They certainly helped the parish numerically. Now in Washington we have only 25 families, about 50 people at Mass on Sundays. Leaving the old home, we looked at the great bell. They use it now to call the students. I was anxious to get to Sharon, about 15 miles away, but first, a quick visit to the Catholic cemetery in Washington.
History bulges through the walls.
First of all, you learn the first church for the parish was built here. And it wasn't called St. Joseph's. It was St. Patrick's. The orphanage that later arrived was operated by St. Joseph Sisters. The headstones tell the story.