Category Archives: religion

The Archdiocese of Boston has shut off the water and heat at St. James the Great church in Wellesley on Rte. 9, claiming concerns about the safety of the facility over winter raised by its insurer. This according to a MetroWest Daily News report. Parishioners who have been holding vigil at the church since it [...]

Supporters of St. James the Great Church in Wellesley won’t be happy with Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s decision announced today to sell off the Rte. 9 church and 5 other churches from the Archdiocese of Boston. But there’s no arguing about the Catholic church’s way with words. The churches are being relegated to “profane but not [...]

MetroWest Daily News reports that the pope has turned down appeals by St. James the Great in Wellesley and 8 other parishes looking to save their churches from a shutdown resulting from the Archdiocese of Boston’s fiscal crisis. St. James began a vigil in 2004 to keep the church alive and are still at it. [...]

The Boston Globe reports that parishioners trying to keep St. James the Great Church alive have hand-delivered a plea to Pope Benedict XVI. Parishioners, who have been holding a vigil that will reach 6 years this weekend, have repeatedly been shot down in their efforts by everyone from the Vatican to the Archdiocese of Boston. [...]

Fox News reports on the recent thefts of copper pipes from Wellesley Hills Congregational Church and Unitarian Church of Wellesley, which are taking a church-like/forgiving approach to the thieves but are also concerned about what how the missing pipes (in the form of downspouts) could result in flooding. Town residents could also wind up footing [...]

The Chabad community has rallied to clean up and rebuild the Wellesley Weston Chabad’s finished basement, which got wrecked during last week’s flood. Plans are going on to hold Passover Seders. More here.