MASSACHUSETTS
Foxboro Reporter
By Frank Mortimer
Published: Thursday, January 22, 2015
St. Mary’s Church parishioners have turned to prayer, keyboards and a gathering this week in a respectful hope to keep Rev. Steve Madden in the town he calls home.
“Many of you are upset, confused and frustrated over this major decision. You are not alone,” Laura Canfield, director of the children’s choir, acknowledged in an email to dozens of friends shortly before noon Sunday.
Madden notified the congregation during Masses last weekend that the Archdiocese of Boston has handed him the challenge of leading four Boston parishes.
Some people gasped. A number of them wept.
Madden appeared to be holding back tears and his voice shook as he announced the plan for his departure.
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