Boston Pilot Site - View this location on map This was the original site of the first Catholic newspaper published in the United States, founded here in 1829 as the Catholic Sentinel. In 1835, publisher Patrick Donahoe changed the name to The Boston Pilot. By 1850, it had become the voice of Boston's Irish community, serving both the local and national interests of thousands of immigrants who fled famine in Ireland. The Pilot enjoyed a national circulation under the editorships of famed poet John Boyle O'Reilly and his successor Katherine Conway. In 1908, The Pilot became the official paper of the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. 28 State St., Boston, MA Historical

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