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Under his leadership of 14 years, 48 parishes as well as 16 school parishes were established. ... Holy Rosary: Ansonia-Derby: Waterbury: 1908: Italian Newington: Holy ...
The priest's first Mass for the Polish congregation was celebrated on July 12, 1925, at a Central St. hall rented from an Italian society. The church was dedicated on September 6, 1926. Ten days later, St. Joseph School opened, staffed by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
The radio broadcast featured the Sullivan family of Iowa who had lost five sons in the Second World War to lead the praying of the Rosary, followed by a live endorsement from crooner Bing Crosby, patched from Mutual's Los Angeles radio station. Peyton promoted his mission by sending letters and distributing free Rosary beads and prayer pamphlets.
The Family Rosary Crusade is a multi-media based ministry in the Philippines. In the 1950s, Reverend Father Fr. Patrick Peyton , CSC came to the Philippines upon the invitation of the Dominican Fathers, or Order of Preachers , to conduct and speak on his worldwide efforts to promote the praying of the Family Rosary all over the world.
The rosary may be prayed anywhere, but as in many other devotions its recitation often involves some sacred space or object, such as an image or statue of the Virgin Mary. [20] Anyone can begin to pray the rosary, but repeated recitations over a period of time result in the acquisition of skills for meditation and contemplation. [21]
Peter Canisius, a Doctor of the Church, who is credited with adding to the Hail Mary the sentence "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners", was an ardent advocate of the rosary and promoted it (and its Marian devotion in general) as the best way to repair the damage done to the church by the Reformation.
Ansonia is noted for its many churches and places of worship, including those forming five Catholic parishes, each historically associated with a particular ethnic group: Saint Joseph (Polish), Holy Rosary (Italian), Saint Anthony (Lithuanian; now combined with Holy Rosary), Our Lady of the Assumption (Irish), and Saints Peter and Paul (Ukrainian).
In 1939, a new Holy Rosary Elementary School was constructed during the pastorate of Rev. Joseph Henri Cormier. Holy Rosary High School was built in 1957 under the direction of Rev. Andre Brunelle, pastor from 1950 to 1961. In 1961 Rev. Gilles Simard arrived in Rochester, and under his guidance the Holy Rosary Credit Union was established.