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A portrait of Bl. Michael McGivney, unveiled Oct. 31 during the priest's beatification Mass. / Christine Rousselle/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2021 / 15:40 pm (CNA).The forced departure of the Dominican Order from historic St. Mary s Church in New Haven, Connecticut after 135 years has deeply upset and puzzled some parishioners, who question why the move is necessary as part of a restructuring of the Archdiocese of Hartford."To be honest, we are in deep grief right now," parishioner Erika Ahern told CNA in an email. "Both as a family and as a parish community, we see the removal of the Dominicans as a great spiritual tragedy." Established in 1886, St. Mary s is the second-oldest Catholic parish in Connecticut and the home church of the Knights of Columbus, whose founder, Bl. Michael J. McGivney, once the parish s assistant pastor, is entombed there.In response to dwindling parish rolls, the archdiocese plans to merge multiple New Haven parishes in
A portrait of Bl. Michael McGivney, unveiled Oct. 31 during the priest's beatification Mass. / Christine Rousselle/CNA
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 8, 2021 / 15:40 pm (CNA).
The forced departure of the Dominican Order from historic St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Connecticut after 135 years has deeply upset and puzzled some parishioners, who question why the move is necessary as part of a restructuring of the Archdiocese of Hartford.
“To be honest, we are in deep grief right now,” parishioner Erika Ahern told CNA in an email. “Both as a family and as a parish community, we see the removal of the Dominicans as a great spiritual tragedy.”
Established in 1886, St. Mary’s is the second-oldest Catholic parish in Connecticut and the home church of the Knights of Columbus, whose founder, Bl. Michael J. McGivney, once the parish's assistant pastor, is entombed there.
In response to dwindling parish rolls, the archdiocese plans to
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