Rev. Richard J. Brady

REV. RICHARD J. BRADY – in Framingham, March 30th. Former pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in Woburn and St. Francis in Lawrence, and affiliated with several churches in the Greater Boston area. Son of the late Patrick F. and Elizabeth A. (O’Brien) Brady. Dear brother of Margaret Gosselin of Burlington. Loving uncle of Patricia Archer and her husband John of Kingston, NH, James Gosselin and his wife Evelyn of Manchester, NH, and Dennis Gosselin and his wife Julie of Burlington. Also survived by several grandnieces and nephews. Fr. Brady will lie in state in St. Margaret’s Church, 111 Winn Street, Burlington, on Sunday, April 3rd, from 2 to 4 p.m. Additional visitation will be held at the Lynch-Cantillon Funeral Home, 263 Main Street, Woburn, on Monday, April 4th, from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Margaret’s Church at 11:30. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Woburn. Donations may be made in Fr. Brady’s memory to St. Patrick’s Manor, 863 Central Street, Framingham, MA 01701.

OBITUARY:

Rev. Richard J. Brady, former Pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in Woburn and previously affiliated with St. Barbara’s Parish, passed away in Framingham Wednesday evening, March 30th, at the age of seventy-nine.

Born and raised in Woburn, he was the son of the late Patrick F. and Elizabeth A. (O’Brien) Brady. He was a 1949 graduate of Christopher Columbus High School. After attending Boston College, he entered St. John’s Seminary. The first priestly vocation from St. Margaret’s Parish in Burlington, he was ordained in 1959 by Cardinal Cushing and celebrated his fiftieth anniversary in the priesthood at St. Margaret’s in 2009.

Fr. Brady’s first assignment was at St. Anthony’s in Cohasset, where he served from 1959 to 1965. He went on to St. Theresa’s in Watertown, serving from 1965-1968, and St. Angela’s in Mattapan from 1968-1977. He then served as an assistant at St. Barbara’s Church in Woburn from 1977 to 1986 and was appointed Pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in Woburn, where he served until 1990. During his time in Woburn he also served as Chaplain to the Woburn Police Department. In 1990 he was assigned to St. Mary’s in Foxboro, serving there until 1993, at which time he was assigned to St. Joseph’s in Somerville, In 1995 he was appointed as Pastor of St. Francis Church in Lawrence until he retired from active ministry in 2001. He retired to Youville House in Cambridge in 2001 and moved to St. Patrick’s Manor in Framingham in 2006.

Fr. Brady maintained a close relationship with his sister Margaret and his niece and nephews throughout his life. He loved traveling, enjoyed vacations to Bermuda and Russia, and took many bus trips with senior groups over the years.

Along with his sister, Margaret Gosselin of Burlington, he leaves a niece, Patricia Archer and her husband John of Kingston, NH, two nephews, James Gosselin and his wife Evelyn of Manchester, NH, and Dennis Gosselin and his wife Julie of Burlington, and several grandnieces and nephews.

Father Brady will lie in state in St. Margaret’s Church, 111 Winn Street, Burlington, on Sunday, April 3rd, from 2 to 4 p.m. Additional visitation will be held at the Lynch-Cantillon Funeral Home, 263 Main Street, Woburn, on Monday, April 4th, from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Margaret’s Church at 11:30. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Woburn.

Donations may be made in Fr. Brady’s memory to St. Patrick’s Manor, 863 Central Street, Framingham, MA 01701.