ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH
With its founding in 1904, St. John's certainly can lay claim to being the "Mother Church" of the Catholic Community of Ludlow. Originally "petitioned" by families of St. Aloysius to serve the French Canadian population of Ludlow, it opened its arms to all immigrants and was the first church to welcome the migration of the first families from Portugal who came to work in the "Mills". Shepherded by 12 Pastors the Church saw substantive growth in both buildings and programs in service to members of the community. Just 2 years after its founding St. John's dedicated the Church and Rectory on land donated by the Ludlow Manufacturing Corp. In January of 1923 plans were approved to construct a school and a convent, however the first structure was destroyed by a fire but by August of 1926 the convent was ready to receive the three Sisters of St. Anne staffing the school and the school itself welcomed students for the firs time in September 1926. (For over 80 years the Sisters of St. Anne have renedered dutiful service to our parish community and in recognition of their contributions, a statue of Mother Marie-Anne Blondin, Foundress of the Congregation was erected in conjunction with the new parish center.) Of the 12 Pastors and 19 Assistant Pastors stationed at St. John's there is only one person who served in both capacities and that is our current Pastor Monsignor Gosselin. From 1974-1982 Fr. Gosselin served as assistant under Fr. Gerald Beauregard, he later returned as Pastor in March of 1990 only to oversee a major renovation of the Church. he later had the insight to realize that the Parish was in need of a Center to accommodate the vast array of programing offered by the Parish. With the hard work of a building committee and dedicated parishioners the new center was officially dedicated on December 2, 2010 and opened its door debt free. 

ST. MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION PARISH
 
In 1947 a small house and property between Cedar and Yale streets was purchased for a future church to serve the needs of the Italian population of Ludlow. On Palm Sunday, 1948 Rev. William Ludessi, CCS, Pastor of Mt. Carmel Church in Springfield offered the first mass at this mission church.In 1949 plans were drawn for a church and once the basement portion was completed the First Mass was held on January 22, 1950. Following the recommendation of the Stigmatine Fathers, St. Mary's transitioned its status as a mission church and became a free standing parish with Fr. Francis Scanlon its first pastor. This was followed two years later (April 1969) with St. Mary's being designated as a territorial parish. It wasn't until 1978 that a Steering Committee recommended the erection of an upper church. In October 1978 a New Church Fund Drive was initiated by Fr. Francis Manning the Pastor succeeding Fr. Scanlon. Construction begain in January of 1981 and the new church was completed in September of the same year and some 33 years after the parish was formed. In August of 2009 the Diocesan Pastoral Planning Committee recommended the closure of St. Mary's and its merger with St. John the Baptist. After further revies and an unsuccessful appeal, Bishop Timothy McDonnell on November 23, 2009 issued a "Decree and Order" for the formal merger of St. Mary's and St. John's to be effective the 4th day of January 2010. A final concelebrated Mass with 10 priests, 2 deacons and 3 prior Pastors was offered on January 3rd. More than 450 parishioners participated in this last liturgy at St. Mary's of the Assumption.