The St. Charles parish had been merged in recent years with St. Mary’s ... church dates back to 1909 when the Roman Catholic Archdiocese decided to establish a second catholic parish in Waltham.

Two centuries after he brought 41 Mexican families to start the colony of “Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Jesus Victoria,” Don Martin De Leon’s vision for St. Mary’s Catholic Church ...

While Whittier is arguably considered a Quaker town, St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church has been in the city nearly as long the area’s first settlers — the congregation is the third oldest in ...