Henry Lorenzo Robinson Gravestone in Chicopee
More about Father Robinson is at this FINDAGRAVE page.
During the 1820s Rev Fitton WIKIPEDIA travelled around the area having masses from place to place. He celebrated a mass in 1831 in Cabotville. In 1838 the first Catholic parish in Western Massachusetts was formed. The cousin of the John Brady below served as a pastor in Hartford. FINDAGRAVE That Holy Trinity Church is gone but the successor is still there. ENTERNAL LINK
Holy Name Science School in Chicopee
The Holy Name Science School was made in 1925. In September of 1962 this building also housed the Holy Name High School for Girls.
Holy Name Boys’ School in Chicopee
The Holy Name Boys’ School (LOCATION) was made in 1881 in the back of the church and convent. This was called the St Joseph’s School. Until 1882 classes were held in the girls’ school. The monks that taught here were from the De La Salle Christian Brothers. They taught here from 1881 to 1906.
Chapel at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Chicopee
This chapel was built in 1871. A second chapel was built attached to the back of the convent.
Sacred Heart of Mary Convent
The Sacred Heart of Mary Convent (LOCATION) was built in 1867 for the Notre Dame nuns who staffed the girls school. It had a small front on South Street but a longer section along Clinton Street. It gained a chapel in 1899.
Notre Dame de Namur nuns – EXTERNAL LINK
Holy Name Girls’ School
This was the first Catholic school in Western or Central Massachusetts. It was built in 1868 between the church and the convent. This was the Saint Joseph School. The school (LOCATION) was only for girls. In 1894 Holy Name campus finally gained a high school but it was only for girls also – Holy Name High School.
In the early days the classrooms (September 2 1867) were in the side chapel of the church.
Echo Program
Promenades of Forest Park (Springfield)
Recreation
Prouty Grove
Rose Trellises
Omiskanoagwiak – The Wolf People Sculpture – Trail of the Whispering Giants 1984
Funerary Monument in Forest Park of Springfield
