Our Parish of Saint Patrick,
Roxbury
10
Magazine Street, Roxbury MA 02119
Rectory:
(617) 445-7645 Convent: (617) 442-0980
Our parish is the third oldest parish in the
Archdiocese of Boston. The parish was established in 1836, with the current
church dedicated in 1872 by Archbishop Williams.
The parish is currently comprised of six buildings,
including:
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The Church: Featuring a capacity of 1300 in the
Upper Church and 400 in the handicapped-accessible Lower Church, as well as
a Church Hall;
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The Rectory: Hosts two living floors as well as a
first floor for priest's use and meeting areas, as well as an attic and
cellar featuring various meeting rooms.;
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Saint Patrick Elementary School: A Catholic School
providing a quality education that includes the development of the 'whole
person,' comprising spiritual, intellectual, social, emotional and
psychological components;
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Two convents: One for the Cape Verdean Franciscan
Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, the other for four religious
communities including The Sisters of Charity of Halifax, The Blessed
Sacrament Sisters, The Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Trinity. and the
Sisters of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus;
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Our Lady of Fatima Center: Featuring a chapel and
meeting rooms for pastoral and youth group purposes.
Our masses, religious education programs and
Confirmation classes are all held in the three languages of Saint Patrick's
Parish - English, Spanish and Portuguese/Creole. For the weekly mass
schedule, please click here. The Parish comes together in tri-lingual liturgies in
order to express our unity beyond language barriers. These special masses take
place on Holy Thursday, Corpus Christi on August 15th, the Feast of the
Assumption and on Thanksgiving Day.
Saint Patrick School uses the church for regularly
scheduled school masses, as well as for special events like the annual Christmas
Show, The Last Days of Christ event, Graduation Mass and the Graduation
Ceremony.
Our Parish Pastoral Council is made up of our three
language communities, as well as members of the parish staff and Saint Patrick
School. The council meets once-a-month to consider ongoing issues and plan for
the future of the parish.
DID YOU KNOW??? 
Our Lady of Knock Shrine in the
Lower Church is the exact duplicate of the altar where the Blessed Mother
appeared in County Mayo, Ireland? Our shrine was dedicated on November 30, 1950
by Archbishop Richard Cushing. The marble for the altar was transported from
Ireland, and features the statues of Mary, Joseph and Saint John. It is the
oldest Shrine of Our Lady of Saint Knock in the United States of
America.
Saint
Patrick Church is a welcoming parish community, and a very busy place!
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