St. Susanna Church (Dedham, Massachusetts)
St. Susanna Church is a Roman Catholic parish of the Archdiocese of Boston located in Dedham, Massachusetts. The pastor is Father Stephen S. Josoma, and Laurence J. Bloom is the deacon.[1][2] It is known as "one of the most liberal parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston."[1]
The parish was founded in 1960 due to overcrowding at St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Dedham.[3] By the 1930s St. Mary's was one of the biggest parishes in the Archdiocese with over 6,000 parishioners and 1,300 students in Sunday School.[4] During the middle of that decade there were four priests and six nuns ministering to the congregation.[4] In the 1950s it became clear that a second parish was needed in Dedham,[nb 1] and so St. Susanna's was established in 1960 to serve the needs of the Riverdale neighborhood.[7] When St. Susanna's opened it had 300 families, while 2,500 stayed at St. Mary's.[8]
Notes
- ↑ The population of the town as a whole more than doubled between 1930[5] and 1970.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Catholics in the age of Francis". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ↑ "Current Bulletin" (PDF).
- ↑ "Boston Catholic Directory. Saint Susanna, Dedham". TheBostonPilot.com. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- 1 2 Smith 1936, p. 102.
- ↑ Guide Book To New England Travel. 1919. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ↑ State Data Center/Mass. Inst. for Social & Economic Research. "Population of Massachusetts Cities and Towns, 1940-1990" (PDF). Boston Metropolitan Planning Agency. Archived from the original (pdf) on February 6, 2004. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
- ↑ "Saint Susanna". Archdiocese of Boston. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ Berry, Jason (2012). Render Unto Rome. Crown Publishers. p. 109.
Works cited
- Smith, Frank (1936). A History of Dedham, Massachusetts. Transcript Press.
