on 13 june 2005, the archdiocese of boston officially revoked the decision to close st. albert the great church. father mark o'connell, assistant for canonical affairs stated:“[archbishop séan o'malley] spent a couple of months trying to bring this out the best way possible. on june 13, he completed that canonical process.”the archbishop announced, "the parish remains open as a full parish." he appointed father laurence j. borges as pastor. father borges was the pastor at st. albert's from 1994 to 1999, and at the time was stationed at st. stephen parish in framingham. he retired in 2009, and left st. albert the great for st. gregory's in dorchester, where he was assigned the parochial vicar.