Priests’ Circle at the Calvary Cemetery of Holyoke
This cemetery was started in 1882 by the Sacred Heart Church having been consecrated on March 20 of that year. The cemetery was laid out by the architect Ashley Tower.
Three churches in Holyoke are served by this cemetery. Read on this web page about the history of each of those churches. The churches are Sacred Heart Church, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church, and Blessed Sacrament Church. Four priest are buried in this circle. In the back is Michael Howard who was the first priest of Rosary Church. He was at first buried in the churchyard of the Rosary Church. In 1974 when the church and campus was taken down, he was disinterred and reinterred at this location.