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Ground was broken for the current church in 1924 and it was dedicated May 20, 1928 by Bishop John Joseph Nilan. [8] It was designed by the Boston firm of Maginnis & Walsh and cost US$1.25 million to construct.
The Reverend Fr Joseph Barker CR: 1947−1949 The Reverend Fr Douglas Edwards CR: 1949–1955 The Reverend Fr Andrew Blair CR: 1956–66 The Reverend Fr Hugh Bishop CR [3] 1966–1975 The Reverend Fr William Wheeldon CR: Left the Community of the Resurrection in 1976 to return to parish ministry [4] 1975–1984 The Reverend Fr Benedict Green CR ...
Bishop Benedict Fenwick of Boston in 1829 purchased an existing Episcopalian church in Hartford to create Holy Trinity, the first Catholic church in the state. By the 1840s, the population in the region had grown sufficiently to move Fenwick to petition the Vatican for a diocese for Connecticut and Rhode Island .
In 1992, St. Andrew's Priory became an abbey. Father Francis Benedict, OSB was elected first abbot of St. Andrew's Abbey and received the abbatial blessing on August 2, 1992. Francis Benedict, served as abbot for sixteen years during which he served with unflagging devotion as shepherd of the monastery.
St. Benedict Abbey (Massachusetts), a member of the Swiss-American Congregation of Benedictine monasteries. [7] [8] Sisters of St. Benedict Center, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Saint Anne's House), canonically recognized by the Catholic Church as a religious community in the diocese of Worcester. [9]
Canterbury village green, junction of CT 14 and CT 169: Canterbury: Site of Prudence Crandall's Canterbury Female Boarding School, which in 1833–1834 offered schooling to black girls. Forced to close by fierce town resistance, culminating in violence.
Iowa residents Kate and Trish Varnum have been legally married for 14 years, but their fears about losing their marriage rights have recently been renewed. Iowa couple behind landmark same-sex ...
Canterbury is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region . The population was 5,045 at the 2020 census .