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The Parish was established in 1960, forming from the St. Joseph Parish. [1] One year prior, the Diocese of Bridgeport had purchased 10 acres of land in the Great Plain district for parochial use.
Danbury's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade steps off at St. Peter's Church. In recent years the parish has welcomed a number of Brazilian and Latino Catholics who have settled in Danbury. There is a Mass offered in Spanish on Sunday evenings, and one in Portuguese on both Saturday and Sunday. [7]
The substantial Romanesque Revival-style church is located in Downtown Danbury. It was designed by the noted church architects Dwyer and McMahon of Hartford, Connecticut. A rose window in the east façade depicts St. Cecilia, patron of music. The window is twelve feet in diameter and directly above the triple arched entrance. [5]
Danbury (/ ˈ d æ n b ɛər i / DAN-bair-ee) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately 50 miles (80 km) northeast of New York City.Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518.
Germantown is a neighborhood in the city of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. [2] This section is on the eastern side of Danbury, with Hospital Avenue as its main thoroughfare. It is named after the German immigrants who lived there during the 19th century to work in Danbury's hat factories.
The first local bank, the Savings Bank of Danbury, was established by local businessmen in the home of treasurer George Ives, grandfather of composer Charles Ives, on Main Street. Soon after, downtown would reach its modern extent in 1852 with the coming of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. The landowners of northern Main Street, also ...
Rupp Funeral Home, 2345 S. Custer Road, has been servicing the Monroe community since 1864. ‘Dignity, compassion, respect’: Rupp Funeral Home celebrates 160 years in business Skip to main content
His responsibilities included missions in Norwalk, Stamford, Danbury, Wolcottville, and Norfolk. The first Catholic church in Stamford, St. John's, was dedicated in 1851. [8] Thomas Synnott, pastor of St. James Parish, established St. Mary's Parish (Irish) in East Bridgeport in 1854. The first Catholic church in Greenwich was opened in 1860 ...