St. Clement's Eucharistic Shrine
1105 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02215

In 1922 and 1923, the Second Universalist Society of Boston purchased land at Boylston and Ipswich Streets in that city and built a church for its congregation, which had been founded in 1817 with Hosea Ballou as its minister. Records of the Second Universalist Society attribute the "Church of the Redemption" to the architect Arthur F. Gray.

When the congregation merged with the Arlington Street Church in 1935, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston purchased the building from the Massachusetts Universalist Convention in order to make it an auxiliary chapel for the nearby Saint Cecilia Parish.

In 1945, Archbishop Cushing decided to separate it from Saint Cecilia Parish and designate it as a shrine for the adoration of the Eucharist, entrusting it to the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary.

In the late 1960s, the Shrine was designated as a center for ministry to students. Since 1976, the Shrine has been in the care of the religious order the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and the home of their house of formation "Our Lady of Grace Seminary".

Photo 271, March 2012

Saint Clement Eucharistic Shrine

Photo 21, April 2012

Saint Clement Eucharistic Shrine

Photo 22, April 2012