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Heirs of deceased Boston prelate fight against reinternment plans

December 01, 2009

The Boston archdiocese and neighboring Boston College are locked in a legal battle with heirs of Cardinal William O'Connell over a proposal to move the tomb of the former Archbishop of Boston. Cardinal O'Connell, who died in 1944, is buried in a chapel on land that was owned by the archdiocese, but sold in 2004 to Boston College. The archdiocese will lose $2 million of the sale price if it is not able to remove the chapel and the cardinal's grave.

 

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  • Posted by: - Dec. 02, 2009 2:03 PM ET USA

    Why not bury him in whichever Carribean locale Gangplank Bill had his estate?

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Thursday of the Second Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Joseph the Worker

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The Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker was established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 in order to Christianize the concept of labor and give to all workmen a model and a protector. By the daily labor in his shop, offered to God with patience and joy, St. Joseph provided for the necessities of his holy…

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