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- Allston-Brighton
Tab—"'Countdown'
Calms Kindergarten Nerves" (September 5, 2007)
- The Pilot—"Closed Brighton school to be sold to community group" (October
27, 2006)
(Includes slideshow and audio recording of announcement)
- Allston-Brighton Tab—"Presentation School not quite theirs" (October 27, 2006)
- SouthCoastToday.com—"Citizens' group buys closed elementary school" (Associated Press) (October 21, 2006)
- Boston Herald—"School gets new lease on life" (October 21, 2006)
- WPRI Channel 12 News—"Church-closed elementary school sold to citizens group" (Associated Press) (October 20, 2006)
- The Pilot—"Closed Brighton school to be sold to neighborhood group" (October 20, 2006)
- Boston Globe—"Diocese to Sell School to Community Group" (October 20, 2006)
- Allston-Brighton Tab—"Chronology of Negotiations" (October 20, 2006)
- Allston-Brighton Tab—"Foundation buys school building form archdiocese" (October 19, 2006)
- Boston Globe—"Pact on Presentation School expected" (October 19, 2006)" (October 19, 2006)
- WCVB Channel 5 News—"Closed School, Church, Strike Deal" (October 10, 2006)
[+] January - April, 2006
- WBZ
Channel 4 News, "New Hope for Shuttered Catholic
School in Brighton" (April 20, 2006)
- Boston
Herald, "Church Showing Bad Faith in School
Deal" (April 14, 2006)
- Boston Globe Editorial,
"Cultivating a Compromise" (March 18, 2006) (PDF document, 69 KB)
- Allston-Brighton TAB, "What's the Hold-Up?" (March 17,
2006)
- Boston
Herald,
"Church Heartbreak 101 Taught at Former School" (March
16, 2006) (PDF document, 57 KB)
- Boston
Globe, "Parochial
School Talks Hit A Snag" (March 15, 2006) (PDF
document, 112 KB)
- March 15, 2006 news broadcasts on Channel
4 (WBZ), Channel
5 (WCVB), Channel 56 (WB), and NECN ("Protests
Return to Oak Square")
- Boston
Herald, "True
Church: People in Pews, Not Celibate Men" (March
12, 2006) (PDF document, 95 KB)
- Boston
Globe OpEd, "Collective Effort Needed" (January
2, 2006) (PDF document, 65 KB)
[+] May - December, 2005
- Boston
Magazine,
"The Best and Worst in Boston: The Year in Review" (December
2005) (PDF, 573 KB)
- Boston
Globe editoral, "A Changing Church" (July
1, 2005)
- Dateline
Alabama, "Church
Closing Process Continues to Haunt Boston Archbishop"
(June 29, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "O'Malley
Intensifies Action on Closings" (June 19, 2005)
- Boston
Herald, "Archdiocese Aghast to Find Flock Doesn't
Act Like Sheep" (June 16, 2005)
- Roslindale-West
Roxbury Transcript, "Letter: Archdiocese, Not
the Parents, Is Guilty of Staging a Lockout" (June
16, 2005)
- Roslindale-West
Roxbury Transcript, "Letter:
The Archdiocese's Behavior is Not Very Christian" (June
16, 2005)
- Boston
Herald editorial, "This
School Plan Just Divine" (June 15, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "O'Malley,
Protesters End Standoff Over School" (June 14, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "Group
Says Catholic School Closing Affects Neighborhood"
(June 14, 2005)
- Boston
Herald, "O'Malley
Agrees to School Sale Talks with Parents" (June 14,
2005)
- Los
Angeles Times, "Dispatch from Brighton, Mass.:
Schoolyard Fight Among Catholics" (June 14, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "O'Malley Heartens Reeling Parish"
(June 13, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "Archdiocese
Agrees to Pursue Sale of Closed Catholic School" (June
13, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, letter to editor, "A
Bad Lesson for Schoolchildren" (June 13, 2005)
- Boston
Herald, "O'Malley
Agrees to Meeting on Future of School" (June 13, 2005)
- Boston
Herald, "Brighton Students' Pets Rescued After
Archdiocese Lockout" (June 13, 2005)
- Manchester
(NH) Union Leader editorial, "Two
Graduations: Church Gets One Right, One Wrong" (June
13, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "O'Malley to Meet School Protestors"
(June 12, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "Parents
Protest Closing of Boston School" (June 12, 2005)
- Boston
Herald,
"Thou Shalt Not...Choose the Bottom Line Over Commandments
of a Higher Power" (June 12, 2005)
- Boston
Herald,
"Thou Shalt Not...Sacrifice Business Principles in
the Name of 'Compassion'" (June 12, 2005)
- Washington
Post, "Nation in Brief" (June, 12, 2005)
- New
York Newsday, "Nation
Briefs: Campers Protest School Closing" (June 12, 2005)
- Los
Angeles Times,
"The Nation in Brief: Archdiocese's School Closure Sparks
Protest" (June 12, 2005)
- Houston
Chronicle, "Around the Nation: Parents Protest
School's Closure" (June 12, 2005)
- St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, "U.S. Digest: Parents Protest
Early Closing of School" (June 12, 2005)
- The
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), "From Our Press
Services: Parents Protest School Closing" (June 12,
2005)
- Boston
Globe, letter to editor, "Slow
Learners in Boston Archdiocese" (June 11, 2005)
- Boston
Herald, "Carpet
Rolls Out to Replace Rug Church Pulled" (June 11, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "Archbishop,
Parents to Meet Over School Closing" (June 11, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "City Fetes Shut-Out Students" (June 11,
2005)
- BostonChannel.com
(Channel 5), "Parents
Camp Out to Protest School Closing" (June 11, 2005)
- The
Patriot Ledger, "Locked
School Doors Disgrace Archdiocese" (June 11, 2005)
- Boston
Globe editorial, "Tussle at Brighton School"
(June 10, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "Many
Left Puzzled, Angry at Timing of Church Move" (June
10, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "Catholic
School Lockout Angers Parents, Officials" (June 10,
2005)
- Boston
Globe, "Turmoil
Over Lockout Could Hinder Archdiocese's Plans for School"
(June 10, 2005)
- Boston
Herald
editorial, "Tone-Deaf in Oak Square" (June
10, 2005)
- Boston
Herald,
"They Know Not What They Do; Kids Become Pawns of Archdiocese's
'Wounded Arrogance'" (June 10, 2005)
- Boston
Herald, "Outraged
Menino Comes to the Rescue" (June 10, 2005)
- BostonChannel.com
(Channel 5),
"Mayor Demands Church Apology for School Closing"
(June 10, 2005)
- All Things Considered (NPR), "Boston
Archdiocese Shuts School Two Days Before End of School Year"
(June 9, 2005) (no download available)
- Boston
Globe, "Diocese
Shuts School Early to Prevent an Occupation" (June 9, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Boston Globe, "School
Shuts to Ward Off Parents" (June 9, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston
Herald, "Church Locks Kids, Folks Out of School: Graduation
is Canceled" (June 9, 2005)
- BostonChannel.com
(Channel 5), "Sudden School Closing Outrages Mayor,
Parents" (June 9, 2005)
- BostonChannel.com
(Channel 5), "Families Outraged Over Archdiocese Closing
School Early" (June 9, 2005)
- Boston Globe, "Archdiocese
Cancels Last Two Days of School Slated to Close" (June 8,
2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston Herald, "Church's
Social Mission is Lost in Reconfiguration" (June 8, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Boston Herald, "Pol
Rips Sex-Abuse Court at Closed School" (June 7, 2005) (Download
PDF)
- Boston Globe, "Church's
Poor Presentation" (June 5, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston Herald,
"Archdiocese Will Hold Trials at Doomed Brighton School"
(June 4, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston Herald, "Group
Up in Arms Over School's Use for Perv Inquisition" (June
3, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton TAB editorial,
"Church Pushes
A-B Too Far on OLP Closing" (June 3, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton TAB Letter to
the Editor, "OLP:
Why the Struggle Continues" (June 3, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Allston Brighton Bulletin, "To
Remember Is To Resist" (June 2, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Allston Brighton Bulletin, "OLP
Rezoning Not an Option" (June 2, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton TAB, "OLP:
Why the Struggle Continues" (May 20, 2005) (Download PDF
[+] February & March, 2005
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, "What in God's Name is Church Doing Closing
OLP School?" (March 4, 2005) (Download not available)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, "OLP
Protestors Take Fight Right to Archdiocese's Doorstep"
(February 25, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, Letters
to the Editor: "Church Mum on Sale" (February
25, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, Letters
to the Editor: "OLP Battle Reminds Vet of World War
II" (February 25, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, Letters
to the Editor: "Kid Says OLP School Closing Breaks
Heart" (February 25, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, Letters to the Editor: "Church Losing Parishioners
Over Way It's Closing OLP" (February 25, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Boston
Herald, "Church
Sales Win No Friends at City Hall" (February 24, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Boston
Herald, "Dozens
Protest School-Sale Nix" (February 20, 2005) (Download
PDF)
- Clips of OLP protests
on NBC Nightly News as part of coverage on NYC Catholic
school closings (February 20, 2005)
- Coverage of rally
on channels 4, 5, 6, 56, and NECN (February 19, 2005)
- Boston Herald,
Letter to Editor: "Get With Plan, Church"
(February 14, 2005) (Download not yet available)
- Allston Brighton
TAB, "OLP School Closing Threatens Oak Square"
(February 11, 2005) (Download not yet available)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB: "McDermott: BC, Church Sneaky" (February
11, 2005) (Download not yet available)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, Letter
to Editor: "Response to Jack Dunn's Letter" (February
11, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston
Herald, Letter
to Editor: "Church Missing Benefit" (February
10, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston
Herald, Letter
to Editor: "Laity Spurred Again" (February 8,
2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston
Herald, "Church
Must Practice As It Preaches" (February 7, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- CNN,
The Paula Zahn Show, "Faith on Trial" (February
4, 2005) (Download transcript)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, Letters
to the Editor: "BC Comments Reveal True Goals,"
"BC Not Culprit Behind OLP Closing," "BC
Defends Self Against Attacks," "Statement of the
Presentation School Foundation" (February 4, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Natick
TAB, "A
Moment with... Anne Green" (February 4, 2005) (External
link)
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"[The archdiocese]
doesn't seem to care about the effects. The Allston-Brighton
community's experience with Our Lady of Presentation
certainly has shown the archdiocese's colors. They closed
down the school to turn it into RCAB tribunal and ignored
the wishes of the community and the offer to buy of
the community. ... So that's a blatant disregard for
what the community wanted. Nothing can sugar coat this
into any rational decision that has the best interest
of the parishioners at heart or the Catholic church."
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- Boston
College Heights, Letter
to Editor: "Resident Responds to 'Open Letter'"
(February 3, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston
University Daily Free Press, "Church
Plans to Shut School But A-B Residents Resist Sale"
(February 1, 2005) (Download PDF)
[+] January 2005
- Boston
Globe, Letter
to Editor: "Oak Square Institutions Are Important Part
of Family's Life" (January 30, 2005) (Download
PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, "Letter:
Archdiocese Should Follow OLP Rules" (January 28, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, "Guest
Column: One Community; Two Visions" (January 28, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, "OLP
Protestors Hope To Give Church Lesson in Value of a School"
(January 28, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston
Globe, "Divorced
From Reality" (January 26, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston
Globe, "Politicians
Pledge Good-Faith Effort for Presentation" (January
23, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston
Herald, "Church
Again Forsakes Its Flock" (January 22, 2005) (Download
PDF)
- Boston
Globe, "Best
Use in Brighton" (January 21, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, "Editorial:
OLP Community Shortchanged by Archdiocese" (January
21, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, "Community
Still Trying to Save School" (January 21, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, "School
Will Become Church Tribunal" (January 21, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, "Statement
from the Archdiocese of Boston About the OLP" (January
21, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Boston
Globe, "Archdiocese's
Plan for Brighton School Stuns, Infuriates Parents"
(January 20, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
Bulletin, "Oak
Square Residents Up OLP Protests" (January 20, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Allston
Brighton Bulletin, "Oak
Square Residents Up OLP Protests" (January 20, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Boston
Herald, "Brighton
School Out, Tribunal In" (January 19, 2005) (Download
PDF)
- Boston
Herald, "Parents
Protest Catholic School Closing" (January 18, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Channel
5, "Church
Rejects Parishioners' Bid to Buy Closing School" (January
17, 2005) (External link to video)
- Boston
Herald, "Archdiocese Turns Down Plan to Save Hub
School" (January 17, 2005) (Download PDF)
- Coverage by Channels
4, 7, and 56 (January 17, 2005)
- New
England Cable News,
"Parents Fight to Save School" (January 16, 2005)
(External Link)
- Coverage by WBUR (January
16, 2005)
- Boston
Globe, "Parents
Fight for School's Survival" (January 15, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- WBZ
Radio,
"Parents Vow To Fight for School After Rejection By
Archdiocese" (January 15, 2005) (Download PDF;
External link to audio)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB, "Archdiocese
to Keep OLP, Reject School Bid" (January 14, 2005)
(Download PDF)
- Allston-Brighton
TAB,
"Plans to Save OLP School in the Works" (January
7, 2005) (Download PDF)
[+] June - December, 2004
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