FRANKLIN, MASS. (WJAR) — The burning of a Catholic church, a fire that authorities have said was intentionally set, did not stop parishioners from congregating this Sunday morning. A few hundred St.

This stained glass window of “Mary the Virgin” has been a fixture in the sanctuary at St. Mary’s Church for decades. Mark Guydish Photo The oil painting of the Crucifixion with Mary the Sorrowful ...

BRINGS US TO THE EMOTIONAL SERVICE. IN FACT, THERE WAS AN ACT OF FIRE IN OUR CHURCH. FATHER BOB POITRAS DISCOVERED THE FIRE AT SAINT MARY’S ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CALLED 911. MUCH OF HIS FLOCK SAT IN ...