Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1609
Postcard. Caption on front: St. William’s Church, Dorchester, Mass. 7321. Postally unused.
St. William’s became a Parish set off from St. Peter’s in 1909, consisting of territory south of St. Margaret’s nearly to Glover’s Corner, and including the Savin Hill district. Located at 1048 Dorchester Avenue, the building was burned in September 1980 and was replaced with a church of modern design.
St. William and St. Margaret were the only two parishes, out of 11 Catholic parishes in Dorchester, that felt a direct impact of the Archdiocese’ reconfiguration process of early 2004. These two parishes merged under the name of Blessed Mother Teresa parish, and the new parish is located at 800 Columbia Road in the building that used to be known as St. Margaret’s Church.
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