Emmanuel Church in the City of Boston

Believing is not a condition of beloving or belonging here.

Join us for Episcopal worship Sundays at 10:00am.

1886

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Elizabeth Richardson

Our mission to the South End, renamed Chapel of the Ascension, moved to 69 West Concord St.. Minister-in-Charge, the Rev. Walter E.C. Smith expanded its youth activities.

Parishioner Annie Lawrence Lamb gave funds in memory of her father, Benjamin Smith Rotch (1817-1882), to found Church of the Holy Spirit, Mattapan.

Rear of Church of the Holy Spirit, Mattapan, which was designed by Arthur Rotch. Photo credit: Ch. of the Holy Spirit

1881

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Elizabeth Richardson

Emmanuel Chapel was established as a mission at 114 W. Canton Street in the South End. After 1885, it became Chapel of the Ascension, then Church of the Ascension in 1890.
Enoch Redington Mudge, who had founded recently-dedicated St. Stephen’s Church, Lynn, died. Jr. Warden from 1865-72, he had been a vestryman during the Civil War, when he lost his son Charles Redington at Gettysburg.
Enoch Redington Mudge (1812-1881)