Friend is moving to Boston Area, anyone know of large Catholic areas?

  • Thread starter Thread starter MamaMia3
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
M

MamaMia3

Guest
Hi all,
A friend of mine has just accepted a job in the Boston , Mass, area. She will be relocating in about 1 month. She is looking to move to a surrounding area that is both young (she is late 20’s and single) and hopefully has a high Catholic population. She is aware that Mass is known to be a “very liberal” state and we have heard that it has become very evengelical protastant.
Is anyone familiar with the city and the surrounding area?
 
I would be interested if anyone is able to find such an area.

I have a friend who moved away from Boston in her mid-20s for precisely this reason – she could not find a strong Catholic community there.
MamaMia3 said:
Hi all,
A friend of mine has just accepted a job in the Boston , Mass, area. She will be relocating in about 1 month. She is looking to move to a surrounding area that is both young (she is late 20’s and single) and hopefully has a high Catholic population. She is aware that Mass is known to be a “very liberal” state and we have heard that it has become very evengelical protastant.
Is anyone familiar with the city and the surrounding area?
Click to expand...
 
I’m from the North Shore of Boston. Maybe she could look into the cities of Beverly, Salem, Gloucester, Peabody, Saugus, and Newton. It’s a start, hopefully! 😉

*Stella
 
I’m in my mid-twenties and have lived in a few different places in Boston and its inner suburbs, and I’ve found that although the Boston area technically has a high Catholic population - that doesn’t mean that a lot of people are active in the faith. My husband and I don’t have any Catholic friends in the area (partially our fault for not getting out there and trying to meet people, though).

But I wouldn’t say that evangelicals have a lot of influence here - there is more of a Jewish influence than other places I’ve lived (several school districts have Jewish holidays off, etc) but overall it’s just very secular.

I don’t mean to sound cynical - there are definitely worse places to be Catholic, and there are areas around Boston where your friend can feel quite at home as a Catholic. 🙂

Do you know which town your friend’s job is in? Assuming she doesn’t want to have a horrible commute, it might help to know that in order to suggest towns/parishes that are relatively close.
 
Hi,

I agree with ack but wanted to add that she should look into St. Clement’s Eucharistic Shrine (also run by the Oblates, just up the street from St. Francis Chapel) as they have an active young adult (20/30s). stclementshrine.org/ That is where I attended while living in Boston. I only get there rarely now for lectures or other events.

Also, the Archdiocese of Boston has retooled their program in the last few years oymboston.org/ will list what they have going on across the archdiocese. Now that I’m no longer a young adult and living in the suburbs, I miss some of these things! My parish where I am now is lovely and solid but there is no young adult group - lots of young families!

Hope this is helpful.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top