A ceremony at which a plaque will be revealed to memorialize St. James the Great Church in Wellesley will be held on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 5pm at 900 Worcester St.
That’s the site of the former house of worship and the current site of the Boston Sports Institute, Wellesley’s new skating and swimming facility.
The church was torn down in 2015 after the town bought the property in the wake of the Catholic church scandal. As part of the agreement, the town vowed to erect a memorial or plaque to commemorate the parish.
St. James the Great parishioners held vigils for 7-plus years before ending the stay in 2012.
I attended this church and its wooden predecessor by the same name, without the “Great”. The first church, that I believe was built to serve military families living in a barracks complex along Weston Road, as well as local residents had a plaque in the vestibule honoring all the military casualties who once parishioners. Whatever happened to that plaque?
The wood church came from cushing military hospital framingham ma