Churches for Sunday Mass near Boston Commons

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We’ll be travelling, staying Saturday night near Boston Commons, want to go to a Sunday morning Mass, and you never can tell what a parish is like from “reviews on the internet.”

Any suggestions?
 
the paulist center is adjacent to boston common. Sen Kerry’s favorite place of worship, you might see him there, that’s either good or bad
 
When in Rome…

Cathedral of the Holy Cross
1400 Washington St, Boston, MA 02118
(google map)

OF Form - 8.00 am | 11.30 am Sunday
EF Form - 10.00 am Sunday

(It’s a walking City nothing is too far)
 
Kielbasi said:
the paulist center is adjacent to boston common. Sen Kerry’s favorite place of worship, you might see him there, that’s either good or bad
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The Paulist Center has a reputation for being on the liberal side. They even have a local chapter of Voice of the Faithful, a liberal group that claims to be Catholic but has taken positions not in agreement with the faith.

When I was at a convention in Boston I went here instead, St. Francis Chapel, right at the convention center. Their Catholic Mass is more traditional than the one at the Paulist Center.

stfrancischapel.org/en/
 
St. Anthony’s Shrine is great. Take the Red Line to Downtown Crossing and it is one block away. They have several Masses, they are very near the Common and they are run by the Franciscans.

The Common is one stop away at Park Street.
 
M-Dent said:
When in Rome…

Cathedral of the Holy Cross
1400 Washington St, Boston, MA 02118
(google map)

OF Form - 8.00 am | 11.30 am Sunday
EF Form - 10.00 am Sunday

(It’s a walking City nothing is too far)
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Their web site says they’re under renovation. Is that going to pose a problem?
 
Kielbasi said:
the paulist center is adjacent to boston common. Sen Kerry’s favorite place of worship, you might see him there, that’s either good or bad
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I’m not exactly avoiding him, I guess, but I’m in no particular hurry to run into Sen. Kerry at Mass, either. He has notoriously supported the false belief that there can exist a right to commit an objective crime such as abortion. If he really believes what the Church teaches about abortion, he wouldn’t be willing to make that belief out to be a private opinion in order to get elected.

(Likewise, Nancy Pelosi has gone out on a limb to say that people with pro-life views should not be run out of the Democratic Party. How big of her!! To be fair, though, she’s actually taking heat for this and not backing down.)
 
jaimeleglise said:
St. Anthony’s Shrine is great. Take the Red Line to Downtown Crossing and it is one block away. They have several Masses, they are very near the Common and they are run by the Franciscans.

The Common is one stop away at Park Street.
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My sons want to know what the prevailing dress code is. (They do not want to pack a dress shirt unless they’re going to look stupid as the only guys wearing polos instead of a button up shirt and tie on Sunday morning.)
 
signit said:
The Paulist Center has a reputation for being on the liberal side. They even have a local chapter of Voice of the Faithful, a liberal group that claims to be Catholic but has taken positions not in agreement with the faith.

When I was at a convention in Boston I went here instead, St. Francis Chapel, right at the convention center. Their Catholic Mass is more traditional than the one at the Paulist Center.

stfrancischapel.org/en/
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It turned out that we went to the Paulist Center. To say it is “on the liberal side” is putting it mildly. The word “Father” was excised from the Creed and elsewhere so studiously that it was a mild relief to find the word “Father” was left undisturbed in the Our Father itself. I won’t go into a lot of details except to say that if you want a simple “say the black, do the red,” this is not your place. The Paulists are not above evaluating the GIRM and the texts provided by the Church and finding them wanting. Let’s just leave it at that.

The church has no kneelers and the physical space reverberates sounds, which unfortunately amplifies conversations taking place before Mass begins. The priest and the parishioners were very personable, however. If you’re lonely and need a friendly face, you will not go away disappointed. They are a very welcoming group; they cannot be faulted on that count.
 
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