Our Lady of Angels Parish

Our Lady of Angels Parish

Our Lady of the Angels Parish is a Roman Catholic Church located at 1222 Main Street in Worcester. The church was founded in 1916 by Bishop Thomas D. Beaven on the corner of Montague and Main Street. On October 8, 1916, the first mass was held by Fr. O’Connell and celebrated at the nearby Gates Lane School. In 1917, a barn on the church property was transformed into a temporary church. Because of the fast growing number of parishioners, the church acquired a nearby property in 1922 (This is where the church is currently located; a street down from the old church property). The cornerstone of the church was laid on June 19, 1927 and was said in the newspapers of the time that it was “one of the largest gatherings of Catholics in the history of Worcester”. On Christmas 1928, the first mass in the newly built church was held. The church is a Gothic style church and has been through a few major renovations and restorations since it was built. The church still offers daily masses and provides numerous services to the parishioners and residents of Worcester. Source: The History of Our Lady of the Angels Parish, 75th Anniversary Commemoration Book; written in 1991 for the church.

Bishop Thomas D. Beaven, Worcester Archdiocese

Parish founded 1916. Building constructed 1927.

Sarah Fulginiti

1222 Main St, Worcester, MA‎