionárias de Maria.
A sua obra mais notável foi, todavia, ~ da catedral. Diz-se que
gastou com ela mais do que lhe era permitido, e que fora esse o
motivo da sua resignação à mitra. Era grande o prestígio do-~hop Silva, como lhe chamavam. Conseguiu das autoridades inglesas
que no paço episcopal se arvorasse pela primeira vez a bandeira
portuguesa, e até chPeou a obter a mudança de ~ma rua, para que
as poeiras não manchassem as pedras da catedral.
A uma natural distinção e finas qualidades diplomáticas, o prelado aliava uma grande cultura artística. Dedicava
à música os momentos livres, compondo algumas partiduras bastante apreciáveis. Dotado de extrema bondade, chegou pobre ao fim
da vida porque tudo gastou em obras de caridade.
Em 15-IX-1~97, D. Henrique resignou o bispado de Meliapor e veio viver para Lisboa; em 24-lII-lb98, a Santa s6 concedeu-lhe o título de bispo de Trajanópolis.
Depois da implantação da República, retirou-se para
a Amárica do Norte onde esteve adstrito l igreja de Santo António dos Portugueses em Lowel Mass., ~rquidiocese de Boston. Pelo
ano de 1924, voltou a Portugal e estebeleceu residência em Lisboa.
Morreu no Hospital da Ordem Terceira de s. Francisco, da Cidade.
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Henrique José Reed Da Silva biography
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In the early 20th century, Henrique José Da Silva was attached to Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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Church, Lo N"ell will be celebr ted on ]!fay 30th, nd
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BE IT FU.11!:lER ~ 0 LVED: That a copy of these resolutions be inscribed in
the off ici l records of the City Council and ano thc1· copy be sent to the
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
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Choirs (Music)
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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City of Lowell resolution celebrating Saint Anthony's 50th Anniversary
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November 9, 1987
Dear Friend:
We, the undersigned , are Portuguese-A mericans concerned about the current
and future status and direction of our Portuguese community in the city
of Lowell. We are asking for your help and cooperation in establishin g a
unified and conscious Portuguese community.
Our purpose and goal is "To promote and enhance the quality of life for
the Portuguese in the Lowell area". We have identified and developed a
five point plan to achieve this goal:
* CULTURAL
*
ECONOMIC
* EDUCATIONAL
* HUMAN SERVICES
* POLITICAL
We feel it is imperative to educate and coordinate our fellow Portuguese
citizens on these areas to ensure our voice is actively and adequately
heard within the city government.
The Portuguese population in Lowell is estimated to be between 10-15,000
people, or roughly 12% of the city's total population.
For such a
significant group, our participatio n and representat ion in the workings
of the city have been apathetic and passive.
The time is long overdue for the Portuguese to work together to ensure
that our presence within the city is recognized. Toward that end, we ask
you to join us in sharing and exchanging ideas and information .
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18, 1987 at 7:30 PM at
St. Anthony's Parish Hall on Central Street.
We look forward "To promoting and enhancing our quality of life" with
you. Thank you for your time and considerati on.
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
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Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Call for Portuguese American Meeting Participants
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PAUL TSONGAS
MASSACHUSE TTS
WASHINGT ON, D.C. 20!510
Room 2003F
JFK Federa l Buildin g
Govern ment Center
Boston , MA 02203
June 26, 1983
St. Anthon y's Church
c/o Rita Pitta
19 Footpa th Road
Chelms ford, Massac husetts 01824
Dear Friend s:
Althou gh my previou s commit ments preven t me from
joining you today, I am pleased to offer my congra tulations as you celebr ate the Annual Banque t of St. Anthon y's
Church .
I commen d St. Anthon y's for its long and proud
history of serving the spiritu al, social , and econom ic
needs of the Portugu ese-Am erican commun ity in Lowell .
Today' s event is a celebr ation of the commit ment and
faith of the parish commun ity and of the many contrib utions you have each made to its succes s.
Be assured of my best wishes for an enjoya ble banque t
and may today's celebr ation renew your dedica tion to the
future growth and improve ment of St. Anthon y's Church in
Lowell .
PA t.iE. TSONGAS
United States Senato r
PET/ptd
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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Lowell (Mass.)
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Senator Tsongas was replying to a invitation to Saint Anthony's 75th Anniversary event.
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History
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As early as 1850 we learn that a sizeable Portuguese colony had already settled in Lowell. Its fame
as one of the principal industrial centers of the world attracted them here in search of the.opportunity to
make a better way of life for themselves and their loved ones.
The first concerted movement of this community was to establish a church . Subsequently, in January,
1901, a group of men journeyed to East Cambridge to speak with Rev. Anthony J. Pimentel who had been
sent there by the bishop of Angra, Azores, to labor among the Portuguese immigrants in East Boston and
Cambridge. Their request was that he intercede with church authorities for a parish to be established in
Lowell, Massachusetts. The first meeting with Fr. Pimentel was held in Fair Hall of St. Peter's parish
during February and March, 1901. Odd Fellows Hall was used until April and, on~J~l901, tl:le..fu,st
<j)_urch, a small wooden st~ucture at Congress and Gorfiam streets, pur'cmised from tne rrmMve ~ethodists,
was dedicated. At that time commuii1nl'fts numbered 950.
1901 Rev. Joaquim V. Rosa arrived from the island of Pico, Azores, and was named the first
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y ev. aul Despouy who assisted him until 1907. Fr. Dupouy, of French
origin, spoke Portuguese fluently, having spent his early years in Portugal where his father served in the
diplomatic corps.
The little church continued to serve as a house of worship until 1907 when continued migration
of Portuguese necessitated the acquisition of a larger church . Under the direction of Fr. Rosa, funds were
raised throughout the Portuguese colony for this purpose. Land on Central Street was purchased and the
blessing of the cornerstone, by Archbishop William O' Connell, took place on November 28, 1907. Although
onGasement of the original design had been completed, the church was officially dedicated on May
3
1908.
1911, Fr. Rosa returned to Pico leaving the church in the hands of His Excel Iency Joseph Reed
da Silva , a native of Portugal, who had arrived to dedicate a new Portuguese church in Fall River. During
that time, a crucial period developed in the Portuguese government and His Excellency deferred his departure until 1924, completing 13 years as pastor. During Bishop da Silva's tenure, Rev. John S. Perry served
as assistant pastor from 1916 to 1923.
Following his ordination to the archdiocese of Boston, Rev. Joseph T. Grillo, a native of Sao Miguel,
Azores, arrived in Lowell where he served from October, 1923 until his death in November, 1948. Under
his guidance the original debt was paid and the beautiful terrazo floor which presently enhances our church,
was installed . During the years 1933 - 1935 he was assisted by Father Te6filo Oliveira.
When, in 1946, Fr. Grillo became critically ill, the fear that the Portuguese language would cease
to be spoken in his beloved church prompted him to write to the bishop of Guarda in Portugal, imploring
him to send one or more priests to this country. In answer to his appeal, Rev. John F. Silva arrived on March,
1947. In October he was joined by Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, now deceased, who later became pastor of
St. Anthony's in Cambridge.
Upon Fr. Grille's death on November 6, 1948, Archbishop Richard J. Cushing appointed Fr. Silva
to administer St. Anthony's, until his retirement, due to illness, on April 2, 1978.
Under Fr. Silva's administration the church underwent a complete transformation. From the original
basement structure rose the modern, beautiful edifice that stands, as a tribute to him and the Portuguese
community of Lowell.
During his tenure, Fr. Silva was assisted by Rev. Joseph L. Capote from November, 1949 to September,
1950 and Rev. Antonio Pinto who served from June, 1952 until February, 1954. On November 15, 1972
he was joined by Rev. Eusebio F. Silva, present pastor, who was so named by His Eminence Cardinal Humberto
S. Medeiros on May, 1978.
Under Fr. Eusebio (as he is lovingly known by his parish ioners) the church has continued to prosper
and grow. Due to recent increases in immigration quotas, hundreds of new families have been added to
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the parish.
Thus we find, as we complete 75 years of existence, that we are carrying on in the spirit of our
forefathers by preserving in this cosmopolitan city of Lowell, a trace of our own deeply religious culture
and traditions.
-Deolinda M. Mello
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Saint Anthony's Church (Lowell, MA)
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HISTORIA DA IGREJA DE SANTO ANTONIO DE LOWELL
Num estudo da prime ira repres entaçã o cartog ráfica do novo
intitulada " A CARTA Náutic a de 1424 editad ó por Armando Cortez ãomundo
e recen temente desco berta numa enorme biblio teca do estad ista inglês Thomas
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somente
na era da grande emigração de 1880 quando a emigração da Europa aumen
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em
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s
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icas
na
espera nça dum melhor nível de vida para si e para os seus entes querid
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têm levado os povos de 'todos os tempos a deixar o calor humano e segura
nça das suas terras natais e aventu rarem- se no desc~n hecido . Entre
eles
estão os prime iros emigra ntes portug ueses que vieram princi palme nte
Açores e fiadeir a e se estabe lecera m aqui, A despe ito da fertili dadedos
suas terras e amenidade do seu clima, o excess o de popula ção e falta das
de
meios de vida além do serviç o milita r obriga torio, forçar am-no s a
tentar
a frígid a mas deseja da terra da oportu nidade no Oeste, A fama de
towell
comÕ o princi pal centro indus trial daquel e tempo, atraiu muitos deles
para o emprego nas fábric as de lanífi cios, Um censo feito na cidade
towel l em 1912 revelo u que a popula ção portug uesa era de 2200 pessoade
s
com o valor de $20000000 em propri edade s.
Desce ndente s duma raça predes tinada por Deus para desven dar os segredos do n,r mister ioso e filhos dum país cujo propó sito na era brilha
das desco bertas e coloni zação , era impla ntar e divulg ar a Fé Cristã nte
coraçã o dos povos das novas ilhas e contin entes por eles desco bertosno
natura l que a sua prime ira preocu pação fosse const ruir uma igreja ,era
tão querid a tradiç ão católi ca. Aqui tão longe da sua PIÍtria podiam da sua
tomar
os sacram entes e ouvir a palavr a de Deus na sua famili ar e amada língua
Aqui também unidos pela oração , fé e tradiç ões que lhes eram tão caras .
podiam pedir juntos a coragem e força para contin uar nesta estran ha
terra
tão difere nte da beleza calma e solidã o das suas vilas natais ,
Em Janeir o de 1901 um grupo de portug ueses viajou para
East Cambr
para falar com o Reveren do Anthony J. Pimen tel, um padre portug uês idge
nha sido enviad o pelo Bispo de Angra do Heroísmo nos Açores para que titralalh a.r
com as colón ias portug uesas de East Boston e Cambridge. O pedido era
padre Pimen tel interc edesse junto das autori dades eclesi ástica s para que o
que uma
igreja fosse fundad a em Lowell.
•
As prime iras reuniõ es tivera m lugar no Fair Hall da Igreja de s.
Pedro
duran te Fevere iro e Março de 1901. Odd Fellows Temple foi utiliz ado
a{e
Abril desse ano e no dia 19 de M:iio,a prime ira igreja , um pequeno
edifíc
io
de madeira locali zado nas ruas Congress e Gorham, foi inaugu rada com
apro!
ximadamente 950 paroqu ianos.
O padre Pimen tel que duran te estes meses tinha vindo semanalment
Cambridge até Lowell para admin istrar as necess idades espiri tuais e de
dos
entreg ou a admin istraçã o da nova igreja ao Reverendo Joaquim V. Rosaqufieis
. centem ente tinha chegado da. Ilha do Pico nos Açores e o qual se tornoue reprime iro pároco da. Igreja de Santo António de towee ll. Em 1905 o padre no
Paul
Despouy ainda. bem lembrado por muitos dos nossos paroqu ianos mais
velhos
veio para Lowell como assist ente do padre Rosa.
�Apesar da sua origem fracesa o Padre Despouy falava portugés fluentemente
tendo passado a maior parte da sua vida em Portugal. Além do seu tral:alho
como assistente em Lowell, interessava-se zelosamente pelos 700 portugueses de I.awrence para os quais ele construiu a Igreja de s. Pedro e s. Paulo tornando-se ma.is tarde o seu primeiro pároco.
A pequena Igreja da Gorham St. continuou a servir como casa de oração
até 1907 quando uma contínua emigração de portugueses para esta cidade
tornou necessária a aquisição duma igreja maior. Para esse efeito e com
a direcção do Padre Rosa foram angariados fundos entre a colónia portuguesa.
Afim de erigir urna nova igreja e reitoría foi comprado terreno na Central St. e a construção começou tendo a cerimónia do lançamento da primeira pedra, sido abençoada pelo Arcebispo William O,Connell em 28 de Novembro de 1907. No dia 30 de Maio do ano seguinte embora somente a cave da estrutura original estivesse completa, a igreja foi oficialmente inaugurada.
e aberta ao serviço religioso. De acordo com um artigo de primeira página
no Loweell Sun de 31 de Maio de 1908, imagens e vasos sagrados foram trazidos em solene procissão, e depositados na nova igreja entre alas decentenas de paroquianos.
Durante anos o Padre Rosa foi um devotado e àrduo tral:a.llbador do seu povo e permaneceu na Igreja de Santo António até 1911, data em que ele voltou
par~ a sua Ilha do Pico nos Açores, deixando a igreja entregue ao Bispo
Henrique José Reed da Silva, Bispo Titular de Trajanopolis na ,hrygia e
primo direito do Rei D. Carlos que reinava em Portugal.
O Bispo Silva tinha vindo para este país afim de inaugurarar uma igreja
portuguesa na Diocese de Fa.11 River, Nesta altura foi implantada a Repú
blica em Portugal. O assassãnato do rei seu primo influenciou a sua decisão de permanecer neste país, até que fosse seguro para ele, voltar.
A Igreja foi administrada pelo Bispo Silva desde 1911 até 1924, Com
a sua partida para Portugal no dia 2 de Julho daquele ano, ficou a igreja
ao cuidado do Padre José Grilo natural de s. Miguel ,Açores que tinha
vindo para este país em criança e que depois de longos anos de estudo e
tral:alho realizou o seu sonho de se tornar padre, tendo obtido a sua ordenação na Arquidiocese de Boston em 1924, Com a simpática e zelosa ori'
entação do Padre Grilo a igreja continuou as suas funções.
O pagamento da dívida original levou anos de esforço paciente e de
~
planos bem cuidados.
Devido à lei de emigração de 1921 limitando as entradas neste país
a colónia portuguesa nunca atingiu as proporções previstas pelos fundadores que tinham planeado construir urna grande igreja tipo catedral e portanto os planos originais nunca foram completados. Falta de empregos devido à mudança de muitas das fábricas de lanifícios para o Sul, provocou
a desintegração da colónia portuguesa e muitas pessoas decidiram partir
para a Califórnia onde eram atraídos por oportunidades nas indústrias
piscatória e de lacticínios,
Quando durante o ano de 1946 o Padre Grilo adoeceu gravemente e temendo que a língua portuguesa deixasse de ser falada na Igreja que tinha
sido constriÍda com tantos sacrifícios e tendo tanbém conhecimento da falta de padres portugueses ma Diocese decidiu escrever ao Bispo da Guarda
em Portugal pedindo~lhe que enviasse um ou ma.is padres portugueses para
este país.
�Em resposta ao seu apelo o Reverendo John F. Silva ,nosso actual Pastor
chegou a 1owell no dia 22 de fwarço de 1947. t,ais tarde em Outubro domesmo ano juntou-se a ele o Reverendo M3.nuel J. Cascais, actual Pastor da
Igreja de Santo Antonio em Cambridge. Depois da morte do Padre Grilo no
dia 6 de Novembro de 1948 o Arcebispo Richard J. Cushing nomeou o Padre
Silva administrador da Igreja. de Santo António de 1owell, posição que ocupa presentemente.
Durante os anos da eficiente administração do Padre Silva a Igreja. foi
completamente remodelada. o interior foi novamente decorado e foram instalados um altar e gradeamento em mármore, bancos muito confortáveis e janelas com vitrais. Uma bela capela lateral em honra de Nossa Senhora de
PcÍfima atrai diàriamente muitos visitantes e é um local de grande fé para
centenas de paroquianos que t~m uma devoçã6 especial por Nossa Senhora que
apareceu em Portugal aos trfs pastorinhos.
Agora Cinquenta anos passados e tendo terminado recentemente com grande
sucesso uma campanha para angariação de fundos, os paroquianosgozam antecipadamente a realização do seu sonho de ver a Igreja completa.
A construção está já em andamento com um novo desenho comtemporétneo
pelo qual o telhado da Igreja. será levantado transformando-a num belo edifício novo e funcional no moderno estilo de arquitectura que está sendo
construído presentemente na Diocese.
Embora muitos dos colonos originais se encontrem ainda entre nós, a
maioria dos paroquianos são agora luso- americanos filhos e netos dos
primeiros emigrantes que aqui chegaram. Orgulhosos de descenderem duma
raça que contribuíu, ma.is do que nenhuma. outra, para a divulgação do Cris . ,
tianismo atrvés do mundo, laços com a língua que ouviram pela primeira
vez dos lábios de seus pais e lealdade para com os priEiros portugueses
que se estabeleceram aqui leva-os a continuar o trabalho para completar
esta igreja dedicada ao grande Santo António c;le Lisboa.
Por isso nos encontramos em 19.58 numa. cidade cosmopolita como Lowell
composta por pessoas de tantos países diferentes, mantendo a f~ e preservando os traços das nossas religião, cultura e tradições
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
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Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
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Choirs (Music)
Christmas
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Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
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Snow
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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Lowell (Mass.)
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Historia da Igreja de Santo Antonio de Lowell
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The
Lowell
Sun
Saturday
May
JO 1908
St. Anthony's Church
The Basement Blessed With Impressive 6eremonies Today
(Picture of the Plan)
The New ST. Anthony's Church on Cen tral Street.
The First Mass Celebrated There Today - Many Visiting
Clergymen Present
The basement of St. Anthony's new church in upper Central
street was blessed this morning with appropriate exercises
and the first mass was celebrated there.
The basement was blessedby Rev. A.G. S. Neves, of St. John the
Baptist Church in New Bedford. Rev. Fr. Neves is the l ongest
established Portuguese priest in this country and he was delegated
by the ~rchbishop to come to Lowell today to bless the baseme nt
of St. Anthony's new church.
There was a procession, an inspiring one, fr , m the old church in
Gorham street to the new church in upper Central street. The
procession formed in Gorham street, near Congress, at 10 o 'clock
and was escorted by St. Anthony's society, including the b Jys and
girls J f the parish, they carried the statue of St. Anthony. Then
came the Holy Rosary society bearing the statue of the Blessed
Virgin, the Holy Name society following and carrying the Sacred
Heart banner. Then came the clergy and the sanctuary choir.
The solemn high mass was celebrated bythe pastor, Rev. Joaquim V.
Rosa; deacon, Rev. A. J. Pimentel, of East Cambridge; su b-deacon,
Rev. Paul DespoU¥Y of Lawrence; master of ceremonies, M. C. Terra
of Provincetown .
The sermon was by Rev. A. P. Vieira, of Mt. Carmel church, New
Bedford. There was a large representatio n of local Catholic clergy
and a majority of the Portuguese clergymen from the parishes of
New England were present.
The day was all that could be desired and long before it was time
for the procession to start the streets in the vicinity of the old
church were crowded and as the procession moved on there prevailed
the hush of respect and veneration, and the appearance of the
children carrying the statues was particularly impressive.
Rev. Fr. Rosa and his flock are to be congratulated on the splendid
progress that they have made. Fr. Rosa is a tirel,less, persistent,
and consistent worker. His ambitions are high anct' he is very
resourceful.
It was in February, 1901, that the movement t oward the establish@
ment of a Portuguese church in Lowell was begun. Rev. A. J. Pimentel was the prime mover. He came here from Boston and organized a
mission. The first meeting was in the Fair Hall of St. Peter's
�church and later the little band secured Odd Fellows' Temple in
Middlesex street and there they worshipped until April, 1901,
when they acquired the building near the corner of Gorham and
Congress streets. The church was dedicated May 19, 1901. Up to
January 19, 1902, Rev. Fr. Pimentel continued to say mass at the
church, coming from Boston every Sunday.
Then came the present pastor, Rev. J. V. Rosa. He received his
appointment from the late Most Rev. Archbishop John J. Williams
and the rseult of his work is being manifested today. When Fr.
Rosa took charge the church had an attendance of 950 and today
1905 the mortgageon the church and
the number is 2500. In
rectory was burned.
Work on the new church was begun July 1, 1907, and on Thanksgiving
day the corner stone was blessed by Most Rev. Archbishop O'Connell.
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Baptisms:
May 17.
Manuel, filho de Manuel Gomes de Sousa, do Arco da Calheta, Madeira,
mesmo lugar
May 30 .
Francisco Loureiro, filho de Manuel Gonsalves Loureiro, dos Altares,
Terceira, e de Emilia de Jesus, dos Biscoitos, Terceira.
May 31.
Evangelina de Mello, filha de Francisco de Mello, de Guadalupe, Graciosa, e de Adelaide Silva, de S. Mateus, Graciosa.
Marriages:
May 17.
Albino Correia Picanso, de Guadalupe, Graciosa, e Rosa Candida de
Sousa, mesmo lugar.
Padrinhos Nuno da Cunha Mendonsa e Agueda
Cunha Rosa.
May 17.
Luis de Freitas Oliveira, de Santo Antonio, Madeira, e Maria Gomes
Pereira, de Boa-Ventura, Madeira.
Padrinhos João Espinola Veiga,
e O;uiteria Veiga,
Jun 14.
YJB.nuel de Sousa Lima, de Guadalupe, Graciosa, e Maria Constancia,
Vila da Praria, Graciosa. Pedrinhos Francisco Toste e Maria da
Gloria Toste.
Jun 14.
João de Avila Pinheiro, de S. Pedro, Terceira, e Florencia Candida
da Silva, de Guadalupe, Graciosa. Padrinhos José Inacio paim, e
Delfina Paim.
Funerals:
Jul 21.
Joaquim Machado da Silva, 36 anos de idade, natural de Porto
Martins, Terceira, filho de Francisco Vieira Jaques e de Rosa
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
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Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
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First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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DAVID J. FENTON
EDWARD L. MORRIS, JR.
KEVIN J. MURPHY
PATRICIA SULLIVAN TALTY
DANIEL R. WOJCIK
Assistant City Solicitors
Tel. 454-8821, Ext. 256
THOMAS E. SWEENEY
City Solicitor
March 2, 1989
CI TY OF LOWELL
LAW DEPARTMENT
CITY HALL
LOWELL, MASS . 01852
St. Anthony's Pa:::-ish
Central Street
Lowell, MA 01852
RE:
853 Central Street
Dear Sir:
The Lowell City Council has voted to convey the above listed property to St.
Anthony's Parish and a deed has been prepared, copies of which are enclosed.
Kindly contact this office, at your earliest convenience, in order to set up a
date for closing,
Thank you for your courtesy.
Very truly yours,
(
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fa1 ricia Sullivan Talty
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Asst. City Solicitor
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Enc.
�DEED
The CITY OF LOWELL, a municipal corporation duly organized by law and
located in Middlesex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts for consideration
of ONE DOLLAR ($1.00) grants to St. Anthony's Parish of Central Street,
Lowell, MA 01852;
with QUITCLAIM COVENANTS:
A certain parcel of land situate in Lowell in the County of Middlesex
and said Commonwealth, bounded and described as follows:
Westerly
by Chapel Street, ninety-six and 74/100 (96.74) feet;
Northerly
by land now or formerly of Emidio
sixty-nine and 44/100 (69.44) feet;
A.
Southeasterly
by Central Street,
(111.26) feet; and
and
Southerly
by land of owner or owners
(6.49) feet.
one
hundred
eleven
unknown,
Santos,
26/100
six and 49/100
Said land contains 4,159 square feet, more or less.
For City of Lowell title see Certificate of Title No. 18475 recorded in
North Middlesex District Registry of Deeds.
This conveyance is made on the express condition that
described herein be used exclusively for Public purposes only.
the
premises
This conveyance is subject to the following condition that if the land
is to be sold in the future, the City of Lowell shall be offered the land back
at the above stated purchase price.
That upon conveyance, the deed shall be duly recorded in the Registry
of Deeds by the City Manager or anyone to whom he shall delegate this duty, at
the expense of the Grantee. Grantee shall also pay stamp tax.
Full compliance has been made with the provisions
Paragraph 63A, as amended, of Massachusetts General Laws.
of
Chapter
44,
Grantee acknowledges receipt of a copy of Massachusetts General Laws,
Chapter 7, Section 40J and agrees to comply therewith.
�IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The City of Lowell has caused its corporate seal to
be hereto affixed and these presents to be signed in its name and behalf by
James J. Campbell, its City Manager, this
day of March, 1989.
CITY OF LOWELL
By: _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ __
James J. Campbell
City Manager
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSJ\CHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
March
, 1989
Then personally appeared the above-named James J. Campbell to me
personally known, who being by me sworn did say that he is the City Manager of
the City of Lowell and that this instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of
said City by authority of its City Council and said James J. Campbell
acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said City.
By: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
0171V
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CO.l\1MONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
CITY OF LOWELL
In City Council
VOTE
Author ::.::ing the City Manager to Convey to St. Anthony's Parish
Cer tain City~,; wned la n d located at 853 Central Street in Lowell.
WHERE.AS, the City of Lowell is the owner of certain land located at
853 Cen t r al Stree t; and
WHER EAS, t he City Manager has recommended to the City Council
that the City convey to St. i\nthony's Parish the above-referenced p roperty;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT VOTED:
That t h e City Manager be and he is hereby authorized in the name of
the Ci t y of Lowell, to s ell arid convey, on such terms as the City Manager
d e ems in the best interest of the City of Lowell, to St. Anthony's Parish for
One Dollar ($1.00) the parcei h~reinafter described:
A certain p arcel .of land situate in Lowell in the County of Middlesex
and said Commonwealth, b ounded and described as follows: .
Westerly
by Chapel Street, ninety-six and 74/100 (96.74) feet;
Northerly
by land now or formerly of Emidio A. Santos,
sixty-nine and 44/100 (69.44) feet;
Southeast er ly
b y, Central Street, one hundred eleven and 26/100
(llL:26) feet; and
Southerly
by land of owner or owner s nnlrnQwn, six and 49/100
(6.4~) feet.
Said land contains 4,159 square feet, more or less.
BE IT FURTHER VOTED:
That . upon conveyance, the deed shall be duly recorded in the ·
Registry of Deeds by the City Manager or anyone whom he shall delegate
this duty, at ,the expense of the Grantee. Grantee shall also pay t he stamp
tax.
�"
' ,
BE IT FURTHER VOTED:
That at the closing, the grantee shall pay the purchase price and
shall also comply with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section
63A and ChaptE:r 7, Section 40J.
In City Council February 7, 1989 Read twice and adopted 9 yeas.
\J
/s /"~illiam F. Busby, City Clerk
Approvec1~by James J. Campbell , City Manager on February 8, 1989.
A True Copy
Attest:
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William F. Busby,
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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City of Lowell and Saint Anthony's Church deed
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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In 1989, the Lowell City Council voted to convey the Church's land to the Church itself. The City granted it to the Church for $1.00.
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1989-02-07
1989-02-08
1989-03-02
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Talty, Patricia Sullivan
Campbell, James J.
Busby, William F.
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
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Choirs (Music)
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Folk dancing, Portuguese
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Loreto, Our Lady Of
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Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
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Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History
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Drawing of Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. Richard Cushing was the Archbishop at the time and Rev. John Silva was the pastor. Mario V. Caputo was the architect.
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Saint Anthony's Church (Lowell, MA)
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IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
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July 18, 1918- March 3, 2014
�Gladys Picanso
Prominent Community Leader
Born July 18, 1918 in Lowell, Gladys was the widow of the late Lino
Picanso and was the oldest daughter of the late John Sousa and the late Maria
(Bettencourt) Mendonca. She graduated from the Wilfred Academy of Hair
Design in Boston. Mrs. Picanso was the proprietor ofAnn Marie's Beauty
Salon in Lowell for more than thirty years, retiring in 1968.
Funeral Mass
Saint Anthony Church
March flh, 2014 - 11 :00am
Concelebrants
Fr. Charles Hughes
Fr. Ronald Gomes
Pallbearers
Gladys formerly resided in the Highlands section ofLowell, before moving
to Dracut, and more recently Pelham, NH and then the Merrimack River
Valley House.
The Portuguese community was a very important part of Gladys' life. As a
past president of the Holy Ghost Society in Lowell, she helped many immigrant
families transition from Portugal to the United States. Gladys also served as a
board member for more than fifty years, and was a life charter member. In
1996, the Holy Ghost Society ho_nored Gladys/or her many years of service
and dedication to the Portuguese Community. She was a member of Cursilhos
De Cristandade and remained a devoted member of St. Anthony's Church in
Lowell where she served on the Holy Rosary Sodality, Pastoral Council,
Finance Committee and as a Eucharistic Minister.
Gladys was an outstanding role model/or many people in her community
and served as a source of strength and inspiration to countless others. She
was one of the founding board members of the Portuguese American Youth
Center, a member of the Ladies of Charity ofSt. John's Hospital, League of
Catholic Women of Greater Lowell, a member of the Poor Clare Guild, a Life
member of St John's Nursing Home and was involved with the PortugueseAmerican Civic League. Gladys recently received an award for Outstanding
Community Achievement from the Portuguese American Women's
Association. In March of 2009, she received the Lowell Women 's Week
"Because of You" award for exhibiting leadership, kindness, generosity,
activism, and commitment to the Lowell community.
Acknowledgement
Gladys' family wishes to express our sincere thanks for the
flowers and other expressions of love during our time of
bereavement.
Robert Daigle, Son-in-law
James Hogan, Grandson-in-law
Jason Jozokos, Grandson-in-law
Lino Picanso, Grandson
James Picanso, Grandson
Greg Picanso, Grandson
Psalm
The Cantor
Gospel
Priests
Music
Bea Cunha, Organist
Mandy Powers, Vocalist
First Reading
Alexandria Hogan, Great-granddaughter
Second Reading
Victoria Hogan, Great-granddaughter
Presentation of the Gifts
Stephanie Picanso, Great-granddaughter
Julianna Picanso, Great-granddaughter
Orianna Picanso, Great-granddaughter
Maddison Daigle, Great-granddaughter
Dash Poem
Elizabeth Hogan, Great-granddaughter
Eulogy
Melanie Jozokos, Granddaughter
Analise Saab, Friend
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
Subject
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History
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Lowell (Mass.)
Date
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1902-1943
Description
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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CONSTITUTION AND BY LAWS
OF
HOLY TRINITY SOCIETY
893 Central Street
Lowell, MA 01852
ARTICLE I:
NAME
The name of the organization is HOLY TRINITY SOCIETY, and it has its principal office
at 893 Central Street in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 01852.
ARTICLE II:
PURPOSES
The purpose of this Society is to furnish a place and means for the recreation and
education of its members, and for social, religious, and civil purposes. In addition, the
purpose of the Society shall be to preserve and promote the ethic heritage, background,
and culture of the Portuguese community in the Greater Lowell area.
ARTICLE III:
OFFICES
The offices shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and
Directors. All Officers and Directors shall be Portuguese or of Portuguese descent, and in
addition, shall be members of the Catholic faith and members of the Society for at least
one (1) year.
1.
The President must be able to speak both English and Portuguese; shall manage
the affairs of the Society; shall, when present, preside at all meetings, whether
Regular or Special; may, in his/her discretion, call meetings of the Society.
He/she may remove, with cause, other Officers, committees, but only with a twothirds (2/3) vote of the Board of Directors. All checks shall be jointly signed by
the President and the Treasurer. He/she shall have the power to appoint all
standing committees. The President shall not serve more than two (2) consecutive
terms.
2.
The vice-president shall assists the President and shall take charge in the absence
of the President.
3.
The Secretary shall faithfully perform his/her duties; shall keep a detailed record of
all proceedings at the meetings; shall keep and maintain all records and documents
pertaining to the Society; shall at least five (5) days before the Annual or any
Special meeting, cause to be delivered to each member of the Society, or to be
mailed postage prepaid to same, or left at his/her usual residence or usual place of
business, a written or printed notice of the place, hour, and purpose of the
meeting; and shall perform all other duties required by law, the Society, or the
Directors,
�OFFICES (continued)
ARTICLE IV:
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4.
The Treasurer shall see that all bills due to the Society are paid promptly; shall pay
all bills due from the Society; shall keep and have charge of the accounts of the
Society, the vouchers thereof, and the monies, books, and other valuables of the
Society; shall deposit all funds of the Society to its credit or its corporate name
with such bank as the Society agrees upon. He/she shall sign all checks jointly
with the President, and he/she shall at the Annual meeting, present a financial
report of the receipts and expenditures during the fiscal year or such period as may
be decided upon.
5.
The Directors shall consist of thirteen (13) members four (4) of whom shall be
executive Officers of the Society, and said Directors shall examine and cause to be
properly kept, all books, accounts, and other properties of the Society. They may
require the Treasurer to be bonded by the Society.
6.
Establish a three (3) person Auditing team to check all financial records.
MEMBERSHIPS
1
Regular Member. Any person whom is a Catholic and of Portuguese descent,
and/or married to a person of Portuguese descent and who is either r umber of
---=-Lowell area; may
Saint Anthony's Parish of Lowell, Ma. of residing in the Greater
become a Regular Member of the Society. All Regular Members must be eighteen
(18) years of age or older.
2.
Regular Membership in the Society must be renewed yearly by the payment of
dues as voted in the Annual meeting. Dues will cover the period from January 1st
through December 31st of any given year, and shall be paid no later than May of
such given year.
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ARTICLEV:
MEETINGS
1.
The Annual Meeting of the Society shall take place on the second (2nd) week of
November of any given year. For a Financial report and Elections.
2.
There shall be three (3) other meetings of Society; on the third (3rd) Sunday of
February, May, and August, respectively.
3.
Only paid-up Regular Members shall be eligible to vote and take part in the
meetings.
�MEETINGS (continued)
ARTICLE VI:
ARTICLE VII:
4.
At least twenty five (25) Regular Members or one-third (1/3) of the Regular
Membership, whichever is the smaller, must be present to conduct the Annual
Meeting.
5.
At least thirteen (13) Regular Members must be present to conduct any other
meeting of the Society.
MAINTENANCE
1.
The building and all of the property of the Society must be fully insured at all times
by said Society for Liability, Fire, Theft, and Vandalism.
2.
City and State rules and regulations protecting the property and buildings must be
posted on he premises at all times to protect the committees who serve and the
people having access to same.
3.
In the event that the Holy Trinity Society should be dissolved, the Crown and Flag
of the Society shall come under the care of St. Anthony's Church. And shall
remain so until such time, in future that another committee of the Holy Trinity
Society shall be formed, at which time the Crown and Flag shall revert back to the
care of the Society and its members.
Under no circumstances shall the Crown and Flag become the property of or come
under the care of any other organization Parish related or otherwise.
PROCEDURAL AUTHORITY
All meetings of the Society shall be conducted in compliance with Roberts Rules of
Parliamentary Procedure.
ARTICLE VIII:
AMENDMENTS
In order to alter, amend, change, revise, revoke, or suspend any of the foregoing ByLaws, it shall be necessary that notice of a meeting to be held for said purpose be given to
the Membership by regular mail; at least ten (10) days before said meeting, and said notice
shall contain the specific purpose of meeting to amend, alter, change, or to revise these
By-Laws. The presence of thirteen (13) members shall constitute a quorm to conduct
business relative to this Article, and two-thirds (2/3) of those present shall be necessary to
vote a change to these By-Laws.
�ARTICLE IX:
COMMITTEES
In addition to the Nominating Committee, the President shall appoint the following
committees to serve during his/her term of office. All recommendations made by these
committees shall be placed before the Membership for approval.
1. Feast of the Holy Trinity Committee
2. Ways and Means Committee
3. Any other committee which, in the discretion of the President, is necessary to
properly conduct the affairs of the Society.
All committees appointed by the President shall comply with a set of rules and regulations
which shall be established by the Board of Directors and approved by the Membership
Paulo J. Godinho
Manuel Melo
Diamantino Meneses
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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in honor
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SIL 'IER
JUBILEE
a/
REVEREND
JOSEPH T. GRILLO, P.P.
Su.ndalj, Ju.ne 20, 194 8
MEMORI AL AUDITOR IUM
MASSACH USETTS
�THE
MosT
REVEREND
RICHARD
J.
ArchbishojJ of Boston
CusHING,
D. D.
�REV. MANUEL
J.
D. CASCAis,
RICHARD PERRY,
Honorary Chairman
Chairman
MRS. MARGARET S. DE SILVA,
DoMINICK FURTADO,
MRS. JuLIA FURTADO,
Assistant Chairman
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
JESSE MACHADO SANTOS,
Belarmino Leite
Mrs. Charlotte Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freitas
Manuel E. Sousa
John Dias
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Camara
Dominick Spinney
Frederick Avila
Mrs. Mary Avila
John C. Avila
Anibal L. Sousa
Miss Rita Freitas
Frank Santos
Frank Silveira
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Bettencourt
Manuel Santos
Secretary
Carlos Camara
Miss Evelyn Lawrence
Joseph Soares
Mrs. Luiza Augusto
Miss Laura Pimentel
Miss Emma Francisco
A gos tin ho Nunes
Miss Amelia Pimentel
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Alves
Miss Rose Veiga
Anthony Netto
Mrs. Elsie Avila
Manuel E. Santos
Mrs. Rose Pimentel
Raoul Pimentel
Joseph Santos
REVEREND JOSEPH
T.
GRILLO,
p'. P.
�Gnferfainmenf Pro'ifram
MASTER oF CEREMONIES ___________________________________ _________________________ Richard Perry
(V{()
TOASTMASTER ------ ---
----------------------- Rev. Jose M. Bettencourt d' Avilla
MARIMBA SoLo, Selected --------------------------------------------------------------- John Graham
JUICE OR FRUIT CUP
CHILLED CELERY
OLIVES
GREETINGS OF THE CITY ---------------------------------- - ----------- Mayor George A. Ayotte
SWEET MIXED PICKLES
FRESH YOUNG TURKEY, CRANBERRY SAUCE
DRESSING , BROWN GRAVY
MASHED POTATOES
CHOICE OF TWO VEG ET ABLES :
GREEN BEANS
BUTTERED PEAS
YELLOW WAXED BEANS
BUTTERED CARROTS
CHEF'S SALAD
FRESH HOME MADE ROLLS, BUTTER
HARLEQUIN CREAM
ASSORTED CAKES
HOT COFFEE
SoNG-"BEcAUSE," By Guy D' Hardelot ______________-------------------- Miss Esther Perry
GREETINGS OF THE PARISH ________ ________ ___________ ___ __ Rev. Manuel
J.
D. Cascais
PIANO DuET-"Poet and Peasant," By Suppe
Miss Eileen Silva and Sydney Richardson
ADDRESSHrs ExcELLENCY THE MoST REVEREND RrcHARD JAMES CusHING, D. D.
Archbishop of Boston
PoR TUGUESE FoLK SoNGS ------------------------------- ----------------------------- John Mendonsa
GREETINGS OF THE PoRTUGUESE CLERGY __________________ Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel
VocAL SoLo-"Ave Maria," By Rosewig _________________________________Mrs. Alva Medina
FRENCH VANILLA
GREETINGS OF THE CLERGYRt. Rev: Monsignor Thomas F. Markham, D.D., D.C.L., V.F.
COOKIES
VIOLIN SoLo-"Danse Ruffe," By Rubinoff ____________________________ Joseph Camara
MESSAGE-His Excellency Manuel A. Carvalho, Consul of Portugal in Boston
PIANO So Lo-" Rondo Caprioccioso," By Mendelssohn _________ Miss Eileen Silva
RESPONSE ------------------------------- ________________________________________ Rev. Joseph T. Grillo
PoRTUGUESE HYMN ---------------------------------------------------- ----------- Mrs. Rose Ramos
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER ----------------------------------------------- Miss Esther Perry
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DONA AMELIA SOCIETY
NOSSA SENHORA D' AJUDA SOCIETY
P.
U.
MADEIRENSE SocIETY "oF NEw BEDFORD"
SANTO ANTONIO SOCIETY
SAo JoAo BATISTA SocIETY
ALLIANSA MADEIRENSE SOCIETY
SAo JosE SocIETY
PoRTUGUESE AMERICAN CIVIC LEAGUE
PIONEER CLUB
COLONIAL BAND CLUB
SAINT ANTHONY'S CLUB
HUDSON COUNCIL
"13 l"
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
SAINT ANTHONY SuNDA y ScHooL CHILDREN
Now the grown-ups of the Parish
Have expressed their love for you
So we, your little children
w ·ant to say, "We love you too."
Please accept our simple offering
Decked in Mary's white and blue
To tell to you, dear Father,
That your little girls and boys
All wish you many, many years
Of happiness and joys.
These colors we've chosen ...
The white for the years
You've shared with the,,Parish,
Its joys and its tears,
And blue for sweet memories
When you let your thoughts roam
Over the twenty-five years
You've made St. Anthony's your home.
I
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Avila
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Avila
Mr. and Mrs. Abel Alves
Mrs. Maria Alves
Mr. Francisco Abreu
Mr. John Avila
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Andrade
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Aguiar
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Almeida
Mr. and Mrs. Joao Abreu
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Andrade
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Alves
Mr. Manuel Alves, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ares
Mr. and Mrs. John Avila
Mr. John A. Avila
Mr. Nuno De Andrade
Mr. and Mrs. Abel Alves, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Herculano Augusto
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Alcantara
Mr. John Andrade
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Avila
Miss Mary Andrade
Mr. Frank Agre!Ja
Mr. Antonio Abreu
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Abreu
Mr. Joseph Andrade
Mr. John Andrade
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Avila
Mr and Mrs. Manuel Andrade
Mr: and Mrs. John Andrews
Mr. Neil Andrews
Mr. James Andrews
Mr. Antonio Andrade
Mr. and Mrs. Renato Abreu
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Agrella
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Almeida
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Avila
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Athaido
Mr. Antonio Abreu
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel J. Avila
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alves
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alves
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Alves
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Agre!Ja
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Almada
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Abrew
Mr. Manuel Alves
B
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Borges
Mrs, Jennie Burns
Mrs. Joseph Baberri
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Bettencourt
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Busby
Mrs. Mary Busby
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Braga
Miss Alice Barros
Mrs. Mary C. Barros
Mr. Joseph Barros
Mr. and Mrs. Ai
Miss Olimpia Branco
Mr. and Mrs. Joao Freitas Bacalnau
Mr. Antonio F. Bello
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Barros
Mr. Manuel Barros, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bettencourt
Miss Olga Barretto
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Braga
Mrs. J. Burke
Mrs. Lino Bettencourt
Mrs. Mary Barros
Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Boudras
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Bettencourt
Miss Rosella Braga
Mr. Vasco Batista
The Busby Family
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Braga
Mr. and Mrs. Fausto Braga
Mrs. Rose Bettencourt
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bedard
Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Bettencourt
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Batista
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Bettencourt
Brockelman Bros.
Mrs. Sarah Ball
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Braga
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bairos
Rev. Fr. Camilus Balzarini, O.F.M.
C
Mrs. Isabel Camara
Mrs. Josephine Calkins
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Cunha
Mrs. Felix Caputi
Miss Catherine Callahan
Mr. and Mrs. Serafim Costa
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Collins
Mrs. Mary Conway
Mr. J. Fred Conway
Mrs. Mary L. Cronin
Miss Annie Clancy
Mr. and Mrs. John Costa
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coti
Mrs. Stephen Callahan
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Corrigan
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cassidy
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Campos
Mrs. Abie Cahill
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carroll
Mr. Walter S. Connors
�Mr. John Cafeteiro
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Costa
Mrs. Mary Camara
Miss Gabriella Camara
Mr. Jose Correia, Jr.
Mr. Jose Correia, Sr.
Mr. Manuel Caires
Miss Clarice Coelho
Mrs. Alice Callery
Miss Beatrice Correia
Miss Dolores Coelho
Mr. and Mrs. Julio Coelho
Miss Kathren Cawley
Mrs. Armelina Cerretti and Son
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cotta
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Costa
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Costa
Mr. George Cunha
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel F. Camacho
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cordeiro
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Coimbra
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cordeiro
Mr. Manuel P. Camara
Mr. and Mrs. Conniff
Mr. and Mrs. William Camacho
Mrs. C. Cortez
Mrs. Fred Campbell
Mr. Manuel Coit
Mr. Cesar De Caires
Mrs. Margaret Cuddy
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caldeira
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Camara
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Correia
Miss Belmira Costa
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Cardoza
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Camacho
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio G. Caldeira
Mr. Joseph Costa
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Cardoza
Mrs. Julia Cunha
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Camacho
Mr. and Mrs. John Camacho
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cunha
Mrs. Mary Clifford
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Cardoza
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Cancella
Miss Rose Cunha
Mr. and Mrs. William Cunha
Mr. and Mrs. Casemiro Correia
Miss Clara Correia
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Camacho
Mrs. Julia Correia
Mr. Bart J. Callery, Jr.
The Brotherhood Corporation
Mr. J. Francis Creegan
Miss Mary Creegan
Miss Phylomena Coimbra
Mr. and Mrs. John Correia
Misses Esther and Lovina Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Custodio
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Cabral
Mr. and Mrs. William Cappelletti
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Cabral
Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Carreiro
Mrs. Anna Coito
Mr. and Mrs. August Correia
Miss Marie C. Chaves
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Custodio
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chaves
D
Arthur and Herminia Dussault
Mrs. Mary Dukeshire
Mr. and Mrs. George Demers
Mr. and Mrs. Joaquim F. D'Ornellas
Mr. and Mrs. Jack D'Ornellas
Mrs. A. DeVincenzi
Mrs. William Dowling
Mrs. Evelyn Drouin
Mr. and Mrs. Augusto Duarte
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DiRubble
Mr. James Doherty
Mr. and Mrs. John Doherty
Mr. and Mrs. James Donleavy
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Draper
Mr. and Mrs. Anibal Duarte
Mr. and Mrs. John Dias
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dupont
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Deporcher
Mrs. John Devlin
Miss Delia Daley
Mr. and Mrs. Donohue
Mrs. John Duggan
Mr. and Mrs. Rod. Duplin
E
Miss Mary Espinola
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Espinola
Mrs. Delia Espinola
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Espinola
Mrs. Celestina Espinola
Mr. Manuel Espinola
Mrs. Virginia Espinola
Mr. and Mrs. Egan and Family
Miss Della Espinola
Mrs. Mary Espinola
Mr. and Mrs. Theoff. Espinola
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Enis
Mrs. Maria Espinola
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Espinola
Miss Vivian Espinola
Mrs. Maria Espinola
Mr. Martin Enos
F
Mr. and Mrs. John Falante
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Finnerty
Miss Helen Finucane
Mr. Michael Feeney
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fontes
Mrs. Fritzler
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Freitas
Mrs. Laura Fagundes
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ferraro
Miss Alice Freitas
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freitas
Mr. John Farinha
Mrs. Mary Freitas
Mr. Jose Faias
Mr. Daniel Freitas
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Faria
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel R. Ferreira
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ferreira
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freitas
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferreira
Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Fertitta
Mr. and Mrs. John Farinha
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Freitas
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Freitas
Mr. Manuel G. Freitas
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio De Freitas
Mrs. Rita Freitas
Miss Rita Freitas
A Friend
A Friend
A Friend
Mrs. Anna Finnegan
Miss Eileen Finnegan
Mr. Jos e Sousa Ferreira
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Floria
Mr. Joseph Floria
Mr. John Floria
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Faias
Mrs . Marv Freitas
Mr. and l\lrs. Joseph Ferreira
Mr. and Mrs. John Ferreira
Mr. and Mrs. Vicente Fidelis
Mr. and Mrs. Anthon,y Fontes
Mr. and Mrs. Joao R. Ferreira
Two Friend s
Mr. and Mrs. Alvaro F errier
Mr. and Mrs. J ose ph F erreira
Mr. Manuel Ferreira
Mr Charles Ferreir a
Mr: Manuel Feneira
Mr. Jos eph F err eira and Family
Mr. and Mrs. John F erreira
Mr. and Mrs. J oseph C. Ferreira
Mr. and Mrs. John Freitas
Miss Virginia J. Freitas
Mr. Jose Franci sco
Mrs. Luzia Freitas
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Figueira
Mr. John G. Faias
Mr. Antonio Fernandes
Mr. and Mrs. Fi!omeno De Freitas
Mrs. Rose Furtado
Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Furtado
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Furtado
Mr. Francis Furtado
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Faustino
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freitas
Mr. and Mrs. Americo Ferreira
Miss Monica Flaherty
Mr. A. Fontes
Mr. and Mrs. Robert French
Miss Elizabeth Fahey
Mrs. Mary A. Fahey
The Kerrigan Family
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Filipe
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ferreira
Mrs. Mary Freitas
Mr. and Mrs. John Furtado
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Furtado
Mr. Anthony Fratus, Jr.
G
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Gomes
Miss Mary Green
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Goldrick
Miss Mary Garrigan
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gath
Mrs. Katherine Green
Mr. and Mrs. John Gomes
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel F. Goes
Mr. Antonio S. Gomes
Mrs. Carolina Gouveia
Miss Rosa Gouveia
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gomes
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio R. Gomes
Mrs. Julia C. Gonsalves
Mr. John B. Gomes
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Gomes
Mr. Charles Gomes
Mr. and Mrs. James Graham
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gilmore
Mrs. Mary Gouveia
Miss Elizabeth Gorman
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Gonsalves
Miss Caroline Gonsalves
Mr. Frank Gomes
Mr. Agostinho Gouveia
Mr. Antonio Gouveia
Mr. Frank Garcia
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garcia
Mr. and Mrs. Abel Gonsalves
Mr. Manuel Gonsalves and Family
Mr. Manuel Garces
�Mr. Joseph Goes
Mr. Manuel George
Mr. and Mrs. G. Gonsalves
Mr. John Gonsalves
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gallego
Mrs. Mary Gomes
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Gouveia
Mr. and Mrs. John Gallego
Mrs. Mary Grillo
Miss Jesse A. Grillo
Misses Mary and Lydia Grillo
Mrs. Wilhelminia Garcia
Mr. Joseph Garcia
Mr. and Mrs. Mariano Garcia
Mr. and Mrs. Virginio Garcia
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Garcia
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Gouveia
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Grillo
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Grillo
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grillo
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Garcia
Miss Evangeline Garcia
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Garcia
Mr. James Grillo
H
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hackett
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hartley
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haggerty
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hamelin
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hart
Mrs. Leo Healy
Mr. and Mrs. James Harris
Mrs. William Hildreth
Miss Catherine Harkins
Miss Heagan
Mr. William J. Hey
Miss Mary T. Hey
Miss Kathrine R. Hey
Mr. John Hamel
Mr. Eli Husson
Mrs. Thelma Hodgson
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton
Mr. Louis F. Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hart
I
Mr. and Mrs. George Ianuzzo
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel lnnucencio
Mr. •a nd Mrs. John lgnatowicz
Mr. Anthony Ignacio
Mrs. Elizabeth Ignacio
J
Miss Alice Joyce
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Jardim
Mr. and Mrs. Francisco De Jesus
Mr. and Mrs. Marcellino Janeiro
Mr. Nicholas Janeiro
Mr. and Mrs. M. Jankenick
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson
Miss Adeline Janeiro
Mr. and Mre. Manuel Jardine
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Janeiro
Mr. and Mrs. Miguel De Jesus
Mr. and Mrs. Anastacio De Jesus
Mr. and Mrs. William Jalbert
Mr. Joseph Jalbert
Mrs. Mary Janeiro
K
Mrs. Elisabeth Kirane
Mr. and Mrs. Leonardis Kirmidas
Mr. and Mrs. George Kirane
Mr. Everett Karakotsis
Mr. Patrick Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kane
Mrs. Kiernan
Mr. and Mrs. Russel Kalibras
Mr. and Mrs. E. Kokinos
Mrs. William Keegan
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Lois Korzis
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Kerrigan
Mrs. Eileen C. Kearns
Rev. Fr. Frank Keenan
L
Mr. and Mrs. Girard Lemire
Mrs. Joaquina R. Lawrence
Miss Evelyn Lawrence
Mrs. Susan Lamb
Mrs. Josephine Lawrence
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lyons
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Lima
Mrs. Dora Lorrey
Mr. Joseph Lecan
Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Loureiro
Dr. and Mrs. Fausto Lage
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Loureiro
Mrs. Virginia Rego Lima
Miss Mary Loureiro
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loureiro
Mr. and Mrs. James Luiz
Mr. and Mrs. Joao Bettencourt Lobao
Mr. and Mrs. Longley
Mr. and Mrs. Leary
Mrs. Patronela Lobao
Mr. and Mrs. August Lima
Mrs. James Lane
Mr. Andrew Luz
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Luz
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawrence
Mr. Manuel Lawrence
Mr. Anthony Luz
Mr. and Mrs. Belarmino Leite and
Family
Mrs. Frances Littlefield
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Lopes
Mrs. Mary Lavoie
Mr. and Mrs. James Lane
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Letendre
M
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Miranda
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Mendonsa
Mi ss Ina McNeil
Mr. Fran cis Menezes
Mr. an<I Mrs. Jos eph Medina, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs . J ose ph Medina, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J oseph Machado
Mr. and Mrs. Aurelio Mendes
Mrs. Ma1·y Minorg·an
Mrs. Eth I Morri s
Mr. and M1· H. Jos •ph Mig u el
Miss Mary Ml'V y
Mr. and Mrs . ,Jo hn Machado
Mr. Franci s I~. Mag uire
Miss Anna Moroney
Mrs. Maria Ma ·h a clo
Mr. William Mm1 •zes
Mr. and Mrs. ,Joseph Machado
Miss Mary Mend t•
Mr. and M t'H, /\ n Lon io Mendes
Mr. and MrH. li'rnnl Medina
Mrs. Hilda M •11<1 •s
Mrs. Vina McDonnld
Mr. and M1·H. Manu e l Macha do
Mr. and MrH. ,Jo He ph McMa hon
Mr. Adam Mnio
Mr. and M l'H. l•' mnk Mello
Mr. Edward M\'llo
Mrs. Marg-nt·<•L Mn 11 ·h s l er
Miss Marg-nr('L Mnh •1·
Mr. PaLrit•k ,J. MII ho n y
Mrs. Ma1-y M<·(~u tul •
Mr. and M l'H. /\ 11! hony Mello
Miss Ma1·y McCw1k1•r
Miss Dec Mc• C'n 1·1·011
Mrs. Dani el Mnd ,nug·hlin
Mr. and MrH. David Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mullen
Mrs. Margaret Muldoon
Mr. and Mrs. John Mendonsa
Miss Charlotte McMahon
Mrs. Mary Maher
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mello
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Machado
Mrs. Julia Mahoney
Mrs. Guilhermina Machado
Miss Nellie Maguire
Mr. and Mrs. John Mendonsa
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Maguire
Miss Rose H. Maguire
Mr. Alex McCartney
Miss Estelle McCartney
Mr. Antonio Maio
Mr. Manuel P. Machado
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Martins
Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Mello
Mr. and Mrs. Agostinho A. Mathews
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Moniz
Mr. and Mrs. John McCabe
Mr. Manuel Mello
Mr. Thomas Mello
Mrs. Sarah Machado
Mr. and Mrs. John Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Merino
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mondazzi
Mr. and Mrs. James Martin
Mrs. Josephine Mello
Miss Rose Mello
Miss Clara Mello
Mr. Abel Mello
Mr. Charles Mello
Mr. and Mrs. Tebert Mello
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Mendes
Mr. and Mrs. George Mello
Mrs. Charles Mello
Mr. and Mrs. John Machado
Mr. John Murphy
Mrs. Mary Madeiros
Mr. and Mrs. William Mello
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Medina
Mrs. Rose Musat
Mrs. Mary Musat
Gallagher Square Market
Charlie's Market
Mr. and Mrs. Faustino Mendes
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Machado
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio P. Monteiro
Mr. and Mrs. August Medeiros
Mr. and Mrs. John Mendes
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Moura
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Moura
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McCumber
Miss Evelyn Medeiros
�N
Mrs. Margaret Nickles
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Nunes
Mr. Agostinho Nobrega
Mrs. Maria R. Netto
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Netto
Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Netto
Mr. Manuel Nascimento
Mrs. Mary Nascimento
Mrs. Eliza F. Nobrega
Mr. Joseph Nobrega
Mr. Manuel P. Nobrega
Mr. Agostinho E. Nunes
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Neves
Smith & Nichols
Mrs. Maria Nascimento
0
Mrs. Annie O'Hare
Miss Annabelle O'Hare
Mrs. Mary O'Connor
Mrs. Anna O'Brien
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Orfao
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Oliveira
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ornellas
Mrs. James O'Brien
"Sister" Mary Robert O'Connor
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. O'Keefe
Mrs. Francisca Ormundo
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel L. Ormundo
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Orfao
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Oliveira
Mr. and Mrs. Edward O'Brien
Mr. Owen O'Connell
Grace O'Brien
Mr. and Mrs. John B. O'Loughlin
p
Rev. Father Antonio J. Pimentel
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Piexchote
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Pacheco
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvio Pilato
Mr. Max Poppel
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Perry
Mrs. Delfina Parsagian
Mrs. Rose Perry
Mrs. Cidalia Perry
Mrs. Isabel Pires
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Perretta
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Petullo
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Petullo
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perry
Mrs. Mary Papanotas
Miss Catherine Papanotas
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Picanso
Mr. Joseph Perry
Mr. Joseph Pitta
Mr. Manuel Pinto
Mr. John Pitta
Mr. John Perry, Jr.
Mr. Antonio Pereira
Mr. Antonio Pereira
Mr. Joseph D. Pereira, Sr .
Mr. Joseph D. Pereira, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Puzon
Rose Pimentel
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Mr. Albino Picanso
Mrs. Maria Pereira
Mr. and Mr~. Joseph Paine
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Pitta
Miss Maria Pimentel
Mrs. Luisa Pimentel
Miss Laura Pimentel
Miss Emily Pimentel
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Pitta
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pitta
Mr. Joseph Perry
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peny
Mr. William Picanso
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Picanso
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pimenta
Mrs. Mary Picanso
Mrs. Senhorinha Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Lino Picanso
Mr. and Mrs. James Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Pica11so
Mrs. Alice S. Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Pimentel
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Perry
Mr. and Mrs. George Pimentel
Mrs. Mary Pimentel
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pimentel
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Petard
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Picanso
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Mr. Alfred Rodrigues
Mr. Manuel A. Ribeiro
Miss Antonette Rodrigues
Mr. and Mrs. Augustine Rodrigues
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rocha
Mrs. Augusta F. Raymond
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Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Ribeiro
Mrs. Maria Rodrigues
Mrs. Rose Roland
Mrs. Maria C. Rodrigues
Mrs. Charlotte Ramalho
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Ramalho
Mrs. Adeline Ramagnolo
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robinson
Miss Mary Rourke
Mr. John Luiz Ribeiro
Mrs. Maria Rocha
Mrs. Leonora Ramalho
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ramalho
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Riley
Mr. Anthony Rocha
Mr. Joseph Ramalho
Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Ramalho
Mr. Peter and Rose Ramos
Mr. and Mrs. John Rodrigues
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ramos
Miss Margaret F. Rocha
Mr. and Mrs. Mariano Rocha
Mr. and Mrs . Joseph Raymond
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rodrigues
Mr. and Mrs . Manuel P. Reis
Mr. and Ml"s. Henry Rainha
Mr. and M,·s. John P. Rio
Mr. and MrH, Antonio Rainha
Mrs. Hilda P ny Russell
Mrs. Am elia ll •1s0
Mr. Manuel Rainha, Jr.
Mrs. Evangelin<• Rainha
Mr. and Mn1. Mul"iano Rainha
Mr. and Mrs. Mnnu I Reis
Mr. and Mt·H. Alwl Rego
Mr. and Mrs. A 1thur Ramalho
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Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Queen
Miss Margaret Qualey
Mr. and Mrs. F'rank Quadros, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quadros, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Queenan
Mr. and Mrs. John Quinn
Mr. and MrH. Antonio Silva
Mr. and Ml"H. Munu I Silva
Mrs. Rosa i lvu
Mr. Luis S11nt11r<•lli
Mr. and Mn1..John Silva Se
Mrs. John Sh<'<1dy
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Mr. and Mrs. Roland Santos
Mr. and Mrs. George Silva
Mr. and Mrs. John Sousa
Mr. Raymond Sousa
Mrs. Mary De Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Sousa
Miss Tellie Sousa
Miss Connie Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. John Silveira
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel de Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Silva
Miss Florence Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Silva
Miss Mary Santos
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Santos
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Santos
Miss Helen Sweeney
Mr. and Mrs. William Smith
Miss Mary Spellissey
Mr. Michael Spellissey
Mrs. Mary R. Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel E. Santos
Mrs. J anuario Silva
Miss Mary Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Soares
Miss Evelyn M. Santos
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Santos
Miss Lulmira Silva
Miss Iria Silva
Mr. and Mrs. James Souza
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio P. Santos
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Sequeira
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Silva
Mrs. Mary Slock
Mr. Francisco Silveira
Mr. Joseph Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Puggy Sous::i
Mr. Antonio Souza
Mr. Domingos Souza
Mr. Augusto ,J. Silva
Mr. Antonio Spinney
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Santos
Mrs. Mary Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Santos
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel R. Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Silva
Mary Sarradas
Mr. Manuel Freitas Sousa
Albertina Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Annibal L. Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Silva
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Santos
Mr. Manuel Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sears
Mr. Honorato Sousa
Mr. John Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel F. Sousa
Mr. Jeff Silva
Mrs. Arthur Silva
Miss Rose Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva
Mr. John- Sousa
Mr. John Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony De Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Sousa
Miss Isabel Sousa
Mr. Joseph Santos
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Sylvain
Mr. John Da Silva
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Schnur
Mr. Manuel Santos
Mr. and Mrs. George Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Luis Silva
Mrs. Isabel Silva
Mr. Manuel Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Theddeus Stys
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Vital Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Severo Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smykla
Miss Anna Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sousa
Miss Margaret Sousa
Mr.Joseph Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva
Mr. and Mrs. William Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Spinney
Mr. and Mrs. George Sears
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Sharn
Mr. Olympio Santos
Charles Konomich & Son
Mrs. Mary Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sousa and Family
Mr. Anthony Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Jean Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Santos
Mr. and Mrs. John Pires Santos
Mathew F. Sheehan Co.
Gallagher Sq. Hardware and Paint
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Mr. and Mrs. Manuel E. Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sarsfield
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simoes
Mr. and Mrs. John Silva
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Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Sousa
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Soares
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Soares
Mrs. Etelvina Silva
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio C. Santos
Miss Velma Santos
Mr. Anthony Santos
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Silva
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Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor
Mrs. Alphonse Tarello
Mrs. Mary C. Tavares
Mr. John J. Thomas
Mr. Francisco Teixeira
Mr. John Teixeira
Mr. and Mrs. Afonso M. Tavares
Mr. Antonio Teixeira, Sr.
Mr. Antonio Teixeira. Jr.
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Mrs. Maria Teixeira
Miss Mary E. Teixeira
Mr. James Teixeira
Mr. Albert Teixeira
Mr. and Mrs. John Tavares
Mrs. Antonia Tavares
Mrs. Teixeira and Family
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vieira
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Vogado
Mr. John Vieira
Miss Cristina M. Vieira
Miss Mary Vieira
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Vasconcellos
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vieira
Mrs. Joaquina Vieira
Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Veiga
Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Varoski
Mrs. Mary Veiga (Family)
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Mr. Antonio Veiga
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Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
Subject
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History
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Lowell (Mass.)
Date
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1902-1943
Description
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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Reception booklet for Rev. Grillo's Silver Jubilee (1948)
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History
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Text
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Priests
Musicians
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Reception honoring 25 years of service from Rev. Joseph T. Grillo at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. Event took place at the Memorial Auditorium.
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1948-06-20
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Lowell (Mass.)
Colonial Band
Dona Maria Amélia Society
Madeira Protective Union
Madeiran Alienza
Nossa Senhora d'Ajuda Society
Pioneer Club
Portuguese American Civic League (Lowell, M.A.)
Saint Anthony's Church (Lowell, MA)
Santo Antonio Society
Sao Joao Batista Society
Sao Jose Society
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CHOR.US
Glori a. in exoe lsis Deo
Glo:r ·ia in exce lsis Deo.
�E;;'ANGflHO: de Nosso Senhor .Jesus Cristo segundo S. Lucas. ( le 2 1-14)
N;sqt:e!es di<1s, saiu um decreto de Cesar Augusto, para scr recensead<1 tocta a
bte ;·ecensr-amento foi
primeiro qlle se fez, qtJando Quirinio era
gc,,•ernador da Siria. E todos 1am recm,sear-se, cadn quaf SlHl pr6pria cidade .
•klst •,.rbiu ·tarnbcm fa da Gdileia, da cidade de Nazan\ lit,; aJudcia, a cidade de
D<ivid eham.!lda Belem, por ser da casa e da descendencia de David, a fim de se
~~cr:r::.,::ar, c:0rn Marfa, s.ua esposa, que estava para ser mae. E, enqoanto afi se
eneco:-etrav.irn, d1pgou 0 d1a de Eia dar
iuz, e te11e o Seu Who primogenito.
Er;vu1veu-O em panm e recostou-0 numa mangedoira, por nao terern iugar na
hr,:,pr:daria. Na rnesmti regifo, hsvia pastores, que viviam nos campos e
gu;?r:fo•:om de noite o rebar.ho. 0 Arijo do Scnhor aproximou-se defes, ea gf6ria
du S;;r;hor ..ercou-os de luz, e efes tiveram muito medo. Disse-lhes o /.\njo: "Nao
ternai3, pois venho trazer-vos urna boa nova, que sera grand.: alegria para todo o
povo'. nasceu-vos hoje, na cidade de David, um Satvador, que ,! o fviessias Srinhor.
!~tc vos san;1ra d,;; srnat: .'lc.harnrs um Menino mwolto em pa.nos a de1t1rdo numll
rn,mgedoirn.'' De subido, juntou-se a.o Jl,njo a rnultidao do exercito celeste, que
!mwava a Deus e dizia: "Gloria a Deus nas alturas, e paz nz; terra aos homens: que
Eilj M'"''l". Palavra da .:;!vacao. P. Gl6ria a Vos Seohor.
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/\ ,.eading from the holy gospel according to Luke.
People~ Glory to you, Lord.
in thv5'.C day:: Ciesar Augustw; published a decree Oidering a census
of the whore world. This first census took place while Quirlnius was
governor of Syria. Everyone went to register, each to his own town .
.i\nd so !osec;h went frmn the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea,
to O.:!,rid's town of Bethlehem - because he was of the house and
rineage of David- to register with Mary, his espoused wife, who was
wilf! child,
\,\rnik, they were there the days of her confinement were completed.
5hs.> g,1ve birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in sv,addling
dAh-es and /aid him in a manger, becmse there was no room for
~hem hi the place where traveiers [odged.
,here were shepherds in the locafity, living in the neids and keeping
night watch by turn~ over their flock. The angel of the Lord appeared
to them, as the glory of the lord shone around them, and they were
very much afraid. The angel said to them: ''You have nothing to fea.d
l cmne to pradaim good news to you -- tidings of great joy to be
sh;F,;ti by the whoh,: people. This day in David's city a savior has been
born ro yciu, the Messiah and Lord. Let this be a sign to you: in a
mang;;-r you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes." Sudctentr, ther~ was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host,
pralsing God and saying,
"Giory to God in high heaven,
peace ori earth to those on whom his favor rests." ·--This is the
gospel of the Lord.
People~ Prnise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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PORTUGUESE - AMERICAN, WAR MEMORIAL
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CHARLES PEREIRA PARK
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 30, 1944, 2:00 O'CLOCK
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ACCEPTANCE OF MONUMENT
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MAYOR WOODBURY HOWARD
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FORT DEVENS MILITARY BAND
INVOCATION
REV. JOSEPH GRILLO
COMMITTEE OFFICERS
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SELECTION
GEORGE C. SousA, President
FORT DEVENS MILITARY BAND
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DEDICATION
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UNVEILING
FRANCISCO I. BARREIRO, Vice-President
MANUEL FREITAS, JR., Secretary
MRS. ABRAHAM M. PITTA, Treasurer
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INTRODUCTION OF HONORED GUESTS
Congressman: EDITH NouRsE ROGERS
Consul of Portugal: Guy GUERRA
City Manager: JOHN J. FLANNERY
Daily News Publisher: JOHN R. RocHA
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Catholic Church--Dioceses
Acolytes
Altars
Azorean Americans
Balls (parties)
Boy Scouts
Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Choirs (Music)
Christmas
Church group work with youth--Catholic Church
City council members
Fasts and Feasts
First Confession and Communion
Folk dancing, Portuguese
Girl Scouts
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Loreto, Our Lady Of
Music--Portuguese influences
Musicians
Nuns
Police
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Religious gatherings
Snow
Veterans
Wedding photography
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Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA.
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1902-1943
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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893 Central Street
Lowell, Massa chuse tts
Rev. Eusebio F. Silva, Pastor
Telephone 452-1506
Masses :
Saturday
Sunday
Confessions:
Saturday
5:30 P.M. (English)
7:00 P.M. (Portug uese)
8:00 A.M. (English)
9:30 A.M. <English)
11 :30 A.M. (Portug uese)
4:00-5 :30P.M .
�15th ' SUNDAY-IN"ORDINA1ff TIME - JULY 11. 1982
Missas da semana:
Sabado
(Sat.) 5:30 P.M. - Luis Maria e Albert Tavares
7 !00 II
- Alfredo Inacio Pereira e Eduina Goulart
Domingo
(Sun.) 8:00 A.M. - Joseph Sousa
9:30 II
- Antonio Goes e Esposa
11:30 II
- Manuel Correia Gonsalves e Maria Silva
Segunda feira (Mon.) 8:00 "
- Frank Braga e Mary Lou Norwood
Terc;a feira
(Tue.) "
Jose Machado Barcelos
"
7:30 P.M. - Armandino Santos
Quarta feira (Wed.) 8:00 A.M. - Manuel Melo da Veiga e Sogros
Quinta feira (Thu.) II
" - Balbina Machado
Sexta feira
(Fri.) "
- Manuel A. Cunha
"
II
Sabado
(Sat.) II
- Int. de Isabel Caires e Patricio Caires
5: 30 P .M. - George, Julia & Anthony Cunha
7:00 II
- Francisco Leandro e Joaquina Leandro
Domingo
(Sun.) 8 :00 A.M. - Manuel & Mary Silva (Rea St.)
9:30 II
- Constantina Ferreira e Marido
11:30 "
- Leop,ilda Espinola
Casamentos. Os preparativo s devem ser feitos com seis semanas de antecedencia mas as pessoas com 18 anos e menos devem contactar o Sacerdote pelo
rnenos seis meses antes da data pretendida para o Casamento. Estas sao as
normas estabelecid as pela Arquidioces e de Boston.
Baptismos. Serao realizados em cerimonia comunitaria no dia 18 de Julho
UDE e meia da tarde, na igreja.
a
Marriages. Arrangement s must be made at least six weeks prior to the inten~
ded date. But persons 18 years of age and under should contact the Priest
of the parish at least six months prior to the intended date in accordance
with the established norms of the Archdiocese of Boston
Baptisms. By appointment .
Ofertorio das Missas, entrada e velas $739.00
Proclarnas para Casamento:
Cesar Valente e Maria Lucinda Teixeira
Banns for Marriage:
Mario DiGiandomen ico & Charlotte Cunha
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PEDITORIO. Depois das Missas faremos o peditorio especial para auxiliar
o trabalho missionario entre cs Pretos e Indios neste pais.
Pela vossa caridade, podeis ajudar um grande numero de actividades missionar~as neste pais. Crianc;as pretas nao-catolic as podem receber educac;ao ·
catolica; radres, religiosos e leigos podem continuar o seu dificultoso
trabalho. Ajudemo-los na rnedida do possivel.
LUPA. PASSEIO. Organizado pela LUPA em colabora~ao com a nossa oaroquia,
vai realizar-se um passeio de autocarro no proximo Domingo, para "Willard
State Forest" em Townsend.
Sera um dia de alegria e convivio terminando com Missa pela tardi~ha antes
do regresso. Os bilhetes, ao prec;o de $3.00 podem ser adquiridos a porta
da igreja. A partida estaprevist a para as 7 horas da manha.
FESTA DE NOSSA SENHORA DE FATIMA. BAZAR. Este ano, por iniciativa de
um dos nossos paroquianos , vamos ter um nazar na festa de Nossa Senhora
de Fatima. Para O bom sucesso de um Bazar necessitamo s de ofertas que OS
nossos paroquianos possam oferecer de boa vontade.
DIA 13. A proxiroa terc;a feira e o dia 13 do mes de Julho. Por isso teremos confissose e Missa
tarde.
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COLLECTION. There will be a callee tion taken up after all Masses, today.
Through your charity, you can provide support for a wide range of mission
activities in our country. Because of you, non-catholi c Black children
will receive the benefit of a Catholic education; dedicated Priests, religious and laity will be able to continue their dificult ministry.
May God reward your response to this appeal.
OUR LADY OF FATIMA FEAST. BAZAAR. This year there will be a Bazaar at the
Park on the feast day. We will appreciate your donations and gifts.
JULY 13th. This coming Tuesday is the 13th of the month.
There will be confessions before the evening Mass at 7:00 P.M.
FOSTER HOMES. The Department of Youth Services' need foster homes for
young persons (12-16). Adults should be warm and sincere with a strong
desire to provide a good secure home life.
For further information , please contact: Call collect - Peggy DeFeudis
791-9228
This Bulle tin donated through the courtesy of Silva Bros .•
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This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized by PADA archivists in 2021.<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Overview:</strong>
<p><span>For over two decades beginning in the 1870s, when Portuguese immigration to Lowell began to rise, most of the city’s Portuguese Catholics worshipped at St. Peter’s Church, a largely Irish and Irish-American parish. By the late 1890s the pastor of St. Peter’s arranged for Rev. Antonio J. Pimentel, of Boston and originally from Terceira in the Azores, to hold services for the Portuguese in a hall across the street from the church. With the Portuguese population approaching 1,000, a number of influential community members, notably Manuel P. Mello (1867-1938), from Graciosa, sought to establish their own parish. Rev. John Joseph Williams, Archbishop of Boston, supported this effort. Aided by Rev. Pimentel, Mello formed a committee, and, in 1900, began raising money for a church. One year later the committee had collected sufficient funds to purchase the abandoned Primitive Methodist Church, a wood-frame building on Gorham Street, built thirty years earlier. Dedicated on May 19, 1901, St. Anthony’s Church opened with Rev. Manuel C. Terra, the well-known pastor of St. Peter’s Church in Provincetown, celebrating the first High Mass with several hundred parishioners in attendance.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In early 1902, Archbishop Williams appointed Joaquim V. Rosa as pastor at St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of Pico, Joaquim Vieira da Rosa (1872-1964) immigrated to the United States in 1896 and for several years he assisted the pastor at St. John’s Church in New Bedford. Rev. Rosa celebrated his first Mass at St. Anthony’s in January, 1902. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Soon after taking charge of St. Anthony’s, Rev. Rosa established or supported the creation of a number of parish organizations. This included the long-lived Holy Rosary Sodality and the Holy Ghost Society. In addition to his clerical duties, he also led numerous fund-raising programs. Father Rosa also ministered to Lawrence’s Portuguese and helped found that city’s Portuguese Catholic Church. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1904, Archbishop Williams assigned Rev. Paul L. Despouy to assist Father Rosa at St. Anthony’s and to lead in establishing a Portuguese parish in Lawrence. At the same time Lowell’s growing number of Portuguese parishioners strained the capacity of the old wooden structure on Gorham Street and the search for a new church began. Once again, Manuel P. Mello played a major role in raising funds. Within two years, he and other parishioners had collected enough money to acquire land on Central Street across from the Lyon Street public school. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>With the purchase of property, Boston-based architect Timothy Edward Sheehan (1866-1933), designer of a number churches for the Archdiocese, executed the design of the new St. Anthony’s. On Thanksgiving Day, 1907, Archbishop William O’Connell presided over the dedication of the laying of the cornerstone.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1908, with construction funds fully expended, only the granite walls and the floor of the basement were completed, and a flat roof was installed over the largely subterranean structure. Nevertheless, in May Father Rosa then celebrated the first Solemn High Mass. Joining him was Father Pimentel, who now led St. Anthony’s parish in Cambridge, Father Despouy, from his mission in Lawrence, and Rev. Manuel C. Terra of Provincetown. Although the rectory next to the church was finished and occupied by Father Rosa in 1908, funds to complete the construction of the highly ornate Mission-style church, following the original architectural design, remained insufficient. For the next 50 years, services continued to be held in the basement structure.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1911 Rev. Rosa, suffering from poor health and fatigue, due in part to his strenuous duties in leading his parishioners, resigned his pastorate and returned to his native Pico. In an action that proved especially fortuitous for the parish Archbishop O’Connell appointed Bishop Henrique Jose Reed da Silva (1854-1930) to lead St. Anthony’s. Bishop da Silva’s life prior to his arrival in Lowell was quite unique.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Born in Lisbon, where he was educated and ordained a priest in 1879, the charismatic Bishop da Silva, fluent in several languages and a sacred music scholar who possessed a fine musical voice, quickly caught the attention of the Bishop of Portalegre, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Maria_da_Silva_Ferr%C3%A3o_de_Carvalho_M%C3%A1rtens&action=edit&redlink=1"><span>José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens</span></a><span>. In 1884, shortly after turning 30, Rev. da Silva was appointed the prelate of Mozambique and moved to Maputo. Upon his ordination as a bishop, he assumed control of the Maputo archdiocese. Three years later Bishop da Silva took charge of the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore in southern India.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During the bishop’s mission, the assassination of Portugal’s King Carlos and his son, followed by the Republican revolution in 1910, resulted in Bishop da Silva becoming an expatriate. By 1911 he returned to Boston from California and accepted Archbishop O’Connell’s offer to serve as pastor at St. Anthony’s.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1916 the bishop was joined by an assistant pastor, Rev. John S. Perry from St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Father Perry, of Azorean parentage and born in Rhode Island in 1874, quickly formed a close working relationship with the bishop. Although in good health at age 62, Bishop da Silva relied heavily on Rev. Perry for regular sacramental duties and to lead the church during his frequent absences due to his duties on behalf of Cardinal O’Connell.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1924, after being away from his native Portugal for nearly 18 years, and having reached the age of 70, Bishop da Silva quietly decided to retire from St. Anthony’s, return home, and live the remainder of his days in his beloved Lisbon. In his place, Cardinal O’Connell named Rev. Joseph T. Grillo (1885-1948) as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Born on the island of </span><span>São Miguel Father </span><span>Grillo immigrated to the United States in 1899, settling in Hudson, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span>Under Rev. Grillo’s leadership, several affiliated organizations were revitalized. This included the Vincent de Paul Society, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Rosary and Young Ladies sodalities. He undertook the first significant renovation of the church, overseeing the installation of a terrazzo floor, a new brighter sanctuary, complete with new statuary. Father Grillo also re-established the annual day-long picnic for parishioners and their families. In addition, he promoted various church-sponsored athletic programs and teams ranging from soccer, baseball, and basketball to track and field, along with a fife and drum corps. He also intensified various fund raising initiatives including the popular penny sales.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Throughout much of his pastorate, Father Grillo had no assistant pastor except for one year in the early 1930s when Rev. </span><span>Theophilo Pedro Damiao de Oliveira, from São Miguel served in this role. Finally, in early 1937, in recognition of his devotion and many contributions to St. Anthony’s parish, Rev. Grillo was named permanent pastor by Cardinal O’Connell. During the Second World War, Father Grillo was among Lowell’s leading clergymen heading the War Fund Drive. He was also instrumental in establishing a memorial in 1943 for Private Charles Perry (Carlos Pereira), who was killed in North Africa the previous year and was the first Portuguese-American serviceman from Lowell to give his life for the nation.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In the years after World War II, Father Grillo suffered from poor health that resulted in lengthy hospital stays. In his absence, priests at St. Peter’s, who were Irish-American and spoke no Portuguese, filled in for him. Likely aware of the language difficulties this presented to his parishioners, Father Grillo contacted Bishop Giuseppe Alves Matoso of Guarda, Portugal, and requested that he send priests to New England. The Boston Archdiocese supported this initiative and in March 1947, Rev. João F. da Silva, (anglicized to John F. Silva), arrived in Lowell from Portugal to assist Father Grillo. Within a few months another priest from Portugal, Rev. Manuel J. Cascais, joined Father Silva as a second assistant pastor.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>A few months after celebrating his 25 years in the priesthood, Father Grillo’s health worsened and in November, 1948, he died at the age of 63. </span><span>Rev. John F. Silva succeeded him and began a 30-year tenure as pastor at St. Anthony’s. While Father Grillo led St. Anthony’s parish through the hard times of the Great Depression and during the difficult years of World War II, Rev. Silva assumed control of the church during a period of prosperity for many of his parishioners. In 1958, over a 1,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the church on Central Street. Held at the Lowell Auditorium, the celebration featured speeches by Senator John F. Kennedy and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers. The most significant physical change occurred in 1960 when the superstructure of the church was finally constructed. Boston architect Mario V. Caputo produced the design for St. Anthony’s modeled after a church in Colombia.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>During Father Silva’s pastorate, a number of priests assisted him, including Rev. Joseph L. Capote (1949 to 1950) and Rev. Antonio Pinto (1952 to 1954). In late 1972, Rev. Eusebio Silva, a cousin of Father Silva, arrived from Portugal to serve as his assistant. Father John Silva successfully led opposition to a proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that would have obliterated a large part of the parish neighborhood.</span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 1978, Father Silva retired from the priesthood and Cardinal Humberto Medeiros appointed Rev. Eusebio Silva as administrator of St. Anthony’s. When Father Eusebio assumed the pastorate of St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, Rev. Antonio Pinto was appointed interim priest. During this time, Deacon Richard Rocha also served at Saint Anthony's, starting from his ordination in May 1983. In 1990, Rev. </span><span>José S. Ferreira assumed the leadership of the church and was assisted by the Rev. Ronald Gomes. In 1995, Father Ferreira was transferred to St. Anthony’s in Cambridge, and Rev. Francis M. Glynn, the first non-Portuguese priest of the parish, became pastor. Father Glynn served during a period of a growing Brazilian community in Lowell, but also at the time of a major strike in the city at the Prince Pasta factory, which employed dozens of his parishioners. Father Glynn supported the striking workers and their families, but despite his efforts and many others, including Representative Martin Meehan and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the corporation that owned the plant shut it down. </span><span> </span></p>
<p><span>In 2004, following Father Glynn’s assignment to a parish in Waltham, Massachusetts, Rev. Charles J. Hughes, became the pastor at St. Anthony’s. Father Hughes’ tenure proved a challenging time with declining parish membership and church closures in the wake of the numerous clergy sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese. As with many other parishes, St. Anthony’s had no connection to any of these cases; however, it shared with many other churches increasing financial struggles and a continued drop in membership. Following Father Hughes’ departure in 2016, St. Anthony’s became part of the Lowell Collaborative in which it was joined with Immaculate Conception Church and Holy Trinity Church under the leadership of Rev. Nicholas A. Sannella. This administrative arrangement remains in place with Rev. Deacon Carlos DeSousa serving as a key clergyman at St. Anthony’s. </span></p>
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