Regina Cleri

Home for retired priests in Massachusetts, United States

Regina Cleri is a home for retired priests in the Archdiocese of Boston.^[1]^[2] It is located in Boston's West End.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was established in December 1964 by Richard Cardinal Cushing to provide health care and support for senior priests of the Archdiocese.^[3]^[2]

As of 2014^[update], 56 priests lived there^[2] and through its history to that point almost 400 had lived there.^[3] A group of Sister Disciples of the Divine Master work at the home.^[3] The executive director of the facility is Stephen J. Gust.^[3]

A 50th anniversary celebration was attended by Seán Patrick Cardinal O'Malley and Mayor Marty Walsh.^[2]^[3] Though the priests are officially retired, many continue to assist in parishes throughout the archdiocese.^[3]^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Cullen, Kevin (June 12, 2016). "Fast-changing Seaport keeps its spiritual anchor". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Sampson, Zachary T. (June 6, 2014). "Home for retired priests celebrates 50 years". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Pineo, Christopher S. (June 13, 2014). "Regina Cleri celebrates 50 years of serving priests". THe Pilot. Retrieved June 8, 2019.

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