Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters Courts Instituted From 1879 To 1935

All Courts instituted before 1894 had an all-male membership. In 1894, women were admitted to the MCOF. Women formed all-female Courts and also joined formerly all-male Courts. The composition of some early Courts changed from all-male to a mixed gender membership. This Court list reflects Court composition from 1930-1935.

Irish surnames were predominant in membership lists well into the 1930s. Courts with a predominantly German membership are noted. Addresses for Courts are where the Court meetings were held, often a rented space.

If a Court was disbanded before 1930, an earlier address is given. Some Courts changed names. Additional Court names are given in parenthesis.

Court NumberCourt NameCityNeighborhoodAddressFoundedGender
1CathedralBoston17 Worcester Street9/3/1879Men
2St. FrancisAdams1879Men - Gone by 1889
3FenwickBoston11a Green Street11/14/1879Mixed
4St. FrancisRoxbury1435 Tremont Street12/18/1879Men
5LeoEast BostonCentral Square1/16/1880Men
6CheverusCharlestown/BostonCharlestown14 Green Street2/11/1880Mixed
7St. PatrickSouth Boston456 4th Street2/16/1880Mixed
8SherwoodBoston17 Worcester Street3/4/1880Mixed
9ColumbusBoston17 Worcester Street3/9/1880Mixed
10IonaMaldenCharles Street3/15/1880Mixed
11St. JosephBoston11 Green Street3/22/1880Men
12FultonBoston17 Worcester Street3/18/1880Mixed
13FitzpatrickBostonEast BostonCentral Square3/18/1880Mixed
14LafayetteLynn38 Market Street5/5/1880Men
15SS. Peter & PaulSouth Boston1 National Street6/25/1880Men
16EssexSalem60 Washington Street6/23/1880Men
17HamiltonCharlestownCity Square7/8/1880Mixed
18St. PeterDorchester204 Adams Street7/22/1880Men
19WilliamsEast Boston163 Meridian9/16/1880Men
20Mt. PleasantRoxbury214 Dudley Street10/201880Men
21St. AlphonsusRoxbury214 Dudley Street10131880Men
22O'ConnorWinchester1880Men - Gone by 1889
23St. JohnHyde Park17 Harvard Avenue12/14/1880Men
24St. GregoryDorchester/Milton16 River Street12/20/1880Men
25St. FrancisWest QuincyCopeland Street12/21/1880Mixed
26St. RaphaelDedhamHigh Street12/31/1880Men
27SullivanBoston1881Men - Gone by 1889
28ErinBoston17 Worcester Street2/3/1881Men
29St. ThomasBrocktonMain Street2/17/1881Men
30Bass RiverBeverly65 Cabot Street2/24/1881Men
31St. JosephSomerville1881Men - Gone by 1889
32QualeyWoburnPleasant Street2/24/1881Mixed
33St. JohnCambridgeEast CambridgeMass Avenue3/3/1881Mixed
34AmericusBoston17 Worcester Street3/15/1881Mixed
35Shiel BostonUnion Hall3/18/1881Men - Gone by 1901
36McGlewChelsea1881Men - Gone by 1889
37FriendshipRoxburySt. Francis de Sales St.3/25/1881Men - Gone by 1928
38St. JosephRoxburySt. Francis de Sales St.3/29/1881Mixed
39BenedictSomervilleUnion Square3/31/1881Mixed
40LibertyBostonMen- Gone by 1889
41Star of the SeaEast BostonMoore Street12/13/1881Men - Gone by 1892
42FittonBostonEast Boston1882Men - Gone by 1889
43St. MaryRandolphNorth Street9/4/1882Mixed
44St. BernardNewtonWashington Street9/23/1882Mixed
45UnityBridgewaterBroad Street9/12/1882Men
46St. AugustineSouth BostonE. Street11/14/1882Men
47St. AnneGloucester197 1/2 Main Street12/22/1882Men
48SarsfieldNorth AttleboroEast Street3/6/1883Mixed
49ConstantineBoston17 Worcester Street4/5/1883Mixed
50LyndenBoston1883Men - Gone by 1889
51Holy TrinityBoston133 Shawmut Ave4/13/1883Men - German
52HighlandRoxbury184 Dudley Street4/16/1883Men
53EmeraldPeabody9 Main Street7/2/1883Men
54St. JamesBoston17 Worcester Street7/2/1883Mixed
55Charles RiverWatertown111 Worcester Street10/8/1883Men
56ClintonClintonHigh St.1885Gone by 1889 see # 217
57CarrollJamaica Plain129 South Street7/30/1885Men
58ProspectWaltham710 Main Street8/25/1885Men
59WorcesterWorcester112 Front Street12/17/1885Men
60MiddlesexNewton429 Center Street2/19/1886Mixed
61St. LawrenceBrookline107 Washington Street10/20/1886Mixed
62St. CatherineNorwoodWashington Street12/31/1886Mixed
63ShieldsHolyokeHigh Street1/14/1887Men
64GallagherSpringfield192 Pearl Street4/17/1887Men
65St. ColumbkilleBrightonMarket Street5/26/1887Men
66GriffinFranklinMain Street9/12/1887Mixed
67CantonCanton480 Washington Street1/26/1888Men
68St. MargaretBeverly FarmsHale Street4/14/1888Mixed
69StoughtonStoughtonPearl Street6/7/1888Mixed
70St. MichaelSouth Boston456 Fourth Street9/14/1888Men
71Phil SheridanNewburyport1 Carter Street9/18/1888Mixed
72MerrimackHaverhill81 Winter Street12/20/1888Mixed
73TauntonTauntonBroadway3/12/1889Men
74HendrickenNorth EastonMaine Street3/29/1889Mixed
75St. JarlathAmesbury3 School Street6/12/1889Mixed
76QuincyQuincyMaple Street10/24/1889Mixed
77Mystic MedfordMedford Square12/12/1889Mixed
78St. MonicaLawrenceHaverhill Street3/26/1890Mixed
79John Boyle O'ReillyNew Bedford746 Pleasant St1/24/1891Men
80General ShermanPlymouthMiddle St3/7/1891Men
81St. Malachi ArlingtonChestnut St9/3/1891Mixed
82BrocktonBrockton126 Maine St12/11/1891Men
83John Henry NewmanEverettSchool and Corey12/12/1891Mixed
84DanversDanversMaple Street2/10/1892Men
85George WashingtonLynnMarket Sq2/22/1892Men
86AvonAvonMain Street3/16/1892Mixed
87Robert EmmettWalpoleMain Street4/1/1892Mixed
88EnterpriseWest NewburyMain Street6/2/1892Mixed
89UnionWhitman33 South St8/24/1892Mixed
90RocklandRocklandUnion St11/21/1892Men
91St. VincentHollistonWashington Street12/8/1892Mixed
92HarmonyBridgewaterEast BridgewaterUnion St2/20/1893Mixed
93GermaniaBostonRoxbury133 Shawmut Ave2/26/1893Mixed - German
94LoyolaBostonUnion Hall3/6/1893Men -1897 Closed
95ColumbiaRoxburyJamaica PlainColumbus Ave3/28/1893Men
96Sacred HeartMiddleboroMain St.5/10/1893Mixed
97St. AnthonyMedwayBroad Street5/23/1893Mixed
98OnotaPittsfieldMelville St.7/31/1893Mixed
99St. Ignatius (Mt. Hope)Roslindale41 Poplar St.11/2/1893Men
100McCaffertyWorcester112 Front Street3/28/1894Men
101GreylockAdams33 Centre St.4/16/1894Mixed - Gone by 1926
102St. RoseBrocktonMain Street6/15/1894Women - First Women's Court
103St. ElizabethTauntonBroadway6/22/1894Women
104SpringfieldSpringfield192 Pearl Street7/23/1894Men
105St. CeciliaBoston133 Shawmut Ave9/6/1894Women - German
106St. ClareBoston17 Worcester Street9/20/1894Women
107Notre DameSouth BostonBroadway9/24/1894Women
108St. AgnesHyde ParkRiver St.11/21/1894Women
109St. TeresaPeabodyMain Street11/21/1894Women
110St. VeronicaPlymouthMiddle St.12/14/1894Women
111St. ValerianSpringfield194 Pearl St.12/15/1894Women
112IsabellaHolyoke464 High St.2/3/1895Women
113St. JeromeBoston17 Worcester Street2/21/1895Mixed
114Alma MaterEast BostonCentral Square3/22/1895Women - Gone by 1926
115St. Joan of ArcRocklandUnion St3/24/1895Women
116Martha WashingtonLynnWest Lynn31 Market Square4/7/1895Women
117St. BridgetWaylandChurch State Rd.6/30/1895Men
118St. OthiliaBoston153 Shawmut St.6/30/1895Women - German and Irish
119St. BonifaceRoxbury133 Shawmut Ave.10/27/1895Men - German
120UniversityCambridge698 Mass Ave.11/3/1895Mixed
121St. BeatriceBridgewaterCentral Square11/24/1895Women
122St. MatthewNatickMain Street12/17/1895Mixed
123St. UrsulaNew Bedford100 High Street12/12/1895Women
124St. LorettaWorcester112 Front Street12/27/1895Women
125St. AloysiusBostonSouth Boston133 Shawmut Ave.1/1/1896Men- Largely German
126Bunker HillCharlestown14 Green St.2/14/1896Mixed
127St. PaulRoxburyWest RoxburyRockland Street2/20/1896Mixed - German and Irish
128Abraham LincolnGloucester191 1/2 Main St.3/20/1896Women
129Bay StateChelsea220 Broadway4/17/1896Men
130AnnunciationDanversMaple Street5/15/1896Women
131St. StephenRoxbury184 Dudley Street5/27/1896Men
132St. NicholasPlymouthCherry St.5/13/1896Mixed
133WindhorstNew Bedford746 Pleasant St.8/23/1896Mixed - German
134Hugh O'BrienSomervilleUnion Square9/23/1896Mixed
135St. GenevieveBrightonMarket Street11/5/1896Women
136Fr. ConwaySalemWashington Street11/12/1896Women
137CommonwealthCantonWashington Street12/10/1896Women
138St. JosephineDorchesterFields Corner1/2/9/1897Women
139Fr. DenvirBeverlyCabot St.2/24/1897Women
140AngelusDorchesterMilton16 River St.3/11/1897Women
141St. GertrudeCharlestownGreen Street3/21/1897Women
142LepantoMaldenPleasant Street4/14/1897Mixed
143Our Lady of LourdesJamaica PlainGreen Street5/13/1897Women
144BethlehemRoslindaleMurray Hill Road5/21/1897Women
145NorfolkDorchesterWashington Street7/29/1897Mixed
146St. WilhelmProvidence, RI767 Westminster St.8/8/1897Mixed - Largely German
147St. HelenaEast LynnLynnChestnut St.9/24/1897Women
148Mt. CarmelBrocktonMain Street1/13/1898Women
149General MontgomeryLynnChestnut St.2/4/1898Men
150St. Finbar (Cambridge)CambridgeEast Cambridge249 Cambridge St.2/7/1898Mixed
151Perpetual HelpRoxbury1470 Tremont St.2/28/1898Women
152General Francis WalkerNorth BrookfieldSummer St.3/15/1898Mixed
153Fr. ThayerBoston97 Chamber St.3/16/1898Women
154HughesBoston17 Worcester Street3/25/1898Mixed
155MagdalenDedhamHigh Street4/26/1898Women
156MarquetteFraminghamSouth FraminghamSmith Block7/15/1898Mixed
157AssumptionMalden150 Exchange St.8/25/1898Women
158St. PaulaRoxbury214 Dudley St.9/15/1898Women
159Immaculate ConceptionMarlboro195 Main St.10/6/1898Mixed
160Ave MariaBrooklineBrookline Village11/3/1898Women
161WakefieldWakefieldFoster St.12/21/1898Mixed
162Fr. StackWatertown111 Watertown St.4/23/1899Women
163Sancta Maria EverettSecond Street7/27/1899Women
164St. EulaliaNew Bedford100 High Street8/9/1899Women
165Lady of VictoryFall RiverSouth Main St.11/28/1899Mixed
166St. AgathaSandwichJarvis St.12/3/1899Mixed
167PinehurstFitchburg7 First St.2/5/1900Mixed
168WachusettLeoministerMonument Square2/5/1900Mixed
169CharityMilford204 Main St.2/9/1900Mixed
170WestfordGranitevilleBroadway2/10/1900Mixed
171WannalancitNorth ChelmsfordQuigley Ave.2/19/1900Mixed
172St. AmbroseWest QuincyCopeland St.2/20/1900Women
173Owen A. GalvinCharlestown66 Main St.4/17/1900Men
174St. WinifredChelseaBroadway4/17/1900Women
175Star of SeaMarbleheadAtlantic Ave.4/22/1900Mixed
176MontcalmWest GardnerNicholas St.5/6/1900Gone by 1901
177Fr. PoliceBostonTremont St.6/4/1900Men - Gone by 1908
178FallonAttleboroCounty St.6/8/1900Mixed
179Fr. McNultyBrockton (Montello)126 Maine St.6/11/1900Mixed
180NeponsetNeponset19 Walnut St.8/16/1900Men
181St. LouiseNeponset19 Walnut St.10/19/1900Women
182HinghamHinghamElm St.4/3/1901Mixed
183St. MariamWhitmanSouth Ave.6/4/1901Women
184St. PhillipRoxburyDudley St.4/2/1901Mixed
185St. Stanislaus KostkaSouth BostonDorchester Ave.11/17/1901Mixed - Polish
186McDermottSpringfieldPearl St.12/15/1901Men
187Blessed SacramentJamaica PlainRoxburyColumbus Ave.1/27/1902Women
188HowardHolyoke464 High St.3/16/1902Women
189Mt. TomHolyoke437 High St.3/16/1902Gone by 1903
190St. Lea (Henry S. Lee)Springfield192 Pearl Street4/2/1902Women
191Fr. RocheAbingtonCenter Ave.9/19/1902Women
192Holy CrossWorcester112 Front Street2/22/1903Men
193Fr. KeyesSomervilleHighland Ave.4/16/1903Mixed
194De La SalleLynn591 Boston St.5/4/1903Men
195Fr. Coughlan (Mt. Auburn)CambridgeMt. AuburnBrattle Square7/5/1903Mixed
196St. RitaWest Lynn575 Boston Street8/4/1903Women
197CampelloBrockton (Campello)So Main Street10/18/1903Mixed
198Dorchester (Crescent)DorchesterDudley St.12/9/1903Men
199LowellLowell212 Merrimack St.12/13/1903Mixed
200Fr. FittonWorcester112 Front Street3/13/1904Mixed
201Fr. Thomas F. Lee (Newton Center)Newton CenterCresent Ave.10/18/1904Mixed
202Fr. O'ConnorBoston17 Worcester Street12/4/1904Mixed
203Rev. John F. Heffernan/JubileeFraminghamConcord St.12/19/1904Mixed
204FraternityBoston17 Worcester Street3/12/1905Mixed
205Fr. ScullyCambridge698 Mass Ave.3/19/1905Women
206St. VictorianRoxbury214 Dudley St.3/23/1905Mixed
207StonehamStonehamCentral Square9/24/1905Mixed - Gone by 1910
208Fr. Thomas F. McManus (Brookline)Brookline771 Boylston St.10/8/1905Mixed
209Our Lady of Mercy Orange North Main St.12/17/1905Mixed
210Fr. StrainNahantNahant Rd.12/29/1905Men
211St. LukeMattapanMiltonBlue Hill Ave.12/31/1905Men
212St. AquinasHolbrookFranklin St.5/6/1906Mixed
213BrammerTauntonWeir Village5/20/1906Mixed - Gone by 1910
214St. IsadoreStonehamMain Street8/5/1906Mixed
215Dr. Francis J. McQueeneyBrocktonMain Street11/30/1906Mixed
216St. MarkDorchesterCodman Square12/2/1906Men
217ClintonClintonHigh Street12/16/1906Mixed - See #56
218Fr. BarryBostonBelvidere St.3/12/1907Mixed
219St. ExpeditSwampscottBlaney St.3/24/1907Mixed
220Fr. ShahanManchester1 School St.4/12/1907Mixed
221PentecostDorchesterPearl St.5/19/1907Women
222Fr. Doody (Cambridge)Cambridge40 Prospect St.7/17/1907Men
223Salve ReginaDorchester4 Bloomfield St.3/1/1908Women
224St. John of the CrossMedfordWest Medford22 Harvard Ave.3/2/1908Mixed
225WinchesterWinchesterWinchester Center3/16/1908Mixed
226Fr. GavinAmherstNorth Prospect St.3/22/1908Mixed
227All SaintsWareMain Street4/12/1908Mixed
228AshmontAshmontDorchesterCodman Square5/6/1908Women
229AllstonAllstonFranklin St.5/19/1908Women
230Rev. John F. Kelliher (P.A. Collins)Allston340 Cambridge St.5/19/1908Men
231WisemanMonsonPalmerCentral Street5/24/1908Mixed
232John BarnesWheelwrightWheelwright12/6/1908Mixed
233Green RiverGreenfield15 Church St.12/13/1908Women
234St. GerardNorwoodWashington Street1/15/1909Women
235St. BrendanWest SpringfieldPark St.3/21/1909Mixed
236Bishop StangFall River318 South Main9/26/1909Men
237Fr. CusickRevereWinthrop Ave.1/12/1910Mixed
238John J. LeonardSpringfield192 Pearl Street2/6/1910Men
239St. ValentineMelrose587 Main Street2/13/1910Mixed
240Sacred HeartEast Cambridte249 Cambridge St.2/20/1910Mixed
241Fr. LynchNorthamptonMain Street4/3/1910Mixed
242Fr. Patrick MoyceNorthhampton24 Pleasant St.4/3/1910Men Gone by 1913
243Daniel O'ConnellSharonMain Street4/7/1910Mixed
244St. DominicFoxboroCocasset St.5/1/1910Mixed
245WoronocoWestfield3 Bartlett Rd.5/29/1910Mixed
246MansfieldMansfield26 Shawmut Ave.6/5/1910Mixed
247Fr. StoneChicopee FallsMain Street6/26/1910Mixed
248St. BernadetteMattapanMiltonBlue Hill Ave.7/8/1910Women
249St. MarieSpringfield192 Pearl Street7/15/1910Women
250Mt. IdaDorchesterBloomfield St.12/2/1910Men
251Fr. SherrySpringfield192 Pearl Street3/19/1911Mixed
252Fr. HallorenCambridge2187 Mass Ave.9/7/1911Mixed
253St. KevinAtlantic (Quincy)Hollis Ave.11/26/1911Mixed
254Fr. McGoldrickDorchesterEsmond St.6/28/1912Mixed
255Edward EverettDorchester24 Boston St.5/12/1913Men
256South BostonSouth BostonBroadway12/28/1913Men
257Lady of GraceRoxbury1435 Tremont Street3/19/1914Women
258PresentationBrightonOak Square11/19/1914Men
259MaldenMaldenPleasant Street6/18/1915Mixed
260ThorndikeThorndikeSt. Mary's Hall12/10/1915Men Closed by 1918
261Jamaica PlainJamaica Plain276 Armory St.3/1/1918Mixed
262Catherine T. LeonardSpringfield192 Pearl Street5/18/1919Women
263Our Lady of PeaceBrightonBigelow St.6/11/1919Women
264St. AndrewForest HillsWalk Hill Street12/23/1919Mixed
265Rev. James H. SuppleCharlestown66 Main St.4/5/1920Mixed
266Mystical RoseEast WalpoleWalcott Ave.5/2/1920Mixed
267Rev. Joseph F. MohanEverett449 Broadway5/23/1920Mixed
268Rt. Rev. James J ChittickReadvilleReadville St.11/20/1920Mixed
269St. GabrielSalem70 Washington St.12/19/1920Women
270Rev. A. J. RossiBrightonMarket Street2/6/1921Women
271Daniel A. CroninRoxbury94 Green St.12/29/1921Women
272Edward N. ClancySomervilleHighland Ave.12/3/1922Mixed
273Rt. Rev. Thomas MagennisJamaica PlainSt. Joseph St.1/28/1924Mixed
274St. PiusLynn19 Richardson St.5/23/1924Mixed
275Bishop BeavenSpringfield192 Pearl Street5/25/1924Men
276Fr. McCallSalem112 Boston St.1/30/1925Men
277AscensionWorcester112 Front Street5/21/1925Women
278
279St. JoachimRockportRockport3/1/1927Mixed
280St. RoseSaugusCentral St. Saugus4/22/1927Mixed
281Rev. Hugh McDermondBrightonBigelow St.4/24/1928Women
282
283St. JamesArlingtonAppleton St.6/13/1929Women
284Little FlowerWrenhamSouth St.7/7/1929Mixed
285Bostonia/James M. Curley Jr.BostonHotel Statler1/12/1930Mixed
286St. PaulBostonVirginia St.2/9/1930Mixed
287WinthropWinthrop255 Lincoln St.4/6/1930Mixed
288St. LukeWaverlyLexington St.4/10/1930Mixed
289Father McKoneDorchesterGranite Ave.5/4/1930Mixed
290Rev. Patrick J. PowerMaplewoodPythian Building5/20/1930Mixed
291Holy NameRoxburyCentre St.6/8/1930Mixed
292John J. CollinsSpringfield192 Pearl Street6/22/1930Mixed
293Perpetual RosarySouth Braintree856 Washington7/18/1930Mixed
294St. PolycarpSomervillePolycarp Hall11/9/1930Mixed
295Rev. Edmund CampbellBrightonWashington Street11/14/1930Mixed
296St. MargaretDorchester91 Park Street2/9/1931Mixed
297St. AnnWollastonBeal St.3/1/1931Mixed
298Rev. John F. LehyWorcesterK. of C. Hall4/7/1931Mixed
299Rev. Francis X. KeleherJamaica PlainLegion Hall4/16/1931Women
300FellswayMedfordColonial Hall5/17/1931Mixed
301Rev. Daniel J. CroninNewtonPhilomatheia Club, Commonwealth Ave.6/11/1931Mixed
302St. MarthaMedfordUpper Colonial Hall, Medford Square10/2/1931Mixed
303WessagussetNorth WeymouthKing Cove Boat Club11/17/1931Mixed
304Our Lady of MercyBelmontPayson Hall, Cushing Square12/14/1931Mixed
305St. MaryWalthamHibernian Hall, Main St., Waltham2/8/1932Mixed
306Little FlowerConcordMonument Hall4/6/1932Mixed
307ReadingReadingSt. Agnes Church, 104 Woburn St.5/17/1932Mixed
308Immaculate ConceptionSomervilleNorth CambridgeWyman's Tavern, Mass. Ave.8/1/1932Mixed
309MiltonMiltonMilton Public Library, 101 Blue Hills Pkwy10/3/1932Mixed
310St. JuliaSomervilleCircle Hall, New Cross St., Somerville10/9/1932Mixed
311St. ClementDorchesterForester Hall, 16 River St11/15/1932Mixed
312Bishop AndersonDorchesterWenona Hall, 5 Bloomfield St.12/15/1932Mixed
313Stella MarisBeverlyK. of C. Hall, 122 Cabot St2/5/1933Mixed
314Daniel H. MaguireBradfordParish Hall, So. Main St.2/8/1933Mixed
315HamiltonHamiltonTown Hall, Main St.4/6/1933Mixed
316Rev. James W. HickeyRevereBeachmont Catholic Club Hall, Winthrop Ave.9/12/1933Mixed
317Our Lady of GraceChelseaOdd Fellows Tem., 9 Reynolds Ave.11/5/1933Mixed
318St. Mary Star of the SeaEast Boston670 Bennington St.4/10/1934Mixed
319Blue HillsMiltonK. of C. Hall, Blue Hill Ave.4/1/1935Mixed
320SS John and MarthaMedfordColonial Hall, Salem St.10/1/1935Mixed
321Our Lady of Mercy and St. LukeBelmont
322Captain Dennis F. O'SullivanJamaica PlainAmerican Legion Hall, 129 South St.11/11/1939Mixed
323Victory CourtBostonHotel Vendome, Commonwealth Ave.1/17/1943Mixed
324SS Francis and AmbroseQuincyParkway Studio, 1208 Furnance Brook Parkway11/1/1943Mixed
325RoxburyRoxbury
326Archbishop Cushing
347Joseph T. Brennan
352Harold F. Lee