Ash Wednesday Services on Feb. 13

Today marks the beginning of the Easter season.

  Ash Wednesday services at St. Edward the Confessor in Medfield include: For more information, visit www.stedward-ma.org or call 508-359-5853. 

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Five Things You Need to Know Today

Five Things Including Lost Cat, Angel Run Pre-registration, and BOO!

Here's is some good information to start your day in Medfield.

  1. Lost cat. Have you seen Boo Boo? She was last seen in the North Street area. She has white fur, blue eyes, no collar.  2. Beware: Today you could be "ghosted" or "boo-ed" for Halloween.  3. The deadline for pre-registration for this year's Angel Run is Nov. 2.  4. Did you catch Uniquely Medfield on Friday regarding St. Edwards Church? Find out who the "Green Girls" were, and when town meeting voted to allow Catholics to be buried in Vine Lake Cemetery.  5. Government Meetings:

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Uniquely Medfield

Uniquely Medfield: The Church of St. Edward

A weekly column by Medfield Town Historian Richard DeSorgher.

The first Catholic Mass in Medfield was said in 1854 at the home of James Griffin on East Main Street, more commonly known as the Peak House. Back in 1854 there were only about twenty Catholics living in Medfield. That first Mass in the Peak House was conducted by Father O’Beirne of Tommy’s Rock Parish (Roxbury), who was invited to Medfield by Griffin. From that point on, Catholic Sunday services were held in Harthshorn Hall in the Clark Tavern (353-355 East Main Street), in town hall, the hall in Frost Block above what is now Larkin’s Liquor Store, and in private homes at both ends of town, especially for an extended period at the John Sullivan home at 41 Pleasant Street.  In the 1870s, Medfield Catholics were attached to the Dedham …

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