Henry A. Walsh

American priest

Henry A. Walsh was an American priest of the Archdiocese of Boston.

Personal life

Walsh was born in Newton, Massachusetts but moved as a child to East Boston where he attended the Chapman School.^[1] He then attended Boston College and graduated in 1883.^[1] He attended the Grand Séminaire de Montréal for several years until Saint John's Seminary in Boston was complete.^[1] Once it was, he transferred to St. John's and was ordained as a member of their first class.^[1]

He had two brothers, Richard L., who was also a priest, and Edward B.^[2] Both priests were on the altar when Edward was married.^[2]

Ministry

He was ordained June 25, 1887 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross by Bishop Matthew Harkins.^[3] He was well known within the diocese.^[4]^[1]

Walsh's first assignment was to St. Mary's Church in Randolph, Massachusetts.^[1]^[5]^[6] He remained there for 10 years.^[1] Walsh then spent 10 years as an assistant pastor at St. Charles' parish in Woburn, Massachusetts.^[1]^[4]^[7] In 1902, while saying mass for more than 700 people, a fire was discovered in the church.^[1] Walsh alerted the congregation and asked them to calmly leave the church, which they did.^[1]

In 1908, Walsh became a pastor for the first time at Sacred Heart Church in South Natick.^[1]^[4] In 1917, Walsh was made the first pastor of a newly created parish in Needham, Massachusetts.^[4]

When Walsh was transferred from Needham to St. Mary's Church in Dedham, a public reception was held for him at the town hall.^[8] He arrived in Dedham on July 16, 1923.^[9]^[10] As the construction on the church had recently been finished, Walsh was able to focus on the various groups and societies within the parish.^[10] His pastorate ended with his death in 1929.^[11]^[10]

Death

Walsh died on February 2, 1929, at the St. Mary's rectory of pneumonia.^[12] As his body lay in state in the church, delegations from various societies took turns standing as honor guards as the public filed by.^[12] A mass was said for the repose of his soul at 8 a.m. for the children of the parish, and a solemn Requiem Mass was said at 10 am.^[13]

The church, which has a seating capacity of 1,500,^[14]^[15] was not big enough for all those who wished to attend.^[13] In attendance were other priests from the Archdiocese, clergy from other denominations, government officials, parishioners, and residents.^[13] The priests' choir provided music.^[13] The honorary pallbearers came from the ranks of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus.^[13] He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "To South Natick". The Boston Globe. January 10, 1908. p. 14. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Walsh-Murray". The Boston Globe. October 25, 1887. p. 5. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ "Ordination of priests". The Boston Globe. June 2, 1887. p. 5. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cardinal creates parish in Needham". The Boston Globe. April 26, 1917. p. 8. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ Byrne et al. 1899, p. 333.
^ Sullivan 1895, p. 699.
^ Byrne et al. 1899, p. 273.
^ "Needham". The Boston Globe. September 18, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^ "Dedham". The Boston Globe. July 13, 1923. p. 6. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c St. Mary's Church, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1866-1966, Our Centennial Year. Hackensack, N.J.: Custombook, Inc. Ecclesiastical Color Publishers. 1966.
^ Smith 1936, p. 101.
^ ^a ^b "Hundreds view body of Dedham pastor". The Boston Globe. February 4, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Rev Henry Walsh of Dedham buried". The Boston Globe. February 6, 1929. p. 13. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ "Dedham Catholic Church Dedicated". Boston Evening Transcript. September 8, 1900. p. 38. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
^ "Notable Day for Catholics of Dedham: St Mary's Church Dedicated With Elaborate Ceremonies, Apostolic Delegate--Martinelli Officiating Sermon by Bishop Bradley of Manchester, N H." Boston Daily Globe. September 10, 1900. p. 7. Retrieved March 13, 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

Works cited

Smith, Frank (1936). A History of Dedham, Massachusetts. Transcript Press.
Byrne, William; Leahy, W. A.; Dowling, Austin; Young, E. J. A.; Finen, J. E. (1899). Introductory. The Hurd & Everts co. pp. 323–324.
Sullivan, James S. (1895). One hundred years of progress: a graphic, historical, and pictorial account of the Catholic Church of New England, Archdiocese of Boston. Boston: Illistrated Publishing Company. OL 24364821M.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Ordinaries

Bishops: Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus; Benedict Joseph Fenwick; John Bernard Fitzpatrick

Archbishops: John Joseph Williams; William Henry O'Connell; Richard Cushing; Humberto Sousa Medeiros; Bernard Francis Law; Seán Patrick O'Malley

Auxiliary bishops: Cristiano Borro Barbosa; Robert Francis Hennessey; Mark William O'Connell; Robert Philip Reed; Peter J. Uglietto

Emeriti bishops: John Anthony Dooher; Arthur L. Kennedy

Deceased: Joseph Gaudentius Anderson; Thomas Francis Markham; Emilio S. Allué; Francis Xavier Irwin; Walter James Edyvean

Churches

List: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Cross

Basilicas and shrines: Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston; St. Anthony Shrine, Boston; St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine, Boston; Our Lady of Good Voyage, the Seaport Shrine

Parishes: Holy Name, West Roxbury; Holy Trinity, Lowell; Our Lady of Czestochowa, Boston; Our Lady of Good Voyage, Gloucester; Our Lady Help of Christians, Newton; Sacred Heart, Cambridge; St. Albert the Great, Weymouth; St. Charles Borromeo, Waltham; St. John the Baptist, Salem; St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge; St. Joseph, Boston; St. Leonard, Boston; St. Mary, Dedham (History); St. Mary, Milton; St. Mary, Newton; St. Mary, Waltham; St. Mary, Winchester; St. Mary – St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown; St. Paul, Cambridge; St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr, Chelsea; St. Susanna, Dedham

Former parishes: Holy Cross, Boston; Our Lady of Mount Carmel, East Boston; St. Aidan, Brookline; St. Catherine of Sienna, Charlestown; St. Joseph, Roxbury; St. Mary, Charlestown; St. Stephen, Boston

Education

Seminaries: Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary; St. John's Seminary

Colleges: Boston College; Emmanuel College; Labouré College; Merrimack College; Regis College; St. John's Seminary

Closed: Marian Court College

High schools: Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsboro; Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington; Austin Preparatory School, Reading; Bishop Fenwick High School, Peabody; Boston College High School, Dorchester; Cathedral High School, Boston; Catholic Memorial School, West Roxbury; Central Catholic High School, Lawrence; Cristo Rey Boston High School, Dorchester; Fontbonne Academy, Milton; Lowell Catholic High School, Lowell; Malden Catholic High School, Malden; Newton Country Day School, Newton; Notre Dame Academy, Hingham; Notre Dame High School, Lawrence; St. John's Preparatory School, Danvers; St. Mary's High School, Lynn; Saint Sebastian's School, Needham; Ursuline Academy, Dedham; Xaverian Brothers High School, Westwood

Closed: Cambridge Matignon School, Cambridge; Don Bosco Technical High School, Boston; Elizabeth Seton Academy, Boston; Hudson Catholic High School, Hudson; Marian High School, Framingham; Mount Alvernia High School, Newton; Nazareth Academy, Wakefield; Pope John XXIII High School, Everett; Presentation of Mary Academy, Methuen; Sacred Heart High School, Kingston; Saint Clement High School, Medford; Saint Joseph Preparatory High School, Boston; St. Dominic Savio Preparatory High School, Boston; Trinity Catholic High School, Newton