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St Lawrence Parish is located in the Huntington section of Shelton and, with over 3,000 registered families, is one of the largest parishes in the Diocese. The modern church was constructed shortly after the parish was formed in 1955. The architect was J. Gerald Phelan. A recent renovation doubled the size of the church and added a parish center.
Ground was broken for a parish church in August 1957, the year which appears on the church's cornerstone. The church was designed in the Norman Gothic style by architect J. Gerald Phelan. Its stained glass windows – depicting Apostles, Religious Founders, and the patron saints of the Catholic churches in the City of Bridgeport – were ...
The first Catholic church in Connecticut was established in 1829 in Hartford. In 1830, James Fitton celebrated mass in Bridgeport in the home of James McCullough on Middle Street. From 1832 to 1837, James McDermot visited Hartford from New Haven. He said mass at the Farrell residence, also on Middle Street.
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The district encompasses the original colonial settlement of Shelton, which was first known as Huntington. It is a linear district about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) in length, centered on the Huntington Green and Cemetery, and extending north along Church Street and south along Huntington Street.
Joey Lawrence, Liberty Grace Lawrence, Chandie Yawn-Nelson and Charleston Lawrence attend the March of Dimes Foundation & Samantha Harris Host 5th Annual Celebration of Babies Luncheon on November ...
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The original church was a classic New England colonial design that could seat some four hundred people, and the neighboring McLevy homestead became the parish rectory. In 1960, Bishop Lawrence J. Shehan gave permission to construct the present cathedral-like granite and limestone church building, which was dedicated by Bishop Walter W. Curtis ...