Holy Name of Jesus Church and the 3 neighborhood churches is a walking tour of the Springfield Street area in Chicopee Massachusetts.
stop 1 – Sacred Heart of Mary Convent LINK
stop 2 – Holy Name Girls’ School LINK
stop 3 – Patrick Healy Gravestone
stop 4 – Holy Name of Jesus Church LINK
stop 5 – Henry Lorenzo Robinson Gravestone LINK
stop 6 – Rectory MY LINK
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| pastor | starts | ends | burial | burial |
| John D Brady | 1840 | 1847 | burial | St Augustine in Boston |
| James Strain | 1847 | 1849 | burial | St Mary’s in Lynn |
| William Aloysius Blenkinsop | 1849 | 1864 | burial | St Augustine in Boston |
| Patrick Healy | 1864 | 1889 | burial | this churchyard |
| Henry Robinson | 1889 | 1894 | burial | this churchyard |
| John J McCoy | 1894 | 1905 | burial | St Jerome’s in Holyoke |
| John F Conlin | 1905 | 1953 | burial | Calvary in Chicopee |
| Joseph Ryan | 1953 | 1963 | burial | St Jerome’s in Holyoke |
| Thomas Shea | 1963 | burial | unknown | |
stop 7 – Chapel LINK
stop 8 – Boys’ School LINK
stop 9 – Monastery
The Holy Name Monastary was made in 1881 in the back of the boys’ school. At first there were only two brothers here but it grew from that point.
stop 10 – Science School LINK
stop 11 – Cemeteries of Holy Name of Jesus
Notice at first the two priests that are buried on the campus. They are mentioned above. From 1845 to 1910s the churchgoers of this church used the Saint Matthews Cemetery of Springfield. John Brady the priest bought this land in Springfield (about a football field length south of the present Calvary Cemetery). The parish used this cemetery until it was mostly filled up. From the 1920s until now, the Calvary Cemetery of Chicopee was heavily used. Calvary Cemetery was a Springfield Catholic Diocese cemetery started in 1852. In 1868 Father Healey had purchased the cemetery from the diocese to have it has a parish cemetery.
For the remainder of the tour go to this LINK.
Sanborn map analysis
I want a record check for my first communion date. They do not have it at Sacred Heart in Springfield were I was baptised in 1951.
Check at the Saint Michael’s Cathedral office in Springfield. They would have baptism, confirmation, ordination, marriage, and death records at these offices. First communion is not equivalent to these others since it is not a requirement.