Our Lady of Victory Parish

Registration is no longer needed for Mass. 

Our Lady of Victory

Monday through Saturday: 9AM

Saturday: 4:30PM

Sunday: 7AM, 9AM, 11AM, 5:30PM

*After 10/10/2021, Sunday Masses will be held at 9AM, 11AM, and 5:30 PM.

Our Lady of Hope Chapel

Saturday: 4PM

Sunday: 10AM

*10/10/2021 will be the last Mass at Hope Chapel for the fall and winter.  

You can still join us on our Livestream!

The church will be open daily from 9AM to 1PM for private prayer and reflection, except as noted. We encourage you to continue to make sure of sanitizer and pray with us at home if you are exhibiting any signs of illness.

From our bulletin dated August 22, 2021

I’m the New Guy

Msgr. Perry invited me to introduce myself by means of this bulletin article and I am glad to have the opportunity.  You will have seen my full name and title printed Fr. Gregory A. Mathias, but I welcome you to refer to me simply as Fr. Greg.  And, of course, the title “Father” is an expression of our faith in the Sacrament of Holy Orders and not something I bear in any paternalistic way, (in the negative sense). 

With the issue of what to call me out of the way, I offer a little background:  I am originally from the extreme western part of the Diocese of Fall River, the Town of Seekonk on the Rhode Island Border.  I think of myself as having dual citizenship in the Bay State and the Ocean State, (though I prefer my chowder white).  I am a product of public schools and I never served as an altar-server.  But we did attend Mass every Sunday and Holy Day at Our Lady of Mount Carmel.  The “we” I refer to was my father, mother and sister.  As you may know, my father just passed from this life in June and my newly-widowed mother remains in her home in Seekonk.  My sister, Lynn, lives in Connecticut with her Husband, (the three kids are virtually on their own with careers and so forth). 

Since it was not clear to me as to what I would do with my life upon High School Graduation, I applied to Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay based on some fantasy that I might parlay that education into a Naval Aviation career. Instead of becoming a pilot of jet aircraft  I ended up going into the seminary to become, what one of my former maritime instructors referred to as, a “sky pilot,” . . .a Merchant Marine term for priest or preacher, I suppose.  I did acquire a B.S. in Marine Transportation and a Third Mate’s License in 1986.  But, the call to the priesthood, which had haunted me since late High School, grew ever stronger through the college years.  I entered St. John’s Seminary in Boston, and I was ordained in 1991.

My first priestly assignment was at Corpus Christi in Sandwich with, then, Fr. George Coleman.  At that time, I became acquainted with the two priests named Fr. John Perry serving together in this parish, (It was amusing to me that they had put two guys with the very same name in the same parish.) I was at Corpus Christi for five years and then transferred to the Attleboro area.  More recently I served as the Chaplain at Cape Cod Hospital for six years, residing at Christ the King in Mashpee, (What a horrible commute that was!).  I acquired an advanced theology degree in Washington DC at the Pope John Paul Institute for Marriage and Family in 2005, and then I became the pastor of St. Julie Billiart in Dartmouth that same year.  And, for the last nine years, I have been the pastor of St. John Neumann in Freetown.  From there I come to you with my dog “Pretzel,” who is a very good boy!

I am truly happy to become part of your community and to serve as your pastor.  Change is difficult for all of us and I will do my best to make it as painless as possible for you.  I wish I could tell you that I have come with answers to the problems which plague the Church and the world, but I do not.  My hope is in the Lord:  I pray His Holy Wisdom guide me and that the graces of the Sacraments will sustain and strengthen all of us as we continue our pilgrimage together toward the “fullness of life” which is Jesus’ promise to us.

                                                                                                Fr. Greg