FIRST - Papal Mass by Pope John Paul II in the United States - Boston, MA
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N 42° 21.278 W 071° 04.087
19T E 329674 N 4691223
The first Papal Mass Tablet is located on the west end of Boston Common near Charles Street.
Waymark Code: WMM1NP
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/03/2014
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The Order of the Alhambra commissioned this 53.5" by 32" by 8.25" gray granite tablet to commemorate the visit of Pope John Paul II to Boston and the celebration of a Papal Mass on the Boston Common. This was the first visit of a pope to Boston. The tablet was sculpted by Frank Chalfant Gaylord , II and fabricated by the F. P. Davis Monumental Works. It was dedicated on June 28, 1981.
The tablet contains a waist length portrait of the Pope and the following inscription:
POPE JOHN PAUL II
IN COMMEMORATION OF
THE FIRST MASS OFFERED IN THE
UNITED STATES BY HIS HOLINESS ON HIS
FIRST PASTORAL VISIT TO THIS COUNTRY
1 OCTOBER 1979
HERE ON BOSTON COMMON
DURING THE 350TH YEAR
OF THE FOUNDING OF BOSTON
"MAY GOD'S PEACE DESCENT ON THIS CITY
OF BOSTON, AND BRING JOY TO EVERY
CONSCIENCE AND JOY TO EVERY HEART."
POPE JOHN PAUL II
GIFT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF THE ALHAMBRA
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