On Monday, May 27, 2002, Memorial Day, at 10:00 AM, the Diocese of Worcester's Bishop, the Most Rev. Daniel P. Reilly, D.D., celebrated Mass in St. John's Cemetery in the clergy section. Immediately following, Bishop Reilly dedicated a new headstone in memory of the approx. 2000 Catholics who were disinterred from Tatnuck Cemetery in 1907 and reinterred in St. John's Cemetery. Bishop Reilly read an excerpt from an interesting history by Owen J. Murphy, Jr., printed in a program for the occasion. After Mass those in attendance made their way to the newly marked plot where the Bishop Blessed the stone (as well as two "old" stones from Tatnuck) and thanked and introduced some of those responsible for the day's events. He also read aloud the inscription: IN 1907 THE MORTAL REMAINS OF 2000 OF THE REGION'S EARLIEST CATHOLIC SETTLERS WERE EXHUMED FROM THE TATNUCK CEMETERY IN WORCESTER AND REINTERRED HERE "REST IN PEACE" This post is based in part on a copy of the invitation, I submit it for the List archives.
By any chance were any of the remains just a body part that was severed,but the person lived on ? My understanding is the Grafton Catholic cemetary has at least one from 1940s ! Were still born buried there also. Just thought someone might know. Dick GENTRIE@aol.com wrote: > On Monday, May 27, 2002, Memorial Day, at 10:00 AM, the Diocese of > Worcester's Bishop, the Most Rev. Daniel P. Reilly, D.D., celebrated Mass in > St. John's Cemetery in the clergy section. Immediately following, Bishop > Reilly dedicated a new headstone in memory of the approx. 2000 Catholics who > were disinterred from Tatnuck Cemetery in 1907 and reinterred in St. John's > Cemetery. Bishop Reilly read an excerpt from an interesting history by Owen > J. Murphy, Jr., printed in a program for the occasion. After Mass those in > attendance made their way to the newly marked plot where the Bishop Blessed > the stone (as well as two "old" stones from Tatnuck) and thanked and > introduced some of those responsible for the day's events. He also read aloud > the inscription: > IN 1907 > THE MORTAL REMAINS OF > 2000 OF THE REGION'S > EARLIEST CATHOLIC SETTLERS > WERE EXHUMED FROM THE > TATNUCK CEMETERY > IN WORCESTER > AND REINTERRED HERE > "REST IN PEACE" > This post is based in part on a copy of the invitation, I submit it for > the List archives. > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > ####--- Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? ---###### > Forget How to UN sub??? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html
Can the 2000 names be scanned in or will the Diocese of Worcester post them on the Web? At 2:49 PM -0400 5/27/2002, GENTRIE@aol.com wrote: >On Monday, May 27, 2002, Memorial Day, at 10:00 AM, the Diocese of >Worcester's Bishop, the Most Rev. Daniel P. Reilly, D.D., celebrated Mass in >St. John's Cemetery in the clergy section. Immediately following, Bishop >Reilly dedicated a new headstone in memory of the approx. 2000 Catholics who >were disinterred from Tatnuck Cemetery in 1907 and reinterred in St. John's >Cemetery. Bishop Reilly read an excerpt from an interesting history by Owen >J. Murphy, Jr., printed in a program for the occasion. After Mass those in >attendance made their way to the newly marked plot where the Bishop Blessed >the stone (as well as two "old" stones from Tatnuck) and thanked and >introduced some of those responsible for the day's events. He also read aloud >the inscription: >IN 1907 >THE MORTAL REMAINS OF >2000 OF THE REGION'S >EARLIEST CATHOLIC SETTLERS >WERE EXHUMED FROM THE >TATNUCK CEMETERY >IN WORCESTER >AND REINTERRED HERE >"REST IN PEACE" > This post is based in part on a copy of the invitation, I submit it for >the List archives. > > >==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== >####--- Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? ---###### >Forget How to UN sub??? >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html