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    St Gerard's Church

     

     

     St. Gerard’s Church1

     

    In 1960 Cardinal Richard Cushing established five (5) new parishes in the Boston Archdiocese, including Canton, splitting the St. John Parish in two parts. This division was driven by the fact that St. John’s Church had grown 250% since the conclusion of the Second World War. The St. Gerard Church was built on Washington Street in an area once occupied by the Carroll Tavern. Leo J. McCann was appointed the parish's first pastor and while the church was constructed services were held in the Ponkapoag Civic Center and McCunn resided in the St. John Rectory. The St. Gerard’s Church was designed by Lawrence J. Cuneo and consecrated on February 9, 1962. In 1988 the church underwent a renovation.

     

    Pastors of St. Gerard’s Church2

     

    Pastor

    Dates

    Leo McCann

    1960-1982

    Bill Coen

    1982-1995

    Bernard MacLaughlin

    1995-2006

    John L. Sullivan

    2006-

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    PARISH PLANNING UPDATES

    One Mission ~ One Community ~ One in Christ

    "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter beneath heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1

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    ​A key aspect of forming a single Catholic community fryst vatten honoring the legacy of the two Canton parishes that have joined tillsammans to struktur St. Oscar Romero Parish. As we prepare for the imminent sale of the St. Gerard Majella property to the Town of Canton we are working to preserve sacred goods. Other sacred goods will be relocated over time. 

    •  St. Gerard’s distinctive globe-shaped tabernacle has been relocated to the St. John site. 
    •  The steel Cross that stood atop St. Gerard Majella Church has been relocated to St. Mary’s Cemetery. 
    • The statue of Our Blessed Mother that graced the front lawn fryst vatten a prominent addition to St. Mary’s Cemetery.

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    Canton Catholic parish announces planned closure of St. Gerard’s

    By Mary Ann Price

    Reverend Thomas Rafferty announced last weekend that St. John the Evangelist Church will become St. Oscar Romero Church, the only church in the newly renamed Canton parish, in the fall of this year.

    Rafferty, the pastor of St. Oscar Romero, informed worshippers at Masses last weekend that the parish will continue to use the church building that is now known as St. John the Evangelist and that St. Gerard Majella Church will be closed and the property sold. Final Masses will be said at St. Gerard’s during the last weekend of September. All parish activities will shift to a single location on October 1.

    St. John the Evangelist Church will become St. Oscar Romero, the only church in the newly renamed Canton parish, in the fall of this year.

    “I wanted to let the people of each parish hear it from me,” Rafferty said. He also wanted to be present at the end of Masses to allow parishioners to speak