Lowell French Catholic Records: St. Jean Baptiste

The left image comes from One Hundred Years of Progress, James S. Sullivan’s 1895 archdiocesan history. The image on the right of St. Jean Baptiste was taken in 2011. (Image Credit: By Emw (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)

We’ve added 16 new volumes to Massachusetts: (Image Only) Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900, from St. Jean Baptiste in Lowell. St. Jean Baptiste grew out of St. Joseph, the original parish serving French Catholics in Lowell. Both churches were founded under the leadership of Father André-Marie Garin, an Oblate from France who served as a missionary in Canada before coming to Lowell. In 1888, the cornerstone was laid for St. Jean Baptiste, and its dedication Mass was held in 1890. There was a large fire in the church in the 1912, but the church was reopened by 1916. Author Jack Kerouac’s funeral was held at this church in 1969. In 1993 the parish closed. The sixteen new volumes are listed below:

January 11, 2018 Molly Rogers

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