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April 18, 2026
New Pastor Named !!!! (Fantastic News):
Archbishop Henning has appointed Fr. John Currie as the new Pastor of St. Martin de Porres Parish effective June 29, 2026. He is well-known to our parish community and a Dorchester native. Fr. Currie is also an associate chaplain for the Boston Fire Department.
August 4, 2025
Letter to Parish from Vicar General Bishop Mark O’Connell: August 4, 2025
 Bishop Mark O’Connell sent this letter saying he was encouraged by the increase in our average Mass Attendance. He ends with “Thank you for your consistent efforts to grow the community of faith and pray for the continued growth in the results of these efforts.”
August 20, 2025
Volunteers put out the call: Dot food pantries need more support: August 20, 2025
 Earlier this year, the Friends of Saint Brendan realized that the St. Vincent DePaul (SVdP) Food Pantry could have a greater impact if it were supported by those outside of the parish too. “The larger community is not always going [to church] on Sunday anymore,” said longtime St. Brendan parishioner John Parsons. “When you’re making a plea for food or a plea for donations, you’re only reaching a few hundred people, the same people every week. If we’re serious about getting food, we have to get the message out deeper into the community.”
With that in mind, the group partnered with John Stenson, the owner of the Eire Pub, and collaborated with the Irish Pastoral Center (IPC). The pantry is now taking donations of non-perishable items, all of which can be dropped off directly at the church or at IPC.
April 16, 2025
St. Brendan’s ‘Gathering for Good’ raises in excess of $200,000 on 90th anniversary: April 16, 2025  The Friends of Saint Brendan hosted the ‘Gathering for Good’ to celebrate the congregation’s 90th anniversary and at the same time undertake a very successful fundraiser to help meet goals set up by the Archdiocese of Boston to keep the church open and operating…preliminary totals show that they raised in excess of $200,000, and all agreed the event did well in celebrating the past and building momentum for the future. The Palm Sunday weekend (continued) with Boston Archbishop Richard Henning visiting the church on Saturday to say a Palm Sunday Vigil Mass that drew more than 500 to the pews. “We want to thank our supporters and community partners and the community itself for getting to that number,” said O’Toole. “It’s just been a series of events right now that are very encouraging for us. Our new motto is ‘Our best days are yet to come.’”
March 26, 2025
Dorchester Reporter: ‘Gathering for Good’ is set for St. Brendan’s 90th anniversary; Night of April 11 at Florian Hall: March 26, 2025  When parishioners learned that St. Brendan’s Church was set to be closed by the Archdiocese of Boston 3 years ago, they reacted with both anger and an urgency that involved a commitment to improving attendance, increasing offertory donations, and raising the funds necessary to keep the doors open.
After years of hard work, the church community has done just that, organizers say, and now it’s time to celebrate.
March 27, 2024
WBZ new Radio: Efforts Underway To Save Historic Dorchester Church: March 27, 2024  John O’Toole and John Parsons radio interview -a group of volunteers called ‘Friends of Saint Brendan’ have been lending their time and talents
March 20, 2024
Dorchester Reporter: The goal: Keep St. Brendan’s open: March 20, 2024  A grassroots effort to support St. Brendan Church has gained momentum in recent months, as volunteers have channeled their hours, their skilled labor, and their dollars into an all-volunteer effort to keep the Gallivan Boulevard worship space open and busy…John Parsons, who attends St. Brendan’s church, volunteers his time to hand-paint donor names on its walls, one of many ways that a committee is raising the funds needed to keep the worship space open.
March 13, 2024
Dorchester Reporter: St. Brendan’s community holds successful $10K fundraiser: March 13, 2024  The St. Brendan Church community held a well-attended $10K raffle fundraiser in Florian Hall last Friday night .
February, 2024
Friends of Saint Brendan Informational Newsletter: February, 2024 Newsletter passed out to the neighborhood with our progress and volunteering and fundraising opportunities. See the newsletter and Wall and Window Plaque forms here.
May 24, 2023
Vicar O’Connell Accepts St Brendan Proposal: May 24, 2023 General Vicar O’Connell accepts our proposal on behalf of Cardinal O’Malley. Read the letter and full proposal here
May 20, 2022
Cardinal’s Letter to Parishioners: May 20, 2022 The Cardinal issued a reprieve, preventing Fr Palladino from locking our doors the end of this month. Read the letter here
May 20, 2022
Dorchester Reporter: Cardinal halts planned closure of St. Brendan Church May 20, 2022 Cardinal Sean O’Malley today issued a reprieve for a Dorchester Catholic Church that was due to close its doors at the end of this month…
April 1, 2022
Dorchester Reporter: A St. Brendan parishioner asks the cardinal: ‘Keep a beacon of our faith’ on Gallivan Blvd.

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