1 30 14 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/42465/archive/files/dd6f6d7d5a6be8a28fe0298914df3360.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=QkBhOYx5bU8-uTcWloS%7EZXGak%7EQLVAv%7EFJdDX4yOK4wiKkmJrUpry41lriSuDwJQZsg0iXFmG3fhT-aeft9j-S3T-XvFYCNNUtorItZCduLYG-7WB0MfcKMoq0OfBEWADpIXrjwCUiVHIzJJIcvyjTOAqPA5UE3sMx9Mh4OyYLyviYHZ1VzKB5HqtRa4rLUZZv3hSYwW6YJpv4HNSU34V41LEifUHBfFgmzLva3Yqtkomm2ZCJGLvzMneR4BoLHucWSK44hm1VF-udJvRTbOhGQYqLRVh7oXgO-X1HCZ-JblWMSoSz3Fyfv3WgSOWDUPJ74QpnoXh8KlAmTeDiKFZA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 052c954c7395fd962cdbb68b916e7b2e PDF Text Text UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL SAAB CENTER FOR PORTUGUESE STUDIES ORAL HISTORY PROJECT INTERVIEWEE: NORBERTO FELIX INTERVIEWER: GRAY FITZSIMONS DATE: 3/21/2023 N=Norberto G=Gray G: It’s March 21. I’m at the Tewksbury Starbucks on Main Street with Norberto Felix. And thank you for agreeing to do the interview. I appreciate it. N: My pleasure. Thank you. G: So, I’d like to cover three things. N: Okay. G: First of all, a little bit of your family history, your background, your parents’ background, and your grandparents. And then I’d like to cover your growing up in Back Central. That will be the second part. I’m really interested in hearing about your experiences in Back Central growing up, but also your perspective today on the neighborhood. N: Sure. G: And finally, what I’d like to talk to you about is your experience in the soccer world, especially with both the Reds Club, the Blues, but also Lusitanos. N: Excellent. I’ll do my best. G: So, tell me a little bit about your parents? N: My parents? Well, we’re originally from the Island of Graciosa in the Azores. I was born there. We immigrated here when I was three months old. G: And what year was that? N: In 1963. So, I was born in December of sixty-two, and we immigrated in March of sixtythree. As a matter of fact, the nineteenth of March was sixty years we came to the United States. So, it’s been, my whole life has been here just about. G: And what village, or what town were you born in? N: We were from the Village of Funchal, which belong to the main Village of Santa Cruz. But we were in a smaller village called Funchal. It’s up on the mountain. 1 �G: Okay. Is there a church there, a parish at Funchal? N: I don’t think there was a church there. They had what they used to call the Imperio, like a little chapel, but the church was down in Santa Cruz. G: In Santa Cruz. Okay. And so, did your father and mother have relatives here in the states? N: Yes, they did. So, my mother had a sister who was born here. My grandparents were immigrated here to the United States late 1800s I would imagine. And one of my aunts was born here. She was actually born in Lawrence. Then she went back to Portugal with my grandparents. The family grew there. And when my aunt got married, she came to the U.S. with her husband. G: Oh, okay. N: And so, she was the sponsor for the whole family to come to the U.S. G: I see. N: So, back then she sponsored all her sisters, and one brother, to come to the U. S. G: Do you know if your family came here via the Azorean Refugee Act? N: Yes, that’s what facilitated the whole process. G: So again, was there family here in Lowell? Why did they come to Lowell? N: First of all, my aunt was here, and second of all, jobs. They had the mill jobs at that time. G: I see. N: A lot of people came here because there was work to be in that area. G: Gotcha. What did your dad do before leaving Graciosa, before he came here? N: When he was in Graciosa he worked in a store. It wasn’t his business, he worked for an employer, but he ran a little general store. Him and one of his best friends growing up, they worked in the store together. G: Okay. What kind of formal education did your father have? N: Very little, I think. Just, you know, basic grade school. He could read and write without no problem, but he was basically, you know, just grade school. That was it. G: And what about your mother? N: My mother was illiterate. G: Oh! N: My mother never went to school. She just learned how to sign her name basically. My mother was illiterate. G: So again, they came here in sixty-three. And what did they do upon arrival? Do you know? 2 �N: My mother worked in a shoe factory. G: Which one? Do you know? N: Grace Shoe. G: Grace Shoe, yah. N: She worked there until her retirement. She worked there all her life till she retired. My father had a couple of other jobs in the beginning, but then he settled. He went to Commodore Foods, which used to be on Lawrence Street. He worked there for years. He retired from there. G: Okay. So how old were they when they came to the states? N: My mother, I believe she was thirty-nine, because it was right after I was born. My father was like forty-five, forty-six, in that area. G: Do you know what his first job was in Lowell though? N: I think he was working in a sneaker factory. G: Okay. N: I don’t know the name of the factory. The Portuguese Community was called the factory of the sneakers. So, I think he worked in the sneaker factory. G: Was it Simon do you know? N: I have no idea. G: Yah, because they did make sneakers there. N: It could have been. G: But soon after, I mean a few years, or shortly after, he went to work at Commodore? N: Yah, Commodore Foods, and then he found his niche there. That’s where he stayed. He was a machine operator. G: So again, you were born in? N: Graciosa in the Azores. G: No, but what was your birth date? N: December 16, 1962. G: Okay. So, you guys would have come over here, and John Kennedy was President. N: Yup! He was assassinated the following year. G: Exactly, right. So, what school did you first attend in Lowell? N: I went to Saint Peter’s. 3 �G: Oh, okay. N: I went to Saint Peter’s for eight years. Graduated from Saint Peter’s. So, it was a local school. My aunt, who had been here in the United States, she had a daughter who went to Saint Peter’s. So, you know, my mother would always lean on the advice of her older sister. So that’s where I went. I went to Saint Peter’s. G: I meant to ask, did your grandparents ever come to the states? N: When they were younger, they were here in the Lawrence area. G: In the Lawrence area. N: In Lawrence, but my grandparents on my mother’s side, I never met them. They passed away before I was born. And on my father’s side they were elderly. My grandmother on my father’s side was blind. So, as we left to come to the U.S., she became blind. So, I didn’t see her until I was, the first time I met her I was nine years old. She only remembered me as a baby because her world stopped. My grandfather on my father’s side, I met him a few times when we’d go back to visit. He died, he was like eighty-eight, eighty-nine years old when he died. So, I met him a couple of times when we’d go back on vacation, but they never came to the U.S. None of the grandparents on my father’s side came to the U.S. G: But on your mother’s side, they were here. N: My mother’s side, yah. G: But they went back though? N: Yah, they went back. G: That wasn’t uncommon for people. N: I guess from what I hear, you know, the family history, my grandfather on my mother’s side was out in California. G: Oh, okay. N: As a matter of fact, when he went back to Portugal, back to the Azores, they’d ask him where he had been in America, and he used to say California. But they could never, no one could ever pronounce California, so it was Californa. So, he was known as Tony California because that’s where he was. And to this day it’s still kind of known as the Californas, you know. G: That’s good. Let me ask you, what are your first memories of Lowell? N: Actually, I grew up on Chapel Street. Right on the corner of Chapel and Elm. I mean we moved a couple of places before I ever had any recollection, but in that area of Back Central, on the corner of Chapel and Elm, that’s where, I grew up there playing hockey, street hockey with my friends, you know. We used to go to the Superior Court House, to the parking lot there. We used to play on Sundays and Saturdays, when there was no (--) We used to play there. You know, that was my first recollection of going out, was doing that, playing stuff like that. Playing 4 �baseball in the courtyard on the back side. That was grass. Kicking soccer balls around. And then, you know, you had the feasts all the time. So, my mother helped a lot at the feast. And my father, my father was the founder of the marching band in Lowell. My father was the founder of that band. So, you know, they were always involved in the community and the feasts. My mother would be at the Holy Ghost Park working in the kitchen for all those feasts. So, I grew up, through my recollections, going there before feast days and hanging out there on a Friday night while they were preparing the food. We’d be running around playing, while they were doing the food. G: What are your early memories of Saint Anthony’s Church? N: The feasts. The feasts, going there, you know, for the processions and things like that. Participate in the processions. We used to get all dressed up and carried the statues, the little ones obviously, you know, for the kids, and stuff like that. G: So, you did some of that too? N: Yup, we did a lot of that stuff. G: Were your parents’ members of the Holy Ghost Society? N: Yes. G: Were they pretty active there? N: Yah, they were. As I was saying a little while ago, my mother worked at maybe every feast. My mother was up there in the kitchen working. Every single feast she was there. Saint Anthony’s Feast, The Lady of Fatima, The Loreto Feast. She’d be there. Whenever there was a feast day she was up there. G: Right. Do you remember, you must remember Father John Silva? N: Yup. The first priest I ever met was Father John Silva. As a matter of fact, he married my sister and my brother. G: But he didn’t marry you? N: No, no, not me. He married my oldest brother, my oldest sister, and my youngest sister. G: Actually, how many siblings have you got? N: There’s five of us total. I have two brothers and two sisters. G: And how many were born here in the states? N: None. We were all born over there. G: Oh! So, were you the youngest? N: I was the youngest. G: Okay, I see. I thought you had a younger sister. 5 �N: No, no, my sister was born, there’s eleven years between my sister and I. G: Oh wow. N: My youngest sister is eleven years, but they all got married. Father John Silva married my sister Cecilia, my sister Deidamia, and my brother Tony. G: And so, do you remember Father Eusebio? N: Yup, Eusebio. Yup, I remember him very well. As a matter of fact, he knew me. He went on sabbatical for a while, and I ran into him. And he goes, “Oh, you don’t recognize me anymore?” I and said, “Oh, Father Silva.” So, he knew me and my family very well. As a matter of fact, my mother had an industrial accident at work, at Grace Shoe, when she was working there. She burnt her hand. She had to get skin graphs and everything. And Father John Silva would go with her to Boston. G: Oh! N: He would take her to Boston for her to get treatment and go see the doctors there. G: Is that right? Really? N: Yah, he would go up there with her like every, when she was getting all the treatments on her hand and everything, he would take her up there, because he spoke English. And my sisters were in school. And so, you know, my parents reached out to him. And he said, “I’ll take you.” So, he was taking them up there. G: Wow. That’s pretty remarkable. Interesting. So, and you also, you say you knew Dimas. N: Yes, I know Dimas very well. G: Because he would have, I think he came to the states from Terceira. N: Yah, Terceira. G: In sixty-eight I believe, or sixty-nine. N: Yup. G: So, you were a seasoned citizen. N: Yah, we were already. We’d been here five years. I was just starting school. I was going into first grade. I was just starting school then. G: Yah, because is he, he’s a little older than you, right? N: Yah, he’s about, he’s close to my brother’s age. So, he’s about, I think Maria is a few, Maria is maybe about four years, five years older than me. Ray is my age. Fatima, I think Fatima is a year or two older than me. G: Oh, okay. So, let me ask you about when, I guess your teenage years, were you at Saint Peter’s then until eighth grade? Is that right? 6 �N: Yup, eighth grade. G: And then where did you go after Saint Peter’s? N: Central Catholic in Lawrence. G: Oh, you went to Central Catholic in Lawrence? Okay. N: Yah, I went to Central Catholic. I was actually one of the first Portuguese kids around here from Lowell who went to Central Catholic. G: Is that right? N: I remember I went there. I went to Central. It was all boys at the time. So, it wasn’t even coed. It was all boys back in seventy-seven. September of seventy-seven I started going there. Central would come and get recruits to go visit the school. So, they came to Saint Peter’s, and they got all the boys from Saint Peter’s in the eighth grade, we went for a field trip to tour Central. I liked it. I came home to my parents. I really wanted to try going there. And they were like, okay, that’s fine. And so, you know, they did the aptitude test and I got into Central. G: So, you started there in seventy? N: September of seventy-seven. G: Seventy-seven, okay. N: Yah, I graduated in eighty-one. G: Eighty-one, okay. As a teenager in Back Central, obviously you had friends in the neighborhood. What was it like as a kid, you know, teenager? N: It was a safe neighborhood. The neighborhood was clean. A lot of the Portuguese people took pride in their properties. So, everything was cleaned up. You know, it kind of used to be a little joke. If you had grass, we’d put tar on it right away, hard top. G: Yah, right. N: Because you had to make room for the cars, you know, you had to park the cars. G: Exactly. N: But it was safe. You know, we would stay out until, you know, eleven o’clock at night without any issues. Whether we would be on Chapel Street, or down on Central Street, or anywhere in the whole neighborhood, you weren’t very far from home. Someone always knew you. You had an aunt, or relative who lived close by. So, it was a safe neighborhood. G: Did you ever have any run-ins with the cops, Lowell Police? Because Dimas said there were times when the cops would come around and say, “Hey, [words muffled-13:46].” N: I remember, I was young, but I remember there were sometimes when the cops would show up and start, you know, giving the Portuguese people a hard time. You know, they would 7 �give them a hard time, tell them to get out, especially if they were like hanging out on Central Street. We used to call it the corner. G: Yes! N: Right by the rotary there. You know, they would like, tell you to get out of there and go home, but I never had any issues with the police personally. But I do remember the cops giving some people a hard time. G: Yah, I don’t think he did. He didn’t have a run-in, but he remembered being basically hassled by the, they were probably Irish cops. N: Probably. G: So, what was your house like? It was on the corner of Elm and Chapel, right? N: Yah, it was a three-family home. I guess the downstairs used to be a variety store, a small little store. My father converted it into an apartment. So, four families lived there. G: Did he own the building? N: Yah, he owned the building. At one point it was all the family who lived there. So, I had two aunts living in the downstairs apartments. We lived on the second floor. My other aunt lived on the third floor. So, it was all family. So, you were never locked out of your house because you could go in. You could go through the basement into, you know, to get into one house, or go through the upstairs, come down the front hallway. So, it was very, the whole building was family. So, it was like the main focal point. And when we got together for my family, my aunts and uncles, everyone would go there and meet there. Like on a Sunday afternoon there was, the focal point was there. G: Nice. So, you said there was a variety store there at one time. N: Yah, I don’t remember it. I think when my father bought the place it wasn’t even open anymore. G: Oh, okay. N: I think they just turned around, you know, he said we’re going to make this an apartment. He made a little three-room apartment down there. So, it was kind of nice. G: Did your dad hire people to do it, or did? N: No, he did it himself. G: Did he? N: Yah, my father was jack of all trades. He would jump in and do a lot. I learned a lot from watching him. G: So, he did carpentry and plumbing? N: Yah, he did plumbing, carpentry. 8 �G: Electrical? N: He would hook up. Sometimes not the greatest electrical work, but. G: He did it. N: Yah, he did hook up electrical. He would hook up plumbing. I mean I remember going with my father many times to the lumber yard. You know, we’d go to Friend Lumber in Lowell, or Wilmington Supply up here in Wilmington, to get paneling, you know, and lumber. We would tie it on the top of the car and strap it down. And I would go to speak for him. G: Yes. N: He’d say, tell him I want this, this. Okay, I’d tell him what he wanted. They’d bring it out. He’d throw it on the car. G: Did your father speak English? N: No really. My father had a hearing problem. G: Oh, okay. N: So, it was difficult for him to hear. And he found English difficult, because, just because of the dialect here in New England. So, it was difficult for him. He could read it, and pretty much understand what was being said, but to speak it, it was hard for him. So, that’s why I always had to go with him all the time to interpret. G: I see. Interesting. And of course, Portuguese was always spoken in your home. N: Yes. G: Did you ever speak some English in your home to your siblings? N: Yah, I’d talk to my sister. Sometimes we’d be at the table talking, and my father would say, “Hey, Portuguese.” So, we would have to stop. He would get mad. But sometimes it was force of habit. Because, you know, growing up Portuguese and going to school, it was like I had to be English or American, you know, in school. And then once that got done, I had to switch back over to Portuguese. G: Interesting. It’s a dual identity. N: Yah, it’s like you had to change a chip. It was a fun time to grow up. It was good. I don’t regret any of it, but it was that type of scenario where you had to think one way, you know, and then you got back, and then, you like, now you got to be this way. G: When did you finally leave Back Central? N: 1989. I bought a townhouse in Tewksbury, and I moved there. And I lived in North Tewksbury for like twenty-six years. And then recently, about six years ago, I moved to South Tewksbury. So, I’m on this side of Tewksbury now. G: Yah, you’re on Kehoe. 9 �N: Yah. G: Okay. So, what did you do after high school? N: After high school I did a bunch of different things. I got a job at a bank. I worked in a bank for a little while. Then I went to work, like every other Portuguese person did around here, I went to work for Wang Labs. G: Did you work at Wang? N: Yup, I worked at Wang Labs for a short stint, about two years. G: What did you do there? N: I was a material handler. G: Okay. N: And I worked there for a couple of years after high school. I did some college. G: Where was that? N: I went to Middlesex. G: In Lowell, or in Bedford? N: Lowell. Actually, at that time it was in Bedford. I was at Middlesex in Bedford. And then I did a couple of, you know, different jobs. After high school I was in banking. And then I left there, and I got a job with Wang, like I said. And then at Wang I was offered a position working for an airline. So, I took a chance. And thirty-seven years later I’m still in the aviation industry. G: No kidding. What’s the firm? N: I work for a company called Aero Mag. G: What do they do? N: We’re an aircraft de-icing company. So, we basically, we de-ice airplanes. You know, take the snow and ice off the airplane. But I started working actually for an airline first. I worked for a company called New York Air. G: New York Air, yah. N: And then through mergers, we merged with Continental Airlines. G: Oh yah, of course. N: And then went through that whole, like twenty something years with Continental. And then they just merged with United Airlines back in 2010. Then I was working for United. And I had a pretty good job with United. I was the trainer. G: Were you at Logan? 10 �N: Yah, at Logan. My whole career has been at Logan. So, I was doing training at Logan here. And then I was offered a position with this company that I am with now. Aero Mag offered me a General Manager’s position. So, I retired from the airline, and two weeks later I was back to work again. G: And where are they located? N: At Logan. We’re headquartered in Montreal. G: Okay. Canadian company. N: Canadian company. It’s worldwide. We’re in seventeen different airports. So, we’re in the U.S., the UK, and Canada. G: Okay. Getting back, to Back Central, I want to ask you a little bit about some of the clubs there before we talk about soccer. N: Sure. G: What’s your earliest experience say, with The Portuguese American Civic League, the club on Central Street? N: Not much. I grew up with the other one. G: The Blues? N: The Blues Club. G: The Portuguese American Center? N: The Portuguese American Center, yah. G: Were your parents’ members of that club? N: Yah, my father was actually a member of both clubs, but he hung out more at the Blues Club. And that’s where I hung out there more than I did at the Reds. I didn’t feel the Reds, back then the Reds were not as popular. G: Is that right? Really? N: Yah, as the Blues. The Blues had more of a, more of a foundation I guess, but they both had their strengths and weaknesses. Like I felt more comfortable going to the Blues Club, and that’s where I hung out, and that’s where I grew up, was there. G: So, one thing I was wondering as far as the difference between the clubs, was there any difference in the membership in terms of like Madeirans were at the Reds Club, as opposed to the Blues Club? N: Yah, I think so. A little bit. I believe there were more Madeirans at the Reds Club, and the Blues Club was more like people from Graciosa, Terceira, you know, more of the Central Islands were going there. 11 �G: Right. N: And I don’t think that was by design. I think it’s just the way it happened, you know. G: Exactly right. Growing up Portuguese, did you see any differences culturally, between say, Madeirans and Azoreans? N: No, not really. I mean, yes, the dialect is obviously different, you know, but I mean that’s about it. Because I had friends of mine who were from Madeira, and never had any issues. You know, I never noticed anything different. We were all kind of, we all thought the same, you know, it’s just everyone had their own little dialect when they spoke. G: Right. What about those from mainland Portugal? Did you see any differences there with those folks? N: No, not really. I mean they were just like, you know, to say there was a cultural difference, they celebrated different things than we did. Like Azoreans Communities are very big into the Holy Ghosts, not so much in the mainland. You know, so I mean they participated here, because it’s part of the culture where they were, but they didn’t like, to them it wasn’t as big a deal as it is in the Azores. G: Sure. The other thing too, you know, Madeirans didn’t celebrate the Holy Ghost to any great extent, actually until later. N: They actually, here locally, was the Feast of Loreto. Yah, on Labor Day Weekend. G: So that was more Madeiran sort of thing? N: Yah. G: But you did them all, right? N: Yah, yah, because we’re here. G: So, did most people too. N: Yah, we’re here. So, there’s nothing else to do. So, that’s what we did, you know. G: Exactly right. Were there any people at say the Blues Clubs that stand out to you as kind of notable characters, or notable men or women that you recall? N: Yah, I mean there was a lot of people. I remember, like when I was growing up, some of the presidents that were there. I mean there was a gentleman, I’m sure you heard his name, Eddie Santos. G: Yes. N: Eddie Santos, I guess, was a big contributor towards the club being what it, you know, forming the club. You know, he was one of the (--) I don’t know if he was a founder? G: I think he might have been one of the founders. 12 �N: But he was one of the guys who was there. I remember Eddie being around because he used to work for the Post Office. So, I remember him being involved in the community and stuff like that. Eddie, and there was also Joe Cordeiro. G: Yes, Joe. N: He was president of the club. G: Coach. N: Coach of the teams. Larry Astacio was a guy, another one. G: I’m sorry. What was his name? N: Larry Astacio. G: Okay, Astacio. N: He was always, I remember him being involved with the club. Yah, so those were the guys. When I was growing up those are the ones I remember. I’m sure there were other people before me, but I don’t remember too much. I just remember Eddie, because he used to, Mr. Santos used to hang out at the club. You know, go down there to be with some friends and stuff like that. G: Just a couple of things about the marching band. I have known, I don’t know if you know John Leite, who is a band leader and he was with the (--) His father was one of the, they kind of reformed the Holy Ghost Band. N: Okay. G: This was back in the forties. So, it was the Portuguese Colonial Band. N: Colonial Band, yah. My father played for them. G: Did he? N: Yah, my father played for them. G: What instrument did he play? N: He played the tuba and the trombone. G: Okay. N: Yah, I don’t remember my father playing for them, because I was obviously young, but I remember my father making the first initials steps to form a Portuguese Band, because I think the Colonial Band went under. G: They kind of went defunct, yes. N: Yah, they went defunct. And I believe my father wanted to really have a Portuguese Band. So, he got a hold of a few other people who he knew, who were musicians back in Portugal, in 13 �the Azores, and they started talking about forming a band here. And so, I remember my father going with, I’m sure you’ve heard of Manny Correira, and Sally Correira. G: Yes. N: I remember going to their house as a kid, because my mother and father, you know, and I’d tag along, because I was the youngest one. So, I had to go with them. And sitting down and meeting with him to talk about forming a band and trying to find a place for rehearsals. And I think the first place they got for rehearsals was the Holy Ghost Park. G: Yes. N: That’s where they did their rehearsals until something went awry and they didn’t want them there anymore. And then they left there and went down to the Reds Club. G: Yes, was it the Reds Club? N: It was the Reds Club. They were there for years. And then they moved to the Blues Club. And then that’s when they became incorporated with the club. Because at first, they were in the Blues Club, but they were their own separate entity. And then I forget exactly when it happened, but they ended up becoming merged with the club, as part of the club. G: Well, you know it’s interesting, because the Portuguese Colonial Band originally owned the building where the Blues Club is. N: Yes, exactly. As a matter of fact, because I was President of the Portuguese Club, the Blues Club. G: Oh, I didn’t know that. N: Yah, I was. I was twenty-two years old. I became president of the club. And the charter that we had on the wall said Colonial Band. G: Did it? Really? Okay. N: I became president of the Portuguese Club in 1986, and 1987. Two years in a row I was president. G: Twenty-two years old. N: Yah, twenty-two years old I was elected president. G: That’s pretty remarkable. N: Yah, back then I was pretty crazy. I didn’t know what I was doing back then, but I survived it. G: So, the Colonial Band was actually reformed I think in the forties. And one of the founders of the later edition was Belarmino Leite. And he had a son, John Leite, who’s a very, very talented horn player. I mean really talented, and he’s a professional musician. And he was active, he’s a generation before us. Maybe two before you, but he just turned ninety. He’s still 14 �alive. So, you’re right. I mean that band that reformed in the forties was active for about twenty years, and then you know. N: Yah, it kind of fizzled out. G: Yah, fizzled out. N: But I believe the charter for, was the Pioneer Club. And it was the Pioneer Club and Colonial Band that kind of merged their charter to form, to keep that building. G: That’s right. So, was your father then, for a while was he actually the head of the group? N: He wasn’t the band leader. He was one of the founders. They hired Mr. Gomes. G: Luis Gomes. N: Luis Gomes, yah, who used to be a teacher at the high school. He was the Maestro of the Band. So, my father and him, my father went out, you know, got a hold of him, brought him in. G: Interesting. Your father did the right thing. N: Yah, to be the Maestro. G: He’s a wonderful guy. H: And Mr. Gomes came back. He actually did two different stints of Maestro of the Band. And my father was there till, just before he couldn’t play anymore. As a matter of fact, my father, when he couldn’t march anymore, he’d march with them and not play. And then when they would go up to Holy Ghost Park to play their concerts there, he would sit down and play with them, because he could sit and do it. G: And he was always a tuba player, right? H: Yah, tuba, or the trombone. G: Trombone, okay. N: Yah, that’s what he did. He kept it up until he was incapable of doing it anymore. Then he just stopped. G: What year did your parents die by the way? N: My parents died in 2010. G: Both of them in 2010? N: Yah, both of them. My mother died in August, and my father died in December. G: Okay, and they were in their eighties, is that right? N: My father was ninety-two, and my mother was like eighty-eight. G: Wow. You’ve got good genes. Let me talk to you a little bit about soccer now. When did you first get into soccer? 15 �N: Well, I remember as a kid my brothers played soccer. One of my older brothers was the goalkeeper for the Blues, the Blue Lusitanos. And, you know, I always grew up idolizing them playing. I tried to play. I don’t have the talent. I tried to play for a little while. Didn’t have the talent that they did. So, I couldn’t play. But I got involved with the club with soccer. In 1984 I was actually asked to become one of the directors of the club. Not the club, of the soccer team. G: Of the soccer team. N: It involved basically running the soccer team. You know, we had to go off, find coaches, find players, apply for permits for fields to play, and things like that. So, you know, you were basically running the day-to-day operation of the club, of the team. And I did that in 1984. And that’s when, a couple of years before that, the Blues had gone into LASA. I think they had been in LASA already, maybe two or three years before that. So, in 1984, I became the manager of the Lusitanos, which was a Second Division Team. And we went out, and we got a coach, and we got players. G: So, what year? That was eighty-six? N: Eighty-four. G: Eighty-four you became the manager? N: Yah, the manager of the soccer team. G: Of the soccer, of Lusitanos. N: Of the Lusitanos, yah. G: Yes, okay. N: So, we went out. We got a bunch of young kids, you know, all kids like my age. G: So, did you recruit essentially? N: Yah, we recruited. We recruited players. We recruited a coach. The coach was a gentleman out of Lawrence. His name was Manuel Vascos. G: Vascos. N: Yah, from Lawrence. As a matter of fact, he’s Joe Cordeiro’s brother-in-law. G: Oh. N: So, he came to Lowell. He coached. And fortunately, things went well that year and we won the Second Division. So, by winning the Second Division you automatically advance to First Division. G: Bumped up to first. N: Bumped up to first. At that point I didn’t stay on. 16 �G: Okay. N: Because the president of the club at that time, the one who asked me to be the manager was a gentleman called Umberto, I can’t think of his last name. G: It will come to you. N: Correira. Umberto Correira. G: Correira? N: Yah, Umberto Correira. G: Was he a Lowell guy? N: Well, he passed away. G: But was he from Lowell? N: Yah, he was from Lowell. He’s from my Island, from Graciosa too, and he lived here in Lowell. G: Okay. N: So, he was the president of the club. And he asked me to be the manager. I said, “sure!” I had nothing else to do. So, I took it. You know, he kept a strict eye on me all the way through. G: Well, you were really quite young. N: Yah, exactly. So, there were a lot of guys thought I was going to be like (--) Because it was mostly older people who were always like in their thirties and forties, would take over. And here I was, I think I was just barely nineteen. And I was like, yah, I can do this. And I did it. And, you know, like I said, we were fortunate, and we won the Second Division. I might have actually been in my twenties at the end. But anyway, we won. We won the Second Division. We got bumped up to first. At that point, you know, Umberto said, you know, we need someone with more experience because it’s First Division. No problem. G: I see, okay. N: You know, I backed away, and they got somebody else. And they played. And he finished his term as president, and that was his second term. So, the By Laws only said you could run for two years in a row. So, this is eighty-five, he’s done. So, eighty-six starts a new year. We’re having the general election at the club. And nobody wanted to run for president. Big going on back and forth. G: Do you know why? N: Just nobody wanted to do it. G: Nobody wanted to take the time to do it. 17 �N: Exactly. So, there was one gentleman who stood up and he said he would do it, but he said, if I do it I’m going to disband the soccer team, because he was against it. He was an old timer. I think he was president of the club years before. Then he left. I think his name was John Silva. And old, older gentleman. And he was like, if I do it, I will disband soccer. Of course, you know, back then that’s what kept the community together. So, the guys were all up in arms. No, no, no. And my friends all start saying, take it! Take it! Take it! I’m like, I’m not taking it. Come on, take it, take it. So, I ended up, one nominates me. Second one, yah, I second it, and blah, blah, blah. Before you know it. G: Your president. N: I’m president of the club. You know, I came home. My parents, God bless them. You know, they were like, what did you do? I’m like, I don’t even know what I did. My brother, my oldest brother came home the next morning, walked into my mother’s house. He looked at me and he goes, “You’re a jerk.” G: What year was that? N: This was in 1980, well the end of eighty-five. So, I took over in eighty-six. G: Eighty-six. N: Yah, so it was like December of eighty-five when they had the elections. You know, and then you started in January of eighty-six. G: And that was a two-year term? N: No, it was a one-year term. It was only a one-year term. So, I just remember looking, and I’m like yah. I don’t even know why I did what I did, you know. G: So, what was your role as president? What sort of things (--) N: We ran the club day to day. We took care of the bar section, you know. So, we made sure we had the bar. We took care of the members. G: Did you also have to do fundraising? N: Yes and no. We kind of had a little, for entertainment purposes only, those poker machines, like they had at the club. G: Oh, so that actually bank rolled. N: That bank rolled a lot. Bank rolled quite a bit. Yah, so they had those there. G: Was that on the QT? N: Yah, that was on the QT. So, that’s what kept the place going, you know, because the club cannot sustain itself. We never really did fundraising because we had that revenue source right there. So that’s what kept the place going. But that was in eighty-six I became president. Like I said, then you know, we went ahead, and we would take care of the community too. Like we did, we’d rent the hall out to anyone who wanted it. We’d open up the hall for events, like 18 �carnival season. We’d have the hall opened up for free for people to come in. We’d have food there for them to eat. We did an outing for the members. Actually, we took them to an amusement park. You know, took all the members for free, completely free. Took them out to the amusement park. So, we did stuff like that with the members and their families too. G: So as President of the Blues Club, then you really weren’t that involved with soccer at that point, right? N: Oh yah, I was, very much. G: You still were. N: Because the reason why I took over was because we didn’t want to lose the soccer team. So, back in that year, which was eighty-six, we made a conscious decision as the Board of Directors, again, a bunch of young kids, all in their early twenties. You know, I kind of picked, I had my older brother to be the manager of the club. G: I was going to ask you who the manager was. N: So, the manager of the club was my older brother. He ran the bar side, the club side. The manager of the soccer team was my other brother. So, I was like, you guys, I’m not going in this alone. So, he managed the soccer team. I was the president of the organization. You know, each one had their roles. G: Which brother was managing with you? N: So, my brother Roy managed the soccer team. My brother Tony managed the club. And I had my brother-in-law was with me, part of the Board of Directors, and a few other friends that we had. We hung out together. We were like a bunch of young people, and we went ahead. And we made a conscious decision to try to win the whole shebang. You know, we’re going to try to be the tops, the best in the league this year. And we did. Fortunately, enough, we won. G: Yah, incredible. N: Yah, we won. That was the first year the Lusitanos won the Division, and then they one with the [ASAVA]. A tournament within the season called the Cup Tournament. So, we won the Cup, and we won the league championship. G: Did you guys expect to win, or was it a surprise to a lot of you guys? N: We didn’t expect to win. We expected to be competitive. But we had a team that was just incredible. G: Who were the remarkable players that you remember on that team? N: Yah, we had this English kid from England. His name was Steven Clark. He was unbelievable, the goal score forward. We had a mid-fielder. His name was Leo Figueiredo. He actually lives in Wilmington. Leo was a super talented player. G: Mid-fielder? 19 �N: Mid-fielder. Another mid-fielder, Lucio Santos from Taunton. He was up here with us. G: From Taunton? N: Yah, he was up here with us. G: I was going to ask you how you recruited players? N: Oh we, because we knew like you know, because the league being in LASA, you know the Lusitanos were already playing in LASA. So you know, when we go to these games, you obviously see who was (--) And then when it was our turn to, we went and recruited them. Hey, you want to come play for us. You want to come play for us, you know. The players were given a stipend. G: I was going to ask you, were they given a stipend? N: Yah, they were given a stipend. G: How much? Do you remember roughly? N: It depends. Some players, I mean for that time it’s going to sound like a lot of money, but I had a couple of players making $300.00 a week. G: Okay. Whoa, a week? N: A week. G: That’s very good. N: A week, every game, but that included them coming to practice twice a week. Two practices, twice a week, and then game time. G: And you guys played on Saturdays or Sundays? N: Saturdays and Sundays. G: Both days. N: Yah, both days, Saturday and Sundays. G: Okay. And how many games in a season did you guys play? N: It was roughly like twenty something games. G: Twenty something? N: Yah, close to thirty games, because they divided the season in half. There was like twelve or fourteen teams. And they do play the first half of the season, and the second half of the season. It was a home and away series. So, you know, first half you’re playing away. Next game, against the same team, we play at home. G: Gotcha. N: It ended up being like, the season would go from like April to November. 20 �G: April to November was the season. N: And they’d be a break in the summer. They’d have a little bit of a break. G: I see. N: But it basically started in April and went all the way till November, early November. G: Okay. Did any of the players that you know go into the professional soccer? N: A couple of guys that we had on the Blues team, they actually went into the North MLS. Francis Okaroh went to the MLS. I think he played for the Revolution. G: Oh, did he? N: Leo Figueiredo was a professional player. G: Oh, he was. N: He was. He played professional at different places, but at that time soccer wasn’t getting as big as it is now. So, it was hard to form. So, Leo played a couple of different places, but indoor. Professional was indoor that he played. Yah, so a few of them did go up and become (--). G: So, you know, as far as you know, paying a stipend, I mean for the club, I mean that’s $300.00 a week. I don’t know how many players, but that’s not easy money. So, how did you guys raise money to pay their (--) N: Entertainment purposes only. G: Anyway, that’s a commitment. N: Yah, it was a commitment. And we took care of the players. I mean we got sponsors for uniforms. G: Were they local sponsors? N: Yah. We had, my first year there we had First Bank. You know First Bank, Frank Carvalho? G: Yes. N: Was the president. G: Frank Carvalho. N: Frank was the manager of the bank. So, I approached Frank. Frank donated the uniforms to the Blues. We also used to have, when I was in, back in eighty-four, the Second Division, the Martin’s Fish Market? G: Yes! N: They sponsored our uniforms. So, we always had, we had sponsors all the time. You know, we’d get a sponsor to sponsor the uniforms, sweatsuits, things like that. And then our commitment to the team was not only paying the players, but we would feed them. We 21 �bought food. We had food. After every practice we had food. We had a big meal after the games, with transportation, because we would get the buses to go down to, you know, Fall River, New Bedford, Rhode Island, to play the games. G: How far away did you guys travel to play? N: Rhode Island was the furthest we went to. G: Farthest. N: We used to go to East Providence, Warwick, in that area. G: What about Western Mass? Did you play up there? N: Ludlow came in later into LASA. When they came in, I was already gone. G: Oh, okay. N: But we never went that far west. I think they went later on. G: So, it was basically Eastern Mass and Rhode Island. N: It was Eastern Mass, Southeastern Mass, yah. G: Okay. I was going to ask you about the Reds Club. Do they continue fielding the soccer team? N: They did. The Reds were competitive too. I think the Lusitanos won four years in a row, and then the Reds one a year or two after. G: Did they? N: Yah. G: They did. N: They also, they won some First Division Championships. The Reds were very competitive. As a matter of fact, the second year that I was president, which was eighty-seven, we won the championship against the Reds, because we were tied neck and neck the whole season. G: No kidding. N: And on the last day of the season, we beat the Reds, and that’s how we won the championship. G: Was that played at (--) N: Cawley Stadium. G: Cawley Stadium. N: Yah, played at Cawley Stadium. G: Was there a good crowd there? 22 �N: Oh yah, we used to get some good crowds. Very good crowds. G: Was that your home field, Cawley? N: No, we used to play at the Vocational. Greater Lowell Voke. G: Okay. N: We tried to get the Cawley Stadium, but it was always the politics with the city. G: Was it bad? N: It was bad. They wouldn’t give it to us. They’d say you’re ripping up the field. You know, so we would go play after Pop Warner was playing there, and we’d say, look at the field? It’s not us, you know. But there was always, it was always a struggle to get them to give us that field to play. G: I see. N: So, we just leased the Greater Lowell Votech for our practices, and we played there. So, we did a lot of stuff up there. G: But you did play a few at Cawley Stadium. N: Yah we did. Occasionally we would get Cawley Stadium. I remember at one point I went down to the Parks and Recreation Department. And I was down there, and I was just like, listen, you know, we’re representing Lowell. You know, even though we’re Portuguese, but we’re representing Lowell. They don’t talk about it’s the Portuguese Team for Lowell. They say it’s the Lowell Team. G: Exactly. N: You know, so why can’t we play there? They finally broke down and they gave us a series of dates that we could play there, but it took a lot of banging on that door and lobbying. It really took a lot. It took a lot because it was difficult to get them to give us the stadium. G: And you were saying soccer wasn’t quite as popular at that point too. N: No, not then. As a matter of fact, it was the only way to get a lot of the old timers, you know, the guys would like to see soccer, they’d follow the teams, because they’d go there and watch. It was entertainment on a Saturday or a Sunday. As the leagues locally started IL and with the addition of cable, when they started transmitting the games from Portugal on Cable TV, guys would stay home to watch their teams. So, it’s like, why go here and watch this when I can stay home and watch the pros. And that’s when eventually it started to die down. G: Yah, I was going to ask. So, what happened to this excellent soccer in Lowell? N: I think it just wore out its course. LASA went defunct. G: When did LASA go defunct? Do you know roughly? N: Probably early nineties? 23 �G: Early nineties? N: Early to mid-nineties. G: I would have thought later. N: Early to mid, ah, yah, no, about mid to late nineties. Sorry, not the early nineties. Mid to late nineties. G: Okay. N: They just couldn’t compete. And part of the reason, believe it or not, was the teams from the north. The teams from Lowell, Lawrence, Cambridge, who were in our league, because we were dominating. And what would happen was the teams from the south, from Southeastern Massachusetts, didn’t want to come up here to compete, because they’re like, we’re going to lose. So why bother going up there. G: Were you guys beating those teams down there pretty bad? N: Oh yah. I’m not talking like, you know, major wipeout, but we were dominate them. We would just win, win, win, win, you know, If we lost a game it was like, ooh! It was a big scandal when we’d lose the game. But we were, the teams in the northern area dominated. As a matter of fact, that was the thing that the north did away with LASA. You know because they broke up LASA. G: And then what happened to the soccer team at the Blues and the Reds Club? Did they just (--) N: They just stopped doing them. I mean they still do like, they started doing after that like the over thirties, the over forties, you know, the recreational. G: Almost like pickup. N: Yah, recreational. They’d get into leagues. They’d get into over thirty leagues, over forty leagues. And a bunch of guys get together, you know, in the morning. They’d meet at the club. Go the field, play a game. G: Have a few beers. N: Yah, after the games, and stuff like that. That’s what it became. G: Okay. N: That’s what it ended up becoming then. Nothing organized like it was back in the eighties. The eighties were very organized. G: It was like semi-pro. N: Exactly. G: I’ll finish this up about the soccer. Do you remember any Brazilian players that played for you? 24 �N: Yup, there was a lot of Brazilian players that played in Lowell. Some played for us. Under my time there Leo Figueiredo was from Brazil. It was actually funny. Everyone thought he was Brazilian, but he was born in the Azores. G: Oh, okay. N: But raised in Brazil. But he spoke with a Brazilian dialect. But I won’t call him Brazilian now. There was another one, Manny Barboza. G: Yes. N: Very good soccer player, but he passed away a few years ago. Manny went through highs and lows with his life. He was a very good player. Then he got involved with alcohol. And then, you know, he basically, he fell off the wagon. He got back on the wagon. As a matter of fact, my second year as president we brought him back into the team, because he was like I want to try again. We brought him back in, and he was a very good player for us. G: Interesting. N: He actually continued playing for the Lusitanos for a couple of years after that. But he went through some highs and lows of his life, but a very, very talented player. G: The Barboza name is a long-time Portuguese name in Lowell. Does his family go back you know? N: I don’t know where his family is from, but I know that he has a son and his wife I think up in the New Hampshire area. G: Oh, is that right? N: Yah, I think they’re in the New Hampshire area. G: Okay. N: But there was also Decio Brito. Brito, he was Coach of the Lusitanos for a long time. He was Brazilian. G: How do you spell his first name? N: D E C I O. G: D E C I O, Decio. N: The father actually played for the Brazilian National Team back in Brazil. And I believe, if I’m not mistaken, I think he played with Pele. G: Did he really? N: He actually played with Pele a couple of games. He moved here, and he got very integrated into the Portuguese Community. And he was the Coach of the Lusitanos for a long time. His son grew up playing. Decio, Jr., right, he played for the Lusitanos for lots of years. 25 �G: Did he really? N: As a matter of fact, he’s known as Joe Brito. They call him Joe, but his real name is Decio. He played for the Lusitanos for lots and lots of year. G: This is great stuff. I got to tell you there should be something written about this, certainly the Lusitanos. N: Oh, believe me there should be. G: You should write it. N: Probably, yah. But I remember, I think it was eighty-four, it was eighty-four. In eighty-four, when we won the Second Division Championship, at our banquet we celebrated the Lusitanos’ fifteen-year anniversary. G: Did you? N: Yah, they were fifteen years old at that time. G: Thanks to you, you gave me a bunch of scanned photographs from the Blues, the Lusitanos. I want to get back to you at some point, because we might want to actually include those in the Portuguese Archive. But I wonder, I think you said you probably had more photographs. N: I’d have to look. To be honest with you I don’t have that many anymore. Through course of time maybe I’d dig up (--) G: Do you think there could be some at the Blues Club possibly? N: There probably is. I’m sure there is. We used to have the teams, all the teams’ pictures up there. I don’t know what they did with them. They archived them. I don’t know whether they threw them away, but there was a lot. We had a lot of different, all the trophies that used to be up there. I don’t even know what they did with all those trophies. G: Okay. For the Portuguese Club at Lawrence, we worked with them. We have a lot of the material now online, including some of the soccer photos, which are quite good. So, it would be great to have (--) N: I think I’ve got at home, I have a picture of the eighty-six. Actually, I have a picture of the eighty-four, the eighty-six, and the eighty-seven team, the teams that I was involved with. I’ve got the pictures of those three teams. I can try to find them, scan them, and send them over to you. G: Yah, okay. I appreciate that. Great. N: Yah, definitely. G: Norberto, let me finish. I’ve got a small grant to do a study of the Back Central Neighborhood, looking at it over time, but including the current condition and what people perceive of the neighborhood. You left the neighborhood in the late eighties you said, right? 26 �N: But my parents lived there until they died. G: Yes. N: So, I would go there all the time. G: Oh, okay. N: So, up until, you know, the mid 2000s. You know, 2010, eleven. My parents died in 2010. My sister lived there, like till 2012 or thirteen. So, I was always still going there quite often. G: So, let me ask you. This is more of an abstract social question, but what do you see as kind of the major changes that have occurred in like the last twenty years in the Back Central Neighborhood? N: The kids that I grew up with there, we all moved out. We moved out. G: Why move out? N: I think we just, we wanted something different, you know. I’ll be honest with you, like I grew up in Lowell, Back Central, and I had friends from Tewksbury who went to Saint Peter’s with me. And we would come to their house in the summertime, and it was like, why can’t I have this? Because you had land. You had greens. You had grass. You know, it wasn’t a triple decker. G: Yah, the houses are really close together. N: Exactly. But of the flip side of that coin, there’s nothing wrong growing up the way we did, because we had fun. We made things happen with what we had. G: There’s something about an urban lifestyle which is very invigorating, yah. N: Exactly. We would play kickball in the street, and the cars were coming, get out of the way. You know, then go back into the street and play kickball. G: Right, exactly. N: So, but I think my generation moved out, you know, in search of something different, whatever that might have been for each individual, you know. They moved out. And I just think as the older generation, like my parents’ generation, started passing away, the kids didn’t want to take care of the property. We’re guilty of it. We kept my parents’ house for like ten years after they passed away. G: Oh, did you really? N: Yah, until we finally said, you know what? G: Yah, you didn’t want to be a landlord. N: No, it’s deteriorating, because we can’t spend the time to fix it up. The people that are there, you know, they don’t take care of it the way we did when we were there. So, let’s just get rid of it. It’s time to move on. 27 �G: So, as far as the people that have come in, in more recent years, from your perspective, what are their backgrounds? I mean who are the major people in the neighborhood today? N: Today? There’s a lot of Southeast Asians there. I think there’s a lot of Brazilians there now too. I just think that, you know, the difference that I see is that there was pride in the Portuguese Community in their property, and I don’t see that as much now anymore. And I think that’s what led to the, I don’t want to say downfall, but the decline I guess is a better word. The decline in the neighborhood, it would be that the pride that was there before is not there now. G: I wonder too, if there are more renters in the neighborhood, say now, than there was say, thirty years ago? N: I would say so. I would definitely say so, because most of the people who would buy those houses, fix them up and live there, but I definitely think that there are probably more renters now than anything else. G: Sure, okay. Let me ask you, this is sort of a personal question that would relate to your church affiliation. Do you still attend Saint Anthony’s Church? N: No, I sometimes go to Saint Anthony’s, not as often as I should. But I was never really registered at Saint Anthony’s. Because when I moved to Tewksbury, I would go to Saint Anthony’s. At that time, I was registered, but I think I’ve fallen off the books. It’s been a while. Sometimes I go to Saint Williams here, because it’s local, it’s closer, but I mean I still consider Saint Anthony’s as my church, believe it or not. Even though I don’t go there, I still consider that’s my church. G: But you are still going there for special events. N: Yah, if there’s a feast there, or something, I’ll go there. G: You know, I’ve interviewed Joe Mendonca. We talked a little bit about the Holy Ghost Society. And he talked about the changes too, and the fact, this is what he said, most of the members now are life members, which means they don’t have to pay dues. So, it’s struggling financially. But he said too, that he felt similarly, the younger generation was not filling the ranks. N: Yah, I remember as a kid, I know you’ve heard of her name, Mrs. Gladys Picanso, Leno Picanso, Joe Camara, his wife. G: Patricia. N: Patricia Camara, all these people. When I was a child, these were the mainstays of the community. Sally Correira and Manny Correira. I can’t think of his name now. I can see his picture. Joe Mendonca. Mr. Mendonca. G: Oh yes, of course. 28 �N: He’s still alive. He’s from Madeira. Him and his wife, they were involved with the Holy Ghost Park. These were all those people who, they were the mainstay of the community. And as, you know, they stopped getting involved, not many younger people got involved. G: Yah, their kids, that younger generation, didn’t get involved. N: Now there is, at the Holy Ghost, I think there is younger people in there now. I don’t even know who the president is. I think it’s a woman if I’m not mistaken. G: Yes, it’s Elizabeth Candida. N: Elizabeth, [unclear 55:25]. So, I mean kudos to her because she wants to jump in there and take over. It’s a lot of responsibility. It’s a lot of work. No good deed goes unpunished, right? Because you hear everything, that you’re in it for personal reasons and stuff like that. But I don’t believe that because I know what it’s like. Because I was involved too, you know, with the clubs. Kudos to them for getting involved. Personally speaking, for myself, I’m at a point in my life, I don’t want to do that. I think that’s great that they’re still doing it because she’s younger than I am. So, it’s good. That’s good that they’re doing that. G: I did notice that there are a few. Mello, his sister. John and his sister Stephanie are active. Let me conclude with one final question. What musical instrument did you learn? N: Zero. Yah, it’s ironic, you know. None of my brothers, none of us played a musical instrument. My father was, loved music, you know, and he played, but we never got the knack for it. My father was, you know, even back in the Azores and I hear the stories, music was his life. He would just play. Go to the band, go to the band, go to the band. The band was his life. A lot of arguments at home sometimes with my mother about that stuff, but that was his (--) I remember my dad getting up at 4:00 in the morning, driving to Ludlow, to go pick up two players and bring them to Sunday practice, and then driving them back. All on his dime. G: Incredible. He was very devoted. N: He was, but he never had the patience to teach us. He taught the grandkids. G: Oh, did he? N: Yah, he taught his grandchildren how to play. 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Title A name given to the resource Noberto Felix Oral History Interview Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-03-21 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fitzsimons, Gray Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Lawrence (Mass.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived From UMass Lowell Oral History Collection. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Felix, Noberto Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Audio Description An account of the resource Noberto Felix was born on December 16, 1962 in Funchal on the island of Graciosa in the Azores. His family immigrated to the United States in 1963, when Noberto was three months old. The family immigrated as part of the Azorean Refugee Act. 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His father, Belarmino (1892-1970) and mother, Violante J. (Sousa) Leite (1894-1979) were born on the island of Graciosa in the Azores. They immigrated to the U.S. in the mid-1920s, initially settling in Lowell, before moving to Manchester, New Hampshire, they worked for a number of years at the Amoskeag Mill. Belarmino Leite worked in the highly skilled job of loom fixer and Viloante Leite worked many years as a spinner. Around 1936 they returned to Lowell, living there the remainder of their lives. They had three daughters and one son, John J. who was educated in Lowell’s public schools. Belarmino, a trombonist, played in and managed Lowell’s Portuguese Colonial Band. John Leite joined the band when he was a boy, playing the trumpet and later the trombone. After serving in the U.S. Army in post-war Europe, he returned home and matriculated at Lowell State Teachers’ College; after graduating from the college he taught in the area’s public schools, performed as a professional trombonist in well-known local bands, and formed his own band; beginning in the 1970s Mr. Leite became secretary/treasurer of the Lowell local of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), AFL-CIO, and after its merger with other locals in 1995, he was elected president of AFM Local 300. Scope and Contents: As in two other oral history interviews with Mr. Leite, this Interview includes a great deal of information on Mr. Leite’s career as a musician and some of the well-known composers, conductors, and musicians whom he knew and with whom he performed. But unlike the other interviews, this oral history covers his recollections of the Portuguese “Back Central” neighborhood in Lowell and his childhood, into his early teens, as an altar boy at St. Anthony’s Church. It also includes additional information about his parents, their work in the textile industry, and their home in South Lowell. J=JOHN G=GRAY G: It’s February 8, Wednesday. I’m at the home of John Leite, and here we go. J: My dad was a loom fixer, and he made a piece of equipment somehow to make the loom run better. Right? 1 �G: Right. J: He didn’t get a dime for it, you know, I mean the powers that be did. G: The company did well. J: But he could fix anything. It didn’t matter what it was. And my mother started as a bobbin girl. Then she went as a spinner, and then she became a weaver. And I would visit the mills once in a while. I mean I remember the noise you know. They must have all gone deaf. And the shuttle going back, [makes sounds of shuttle going back and forth], you know, the weavers. And if there was a break in the line you had to go [makes sound]. And she had fast hands. Incredible and getting paid crap for it. And the companies are making millions of dollars on the silk. That was a silk mill. G: Yah, this was the Newmarket Mills, right? The Silk Mills. J: Yah, Newmarket. They called it the Silk Mills. Across from Athenian Corner. That one there. G: Your dad, and your mom, they were there a long time, right? J: Yah, they were there. First, well Wilhelmina was born really early, when they got married. And then Mary came along twelve years later. And then Helen four years after that. And then the last four years, myself. But with Wilhelmina, she was a secretary in Robey Shoe. You know where that fifth-floor thing is in the mills from Jackson Street to Middlesex Street? G: Yes. J: Those mills there? G: Yes, the Appleton and the Hamilton Mills, formerly. J: Yah, and you go underneath and out. They sell records up there, Dave [David Perry]. G: Right, Mill No. 5. J: Yah, No. 5, well that’s where, exactly where Robey Shoe was. G: Oh, is that where? Robey Shoe, on that same floor? J: Yah, I remember that. Because he told me, Dave Perry, the record guy, told me that they found a last, you know a true last, in the wall, on that floor. I said, well I worked there after I, just after I got out of high school. G: Did you work at Robey Shoe? J: Yah. G: I didn’t know that. J: I was a shipper/receiver with the older guy who was there, and I was you know, learning. G: But your sister Wilhelmina worked there? J: My sister Wilhelmina worked in the office. The shipper/receiver says, “Hey, grab a broom.” “It looks clean here.” “No, no, see that first row of women? The last? Go down there and clean under her.” She’s wide open, you know. And, you know, of course I was always doing a lot of cleaning. That was a 2 �day full. But then I left that, and I went to Jay’s Radio on Bridge Street. Right on the corner of Paige. Was it Paige, where it comes around down like this? G: I think it is Paige. J: On French Street. G: On French Street. J: Bridge Street was the main door. One of the owners, George Ash, was the Mayor of Lowell. And he was a part owner. G: Oh, was he really? I didn’t know that. J: Yah, of Jay’s. And they had a store in Lawrence. So, there’s a kid in Lawrence, Louie and myself, used to put TV aerials up on houses. You had to take four ten-foot galvanized poles, clamp them together so you’d have forty feet height. Then the butterfly antenna, right. And we’d take turns going up the roof. It was a tough time, and tough thing to carry that thing up there. G: I can imagine. J: It was heavy. But the guy on the roof had to take it all the way to the peak. Walk along the roof to the chimney. Put the chimney straps and put it in, you know, and that’s before cell phones. You know, you’re yelling down, turn it the other way! No, no, no, a little bit more. Oh, okay, you got it. Okay, picture looks good. Lock it up. Come on down. And we did this on Pine Street, which was a doubledecker. Of course, now they’re all condos on Pine Street. And diagonally across from the school. And it was his turn, Louie’s turn to go up. It was a slate roof. G: Slippery. J: And they’re always losing slates, you know. And his turn to go. He goes up the ladder. He walked up. I used to go up on my bum, right. He’d just walk up the roof. The slate let go. He came down two stories. Boom! Fortunately, there was grass there. He got up and he says, “Son of a bitch!” And he ran up the ladder, and he ran up the roof. He was a crazy bastard. The highest one I had to go in was in North Billerica, four stories. Those aluminum ladders would bend like that as you’re walking up. G: Yes, I remember. I know what you mean. I’ve done it. J: Four stories, that’s a long way up. And then going up to the peak, and going over the strapping, and all that stuff. G: It’s a young man’s job. J: Jeeze, I was eighteen. G: Well actually, here’s the thing. I was going to ask you, you were born in Manchester, right? And then you guys moved to Lowell I think in 38 or 39? J: Helen and I were born in Manchester, the one closest to me. The one that’s four years older than I. The first two were born her [in Lowell]. G: Yes. J: You know, Wilhelmina and Mary. And then Helen and I were born in Manchester. They went where the work was, The Amoskeag Mills. 3 �G: Yes, Amoskeag, right. J: So, they had to go work at Amoskeag Mills, and we had cousins up there anyhow. So, we had connections in Manchester. But then they moved back to Lowell. I was three. G: So, the thing is, I found through the City Directories that your family moved to Bowden Street in South Lowell. J: Twice. G: Yah, I know, exactly. I was going to ask you about that. J: First time was fifty-six and fifty-eight Bowden, a double decker. Mr. Rebello owned the house, and he had a grape garden, grapevines in the back. And I used to help him pick the grapes. So, this one Christmas he said, “I want to buy you a sled. You don’t have a sled.” There used to be a toy store downtown across Shattuck Street and where the bank is now. Then there’s like a little sub shop, or something in there at the corner. The next store, which has changed about a million things. That used to be a toy store. G: Was it? J: And he said, “Pick any sled.” They’re all hanging on the wall. I picked a Donald Duck sled. It was cute. I liked it, you know. So, he bought it. He comes home, he brings it home. My father looked at it. He says, “How much was that sled?” Asking Mr. Rebello. And he told him. He said, “Why did you spend so much money?” He says, “Hey, he’s a good kid. He’s your son, but he’s a good kid. And he helps me with the grapes. That’s it. I bought it. You don’t have to buy it.” And so, I had a Donald Duck sled parading around Bowden Street. We lived at fifty-eight [Bowden Street], upstairs. G: So, Mr. Rebello was Portuguese, right? J: Mr. Rebello, of course. G: And do you know where he was from? What island? J: No. G: Okay, that’s all right. J: No, I’m sorry, I don’t. I was little. G: No, no, of course, I know. But, your parents moved back to Lowell. Did they know Rebello beforehand, or did they just find an ad for this two-family house? J: Well, you know, in the church. The church makes the connections. And so, you talk to Father Grillo, you know, somebody always knows. Oh, Mr. Rebello has a place. You know, that’s how. It’s a network like today. G: Let me ask you though, when your parents moved to Manchester, they didn’t continue to go to Saint Anthony’s did they? J: Oh no. No. G: They were at a church up in Manchester. J: Yah. Don’t ask me the name of it. I have no clue. 4 �G: No, no, that’s okay. J: I was just born. G: 1933. So anyway, so your parents moved back to Lowell. And my question is, they didn’t move to the Back Central neighborhood. They moved to Bowden Street. J: Yah, that’s what was available. G: Right. But I was wondering, what are your earliest memories of Back Central, the neighborhood? J: Well, I told you I had an aunt and uncle there. G: Your aunt was on Chapel Street. J: Yah, but I had an uncle and aunt on Back Central Street, that big, long Nolan Block. G: Oh, the Nolan Block. J: On the right-hand side. I don’t know how many stories, four or five stories or something. G: I think it’s four. J: There’s a market on the corner. And my uncle lived there, my father’s brother, José . And he was sickly. And his wife was a [whistles]. As a kid, you’re walking in there, and it’s a dark hallway. And there’s one sixty-watt bulb hanging down on a wire, right, from the ceiling. And as a kid you’re walking up. It’s scary. You’re walking up the stairs, fourth floor, right. It was after Mass, right. And then as you walk along there’s a hallway. And the hallway has all these windows on Central Street. And she had garlic tied to all the locks. G: Garlic? J: Garlic. G: Why? J: To keep the spirits away! I’m telling you she was a strange lady. So, we finally get into the apartment, and my father says, “Mude mulher!” She [my aunt replied] “Não vá!” My father got pissed, right. And he walked right past her. She was a bitch. And he opens the door, and he closes the door and visits with his brother, you know, because he was really sick. I don’t know what he had. But she was just a whacko. And she would have fought my father, you know, if we weren’t all there. G: She was a tough cookie still. J: Yah, that’s how I remember her. But he, José , was a wonderful man. J: And he was a wonderful man, you know. Anyway, it was scary to visit that place. The other place on Chapel Street was brighter, and it was only two stories. G: Was it a double house? J: Double decker, yah. G: Double decker. Did a few families live there, or just a couple? 5 �J: Well, there were two-families in a double decker. You know, they’d go by how high, how many floors, and you put another family in. I’m sure there were some places that had families in one place. I didn’t know any of those. G: So, this was your aunt on Chapel Street. J: Yah. G: Which aunt? One of your father’s sisters? J: My mother’s aunt? I think it was like a grand aunt, or something. G: Got you, okay. J: Something like that. She was a nice lady. We used to go to another relative, further down Chapel Street. I forget who it was. And the guy used to make his moonshine. Most of them did. Most of the old guys, they made their moonshine. And I’ve been there as a little kid, and I see the old guys going, taking shots and a bite of a fig. You know, you get a fig, you get a date, you know, and you take a shot, and then you take a bite, and you take another shot, take a bite, you know. My dad could do that like poof. He was good at doing it. So, as I grew older, and now I’m fifteen and I’m saying, hey “Pai, agora?” Yah, all right. And I take a shot, right. And I said, “I’m going to do this. Took a bite of the date, took a swig. Oh gee! It’s great!” It was barely a drop. Oh Christ, it burned so much. This was moonshine. Oh my god. So, I said, “Why do you guys drink this?” And he says, “You don’t know how to drink it.” Slow, little sips. Bite of the date, another sip. Bite of the date. Well, some of them used to zap it, you know. The second one they’d do it slower, you know. First one they go, zap it. And then the second one, okay, now we’ll eat the dates. But, you know, that’s my biggest memory. Well, the other memory of Back Central Street is the Portuguese Band. G: Yes, I was going to ask you about that. J: I started playing trumpet when I was younger. And I was thirteen when I joined the band. And I was taking lessons with John, Mr. John Giblin. You always addressed him that way. Mr. John J. Giblin. G: G I B L I N? J: Yah. And he had a studio in the Rialto Building. And right on the corner, the tower, the second floor. It had windows, you know, on both sides. Beautiful studio. And when it started off my father would take me up there. And after that, you know, go take your lesson. And he was a wonderful man. He was a high school band director. That’s how I met him. He played cornet. Lowell used to have a lot of opera houses. And he played in the pits of the opera. He had a tongue like a snake. Oh man could he tongue. And every student of his had to learn single, double, and triple tonguing. My graduation from Morey Junior High, of course it’s not a junior high anymore. It’s an elementary school now. They tore it down. The original one was a junior high. G: A junior high school. J: You go up to ninth grade. From my ninth grade graduation, Doris Fein, played piano. She was a concert pianist. The piano was up on the stage. And I said, I got to nail this thing, the triple tonguing. [Makes triple tonguing sounds] The whole thing is all triple tonguing, right. And at the end it was a high A. And I said, if I miss that everything is lost, right? G: Right. 6 �J: [Makes more tonguing sounds and hits high A], and I hit it, right, and I wouldn’t let it go. And she’s up on the stage like this. Hey, when are you going to end this thing, you know. I was so happy I nailed that sucker. I held it and held it. And then I went “yo!”. And she went [makes sound]. Oh, I was so happy to hit that high A. G: Gee, I mean you were what? Fourteen, fifteen at the time? J: I graduated. I was sixteen when I graduated from high school. G: Were you? Sixteen? J: Well sixteen March 31st, my senior year. I didn’t turn seventeen until March 31st. So, only two months left for high school. So basically, my whole senior year I was sixteen. So, you take four years off of that. I was young. Twelve or thirteen? Something like that. And I used to practice every day, two and a half hours. We lived in a tenement, Wilhelmina’s house, on A Street; fifty-three and fifty-five A Street. G: Yah, you guys moved from Bowden to A Street, in the Highlands. J: Yah. G: Did your father rent, or did he buy that house on A Street? J: No. That was Wilhelmina’s house. G: Oh, that was Wilhelmina’s house? J: My oldest sister, and her husband Gabe Gouveia. G: Gouveia, okay. J: Yah, Gabe Gouveia. And they owned it, and we rented the top, second floor. G: I see, okay. J: And those houses were really close, right? And I used to practice two and a half hours every night, and nobody ever complained. If I were on a gig, they’d call my house to see if I was sick. Honest to God. G: Where’s John? Why isn’t he practicing? J: Yah, how come John’s not practicing? He’s playing a job. You know, he has to go play a job. I started down at the Cosmo, I was fifteen. I had a trio. G: Oh! Was that your first professional gig if you will? J: Yah. Well not counting the band. G: Right, but you got paid at the Cosmo. J: Oh yah. G: Fifteen, wow. J: Yah, I was fifteen. I had a trio. G: Were you playing the Trombone, or the Trumpet? 7 �J: Trumpet. I was still on a Trumpet through high school. And so, Sidney Richardson was at piano. He was a classical guy. He could read anything. Ray Robey was the drummer, my buddy. G: Ray? What’s his last name. J: Robey. G: Robey. J: R O B E Y. And we were friends all through high school. G: So, you had a trio? J: I had a trio, yah. G: Oh nice! J: I owned a trio. And we used to get paid five bucks a night. The Cosmo, on Market Street, the building is almost all gone, except for the end. G: It’s all gone. Yah, I know. J: Well, the end where the Sac Club was. Now that’s a restaurant. G: Believe me, I fought to keep that building up, but anyway. J: It was a long building. G: I know. J: And where I played, the lounge was on the righthand side, okay. G: As you faced it, it was on the righthand side. J: Yah, there was a big lounge in the middle. But there was this small lounge, right, and it had high booths and stuff. And we’d get paid five bucks a night. G: You don’t have any photos from the Cosmo, do you, of you playing? J: No. G: Sorry, go ahead. J: There was a woman there that used to do bjs for two bucks, right. G: I believe it. J: So, I got home two nights a week, Friday, and Saturday, with three bucks. It was a good two-dollar buy. G: So, again, you were about fifteen or sixteen years old. J: Fifteen, yah. And that’s where I met Jack Kerouac first time. G: Did you really? J: Yah. G: You met him at the Cosmo? 8 �J: He used to go to all the clubs on Moody Street. They used to say “Moodsi” Street. You’re going to “Moodsi” Street. So yah, there was a lot of clubs. G: Yah, I understand that he used to sip a few there. J: He used to go around to all the clubs. And he came this one night, just one time, sat down and he listened, you know. And when we ended, playing the tune, or whatever it was, he said, “Gee, you guys sound really good. Keep it up.” G: Interesting. John, if you were fifteen, that would have been in forty-eight, or so. Interesting. J: So, anyhow, that’s the first time. The funny thing is that when I eventually met Dave Amram in Europe. G: I know, you were in Germany. J: Yah, Seventh Army Symphony. G: Who could believe it, right? J: You know what my first assignment was when they put me over there? First, I had to audition for the Eighteenth Army Band in Devens, Fort Devens. G: Yes. J: And so, it was an opening for euphonium. You know what that is? A small tuba. There was an opening for the euphonium there. And so now I was studying with John Coffey in Boston. He was the Bass Trombonist for the Boston Symphony, you know, under Koussevitzky, and then Munch, during that time. G: He was the Bass Trombonist? J: Bass Trombonist, yah. G: What’s his name again? J: John Coffey. G: Coffey. J: C O F F E Y. He had the studio across the street from Symphony Hall. G: So, you studied with him? J: Yah, I studied with him. G: Oh wow! Is that where you learned the bass trombone? J: Most of the guys who were traveling, there were a lot of traveling bands then, you know, name bands, Tommy Dorsey and all these guys, and guys would stop off at John to get an upgrade on, hey, I have this problem, I have that problem. G: No kidding. J: Oh yah, he’d straighten them out, you know. He was a wonderful guy. I was there taking lessons one time and this guy comes in with a suit, three-piece suit, and he wraps on the door. There was a big studio. The second studio was big. The first one was cramped. First one was, you know the BU Theater 9 �across? Well on the righthand side. There’s a sleezy bar down at the bottom. And then you got up to, I think he was up on the fourth floor. He had it up there, a studio, but then he moved over this way, over a men’s store on this side, on the corner. He had a studio. That was a nice one. A nice big window and everything. It had little rooms. So, I’m taking a lesson with him. Now I’m older. I’m already back from Germany. The trombone, right. And this guy in a three-piece suit knocks on, in the inside window where his lesson was, there was a glass window so you could see. Oh, John says, “Who’s that?” I said, “I don’t know.” So, he goes out there. He says, “I’m from the IRS and I understand you’re selling [fake] music books and not recording anything.” It used to be fake books, you know, you could get a million tunes out of the books. And he used to sell them for ten bucks. Most of the guys were selling them for twenty, twenty-five, thirty. He was trying to help the kids. You know, so he says, “Yah.” “Do you have anything?” He said, “Yah, I have a thing there. See it. I got them stacked up there.” And he says, “You got to pay for those. You haven’t paid for any of that. You can’t do this anymore. You have a two thousand dollar fine.” G: Wow. J: So, he said, “Look kid. Here’s two-hundred bucks, cash. See you later. Keep the cash.” The guy walked out. G: He paid them off. So, did you learn the bass trombone from John Coffey? J: No, actually. Well, I did, later I did. But when I went to my first assignment after I left the Eighteenth Army Band at Fort Devens. G: This is after you had mustered out of the army? J: No, no, no. I had to go down to Fort Dix for training. G: I’m sorry. You learned the euphonium at, or you were playing the euphonium at Fort Devens though, right? J: Yah, but that’s after Fort Dix. I had to go to Fort Dix. G: Okay. That’s where you did your basic training? J: Yah. December, January, February. Three coldest months of the year. Well, one time we had M1 rifles. I was a marksman M1. I could shoot anything at a hundred yards. Those rifles were great. We’re all lying down on the snow. And we had the big green coats that went down to here, with the brass buttons, and the pack and stuff. So, we’re all lying down shooting the M1s. It was time to roll over. Okay, get up. We’re all frozen to the ground with the buttons. So, he comes to the first kid on the squad, and he said, “Get up!” He said, “I can’t.” He said, “Oh yah.” He grabs him by the collar like this. Rip! And all the buttons were in the ice. “How the hell did my buttons?” “Dig them out with your bayonet.” So, he did it to all of us, the whole squad. So, we had to dig him out, right, go back to the building and sew the frick’in buttons on. But anyhow, after I did that, I was the only guy coming back to Massachusetts. Most of them were going to Oklahoma, Alabama, you know. “Where are you going?” I said, “I’m going back home.” So, I had to audition first. When I went for the audition John Coffey (--) G: Where was the audition? J: Up at Fort Devens. G: At Fort Devens, okay. 10 �J: And John Coffey says, “Go ahead and do that.” I said, “I don’t have a euphonium.” He said, “For Christ sake, take one from your high school. What, you want me to take the audition for you?” I said, “Sure.” I got a horn out of the high school, you know, and I was a trumpet player, right. So, I went up to Fort Devens. The Warrant Officer says, “Okay, you read F clef?” “No.” You know, that’s bass clef. I was a trumpet player. I had to read in treble clef. It’s called transposed treble. It’s not concert treble. And so, he said, “Well all right, but if you can play, I’ll give you six weeks to learn the F clef.” “Yes sir.” So, I began the thing, and I whaled through everything. And so, he said, “Okay, you’re in.” G: You made it. J: Yah, I made it. I don’t have to go to Oklahoma, or you know. G: So, were you shipped to Germany? J: I was at [Fort Devens] first. I was living at home on Sayles Street now. Sayles Street was the first home my dad bought. You know, beautiful, double, a lawn, yard, everything. Actually, the guy across the street’s sister is living there now. But I used to get picked up by Bob something, a French horn player who lived in Tewksbury. He used to pick me up every morning. It was like a day gig. We’d drive up there, play the gigs. You know, the rehearsals, march around. At the end, come home. I was living at home for Christ sake. How do they think I could go out and live in the barracks at all up there. And then that was up there, I don’t know, two and a half, three months. And then they had this levy, what they call a levy. It’s a group of people, guys, ten. A levy of ten. And at first, they said FECOM. I said, oh Jesus. G: They said what? J: At first they said FECOM. G: What’s that? J: That’s Far Eastern Command. That’s Korea. And then the next morning they said, “No, that was a mistake. It’s EUCOM”, Europe. So, ten of us out of that band were sent all over different units. And the first place I went was the music school. G: Where was that? J: In Dachau. G: Dachau, oh wow. J: So, I walk in the front door. I go up the stairs, the second floor. G: What year was that John, by the way? J: Fifty-two. I went over in fifty-two. Went over on a boat in fifty-two. And anyhow, I had the class, and we went to sleep that night, right. The next morning, I wake up, I look out the back window. What the hell are those railroad tracks for? What are those? Ditches? What the hell is that for? So, I asked the German guy onsite. He says, the bodies came in the carloads, you know, freight cars. Just stacked up. Bodies stacked up. If they were still bleeding, they lay them in the ditch so that they would dry out and burn faster. And I was sleeping over the ovens and the gas chamber. Three months I was there. As an eighteen-year-old that’s scary. G: Oh, it’s awful. 11 �J: You know? And then you had to say, well I’m not going to think about that, you know. Let’s get to the music stuff. And the guy was a really good instructor, a German guy, musical guy. And then, the first band I went to was an all-black band. G: No kidding. I didn’t know that. J: Well, everything was segregated through the Second World War. G: Yes. Right. J: Until 1940, let me see. G: 48 I think. J: No. G: Under Truman. J: Yah, but it was 47 when they started the integration. And then they started sending whites to the black band, blacks to the white band. You know that kind of thing. G: Interesting. So, most of the players were black though? J: Yah, when I got there. I walked in with my trombone, right. Oh, that’s the other thing. I didn’t have a trombone. John Coffey says, “I’ll sell you one.” So, he sold me a small Holton, you know. And he said, “Here’s the seven positions. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. See you later.” That was my lesson on a trombone. G: Where was this again, with Chuck Carver? J: John Coffey. G: Oh, I’m sorry, Coffey. Gotcha! That was the lesson. J: Yah, he said, “You’ll figure that out kid.” So, I get on the boat. G: But you had that same horn that you took overseas then, right? J: Yah, I bought it! G: From John. Okay. J: So, I’m on a ship, right. You know, it was awful. You’re sliding. I had the bottom. These racks, there were four racks, and they were canvas. So, you know, you sit down, and it goes [makes sound]. And I was on the bottom because I was a little, smallest kid. I just didn’t have a belly or anything. And they said, “You go in there.” I said, “How the [expletive] am I going to get?” He says, “Figure it out. If you want to sleep. Figure it out.” So, you slide in, you know, like that. And the guy on top of me had a big ass and it was hanging down here. So, I couldn’t roll over. In order to roll over, I had to get out and turn around, and go back in. Oh, before the ocean storm, there was a sax player from North Chelmsford that I met, Ronnie Klonel. Ron Klonel. His mother owned a shop up in North Chelmsford. She sold cloth for making clothes, or something. And he was on the boat. He was an organizer kind of guy. And he found a piano player on the boat. You know, he said, “You’re a trombone player.” I said, “I just got the [expletive] horn. I haven’t had a lesson yet.” And he said, “You’ll figure something out.” So here we are. We got a band. We found a drummer. We had a band, and we started playing afternoon gigs. 12 �G: On the boat? J: Yah, on the boat. And so, then he said, “You know we’re doing this for nothing, right. I’m going to go talk to the captain of the ship.” “What the hell are you going to (--)” “Leave it to me.” He goes up to the captain and he says, “You know, we’ll do two gigs a day, right, entertain the troops.” Fifteen hundred guys on the boat. That didn’t include the crew. Just fifteen hundred of us lumpers. So, he says, “We’ll do two gigs a day, right, and what we need to do is eat up here with your guys, and not down in the mess hall, and maybe use the shower or something.” The captain looked at him and he says, “You got to be the biggest ass I’ve ever known.” He said, “Why would I do that?” “Well, to keep the troops.” He says, “I don’t care. You know, five days over, I won’t see them.” So, he said, “Come on man.” He said, “All right. You can eat up here with us, but no showers.” So, Ronnie did that. There’s a picture in Paul Marion’s book of me with the piano and Ronnie Klonel. G: Oh, is that right? J: Paul Marion. G: Yes, his book on Lowell. J: Yah. He has the picture of me in there. G: I’ll have to look at that. I’ll look at that again. Do you have that picture? Is that a picture you have? J: I did have it somewhere. G: Okay. J: It’s an old picture. G: No, that’s great. J: But it’s in his book [John Leite pointed out the date of the photograph in Paul Marion’s book, Mill Power, is incorrect; the date should be 1952, not 1950]. G: I never heard about this guy before. You say he was from Chelmsford? J: Yah, North Chelmsford. G: North Chelmsford. J: Klonel Family. A Jewish family. G: How do you spell the last name? J: K L O N E L, the way it sounds. Klonel. G: Klonel, okay. Interesting. J: He ended up, when we came back, he ended up playing on “Moodsie” [Moody] Street there in one of the big-time clubs with a Trio. Paul Desilets played piano. G: Oh, Paul Desilets, yah. J: I can’t think of the drummer’s name. Dick Derry. Dick Derry was the drummer. G: Sorry, what did Klonel play? 13 �J: Klonel played tenor sax. G: Tenor sax. Oh, okay. J: He knew a million tunes. G: Was he good? J: Oh, he was very good. He knew a million tunes. Someone there saying, “Hey, can you play this?” He’d play it. G: I love the fact though, that he essentially negotiated with the captain. So you were in Germany, and then when did you meet Dave Amram? J: Well, that wasn’t until my experience at the (--) G: In Dachau? J: No, Dachau. Then I went to the 31st Army Band in Wurzburg. That was the black band. G: Oh, was the band black? Were you the only white guy in that band? J: No. There were two or three others when I got there. G: Okay. J: When I walked in with my trombone over my back, right, and this big dude was sitting. He looks up and says, “Oh you the white boy!” And I said, “Yah, I be the white one. Where do white boy go?” [Room] 244. I went up to the room and opened the door, and a shiv came right across my face. G: Really, yah? J: And I grabbed it. I didn’t say anything. And I’m saying, “I hope this thing is a weighted shiv.” And I went, flung it back into the other wall. German war lockers were all wooden. Stuck in. And I said, thank God it stuck in that. And I said something I’m not going to record, to the guy that did it. And I never had any problems after that. And then once you get around you make friends. There was one trumpet player, this black dude, he was a little bit older than most of the others. And wow, what a player he was. Oh gee! And they had a big band. I have some pictures of that. G: Okay, in Wurzburg? J: Yah, 31st Army Band. And they had bandstands, you know, with everything. In one of the pictures, I’m standing up taking a solo, and the other guy is doing a duet thing behind us. G: Nice! J: So, I’ve had that all over the place. G: You’ve had that picture all over the place? J: Yah. And then I was there, that was early ‘52. And I went to I think it was April fifty-two they came around looking for horn players. Oh, and when I was in Germany, at the black band, the bass trombonist of the Wurzburg Symphony, used to peddle his bike up. He had the first ever gig bag I ever saw. He made it out of leather so he could strap the trombone around his back, and peddle his way [up the hill]. Of course, all the facilities were up on the hill. So, he would peddle that bike up the hill. We 14 �had six trombone players at one time, and he was supposed to give them all lessons. None of the other guys liked him. So, I took all the lessons. G: Oh wow! Interesting. J: And then he was a bass trombonist. So, then I started messing with that a little bit. And then when they came around, James Dixon, who was the conductor of the 7th Army Symphony in fifty-two, came around looking, different bands, looking for horn players. Because now the orchestra needed horn players,, it started off as a chamber group. Samuel Adler started it. And there were like eighteen people all strings mostly. And then they started adding woodwinds, you know, and stuff. And they they’re going around looking for brass. And I auditioned for Jim Dixon, James Dixon, excuse me. Excuse me, James. And anyhow, I auditioned with him, and he liked it. And we got along, you know, personally it was good. He was as gayl, but you know, he didn’t [let] you know. And so, I went back, and I got transferred to, let me see, I was in Wurzburg and then I went to Stuttgart. The 7th Army Symphony Headquarters in Stuttgart, on the hill. You know, they took everything on hills, because all the other German things were on a hill. And so, I was up Stuttgart Vaihingen they called it, and we were up there up on the hill. And the first guy I met was Midhat Serbagi, [Midhat Serbagi, Jr., son of a well-known Arab-American tenor Midhat Serbagi, Sr., who performed on radio and was a recording artist in the 1920s and 1930s] he was a violist. After we got out of there, he went to the Met Orchestra. And he played for thirty-eight years with the Met, lead violist, number one. And he played his ass off. And we were good friends. And then his brother played cello. Let me see, there were two brothers. That’s when I met Dave Amram. G: Yah, in Stuttgart. J: He had hair long hair, you know, looked like a hippy. G: Even then, back in fifty-two. J: And he used to have these cans about this big. And I said, he’s eating this, it’s like, I don’t know, sand, right? I said, “What the hell are you eating?” “This is wheatgerm.” He was eating the wheatgerm out of the can. “Do you want some?” I said, “No, I thought you were eating dirt. I don’t want to eat that.” Well maybe I should have because he’s till gigging all over the world. I think he’s ninety-two now. And he’s still got all his marbles, you know, more marbles than I have. Jesus, he’s an amazing (--) G: He’s an amazing guy, truly. I’m very fortunate to have met him, thanks to you. J: Well, you know, he played with all the jazz greats in the sixties. Dizzy Gillespie, all of them. G: And he composed the soundtrack to “The Manchurian Candidate.” J: Oh yah, and “Splendor in the Grass.” G: That’s right. J: That’s his too. He put me in one of his books, Kerouac Offbeat. It’s says offbeat on it. I’m on page 270 something. He gave me a page in the third. G: This shouldn’t probably be on the recording, but I want you to know, I met you for a while, and then I met Dave. I thought to myself, and he spoke well of you. I mean he just thought you were great. I couldn’t think of two more different people, Amram. Is it Armenian? Do you know? 15 �J: I think he was Jewish. G: Is he Jewish? J: There might be some other thing. G: Anyway, but it was just two striking, both very striking guys. And the fact that you guys were such good friends. J: Oh, we were very good friends. Yah, we were the best of friends. And Midhat Serbagi too. I was very close to him. We all got together one time and decided to buy a car. And we ponied up about three hundred bucks. And we went to this lot, and there was this, it looked like a Hitler car, right? It was a big four-door thing with the wheels on the fenders. You know how they used to do them? Covered, with the mirrors on top of those. And we said, how about that one? So, we negotiated. We bought it for three hundred bucks. You had to hand choke it most of the time. And the sides would come up like this, each side of the engine was long, you know. And so, we’d take turns choking it. They had to open it up, take the air bonnet off, put your hand on the top of the carburetor. Okay, go ahead. Hey! Here we go. We’re all set. G: You’re tooling around Germany in this old military vehicle. J: At one point after James Dixon left, Kenny Schermerhorn came in. He was a master musician. And he was the lead trumpet player, originally, with us. And we were going to a gig. It was Schermerhorn, Dave Amram, Midhat Serbagi, I forget, there was somebody else with us. There were five of us anyhow in this wonderful vehicle driving to the gig, right! I was going about eighty kilometers an hour, you know, buzzing along. There was no speed limit back then. I guess they have one now. There was no speed limit then. You could go over 150 if you had a car door. So, we’re going down the highway and we hear klonk! I go, what the [expletive] is that? I don’t know. The car was slowing down. And they’re saying what the heck. Don’t slow down, we have a gig! Well, what was that thing back there? We had to pull over. Somehow, I don’t know how we called, there were no cell phones then. G: Of course. J: Somebody must have come by and seen it. And so, they got a tow truck, and they towed us to this garage. And they got the thing that fell down. It was the whole drive shaft! It just fell out of the thing. So, anyhow, we got to the shop and the guy says in German, you know, hey, no bushings. Dave spoke millions of languages, you know, including Portuguese. G: Did he speak Portuguese? J: Oh yah, he speaks Portuguese very well. G: Wow, I didn’t know that. J: Yah. And so, he’s talking to this German guy. And the guy is telling him we don’t have any bushings for that. And I looked at him and I said, [In German] “Kann er [can he] weld it?” And he said, “Yah, he can.” Yah, I know that. So, he welded the [expletive] thing up there. Oh god! G: Sent you on your way. J: On our way to the gig. We just made it. They couldn’t start. We had the conductor. We had the first French horn, you know. G: Of course, and you, trombone. 16 �J: There were a million more stories. G: No, no, John. This is great. J: You’re getting off the track here. G: By the way, I’ve interviewed you before about, you know, your music and your career. I’ve never heard some of these before. This is great stuff. Hey, but let me ask. Speaking of clubs, going back to Back Central, I want to ask, what do you remember when you were young about the Portuguese American Civic League, the Reds? J: Not a hell of a lot. G: Yah. Was your dad a member there? J: No. He was a member of the other one. G: The Portuguese American Center, the Blues. J: Yah, the Blues. Because we used to rehearse the band there, in the band hall, and that was before they put up the brick. G: At one time that was the Portuguese Band building, where the Center is now. J: Yah, the white building on the end of Chapel Street. G: Exactly. J: Yah, we used to rehearse, had band rehearsals there. And when they had something going on upstairs, we’d rehearse downstairs. There’s like a bar area. Then you had to move all the seats and stuff, make room, and everybody would sit. And Abel Alves was (--) The first conductor when I started was Joe [Ferreira]. He was a skinny guy, a clarinet player. He conducted, you know, like a little person. He was little. And he died. And Abel Alves took over. G: Yes, he’s the name I remember. J: Abel was a trumpet player. Abel Alves and Joe [Miguel]; they were the lead trumpet players. And when I was a kid, they put me in between them. And they’d say, just get as many notes as you can. Well within one year I was playing the part. And then when the other guy died, Abel took over. So, it was Joe Miguel and myself, you know, playing. G: And that was all at the Portuguese Band Building down there on Charles Street. J: Portuguese Colonial Band. That was the name of it, Portuguese Colonial Band. And we rehearsed in, we called it the band hall, that building, white building. And one time, later in life when I took over conducting the Portuguese Band, you know, I came back from Germany. And I played in the band. And I brought other guys in, friends, you know, we expanded the band. Once I got to ULowell, Lowell State, Lowell Teachers, the first year, then I had met a lot of other guys and I used to bring them in to the band. G: Non-Portuguese, right? J: Yah, non-Portuguese to enhance the band. You know, more trumpet players, more trombone players, you know, great players. All great players. They all played somewhere in the armed services. In the Navy, and you know, the Army, whatever. And so, you know, I was conducting that. You know, 17 �going back to when I was fifteen, the picture on the front of the recording that we did, you know, I’m the third one on the left with the hat cocked. I always had to do something different, so the chicks would look at it and say who’s that guy? G: I know that picture. J: But the history, I don’t know if you want to know the history of the band, or where you want me to go now? G: Here’s the thing. This is not central to your life, but I’m just in terms of Back Central, and the two clubs there. One question I wanted to ask you about, the Reds and the Blues, as they came to be known. J: I don’t think they called it then. G: No, they didn’t. That didn’t happen (--) J: The PACL, Portuguese American Civic League. G: By the way, I don’t think it became the Blues and the Reds until like the sixties, or seventies even. So, but back then. J: Probably the seventies. G: By the way, just one thing. I didn’t realize this until I started looking into your family background, Fernando Loureiro was one of the cofounders of the Portuguese American Center on Charles Street in the late ‘50s. [Fernando Loureiro was one of John Leite’s uncles through his marriage to Adalice “Alice” Teodomira da Cunha Leite, who was an aunt of John Leite] And they basically brought the property from the Portuguese Colonial Band, which owned that building. So, they basically, you know, there’s an exchange of real estate, and that’s where they set up. But the club, as you said, there was always a bar down there, and from this club they created the Portuguese American Center. J: It was a great thing. You know, later in life when I was conducting the band, I used to bring guys in from school, college. Augie Silva was the helicon bass player. Helicon bass comes over your shoulder. I have it in the attic. He willed it to me. Anyhow, he was funny. He could drink more than anybody I knew. G: He was a big guy, wasn’t he? J: Oh, really big. G: Because I met him. J: I’ve got to digress here. Downstairs, when we were rehearsing, right, in the club. G: This is at the Portuguese American Center, or the Club. J: Yah, the Band Club I call it. And Abel Alves is conducting. And then he stops and says, “Augie, how come you’re not playing?” Augie says, “I have four measures of shut up.” That’s what he used to call rests. Yah, I have four measures of shut up. G: Four measures of shut up. That’s good. 18 �J: Getting back to the club. Now we’re upstairs. We were finished rehearsal. We’re going to drink, right. And this trumpet player friend of mine, Josh Norris, who 2017 died in a house fire with three of his kids. G: What was the name? J: Josh Norris, N O R R I S. I met him at Lowell. He was a wonderful player. Anyhow, he was up in the hall when Augie, and myself, David Taggert, who was a valve trombone player, a college friend, Tom McGaw, he wound up teaching at Berkeley. He’s retired now. And we’re all drinking, right. And so, Augie said, “Whoa, whoa, stop! Stop! Vehna aqui!” (Come over here). Sit at the big round table. He says, “Okay, this is what I’m doing with this, okay. Everybody have one shot of liquor in the glass. You can’t drink it all. One shot, and you got to wait, no beers, just shot, okay. And when I tell you, you drink the shot, and drink a beer.” Okay. He lined them up. There were six of us. You know, hit the beer chaser. Four of them didn’t last a minute. You know when you’re taking shots like that, you know, it’s. So anyhow, two of the guys, they were out of it for Christ sakes. Of course, they had been drinking. And so, Jack Norris, he disappeared from the hall. So, I went in the back room where the guys, the old guys were playing cards. I says, in Portuguese, “Onde ele foi?” I’m looking, where the [expletive] did he go? And there was a side door on Chapel Street, right, with a couple of steps. This is wintertime, right, big snowbanks. He was so cocked, he opened the door, tripped and he went in headfirst into the snowbank. He couldn’t move. So, we’re looking, and we opened the door. There’s Josh’s ass! We had to get down, pull him out. I took him home to this house, put him in the bed, in the big bed down the end of the hall. And his wife was here. They had six kids, but I think two or three of them were here. The girl was laying underneath that orange chair, and the kids just fell, wherever it is. About an hour later I hear [makes sound], he went running down the hall. I said, “If you’re going to throw up go to the bathroom you dink.” He was big, 6’2” you know. I’m trying to drag him and he’s not moving. And he went right against the wall, right. So, six hours later, he said, “Oh Jesus, what a night.” I said, “Here are all the cleaning supplies.” “What’s that for?” “You got to go wash that wall down and clean up the rug.” G: So that was life at the Blues Club there. J: That was downstairs. G: I know. Let me ask you one final question about the two clubs. Do you remember any difference between the Civic League and the Portuguese American Center? I mean, why would, you know, who would, would certain people go to the Civic League? J: Yah, but you know, it’s like joining the Elks, or joining the Moose, or whatever. You know, you just have friends there, you know, and your friends say, “Hey, come to this club. It’s a good club.” That’s about all. There’s no animosity I don’t imagine. G: No, no. I was just wondering for example, if basically if the Blues Club members were basically those from Graciosa, where the Reds Club were those from Sao Miguel, or Terceira. J: There’s some Madeirans too, Madeira. G: Exactly right. Yah, so whether they tended to go to the Civic League, Madeirans, and the Azoreans tended to go to the (--) J: Yah, because of friendship. G: Yah, gotcha. J: You know, friendship on the Islands. The original islands. 19 �G: John, let me skip down. I want to ask you a couple of more things. J: Okay, sure. G: One is about Saint Anthony’s Church, which you already talked about a little bit. And you also talked about kind of the early memories of the church. But do you remember, I mean you were there, when it was still basically subterranean? J: Oh sure, yah. As a matter of fact [it was] 1959. And my wife and I got married October 10, 1959. And we wanted to get married in the Portuguese Church. It was my church, but it was under construction. And so, Father Silva called around to all the churches to see what, you know. And they were all busy, and they couldn’t take us. And we didn’t want to change the date. So, Saint Peter’s, Monsignor [expletive] took us in. So, when we got there to talk, he found out that Melba was Protestant. And he says, “You can’t get married in the upstairs church. She’s Protestant.” I said, “What the hell does that mean?” We had to get married in the frick’in bottom church, because my wife was (--) You know, that building is [expletive] gone now. So, that’s what you get there Monsignor. I did it in your whole [expletive] building. You know, they were so stupid. But Melba said, “That’s all right. You know, let’s just get married. The plans are here. The families are here.” You know, just do it. G: Because Saint Anthony’s was under construction, you had to go to Saint Peter’s. J: Yah. He wanted to send me to the Polish Church. G: On High Street? J: Yah, but they were booked too. He called around to all the churches. G: Because there was a Portuguese Church in Lawrence too. J: Yah, we didn’t want to go to Lawrence. I know exactly where that is. We’ve done gig down there. But no, it happened. And our friend Bob sang. He’s got a great voice. He sang the service. So once, you know, you don’t realize you’re in the cellar of the church, you know, we just do it. You know, the priest, you get married, and Bob is singing, our friend is singing, and it was beautiful. The whole thing was beautiful. G: Hey John, let me ask you, moving to the next section [of the interview]. I want to talk to you about some of the Portuguese of your father’s generation. From your memory of your father’s generation, who would you say were the important figures in Lowell, or important to you. J: Mr. Silva, Danny Silva who owned a market down the bottom of Back Central Street. It’s a liquor store now. Danny Silva was a big time. I’ll tell you how good he was. And across the street was the bakery. G: Barry’s Bakery at one time, right? J: Yah, Barry, yah. When they used to have the Feast, right, all the meat would be prepared at Danny’s market. They marinated it, the old guys. My father and those guys would go and marinate the meats. G: At the market? J: At the market. And they would leave them in the refrigerator. And then Saturday morning of the Feast, I got booked by my father to help. And we went to Danny’s and carried all those pans, by hand, over to Barry’s to cook them. To partially cook them. Like you say, parboil, you know? Just partially cook them in there, because then you’re going to cook them up at Holy Ghost Park. 20 �G: Holy Ghost Park. J: So, then the van comes. You got all these pans. They’re trying to straighten all these pans out in the van. Whoever was driving, I don’t remember, you got to go slow, “vai devagar,” not to spill anything. And so, we go up to the Holy Ghost Park, take all those pans out into the kitchen. And the women would fix it up, you know, put them in the oven for Sunday’s meal. And they’d cut all of the (--) They used to use dry blood, you know, and dry blood could cut in chunks, right. Looked like liver. Oh, liver is a lot of blood too, but they cut them in chunks like about like that big. And so then put them in the soup, chunks in the soup for the taste. And I told you I had a lot of friends from Lowell. Well Dick O’Shea, who became a State Trooper, he’s retired now, was a Sousaphone player, and Frank Page. They were both Sousaphone players for Lowell High where I was. So, I got them into the band. G: The Colonial Band. J: Yah, Colonial Band. So, Dick was a big, tall guy, 6’3” or something. And so, he’s eating the soup. He says, “Wow, this soup was great. Oh, I loved the liver. Jesus, that liver was so easy. You don’t even have to chew it. It mushes in your mouth. It’s great. Can I get some more of that?” I said, “Yah, you want some more? I’ll get you a little plate.” So, I went into the kitchen. I knew all the ladies there. My mother’s there. I bring it over to him, he pops them all in, right. “Ah, [expletive] great. Oh, I love this. I’ve never eaten liver that’s so easy to eat. You don’t even have to chew it.” So, when he was all done eating, it was break, right. We were going to go back to play. I said, “You liked that liver huh?” “Oh, it was great.” I said, “You know what it is? Coagulated dry blood.” He went outside by the tree. He upchucked his whole meal. G: So, Danny Silva was one. Who else of your father’s generation would you think? J: Barros, the Barry, Barry’s Bakery. And let me see. Oh, Brockelman’s Market. G: Brockelman’s, yah. J: It was downtown Lowell, on the corner of Bridge Street and Merrimack Street. You know when you come out of Prescott Street, is one way, right? And then you go across to Bridge Street, right there, that corner. It’s been a million things since then. I think it’s a secondhand store now, or something. But that was a market. Brockelman’s Market. And you walk in the door on this side, and the meat counter was raised way up high. So, you’re looking at the guy up there. And I had a godfather who was a meat guy there. G: Oh! What was his name? Do you remember? J: I don’t. G: That’s okay. That’s all right. J: I’m thinking when you’re leaving I’ll send you a text. G: No worries. That’s okay. J: He was my godfather. He used to save great cuts of meat for us. G: Anyway, so he worked at Brockelman’s. J: Brockelman’s, yah, Market. That was a big market. You know, that was great, because people who lived downtown and worked in the mills, right, they stayed in the mill houses. They could walk to a store and get food. You know, it was a full market, full supermarket. 21 �G: Who else, John, of your father’s generation, and mother’s generation, that you know, you remember as a kid were kind of important figures? J: I don’t know. My father went to the club, but he wasn’t a clubber. G: He was not. J: No, he wasn’t a club guy, because he was usually working in the mills, or at home. He wasn’t a person that would go to a club and all of a sudden have nine people around him. G: That’s okay. Let me shift gears. J: He was a more quiet guy. He could be loud. I found that out as a kid, but mostly he was a quiet guy, you know, kept to himself, his friends, relatives, and that was about it. G: I’m going to name some people in a few minutes from your father’s generation. But one other thing I really wanted to ask you about, this is kind of interesting. I didn’t know this until I started studying Lowell’s Portuguese, but up until, you know, basically immigration, not just Portuguese, everyone, in 1924 a very strict immigration law was passed. And it essentially cut off immigration from every place. And it didn’t change until the sixties, but for Portuguese, the volcanic eruption on the Island of Faial, special legislation was passed that John Kennedy as a Senator was involved with. And so basically it liberalized immigration for Azoreans, beginning in fifty-seven. So, some of them started coming and came to Lowell in basically 1960 and thereafter, but then I think it was in sixty-five there was a federal revision to the immigration, National Immigration Law which eliminated quotas. And that meant that more and more people could come to the U.S. from everywhere. But what’s interesting for Portuguese, many from the Azores beginning in sixty-five began to come to Lowell. Many of them were from Graciosa, Terceira, some from Sao Miguel, some from mainland Portugal, but the fact is there was this (-) And by the way, Lowell at that time, every decade was losing population, okay. You know, the city was depressed. But there was this wave of Portuguese, mostly from the Azores, but some from Madeira too by the way, they’d come to Lowell and many of them settled in Back Central. It’s people like some you know, like Luis Gomes, he was part of that wave. Demos Espinola, and Maria Cunha, they were all part of that. But I just wondered, my question to you is, do you remember? Because you were in Lowell at that time, this was in the sixties and seventies. Do you remember this new wave of Portuguese coming into the city? J: Oh sure, because you know, they have a band now, a Portuguese, they have a Portuguese Band. As a matter of fact, my Greek friend is conducting it, Louie Stamas. G: Yes, I know him. J: But it was different when that wave came in. G: That’s what I was going to ask you. What was different about it? J: They come in more in groups, because of the law that you talked about. Then instead of one family coming, you know, it was a whole bunch of families coming in. And so, it was different because they were groups. They had their own friends and clicks. When my parents came here, you know, that was what was it? 19? 1918. I think it was 1918. And that was so different. I mean Ellis Island was a [expletive] zoo to get through. My father told me stories while they were there. It’s like the Godfather when the kid comes over, right. G: He’s quarantined. 22 �J: Yah, and you know, you on one of these lines for hours and hours. And you can’t say anything. You can’t talk to anybody else. Now they walk right over the [expletive] border. G: No, no, but I think one difference is that when the second wave came from the Azores for example, many of them, they just flew right to Logan. And came to Logan and then went, you know, had family meet them, because they had to be sponsored by the way. But the families would meet them and bring them to Lowell. They didn’t have to file to Ellis Island like your parents did. So that’s one difference. J: That’s a big difference, because in order for my mom (--) My father didn’t come with my mother. My mother came alone, with others, but he was the baby of nine. And the two next were twin boys. And when they became teenagers they said, “We’re getting out of here.” G: From Brazil. J: No, not from Brazil. No. G: From Graciosa? J: From Graciosa. They’re saying, “We’re getting out of here and we’re going to take you with us, because you’re the smallest. There’s no reason you hang around.” So, they went to Brazil. My father lived there I don’t know how long. He hated it, every minute. So, one of the brothers, I think it was John, paid my father’s passage, boat passage that come up to the United States, up to you know, Boston, and then to Lowell. My father never told me why he hated it, but I think it had something to do with the living there in those favelas, you know, they’re stacked up on the side of the hill and it’s all living like crap. G: But again, thinking about this new wave that came in here in the sixties and seventies, from what you saw, did you see, I mean did it bring a new kind of culture, a new Portuguese culture? Did it revitalize Back Central? J: It wasn’t a new culture. It was the old culture, you know, revived. Maybe that’s a better word. You know, because I did the Portuguese, I conducted a Portuguese Band when I came back from the Army, and I was at Lowell, and that’s when I brought my friends in and expanded the band. And then when I left that, that’s when I created the Leite Concert Winds; started doing union gigs. G: This was in the sixties? J: Yah, and that’s when I started doing union gigs. And it was the right thing for me to do because I had been a member of the union since I was, since I came back from Germany. That’s when I joined. Actually I’m in my 65th year of the American Federation of Musicians. My last convention in Vegas, I was the small locals committee chair for years. And I was giving my report, small locals, right. And I said, “By the way, you know.” I think I said it was the 64th because that was a Wednesday, and it wasn’t the 65th until Thursday. And I said, “I got to tell everybody here I appreciate you all. I’ve known many of you over the years. This is my last convention. I’m going to retire as President of the Merrimack Valley Musicians. Thank you very much.” I turned around and the president, right here, said, “Turn around, look back out.” I had a standing O {ovation}. And I have a recording of it. They gave me a video recording of it. G: What year was that, John? J: Two years ago. They gave me a video of it. G: Wow. 23 �J: I have it on my computer. G: This was in Vegas? J: Yah. G: Where was this? J: Westgate. Crappy hotel. It used to be the Hilton, the Las Vegas Hilton where Elvis Presley was. They had Presley pictures all over the place. G: Oh, so this was in the older part. This isn’t the, whatever that strip is out there with all the big new stuff, right? This is back. J: No, no, this is the street behind the Paradise. G: No, I know where you mean. J: The strip runs here, and then one street back. It’s actually the street that goes right to the airport. And on that street, it’s the last thing at the end. And it’s crappy because if you wanted to go someplace, you know, you got a pretty long walk. And then they started the tramway, but it doesn’t stop, for whatever reason, and the Wynn Resort. And that’s the one I like to go to only because in the late sixties and early seventies that was where the Desert Inn was. And they flipflopped them. The Desert Inn used to be right on the corner of that street, and the parking lot was to the right. Then when they built the Wynn Tower, right, they moved the Wynn Tower to where the parking lot was, and then they built the Encore, where the Desert Inn used to be. So, I’m very familiar. G: I know you’ve been there many times. You played there. J: I used to go out there every two years. My friend and I had a business, a junket business. I don’t know if I told you. In order to get the junket business, you had to clear it with the mafia. And across where the Boston Garden, it’s still there Boston Garden, it’s different. Diagonally across the street used to be Polcari’s Restaurant, Italian joint. And you walk in, on the left there’s swinging doors like the old cowboy things, to go into the bar. And if you go around to the right, that’s the restaurant. Every Monday night at 9:00 one of his lieutenants would come in. And whoever was in the bar, “Hey folks, we’d appreciate it if you’d move into the restaurant, because we’re having a meeting here.” And no one would say no. They’d get up and get the [expletive] out. And so, the first time we had to go, this partner and I, we’re sitting at the end of the lounge. And after the lieutenant cleared it, he comes in sitting at a big round thing. And he calls, “Bring somebody up.” So, Dick said, Dick Madison. G: It’s your turn now. J: Dick Madison went up. And maybe he was up there ten minutes, whatever. And okay, go up. I went up. And Jerry would stand up and he says, “What’s your name?” I said, “John Leite.” “Leite. What kind of a name is that?” I said, “It’s mine.” And they’re saying, you know. I said, “It’s Portuguese.” “Oh, Portuguese! I like the Portuguese.” Then he squeezed my hands. So, I squeezed his hand harder. He says, “You’re okay kid. Okay.” [I] went back and sat down. So, now we’re waiting. The lieutenant came [over and said], “You can start your business.” So, we started. We had an office, fifteenth floor of Charles River Park. You know where that is? G: So, and what was the business though. I didn’t quite get it? What was it? J: Advertising. 24 �G: Okay. J: Advertising. We did advertising for every TV station and radio station, you know. Dick was a very good writer. He wrote copy. A lot of copy. He’s a really smart guy, and he was quick witted. And he would write all the copy for that. And I ran the office thing. We had one girl at the time. And so, we had a friend in the North End. We talked about junkets, you know, because we know a lot of people. Like to go from Revere, from Saugus and you know, they want to go pay us and gamble. Late sixties, early seventies. G: I see. J: So, that’s why we had to go through that. And he said, “okay.” Now the first week we got a plane loaded, right, 232 people, or whatever it is. I got a phone call. “Hello, Las Vegas executives. Can I help you?” “Four seats in the next flight.” I said, “You know, I’d like to do that, but we’re totally booked.” He said, “You don’t [expletive] hear. I want four [expletive] seats on the next [expletive] flight. You under [expletive] stand that?” I said, “Well what do you expect me to do with those four people I’m going to bump?” He said, “We’ll take care of them. We’ll send them first class, TWA, the next flight.” “Okay, let me call you back.” Then I called four, two guys and their wives in Revere. I said, “You get bumped for a [expletive] week. You’re going first class.” TWA had those lounges upstairs in the big bubble. And the booze it up there. “Oh, that’s even better. Okay.” “You’re first class.” So, there’s four guys, then they did their business, whatever it was. And then after that I was golden. We started booking more of their guys than the tourists, because they liked the way we handled everything. And we had a tall blonde [woman]. And she wasn’t putting out, or anything, but she was quick witted, you know, she was funny. G: How long were you in this business? For how many years? J: Just two, I think. Two or three? It might have been three. G: Yah, okay. J: You know, every two weeks one of us was out there. Sometimes we’d both go out depending on what was happening out there. You know, we’d go to the Desert Inn, and we had all those people. And some people are awful gamblers. One guy from, I think he was from Medford, owned a machine shop. And he was an awful gambler. He had a line of $10,000. He blew that in the first ten minutes. The whole line. And he brought his wife with him. She was a nice, little, short chubby lady. So anyway, she’s upstairs in the room, and he’s (--) G: Losing all his money. J: Yah. So, anyhow, he says, “I need an extension,” you know. I said, “I don’t know. You’re on that list you know.” He said, “I know. But, you know, I’m good for it.” So I went, had to go see Earlene in the back. She says, “We’ll give him a $1,000, that’s it.” So, I said, “Okay.” I come back, “You got a $1,000.” “A 1,000? I want a [expletive] $10,000.” “All I’m going to give you is a [expletive] $1,000. You want to go argue with them? I don’t think it’s a good idea, because there’s some guys there that won’t let you argue.” “No, [expletive] it.” Boom! The [expletive] grand is gone. He put up his [expletive] business. He went across the street to the [Frontier]. G: Another Casino anyway, yah. J: [The Frontier] is gone too now. He went across the street, and he got a line of five. He blew that. He kept blowing lines. So, I told him, I said, “Tonight you’re going to the show.” I don’t remember what the 25 �show was. And I said, “And your wife is going.” “What do you mean I’m going to the show with my wife?” I said, “She’s been sitting in that [expletive] room while you’re [expletive] blowing your business. You got to take her to this [expletive] show. It’s paid for, but you’re going to take her.” So, when it was time for showtime, I went up and got his wife and brought her down. Okay, go. They went into the show. I said, you know, let her enjoy something for Christ sake. And they come out of the show, and I got them dinner. And you’re sitting, and you’re going to eat. He went back and he lost his business and everything. He lost his wife. Some guys were smarter gamblers, you know. G: Yah, not this guy. J: This guy, you know, it’s a disease. When you get it in your [expletive] head, and you think you’re going to keep winning. I mean I always had a limit when I did sit down. I played blackjack. And when I did sit down, I had a limit to myself. G: That’s a smart way of playing. J: If I blow the limit, that’s it! You know, next time. G: Hey, finally, just let me ask you about a few different people here from Lowell. First of all, again, totally shifting gears, but to Father Grillo. What are your first memories of Father Grillo? J: I told you. G: Yes, but we didn’t have the recorder running. Sorry. J: Okay, Father Grillo was the best priest. John Silva was okay. He had the fastest Mass in the world, but Father Grillo was an older man, and he was so good to us altar boys. They didn’t have altar girls back then. It was just boys. And there was never any question of any sexual advances, or any of that stuff with him. G: John, you know how some priest can be pretty formidable? Was Father Grillo more kind of a down to earth guy? J: Well, you know, he’s down to earth because I told you about the wine and the paper hosts. G: Yes, you’d go down to get the wine, and. J: Well, we took turns. Whose turn is it now? Go to the wine cellar, pick something out. Come back, we sit down. This is after the 11:30 Mass on Sunday. And four of us, Freddie Furtado, Eddie Silva, myself, and Father Grillo, would sit down and just talk. It could be about anything. About school, you know. He’d talk about me. He’d talk about any subject. G: No kidding. J: And he was very easy to talk to. G: Was he? J: Yah. So, you know, it was a good (--) G: By the way, was this all in Portuguese you were talking, speaking? J: Sometimes, but mostly (--) The other two guys didn’t speak very well. Freddie Furtado and Eddie Silva didn’t get into the Portuguese. 26 �G: So, a lot of the conversation with Father Grillo was in English. J: Yah. G: Yah, interesting. J: And once in a while he’d throw a few Portuguese things in there to see if the other guys would react. He was just a great guy, and smart. Smart as a whip. G: What did his voice sound like? Do you remember? J: Oh, if I had to categorize it, I would say a baritone. G: Uh huh! Yah. Did he have a pretty strong voice? J: Yes. G: Did he? J: I don’t want to say forceful, but it was very easy to hear and understand. G: Yes. And what were his Masses like when he would give (--) J: He was longer than John Silva. Nobody was as fast as John Silva. But he would be a normal, you know, like a High Mass, he’d be an hour, and hour and fifteen minutes. G: Right. J: But the regular masses, he’d still, it would still be an hour. And when John Silva came in, twenty-five minutes in and out! G: What did the parishioners think of Father Grillo? Do you remember? J: He was a man that was adored, you know. People loved him because he was a great person. G: Yes. J: And he spoke a lot, individually to people. People who needed some help. He was open. He had open doors. And that’s what made him such a great guy. You know, you go to the Sacristy Building, ring the bell. He’d come to the door. Come on in, sit down, and talk about anything you wanted. G: Did your parents think highly of him too? J: Oh, of course. They were so glad I was an altar boy. And so was I, not getting pinched in the ass [during Mass by my mother]. It was called beliscão. G: What is that? J: That’s a pinch in the ass. Beliscão. And my mom was a tiny lady, but boy she had strong hands; well, she worked at the mills. G: She kept you in line though, right, by doing that. J: She was a strong lady. She had strong hands, man. 27 �G: One other thing. I don’t expect you to know this, but Father Grillo came to Lowell out of Saint John’s Seminary. He was at another church at one point, and then came to Lowell. He initially assisted Bishop DeSilva, who was the priest. Believe it or not he was a Bishop from Portugal, who, through a variety of circumstances, wound up at Saint Anthony’s. He was the second priest at Saint Anthony’s. It’s rare, to say the least, that a Bishop is the priest. Buy anyway, so, Father Grillo assisted Bishop DeSilva for about a year, and then Bishop DeSilva went back to Portugal. And Father Grillo became the priest. However, the wonderful Cardinal O’Connell did not appoint Father Grillo as the priest. He had him as a, what is it called? An administrator. And I don’t know why. Because again, Father Grillo got his, was ordained out of Saint John’s Seminary, you know where Boston, Boston College is. But for some reason Cardinal O’Connell, who called the shots in the Archdiocese. J: He was a prick. G: So, did you know about Cardinal O’Connell back in the day? J: Yah, he was a prick. G: So, the thing is, in nineteen, sometime in the thirties, finally, after all the hard work that Father Grillo had done for the parish, he was made the priest. And do you know that there was, at the auditorium there was this huge dinner celebrating. That’s how popular Father Grillo was. J: I think I have a picture of those dinners. G: Yah. Anyway, though it’s not surprising. I appreciate your memories of him, because from what I’ve read about him, he was a very impressive guy, and he couldn’t have been more different. Bishop DeSilva was related to the King of Portugal. Father Grillo came from Sao Miguel, was a laborer in Hudson, Massachusetts, when he was a teenager. Worked in a shoe factory and then went to a couple of different seminaries. But essentially, he was a factory worker. Learned English, you know, through night school. Worked his way up. So, he was considered more, if you will, kind of a man of the people, than Bishop DeSilva. You know, this regal Catholic figure. J: Yah, I didn’t know him at all. G: So that name doesn’t (--) J: No. Father Grillo was the priest that I remember when I started. G: Okay. And then, you know, the thing is, Father Grillo, I think worked so hard, his health suffered, and I think he died in ’46 or ‘47. J: Yah, I was in high school. No, I wasn’t. Yah, I was in high school. G: Yah, because you would have graduated. J: ‘50, 1950. G: In fifty, right. So, the thing is, one of the things that Father Grillo did, which I found interesting, he knew that he wasn’t long for this world, and he wanted to make sure that Portuguese priest continued at Saint Anthony’s. So, he had some contacts in Portugal, and that’s how we got Father John Silva, from Lisbon, to come to Lowell, before he died in forty-seven. So, when Father Grillo died, it wasn’t Cardinal O’Connell by that point. It could have been Cushing. I forget. J: Cushing, I think. 28 �G: But anyway, that’s how Father John became the priest at Saint Anthony’s. But you clearly remember Father John Silva. J: Oh yah, when he first started there, he said, “Okay boys, twenty-five minutes. If I go twenty-six, tell me.” G: He’d tell this to the altar boys? J: Yah. And you know, zip, zip, yup. What the [expletive]? It’s over. You know, it was that quick. Even the High Mass, it might go to twenty-seven, twenty-eight, but not much longer. He never went over thirty in a High Mass. “There’s no need to,” he says. “Some of the stuff,” he says, “you can leave out.” That’s what he was doing, leaving some of the mass out. G: Apart from that though, Father Grillo and Father John Silva were very different. J: Oh, absolutely. G: How would you describe, what were the differences, the main differences between those two? J: Well, we talked about Father Grillo a lot. So, that’s that person. And Father John was like a new kid on the block. Not that we would know to say “hey guy,” or anything like that. G: Yes, it was more formal. J: You know, respected him. But until we got to know him, like anybody else, you know, you go to school, you’re a new teacher in the building. You got to learn the other people and how to react to certain people. The same thing with Father John. Father Grillo was so easy, but you know, Father John was easy after the fact. You had to wait. He never said it, but there was like a timeline that he would test, you know, see all the altar boys. How’s this kid? Did this kid learn any Latin yet? Or this kid didn’t know the phrases, you know the ding, ding? And then he would go, ding, ding, ding, and he’d make his order, you know. But I was taught and brought up that you respect your elders, regardless of who they are. And then the priest was even more. So, [Father] John was just a young kid on the block. That’s how I could explain it. He was so easy to talk to like Father Grillo, but he was more of an, I don’t know, an outward guy. G: What do you mean? J: I don’t know. He was more like he came out of a college, a college senior and he’s got a new gig. And he’s still relating to the younger kids. John did too. I mean Father Grillo did, you know, but they were two different people. Father Grillo was a little bit stayed back, but you know, you see this respect come right away. Father John, the respect had to be there, but you’re testing. You’re always testing. G: I see. J: And that’s what happens with any new person you meet. We sit down and talk, and you see where that person is coming from. And are you full of [expletive]? Well, this conversation is over. You know that kind of thing. G: So over time though, I mean, because he was the longest serving priest at Saint Anthony’s. J: I was gone at age eighteen anyway. I went into the service then. G: So, but you came back. Well, but you were back at Saint Anthony’s by the late fifties, right? Were you still attending church at Saint Anthony’s? 29 �J: Yah, when I got out of the service. I got out in ‘54. G: Fifty-four, okay. And you did come back to Lowell right away, right? J: Oh yah. G: So, did you resume at being at Saint Anthony’s then? J: Yah, I was with my parents. Now my father is on Bowden Street for the second time. Seventeen and nineteen Bowden Street, on the righthand side, three houses down from the right, from Gorham Street. And my father owned, he owned the house first time. No, he was renting there. We had the second floor. G: I think he finally bought the house at Sayles Street, right? J: Yah, when I was a senior in high school that’s when he bought the house on Sayles Street. First time he owned a house. Getting back to Bowden Street, the second time we were there, my sister Helen moved in across the street in a little cottage. I don’t remember the number. It was a cottage then. It wasn’t a double decker. It was like a cottage. G: On Bowden Street. J: Yah, on Bowden Street. She married Roger Sanborn, who was a big time Ray Riddick football player at Lowell High. G: Oh, it that right? J: He was the center for the offensive line. G: I meant to ask you. So, when you guys were on Bowden Street for the second time, when you would go to church services, would you drive to Saint Anthony’s, take the car? J: I’m trying to think. My father had a car by then. It took him a long time to get a car. The money was (--) Cars were only four hundred bucks, but he didn’t have four hundred bucks. He finally got a fourdoor car. We used to drive to church. The first one was a big Nash. G: Yah, sure. I remember the Nash. J: And it had the tires on the fenders, with the mirrors on the top. And the back had little curtains. Esther Stirk, a blonde chick. Oh, this is even before. This is when I was at Robello’s house. That’s when he owned the Nash. And Esther Stirk lived next door. A cute blonde chick. And we used to go in the back of my father’s Nash and pull the curtains down. It had regular curtains with tassels. We’d pull all the curtains down. This was kissy face, you know. We were kids just experimenting. G: So, the other thing too. I should ask you, but you’ve been going to Saint Anthony’s for a long time, right? Do you still go to Saint Anthony’s? J: No. G: When did you stop going? Just roughly. J: Roughly, I don’t know. Maybe after we were married, in fifty-nine. G: In fifty-nine. Okay. So, really, you knew Father John in the fifties, and after that, because you weren’t going to Saint Anthony’s. 30 �J: No. G: Let me ask you about some other Portuguese that were your father’s generation. Do you remember a man name Firmo Correia? J: Vaguely. G: He had a son name Manny who was President of the Holy Ghost Society in the seventies. J: Yah, I remember Manny. G: Do you remember Manny? J: Yah. G: You guys weren’t friends, but you knew Manny. J: Yah, I knew him. That’s it. G: But Firmo Correia, that name doesn’t really (--) J: No. G: How about Deolinda Mello, who was the head of the (--) J: Deolinda Mello. G: Deolinda Mello, yes. Do you remember her? J: I remember the name. I think maybe I could come up with what she looked like. G: No, that’s okay. You didn’t know her well, but you knew her reputation. J: I knew her, yah. G: Did you know John Silva of the Silva Brothers? J: Of course. Oh, I can tell you stories, John Silva. G: Did you know him pretty well? J: Oh yah. When I was fifteen or so, I worked at Spinney’s Garage. G: Oh, you worked at Spinney’s? J: Yah, I worked at Spinney’s Garage. G: Did you know Domingos Spinney? Domingos? J: Yah, Domenic. G: Domenic. J: Yah, he was a watchmaker. G: Wow, you knew him. J: Yah, he’s the watchmaker. Tommy was the brother, one of the brothers. A bunch of brothers. And Tommy owned the garage. And he ultimately had his six kids when he was there. And I knew the girls. 31 �G: And you worked at the garage? J: Yah, for two years. I started, I used to buzz cars in and out. Hey Johnny, go get the Ford! Okay. I could put cars in narrow spaces. That’s how I really learned how to drive. G: What do you remember about the Spinney Brothers? Do you remember much of anything about those guys? J: Leo was kind of an outcast of Tommy. He was a painter. He had a painting business. The original thing, they were all painters, the family, John Silva. G: No, I was asking you about the Spinneys. J: Oh, you’re talking about the Spinneys. G: Sorry, yah. I was asking about the Spinneys, because I didn’t know you worked at the garage. Do you remember anything about the (--) J: Sure, I remember Manny. There were two Portuguese guys. I know one guy who lived over in Swede Village. Johnny. G: That’s okay, John. J: The monument guys. G: Oh Luz? J: Luz, Joe Luz was a mechanic. He was a navy mechanic. And he got out of the service, and he worked for Tommy. And there was Manuel something, an older guy. G: Okay. Manuel wasn’t a Spinney though, right? J: No. And there was Billy Riggs, a big, tall guy. He was a prick, a big, tall guy. G: He wasn’t Portuguese though? J: No. Billy Riggs. The man used to come around with the milk wagon. And he used to chugalug the buttermilk. Buttermilk, he used to chugalug that. I could tell you a lot of stories about Billy Riggs. G: That’s okay. J: Anyhow, the Spinneys, Domenic was a quiet guy. He was a jeweler. He owned a jewelry shop somewhere. He fixed watches. He always had that magnifying thing in his eyes every time you’d go to see him. And Tommy, and Leo, Leo was a painter too. Originally, they were all painters. And there was one son, I don’t know what was wrong with him. Something was wrong with him in the brain. They lived right on, and they moved here. They lived on Chelmsford Street. G: This is the Spinney Family? J: Spinney. No, Silva. G: No, okay. I’m sorry. I was asking about the Spinneys. J: You asked me if I knew John Silva too. G: Well, yah, but I didn’t realize you worked at Spinney’s Garage. So that’s why I was shifting over to the Spinney Family. 32 �J: Well, that’s the connection with Silva. G: Okay. Sorry, what is the connection? J: The connection with Silva, is John Silva used to bring his car. It looked like a Mark, some kind of a Mark, a Lincoln Mark, the two-door, you know. G: He had it serviced at the Spinney Garage? J: Yah, and he had a big black and gray Shepherd [dog]. “Major,” he called him. He was always in the back seat, because John owned properties all over the city, big tenements, and stuff. G: Yes, he did. Huge owner. J: And he used to collect cash and put it in a paper bag. Put the cash in a paper bag and put it in the back seat with Major. Nobody would go there! And so this one time some guy, he was down on Mill Street, you know, that’s off of Back Central? Goes down, you know, Lawrence Street? G: I know what you mean. J: He was collecting rents there. And some “jerko” saw that bag of cash, right. He opened the door. He didn’t see Major in the back seat. Major went out and grabbed him by the side of the chest and ripped his frick’in skin off the side of his chest. And John come out, “All right Major. It’s all right.” And he said, “Go home kid.” You wouldn’t get in that car. If you knew you wouldn’t get in that car, and all that cash, thousands of dollars. And he used to have his car serviced. And there was a lady, Mrs. Pimber or something, would come. It was a 1929 Ford, or something, four-door. You know, some boxy thing, bring her car to be serviced. Well she and Tommy would get in John’s car, and they’d go off somewhere. G: Right, right. J: And Silva owned racing cars. There used to be a racetrack in Dracut, someplace in Dracut. And the top speed was like eighty miles an hour. It was in the mud. Like a mud track. And Tommy used to service the racing cars. G: Oh, okay. J: And so when those people were off on their journey going wherever, the mechanics would take a repair plate and put it on the back of the racing car, and I’d drive up and down A Street, B Street, C, and drive them in and over. You got to be back at such and such a time. Okay. Because Tommy will be back, and if you’re out there, you’re going to lose your job. Okay. So, I’d time it, right. And I’d go up and down A Street, B Street, C Street. G: You were out of high school when you were working for the Spinneys? J: No, I was in high school. G: Were you in high school working? J: Yah, I was fifteen. G: Yah, working for the Spinneys. J: Two years I did. G: Where was their garage again, the Spinneys? 33 �J: Corner of C Street and Powell. G: C Street and Powell, okay. J: There’s another family; a guy and sons. I don’t know who they are, but they took it over. Young Tommy owned it for a long time. And his brother Jackie was Johnny Silva’s godson. So, when Silva died, he left Jackie [a good sum of money]. G: Really? Wow! J: And he owed Tommy some money too. But his godson, he took care of his godson. It was Jack Spinney, Jackie Brady the fighter, the boxer, and another guy whose name I don’t remember. It was the book guy, you know, the bookkeeper kind of guy. And they bought the old Marty’s for Parties on Chelmsford Street. Now it’s a whole bunch of different things, but it was upstairs. That’s actually, we had our wedding party up there, Marty’s for Parties. G: Oh, did you really? J: Yah, you come in from Temple Street. You go around, you drive up Temple Street, and there’s a walkway down into the second floor. Yah, I had all my guys from the college in there rotating. They had a band, the whole four-hour band. G: Speaking of Brady and fighter, boxers, who’s the very well-known Portuguese fighter in the sixties in Lowell? Fifties, sixties. J: [Arthur] Ramalho used to be the boxer instructor. G: No, no, but this was (--) He actually (--) J: I don’t know. I didn’t follow boxing that much. G: Okay. You’d know the name. I’m sorry I can’t remember this guy [Manny Freitas]. By the way, there’s a wonderful photograph of him in the bar on Chelmsford Street, you know, the Irish, the Gaelic Club? I think it’s gone now. J: Oh, that’s gone. That’s the same place I’m talking about, Marty’s for Parties. G: Oh, yes. Is that where that was? J: Jackie named it the Gaelic Club for his mother who was Irish. G: I see, but in that bar, there was a great picture of this Portuguese fighter [Freitas] and a former neighbor of yours, Jackie McDermott. It’s a great picture. J: Jackie McDermott used to live up our street. G: It was a great picture because there’s McDermott sitting at the bar, and this was probably taken in the sixties. And there’s [Freitas] wearing his boxing trunks. He’s like Hollywood, good looking boxer with Jackie McDermott. It’s an incredible photograph. J: You know, Jackie ended up being connected a little bit. G: Was he? J: Jackie McDermott, I know when he got shot. We all knew here on the street. He was a good guy actually, you know. You never wanted to fight him because he was a hell of a fighter. Not a boxer, a 34 �fighter. He could knock anybody on their ass regardless of size. But I got to know him not as a good friend, but you know. G: Well, he was a neighbor right? He lived up the street. J: And I knew him before he moved here. G: Oh, okay. J: With the other connections in Lowell. But when he moved up there, you know, he’d be out in the yard. I’d drive by, “Hey Jackie.” “Hey, how are you doing?” Then the night it happened, when he got shot, I’m trying to think of the kid’s name. I can’t think of the kid’s name that shot him. G: Oh, Barnowsky, or something like that? J: No, Barnowsky ordered the hit. He didn’t do it. G: Oh, okay. J: It was a kid. I can’t, Peter something. My son knew him, the kid. He’s the one that shot him. G: I didn’t realize that. J: But when the Feds went in there after he died, the Feds knew he had money somewhere. It was all in the walls. G: In the house? J: Yah. They ripped the walls down. G: I’ve got to ask you about another guy. He’s well-known in the Portuguese Community, and for some good reasons, some bad reasons. [Did you know]Manny Bello? J: I knew Manny. G: And he had a club on Bridge Street? No. J: No, John Street. G: John Street. What was the name of the club? J: Flamingo, I think. G: Okay. J: It was right around the corner from Fanny Farmer’s Candy, which was on the corner of John Street, and you just walk-up John Street, it’s right there. It had a level, you know, street level place, and there was a downstairs. G: Okay. Did they have live music there? J: Yah. G: Did you play there? 35 �J: No. They had dancers there, sort of strippers, you know. But yah, I got to know him through, I don’t remember who introduced me to him. And I learned later on, when I was dealing with the North End guys who knew him. G: Did they know him in Boston? In the North End? J: Yah. G: Because I think he did some business with them. So, I just wonder, what were your impressions of Manny? He was, I forget how old he would have been when, maybe a little older. J: I don’t know. He was older than I was of course. G: Yah, a little older than you. J: I didn’t have a lot of dealings with him. Mostly here and there, and I’d go to the club once in a while. Because you know, as a union rep, back then if a band was playing, you had to check them out and collect dues. G: You would, right. J: Yah. And see if they’re union. If they’re union, you got to pay your work dues. Now nobody pays work dues. They just don’t. Boston stopped collecting work dues before I did when I was still President of this Local. I was still busting balls collecting work dues. And Boston, Mark said, “[expletive] that.” You know, “It’s not worth it.” G: So, you’d go around to the different clubs in Lowell, including Manny Bello’s place. J: Yah. G: Finally, let me ask you about one other guy. I’ve met him. He’s a wonderful, I think he’s a wonderful guy. And that’s Luis Gomes. J: I never got close to him for whatever reason. I don’t know. I never did much with him. I never had a lot of dealings with him. G: Okay. J: You know when you’re in church you meet a lot of people. And the Feasts, you meet everybody. Everybody went to the Feasts. So, you’d meet them there, you know, but a more casual kind of thing. Because you’re up there on the bandstand playing. You don’t have time to schmooze. Most of the time you’re playing so many [expletive] hours. The guys I brought from college, right, say, “When the [expletive] is this gig over?” I said, “When I tell you!” We had one trumpet player, Eddie D’Amico, great player. Great player. G: I remember Eddie D’Amico. J: He’s a lead trumpet player. And the first time he did a gig, there was only one bandstand there. And the old building is behind you. There was no new building then, yet. The old building behind you, and the bandstand is over there by the trees. And I’m going to go set up. Somebody puts a statue of Saint Anthony on the lead trumpet’s chair. They didn’t know, it was Saint Anthony. So, he comes up, steps on the back. He says, “Hey, who’s this guy? I’m playing lead, right?” I said, “Yah.” I said, “Put him on down on the floor.” Jesus Christ, I said, “Put him on the floor.” “Are you sure you want to do that?” “Why?” “I don’t know. You touch a saint, who knows?” Well, you know, the gig is long, right. This guy 36 �owned a Hudson car. You know, Hudson, four-door, big four-door, and he had parked that way. Okay. And the sun comes down this way. He goes back to his car. He comes back. “Son of a bitch! Somebody broke my [expletive] rear windshield!” “What do you mean, broke it? Nobody is going to smash your [expletive] windshield.” So, I went up there to look at it. The whole thing was shattered, you know, like somebody [makes sound]. You couldn’t see through the [expletive] thing. The sun hit it just right. I said, “Custigo. Pennance, Custigo. You touched Saint Anthony. You’re not supposed to touch him.” G: That’s great. J: “What the [expletive]! You know what it cost for a [expletive] windshield?” I said, “I told you, Saint Anthony. Don’t mess with the saint.” So, he had to have the window replaced. The insurance covered it, but you know. G: Hey John, on that note, I don’t want to take more of your time, but thank you. That’s great. J: I’m glad. I’m going to see Melba at 2:00. You know because she’s busy having her lunch. She’s doing PT now too. G: Thanks a lot John. I appreciate it. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource UMass Lowell Portuguese American Oral Histories [1976-2018] Description An account of the resource These oral histories with Portuguese immigrants and their descendants in the Greater Lowell area were conducted between 1976-2016. Topics covered include the experience of immigration, working conditions, family life, and more. These oral histories were funded by the Lowell National Historical Park, the American Folklife Center, and UMass Lowell. Subject The topic of the resource Azorean Americans Children of immigrants Cultural assimilation Mills and mill-work Portuguese American women Madeirans World War, 1939-1945 Veterans United States. Navy. Factories Education Depressions--1929 Immigrants Christmas Immigrant families Ethnic food New Year Balls (parties) Community organization Civic leaders Baking Bakeries Bakery employees Tradition (Theology) Music Ethnic neighborhoods Boardinghouses Folk dancing, Portuguese Music teachers Civil engineering Urban renewal Park facilities--Planning Fasts and Feasts Portuguese language Instrumentation and orchestration (Band) Engineering Religious gatherings Police Portugal--Emigration and immigration Immigrants--Cultural Assimilation--United States Dance teachers Female impersonators Entertainers Musicians Suicide Cleaning compounds Tenement houses Rug and carpet industry Entrepreneurship Irish Americans Politics and government City council members Campaign management Community development, Urban Music--Portuguese influences Catholic Church--Dioceses Catholic Church--Societies, etc. Priests Code switching (Linguistics) Soccer Cooking Composition (Music) Portuguese teachers Women in community organization Labor unions Ethnic groups Fathers and sons Bars (Drinking establishments) Desegregation Military bands Track and field coaches Language teachers Brazilian Americans Bullfights Bullying in schools Conflict of generations Earthquakes Evening and continuation schools Volcanos Meat industry and trade Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 Christmas cooking Community schools Marriage Radio programs Sewing Angola--History--Revolution, 1961-1975 Agriculture Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived All items can be found at the Center for Lowell History in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976-2018 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Boston (Mass.) Manchester (N.H.) Graciosa (Azores) Capelinhos Volcano (Azores) Faial (Azores) Lawrence (Mass.) Terceira Island (Azores) São Miguel (Azores) Madeira (Madeira Islands) Pico Island (Azores) Lisbon (Portugal) Azores Hudson (Mass.) Cambridge (Mass.) Tyngsboro (Mass.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ali, Mehmed Denatale, Doug Fertig, Barbara Fitzsimons, Gray Holden, Maria Miller, Marc Norkunas, Martha Page, Paul Perkins, Carole MacDougal Reis, John M. Spandagos, Olga Strobel, Christoph Szewczyk, Kimberly Taylor, David Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Leite Oral History Interview #3 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-02-08 Description An account of the resource As in two other oral history interviews with Mr. Leite, this Interview includes a great deal of information on Mr. Leite’s career as a musician and some of the well-known composers, conductors, and musicians whom he knew and with whom he performed. But unlike the other interviews, this oral history covers his recollections of the Portuguese “Back Central” neighborhood in Lowell and his childhood, into his early teens, as an altar boy at St. Anthony’s Church. It also includes additional information about his parents, their work in the textile industry, and their home in South Lowell. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fitzsimons, Gray Subject The topic of the resource Mills and mill-work Portuguese American women Instrumentation and orchestration (Band) Musicians Music teachers Veterans Bars (Drinking establishments) Desegregation Military bands Catholic Church--Dioceses Azorean Americans Priests Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Leite, John Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. 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Relation A related resource <a href="https://umlportuguesearchives.omeka.net/items/show/503">1999 Oral History Interview with John Leite</a><br /><a href="https://umlportuguesearchives.omeka.net/items/show/19">2016 Oral History Interview with John Leite</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF MP3 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Text Band Hall Barry's Pastry Shop Colonial Band Holy Ghost Park Portuguese American Center (Lowell, MA) Saint Anthony's Church (Lowell, MA) Spinney's Garage https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/42465/archive/files/ac0863c9287e713c1aece753c61ba749.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=Aqtuox7Qo1DpNybeDCH1pY8WBUnZ6fYPzyLVS0ElDDw6OnQaLzffpWsZ-sw9CgK8EpRizMTNERf-dFEsxY87b5b47rzD7N2QsbH4vzeLsGA%7E6z7dCKsY-dzcU1iqa93YZ892FR2MN-5Dgn%7Ei72n85Cno%7EDlIJaUiLmSBi7PixUskYkOk00oeUv3wGxEAPBEPHpIrhyoHECnrUrDFvuelsSSbjixQEcJqZSrwvUNfBf6IVagWe0MX36X3K6Xn8S2gBzALFjpR15LqizJ8vKraYxluHckwv8MGOMYQP3FgO%7ENWt5l2DXSTrO2H2bUYF35EsE8UXgzMSjHYZfsigBVciQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ec0ebec10c69d301b12d16f277048043 PDF Text Text S,\IN'I' Al\"l'IION\"S 1101,,· nos.un· SOH.\1,1'1''' Prt•s••nís lhe Merry Minstrels of 1954 Shrine of Our Lady of Fal1Ma u• St. Arthony' s Church, Loweli, M?ss . �The committee in charge wishes to express its thanks to the following for their special efforts in behalf of our Minstrel Show and Program Book. Rev. John F. da Silva, our beloved spiritual director, for his ever willing assistance; Mrs. Tebert P. Mello, our general chairman; Leo J. Silva, our producer and director; Miss Shirley Bettencourt, our choreographer; Miss Rose Ann Mello for designing and making our costumes; Mr. Antonio Batista and Mr. Manuel Ferreira of the Portuguese Radio Hour; Mr. Norman Glassman for the State Theatre; the Lowell Sun for its fine publicity; Mr. Joseph Ferreira, in charge of our sound equipment; and the members of the Portuguese Colonial Band of Lowell for their splendid gesture of cooperation. MRS. ANTONIO G . CALDEIRA President REV . JOHN F. DA SILVA The Holy Rosary Sodality of St. Anthony' s Church Spiritual Director --------------------------------------------------- Rev. John F. da Silva President ------------------------------ _____________________________ Mrs. An tonio G. Caldeira Vice-President -------------------------------------------------------- Miss Rose Ann Mello Secretary ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Tebert P. Mello Treasurer ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Alfred Andrews Mistress of Ceremonies -------------------------------------- Mrs. Maria C. Tavares TO lUARY A century has passed, Oh Virgin dear, Since first the joyful dogma was proclaimed That spotlessly on earth thou didst appear, Immaculate henceforth would be thy name. A big "Thank You" too, to you our audience, our musicians and cast, to our many patrons and especially to ali of our fine local merchants and friends who so generously responded to our appeal. Adorn with thy graces our Sodality, That on life's way we may find strength anew To bear our cross, as thou didst willingly, To live each day as thou wouldst want us to. W e hope that you will enjoy our presentation and may the knowledge that together we are working for our beloved Saint Anthony's Church serve as a source of happiness and satisfaction for ali. Bless these two lands that we have learned to !ove Our dear one here and that beyond the sea Where thou didst bring a message from above To Fatima where children prayed to thee. The Committee Inflame our hearts with Christ-like charity Let hatreds of mankind forever cease, Grant in this year we dedicate to thee The world will know the happiness of peace. D.M. This page contributed by the Members of the Holy Rosary Sodality of St. Anthony's Church �Fro111 Our Societies and C;Jubs Fro111 011r Sodetics anti C;Jubs BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL SHOW PORTUGUESE COLONIAL BANO CLUB, INC. THE LOWELL COUNCIL OFTHE PORTUGUESE - AMERICAN CIVIC LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS 59 CHARLES STREET Compliments of OUR LADY OF FA TIMA FEAST COMMITTEE THE PIONEER CLUB August 14-15 M l F . res. ___________ -------------- anue reitas Vice-Pres. _ _____ __ _ Nuno Andrade Treas_ _ ___ __ ___ ·- ___ Manuel Correia Sec. _________________ ___ Joseph De Sousa p 112 CHARLES STREET "Best W ishes and Thanks To All" SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST President ________________________ Manuel S. Neves Vice-President ·-·-·---·--_Frank Silva Secretary _ __ __ ______ ___ _ __ Frederick A vila Treasurer --Francisco J. Quadros, Sr_ Receiver ------------ _________ Manuel Bettencourt Vigilante ____ _____ _______ _____ ______ _ Joaquim Silva Master o! Ceremonies _ ____ Herculano Augusto Members of ST. JOSEPH'S BENEFIT Compliments of Compliments of ST. ANTHONY'S SPORT CLUB ST. ANTHONY'S BENEVOLENT THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL THE PORTUGUESE CATHOLIC SOCIETY OF SOCIETY Tilden Street NOSSA SENHORA THE DONA MARIA MADEIRAN A LLIANCE D' AJUDA SOCIETY AMELIA SOCIETY PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA TION, INC. ASSOCIATION, INC. BAND Compliments of THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR CHOIRS of ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KINDL Y P ATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS ~~n~u~~~~~~~~~~oo KINDL Y P A TRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �Best Wishes For a Successful Show With The Compliments of MRS. TEBERT P. MELLO General Chairman f!;nly Namr ~nrirty nf ~t. í\ntfynny'n Qlfyurrfy J. SILVA Director Conunittee Honorary Chairman- Rev. John F. da Silva General Chairman- Mrs. Tebert P. Mello Treasurer- Mrs. Alfred Andrews Program Book Co-Chairmen Mrs. George Mello, Mrs. Anthony S. Mello Patron Chairman- Mrs. Antonio G. Caldeira Ticket Chairman- Mrs. Joseph Freitas Refreshme nt Chairman- Mrs. Manuel F. Braga Usher Chairman- Mrs. Manuel S. Neves Costumes designed and made by Miss Rose Ann Mello Makeup under lhe supervision of Mrs. Gladys Picanso and Mrs. Margaret Sutherland of lhe Ann Marie Beauty Salon Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. KINDL Y PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS LEO Manuel J. Alves Miss Evelyn Lawrence Herculano Augusto Mrs. Belarmino C. Leite John C. A vila Mrs. Aurelio Mendes Manuel Aguiar Mrs. Maria Medeiros Manuel Bettencourt Mrs. Anthony Medina Charles S. Camara Mrs. John S. Pitta Manuel Cunha Mrs. Manuel Silva Stella Gonsalves Mrs. Mary Smith Gabriel Gouveia Mrs. George Sousa Mrs. Maria C. Tavares KINDLY PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �Compliments of Compliments of STAR APPLIANCE CO. 140 GORHAM STREET WORTHMORE F ARMS DAIRY Lowell, Mass. Tel. 3-8097 Dealers ln All Leading Makes of Appliances and Furniture SALES AND SERVICE "Good Milk Always" Chelmsford Tel. 3075 Leo J. Rapone Ralph C. Camevale George Mello- District Manager PROGRAH "MERRY MINSTRELS OF 1954" Compliments of Compliments of Interlocutor-Leo J. Silva O pening Selections ................ .......... The Porluguese Colonial Band o! Lowell, Mass., under the direction o! Abel J. Alves, Jr. 2. "Bring Back Those Minstrel Days" ········-··-···--············· ............................................... Chorus 3. Top Routine, "Birth o! the Blues" ····································---···--·-·····--Patricia Espinola 4. "Your Cheating Heart" .................... ............................ Dolores De Freitas, Dolores Ferreira 5. End Song, "When My Baby Smiles at Me" ............................................ ....... Joseph P. Costa L KONOMICH GARAGE THE WEDGEWOOD Charles Konomich & Son LOWELL'S FINEST RESTAURANT Tel. Garage 8555 - Res. 2-3031 31-33 West Third Street Compliments of MARTIN CLOTHES Lowell 35 John St. Compliments of Compliments of Painting Paperhanging Expert W orkmanship Fair Prices Free Estimate A. B. Brito Co. Mgr.- Manuel Santos PERCO BARBER SUPPLIES 434 Central St. Tel. 2-8417 Best of Luck RICHARD PERRY & SON 59 Crescent St. 730 Lawrence Street Tel. 2-7641 Compliments of Compliments of GALLAGHER SQ. HARDWARE Tel. 3-1812 Garden Supplies Paint JOSEPH P. COSTA Candidate for Middlesex County Commissioner Compliments of BLUE RIBBON DAIRY Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Gionet 658 Gorham St. Compliments of FRANK ROCHA LUZIT ANIA BAKING CO. 100-102 Central Street Tel. 2-9741 6. "She's a Lady" ············-·····-·······-·····················-···-···················George Mello and Brenda Mello 7. Portuguese Song, "Marinheiros Portugueses" ............................................ Edward J. Santos 8. Tap Routine, "Tea for Two"..... Shirley Bettencourt, Shirley Cotta, Rita Avila, Beatrice Avila, Patricia Freitas, Mary Leite, Helen Leite, Louise De Martino. Ed. Silva MADELYN'S BEAUTY SALON Pasteurized, Homogenized Milk and Cream 6 First Street Dial 7505 346 Boylston St. Tel. 3-9632 ~~~~~~;u~~~.u~~~.u~~-~ KINDL Y P ATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS KINDL Y P ATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �Compliments of Palrond anJ Palronedded SUNNY ACHES DAIRY FARMS S. L.ACHUT MILK and CREAM Milk from our own dairy farms Dracut Telephone 8687 Compliments of Compliments of HOTEL MARLBOROUGH McNAMARA'S MARKET Walter McNamara, Prop. Lowell's Most Modem Hotel Finest Facilities for Weddings and Testimonials "A Store of Distinction" Tel. 6486 85 Marlborough St. Tel. 2-4275 1312 Gorham St. Fish Every Friday Compliments of Compliments of LEO TIGHE E & M SHOE STORE 140 Middlesex Street Heating Oils and Ice Sales- Power Burner Service Wear E & M Shoes for style, quality and comfort at moderate prices. Dial 2-5162 W e carry leading brand shoes for the entire family. Compliments of Compliments of COREY ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPLETE WIRING SERVICE Commercial W ork a Specialty MULDOON BROTHERS Heating Oils- Ice- W ood Lynn Oil Burners Sales and Service Business - Commercial - Home 119 Andrews St. 498 Broadway Y ard and Office Residence 2-4214 Tel. 2-5571 Tel. 7819 and 3-9092 KlNDL Y P A TRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Mr. and Mrs. George Abdallah & San Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Abreu Mr. and Mrs. fohn Abreu Frank Agrella Mr. and Mrs. Frank Agrella Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Aguiar Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Alcantara Mr. and Mrs. John Almeida Mr. and Mrs. Abel Alves, Tr. Mr. and Mrs. Abel C . Alves Miss Beatrice Alves Daniel and Alice Alves Mr. Manuel Alves Mr. and Mrs. Manuel T. Alves Tony Alves Mr. and Mrs. fohn Andrade Mr. and Mrs . Manuel Andrade Miss Ethel Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ares Miss Elizabeth Aslandian Mr. and Mrs . Joseph Athaide Mr. and Mrs. Herculan Augusto Mr. and Mrs . John C. 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End Song, "Making Whoopee" ........................................................................... Paul Walters "Cross Over the Bridge" ..................................................................................... Elaine Ferreira Novelty Song, "Somebody Bad Stole the Wedding Bell"Rose A. Mello, Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. John S. Pitta, Mrs. Manuel J. Alve s, Mrs. George Sousa, Mrs. Charles Camara, Mrs . Aurelio Mendes, Mrs. Gabriel Gouveia Ballet Ensemble .............................. Rosemary Pitta, Patricia Espinola, Theresa Marszalek End Song, "Ma, She's Making Eyes at Me" .................................................... Danny Alves "Make Love to Me" ................................................... Adeline Pularski and Alice Pace Portuguese Song, "Voz do Fado" ....... _ ....................................................... Leonor Rodrigues Tap Routine, "Darktown Strutters' Bali" ...................................................... Marilyn Medina "Answer Me, My Love" ...................................................................................... George Mello Portuguese Skit, "A Benzedeira"Mrs. Lino Picanso, Mrs . Tebert P. Mello, Henry Perry, Tebert P. Mello End Song, "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" ...................................................................... Frank Walters Compliments of Best Wishes From ERNEST F. FARLEY ROOFING COMPANY HOGAN'S BAKERY Roofing Contractors 791 Central St. Industrial · Residential Chimney Building and Repairing Insured Workmen Guaranteed Results Tel. 8977 Lowell 2-4001 7 Wamesit St. Compliments of Compliments of Soucy Wire & Iron W orks PURITAN JOSEPH F. SOUCY FLOOR COVERING CO. INC. Manufacturers of Metal Fencing Free Estimates - No Obligation 40 Sparks Street Telephone 3-0663 Tel. 2-4221 141 CENTRAL ST. Theodore T. Lach - John J. 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Aime Martineau, Prop. 193 - 199 Middlesex St. Complete Home Furnishers 56 Austin Street Tel. 3-1632 John Sousa Compliments oí Manuel Jardin Compliments of WASHINGTON HOME EQUIPMENT Compliments of For a better buy in ANN MARIE BEAUTY SALON TELEVISIO N SETS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES KINNEY'S BAKERY Bread, Pastries and Everything for the Home at All Occasion Cakes Small Weekly Payments 147- 175 Central Street Tel. 3-0041 Cor. Powell and B Sts. 89-91 Chelmsford St. Tel. 2-4805 Frank Byers Tel. 2-312.:. Com:r:-liments of Compliments of CHARLIE'S MARKET ARMSTRONG-MURPHY Gladys Picanso Margaret Suthe rland -CallLINO PICANSO 137 Winthrop Avenue Tel. 8155 Telephone 2-0012 Compliments of Compliments of Carmelo Iammzzo CATERING CO. Meats - Groceries - Provisions Weddings - Bar.quets - Testimonials 223 Stackpole St. 20. "Se cre t Love" --------------------------·------- -----------------·---·-----··--···----- ----- ---- -·---··----·--- Muri e l Mendcnsa 2 1. Portug uese Song, "Ca ntiga da Primavera" ----·---- ----·---••··----------------·-----------· Elaine Ferreira 22. "Pa risienne Can-Ca n Dance " Rose A. Mello, Mrs. George Sousa, Mrs . John S. Pitta, Mrs. Manuel J. Alves, Mrs. Charles Camara, Mrs . Aurelio Mendes, Mrs . Gabriel Gouveia, Mrs . Mary Smith 23. "Till Then" ---------------·--------------------------- ---·-------------- ----------· ---- ------·-----------------· Mrs . Paul Walters 24. End Song, "Hello, My Baby" --------------·------------------------------------------------------------.Roger Rodrigues 25. Portuguese Song, "Rouxinol" ________ -----------·-------·----------·---------------------·-·--··------------ George Mello 26. '']stanbul'' ------------------------·--------------------------·------------------------·----------------------------------------------- ''G' ' C!effs 27. "Y ou Made Me Love You" -------------· --------------------------------------------·--·----· ----··---------- Shirley Cotta 28. End Song, "Carolina in the Morning" -------------------·------·-----·---------- _______ ----·------ _____ _Frank Vieira 29 . Portuguese Novelty Song, "Chinelinhas"Mrs. Leonor Rodrigues, Elaine Ferreira, Edward Santos, George Mello 888 Central Street 3-2051 Dial 2-8504 1 NUNO DE ANDRADE Carpenter JOHN S. PITTA 45 Auburn Street ~~ ~ ~~~ ~~ ~~-U:~~~~~~~~~~:u~~~~~~~ KINDLY PA TRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS KINDLY PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �Comp liments of Palron:J anJ Palrone:J:Je:J MAJESTIC CLEANERS {CONTINUED) 1O14 Central Street Cleaning , Pressing, Repairing and Dye ing "Try a nd Com pare" AL DURRELL'S SALES and SERVICE Comp liments of BACK BAY FURNITURE CO. 555-557 Gorha m Street Phones 6488 - 3-0422 O pe n from 9:30 until 9 every evening Electrical Appliances 47 1 Bridge St. , Lowell, Mass. Trade-in Allowances-Con venient Terms- Also Used Applian::::es Air Conditioning and T.V. Al Durre ll, Prop . Bus. Phone 5133; Res. 3-36 10 A. TOUSIGNANT õ. SONS "Every thing Good to Eat" 614 Central St. Tel. Lowell 2-7241 MEA TS and FROZEN FOODS Compliments of Compliments of HAYES OIL COMPANY Range and Fuel Oils CHARLES A. BYKE Automa tic O il Heating Jewele r Steam - W a ter 517 Dutton St. Tel. 3-6961 101 Central St. K!NDLY PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Tel. 6960 Miss Dorothy A. Machado Mr. Edward J. Machado Mr. a nd Mrs. George Machado Mr. and Mrs . John A. Machado Mr. and Mrs. John P. Machado Mr. John P. Machado Mr. Joseph R. Machado Miss Mary L. Machado Mrs . Mary P. Machado Mrs. Mary Theresa Machado Miss Roselyn M. Machado Mrs. Sarah Machado Miss Virgínia H. Machado Miss Margare t Madden P. Joseph Mahan Miss Ann L. Manslield Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Martins Mrs . Amelia Medeiros Mrs. Mary Medeiros Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Medina Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Medina Mr. and Mrs . Joseph Medina Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Medina, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Melin Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Mello Mrs. Charles Mello Mr . and Mrs . 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Title A name given to the resource Dimas Espinola Collection [1923-2009] Description An account of the resource These items, collected over time by Dimas Espinola, detail the Portuguese community in Lowell from the 1920s through the 2000s. Items include Holy Ghost Society documents, newspaper articles, photographs, and event posters. Biographical Note Born on the Azorean island of Terceira, in the village of Biscoitos, in 1950; Dimas Espinola immigrated with his family to the United States in the late 1960s, settling in Lowell’s “Back Central” (predominately Portuguese) neighborhood; his father, formerly a furniture maker in Biscoitos, obtained a job as a loom fixer in the Wannalancit Mills; his mother worked in a shoe factory; Mr. Espinola received his formal education in schools on Terceira and, upon arriving in Lowell, he secured a work permit and, at nearly 17 years of age, he was employed in a manufacturing job in the Paris shoe factory on Bridge Street; at the same time Mr. Espinola, a communicant at St. Anthony’s Church, began working closely with the pastor, Rev. John F. deSilva; among his activities was translating English for Portuguese members of the community, which included various issues affecting the neighborhood, including a state proposed extension of the Lowell Connector highway that threatened many homes and businesses in the “Back Central” neighborhood; in addition to his community activism and work with the church, Mr. Espinola also became involved with the Portuguese-American Center (and its soccer team), as well as the Holy Ghost Society; he remained in the shoe industry for many years, becoming a foreman and factory manager. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). No Copyright - United States: The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. Language A language of the resource English Portuguese Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1923-2009 Subject The topic of the resource Catholic Church--Societies, etc. Music--Portuguese influences Wedding photography Wedding attendants Portuguese American women United States. Navy. First Confession and Communion Immigrants--Cultural Assimilation--United States United States. Army. Fasts and Feasts Dictators Mills and mill-work Processions, Religious--Catholic Church Veterans United States. Navy. Basketball teams World War, 1939-1945 Nuns Altars Azorean Americans Musicians Musical theater Motion pictures, Portuguese Easter Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1941 World War, 1939-1945--Women Crocheting Victory in Europe Day, 1945 World War, 1939-1945--United States--Medals World War, 1939-1945--United States--Prisoners and prisons United States. Army. Women's Army Corps. United States. Air force. United States. Marine Corps. Catholic Church--Dioceses Mother's Day Ambassadors Consuls Priests Military religious orders Community organization House painters Real estate agents Financial institutions Seventh-Day Adventists Bullfights Automobile insurance Television stations Tax returns Fourth of July Soccer Sexual harassment of men Mental health Radio broadcasting Fasts and Feasts Politicians Politics and government Community activists Constitutions Folk dancing, Portuguese Madeirans Portugal--History--Revolution, 1974 Baseball teams Immigrants Christmas New Year Cows Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) New Bedford (Mass.) Danvers (Mass.) Newark (N.J.) Fall River (Mass.) Methuen (Mass.) Cambridge (Mass.) Boston (Mass.) Oakland (Calif.) Attleboro (Mass.) Peabody (Mass.) Taunton (Mass.) Hartford (Conn.) Graciosa (Azores) Somerville (Mass.) Hudson (Mass.) 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Subject The topic of the resource Portuguese American women Musical theater Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Anon_Portuguese_296 Andrews Fuel and Range Oil Ann Marie Beauty Salon Ann's Beauty Shoppe Barry's Pastry Shop Belvidere Wine Corp Bettencourt's Variety Store Blue Ribbon Dairy Charlie's Market City Hall Service Colonial Band Dee's Debbie Shop Dona Maria Amélia Society Holy Name Society Holy Rosary Sodality (Lowell, MA) John V. 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Worthmore Farms https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/42465/archive/files/aa36be92097e3ca4b0123852151734c0.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=KMYuLW4ksAb1UevVNfOdswVgqAyMO%7Ef9EkMnqXZA%7ETTM5UiVPcg98TjEWzp4NbPETYQtcq55rFb50o7r0tCaq00QJmChCeK-TCw6lJV3H8Tlm%7EPCiWMxH6THzjTO62VJgyV2y76SGJvv2VR%7EM6TcDshSC2DDrfqwmSnuX6AcofxP-rp9lTf7%7Eulolnmw0C769mZVi6gCla3YvBgwxjGlfiBZZunerChEzmppfFFTf6Gb1WvldVbFC1bUIs9NZcAzftuf4dZWUGyCSkTzVXiOBpW9pqJB5LCCtSA0ynP04Wp6bFouAk%7EQe4l1cirhV09f8MZE0enTbOv%7EwxYNpBOabw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM dcdaa1200566280621f8dd79713d5932 PDF Text Text ST. ANTHONY'S HOLY ROSARY SODALITY SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1955 - 8:00 P.M. Presents "FUN AND FANCY FREE" Merrimack Sq. Theater �Mrs. Gladys Picanso and Mrs. Margaret Sutherland of the 147 CENTRAL STREET REV. JOHN F. SILVA, P.P. MRS. ANTONIO G . CALDEIRA Pres ident The Holy Rosary Sodality of St., Anthony's Church gratefully dedicate this page to their vast clientele, in- Spiritua I Director __________________________________________ Rev. John F. Si Iva, P. P. President -------------------------------------------------· Mrs. Antonio G. Caldeira Vice-President __________________________________________________ Miss Rose Ann Mello Secretary _ _ _ _ ________________ _______ Mrs. Tebert P. Mello Treasurer ---------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Alfred Andrews Mistress of Ceremonies ---------------------------------· Mrs. Maria C. Tavares cluding many from St. Anthony's Parish, in appreciation of their continued patronage. In the future, as in the past, we consider it a privilege to serve you . Tel. GL 3-0041 JOSEPH A. CAMARA, JR. MRS. T. RUSSELL KATIBIAN Co-Di rectors This page contributed by the Members of the Holy Rosa ry Sodality of St. Anthony's Church �~-~~~~~~~~~~~~,~~~~~~~~ From Our Societies and Clubs BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL SHOW From Our Societies and Clubs BEST WISHES Compl iments of from THE LOWELL COUNCIL THE COUPLES' CLUB HOLY GHOST SOCIETY OF THE PORTUGUESE - AMERICAN CIVIC LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS THE PORTUGUESE CATHOLIC Compliments of SOCIETY OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA FEAST SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST COMMITTEE President ___________ _____ __________ Manuel S. Neves Vice-President ---------------------------Frank Silva Secretory ---,----------- _____________________ Frederick Avila Treasu rer __________________ Francis:o J. Quadros, Sr. Receiver ·------------------··---------- Manuel Bettencourt Vigilante ------------------------------ ___ Joaquim Silva Master of Ceremonies __ ____ __ Herculano Augusto Annual Picnic-July 16 and 17 Annual Feast- August 13 and 14 PORTUGUESE AMERICAN CENTER, INC. Compliments of 59 CHARLES STREET THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL LOWELL, MASS. ST. JOSEPH'S BENEFIT ASSOCIATION, INC. BAND Compliments of NOSSA SENHORA THE DONA MARIA MADEIRAN ALLIANCE D'AJUDA SOCIETY AMELIA SOCIETY PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION, INC. ST. ANTHONY'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY • KINDLY PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �Best Wishes For a Successful Show With The Compliments of JOHN G. PERRY MRS. EDGAR B. SEMAN Co-Chairmen COMMITTEE . f!;nly Namr ~nrirty nf ~t. i\utqnuy'n Qlqurrq • KIND LY PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Honorary Chairman- Rev. John F. Silva, P.P.~ General Co-Chairmen- Mrs . Edgar B. Seman, John G . Perry Treasure r-Mrs . Antonio G. Caldeira Patron Chairman- Mrs . Antonio G. Caldeira Ticket Chairman- Mrs . Joseph Freitas Refreshment Chairman-Mrs. Bert ha Machado Usher Chairman- Mrs . Manuel Perry Costumes designed and made by Miss Rose Ann Mello. Makeup under the supervision of Mrs. Gladys Picanso and Mrs. Ma rgaret Sutherland of the Ann Marie Salon . Mrs. Manuel J . Alves Mrs . John Abreu Mrs. John C. Avila Mrs. Herculano Augusta Mrs. Joseph Aguiar Mrs. Manuel Braga Mrs. Joseph Camara Mrs . Manuel Correira Mrs. Manuel Cunha Mrs. Mary B. DaSilva Mrs . Dominic Furtado Mrs. Gabriel Gouveia Mrs . Stella Gonsalves Mrs . Belarmino C. Leite Mrs . Maria Madeiros Mrs. Anthony S. Mello Mrs . George Mello Mrs. Tebert P. Mello Mrs. Manuel S. Neves Mrs. James Perry Mrs . John G . Perry Mrs . Lino Picanso Mrs. Hazel Pitta Mrs . Mary Smith Mrs. Manuel Silva Miss Rose Silva Mrs . George Sousa Mrs. Joseph Sousa Mrs . Anthony Sousa Mrs . John Silva �Compliments of Compliments of STAR APPLIANCE CO. 140 GORHAM STREET Lowell, Mass. Tel. GL 3-8097 Dealers In All Leading Makes of Appliances and Furniture WORTHMORE FARMS DAIRY "GOOD MILK ALWAYS" Chelmsford Tel. GL 3-0705 SALES AND SERVICE Ralph C. Carnevale Leo J. Rapone George Mello - District Manager MANUEL NOBREGA, Prop. PROGRAM Compliments of KONOMICH GARAGE CHARLES KONOMICH & SON Tels.: Garage GL 8-8555 - Res. GL 2-3031 31-33 West Third Street "FUN AND FANCY FREE" For Luncheon Ma ster of Ceremonies-MANUEL FREITAS HOW-DEE LUNCHEONETTE For Dinner and Cocktails Act I. 1. 2. 3. WEDGEWOOD REST AU RANT FAMOUS FOR FINE FOODS 4. 35-37 JOHN STREET 5. 6. 7. Compliments of Central Park Chorus " Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk" --------------·---------------------------· Marie Ferreira, Russell Katibian " Melody of Love" ·•---------------·-···--·----------------------------------------------------- Soloist: Mrs. Russell Katibian Dancers: Robert G . Dastou Mrs. Joseph Camara Leo Ba rros Mrs. John Silva Manuel Barros Mi ss An ita Da Silva Joseph Costa Mrs. JosElph Costa " Swinging Dow n the Lane" ---------------------·· _______________ Mr. and Mrs. George Mello, Brenda Mello Chorus, "Shine on Ha rvest Moon" Tap Routine, " Alexander's Ragtime Band " ---------------------------------------- Nancy Ward , Pat Espinola Barber Shop Medley Robert G . Dastou, Russe ll Katibian, John G . Perry, Manuel Freitas. 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Mello Policeman ··················----·····················---·············· Henry Perry Tio Joao _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ---··················---··---·-Frank Leandro BEST WISHES Compliments of Compliments of from BARRY'S PASTRY SHOPPE Compliments of HOGAN'S BAKERY DEE'S DEBBIE SHOPPE 1 Individual Hair Styling i ATTY. BART J. CALLERY, JR 791 Central St. Tel. GL 8-8977 Compliments of Soucy Wire & Iron Works JOSEPH F. SOUCY Manufacturers of Metal Fencing 40 Sparks Street Tel. GL 2-4221 45 Merrimack St. Tel. GL 2-5537 190 Gorham St. Dial GL 2-1519 Artistically Designed Cakes for Weddings, Birthdays, Anniversaries Bread - Pies - Pastry Fresh Daily Compliments of Compliments of ffeauliut, Now Associated With FLOOR COVERING CO. INC. CADET CLEANERS, INC. Telephone GL 8-6828 141 CENTRAL ST. 461 Moody St. Theodore T. Lach - John J. Durkin KINDLY PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Compliments of LEO BARROS 3-Hour Service Tel. GL 2-2589 F. & D. SHOE STORE 153 Central Street JOSEPH M. FREITAS, Prop. 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Title A name given to the resource Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014] Subject The topic of the resource 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 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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>Historical 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&amp;action=edit&amp;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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only: This Work has been digitized in a public-private partnership. 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Portuguese American Center (Lowell, MA) Portuguese American Civic League (Lowell, MA) Portuguese Catholic Society of Saint John the Baptist Saint Anthony's Church (Lowell, MA) Saint Anthony's Couples Club Saint Anthony's Portuguese Benevolent Society Saint Joseph's Benefit Association Santos and Sons Wholesale Meats Santos Funeral Home Sousa's Market Star Appliance Co. Worthmore Farms https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/42465/archive/files/44e86be9e38d2c11c5706db48df8b1bc.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=WjNBGuWW6R8toBh2R1VGZXeSZtaQJje4ldsg0rWRiN9LiYxfG7CqhgIYsLZFZlD%7EJMC9YgjD1sz3H0WWJFuDPblusihWLOTdtx%7E6N6gfHGNaowMW3FWqanBEZ4c8d-LfRNM9gTQeNn93i7qUvgnxd%7EuenahM0J2D3VzzqCJ1%7EYtsp06%7ECeJdSX1C76LPavEtFMVlnj2cwmaXsObjMUDJQrxlAMHnDE0pQe1eJwe5KLImKdTKF4LWhJoJsrfBmg5MoQ2V2IbzzLLQbPLUpy2GNrYQyY4fnCg4IRgHNn1NI5iTc4gIg12FEUj8EXCfGemumaebCs0HgHXcZZEW6P8eAA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 440e5306286a08681d02f134994ffa9c PDF Text Text �Bonded Also Licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Certified in the State of New Hampshire Licensed by the City of Manchester, N. H. Registered in the State of Maine --4pprecialion The committee in charge deeply appreciates and since re ly thanks the following for their special efforts in behalf of our Musical Revue and Program Book. Rev. John F. da Silva, our beloved spiritual director, for his enthusiastic cooperation; Mrs. Tebert P. Mello, our general chairman; Leo I. Silva and Mrs. Russell J. Katibian, our pro ducers and directors; Miss Rose Ann Mello for designing and making our costumes; Miss Shirley Bettencourt for our dance interpretations; Mr. An+onio Batista and Mr. Manuel Ferre ira of the Portuguese Radio Hour; Mr. Henry Santos who design e d our cover; Mr. Norman Glassman for his kindness in allowing us to use the State Theatre; the Lowell Sun for its excellent pub licity; the Trans World Airlines, Inc., for their propertie s, and the A. G. Pollard Company for decorations. A big "Thank You" too, to you our audience, our musicians and cast, to our patrons and little treasures and especially lo all of our fine local merchants who so generously responde d to our appeal by favoring us with their ads. May you enjoy our show as much as we have enjoyed bringing it to you and count tonight as one of your mos t e n joyable evenings. PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS and DETECTIVES 1 Investigations 1 Protective Systems 1 Character Reports 1 Business Surveys 1 Guards Swiftly and Discreetly Efficient Service Given In Strictest Confidence by 34 Competent Agents - - - -1- - - - RADIO PATROL CARS - - ·- - 1 - - - - PRINCIPAL RESIDENT - - AGENT CITIES MASSACHUSETTS Beverly - Boston (Metropolitan) - Fitchburg - Gloucester Haverhill - Lowell - Lawrence - Lynn - Malden - Newburyport Salem - Salisbury - Springfield and Worcester NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord - Dover - Hampton - Manchester Nashua - Portsmouth - Rochester MAINE Augusta - Biddeford - Lewiston - Portland - Waterville - - - -1- - - - EXECUTIVE OFFICES BAY STATE BUILDING - LAWRENCE, MASSAC HUSETTS Telephone Lawrence 7895 - Connecting all Departments day or night - - - -1 - - - - Member: 'vVorld Secret Service Association Associated American Detective Agencies National Detective Association - National Safety Council Federation of British Detectives - Lawrence Chamber of Comme rce KINDLY PATRONIZE OUR A DVERTISERS �Best Wishes For A Successfu l Show W ith The Complime nts of Rev. John F. da Silva Rev. Antonio X. Pinto ID4r f4nly Nainr ~nrirty :J/ie .JJof';f Rooar';f SoJa/it';f o/ St. --4nthon';f ~ Church Spiritual Director _______________________________________ Rev. John F. da Silva President ______________________________ -----------· Mrs. Antonio G. Caldeira Vice-Preside nt _______ ---------"------ _·_________________ Miss Rose Ann Mello Secretary ----------------------------·-····-··---·---------· _____ Mrs. Tebert P. Mello Treasurer _____________________________________________________ Mrs. Alfred Andrews Mistress of Ceremonies ________________________ Mrs. Maria C. Tavares OF ~t. Ant4nny' n ill4urr4 Mrs. Russell J. Katibian This page contributed by the Members of the Holy Rosary Sodality of St. Anthony's Church KINDLY PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISE RS �BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL SHOW THE LOWELL COUNCIL THE DO NA MARIA OF THE AMELIA SOCIETY PORTUGUESE - AMERICAN CIVIC LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS THE PORTUGUESE CATHOLIC SOCIETY OF SAINT JO HN THE BAPTIST ST. JO SEPH'S BENEFIT PORTUGUESE COLONIAL BAND CLUB, INC. President _________ ·-··-·-·---- Manuel S. Neves Vice Preside nt ----------------·-------- Frank Silva Secretary -------------------· _________ Frederick Avila Treasurer__ ____________ Francisco J. Quadros, Jr. Receiver _______________________ Man uel Bettencourt Vigilan te _______________________________ Joaguim Silva Master of Ceremonies ._ Herculano Augusto - ASSOCIATION, INC. ,, 59 Charles Street Lowell, Mass. MADEIRAN ALLIANCE SAINT A PRO TECTIVE ASSOCIATION, INC. / THE PIONEER CLUB 112 Charles Street Members of NOSSA SENHORA ST. ANTHONY'S SPORT CLUB D'AJUDA SOCIETY Lowell, Mass. Tilden Street KI N DLY P AT RO N IZE OU R A D VE R T IS E RS KI N D LY P ATRO NIZ E OU R ADVE RTI SE R S �Compliments ot ANN MARIE BEAUTY SALON Honorary Chairman - Rev. John F. da Silva General Chairman Treasurer - 147 -175 Central Street Mrs. Tebert P. Mello Tel. 3-0041 Mrs. Alfred Andrews Program Co-Chairmen-Mrs . George Mello, Mrs. Anthony Mello Margaret Sutherland Gladys Picanso Patron Chairman - - Mrs. Antonio G. Caldeira Ticket Chairman - Mrs. Joseph Freitas Refreshment Chairman Usher Chairman - Mrs. Herculano Augusto Mrs. Manuel Perry Costumes designed and made by Miss Rose Ann Mello. Compliments of Makeup under the supervision of Mrs. Gladys Picanso of the Ann Marie Beauty Salon. SANTOS FUNERAL HOME Mrs. Manuel J. Alves Mrs. John C. Avila Mrs. Lino Bettencourt Mrs. Manuel Bettencourt Mrs. Foster Braga Mrs. Manuel F. Braga Mrs. Charles S. Camara Mrs. Manuel Cunha Mrs. Joseph de Jesus Mrs. Dominick Furtado Mrs. Stella Gonsalves Mrs. Gabriel Gouveia Mrs. Thomas R. Katibian Miss Evelyn Lawrence Mrs. Maria Medeiros Mrs. Anthony Medina Mrs. Manuel S. Neves Mrs. Cedalia Perreira Mrs. John S. Pitta Mrs. Lino Picanso Mrs. Anthony S. Silva Mrs. Manuel Silva Mrs. Mary B. da Silva Mrs. Mary Smith Mrs. George Sousa Mrs. Joseph Souza Mrs. Maria C. Tavares Mrs. Paul Walters Manuel E. Santos Director Lowell, Mass. 833 Central Street Tel. 2-7902 Compliments oi WORTHMORE FARMS DAIRY "Good Milk Always" Chelmsford, Mass. Tel. 3075 This Page was contributed with the best wishes from the Stitching Room of the Robbie Shoe. KINDLY PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS �• Program Compliments of ACT I. RED PINE GRILLE, INC. DINE & DANCE Billerica Nuttings Lake We cater to TESTIMONIALS - WEDDINGS - BIRTHDAYS - ETC. We specialize PIZZA - CHICKEN - CLAMS Compliments of COUNCILLOR JOHN JANAS KINDLY PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Salute to the U.S.A ............. Pilot Leo J. Silva Far A way Places ·······················-······· ... ············-·······························- -------'Chorus Medley, "Saluting States" -----··········································· ····················· Shirley Cotta Song, "Side by Side" ---······························ .··----------The G. Cleffs Our Own Little Glow W orms-Mrs. Manuel Alves, Mrs. Charles Camara, Miss Rose A. Mello, Mrs. John S. Pitta, Mrs. George Sousa, Mrs. Mary Smith 5. Song, ''Pretend'' .......................................................... ............................................... George Mello 6. Song, "Keep It A Secre t" ................................................................... Mrs . Thomas R. Katibian 7. Song, "A Bushel and a Peck" .................................................... Brenda Mello, George Mello 8. Dance Tap . .. Daughter of Rosie O'Grady-Louise Avila, Shirley Bettencourt, Helen Leite, Mary Leite, Roselyn Machado, Vir• ginia Machado, Hazel Mello, Mary Santos -----····-································Chorus 9. Song, "Home On ·The Range" ···········-············· 10. Western Songs ........................................ .................................................................... Wes tern Girl 11. Song, "Doggie In The Window". .. Mrs. Alice Joncas, Roselyn Machado, Virginia Machado 12. Song, "Alabama Jubilee" ----······························· Thomas R. Katibian, Tebert P. Mello, John Perry, Edgar Seman, Paul Walters 13. Song, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee " .......... Mrs. Manuel 4\-lves, Mrs. Charles Camara Miss Rose A . Mello, Mrs. John S. Pitta, Mrs. George Sousa, Mrs. Mary Smith 14. Song, "You Belong To Me" ................................................................ Mrs. Thomas R. Katibian Between Act I and Act IL ................ A Monologue-Joseph M. Sousa ACT II. Salute to the Azores, Madeira and PortugaL .......... Pilot Leo J. Silva Soloists: Miss Elaine Ferreira, Mrs. Mary Faias, Mrs. Leonore Rodrigues, Mrs. Alice Joncas, Antonio C. Branco, George Mello. Dancers: Mrs. Charlotte Ramalho, Mrs , Arthur Silva, Mrs. Frank Leandro, Mrs, Manuel Viera, Mrs. Lino Picanso, Mrs, Roland Cunha, Mrs. George Cunha, Ernest Ramalho, Arthur Silva, Frank Leandro, Manuel Viera, Lino Picanso, Roland Cunha, George Cunha, Camacheiras: Miss Rita Freitas, Miss Mary Ares, Miss Theresa Ares, Mrs. Joseph A. Camara, Miss Alice Viera, Joseph A. Camara, Roger Rodrigues, Helen Camara, Dolores Fer· reira, Edward Avila, Manuel Barros, Anthony Francisco, Roger Rodrigues. Piano Accompanist ............... David R. Fielding Musicians: George Silva, Joaquim de Freitas, Buddy Oliveira, Antonio Mendonsa, Manuel Aguiar, Anthony D, Silva, Lewis Trainor, Bernard De Paulis, I. 2. 3. 4. Between Act II and Act III-Comedy, "The Landing of Biancolena" Mrs. Tebert P. Mello, Mrs. Lino Picanso, Edgar Seman ACT III. Salute to Brazil... ........ Pilot Leo J. Silva 1. Song, "South American Way" ........................................................................ ··············-· Chorus 2. Song, "Blue Echo" ···-························································· ····---- - - Mrs. Paul Walters 3. Dance, The Tarantella .... Louise Avila, Shirley Bettencourt, Helen Leite, Mary Leite, Roselyn Machado, Virginia Machado, Hazel Mello, Mary Santos 4. Song, "You Belong To My Heart" .. ...................................................................... George Mello 5, Song, "Begin the Beguine" ............................................................................................... Chorus 6. Rhumba -------······································· Mrs, Thomas R. Katibian, Joseph P. Costa 7. Song, "Gomen Masai" ·--·--------·-··--···--····----------···----····----·----···----··..····----···-- · Mrs. Alice Joncas 8. Song, "Manana" ...................--..................................... Thomas R. Katibian, Tebert P. Mello John Perry, Edgar Seman, Paul Walters 9. Song, "Siboney" .... --............. ----·········· ........ _ _ _ _ _ _ ................. _ _ _ _ _ Shirley Cotta 10. Song, "Anna" ........... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - · - - · · · ·Miss Mary Ares 11. Song, "Magic In he Moonlight" ······--.. --....·------.. --· ..··············..· - - - - - -The G. Cleffs 12. 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Title A name given to the resource Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014] Subject The topic of the resource 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 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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>Historical 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&amp;action=edit&amp;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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only: This Work has been digitized in a public-private partnership. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context StAnthonys_Booklet_015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Al Mello's Cafe Ann Marie Beauty Salon Barry's Pastry Shop Blue Ribbon Dairy City Hall Service Colonial Band Dee's Debbie Shop Dona Maria Amélia Society Espinola's Variety Store Foster Braga Barber Holy Name Society Holy Rosary Sodality (Lowell, MA) John V. Motta Travel Agency Lusitania Bakery Luz Brothers Monument Madeira Protective Union Marine Fuel Company Mello Upholstering Service Neyman Furniture Company Nossa Senhora d'Ajuda Society Pioneer Club Pioneer Quality Market Portuguese American Civic League (Lowell, MA) Portuguese Catholic Society of Saint John the Baptist Saint Anthony's Church (Lowell, MA) Saint Anthony's Sport Club Saint Joseph's Benefit Association Santos and Sons Wholesale Meats Santos Funeral Home Silva's Mini Market Silver Star Café Sousa's Market Souza's Central Cafe Spinney's Garage Worthmore Farms https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/42465/archive/files/f9cb8f43cfac2de5aa69d33f88db6655.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=BTyIwU1RKd2jm%7E82skdvfMrP%7EgxXSkGbx0Qfe4m2LRpvIiNBBnU%7EF4qZ-wEWUeo0VKVBRvcst-yaH%7EuSE3jGpXnL4bBKFoqFf%7EyKKcfFRaUtccTmRIN0xtCUjiV1w5tOeirObQxH1egOdpwcgdyEzMM1PcX5wPRDI5AvgPHUo8tVxeaNgFJUsrzNpPE2hIqm4BRFMM64pXPwyviEnYucwSw0qFkVkZ1yWSrIc3zODIoSgtXMvaGfMjJFXXX2Vl2pDDtncvPxGzeg65158%7EdHEoVspf9MM0ukawMBfs5U9keCGsxNpjlN1u2CmpUkVVJdbxEN9nVFSthycib7TdCfoQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM d9e87313bdf9990f1fc8da5ca604a1a4 PDF Text Text :Jle J./.ofg Ro6arg SoJafilg o/ St. -4-ntlong ~ Pari6l p,,,,.1,:lhe (}ofJen Jutifee Revue SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1952 - 8:00 P. M. Staged and Directed by LEO J. SILVA Assisted by MRS. THOMAS R. KA TIBIAN �The committee in charge, greatly appreciates and sincerely thanks the following, for their special efforts in behalf of our Jubilee Revue and Souvenir Program Book: Rev. John F. da Silva, our beloved spiritual director, for his enthusiastic cooperation; Leo J. Silva, our producer and director; Mrs. Thomas R. Katibian for her assistance in directing the chorus; Mr. Antonio Batista and Mr. Manuel Ferreira of the Portuguese Radio Hour; the Lowell Sun and the Lowell Sunday Telegram for their excellent publicity; Mr. Norman Glassman for his kindness in allowing us to use the State Theatre; Professor James G. Dow and the Lowell Textile Players for allowing us to use their equipment; and Miss Rose A. Mello for designing and making our costumes. A big thank you too, to the entire cast, to you our audience, our musicians, to our many patrons and little treasures and especially to all of the clubs, societies, and merchants who so generously responded to our REV. JOAQUIM V. DA· ROSA REV. JOHN F. DA SILVA The Holy Rosary Sodality of Saint Anthony's Church ~as founded by the Reverend Joaquim Viera da Rosa on March 1, 1902. The decree, admitting the local sociality into the general order was signed in Rome on March 17, 1902, by lhe Reverend Andreac Fruhwirth, Superior General of the Dominican Order, and was received here in May of the same year. The first · meeling of the newly chartered group was held on November 3, 1902, where the rules that would govern the body were read and accepted. Father Rosa, the founder, still labors in The Master's Vineyard, in the church of Born Jesus, on his beloved island of Pico in the Azores and many charter members of the sociality are still living in our parish today. To them and to the memory cf those who have gone to their eternal reward as to the founder, Father Rosa, and all of his successors, both living and dead, we affectionately dedicate this souvenir program book. Our golden year has loomed, 0 Virgin dear, While fondly we gaze back in souvenir. Our hearts so filled with blessings won Sing thanks to Thee and to Thy Beloved Son. appeal. Again may we say, many many thanks! For fifty years, hearts filled with love for thee Have labored to honor Thy rosary; Fingers that once told these precious beads Forever still, now know our earthly needs. To them and Thee we dedicate anew The countless loving tasks we're called to do, And offer our hearts so filled with love, to Thee Our Beloved Queen of the Rosary. This page was contributed with the best wishes of Mr. Joseph Aguiar of the Marine Fuel Company �COM~IITTEE Honorary Chairman-Rev. John F. da Silva General Chairman- Mrs. Tebert P. Mello Treasurer-Mrs. Antonio G. Caldeira, President of the Holy Rosary Sociality Patron Chairman-Mrs. Manuel F. Braga Ticket Chairman-Mrs. Joseph Freitas Refreshment Chairman-Mrs. Joseph Souza Usher Chairman-Mrs. Manuel S. Neves Mrs. Rose A. Mello Mrs. Fred Andrews Mrs. Anthony Mello Mrs. Manuel J. Alves Mrs. Manuel Machado Mrs. John C. Avila Mrs. Maria Madeiros Mrs. Herculano Augusto Mrs. John S. Pitta Mrs. Foster Braga Mrs. Lino Picanso Mrs. Manuel Cunha Mrs. Mathias E. Ramalho Mrs. Charles S. Camara Mrs. John Smith Mrs. Antonio G. Caldeira Mrs. Severo Silva Mrs. Daniel Freitas Mrs. George Sousa _ Mrs. Gabriel Gouveia Mrs. Anthony Sousa Mrs. Thomas R. Katibian Mrs. Mary B. da Silva Mrs. Anthony Luz Mrs. Paul Walters Mrs. Frank Lawrence Mrs. Thomas Marr Congratulations from ST. JOSEPH'S PORTUGUESE BENEFIT SOCIETY PORTUGUESE COLONIAL BAND CLUB. INC. THE PORTUGUESE CATHOUC SOCIETY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST 59 CHARLES STREET LOWELL Costumes designed and made by Miss Rose Ann Mello Makeup under the supervision of Mrs. Gladys Picanso of the Ann Marie Beauty Salon Pres. ______________________Manuel S. Neves Vice Pres. ________ Manuel Picanso Bee. __________________________Fredrick Avila Treas. ___ Francisco J. Quadros, Jr. Receiver _________Manuel Bett.Gncourt Vigilante __________________Joaquim Silva Master of Ceremonies Herculano Augusto THE THE PIONEER CLUB DONA MARIA AMELIA SOCIETY 112 Charles St., Lowell THE NOSSA SENHORA THE LOWELL COUNCIL OF THE PORTUGUESE AMERICAN MRS. ANTONIO G. CALDEIRA President MRS. TEBERT P. MELLO General Chairman This page contributed by the members of the Holy Rosary Sodality of Saint Anthony's Church D'AJUDA SOCIETY LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS �ACT I 1. ACT II "THE PORTUGUESE HOUR ON TELEVISION" "HELLO . MY BABY" _______ ·-------···--------·------ ____ ------------------------------------------------------------- ____ Chorus __ ____ The G Cleffs 2. "PUT ON YOUR OLD GREY BONNET' _ 3. "STROLLING THROUGH THE PARK ONE DAY" Rose Machado, Virginia Machado, Roselyn Machado, Beverlyanne Bettencourt, Hazel Mello, Helen Avila, Shirley Bettencourt, Annabelle Hanney 4. "SPECIAL TY TAP" 5. Song, "THEY GO WILD OVER ME" Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. lohn S. Pitta Mrs. John Avila, Mrs. Charles Camara, Miss Rose A. Mello ________________ ------·-···- _---------------•-----•-----------------------------· Patricia Espinola 6. "IT'S A MAN EVERY TIME" ----·--- ____ - ----·--·------------------------------------------ Mrs. Paul Walters 7. "WHEN FRANCIS DANCES WITH ME" ___________ ---------------- Mr. and Mrs. Teberj 'P. Mello Announcers _______________________________________________________________________ Mrs. Tebert P. Mello - Manuel Correa Soloists-Mrs. Laura Pacheco Jelly, Gloria de Freitas, Elaine Ferreira, Maria Silva, Alice de Freitas, Martha Silva, Mrs. Thomas R. Katibian, John S. Marshall, Edward Santos. "The Gossipers " _________________________ : __________________________________ Mrs. Lino Picanso, Mrs. Tebert P. Mello Musicians --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____ George Silva, Frank Ares ACT III A GARDEN PARTY Master of Ceremonies: Leo J. Silva 1. Song, "DID ANYONE CALL?" --·-- -----------------·----·-------·--·---· ________________________ Mrs. Alice Joncas 2. Square Dance Group. 3. Song, "I TALK TO THE TREES" -------------------------------------· __________________________________ Elaine Ferreira 8. "BILL BAILEY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME" _______________ Mrs. Thomas R. Katibian 4. Song, "TULIPS AND HEATHER" -·--·------ _________________________________________________________ George Mello 9. "BARBER SHOP QUARTET" Thomas R. Katibian, Paul Walters, George Mello, Tebert P. Mello 5. 6. Song Medley --------------------------------------------------··-----Orche stra under direction of George Silva Song, "TELL ME WHY" _____________________________________________________________ Mrs. Paul Walters 10. "GIVE ME AN OLD SOFT SHOE" ····------------------------·---··--- Virginia McMullen, Bucky Flynn 7. Song and Dance, "CRY" ___________________________________________________________________ Emile Miskowski 11. "MAN ON THE FL YING TRAPEZE" _______ --------------·--------- Chorus (Soloist, Ernest Ramalho) 8. Duet, "WITH A SONG IN MY HEART" ______________________________ Mrs. Alice Joncas, George Mello 12. Song, "DOODLE DE DOO" 9. Song, "BEGIN THE BEGUINE" ________________________________________________________________________________________ G Cleffs 10. 13. THE FLORADORA GIRLS Mrs. Manuel Alves, Mrs. Gabriel Gouveia, Mrs. George Sousa, Miss Rase A. Mello, Mrs. Lino Picanso, Mrs. Charles Camara Song, ''SLOWPOKE' ' __________________________________________________________________________________ Maryanne Miskowski 11. Song, "EL CHOCLO" __________________________________________________________________________________ Mary Ares 12. Song, "YOU CAN'T HA VE EVERYTHING" ______________________________________________________ Shirley Cotta 14. Song, "I DON'T CARE" -----------------------------------·------ ---------------------------·-------------------Shirley Cotta 13. "BRAZIL" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ensemble 15. "THERE IS A TAVERN IN THE TOWN" ------------------------------ ------------------------·----------------Chorus Mrs. Alice Joncas, Miss Virginia Machado Members of Chorus-Rosemary Ares, Rita Avila, Alice Alves, Frances Barros, Joan Balakin, Mary Cqires, Claudine Faias, Barbara Falante, Dolores Ferreira, Elaine Ferreira, Dolores Gouveia, Elaine Medina, :Anita Oliviera, Barbara Panton, Dolores Sousa, Daniel Alves, Bernard Bettencourt, Gabriel Gouveia, Edward Machado, Lino Picanso, Ernest Ramalho, John Santos. Accompanist-Sidney Richardson. This page donated with the compliments of the McDonough Funeral Home. FINALE ROSARY TABLEAU Commentator ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________ . __ Mrs. Tebert P. Mello Song, "THE ROSARY" _____ ------------------------------------------------------------------------·-- Mrs. Thomas R. Katibian Rosary Bearers, Rose Machado, Virginia Machado, Roselyn Machado, Beverlyanne Bettencourt, Hazel Mello This page donated with the compliments of Doctor Fausto Lage - Mr. and Mrs. Manuel S. Neves - Albert P. Machado �Palront.J and Palronet.Jt.Jet.J Palront.J and Palronet.Jt.Jet.J (CONTINUED) Mr. and Mrs. Renato Abreu Mary Abreu Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Abreu Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Alcantara Mr. Manuel Alcantara Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Agrella Mr. and Mrs. Frank Agrella Mr. and Mrs. Abel Alves Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Alves Daniel Alves Mr. and Mrs. Manuel J. Alives Miss Alice Alves Mr. and Mrs. John Almeida Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Joseph de Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Neil Andrews Miss Et,hel Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ares Miss Mary Ares Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Athaido Mr. and Mrs. Herculano Augusta Mr. and Mrs. John Avila John Avila Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Avila Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Avila Mrs. Jennie Avila Miss Helena Avila Mr. and Mrs. John Avila Mr. and Mrs. Nuno de Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Candido Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Avila Mr. and Mrs. Manuel F. Barros Mi·. and Mrs. Leonard Barros Mrs. Maria C. Barros Lionel Barros Anthony Barros Joseph F. Barros Miss Augusta Barros Miss Francelina Barros Manuel "Barros, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Baranowski Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Barboza Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baldwin Helen Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barreto Miss Irene Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Manuel S. Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. John Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Bettencourt Miss Elsie Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Lino Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Bettencourt Manuel Sousa Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilfred Berton Doctor Steve Belekakis Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Beland Jose G. Biscoito, Sr. Mrs. Irene Bolduc Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Boudras Peter Boudras, Jr. Jeannette Boudras Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Braga Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Braga Mr. and Mrs. James A. Braga Miss Theresa R. Braga Mr. and Mrs. Manuel F. Braga Mr. and Mrs. Frank Braga Mr. and Mrs. Foster Braga Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Brodeur Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brodeur Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Brunelle Miss Nellie Buckmaster Mr. and Mrs. Burgoyne Mr. and Mrs. Antonio G. Caldeira Ernest Caldeira Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caldeira Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ca,hill Mrs. Maria L. Caires Catherine Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Fred Campell Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Camacho Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Camacho Mrs. Isabel Camara Mrs. Mary Camara Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Camara Mr. and Mrs. Charles Camara Mrs. Maria Camara Simao Roger Camara Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Camara Mr. and Mrs. Herunan Cancella Mr. and Mrs. Silvino Cardozo Miss Carmella Cardella Minnie Casey Mr. and Mrs. Anibal Cassella Mr. and Mrs. Julio Coelho Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Coit Joseph Coit . Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Goimbra Miss Philomena Coimbra Mrs. Corina Cortez Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Cordeiro Mr. and Mrs. James Connors Mr. and Mrs. Cazemiro Correia Miss Clarinda Correia Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Correia Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Correia, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Correia Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Correia Dr. Manuel Coggan Stella Chrolhogian Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Costa Miss Alice Costa Urbano Costa Joseph A. Costa Mr. and Mrs. David Costa Urbano Costa J osepp A. Costa Mr. and Mrs. David Costa Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Correia Mr. and Mrs. Julio Correia Mr. and Mrs. Joaquim M. Correia Miss Beatrice Correia J. Francis Creegan James J. Creegan Mrs. Mary L. Cronin Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cotter Miss Shirley Cotter Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Cunha Mr. and Mrs. George Cunha Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cunha Mr. and Mrs. George P. Cunha Mrs. Rita Cunha Miss Rose Cunha Mr. and Mrs. Manuel P. Cardozo Mrs. Olive Correia Mrs. Julia A. Cunha Miss Lauriana Dias Mr. and Mrs. R. George Dastou Mrs. Davlin Gladys M. Davey Miss Elizabeth Devine Mrs. Maria Dias Mr. and Mrs. John Dias Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Donnelly The Donohue Family Edith Donlon Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Drouin Mr. and Mrs. Anibal Duarte Mr. and Mrs. Dunn Mrs. John Dukeshire Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dyszezyk Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DiRubio Mrs. Guilhermina Da Cunha Mr. and Mrs. Adam De Jesus Mr. and Mrs. Felomeno De Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Joaquim De Freitas, and Sons Manuel De Silva Miss Dolores J. De Silva Mr. and Mrs. Manuel De Silva Mr. and Mrs. Anthony De Silva Mr. and Mrs. Antonio De Jesus Mr. and Mrs. Manuel J. Espinola Manuel Espinola Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Espinola Fernando Espinola Joseph Es·p inola Isabel Espinola Marie Esrpinola Mary Espinola Mrs. Virginia Espinola Mr. and Mrs. Theoffe Espinola Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Estrella Frank and Ernest Estrella Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Faber Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Faria Mr. and Mrs. John Faiais Miss Claudia Faiais Mr. and Mrs. John R. Falante �(CONTINUED) (CONTINUED) Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Falcon Mr. and Mrs. Chester Farley Mr. and Mrs. John Farley Manuel R. Farinha Mr. and Mrs. Antonio L. Fernandes Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ferreira Cecilia and Theresa Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ferreira Mary A. Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ferreira Miss Carolanne Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Jose Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ferreira Mrs. Anastasia Fernandes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ferro Mr. and Mrs. John Figueira Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Figueira Mrs. Maria Fi<lelis Mrs. Anna Finnegan Edward Finucane Helen Finucane Mrs. Dorothy Fistoler Mr. and Mrs. James Fla,herty Mr. and Mrs. Amos Florence Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flynn Thomas L. Flynn Charles Flynn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Floria Dr. Ray G. Forgays Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fontes Mr. and Mrs. Saul Francisco Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Freitas, Jr. Mrs. Rita Freitas Miss Rita Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Louis Freitas Mrs. Irence Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Augusto Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Freitas Daniel F. Freitas Manuel G. Freitas Mary P. Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph <la Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Evo Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Furtado Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Innocencio Mr. and Mrs. George Ignacio A Friend Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Fontes Miss Florence Fontes Miss Lydia Fontes Mrs. Rose Francisco Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gallego Miss Donna Gallego Mr. and Mrs. John Gallego Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Garanito Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gaughan Mr. and Mrs. Girard Germaine Mr. and Mrs. John Gomes Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Gomes Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Gomes Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gomes Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Gomes, Jr. Miss Clara Gomes Mr. Joao B. Gomes Mr. and Mrs. John Gonsalves Miss Mary C. Gonsalves Mrs. Julia Gonsalves Mr. and Mrs. Sabino J. Gonsalves Mr .. and Mrs. Manuel Gonsalves Mrs. Stella Gonsalves Mrs. Julia Gonsalves Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Gouveia Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Gouveia Miss Dolores Gouveia Mr. and Mrs. Seraphim Gouveia Mr. and Mrs. Seraphim Gouveia, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Graham Mrs. Green J,o seph Green Mrs. James Grogan Mr. and Mrs. Roland Gonsalves Mrs. Francis Haggerty Annabella Hanney Mary I. Hey Katherine Hey Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Hurley Mrs. Gladys Hoey Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hodson { Miss Rose Luz Mr. and Mrs. Fernandes Loureiro Jackie Lavine Councilor and Mrs. John Janas Mary Jardin Mrs. Ethel McCarron Mr. and Mrs. William Jalbert Mrs. Annie McDowell Manuel Janeiro . Miss Margaret M~Dowell Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Jacques Mr. and Mrs. Dame! :L MacLaughlm Mrs. Joanna Jesus Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Jeffreys, Jr.Mrs. Mary McLoughlm Mr. and Mrs. P. Joseph McMahon Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jelly Miss Charl<;>tte McMahon Mrs. George Johnson Mrs. Claudia McNamara Alice and Steven Joncas Mrs. Maria Theresa Machado Mrs. Alice D. Joncas Mrs. Mary Perry Machado Miss Emily P. Machado Alice Keating Mr. and Mrs. George Machado Mr. and Mrs. B. Keating Mrs. Wilhelmina Machado Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Machado Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klegerman Mrs. Sarah Machado Mr. and Mrs. Eleftherios Kokinos Mr. and Mrs. Jose S. Machado J o,hn Machado Joseph Machado The Lawrence Family Edward Machado Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawrence Virginia Machado Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Lawrence Mary Machado Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lawrence Rose Machado Evelyn Lawrence Dorothy Machado Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Lavoie Roselyn Machado Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leandro Mrs. Emily Medeiros Mr. and Mrs. Belarmino C. Leite Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Maguire John Leite Peter Malamas Miss Mary Leite Julia Mahoney Miss Helen Leite Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Malo . Mrs. Maria A. Leite and Joseph C. Mr. and Mrs. 'Dhomas Marr Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leary Mr. and Mrs. Donato Marzullo Mr. and Mrs. Manuel de Lima Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Martin Mary Lino Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Martin Mr. and Mrs. Roland Loranger Margaret Madden Josephine Lawrenco Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marques Mr. and Mrs. John Lorrey Mr. and Mrs. Walter Marzalek Mr. and Mrs. James Lorrey Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A. Medina Mr. and Mrs. J. Longley Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Medina, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Loureiro Mr. and Mrs. Frank Medina Mr. and Mrs. John Luz Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Medina Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Luz Mrs. Maria Medeiros and Son Miss Margaret A. Luz Mr. and Mrs. George Mello Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Luz �(CONTINUED) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mello Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Mello Abel P. Mello Mrs. Josephine P. Mello Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mello Rose A. Mello Clara Mello Mrs. Virginia Mello Mrs. Louise Mello Mrs. Gloriana Mello Miss Marion Mello Mr. and Mrs. Aurelio Mendes Mr. and Mrs. John Mendonsa Mr. and Mrs. John Mendonca Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mendes Mr. and Mrs. Euzebio Merino Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mendonsa Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miguel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moore Miss Dorothy Moran Miss Anna Moroney Mr. and Mrs. Albert Morin Mrs. Etelvina Morris Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mondazzi Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Monette Miss Ella Mulligan Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Mendes Mr. and Mrs. Manuel J. Merino Mr. and Mrs. John A. Machado Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Mello Miss Theresa Mello Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Nacimento Maria Nascimento Mr. Nabandina Mrs. Eugenia S. Netto Miss Augusta G. Neto Fernandes G. Neto Carolino G. Neto Mr. and Mrs. Manuel S. Netto Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Newall Mr. and Mrs. John Neves Mr. and Mrs. Janeiro Nobrega Agostinho and Eleanor Nunes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Oliveira Miss Anita Oliveira Mrs. Mary Oliveira Miss Esther Oliveira Mr. and Mrs. Frank O'Connor Mr. and Mrs. Manuel L. Ormonde Mr. and Mrs. Terrence O'Rourke Manuel S. Oliv~ra Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Oliveira Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ornellas Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Pereira, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paine Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pestana Christine Papanote Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Pacheco Mi·. and Mrs. J. Domingos Perreira Mrs. Sidalia Pereira Mrs. Marion Pereira Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Perry Mr. and Mrs. James Perry Mrs. Al'hert Perry Mr. and Mrs. Richard Perry Mr. and Mrs. John Perry Mr. and Mrs. James Perry Isabella Perry Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Perry Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Perry Mr. and Mr:,. John Pestana Mr. John Pestana, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Peters Mr. and Mrs. Henry Perry Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pitta Mrs. Mary Pitta Mr. and Mrs. Abra:ham Pitta Margaret Pierce Mrs. Isabel Pires and Family Mr. and Mrs. Piexhote Mrs. Sylvio Pilato Mrs. Louise Pimentel Miss Laura Pimentel Miss Emily Pimentel Mr. and Mrs. Lino Picanso Mrs. Mary Picanso Mr. and Mrs. Manuel C. Picanso Frank Picanso (CONTINUED) Mary Picanso Mr. and Mrs. Edward Picanso Mr. and Mrs. Raoul Pimentel Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Pollard Mr. and Mrs. Max Poppel Anthony ·C. Picanso Mrs. Rose L. Picanso Edith H. Picanso Mrs. Mildred Pratt Mr. and Mrs. Girard Proulx Mr. and Mrs. John Puzon Mr. and Mrs. John H. Pyne, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Pyne Mrs. Senhorina Perry Phillip Perry J osep;h. Perry Miss Rita Perry Mrs. Anthony Rocpa Miss Virginia Rocha Mrs. Eva Robinson and Son Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Rodrigues Mr. and Mrs. John Rodrigues Mrs. Maria C. Rodrigues Rodrigues Family Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Rodrigues Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Reis Miss Margaret Rocha Miss Elsie Santos Miss Ethel Santos Mr. and Mrs. Anthero Santos Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Santos Mr. and Mrs. Roland Santos Mr. and Mrs. John Santos Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Santos Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Santos Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quadros, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Santos Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quadros, Sr. Miss Mary C. Santos Mr. and Mrs. McQuarrie Virginia Santos Mr. and Mrs. Finian Quinn Raymond Santos Mr. and Mrs. Manuel J. Quintal Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Santos Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Santos Mrs. Charlotte Ramalho and son ErnestMrs. Clara Santos Miss Mary E. Santos Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ramalho Mr. and Mrs. Jose Santos Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ramalho Mrs. Frank W. Sellis Miss Mildred Ramalho Mr. and Mrs. Antonio G. Sequeira Mr. and Mrs. Mathias E. Ramalho Miss Mary Sequeira Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Ramalho Miss Hilda Sequeira Mrs. Leonora Ramalho Miss Grace Sequeira Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ramos Mr. and Mrs. John Schnur Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ramalho Mrs. Anne Sheedy Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Ramalho Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva Mr. and Mrs. Sergio Ramos John J. Silva Mr. and Mrs. George Reynolds Miss Mary R. Silva Mr. and Mrs. Walter Regan Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Reis Silrva Mrs. Elvira Reis Mr. and Mrs. Severo Silva Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Rebello Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Silva Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roberts Mr. and Mrs. JQhn S. Silva Mrs. Hazel Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva and son, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Riley Joseph Mr. and Mrs. John Ribeiro Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva Miss Mary Ribeiro Mrs. Virginia Silva Mrs. Mary Rocha �Patrona and Patroneaaea {CONTINUED) Mrs. Virginia B. da Silva Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Silva Anna Silva Miss Ada Silva Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Silva Mrs. Arthur Silva and Son Mr. and Mrs. George Silva Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Silva Mr. and Mrs. Luiz Silva Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Silva . Miss Mildred Silva Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silrva Mrs. Mary G. Silva Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva Miss Theresa A. Silva Mr. and Mrs. George F. Silva Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Silva, Sr. Miss Rose Silva Mr. and Mrs. John B. Silveira Miss Florence Silveira Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Soares Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sousa Mrs. Albertina Sousa Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Jose Sousa Manuel Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Honorato Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. George C. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. James Sousa Mrs. Mary C. Sousa Mrs. Jose M. Sousa Alice Sousa Mary T. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Souza Misses Mary and Helen Souza Mrs. Peggy Souza Mr. and Mrs. Thadeus Stys Mrs. Susan Stack Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Sutherland John Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Julius Swieneski Jlttfe Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Sylvain Mrs. Mary Silva Joseph Silva Mr. and Mrs. Manuel S. Silva Mr. and Mrs. Edward Silva Mr. and Mrs. John F. Silva Mr. and Mrs. Augusto J. Silva Mrs. Mary Tavares John Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Vero 0. Teixeira and Leonor Miss Mary E. Teixeira Mrs. Mary G. Teixeira Albert Teixeira James W. Teixeira Mrs. Mabel Tobin Mr. and Mrs. William Tuttle, Jr. Mr. and Mrs: Alphonse Varoski Mr. and Mrs. John A. Varoski Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Vasconcellos Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vieira Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vieira Mr. and Mrs. Manuel S. Vieira Mr. and Mrs. John Vieira C,harles and William Vieira Miss Christina Vieira Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Vogado Mr. and Ml's . .George Vieira Miss Alice Vieira Mrs. Joaquim Vieira Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Veiga Mrs. Clara E. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walters Ethel Westmoreland Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. West Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whittemore Harry Zellar Mr. and Mrs. Boyle Zemetres :Jreaaurea o/ St. -4-nthon';f David J. Aguiar Lenny Barros James, Bettencourt Rdbert Bettencourt ·Brenda Bettencourt . Leonard Caldeira Paul A. Caldeira David Camara Bruce Cotter George L. Cunha Paul D. Cunha Suzanne Marr Patsy and Carol Medina Beverlyanne Mello Suzanne J. Morais Glenn and Brenda Mello Robert Anthony Mello Donna and Maryann Newall Donald Oliveira Herbert Pitta, Jr. John Richard Proulx Linda and Lino Picanso Patricia Espinola Frank Louis Quadros Barbara and Johnny Falante Sheila Farley Barbara Ferreira A. Robert Freitas Joseph Freitas John and Peter Flory Richard Ramalho Joseph A. Rodrigues Thomas and Joanne Gillis John, Jr., and Gloria Gomes Gabriel Gouveia, Jr. Donald, Dennis and Roger Gouveia Robert Gouveia David and Stephen Lawrence Rita Mary Lavoie Robert Santos Richard Santos, Jr. Ann Marie Silva John A. Silva Anna Silva Theresa and Rita Silva Anita Rose da Silva Anthony da Silva Francisco and John Sousa J. J. Thomas John Thomas Vieira �MARTY'S PENTHOUSE WM. J. BURBECK CO. MIDDLESEX VILLAGE CATERING 1821 Middlesex Street Tel. 7208 Mr. and Mrs. Vaillancourt Caterers for All Occasions DR. MATHEW J. CZYZYCKI LEO TIGHE Doctor of Dental Surgery Heating Oils and Ice Sales . . . Power Burner Service 97 Central Street Tel. 3-2460 C. Page, D.A.-L. Quinn, D.A. LUZ BROTHERS Lowell Dial 2-5162 BALKUS MARKET 175 Gorham St., Cor. Summer Tel. 2-8731 Full line of Choice Meats and GToceries Essem's, Balkus and Squires Cooked Meats MADEMOISELLE BEAUTY SALON Tel. 3-1320 519 Central St. Julie Rocha - Pauline Santos ANTHONY REBELLO MANUEL E. SANTOS FUNERAL HOME A. C. SOUSA, MARKET JR. Paper Hanging and Ceilings Tel. 3-71 97 RICARD'S, INC., JEWELERS NEYMAN FURNITURE CO. Complete Home Furnishers Salesmen: Manuel Jardine, John Sousa CHARLES KONOMICH GARAGE JOHNNIE and MILLIE'S VARIETY STORE 35 Elm Street OPERA HOUSE PHARMACY Amos H. Dow 389 Central St. Tel. 8851 LINCOLN CLEANERS & DYERS GAUMONT BROS. Lowell's Leading Radio, T.V. and Appliance Store Dial 8604 Henry Perry, Prop. Tailoring, Cleaning, Pressing 338 Merrimack St. Opp. City Hall BETTE'S HAT SALON Blanche Taft, Prop. Presenting Better Hats 244 High .Street SULLIVAN BROS., PRINTERS 95 Bridge St. JACK & AL'S ESSO SERVICENTER MIDDLESEX EQUIPMENT CO. 190-192 Middlesex Street N. P. Nelson, Mgr. Where you get the most for your money. HARRY BASS Tel. 2-8240 HOGAN'S BAKERY Gorham & Thorndike Sts. For Fine Pastries �J. S. PITTA PIONEER QUALITY MARKET TONY'S TYDOL SERVICE STATION, East Chelmsford · LOWELL DAIRY CAWLEY COAL COMPANY BELL'S SHOPS, INC. WORTHMORE FARM, East Chelmsford GENERAL CLEANERS, 398 Central Street FLANAGAN'S DRUG STORE DA VIS SQUARE DRUG STORE CHELMSFORD FUEL COMPANY A. G. POLLARD COMPANY CHARLES SANTOS WALSH BROS., FLORISTS CITY HALL SERVICE STATION BETTENCOURT'S VARIETY STORE. 84 Seneca Street Greetings on Your Golden Jubilee ' From ' THE MELLO RUG CLEANING AND UPHOLSTERING SERVICE Cleaning and mothproofing done in our plant by trained technicians. Antique and modern furniture remodeled, rebuilt and restyled to meet your approval. Compliments of Compliments of All work guaranteed SILVA'S MARKET MAJESTIC CLEANERS 166 POWELL STREET 1014 CENTRAL STREET Manuel Silva, Prop. Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing, Dyeing A. G. Food Store Prop., Sal Scancerello Free Estimates TEBERT P. MELLO, Prop. 883 Westford Street Dial 3-3430 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014] Subject The topic of the resource 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 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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>Historical 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&amp;action=edit&amp;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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only: This Work has been digitized in a public-private partnership. 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Registered in the State of Maine Victor Service Bureau PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS and DETECTIVES • Investigations • Protective Systems • Inspection Reports • Business Surveys • Guards Efficient Service Given Discreetly and Swiftly In Strictest Confidence by 34 Competent Agents RADIO PATROL CARS Principal Resident- Agent Cities Massachusetts Beverly - Boston (Metropolitan) - Fitchburg - Gloucester - Haverhill Lowell - Lawrence - Lynn - Malden - Newburyport - Salem Salisbury - Springfield -- Worcester New Hampshire Concord - Dover - Hampton - Manchester Portsmouth - Jiochester Nashua Maine Augusta - Biddeford - Lewiston - Portland - Waterville Home Office BAY STATE BUILDING LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS Telephone Lawrence 7895 Connecting All Departments Day or Night �Best Wishes For A Successful Show With The Compliments of Wqr i!;nly Namr @Jnrirty REV. JOHN F. DA SILVA Spiritual Director MRS. ANTONIO G. CALDEIRA Pre sident OF • Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Miss Mrs. Miss Manuel Alves Foster Braga Manuel Cunha Dominick J. Furtado Gabriel Gouveia Manuel Machado Mary Machado Anthony Medina Rose A. Mello Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. MRS. TEBERT P. MELLO Chairman of Musical Program Anthony Mello Manuel S. Neves Maria Medeiros Lino Picanso John S. Pitta Mary Smith George Sousa Joseph Souza �Compliments of 1A;nly i!lnnary ~nhality OF ~t. Autqnuy~ n illqurrq President ______________________________ · _________________ Mrs. Antonio G. Caldeira Vice-President ------------------------------------------------ Miss Rose Ann Mello Secretary ______________________________________________ Mrs. Tebert P. Mello Treasurer ---------------------------------------------------------------- ______ Mrs. Alfred Andrews The committee in charge, greatly appreciates and sincerely thanks the following, for their special efforts in behalf of our musical revu)3 and souvenir program book: Rev. 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The time is one evening about seven-thirty.) Compliments of PIQUES TRAVEL AGENCY Jose da Silva Piques, Prop. DRAFTS - Compliments of FOREIGN and DOMESTIC MONEY ORDERS TRAVELERS CHEQUES - CABLE REMITTANCES Tickets sold td all parts of the world and the United States by Air and Sea _1_304 9AM1?._RIDGE STREET Tel. TRowbridge 6-7217 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. COUNCILLOR JOHN JANAS �Complimen ts of CLEANING - PRESSING DYEING - REPAIRING 3-Hour Service Established 1872 MANUEL BETTENCOURT DIAMOND MERCHANTS and JEWELERS of D'AJUDA SOCIETY CADET CLEANERS WOOD-ABBOTT CO. Compliment s of NOSSA SENHORA Complimen ts of Complimen ts of Lowell 135 Central St. The Metropolita n Life Insurance Co. 461 MOODY STREET Proprietors: Frank Ares - Paul Krikorian Complimen ts of Complimen ts of PARAMOUNT TEA ROOM A FRIEND Paramount Donut Shoppe And I Complimen ts of Complimen ts of MRS. MARIA MEDEIROS AND FRANK PICANSO MR. and MRS. MANUEL P. SANTOS From I and Son MANUEL DONALD 157 A STREET Lowell, Mass. Lowell 173-179 Central St. Home Cooked Dinners Home Made Pastry Try Our Famous Donuts Tels. 2-6341- 3-5001 Lawrence, Mass. C AST : JOE BoTTS, the fat her ------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- George Joncas ALICE BoTTS, the mother ------------~------------------------- _____________________________ Fern Sarkissian JUNIOR, the son --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Ernest Caldeira ANNABELLE, the da1tghter ____ ----------------------------- ___________________________ Jeannette Boudras BURT CARPENTER, a neighbor ---------------------------------- -------------------------------------· Leo Silva Lrzzrn CARPENTER, Burt's wife --------------------------------------------------------· ------ Alice Joncas Complimen ts of INTERMlSS lON Complimen ts of MR. and MRS. MANUEL S. VIERA and FAMILY Mr. and Mrs. BELARMINO C. LEITE and FAMILY 106 A STREET Lowell, Mass. Complimen ts of ACE ROOFING CO. l Complimen ts of Albert W. Fleury, Prop. l DR. RAY G. FORGAYS Specializing in SLATE - TAR - GRAVEL 186 Charles St. Tel. 4-6481 Lowell Complimen ts of THE MELLO UPHOLSTERING SERVICE Complimen ts of TEBERT P. MELLO, Prop. LINCOLN CLEANERS & DYERS SLIPCOVERS - ANTIQUE and MODERN FURNITURE Remodeled, rebuilt, restyled to meet your approval All Work Guaranteed Upholstery Cleaning Free Pick-up and Delivery Service-3-Hour Service TAILORING - CLEANING - PRESSING - REPAIRING For Service call Lowell 8604 52 W AMESIT STREET 269 CHELMSFORD STREET HENRY PERRY, Prop. 883 Westford Street- Lowell Tel. 3-3430 �Compliments of Ask for : HOTEL MARLBOROUGH Lowell's Most Modern Hotel Finest Facilities for Weddings and Testimonials 85 Marlborough St. Tel. 2-4275 Lowell Compliments of BEVERAGES b y Compliments of TIP TOP RESTAURANT CALLAHAN DR. W. E. PORTER Locally Owned Locally Operated OPTOMETRIST 279 MIDDLESEX STREET Compliments of Wakefield, Mass. JOHN F. 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Ne lson, Mgr. 190-192 MIDDLESEX ST. i CHORUS-Elaine Ferreira, Dolores Ferreira, M-arie Ferreira, Dolores Gouveia, Mary Coelho, Gladys Perry, Barbara Lou Davis, Dolores de Freitas, Isabelle Gonsalves, Mary Gonsalves, Rose Perry, Mary Ares, Barbara Falante, Hilda Ferreira, Augusta Barros, Terry Coelho, Glara Gomes, Denise Dodge, Jeanette Boudras, Virginia Machado, Theresa Ares, Mary Coires, Anita Oliveira, Dolores Coelho, Barbara Panton .~ 151 CENTRAL STREET Compliments of Plumbing - Heating Supplies Oil Burners - Paint Hardware - Electrical Supplies Dial 7768 Lowell's Leading Store For Women and Children's Apparel Compliments of MR. and MRS. VAILLANCOURT MIDDLESEX VILLAGE CATERING Tel. 7208 1821 Middlesex St. Caterers For All Occasions Specializinz in Buffet and Dinners Sandwiches and Coffee Made To Send Out MADEMOISELLE BEAUTY SALON Managed by JULIE ROCHA PAULEEN SANTOS Compliments of SILVA'S MARKET 166 POWELL STREET Manuel Silva, Prop. I �The Man Who Knows, Wears Martin Clothes Compliments of Compliments of Compliments of TOWER MOTOR PARTS CORP. CHELMSFORD DAIRIES MAURICE KARP BEEF CO. Andrew Miron, Prop. Lowell 124 Gorham St. MILK and CREAM MARTIN 100-102 CENTRAL STREET Tel. 2-9741 'I II LOWELL - BEEF - LAWRENCE VEAL - LAMB and PORK 24 Stewart St. Dial 3-5827 Lowell NASHUA Home of Adam Hats Compliments of Compliments of LARSON'S DAIRY Compliments of AL'S MODERNIZING and IMPROVING CO. 1, POST OFFICE LOCKSMITH SHOP Compliments of Door Closers Repaired Grinding, Sharpening Cutlery Lawn Mowers Renewed Keys Made To Order CHERRY AND WEBB'S Inselbric-Insulated Siding Roofing Al (Jim) Luiz 48 Roper St. . Compliments of Compliments of WALSH BROS. Tel. 3-5041 Lowell, Mass. LUZITANIA BAKING CO. A. B. BRITO CO. FLORISTS 434 Central St. I Compliments of BELVIDERE DAIRY FLANAGAN PHARMACY Pasteurized Milk and Cream Eggs and Butter 358 Boylston St. .,., Compliments of A. S. LAMARINE MOTOR CO., INC. FOSTER BRAGA DeSOTO - PLYMOUTH Sales and Service New and Used Cars 147 Cheever St. Tel. 5639 1990 MIDDLESEX STREET Lowell, Mass. Compl'iments of H. N. SAGER, Prop. Tel. 2-841 7 Compliments of MILK - CREAM -_ HOMO MILK MARGARINE - EGGS PART III. A PORTUGUESE SKIT-"SERAPHINA, THE TALKING RIB". SCENE: Kearney Square on a busy Saturday morning. SERAPH IN A _________________________ _ __________________ Mrs. Tebert P. Mello MANUEL --------------------------------------------------------------------·-----T ebert P. Mello CoMADRE -------------------------------------- ---------------- Mrs. Anthony Medina Supporting Cast-Mrs. George Sousa, Mrs . John S. Pitta, Mrs. George Mello, Joseph P. Costa, Rose Ann Mello, Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. Gabriel Gouveia, Manuel Freitas and George Mello. Lowell 76 Gorham St. 1, • Dial 2-2266 PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST 557 Central St. Francis M. Flanagan, Prop. BARBER Compliments of Compliments of 21 RIVERNECK ROAD East Chelmsford, Mass. J. S. PITTA HARRY BASS Tel. 4-7461 Lowell �Compliments of Compliments of WORTHMORE FARMS JOS. E. RAMALHO & SONS Jack Sousa, Prop. Good Milk Always 100 STROMQUIST AVENUE Tel. 3-5481 Gasoline - Motor Oil Accessories - Auto Repairing CHELMSFORD, MASS. OIL BURNERS NEWMAN'S Compliments of LOWELL'S FINEST STORE CITY HALL SERVICE FOR MEN and BOYS 227 Central St. Lowell 119 Moody St. Tel. 2-1371 Compliments of ( Compliments of OPERA HOUSE PHARMACY 389 CENTRAL STREET YOUR FRIEND Refresh ing Lunch The Florist Compliments of JOHN GONSALVES PAINTER - Home of Johnson's Brown Bottle $0.60 - $1.20 and Hornby Syrup-$0.35 - $0.65 Both Are Excellent for Coughs and Colds PAPERHANGER PART IV . 4 Frye St. Tel. 2-2840 Compliments of Compliments of CHARLIE'S MARKET CHARLES A. BYKE Meats - Groceries - Provisions JEWELER 888 CENTRAL STREET Dial 2-8504 Compliments of ANTHONY COSTA REBELLO PAPERHANGING 19 Highland Ave. PAINTING No. Chelmsford Tel. 3-7197, 101 Central St. Tel. 6960 Lowell LATIN CLUB-"EL TORO". Mus1cIANs-Frank Ares, Buddy Sarkissian, Joe Oliveira and J ames Oliveira. SoLOISTs-George Mello, Helen Camara, Mary Ares, Joe Costa and Margaret Katibian. NIGHT CLUBBERs-R ita Walters, Angelina Mello, R ussel! Katibian, Rita Perry, Angelina Gonsalves, Manuel Freitas and Paul W' alters. Master of Ceremonies-Leo Silva and Charles C. Mello Compliments of Com:eliments of A. C. SOUSA, JR. ERNIE'S RESTAURANT Meats - Groceries - Provisions 430 SUFFOLK STREET 381 CENTRAL STREET Tel. 787 1 Where Friendly People Always Meet Compliments of Compliments of JOSEPH F. SOUCY Manufacturers of Metal Fencing 40 SPARKS STREET Tel. 2-4221 NEIL MOYNIHAN 17 GORHAM STREET Tel. 2-0161 Compliments of THE FASHION TAILORS MAX POPPEL, Prop. 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Title A name given to the resource Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014] Subject The topic of the resource 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 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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>Historical 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&amp;action=edit&amp;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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only: This Work has been digitized in a public-private partnership. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context StAnthonys_Booklet_013 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Ann Marie Beauty Salon Barry's Pastry Shop Blue Ribbon Dairy Cadet Cleaners Catholic Youth Organization City Hall Service Colonial Band Dee's Debbie Shop Dona Maria Amélia Society Foster Braga Barber Gould & Faustino Holy Name Society Holy Rosary Sodality (Lowell, MA) Jos. E. Ramalho and Sons Lincoln Cleaners & Dyers Lusitania Bakery Luz Brothers Monument Mademoiselle Beauty Salon Mello Upholstering Service Neyman Furniture Company Nossa Senhora d'Ajuda Society Pioneer Club Pioneer Quality Market Piques Travel Agency Polly's Potato Chip Co. 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Silva's Mini Market Souza's Central Cafe Spinney & Travers Service Station Spinney's Garage Worthmore Farms https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/42465/archive/files/b4b7fa3ada5bd2df5c4b082b166b27e0.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=oJm9F4ZEKAVqHBZszWgjeqPU3mW9-YLgTS8KmFDihCzYAdpFHa%7EI6oAhmij%7E8jbg4TCvFd9tG70cQHTl2FPTxYtjkwBW5A%7EDd8lNVEgqMA8wuuU-vwra0V0VxiNW7228CHHaGW9vib3ZjxWcyz5Nl3F1-vm89lMMqHDTfI1ivMFFxn%7ESWXK6gddADu30XBQ4DnwPJp9p4D35Ijsiwa8nMiIlS8cEBQSV5hvF-T0BTdGaYB6%7Emrn-JzPmZULg1glQqYV4ENWMQRKuWji2HSOZwo251RgjanNcZxmTjYtBR1QMl86mHMC8Jwzrp5uu2YSKGJcH0AZ%7EYhzB9a-cvOcRVQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 938df9447d5dfb6e7e76350e42f34f16 PDF Text Text ' ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION of lke PORTUGUESE-AMERI CAN CIVIC LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS SpomoreJ blJ lite LOWELL COUNCIL al Lowell, MassachuseHs ofu9wl 30, 31, 1941 September, �I t The committee in ch rge of this souvenir program wish to express thanks to all who have contributed in any way toward its uccess. All proceeds derived from this convention will be used to further our program of naturalization and Americanization. Kindly remember all advertisers who have favored us. We recommend them to you as worthy of your patronage. Again may we say, ma:ny, many thanks. .:. ~t;t ~ ~~ ' . .~l His HoNOR GEORGE T. AsHE Lowell's Splendid Mayor whose sincere cooperation materially aided this convention �JOHN BRAD Y 155 CHUR CH ST. Complim ents of Complim ents of REHO BOTH and SEEKO NK PORT UGUE SE-AM ERICA N P.A. C. L. CIVIC LEAGUE "May the Spirit Never Die." Plymo uth Men's Council Teaming and Trucki ng Dealer in Coal, Wood, Sand, Gravel Cement and Cinders MANUEL BETTENC OURT Treasurer PORT UGUE SE-AM ERICA N CIVIC LEAGUE Plymo uth Ladies' Council OFFICE RS Pres.- Mrs. Amelia Content e 1st Vice-Pr es.-Mrs. Mary Crawley 2nd Vice-Pr es.-Miss Connie Souza Treas.-M rs. Beatrice Santos Sec.-Mi ss Mary Ann Souza Fin. Sec.-Mi ss Eva Pinto Board of Directors Mrs. Emily Lewis Mrs . . Mary Pacheco Mrs. Mary Cross Mrs. Rose Morgard o Mrs. Bernadin a Valente Door Guards Mrs. Trinity Motto Miss Deolinda Costa Compliments of P. A. C. L. PEABODY COUN CIL OFFICE RS Pres.-Joseph P. Sousa Vice Pres.-F rank Silva Sec.-An na J. De Freitas Treas.- Lucy R. Aguiar Master of Ceremo niesAnthony J. Foster lnnergu ard-Ant hony A. Chaves Ad'Visory Board Mary M. Mello Helen Amaral Foster Corey James Marshall William Amaral Directors Foster Corey Sylvene Bettenco urt Welfare Board Alice Silva Helen Amaral Joseph Sousa Anthony Foster Dial 2-4251 You furnish the house -We furnish the home NEYM AN FURN ITURE CO. Complete Home Furnishers Represented by Manuel Jardine Antho ny Sousa John Sousa Louis Perry 193-199 Middlesex St. Lowell, Mass. Tel. 20921 SPINN EY'S GARA GE 340 CENTR AL ST. Opp. Gates Theatr e Storage and Repairing Towing Open Day and Night �St. cAntbony's Parish LOWELL, MASS. + + + BEST The initial steps, to have a Portuguese Parish in Lowell, were taken in 1901 by a group of Pioneer members of the Portuguese colony with the aid of Rev. Anthony J. Pimentel, then of Boston, now of East Cambridge. Our first church of Saint Anthony was dedicated on May 19, 1901. It was located at the corner of Gorham and Congress Streets. WISHES from New Bedford Men's Council In January, 1902, Rev. Joaquim V. Rosa came as our first pastor. Under his hard work the present St. Anthony's Church was dedicated to God, on May 30, 1908. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Henrique J. R. da Silva succeeded Fr. Rosa in 1911. Portuguese-American Civic League Since July 2, 1924 our Parish has been under the care of our present Pastor, Rev. Joseph T. T. Grillo. Under his watchful care the embellishment of the Church and its surroundings became a real fact as also Saint Anthony's momument, commemorating the seventh centenary Jubilee of our Patron. Sodalities of the church include Daughters of Mary, St. Vincent de Paul, Holy Name, Holy Rosary, Drum Corps, Mothers' Aid. ! Compliments of PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN CIVIC LEAGUE Lawrence Ladies' Council OFFICERS Pres.-Mrs. Ezilda Cunha Vice Pres.-Miss Mary R. Silva Sec.-Miss Philomena Joaquin Fin.-Sec.-Miss Delia Cunha Treas.-Mrs. Olive Rosa Board of Directors Miss Christine Roderigues Miss Ezilda Cardoza Miss Mary Ann Lima Marshal-Miss Madeline Sears Inside Guard-Miss Adeline Roderigues State Directors Miss Ezilda Cunha Miss Delia Cunha Complim ents of PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN CIVIC LEAGUE Somerville and Cambridge Ladies' Council Pres.-Mrs. Evelyn Gonsalves Vice Pres.-Mrs. Noemi Aguiar Rec. Sec.-Miss Florence Medeiros Corr. Sec.-Mrs. Louise Furtado Fin.-Sec.-Mrs. Louise Camara Treas.-Mrs. Bemvinda Belmonte Ritual Officer-Mrs. Beatrice Goulart Master of Ceremonies-Miss Lucy Godinho Vigilante-Mrs. Jesuina Reis Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Directors Evelyn Saraiva Deolinda Sousa Mary Gonsalves Etelvina Silva Margaret Rocha Stale Directors Mrs. Stella Medeiros Miss Evelyn Gonsalves Masses on Sundays take place at 7.30, 9.00 and 11.30. On Holy Days of Obligation at 5.00 and 7.30. On week days at 7.30. Sunday School after the 9.00 o'clock Mass. Devotions to Owr Lord every Sunday evening, except in Summer, at 7.00 P.M. Devotions to Blessed Mother every Friday evening, except in Summer, at 7.30. Advanced Bible History every Monday afternoon at 4.15 except in Summer. Confessions: All Saturdays, days before Holy Days of Obligation and Thursdays before first Fridays, from 3.30 to 6.00 and 7.30 to 9.00 P. M. Monthly Communions: First Sunday of the Month, School Girls. Second Sunday of the Month, School Boys. Third Sunday of the Month, Holy Rosary. Fourth Sunday of the Month, Daughters of Mary. Quarterly Communion for the Holy Name: first Sundays of January, April, July and October. Baptisms: At 3.00 and 7.00 P. M. on Saturdays. Otherwise by appointment. Meetings of Sodalities: Rosary and Daughters of Mary after devotions the Friday before their Communion Sunday. After devotions Holy Name; after devotions of first Sunday of the month. Saint Vincent de Paul; after the last Mass every Sunday except the Summer months. Office hours: 1-2 and 6-8 P. M. except Sundays. �Portuguese-American C:ivic League OF MASSACHUSETTS DINE and DANCE Choice Liquors and Food First Supreme President Lowell 53 5 Merrimack St. Dial 2-8202 ANTHONY MEDINA, Prop. Compliments of International Baking Co. Lowell, Mass. 183 Gorham Street William Ii. Andrew Compli-m ents of COLE'S INN & HOTEL Lowell's Most Modern Hotel Garage Connections Former District Attorney of Middlesex County �Portuguese-American [ivic League OF MASSACHUSETTS Compliments of Compliments of Supreme Officers NEW BEDFORD P.A. C. L. TAUNTON COUNCIL LADIES' COUNCIL P.A. C. L. "May The Spirit N ever Die." President - - ALBERT M. GONSALVES Compliments of Fairhaven Compliments of DIGHTON LADIES' - First Vice Pres. - JEFFREY VASCONCELLOS Lawrence PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN COUNCIL CIVIC LEAGUE Segregansett PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN WESTPORT COUNCIL AUGUST; P. WHITE Second Vice Pres. Third Vice Pres. CIVIC LEAGUE - - LAWREN CE M. CABRAL Somerville Secretary ANTHONY B. SEARS South Dartmouth Treasurer CHARLES A. BERRY Taunton �I" Program Compliments of - SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1941 Compliments of REGISTRATION SOMERSET 12 Noon to 7:30 P. M. at Convention Headquarters 59 Charles Street. FALMOUTH COUNCIL MEN'S AND LADIES' P.A. C. L. REGISTRATION COUNCIL 7:30 P. M. to 12 Midnight at Lowell Memorial Auditorium. BALL 8 P. M. to 12 Midnight at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1941 HIGH MASS 10 A. M. at St. Anthony's Church, Central Street. PARADE 1 P. M. South Common, Highland Street. BANQUET 6 P. M. Lowell Memorial Auditorium. PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN Compliments of ENTERTAINMENT AND DRILL After Banquet until 11:30 P. M. CIVIC LEAGUE WOMEN'S COUNCIL PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN CIVIC CLUB OF PROVINCETOWN, MASS. Ta1111fo11 Men's Council FROLIC 12 Midnight at Convention Headquarters. REGISTRATION All day at Convention Headquarters. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1941 CONVENTION MEETING 9 A. M. Liberty Hall. �Comprimentos da Portuguese Convention Committees Sociedade de Nossa Senhora d'Ajuda EXECUTIVE CONVENTION COMMITTEE Presidente-Constantina Freitas Sec. Correspondente-Maria Rodrigues Vice-Pres.-Angelina Mello Recebedoura-Julia Goncalves Sec. das Actas-Elvira Neves T esoureira-Maria S. S. Caldeira Sec. Fin.-Philomena Coimbra, Zelta Correia, Hermina Freitas New England Coke Quinn's Premium Coal JOHN P. QUINN 937 Gorham St. Lowell Tel. 8440-.8 449 Success to P. A. C. L. St. Anthony's Portuguese Benevolent Society - - - of Lowell, Massachusetts - - - Co-Chairmen: MRs. DEOLINDA M. MELLO, ANTHONY P1cANSO Secretary, MRs. ANGELINA S. MELLO Secretary, Miss MARGARET D. SouzA Treasurer, MANUEL BETTENCOURT CO-CHAIRMEN AND MEMBERS OF CONVENTION COMMITTEE RECEPTION-Mrs. Mary P. Braga, and Manuel Santos, co-chairmen; Mrs. Annibal L. Sousa, Anthony G. Caldeira, Dr. Fausto M. Lage, Richard Perry. PROGRAM-Manuel Souza, Thomas Furtado, co-chairmen; Mrs. Gertrude B. Rebello, Mrs. Natalie Ramalho, John M. Gallego, Daniel Silva, John S. Pitta, Anthony C. Sousa, Anthony DeSilva, Alfred Andrews, John M. Souza, Manuel Jardine, Manuel E. Sousa. BALL-Mrs. Elvira Neves, Mr. George Mell,o, co-chairmen; Mary Esther Braga, Olive Silva, Angelina Mello, Mrs. Palmira Ramalho, Anita Braga, Frances Bettencourt, Mary Rodrigues, Anna Rodrigues, Alvarine Souza, Estella Souza, John Perry, Arthur Braga, Manuel Ramalho, Elsie Raymond, Joseph Raymond. BANQUET-Mrs. Mary S. Caldeira and Mr. Annibal L. Sousa, co-chairmen; 1.ino Picanso, Jessie M. Santos, Agostinho Numes, Anthony G. Caldeira, Manuel Bettencourt, Jr. CREDENTIALS-Frances Perry and Mrs. Mary Silva, co-chairmen; Manuel B. Silva, Alda Freitas. PARADE-Henry P. Machado and John M. Rebello, co-chairmen; Mrs. Natalie Ramalho, John C. Avila, Manuel Bettencourt, Manuel Innocencio, Manuel Cunha. PUBLICITY-Joseph M. Sousa. Incorporated 1895 DECORATIONS-Manuel G. Jardine. ENTERTAINMENT-Manuel F. Braga, Jr. Hous1NG-Mrs. Teresa Silva and Manuel E. Sousa, co-chairmen; Miss Anna Braga, Miss Florence Coimara, Manuel Costa, Joseph Ramalho. Congratulations to P. A. C. L. HIGHLAND HOTEL Inc. 5 3 o Middlesex St. Wine Lowell Liquors TOM BOYLE, Jr., Prop. Food RAFFLE-Miss Charlotte Silva, Miss Philomena Coimbra, Agostinho Nunes, Manuel Ramalho. REFRESHMENTs-Tebert Mello and Manuel S. Neves, co-chairmen; Mrs. Senhorina Dejesus, Mrs. Mary Rocha, Mrs. Mary Rodriques, Mrs. Mary P. Machado, John Bettencourt, Manuel P. Camacho, Simao Camara, Joseph Costados Anjos, Agostinho Fernandes, Francisco Silveira, Joseph Dejesus, Carlos Viera, Antonio Sequeira, John Viera, John B. Gomes, Manuel Picanso, Manuel Garcia, Manuel Jardine, Manuel lnnocencio, James Andrews, Manuel Ramos, Foster Braga, Manuel S. Bettencourt, Joseph Roderiques. �CHET'S LUNCH Jnrtugurnr-Amrriran Otittir 1£.eagur "A tray full for a trifle" nf .fflaaaar~uadt!:i The ideal eating place - -- Delightful surroundings 277-279 Middlesex St.-Lowell President Vice-President Treasurer Compliments of Mrs. Deolinda Mello Rec. Secretary Mrs. Angelina Mello Anthony Picanso Fin. Secretary Margaret D. Sousa Manuel Bettencourt Manuel Garcia Vigilante Master of Ceremonies George Mello Co-Chairmen of the Convention Committee BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION BENNETT SILVERBLATT Attorney DEOLINDA M. MELLO ANTHONY P1cANSO Co-Chairman Co-Chairman Compliments of Board of Directors Chairman Annibal Sousa Secretary Thomas J. Ft:rtado Mrs. Vera Neves Manuel Santos Mrs. Mary Caldeira Manuel Souza State Directors LOWELL Thomas J. Furtado Anthony Picanso �• I • A Real Good Place to Eat Compliments of IDEAL LUNCH St. Joseph Portuguese Benefit Association Opposite City Hall ( lncorpora ted on March 1 5, 1916 ) PETER MOSHOVITIS, Prop. P. 0. BOX 55 - - - - - - - LOWELL, MASS. Compliments of GRAY FURNITURE CO. 231 Central St. Lowell Telephone 6771 .. Compliments from . . . JOSEPH F. PILATO ANGELINA MELLO -CHEVROLETPOST OFFICE GARAGE, Recording Secretary D. SOUSA Financial Secretary MARGARET INC. Lowell, Mass. Compliments of Compliments of MARTIN SILVA Paperhanging - - Kalsomining LOWELL CHELMSFORD DAIRIES Fresh Milk from Nearby Farms Tel. 3-0473 George Bou,dre~u, Prop. 20 Stewart St. Lowell �_. Compliments from Compliments of Dr. P. Victor Brunelle 24 Merrimack St. AL MELLO Lowell ComjJliments from BLUE ROOM NEW AMERICAN HOUSE 13 6 Central St. - Lowell Phone 2-823 5 .. Compliments of MARTY'S CAFE Martin H. O'Connor, Prop. Lincoln Square MAR y CALDIERA ANNJBAL SousA Co-Chairman Banquet Committee Co-Chairman Banquet Committee Chelmsford St. CHELMSFORD FUEL CO. Compliments of Dealers In COAL COKE - RANGE OIL 542 Chelmsford St. Lowell LOWELL,----MASSACHUSETTS Tel. 25011 BETTENCOURT BROS. �Best Wishes to the LOWELL COUNCIL , P.A.C.L. Compliments of From CHARLES A. FRATES 265 County St. Funeral Director New Bedford WELCOME DELEGATES Dutch land Tea Room 124 Merrimack St. Lowell, Mass. Specialising in Steaks, Chicken and Chops . . Compliments of 1£nmrll ilnuumrut OJn. VERA NEVES GEORGE MELLO Co-Chairman Ball Committee Co-Chairman Ball Committee 1060 Gorham St. Complime11ts of HUB HOSIERY MILLS 12 PERKINS ST. LOWELL LOWELL �Compliments of .. BEST WISHES of Bernie AND HIS JOHNNIE'S CAFE, INC. cfarkin 367-369 CENTRAL ST. LOWELL ORCHESTRA Floor Show every Friday and Saturday Compliments of P. A. M. A. BOYS Portuguese-American Musical Association Central St. - Lowell, Mass. .. Compliments of CENTRAL CAFE MANUEL Corner of THOMAS FURTADO SOUZA Co-Chairman Program Committee Co-Chairman Program Committee CHARLES and CENTRAL John Souza, Prop. Compliments of Compliments of PIONEER QUALITY MARKET D. SILVA, Prop. 189 Gorham St. ,1 CITY COUNCILLOR OF WARD 4 Lowell �.. Compliments of of LUZITANIA BAKERY Bread - COMPLIMENTS UNITED CLOAK & SUIT CO. HARRY IBASS, INC. All Kinds of Pastry Birthday Cakes WEDDING CAKES A SPECIAL TY Albino Brito, Prop. 434 Centr.11 St. 117 to 129 Central St., Lowell Tel. 2-8807 Tel. 3-1641 Comprimentos de Dr. Fausto Lage Compliments New System Laundry MANUEL G. JARDINE Decoration Chairman Lowell 2 8 5 Thorndike St. CHARLOTTE SILVA MANUEL NEVES Co-Chairman Drawing Committee Co-Chairman Refreshm ent Committee COMPLETE FAMILY SER VICE Arthu:r S. Nesmith, Inc. OIL AND ICE 81-9 5 East Merrimack St. Delivered to Your Home PONTIAC EDWARD TRAVERS Parts - - - Sales-- Service 58 Corbett St. Lowell 9329 Dial 29662 �Compliments of . . . COLE'S INN & HOTEL - - Lowell's Leading Hotel - - Father In the heart of Lowell RESTAURAN T and BAR Phone Lowell 7040 - 6930 Opera House Pharmacy John B. Kirwin, Reg. Pharmacist, Mgr. 3 8 9 Central St. Lowell Best Wishes to the Lowell Council -VISIT- PICANSO'S CAFE DINE and DANCE 3 5 Summer St. Lowell, Mass. Compliments of MARY MELLO & CO. 393 Norfolk St. Cambridge, Mass. Telephone Trowbridge 2258 Manufacturers of LINGUICA - - CHOURICO - - MORCELLA Orders large or small sent anywhere J T T [jrillo REV. JOSEPH THOMAS T. GRILLO, son of the late Jacintho da Costa Teixeira Grillo, and Maria do Rosario Cassador, was born on July 2, 18 8 5, in Ribeira Grande, Saint Michael, Azores, where he frequented primary school. On the I 5th of March, 1900 he embarked for the Unitd States of America. Lived in Berlin and Hudson, Mass.; as farmer, shoe cutter, rubber worker and clerk, until September 16, 1911, when he entered Saint Charles College for his preparatory course. On September, 1916, entered Saint Bonaventure at Alleghany, N.Y. for philosophy. On September, 1919 began the theology course at Saint John's Ecclesiastical Seminary from where he was ordained by His Eminence William Cardinal O'Connell on June 20, 1923. His first Solemn Mass was celebrated at St. Michael's Church, Hudson, Mass., on June 24, 1923. His first appointment was as assistant to Saint Joseph's Parish, Kingston, Mass., from June 28 to October 8, 1923, when he was appointed assistant to Right Reverend Henry J. R. da Silva, Pastor of Saint Anthony's Church, Lowell, till July 2, 1924. Since then he was in charge of Saint Anthony's Parish as Locum Tenens till December 28, 1938, when he was made pastor by His Eminence the Cardinal. He terment God and comes in has ever shown his great interest in the uplifting and betof all confided to his care, and his zeal for the House of salvation of souls is ever an inspiraticn to all with whom he contact. �SCRIPTURE'S LAUNDRY 256 Lawrence Street, Lowell, Mass. Dry Cleaning and Family Work a Specialty Coat, Apron and Barbers' Towel Supply Established 1876 Tel. 7562-7561 Complimmts of • t Madeiran Alliance Protective nearly half a century mutual admiration has existed between the Portuguese-American people of Lowell and Association, Inc. our firm. Founded Incorporated June 18, 1911 October 10, 1913 We extend Our Greetings to the Convention. M. H. MclJONOUGH SONS Modern Funeral Home ~8011..Jltardie Conveniently Located at Department Store 14 HIGHLAND STREET •Merchandise of MERIT onlY• Phone 6816 LOWELL DIAL 6361 . . �• • Best Wishes From The LA\\7RENCE MEN'S COUNCIL OF THE P.A. C. L. ALVARO SA. GAIOLAS _________________________________________President LOUIS SILVA -------------------------------------------------- Vice Presde nt JOHN SILVA ------------------------------------------- Business Secretary JEFFREY VASCONCELOS ._________ Civic and Social Secretary MANUEL MENDOSSA ----------------------------------------- Treasurer JOHN B. SEARS ____ --------------------------------------------------- Receiver ANTONIO P. COSTA __________________________________ --- --- Marshall Portug·uese [olonial Band Inc. 59 I JOSEPH CUNHA ------------------------------------------ Inside Guard Manuel M. Sousa Manuel Rosa Michael Silva John Rosa Manuel Coelho I Board of Directors Joseph F. Cunha Manuel M. Sousa John E. Sears Manuel Rosa M. Fred Silva CHARLES STREET LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS BU1·td·mg T t rus ees Compliments of JOSEPH A. COSTA & SONS Undertakers and Embalmers Compliments of TROwbridge 0400 - - KIRkland 0400 MANUEL SANTOS Cambridge, Mass. 2 57 Prospect Street WITH NEWMAN'S Lowell's Finest Store for Men and Boys Compliments of 227 CENTRAL ST. FALL RIVER LADIES' COUNCIL FEEL LIKE A NEW MAN WITH A SUIT FROM NEWMAN'S Portuguese-American Civic League ., . �" LOWELL ACADEMY OF HAIRDRESSING Lowell 97 Central St. Teaching the latest in Beauty Culture and Electrolysis Comprimentos da Compliments of OLD "66" Sociedade "D. Maria Amelia" 110-112 GORHAM ST. das P. ]. Hannigan, Treas. DAMAS PORTUGUESAS de "We lead, others follow" LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS JOSEF'S BEAUTY SALON of MRS. JESUINHA PITTA MRS. MARIA C. RODRIGUES Presidente Vice-Presidente Compliments of MARREN CAFE 143 Gorham St. Individual Hair Designing 502 HILDRETH BLDG. Where your grandfather-father and you trade. Dial 6331 JAMES KOUSAITES, Mgr. Secretaria MRS. CECILIA MENDES Sec. Correspondente MISS LA URA PIMENTEL MRS. MARY R. SILVA Recebedoura Tesoureira ' MRS. GERTRUDE B. REBELLO . CONTAKOS CAFE Compliments of PORTUGUESE - AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC CLUB Good Food Best Wishes for a Successful Convention Good Liquors Good Service 416-418 Suffolk St. from Lowell Andrews Oil Tel. 28421 ALFRED ANDREWS We enjoy serving you Compliments of GAGNON'S YELLOW CAB CO. DIAL 8777 at the railroad station Lowell Lowell 85 Seneca Street Dial 2-2602 ' �It Welcome to Lowell Compliments from a member of CHARLES PICANSO MANUEL E. SANTOS FUNERAL HOME CENTRAL LUNCH Co-m pliments of 8 33 Central St. 346 Central St. Lowell Tel. 2-7902 Lowell LYNCH WALL PAPE;R AND PAINT CO. Jobbers and Distributors of W ALLP APER-PAINTS Union Progressive [)uh Tel. 8124 JOE'S CENTRAL SER VICE Joseph v:eira, Prop. GENERAL REP AIRING On All Makes of Cars VARNISHES ,i Specializing in Chrysler Products 22 8 Suffolk Stre~t, at Broadway Lowell Dial 9841 Compliments of Lowell 2 5 George St. Td. Lowell 3-2801 H. R. GOURLEY MERRIMACK HOTEL 3 5 8 BOYLSTON ST. Special Rates by the Week Lowell, Mass. Cocktail Lounge Milk - Cream - Buttermilk 44 5 Middlesex St. Tel. 3-0982 (at Depot) Lowell, Mass. 2-8706 FRANKLIN LUNCH CHARLES C. SCHLOSS, Prop. JAMES & COMPANY Clothing, Cleaning, Pressing Oj,p. Boston f:J Maine Depot 463 MIDDLESEX ST. Lowell WASHINGTON SAVINGS INSTITUTION 50 .Middlesex Street 299 Middlesex St. Lowell All deposits guaranteed under the laws of the Commonwealth. �The Friendly CANDYLAND DEPOT DINER TEA ROOM and RESTAURANT 25 W. Jackson St.-Lowell The only air-conditioned restaurant in Lowell Home Cooking Delicious Coffee Bring the family C. R. GARLAND, Prop. KING'S, Inc. 131 Central St. Special Menus Good Food Reasonable Prices 173 CENTRAL STREET Lowell, Mass. Established 1906 Tel. 7481 A. A. SMITH & CO. Lowell, Mass. Machine Repair Service Machine Rental Service "Your credit is aces at King's" Desks Typewriters Stands Adding Machines Duplicating Machines New and Used Filing Equipment Radios-Refrigerators-Washers Electrical Appliances Records LOWELL'S FINEST EATING PLACE 249 Central St. - SEATS 500 41 KEARNEY SQUARE Lowell EPICURE Lowell's Finest BILL MELANSON TEA ROOM and RESTAURANT FRIENDLY CAFE Tel. 20401 DINE and DANCE Corner of Central and Market Sts. Middlesex Sc. Compliments of Lowell Portuguese-A.merican [ivic League LOWELL COUNCIL NUMBER I FARM SERVICE GRAIN co. LOWELL J. F. Crowley, Mgr. Tel. 6877-6878 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS Com plimenfs of King and Jackson Sts. DR. CHESTER LAPNIEWSKI J. �Compliments of REVERE CASH MARKET Manuel Gomes, Prop. Compliments of the WALTER'S CAFE QUALITY MEATS and POULTRY Justin G. Mickols, Prop. 295 Middlesex St. 3 94 Lawrence St. l 104 Middlesex Street - ' Tel. Lowell 3-3 571 Tel. 6811 5 34 Merrimack Street-Tel. 2-3441 I LOWELL Middlesex Supply Co. Lowell, Mass. Compliments of OPERA CAFE John 415 Lawrence St. I BEER - Dance 'till One Tel. 2-8224 Lucas Paints - iI GARDEN FURNITURE Lowell Reading Hardware - Hotpoint Refrigerators Best Wishes I Marble and Granite Monuments National Heating Boilers Maytag Washing Machines BILLERICA MOTOR SALES LUZ BROS. Humphrey's Enamelware Youngstown Steel Kitchens LIQUORS Lowell 1122 Gorham St. Armstrong Linoleum - J, J. Sarnowski, Prop. 60 Charles St. Distributors of 1 COLONIAL CAFE Authorized Dealers Ford - Mercury - of Lincoln Billerica A. C. Sousa, Jr. MEATS - GROCERIES - HOGAN'S BAKERY PROVISIONS POST OFFICE GARAGE, INC. I. Cakes - Pies - Irish Bread Lowell 3 81 Central Street WEDDING AND BIRTHDAY CAKES A SPECIALITY Tel. 7871 91 Appleton St. LOWELL 781 Central St. Lowell I I I �Compliments SILVA BROS. of Painting and Decorating Interior-Exterior Paperhanging-Kalsom ining LOWELL SODA & SPRING WATER CO. Done by expert men 60 5 Merrimack St. 360 CHELMSFORD ST. Lowell Lowell Dial 29711 Compliments of BOSTON HAT & CAP SHOP MELLO AND SON Gulf Products Lowell's only store where they make their own hats and caps Range Oil PARROT HAT BRICK KILN RD. East Chelmsford, Mass. 2-3738 Tel. POLLABDS £owell's Biggest Best and Busiest {J)epartme nt Store_; 94 Middlesex St., Lowell S. Glazer, Prop. MERRIMACK. PALMER and MIDDLE STREETS Varnishes Paints ARADIS BEAUTIFY PRINTING CO. YOUR HOME LOWELL WALL PAPER CO. Compliments of Dial 7768 Dial 29721 17 MARKET ST. LOWELL 9 J. S. PITTO Lowell, Mass. NORTH ST. GROCERIES SACKLEY STUDIO FOR YOUR GLASSES See Lowell's Leading Photographer DRS. 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THE CHILDREN'S SHOP Outfitters for Infants and Children Suits Made to, Order 67 Central St. 886 Central Street-Lowell Across from St. Anthony's Church HASSAN'S VARIETY STORE Compliments of HARRY HEALEY Compliments of BOTTLED LIQUORS BOSTON OPERA MARKET 463 GORHAM ST. Cigars - Sodas - Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Candy 103 GORHAM ST. Magazines Lowell ,, M. Martin, Mgr. FRANK CASELLE BARBER SHOP Real Estate Bought and Sold 560 Central St. Lowell, Mass. j ' �T L A FRIEND u u C JOHN J. DO HERTY & CO. WORTHMORE FARMS A Name to Remember in buying DAIRY I R C E 0 STUDIO COUCHES, N T T MATTRESSES, BOX SPRINGS F. E and CHAIRS 12 Hale St., Lowell MILK AND CREAM Chelmsford Tel. 3-2211 Dial 2-4376 RETAIL PACKAGE STORE LAWRENCE at ROGERS Telephone MOODY CASH MARKET Groceries - Meats Fish and Vegetables 248 Moody St. Lowell LOWELL ST. 3·3371 The CHALIFOUX BUILDING HOFFMAN'S BONCZAR MARKET FLORIST SHOP 191 CENTRAL ST. 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Title A name given to the resource Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014] Subject The topic of the resource 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 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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>Historical 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&amp;action=edit&amp;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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only: This Work has been digitized in a public-private partnership. 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Cambridge Council No. 1 Central Cafe Central Street Lunch Colonial Band Dighton Council Dona Maria Amélia Society Fall River Ladies and Men's Council Falmouth Council Joe's Central Service Joseph A. Costa & Sons Lawrence Junior Girls' Baton Team Lawrence Ladies and Mens Council Lusitania Bakery Luz Brothers Monument Madeira Protective Union Mary Mello & Co. Mello Upholstering Service New Bedford Ladies Council New Bedford Mens Council Neyman Furniture Company Nossa Senhora d'Ajuda Society Peabody Council Picanso's Cafe Pioneer Quality Market Plymouth Council Portuguese American Civic League (Lowell, MA) Portuguese American Civic League of Massachusetts Portuguese American Democratic Club Portuguese American Musicians Association Provincetown Council Rehoboth-Seekonk Council Revere Cash Market Saint Anthony's Church (Lowell, MA) Saint Anthony's Portuguese Benevolent Society Saint Joseph's Benefit Association Santos and Sons Wholesale Meats Sears Dairy Silva Bros. 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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 �,). 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 Mr. Raoul S. Pimentel 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 Rita Perry 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 R Mr. Manuel M. Rebollo Mr. Alfred Rodrigues Mr. Manuel A. Ribeiro Miss Antonette Rodrigues Mr. and Mrs. Augustine Rodrigues Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rocha Mrs. Augusta F. Raymond Mrs. Mary Rocha "Family" 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 s Q Mrs. Edward Quigley 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 Mr. and M rH. (:(•Ol"I-(<' Sousa !Ir. and Mr H. A11tlwro anlos 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 �Mr.Joseph Santos 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 Store Mr. and Mrs. Manuel E. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sarsfield Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simoes Mr. and Mrs. John Silva SULLIVAN BROS. Mrs. Francis Silva 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 T 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. · Mrs. Mabel Tobin 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 V Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Vieira 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) Mrs. Mary Vieira Mr. Antonio Veiga Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vieitas w Mrs. Annie Wilkins Miss Belle Whalen Miss Mary Witworth Mrs. Catherine Witworth ~ LOWELL � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014] Subject The topic of the resource 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 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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>Historical 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&amp;action=edit&amp;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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only: This Work has been digitized in a public-private partnership. 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Colonial Band Dona Maria Amélia Society Madeira Protective Union Madeiran Alienza Nossa Senhora d'Ajuda Society Pioneer Club Portuguese American Civic League (Lowell, MA) Saint Anthony's Church (Lowell, MA) Santo Antonio Society Sao Joao Batista Society Sao Jose Society https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/42465/archive/files/76a82f4767c754edc52aebc5c128448e.pdf?Expires=1781740800&Signature=mCW7eDYLtJxMjerUebaisS5RZOjLYXFZQj0U9S%7E2GTpD21DTsQPOpUc4rTG8MyhSFkdDVUR5YjNxbhCQUd6SvrdNjur8ulvQBXHcPo4%7EQTwcIkvvCZKpBh-23c7D3YLnfCDj845mBEpke2VfbgxHkio%7Eqp2Iw%7ES6TCjDAW4u1hNlm9vkSKFlYMUr5-2cXeAvnamsp0MH4oqNMqAl4ro6Kzlm42PJPx5WGcIGYcFJfrTR017mYQ7DGOOsp4hQyYPRG07Y6qmdKA0g%7EhbEowbLrjHUlmbjLlNx7ee8%7Ef64Xx5BXZonD-GmdMrCtwEv8Mtfl67KWuLyzmSzMF6YrVRQCw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 639d90fac57f9f4f0baad30f196a777b PDF Text Text �Blessings and Congratulations on the 50th birthday of the dedication of Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell. God Love you all. Archbishop of Boston �REv. JoAQUIM V. RosA His Excellency BrsHOP HENRY JosEPH R. DA SrLVA REV. JOSEPH T. GRILLO REv. JoHN F. SrLvA �HISTORY .. .of... SAINT ANTHONY'S PARISH Although in a study edited by Armando Cortesao of the first cartographical representation of the new world entitled, "The Nautical Chart of 1424", recently discovered in the huge bibliographical collection of the late English statesman, Sir Thomas Phillips, conclusive proof has been established that Portuguese reached and inhabited these shores as early as 1424, it was only during the great migration era of 1880, when the flow of immigration from Europe increased greatly, that Portuguese settlements of any extent were established in Massachusetts and later in the city of Lowell. Peoples, races and groups have been in movement as far back as history records. Opening up of new lands, changing of climatic and economic conditions, together with the opportunity for making a better way of life for themselves and their loved ones, have led people throughout the ages to leave the warmth and security of their homelands and venture forward into the unknown. Among these were the early Portuguese immigrants who came principally from the Azores and Madeira to settle here. In spite of the fertility and the delightful climates of their islands, overpopulation, lack of means with which to earn their livelihood, and compulsory military service drove many of them to the frigid but alluring land of opportunity in the west. The fame of Lowell as the principal industrial center of that time attracted many to our mills for employment. A census of the city of Lowell taken in 1912 reveals a Portuguese population of 2200 with a total real estate valuation of $200,000.00. Descendants of a race predestined by God to unveil the secrets of mysterious seas. Sons of a country whose paramount purpose throughout its brilliant era of discoveries and colonization was to implant the word of God in the hearts of the peoples in the new islands and new continents they had discovered, it was only fitting that the first concerted movement of the colony should be to establish a church in their beloved Catholic tradition. Here, far removed as they were from the homeland, once more they could receive the consolation of the Sacraments and hear again the word of God preached in their own familiar and beloved language. Here too, united in prayer and in the faith and traditions so dear to their hearts, they might seek to- gether the courage and fortitude to persevere in this strange, disturbing land, so different from the quiet beauty and solitude of their native villages. In January 1901, a group of Portuguese men journeyed to East Cambridge to speak with Rev. Anthony J. Pimentel, a Portuguese priest who had been sent · here by the Bishop of Angra in the Azores to labor among the Portuguese settlements in East Boston and Cambridge. Their request was that Father Pimentel intercede with the proper Church authorities so that a parish might be established in Lowell. The first meetings were held in Fair Hall of Saint Peter's parish during February and March of 1901. Odd Fellows Temple was used until April of that year and on the 19th of May the first church, a small white wooden structure located at Congress and Gorham Streets, purchased from the Primitive Methodists, was dedicated and a parish numbering approximately 950 people was established. Father Pimentel, who throughout these months had journeyed weekly to Lowell to administer to the spiritual needs of the faithful, turned the administration of the new church over to Reverend Joaquim V. Rosa, recently arrived from the Island of Pico in the Azores, who became the first pastor of Saint Anthony's in Lowell. In 1905 Father Paul Despouy, still remembered by many of our older parishioners, came to Lowell as assistant to Father Rosa. Despite his French origin, Father Despouy spoke Portuguese fluently having spent the greater part of his life in Portugal. Along with his work as assistant in Lowell he interested himself zealously in the seven hundred Portuguese of Lawrence for whom he built the church of SS Peter and Paul, later becoming its first pastor. The little church on Gorham Street continued to serve as a house of prayer until 1907, when continued migration of Portuguese into the city necessitated the acquisition of a larger church. Under the direction of Rev. Father Rosa funds were raised throughout the Portuguese colony for this purpose. Land on Central street to erect a new church and rectory was purchased and construction commenced with the blessing of the cornerstone by Archbishop William O'Connell on November 28, 1907. The following year, on May 30, 1908, although only the basement of the original structure had been completed, the church was officially dedicated and opened for religious services when according to a front page account in "The Lowell Sun" of May 31, 1908, statues and sacred vessels were carried in solemn procession, through streets lined with hundreds of parishioners, and deposited in the new church. Throughout these years Father Rosa was a devoted and arduous worker for his people and he remained at Saint Anthony's until 1911 when he returned to his beloved island of Pico in the Azores, leaving the Church in the hands of His Excellency Bishop Henry Joseph Reed da Silva, Titular Bishop of Trajanopolis in Phrygia and a first cousin of Dom Carlos, the then reigning King of Portugal. Bishop da Silva had come to this country to dedicate a Portuguese church in the Fall River diocese. During this time a crucial period developed in Portugal and plans were completed for the overthrow of the monarchy. The assassination of his cousin, the King of Portugal, resulted in his decision to remain in this country until it was felt that it was safe for him to return. The church was administered by Bishop da Silva from 1911 until 1924. With his departure for Portugal on July 2nd of that year, it was left in the care of Reverend Joseph T. Grillo, a native of Sao Miguel in the Azores who had come to this country as a young boy and who after long years of working and studying had realized his dream of becoming a priest and had been ordained in the Archdiocese of Boston in 1924. Under Father Grillo's kind and loving guidance the church continued to function. His payment of the original debt involved years of patient effort and careful planning. Due to the Immigration Bill of 1921, limiting entrance into this country on a quota basis only, the Portuguese colony never reached the proportions anticipated by founders when they planned such ·a huge, cathedral-like church, and the original plans were never completed. Lack of employment, due to the removal of many of our textile mills to the south, led to further depletion of the colony when many decided to depart for California where opportunities in the fishing industry and dairy farming attracted them. When during the year 1946 Father Grillo became critically ill, the fear in his heart that the Portuguese language would cease to be spoken in this church which had been built with so many sacrifices and dreams, and an awareness of the lack of Portuguese-speaking priests in the archdiocese, prompted him to write to the Bishop of Guarda in Portugal imploring him to send one or more Portuguese priests to this country. In answer to this appeal Reverend John F. Silva, our present pastor, arrived in Lowell on March 22, 1947. Later in October of the same year he was joined by Reverend Manuel J. Cascais, present pastor of Saint Anthony's church in Cambridge. Upon the death of Father Grillo on November 6, 1948, Archbishop Richard J. Cushing appointed Father Silva as administrator of Saint Anthony's in Lowell, the position which he occupies at the present time. During the years of Father Silva's very capable administration, the church has been completely transformed. The interior has been redecorated and a new marble altar and altar railing, together with modern comfortable pews, stations and stained glass windows have been installed. A beautiful shrine in honor of Our Lady of Fatima attracts many visitors daily and is a great devotional source for the hundreds of parishioners who have a special devotion to Our Lady as she appeared in Portugal to the three little children. Now fifty years later, having recently completed a very successful building fund campaign, the parishioners of Saint Anthony's are anticipating the realization of their dream of seeing their church completed. Construction is already under way on a new modern contemporary design that will raise the roof of the church, transforming it into a functionally beautiful edifice comparable with the new trend of church architecture being constructed throughout the archdiocese. Although many of the original settlers are still in our midst the majority of parishioners now are American born children and grandchildren of those early immigrants who arrived here. Pride in their descendancy from a race that contributed more than any other to the spread of Christianity throughout the entire world; ties with the language, the first they heard spoken from the lips of their mothers and a loyalty to carry on in the spirit of those first early Portuguese who settled here, have led them to continue with the work of completing this church dedicated to their great Saint Anthony of Lisbon. Thus we find ourselves in 1958 keeping faith with those who have gone before us by preserving in a cosmopolitan city such as ours, composed of people from so many different countries, a trace of our own religious culture and traditions. DEOLINDA M. MELLO �[ommittee-; IN CHARGE OF 50TH AN~IVERSARY OBSERVANCE OF THE DEDICATION OF SAI:--JT ANTHONY'S CHURCH ♦ ♦ ♦ Honorary Chairman-REV . JoHN F. SILVA General C hairman-MRs. TEBERT P. MELLO ♦ MRS. GEORGE MELLO MRS. TEBERT P. MELLO MRs. MANUEL CoRREA Secretary General Chairman Financial Secretary JESSE M. SANTOS MRS. MARY S. CALDEIRA JoHN G. PERRY Co-Chairman, Building Fund Drive Co-Chairman, Golden Anniversary Banquet Co-Chairman, Souvenir Program Book MRs. GEORGE C. SousA ANTHONY J. PERRY MRs. Lrno P1cANso Co-Chairman, Building Fund Drive Co-Chairman, Golden Anniversary Banquet Co-Chairman. Souvenir Program Book ♦ ♦ MRs. GEORGE MELLO, Secretary MRs. MANUEL CORREA, Financial Secretary MRs. MARY S. CALDEIRA, Co-Chairman, Banquet ANTHONY J. PERRY, Co-Chairman, Banquet NlRs. Lrno P1cANso, Co-Chairman, Souvenir Program Book JoHN G. PERRY, Co-Chairman, Souvenir Program Book MRs . GEORGE C. SousA, Co-Chairman, Building Fund Drive JESSE M. SANTOS, Co-Chairman, Building Fund Drive John F. Abreu Joseph Aguiar Mrs . Manuel Aguiar Mr. and Mrs . Manuel Alves Nuno Andrade, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Andrews Mrs. Herculano Augusto Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Avila Manuel Barros Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bettencourt Manuel Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. William Bettencourt Mrs. Foster Braga Mr. and Mrs. Manuel F. Braga Walter Branco Mrs. Mary Caires Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Camara, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Annibale F. Caselle Manuel Correa Joseph P. Costa George Dastou Anthony C . Ferreira Joseph Ferreira Joseph M. Ferreira Manuel Ferreira Manuel R. Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freitas Manuel Freitas Miss Rita Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Dominick J. Furtado Antonio R. Gomes Mrs. Stella Gonsalves Miss Gabrielle Gonsalves M iss Isabelle Gonsalves Mrs. Gabi-iel Gonsalves Mr. and Mrs . Thomas R. Katibian Miss Evelyn Lawrence Frank R. Lawrence Mrs . Manuel Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Belarmino C. Leite John Leite Mrs . Bertha Machado Mrs. Anthony Medina Miss Clara Mello Joseph C. Mello Miss Marion Mello Miss Rose A. Mello Tebert P. Mello Manuel Mendonca Joseph Miguel Mr. and Mrs. Horacio Miranda Mrs. Manuel S. Neves Mrs . Anthony Perry Henry Perry Mrs. John G. Perry Mr. and Mrs . James Perry Mrs. Manuel Perry Lino Picanso Lino Pi can so. l r. Mrs. Manuel Picanso Mr. and Mrs. Raoul Pimentel Michael Rindo Frank Rocha Mrs. Roger Sanborn John P. Santos } oseph Santos Alexander Silva Daniel Silva Leo Silva Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva Mrs. Manuel Silva Miss Rose Silva William Silva Francisco Silveira Joseph Soares George C. Sousa Miss Lillian M. Sousa Miss Marv B. Sousa �Qreetings and 13efl Wirhes TO THE MEMBERS OF SAINT ANTHONY'S PAR ISH FROM THE MEMBERS OF YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT Sincerest [ongratulatio ns City Manager FRANK BARRETT MAYOR SAMUEL S. POLLARD AND BEST WISHES TO MY FRIENDS IN SAINT ANTHONY'S PARISH COUNCILLOR GEORGE A. AYOTTE .COUNCILLOR CouNCILLOR JosEPH M . DowNES COUNCILLOR RAYMOND CouNCILLOR JOHN DUKESHIRE COUNCILLOR GEORGE P. MACHERAS CouNCILLOR RocER S. HoAR CouNcrLLOR PATRICK ♦ ♦ ]OHN J ANAS J. LORD ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR FIFTIETH A:---J:\.'IVERSARY CELEBRATION J. WALSH ♦ Compliments of JOHN V. HARVEY Register of Probate of Middlesex County ♦ FREDERICK ♦ J. ♦ FINNEGAN Register of Deeds-Middlesex County ♦ ♦ ♦ Middlesex County Commissioner 14th Middlesex District Representative CoRNELIUS F. KIERNAN R epresentati-ue ARCHIE E. KENEFICK ATTORNEY WILLIAM G. ANDREWS Cambridge 15th M iddlesex District R epresentative CoRNEL1US DESMOND, JR. Representative CoRNELIUS T. FINNEGAN, J R. Representative RAYMOND F. RouRKE �--->>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<--- 1908-1958 --->>>>>>>>>>> 1908-1958 <<<<<<<<<<<--- EXTRAORDINARY BENEFACTORS OF SAINT ANTHONY'S CHURCH LIBERAL CONTRIBUTORS MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH AGUIAR MR. AND MRs. ANTONIO R. GoMES MR. AND MRS. ANTHONY J. PERRY MR. AND MRS. HENRY PERRY MR. AND MRs. M1cHAEL RINDO MR. AND MRS. EDGAR B. SEMAN CHARLES SANTOS MR. AND MRS. ANTONIO N. ABREU ALBERT AND JACK ORNELAS MR. AND MRs. FRANK AGRELLA MR. AND MRS. JOHN MR. AND MRS. ANNIBALE F. CASELLE MRs. CLEMENTINA FuRTADO Ps1AKAs MR. AND MRs. MANUEL CoRREA MARY AND ANTHONY RAMALHO JoHN GoNSALVES AND JOI-IN GoNSALVEs, JR. MR. AND MRs. GEORGE C. SousA MR. AND MRs. TEBERT P. MELLO AND SoN Miss LILLIAN M. SousA JoHN SILVA-SILVA BROTHERS TosEPH E. SuLLIVAN G. PERRY THE HoLY RosARY SoDALITY GENEROUS BENEFACTORS MR. AND MRS. ALFRED ANDREWS MR. AND MRs. MANUEL BARROS AND SoN JOSEPH CORREIA, SR. MR. AND MRS. ANTONIO T. DE JES US Mrss MARY B. SousA JoHN L. McDONOUGH AND SoNs MR. AND MRs. EDWARD SrLVA MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH C. MELLO MR. AND MRs. Lrno PICANSO AND MR. AND MRS. ANTONIO PEREIRA, JR. MR. AND MRS. ALLAN SUTHERLAND MR. AND MRS. FRANK D. ROCHA MR. AND MRS. DANIEL S. SILVA MR. AND MRS. MANUEL SILVA MR. AND MRs. ANTONIO C. SousA, JR. --->>>>>>>>>>> 1908-1958 <<<<<<<<<<<--- --->>>>>>>>>>> 1908-1958 <<<<<<<<<<<--- �~>>>>>>>>>>> Miss Carolina Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. 1908-1958 --->>>>>>>>>>> 1908-1958 <<<<<<<-<<<<--- Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Pacheco Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Pereira A. Abreu Louis Abreu Gabriel Alcantara Alvaro Aguiar Manuel Aguiar CiENEROUS DONORS Manuel J. Alves Frederick Avila Joseph C. Avila John C. Avila Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Barreto Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Lino Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Bettencourt, Jr. William Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Braga Mr. and Mrs. Foster Braga Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Braga Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Brum Mrs. Mary S. Caldeira Mr. and Mrs. Charles Camara Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Camara, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Camara Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caselle Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Conego Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Correia, Jr. Mrs. Curina Cortez Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Costa Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cotta Mr. and Mrs. John Faias Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ferraro Mr. and Mrs. America Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Noberto Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Francisco Miss Emma and Mary Francisco Mr. and Mrs. Augusto Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freitas (Cal.) Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Furtado Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gervais John S. Gomes Mr. and Mrs. John Gomes Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Gouveia Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Gouveia Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D'Avila Mr. and Mrs. Adam DeJ esus Mr. and Mrs. Carmelo Ianuzzo Miss Isabel Espinola Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Espinola & Patricia Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Katibian Mr. and Mrs. Eleftherios Kokinos Edwin J. Keyes 1908-1958 <<<<<<<<<<<--- Joseph Perry Manuel and Rose Perry Mrs. Mary Perry Mr. and Mrs. Manuel G. Picanso William Picanso Mr. and Mrs. Raoul Pimentel Mr. and Mrs. John Puzon GENEROUS DONORS Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leandro & Son Mr. and Mrs. August Lima In Memoriam-Frank Lima Mr. and Mrs. Royal Lobas Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Lorenzo Andrew Luz Family Edward Machado Mr. and Mrs. John P. Machado Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Machado Miss Virginia Machado Augustine A. Mathews Miss Clara Mello Mr. and Mrs. George Mello Mr. and Mrs. John Mello Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Mello Miss Marion Mello Mr. and Mrs. Aurelio Mendes Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Mendes l'v1r. and Mrs. Horace Miranda Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Merino Mr. and Mrs. Eli Hus son John B. DePonte Mr. and Mrs. Anthony DeSilva Mr. and Mrs. John DeSilva --->>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<--- Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Netto Mr. and Mrs. John Neves Mr. and Mrs. Manuel S. Neves Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ornellas --->>>>>>>>>>> Mr. and Mrs. Manuel J. Quintal Mr. and Mrs. Mathias E. Ramalho Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Reis and Daughter Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Sanborn Charles R. Santos, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J ordao Santos Louis Sears Family Mr. and Mrs. Antonio G. Sequeira Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Silva Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Silva, Jr. Mrs. J oaquim C. Silva and Son Mr. and Mrs. Loui,s C. Silva Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva Mr. and Mrs . Manuel Silva • Miss Mildred Silva Mr. and Mrs. Severo Silva Mr. and Mrs. William Silva Mr. and Mrs. Frank Silveria Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Jose C. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. John Sylvain Mr. and Mrs. Jose Soares Albert Teixeira Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Vogado 1908-1958 <<<<<<<<<<<--- �--->>>>>>>>>>> 1908-1958 Mr. and Mrs. George Abdallah Mrs. Dorothy Abreu Henry R. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Frank Agrella Mr. and Mrs. George Agrella Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Aguiar Emanuel Alcantara Mr. and Mrs. Herman Almeida Mr. and Mrs. John R. Almeida Abel C. Alves Miss Beatrice P. Alves Mrs. Carolina Martins Alves Daniel J. Alves Mrs. Mary Alves Miss Theresa M. Alves Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Andrade In Memoriam-Jose Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Andrade Mrs. Leonore Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Andrade Mrs. Mary Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Nuno Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Aranjo Mr. and Mrs. Herculano Augusta Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand C. Avila Mr. and Mrs. Frank Avila Miss Rita Avila Miss Dorothy Balakin Mr. and Mrs. James Balakin Mr. and Mrs. Julius Baranowski Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Barboza Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Barreiro Mr. and Mrs. Willie G. Barrio Anthony Barros Miss Francelina Barros Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Barros Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barry Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Batista Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Beauregard Mr. and Mrs. Antonio F. Bello Mrs. Anna Bettencourt Mrs. Avelina M. Bettencourt Mrs. Emily Bettencourt Miss Elsie Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Francis J . Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Bettencourt Miss Isabel Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Bettencourt Mrs. Josefina Francisco Bettencourt --->>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<--- --->>>>>>>>>>> FAITHFUL FAITHFUL PARISHIONERS PARISHIONERS Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Q. Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. William G. Bettencourt In Memoriam-Jose G. Biscoito Donald J. Bickford Mr. and Mrs. Louis Boragine Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Braga Mr. and Mrs. Frank Braga Mr. and Mrs. James Braga Miss Theresa R. Braga Miss Olympia Mendes Branco Mr. and Mrs. Walter Branco Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Brodeur Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Brunet Mr. and Mrs. Luis Burgos Miss Mary C. Caboz Mr. and Mrs. Dominick S. Cafeteiro Miss Catherine M. Cahill Mrs. Mary Caires Miss Mary D. Caires Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Camacho Mr. and Mrs. Riobard F. Camacho Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Camara Miss Helen P. Camara Mrs. Isabel R. Camara Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Camara Miss Rosaline Camara Rudolph Camara, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Cancella Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Caouette Mr. and Mrs. George Capelli Mrs. Georgina Cardoza Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Cardoza Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Cardoza Earl Robert Christenson Miss Dolores Coelho Miss Gladys Coelho Mr. and Mrs. Julio Coelho Miss Mary J. Coelho 1908-1958 <<<<<<<<<<<--- 1908-1958 Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Coimbra Miss Philomena Coimbra Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gonsalves Cordeiro Mr. and Mrs. Manuel A. Cordeiro Mrs. Daniel Correa Mrs. Olive Correa Miss Dolores L. Correia Mr. and Mrs. J oaquim Correia Mrs. Maria Jose Correia Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cortez Miss Alice Costa Mrs. Daniel Costa Daniel A. Costa David A. Costa Miss Emily Costa Miss Florence Costa Mr. and Mrs. John A. Costa John V. Costa Manuel A. Costa Urbano Costa Mr. and Mrs. George Cunha Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Cunha Mr. and Mrs. Raul Cunha Antonio DaCosta Mr. and Mrs. John A. Dahlgren Mr. and Mrs. William Daigle Mrs. Manuel V. DaLuz Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Da Silva Se Mrs. Maria da Silva Mr. and Mrs. George Dastou Joseph De Fontes Miss Delores DeFreitas Mr. and Mrs. Joaquim DeFreitas John A. DeFreitas Mr. and Mrs. Jose DeFreitas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DeFreitas Mr. and Mrs. Antonio DeJ esus Mr. and Mrs. Bernard DePaulis --->>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<--- Mr. and Mrs. Albert Depocher Mr. and Mrs. Jacinto DePonte Abilio DeSilva Mr. and Mrs. Louis DeSilva Mr. and Mrs. Manuel DeSilva Anthony S. DeSousa Mr. and Mrs. John Dias Mrs. Maria Dias Mr. and Mrs. Armas E. Dicker Mr. and Mrs. Michael DiMartino Mr. and Mrs. Vincent DiMartino Mr. and Mrs. David D . Doiron Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Drouin Mr. and Mrs. Anibal Duarte Gabriel Duarte Manuel Duarte Orlando Duarte Mrs. Paul Duhaime Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dupuis Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. D yszczyk Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Egan and Daughters Miss Della Espinola Joseph Espinola Manuel Espinola Miss Mary Espinola Mr. and Mrs. Theo-ff M. Espinola Theo-ff J. Espinola, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel R. Estrella Mr. and Mrs. John Falante Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Falcon Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Faria Mr. and Mrs. John Farinha Mr. and Mrs. Sid Farinha Mrs. Mary Farinha Manuel Faustino Mr. and Mrs. Emmett A. Feeney Mr. and Frank J. Feher Miss Cecelia Ferreira Miss Dolores Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Joaquim Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. John Homen Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. John T. Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Ferreira Joseph P. Ferreira, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel C. Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Manuel R. Ferreira Miss Rosemary Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Ferrier 1908-1958 <<<<<<<<<<<--- �->>>>>>>>>>> 1908-1958 Mrs . Maria A. Fideles Mr. and Mrs. John Figueira Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Figueira Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Floria Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Floria Mrs. Elvira Flory and Sons Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fontaine Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Fontes Arthur J. Fontes Mr. and Mrs. Edward David Fontes Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fontes Joseph de Fontes Mr. and Mrs. John J. Foley Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Francisco Mrs. Rose Francisco Mr. and Mrs. Saul Francisco Miss Alice Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Freitas Mrs. Irene Freitas John A. Freitas John D. Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Manuel de Freitas, Jr. Manuel G. Freitas Mrs. Maria D. Freitas Miss Mary Freitas Mrs. Mary Freitas Miss Patricia A. Freitas Miss Rita V. Freitas Mrs. Rita Freitas Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Fuce Miss Margaret Furtado Miss Mary J. Furtado Mrs. Delia S. Gallego Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Garanito Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gaughan Mr. and Mrs. J oao Silva Goes Mr. and Mrs. Anthony F. Gomes Anthony S. Gomes Mrs. Bella Gomes Gonsalo S. Gomes Manuel and Frances Gomes Manuel Gomes Miss Mary Gomes Mr. and Mrs. Abel Gonsalves Miss Gabrielle Gonsalves Miss Isabelle Gonsalves John Gonsalves Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Gonsalves Miss Mary Angeline Gonsalves Mr. and Mrs. Roldon L. Gonsalves Mrs. Stella Gonsalves ~>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<--- --->>>>>>>>>>> 1908-1958 FAITHFUL FAITHFUL PARISHIONERS PARISHIONERS Miss Dolores Gouveia Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gouveia Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Gouveia Joseph Gouveia Mrs. Mary Gouveia Miss Mary B. Gouveia Mrs. Virginia Fernandes Gouveia Joseph Leite, Jr. and Maria A. Leite Mrs. Angela Levasseur George Lima Manuel Lima John Bettencourt Lobao Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lobas Miss Dorothy Lopes Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loureiro Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Loureiro Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Loureiro Miss Lucinda E. Luz Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Luz Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hodgson Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Inucencio Miss Adeline Janeiro Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Tanei ro Mr. and Mrs. Anthony F. Janeiro Miss Joanne Jason Mr. and Mrs. John H. Jason Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Jeffreys Mr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Jesus, Jr. Joseph Jesus Manuel Silva de Jesus Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jodoin Mrs. Alice D. Joncas Gerald Ka tibian Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Keating Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kligerman Isabelle F. LaMothe Antoinette Latessa Miss Anne Latessa Mr. and Mrs. Philip Latessa Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Lavoie Miss Evelyn Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lawrence Mrs. Josephine Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Belarmino C. Leite John J. Leite 1908-1958 <<<<<<<<<<<--- Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Machado Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Machado Miss Dorothy A. Machado Dorothy C. Machado Mr. and Mrs. John A. Machado John P. Machado Mr. and Mrs. John P. Machado In Memoriam-Joseph P. Machado Mr. and Mrs. Jose Machado In Memoriam-Manuel Machado Miss Roselyn M. Machado Miss Maria J. C. Machado Dr. and Mrs. George F. Mangan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Marr Mr. and Mrs. James Martin Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Martin John G. Martin Miss Mary L. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Masse Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Medina Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Medina Mr. and Mrs. Frank Medina Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Melim Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mello Brenda and Glenn Mello Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Mello <<<<<<<<<<<--- Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mello Mrs. Gloriana Mello Mrs. Hermina Mello and Daughter Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mello and Family Mrs. Josephine P. Mello Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Mello Miss Mary Mello Miss Rose A. Mello Miss Theresa Mello Mr. and Mrs. Antonio A. Mendes Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Mendonsa Mr. and Mrs. John Mendonsa Mr. and Mrs. John R. Mendonsa (Calif.) Manuel Francisco Mendonca Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Vieira de Mendonca Roland J. Mendonsa Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miguel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mondazzi Mr. and Mrs. Silveiro Monteiro James J. and Dorothy M. McGovern Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McKinnon Mr. and Mrs. Manuel A. Nascimento Mrs. Mary Nascimento Mr. and Mrs. Angelo E. Netto Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Ninteau Agostinho E. Nunes Mr. and Mrs. James Oliveira Mrs. Mary Orfao Miss Laura Ormonde Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ormonde Mrs. William J. Overstreet Mrs. Rosa Mendonca Pacheco Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paine Mrs. Mary Papanotas Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Pereira Mr. and Mrs. Antonio B. Pereira Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Pereira Miss Barbara Pereira Mr. and Mrs. Domingos Pereira Mr. and Mrs. George Pereira Jose D . Pereira Miss Isabelle M. Perry Mr. and Mrs. James Perry Mr. and Mrs. John Perry, Jr. Joseph and Rita M. Perry Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Perry Miss Mary Perry Mr. and Mrs. Richard Perry Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pestana --->>>>>>>>>>> .1908-1958 <<<<<<<<<<<--- �--->>>>>>>>>>> 1908-1958 Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Peverill Arthur Picanso Mr. and Mrs. David Picanso Frank Picanso Miss Hilda E. Picanso James Picanso In Memoriam-Antonio & Manuel Picanso Mr. and Mrs. Manuel C. Picanso Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Picanso Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pimenta Mrs. Maria Pimentel Mrs. Isabel Pires and Sons Miss Caroline Pitta Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pitta Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. and and and and Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Frank Quadros Albert Quintal Henry Quintal George J. Quintal Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Ramalho Arthur Ramalho, Jr. Ernest L. Ramalho Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Ramalho Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ramalho Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ramalho Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ramalho Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Manuel Ramos Mr. and Mrs. Sergio Ramos Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Raymond Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Rebello Mrs. Gertrude Braga Rebello Mrs. Duneal Reis John Reis Manuel Reis Miss Belmeda Ribeiro Mr. and Mrs. John Ribeiro Miss Maria J. Ribeiro Mrs. Mary Ribeiro Mr. and Mrs. James Ringwood Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Rocha Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rocha Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rocha Mrs. Maria Rocha Mrs. Maria C. Rocha Nir. and Mrs. Mariano Rocha Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Rodrigues Mr. and Mrs. John Rodrigues John Rodrigues, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leonel Rodrigues Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Rodrigues Mrs. Mary Rodrigues Mr. and Mrs. William Ryan ~>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<~ ~>>>>>>>>->>> FAITHFUL FAITHFUL PARISHIONERS PARISHIONERS Mr. and Mrs. Augustine S. Santos Mr. and Mrs. Antero Santos Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Santos Miss. Argentina Santos Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Santos Avila Santos Mr. and Mrs. Edward Santos and Sons Mr. and Mrs. Henry Santos Mr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Santos Mr. and Mrs. Joao Pires dos Santos Mr. and Mrs. John Santos Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Santos Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Santos Mr. and Mrs. Manuel E. Santos Miss Mary E. Santos Miss Mary C. Santos Mrs. Roland Santos Mr. and Mrs. John L. Schnur Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Sciuto Miss Grace L. Sequeira Miss Hilda Louise Sequeira Miss Mary Sequeira Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Silva Anthony Silva Mr. and Mrs. Anthony D. Silva Arlinda Silva Arthur J. Silva Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Silva Arthur Silva Mr. and Mrs. David F. Silva Edelbet Silva Elisen Silva Miss Florinda Silva Mrs. Frances Silva Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Silva Miss Gladys A. Silva Mr. and Mrs. George F. Silva Mr. and Mrs. George A. Silva Miss Helen Silva 1908-1958 <<<<<<<<<<<~ 1908-1958 Mr. and Mrs. J oaquim Silva Mr. and Mrs. John Silva Mr. and Mrs. John Silva John Silva Mr. and Mrs. John Silva Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Silva Joseph A. Silva Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Silva Jose Vieira Silva Mr. and Mrs. Leo Silva Mr. and Mrs. Louis Silva Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Correia Silva Manuel Silva, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva Mrs. Margaret Silva Mr. and Mrs. Martin Silva Mary H. Silva Robert J. Silva Miss Rose C. Silva William F. Silva Mrs. Urania Silva Miss Dorothy Silveira Mr. and Mrs. John B. Silveira Frank Silveria Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius G. Simard Mrs. Mary Smith Miss Shirley Smith Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Sousa Miss Alice T. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Annibal L. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Casemiro Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Domingos Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sousa George J. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. James Sousa ~>>>>>>>>->>> <<<<<<<<<<<~ James Sousa, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sousa John F. Sousa John J. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. John J. Sousa Joseph Sousa Joseph J. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Manuel F. Sousa Manuel J. Sousa Mrs. Maria T. Sousa Mrs. Mary C. Sousa Miss Mary C. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Victor Sousa Helen Souza John M. Souza Family Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Souza Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Souza Mr. and Mrs. Dominick J . Spinney Mr. and Mrs. Juliu s Swienski Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sypien Mr. and Mrs. John Tareco Francis A. Teixeira Mr. and Mrs. Jame s Teixeira Miss Mary E. Teixeira Mrs. Maria C. Tavares Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Tremblay Joan Marie and John A. Varoski, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Vasconcelos Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Veiga Miss Rose Veiga Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Vieira Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vieira Miss Christina Vieira Frank G. Vieira Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Vieira Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Vieira Mrs. Maria Dulce Vieira Antonio Frank Vieira Mrs. J oaquima Vieira John Vieira Mr. and Mrs. Manuel S. Vieira Manuel A. Vieira and Family Mrs. Maria Julia Vieira Mr. and Mrs. William J. Winn Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wolff Mrs. Elsie Wolfe Mr. and Mrs. William Zemetres 1908-1958 <<<<<<<<<<<~ �[ontributing Parishioners Mr. and Mrs. William Jalbert Mr. and Mrs. Tarquino Leal Manuel P. Machado Mr. and Mrs. John S. Marshall, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Martin Mr. and Mrs . Joseph C. Mello, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mendes Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Mendes Mr. and Mrs. John Mendonsa Antero Neves Miss Mary Newhall Anthony Oliveira Mrs. Ascension Pace Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Pulaski Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Quadros Mrs. Leonora Ramalho Mrs. Maria C. Rodrigues Mr. and Mrs. Manuel D. Santos Antonio Sequeira Mrs. John Sheedy :\/[r. and Mrs. Joseph C. Siaglo Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Silva Mrs. Rita Silva Mr. and Mrs. Honorato Sousa Manuel Sousa John R. Vieira Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Almeida Manuel Alves Mrs. Mary Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Avila Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Barboza Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Beauchemin Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bettencourt Mrs. Mary Bettencourt Robert and Brenda Bettencourt Mrs. Maria L. Camara Mrs. Mary Camara Edward A. Cardoza Mrs. Georgina Cardoza Firmo Correa Mrs. Celeste Costa John Costa Mrs. Joana De Jesus Mrs. Senhorina De Jesus Mrs. Beatrice A. Donnelly Mr. and Mrs. John Farley Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ferreira Frank Furtado Frank Gouveia Joseph F. Gouveia, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Seraphim Gouveia ♦ ♦ ♦ (J)evoted Patrons John F. Abreu Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Athaide Miss Florence Black Antonio C. Branco Ernest G. Caldeira Mrs. J esuina P. Costa :Yir. and Mrs. John Chisholm Mrs. Rita Cunha Mr. and Mrs. John Dalton Manuel J. Espinola Mr. and Mrs. Diago de Faria Mrs. Theresa H. Furtado Agostino and Sabino Galli Manuel Goes Mr. and Mrs . Manuel J ardim Mrs. Olive Lavigne Edward Lawrence :\/[rs. Mary Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pestana Miss Margaret Rocha Mrs. Mary Minorgan Miss Anna Silva Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Silva Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Sousa .\/[rs. Mary Teixeira Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walters J\'Irs. Francesca West . .. Patrons ... Mrs . Martina Almeida Annette's Beauty Salon Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Athaide Balkus Family Miss Dorothy Barrett Barsamian Family Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Berton Mr. and Mrs. Hector Berube Mr. and Mrs. Freedman Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. John Bettencourt Mr. and Mrs. Alex Boradawka Nellie Buckmaster Mr. and Mrs . John Burgoyne Mrs. Mary Burns Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cahill Miss Catherine Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Fred Campbell Mrs. Lina Caputi Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Cerretti Chickie Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cloutier Doctor Manuel Coggan Mr. and Mrs. Cazemiro Correia Joseph P. Correia Thomas Corrigan Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coulouras Mr. and Mrs. Rene Cournoyer Mr. and Mrs . John Daly Mr. and Mrs. Frank Damas Mrs. Mary Dawlin Joseph De Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Will iam Deering Mr. and Mrs. James Delehanty Miss Elizabeth Devine Miss Edith Donlan Mrs. William P. Dowli ng Mrs. Kathleen Dunn Pauline Dussault Mrs . M. Farley Mr. and Mrs . J ohn Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. Howard F leury Mr. and Mrs. Amos F lorence Mr. and Mrs. Charles F lynn Mr. and Mrs . Theodore E. Forsley Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fratus Evo Freitas A Friend Mrs . J. Gentile Mr. and Mrs . Frederick Gleason Sabino Gonsa lves John Gouveia Mr. and Mrs. William Graham John Green Mrs . William Hart Mr. and Mrs. J . E. Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Hannigan Raymond Hebert Family Doctor Frank Heifetz May I. Hey William J. Hey M iss Mary A. Hickey Calman Hoffman Mary and Frank Hurley Mrs. Mary King Mr. and Mrs. Roland Laronger Mr. and Mrs. James Larry Mr. and Mrs. M. Lefebvre Mr. and Mrs. Belarmino C. Leite In Memory-Frank Lima (Calif.) Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Lima (Calif.) Mr. and Mrs. John 0. Longldin Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lorigan Miss Alice Lowe Mr. and Mrs . Antonio Luz Mr. and Mrs. John A. Machado Mrs. Stasia Machado Miss Martina Mahan Nick A. Mastas Family Mrs. Aurore McCabe Mrs . Ethel McCarron Miss Margaret McDowell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McOsker Mr. and Mrs . McQuarrie Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Mello Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mello Mrs . Louise Mello Mrs. Mary Mello Mrs. Ma ry Mello David Miller Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Monette Mrs . J. Mortonis Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mullen Mr. and Mrs. James Newcomb C. H. Nickles Miss Mary O'Brien O'Hare Family Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Paquette Mr. and Mrs. R oger Peretti Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Petullo Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Picanso Mr. and Mrs. Bemvindo Picanso Miss Loretta Picanso Mrs. Mary Picanso William Picanso Miss Margaret Pierce Edward Pitta Mrs. Jesuina Pitta Mr. and Mrs. John Pyne Mr. and Mrs. John Pyne, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Quattrochi Mr. and Mrs. Walter Regan Mr. and Mrs. William E . Riley Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rivanis Mrs. Rose Robblee Mr. and Mrs. Tom Robertson Atty. and Mrs. Eli N. Rostler Frances Saduskas Bernard S. Salloway Mr. and Mrs. Henry Samaras Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Sandler Mr. and Mrs. Roland Santos Sarre's Frank L. Shirley Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silva Miss Gertrude Smith Mrs. Mary Smith Mrs. Josephine Sousa Mrs. Madeline Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Manuel E. Sousa Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Stanulonis Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor Miss Helen Tobin Mr. and Mrs. William Tobin Mrs. F. R. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Urban Joseph Vieira Joseph Veiga Anthony Vieira Mrs. Clara E. Wa lsh Miss Lillian Welch Mrs . Mary Welch Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wood Mr. and Mrs . Peter Zimetru �Golden Jubilee Greetings from our Societies and Clubs 'Buri"ness c.5r[en and Women of Sai"nt e_Anthony's Parish THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY LINCOLN CLEANERS & DYERS, INC. DEE'S DEBBIE SHOPPE Henry Perry, Prop. Dee Agu iar, Prop. of SAINT ANTHONY'S CHURCH TAILORING - Individual Hair Styling PRESSING WOODY ALE HOMES, INC. Michael Rindo, President, Treasurer Joseph Aguiar, Prop . GL 5-5169 56 HAN KS STREET CLEANING REPAIRING MARINE FUEL COMPANY PORTUGUESE AMERICAN CENTER, INC. GL 8-8604 492 Chelmsford Street GL 2-5537 45 Merrimack Street 115 SPRAGUE AVENUE GL 3-6334 Prompt metered service ANDREWS ANN MARIE BEAUTY SALON FUEL and RANGE OIL Gladys Picanso - Alfred Andrews, Prop. GL 2-2602 85 Seneca Street MADEIRAN ALLIANCE SAINT ANTHONY'S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION COUPLES CLUB Prompt courteous service as near as your telephone. GL 3-0041 147-175 Centro I Street Distinctive Hair Styling FRANK D. ROCHA BARRY'S PASTRY SHOPPE PAINTING Manuel Barros, Prop . GL 2-1519 434 Central Street Margaret Sutherland WE BAKED THE ANNIVERSARY CAKE! PAPERHANGING 730 Lawrence Street GL 2-7614 Interior and Exterior Residential P.a inting SAINT ANTHONY'S PROTECTIVE AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETY SAINT JOSEPH 'S BENEFIT ASSOCIATION, INC. PIONEER SUPER MARKET JOSEPH C. MELLO PAINTERS DECORATORS Daniel Silva, Prop. 421 Centro I Street 62 Chambers Street Members of PORTUGUESE COLONIAL BAND GL 2-9804 GL 4-4746 Choice Meats-Groceries-Vegetables NOSSA SENHORA D'AJUDA SOCIETY OF LOWELL THE PORTUGUESE CATHOLIC SOCIETY DONA MARIA OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST AMELIA SOCIETY SILVA'S MARKET SOUSA'S MARKET Manuel Silva, Prop . Antonio C. Sousa, Jr., Prop. 166 Powell Street A. G. Food Store GL 2-8348 381 Central Street GL 7-7871 Complete Line of Groceries and Vegetables �ANTHONY COSTA REBELLO GONSALVES PAINTING COMPANY CASELLE'S MODERN BARBER SHOP Cor. Lawrence and Wamesit Streets John Gons,a lves, Prop. Painting 19 Highland Ave. GL 2-2840 4 Frye Street Annibale F. Caselle Paperhanging - Domingoes Pereira, Prop. No. Chelmsford 195 Moody Street AL 1-3731 MELLO UPHOLSTERING SERVICE Jack Ornelas, Jr., Manager Tebert P. Mello GL 2-8240 Gorham at Thorndike Streets COLONIAL MAID ICE CREAM GEORGE F. SILVA Tony Andr,a de, Manager and Distributor General Carpenter Work 251 Chelmsford Street Chelmsford Quality Work - Free Estimates GOULD & FAUSTINO SPUDNUT SHOPPE Manuel Faustino 33 Varieties of Delicious Doughnuts Dominick J. Spinney PLUMBING AND HEATING 39 Powell Street ANN'S BEAUTY SHOPPE LUZ BROTHERS Anna Braga Kokinos 114 Stromquist Avenue GL 9-9646 Work by appointment only Designers and Builders of DISTINCTIVE MEMORIALS l l 22 Gorham Street GL 9-9812 CHARLIE'S MARKET TONY'S TYDOL STATION Carmelo lanuzzo, Prop. MEATS - GROCERIES - PROVISIONS GL 2-8504 888 Central Street E. Chelmsford 15 Gorham Street Anthony C. Ferreira, Prop. 24-hour towing service GL 2-8500 FOSTER BRAGA CHARLES SANTOS - Barber GL 4-7347 Wholesaler of BEEF, PORK, VEAL AND PROVISIONS GL 8-8754 JOHNNIE'S CAFE, INC. DE PONTE MOTOR COMPANY John E. Neves, Mgr. GL 2-8384 367 Central Street Available for Weddings and Testimonials John B. DePonte, Prop. E. Chelmsford JOHN'S BARBER SHOP BLUE RIBBON DAIRY MARKET LAUNDRY Edward Silva, Prop. 346 Boylston Street GL 7-7 505 Pasteurized-Homogenized Milk and Cream Oakland, California CHELMSFORD FUEL COMPANY Bettencourt Bros. 542 Chelmsford Street GL 2-5011 FRANK'S FISH MARKET Frank Leandro, Prop . GL 4-0332 NUNO ANDRADE CARDOZA & SON OIL Carpenter Oliver Cardoza, Prop. ,:! GL 2-0012 45 Auburn Street GOMES FOR HOMES Manuel E. Santos Manuel Gomes, Prop. 833 Central Street GL 2-7902 SNIP AND CURL BEAUTY SHOPPE SCHOOL at SHAW STREETS Former Parishioner-Joseph Freitas, Prop . RED PINE GRILLE, INC. We GL 2-9306 503 Central Street MARTIN SILVA PAINTING - PAPERHANGING GL 3-4721 John Q. Bettencourt Nuttings Lake GL 2-5448 3 Putnam Ave. SANTOS FUNERAL HOME 610 Gorham Street 11 Kittredge Ave. Tewksbury Augustine A. Mathews, Prop. 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A FRIEND 5 MIDDLESEX STREET 405 Central Street GL 2-8153 �Our Professional Friends Business Friends of St Anthony's Parish Congratulations and best wishes to our many friends in Saint Anthony's Parish DOCTOR FAUSTO LAGE SULLIVAN BROTHERS,PRINTERS DOCTOR JOHN J. KARBOWNICZAK 95 BRIDGE STREET GL 8-6333 DOCTOR RAY S. GILMORE DOCTOR THOMAS J. G. TIGHE McDONOUGH FUNERAL HOME 14 HIGHLAND STREET MICHAEL H. McDONOUGH SONS DOCTOR ANTHONY J. REPUCCI DOCTOR WILLIAM F. RY AN Employees of Doctor Herbert Abrams Doctor Sully Freedman Doctor Thomas J. McNamqra Doctor Philip G. Berman Doctor Ralph Heifetz Doctor Richard Namay Doctor Germain J. Bouchard Doctor Max Hymen Doctor Alan L. Schofield Doctor Gilbert Cogan Doctor Frank Kostylo Doctor Artemus Stewart Doctor Samuel A. Dibbins Doctor Hugh: Mahoney Doctor X. A. Vu'rgaropoulos HEINZE ELECTRIC COMPANY KENNEY FLOWERS LOWELL'S LARGEST FLOWER SHOP 187 CENTRAL STREET GL 9-9491 Doctor Steve Belkakis Doctor Costas Kokinos Doctor Mathew J . 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DEMOULAS SUPER MARKETS LOWELL STATIONERY CO., INC. 44 MIDDLE STREET WHOLESALE TOBACCO and CANDY HENRY ACHIN INSURANCE AGENCY 275 Fresh Pond Parkway 90 AIKEN STREET GL 5-5311 689 Merrimack Street GL 2-5221 COTT QUALITY BEVERAGES LORING STUDIO "Its Cott to be Good" Fine Portraits 489-491 Westford Street A FRIEND GL 3-1556 EPICURE HI-HAT OF LOWELL, INC. GL 3-2441 175 Centro I Street Compliments of A FRIEND DANIEL GAGE, INC. NORA O'KEEFE s.w. OSTERMAN COAL COMPANY 522 Pawtucket Street INSURANCE AGENCY 1764 Main Street UL 1-2241 Lawrence, Mass. 75 Central Street GL 2-0401 JEWELERS Tewksbury GL 2-2251 151 Central Street Cambridge CONLON BROS. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION CO. CURRAN & JOYCE BEVERAGES FLANAGAN PHARMACY 335 Common Street Lawrence, Mass. 557 Central Street GL 3-1921 AL LUNEAU CHEVROLET, INC. BUREAU BROS., INC. GL 2-4470 311 Beacon Street Compliments of RAY GL 5-5476 RICARD'S, INC. JOHN V. 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ATLANTIC TRANSFER COMPANY 63 Broadway LEARN TO DRIVE AUTO SCHOOL DAN LYNCH GULF SERVICE 1312 Gorham Street CANTOR AND COMPANY, INSURANCE 17 4 Central Street 95 Bridge Street CLERMONT'S MARKET 12 First Street WALDIMER PONTIAC MARGARET'S LUNCH Boston Road, Billerica MUSGRAVES TOWER FARM, INC. MADALYN'S BEAUTY SALON 1 70 Appleton Street KAHN SEYMOUR & COMPANY 220 Tanner Street 35 Wamesit Street WALTER E. GUYETTE CO., INSURANCE 389 Central Street MULDOON BROS., RANGE & FUEL OIL P. & L. BODY-FENDER REPAIR SHOP LOWELL DAIRY & ELMHAVEN DAIRIES 30 Middlesex Street EDWARD F. SLATTERY, INSURANCE AGENCY DUFFY'S VARIETY STORE Cor. Wamesit & Lawrence Streets KENWOOD FLORISTS & .GREENHOUSES Lowell-Lawrence Blvd., Dracut NEWMAN'S 227 Central S'.reet A FRIEND T.M.A. H. POLLY'S POTATO CHIP CO. 698 Gorham Street MARTIN CLOTHES 100-102 Central Street THE FASHION TAILORS 886 Central Street GRAY FURNITURE CO:/ INC. 231 Central Street ! . �Compliments of· JOSEPH L. ROUX, CPA 147 Central Street JOSEPH E. 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Title A name given to the resource Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014] Subject The topic of the resource 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 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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>Historical 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&amp;action=edit&amp;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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only: This Work has been digitized in a public-private partnership. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014] Subject The topic of the resource 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 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archives at St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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>Historical 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&amp;action=edit&amp;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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only: This Work has been digitized in a public-private partnership. 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Title A name given to the resource Saint Vincent de Paul Society Record Book (1939-1943) Subject The topic of the resource Catholic Church--Societies, etc. Community development--Religious aspects--Catholic Church Balls (parties) Description An account of the resource Record book for the Saint Vinvent de Paul Society in Lowell, MA. Affiliated with Saint Anthony's Church. Dates include October 1, 1939 through 1943. The St. Vincent de Paul Society is a Catholic lay organization that leads the church community to grow spiritually by offering service to those in need. Records include meeting notes and financial information. Each page includes notes on the Society's income and spending. Money typically went to charities or community members in need. This record book also includes lists of Society members. The final pages (any after the back cover of the record book) are all loose papers found within the front cover of the record book. 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Band Hall Catholic Charitable Bureau Central Meat Market Colonial Band Holy Name Society Keith Academy Pitta's Market Saint Anthony's Church (Lowell, MA) Saint Vincent dePaul Society Saunder's Market Worthmore Farms https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/42465/archive/files/fd8292f3ebb218f958cf5297d3d902d0.PDF?Expires=1781740800&Signature=QNDwRC8rm6Q31XjTlMmhVIEjyC1eOus5IHMxnCm1zhkEfIjhcOFmEBJ4WqXxCBOSVohVC-DK89Uuug1ut7NfgYfzIDyY8fNgCLV5o4mpvi9TPYLClXS85HosIDcbooE1gU2NmSfPNsD9aTTeiksm%7EV7l%7EWk-qg3yStH-qsIoVUS%7EvqYHKR9HUH2j5hdao6t4ltIpYq9ThD5l%7EJf-YDTGbq%7EbvmR5C%7EeNHXKrZyg1VgVdqeRuAY8%7EncgTOrUo1mcfeHIoiH3ckIm1ACYSUbRufpHqf4oSs380Ti5dJNiw5uktq4n2ZqlYlzXxJzZ88U9aAvs-w3mfpIHCxAbEviUkcw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 225e5f0641163e4a2dfa93c732105973 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Factories Education Depressions--1929 Immigrants Christmas Immigrant families Ethnic food New Year Balls (parties) Community organization Civic leaders Baking Bakeries Bakery employees Tradition (Theology) Music Ethnic neighborhoods Boardinghouses Folk dancing, Portuguese Music teachers Civil engineering Urban renewal Park facilities--Planning Fasts and Feasts Portuguese language Instrumentation and orchestration (Band) Engineering Religious gatherings Police Portugal--Emigration and immigration Immigrants--Cultural Assimilation--United States Dance teachers Female impersonators Entertainers Musicians Suicide Cleaning compounds Tenement houses Rug and carpet industry Entrepreneurship Irish Americans Politics and government City council members Campaign management Community development, Urban Music--Portuguese influences Catholic Church--Dioceses Catholic Church--Societies, etc. Priests Code switching (Linguistics) Soccer Cooking Composition (Music) Portuguese teachers Women in community organization Labor unions Ethnic groups Fathers and sons Bars (Drinking establishments) Desegregation Military bands Track and field coaches Language teachers Brazilian Americans Bullfights Bullying in schools Conflict of generations Earthquakes Evening and continuation schools Volcanos Meat industry and trade Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 Christmas cooking Community schools Marriage Radio programs Sewing Angola--History--Revolution, 1961-1975 Agriculture Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived All items can be found at the Center for Lowell History in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976-2018 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Boston (Mass.) Manchester (N.H.) Graciosa (Azores) Capelinhos Volcano (Azores) Faial (Azores) Lawrence (Mass.) Terceira Island (Azores) São Miguel (Azores) Madeira (Madeira Islands) Pico Island (Azores) Lisbon (Portugal) Azores Hudson (Mass.) Cambridge (Mass.) Tyngsboro (Mass.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ali, Mehmed Denatale, Doug Fertig, Barbara Fitzsimons, Gray Holden, Maria Miller, Marc Norkunas, Martha Page, Paul Perkins, Carole MacDougal Reis, John M. Spandagos, Olga Strobel, Christoph Szewczyk, Kimberly Taylor, David Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event Antonio Batista Madeline Bettencourt Albino Brittle George Cunha Elaine Ferreira Fr. Grillo Fr. Oliveira Joe Freitas Virginia Freitas Charlie Goldman George Mello Jimmy Oliveira Isaura Pacheco Laura Pacheco George Silva Maria Silva Emanuel Sousa John Viera Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Edward Santos Oral History Interview Subject The topic of the resource Mills and mill-work Children of immigrants Radio programs Veterans Ethnic neighborhoods Cooking Tenement houses Description An account of the resource Oral History Interview with Edward Santos, February 18, 1999<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Note:<br /></strong>Edward Santos was born on March 25, 1919 in Lowell, MA. His mother, Rose Espanola, was born in Graciosa in 1896 and immigrated to the United States in 1902. His father, Antero Santos, was born in Madeira in 1891 and immigrated to the United States in 1913. His parents were married at St. Anthony's Church on September 26, 1914 by Bishop Henry DaSilva.<strong><br /><br /></strong><strong>Scope and Contents:<br /></strong>Interview conducted by Carole MacDougal Perkins, a grad student in the Department of Psychology at UMass Lowell; conducted at the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS); spoke about his family's immigration to America; the Back Central neighborhood in Lowell, MA; living conditions; Portuguese food; St. Anthony's feasts; local clubs; radio programs; mill work; economic crash; local sports; time in the military. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Perkins, Carole MacDougal Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1999-02-18 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Santos, Edward Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 99-24 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Graciosa (Azores) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource UMass Lowell Portuguese American Oral Histories [1976-2018] Description An account of the resource These oral histories with Portuguese immigrants and their descendants in the Greater Lowell area were conducted between 1976-2016. Topics covered include the experience of immigration, working conditions, family life, and more. These oral histories were funded by the Lowell National Historical Park, the American Folklife Center, and UMass Lowell. Subject The topic of the resource Azorean Americans Children of immigrants Cultural assimilation Mills and mill-work Portuguese American women Madeirans World War, 1939-1945 Veterans United States. Navy. Factories Education Depressions--1929 Immigrants Christmas Immigrant families Ethnic food New Year Balls (parties) Community organization Civic leaders Baking Bakeries Bakery employees Tradition (Theology) Music Ethnic neighborhoods Boardinghouses Folk dancing, Portuguese Music teachers Civil engineering Urban renewal Park facilities--Planning Fasts and Feasts Portuguese language Instrumentation and orchestration (Band) Engineering Religious gatherings Police Portugal--Emigration and immigration Immigrants--Cultural Assimilation--United States Dance teachers Female impersonators Entertainers Musicians Suicide Cleaning compounds Tenement houses Rug and carpet industry Entrepreneurship Irish Americans Politics and government City council members Campaign management Community development, Urban Music--Portuguese influences Catholic Church--Dioceses Catholic Church--Societies, etc. Priests Code switching (Linguistics) Soccer Cooking Composition (Music) Portuguese teachers Women in community organization Labor unions Ethnic groups Fathers and sons Bars (Drinking establishments) Desegregation Military bands Track and field coaches Language teachers Brazilian Americans Bullfights Bullying in schools Conflict of generations Earthquakes Evening and continuation schools Volcanos Meat industry and trade Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 Christmas cooking Community schools Marriage Radio programs Sewing Angola--History--Revolution, 1961-1975 Agriculture Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived All items can be found at the Center for Lowell History in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976-2018 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Boston (Mass.) Manchester (N.H.) Graciosa (Azores) Capelinhos Volcano (Azores) Faial (Azores) Lawrence (Mass.) Terceira Island (Azores) São Miguel (Azores) Madeira (Madeira Islands) Pico Island (Azores) Lisbon (Portugal) Azores Hudson (Mass.) Cambridge (Mass.) Tyngsboro (Mass.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ali, Mehmed Denatale, Doug Fertig, Barbara Fitzsimons, Gray Holden, Maria Miller, Marc Norkunas, Martha Page, Paul Perkins, Carole MacDougal Reis, John M. Spandagos, Olga Strobel, Christoph Szewczyk, Kimberly Taylor, David Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event Abel Alves Frank Ares George Ares Richie Ares Joaquim DeFreitas Fr. Grillo John Goncalves John Leite Joe Miguel Jimmy Oliveira Joe Oliveira Manuel Oliveira George Silva Pat Silva Tony Silva Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard De Freitas Oral History Interview Subject The topic of the resource Azorean Americans Children of immigrants Music Instrumentation and orchestration (Band) Immigrant families Engineering Civic leaders Community organization Description An account of the resource <div><b>Oral History Interview with Richard F. DeFreitas, February 27, 2016</b></div> <br /><b>Biographical Note:</b><br />Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1939; son of Josephine (Cotta) and Joaquim DeFreitas; Richard F. DeFreitas’s mother (1911-1994) was born Lowell her parents, Josephine (Almeida) and Francisco C. Cotta were from Terceira and were among the first communicants of Saint Anthony Catholic Church; his father (1908-1994) was born in Madeira and, at the age of eleven, immigrated to the U.S. with his parents (Ludevina and Francisco DeFreitas); the DeFreitas family settled in Manchester, New Hampshire; Joaquim and Josephine married in 1936, and settled in Lowell on the fringe of the “Back Central” neighborhood; they were communicants of Saint Anthony’s, and became active in the Holy Ghost Society; Josephine worked as a knitter in the New Knit Company’s factory in Lowell; Joaquim became a master mechanic at the Brox Construction Company in Dracut, Massachusetts; as a young boy, Richard F. DeFreitas attended the city’s public schools and learned to play the clarinet (his father played guitar and, with a number of Portuguese men, formed a band that played in local clubs); by age twelve he played in the Portuguese Colonial Band;  in the 1950s, the family moved to Chelmsford, Massachusetts, on a former poultry farm near the Chelmsford-Lowell line; by his teens at Chelmsford High School, DeFreitas was an accomplished clarinetist musician; graduated from Lowell Technological Institute with a degree in engineering; while playing in various bands in the area, Mr. DeFreitas worked in engineering for the Raytheon Corporation, followed by Ditran, Division of Clifton-Litton Industries, producers of analog-to-digital conversion electronic equipment for the computer industry; after working at two other electronic manufacturing firms in the area, he accepted an engineering job in California he worked for electronic computer-related manufacturing firm; Mr. DeFreitas returned to Chelmsford and worked for Hybrid Systems Corporation before founding his own company DeltaLab Research, Inc. While at Hybrid and DeltaLab, Mr. DeFreitas received several patents for analog-digital conversion and audio products used in sound and musical recordings.<br /><br /><b>Scope and Contents:</b><br />Interview conducted by local historian Mehmed Ali; in addition to personal family history, this interview includes information on Lowell’s Portuguese community in the 1940s and 1950s, activities at the Holy Ghost Society and Saint Anthony Catholic Church, as well as the activities of and persons associated with the Portuguese Colonial Band; there is also information on working at various factories in 1940s and 1950s Lowell and the move of the DeFreitas family to the suburbs of Chelmsford in the 1950s; much of the interview focuses on music and musicianship within the area’s Portuguese community, and the various clubs where Mr. DeFreitas and other musicians played; it concludes with some information on the area’s growing electronic and computer industries, including a company founded by Mr. DeFreitas in the late 1970s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ali, Mehmed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-02-27 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource DeFreitas, Richard Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OH_DeFreitas Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource UMass Lowell Portuguese American Oral Histories [1976-2018] Description An account of the resource These oral histories with Portuguese immigrants and their descendants in the Greater Lowell area were conducted between 1976-2016. Topics covered include the experience of immigration, working conditions, family life, and more. These oral histories were funded by the Lowell National Historical Park, the American Folklife Center, and UMass Lowell. Subject The topic of the resource Azorean Americans Children of immigrants Cultural assimilation Mills and mill-work Portuguese American women Madeirans World War, 1939-1945 Veterans United States. Navy. Factories Education Depressions--1929 Immigrants Christmas Immigrant families Ethnic food New Year Balls (parties) Community organization Civic leaders Baking Bakeries Bakery employees Tradition (Theology) Music Ethnic neighborhoods Boardinghouses Folk dancing, Portuguese Music teachers Civil engineering Urban renewal Park facilities--Planning Fasts and Feasts Portuguese language Instrumentation and orchestration (Band) Engineering Religious gatherings Police Portugal--Emigration and immigration Immigrants--Cultural Assimilation--United States Dance teachers Female impersonators Entertainers Musicians Suicide Cleaning compounds Tenement houses Rug and carpet industry Entrepreneurship Irish Americans Politics and government City council members Campaign management Community development, Urban Music--Portuguese influences Catholic Church--Dioceses Catholic Church--Societies, etc. Priests Code switching (Linguistics) Soccer Cooking Composition (Music) Portuguese teachers Women in community organization Labor unions Ethnic groups Fathers and sons Bars (Drinking establishments) Desegregation Military bands Track and field coaches Language teachers Brazilian Americans Bullfights Bullying in schools Conflict of generations Earthquakes Evening and continuation schools Volcanos Meat industry and trade Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 Christmas cooking Community schools Marriage Radio programs Sewing Angola--History--Revolution, 1961-1975 Agriculture Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived All items can be found at the Center for Lowell History in Lowell, MA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976-2018 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lowell (Mass.) Boston (Mass.) Manchester (N.H.) Graciosa (Azores) Capelinhos Volcano (Azores) Faial (Azores) Lawrence (Mass.) Terceira Island (Azores) São Miguel (Azores) Madeira (Madeira Islands) Pico Island (Azores) Lisbon (Portugal) Azores Hudson (Mass.) Cambridge (Mass.) Tyngsboro (Mass.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ali, Mehmed Denatale, Doug Fertig, Barbara Fitzsimons, Gray Holden, Maria Miller, Marc Norkunas, Martha Page, Paul Perkins, Carole MacDougal Reis, John M. Spandagos, Olga Strobel, Christoph Szewczyk, Kimberly Taylor, David Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Participants Names of individuals or groups participating in the event Abel Alves Frank Ares Joe Capiche Annibal Casseli Joe Ferreira Fr. Grillo Joe Freitas Frannie Furtado Armand Gaoles Luis Gomes Frank Leandro Belarmino Leite Wilhelmina Leite Joe Miguel Frank Peixe Eddie Silva Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Leite Oral History Interview #2 Description An account of the resource Oral History Interview with John J. Leite, February 20, 2016<br /><br /><strong>Biographical Note:</strong><br />Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1933; parents from Graciosa, Azores, immigrated to the U.S. ca. 1926; both parents worked in textile mills in Manchester and Lowell; father a loom fixer, mother a spinner; they settled permanently in Lowell ca. 1936; members of St. Anthony Catholic Church, they had three daughters and one son, John J. who was educated in Lowell’s public schools; his father was a trombonist who played in and managed Lowell’s Portuguese Colonial Band; Mr. Leite joined the band as boy, playing the trumpet and later the trombone; after serving in the U.S. Army in post-war Europe, he returned home and matriculated at Lowell State Teachers’ College; after graduating from the college he taught in the area’s public schools, performed as a professional trombonist in well-known local bands, and formed his own band; beginning in the 1970s Mr. Leite became secretary/treasurer of the Lowell local of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), AFL-CIO, and after its merger with other locals in 1995, he was elected president of AFM Local 300.<br /><br /><strong>Scope and Contents:</strong><br />Interview conducted by local historian Mehmed Ali covers John Leite’s family background, growing up in Lowell’s Portuguese neighborhood “Back Central” in the 1930s and 1940s, activities at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Portuguese music and musicians in Lowell, and Lowell’s changing musical culture. There is a great deal of material on the personalities and musical playing styles of a number of prominent Portuguese musicians in Lowell from the 1950s into the 1990s. [For more on John J. Leite and his role in the American Federation of Musicians, Local 300, see “Oral History with John Leite, 1999,” interview by Gray Fitzsimons, Historian, Lowell National Historical Park] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ali, Mehmed Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-02-20 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Leite, John Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Leite_John_002 Subject The topic of the resource Azorean Americans Children of immigrants Mills and mill-work Ethnic neighborhoods Music Fathers and sons Civic leaders Portuguese language Cultural assimilation Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Graciosa (Azores) Lowell (Mass.) 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