Comments on: The Construction of St. Peter’s Church – Lowell, Massachusetts, 1892

By: Lance Noyes Sr.

Lance Noyes Sr. — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:45:29 +0000

I don’t remember my very first days at St.Peters, but I do recall having my first Holy Communion and Confirmation there. I also remember Father Cahill, and mostly my very favorite the late Father Tom Jezak, Father Tom took my best buddy Bill Hanson and I on a cross country trip when I was 14-15 yeas old, also the late Dan Thurston was with us on that long 10,500 mile trip. It broke my heart to see such a beautiful and Peace giving Church tore down, it still makes me sick to think of it as gone. So many happy moment’s with my Mom and sisters and brothers were given there. I don’t understand what is wrong with the City, the state and our country to allow such a thing to happen, “I wonder what God thought about that” ?? Lance Noyes Sr. Limerick, Me.

By: Stephen Atencio

Stephen Atencio — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:19:20 +0000

This was my family’s parish and there are so many memories for me there. Is there any way I can get other photgraphs of the church? Please let me know…

Thanks,
Stephen Atencio
satencio@verizon.net

By: Forgotten New England

Forgotten New England — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:31:45 +0000

Hi Ellen – Thanks for your comment. I found the municipal marriage record at familysearch.org. It’s taken from the same books that the City Clerk’s Office would use to put together a marriage certificate. It’s got all of the information you supplied, and adds that John was 25 and a laborer at the time while Matilda was 23. Both were born in Ireland, John’s parents were John and Mary McCosker. Matilda’s are listed as Henry and Margaret O’Neil. The Archdiocese of Boston holds records too, which should cover that period, but wouldn’t contain much more than the municipal record – I think it would provide the names of witnesses too. I hope this helps you in your search.

By: Ellen Simon Sharp

Ellen Simon Sharp — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 03:07:51 +0000

My grandparents (2 great) John McCosker and Matilda O’Neil were married at St Peter, Lowell, Massachusetts, on January 21, 1851..Priest: Fr Peter Crudden..I’m interested in obtaining a copy of their marriage certificate

By: Susan (Lozowski) Fortier

Susan (Lozowski) Fortier — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:13:57 +0000

It was a sad day, indeed. My parents were married there and my mother, aunts, sisters and I all graduated from St. Peter’s School. We all made our First Communion and Confirmation there as well as singing in the choir. I have many memories of Midnight Mass and the Easter Vigils that were so beautiful. It was heartbreaking to see it destroyed.

By: Valerie Martin

Valerie Martin — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:34:42 +0000

Why the city of Lowell allowed the loss of St Peter’s is beyond me. My parent’s were married there. I remember attending there and my mom and all of her siblings graduated from the grammar school where they apparently read and memorized Shakespeare and had it explained to the students by nuns as young children. What a tragedy!

By: Sandy A.

Sandy A. — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:56:46 +0000

Saint Peter’s church is such an integral part of the memories of my growing up in Lowell…having lived in several apartments all walking distance of the church, First communion, confirmation, CYO and worked in the rectory as a teenager, married there…broke my heart to recently see a photo of it half-torn down…a local artist created sketches of the church before it was torn down…I have a color scetch of the church and the Rectory hanging in my living room…

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By: Sandra Lee Smith Page Houle

Sandra Lee Smith Page Houle — Mon, 21 May 2012 00:46:14 +0000

My parents were married in St. Peter’s Church…I was baptized, First Communion, Confirmation, Graduated from St. Peter’s School, Married, my two children were Baptized here too. As well as other family members. Attending St. Peter’s School…i was in the Chorus…wonderful memory’s of Christmas Eve Mass singing beautiful songs to the parishioners…the Church looked magical with the lights…flowers and Manger. It still breaks my heart that the Archdiaocese did not all the parishioners or the Historical Society keep it.
Sandra Lee Smith Houle

By: Forgotten New England

Forgotten New England — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:05:30 +0000

Most definitely. It’s a pity that the building couldn’t be saved. In a future post, I’m thinking about covering some of St. Peter’s midcentury history. The church is an important part of my own family. My father and both of his siblings graduated from its grade school, as did several of my cousins.