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Pandemic Squelches Parades, but Spirit of St. Patrick Lives On Vol. XXXiii — No. 2 — 2021 Pandemic squelches parades, but spirit of St. Patrick lives on he COVID-19 pandemic has all but T done away with St. Patrick’s Day parades for the time being. However, there is an upside to that. Before parades became all the fash- ion, Irish immigrants and their descen- dants demonstrated devotion for their patron saint in a more substantive and lasting way by building churches in his honor all over Connecticut. Today there are a dozen cities and towns with St. Patrick churches: Hart- ford, Bridgeport, Norwich, Falls Vil- lage, Collinsville, Redding, Farmington, Thompsonville, Roxbury, East Hamp- ton and Waterbury. St. Patrick’s church and its rectory stand on a rise on the western side of Waterbury. Its interior is beautifully decorated with images of Ireland’s patron Connecticut Irish who wish to honor both their patron saint and the early portrays “Patricius” at the age of 16 other windows throughout the church settlers who planted their Irish faith being kidnapped from his home in Ro- honor a number of Irish saints: St. and culture here might consider a day man Britain by Irish pirates and car- Bridget, the nun of Kildare; St. Declan trip to one or more of the dozen in the ried off to serfdom in Ireland. The sec- of Ardmore, St. Erc of Slane, St. Bren- weeks and months ahead. ond depicts the escape of Patrick from dan, the navigator; St. Declan of Water- Over the years, our historical soci- Ireland when after six years of servi- ford, St. Columba or Columcille of ety has established a Connecticut Irish tude he found his way to a seaport and Donegal, who preached the Christian Heritage Trail. Visits along the trail can was taken on board a sailing vessel to faith in Scotland. remind us why the Land of Steady Europe. Subsequent windows show his St. Patrick’s church in Waterbury Habits is also one of the most Irish seven years maturing in Europe, his was built in the 1880s, its cornerstone states in the Union. return to Ireland as a priest, his laid on Oct. 16, 1881, when there were Waterbury is a good starting point. preaching at Tara in County Meath an estimated 5,000 Irish natives in that Not only is its St. Patrick’s church a where the ancient Irish kings were city. What drew so many Irish there splendid structure inside and out, but crowned and other missionary work from the mid-19th century on was the it is also unique in that its stained- throughout Ireland. jobs available in its booming brass in- glass windows and statues present an Over the altar of Waterbury’s St. Pat- dustry. It is a story repeated in all the artistic biography of the fifth century rick’s church are also large round St. Patrick’s churches in our state. saint who — even though not an Irish- stained-glass windows showing Pat- Sources: The Catholic Church in the man himself — did so much to convert rick receiving the sacraments of bap- New England States, Vol. II, William the Irish people to Christianity. tism, first communion, confirmation Byrne and William A. Leahy, 1899. Saint Twelve huge stained-glass windows and holy orders. Patrick’s Church, Waterbury, Connecti- along the walls of the church depict In addition, numerous statues and cut, book published by parish in 1980. scenes of the life of St. Patrick. The first Hartford — First church bought in 1829, St. Patrick’s built in 1849 n 1829, Holy Trinity I church in Hartford be- y 1849, the Holy Trinity parish that had begun with 126 members, had more than came the first Catholic par- B 1,000 parishioners and was in great need of a larger house of worship. Land was pur- ish in Connecticut, its pa- chased at the corner of Ann and Church streets, the site of today’s church. In recognition of rishioners mostly Irish im- the overwhelming number of parishioners of Irish descent, the new church was named in migrants. The building was honor of St. Patrick. The cornerstone of the original St. Patrick’s was laid on July 1, 1850. The erected by Episcopalians dedication was on Dec. 14, 1851. The church was gutted by fire on Jan. 23, 1875. A second and named Christ Church. St. Patrick’s Church was built on the same site and it too was gutted by fire in 1956, but re- The Catholics purchased it built within the walls of the previous. In the late 1800s, Catholic immigrants from Italy be- and moved it to the corner gan to arrive in Hartford. In 1895, St. Anthony’s church was built on Talcott Street to serve of Talcott and Main Street. the growing Italian community. In 1958, St. Patrick’s and St. Anthony’s were united and in The deal was financed by 1990 the Franciscan Order assumed the mission of conducting the merged parishes and Nicholas Devereux, an im- looking to the needs of all the residents of the downtown area. Today, St. Patrick–St. An- migrant from County Wex- thony Church and The Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry stand together on the site ford who later donated the shown above working to provide both spiritual and material services. The motto of the land for St. Bonaventure campus is “Open Hearts—Open Minds—Open Doors.” University in Olean, NY. Source: History of the Catholic Church in the New England States, Vol. II, William Byrne. Online, Wikipedia: St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church (Hartford, Connecticut). Enfield — Irish priests, nuns and laypersons he first Mass in Enfield was cele- Tully became the first resident pastor. T brated in 1849 in the home of In the early 1870s, a house intended James Donovan, there being only four to be the parish rectory by the then Catholic families in the village of pastor, Fr. John Cooney, was converted Thompsonville. The Mass was said by to a convent for Sisters of Mercy who Father Doherty of Springfield, which arrived from Hartford in 1873. was just across the state border in Also built at the time was a parish Massachusetts. school with the nuns as the faculty. The Shortly thereafter, Father John Brady school was described as having “six came up from Hartford and said Mass classrooms well ventilated, perfectly in the kitchen of a Mr. Benson. Accord- lighted and completely furnished, eight St. Patrick’s church — Thompsonville ing to the 1850 U.S. census, this proba- sisters teaching, nearly 400 children all bly was James, 50, and Bridget, 49, at the Donovan and Benson homes. in the grammar grades.” both born in Ireland, and their five St. Patrick’s church was built in 1860 Source: Sacred Heart Review, Vol. 17, children all born in Connecticut.. Dur- at the corner of Pearl and Cross streets Nr. 14, April 3, 1897, Boston College ing the 1850s, Masses were alternated in Thompsonville and Fr. Bernard Libraries. 2 Litchfield County — St. Patrick’s, St. Bridget’s, St. Columcille’s … ome believe all the Irish immi- that Fr. Kelly’s mother in Ireland sent a S grated to the big cities. Not so. In generous donation for construction of the mid-1800s, the Irish flocked to the St. Patrick’s church. The deed to the most rural region in Connecticut, Litch- church also reveals that the Falls Village field County. They went there for what Water Power Company granted one- they needed most: jobs. third of an acre of land to the Roman A rich vein of high quality iron runs Catholic Church for the site of St. Pat- through that northwestern area and rick’s. adventurers began to exploit it as early In 2005, the Cornwall Historical Soci- as 1730. An era of large-scale mining ety and the Upper Housatonic Valley and industrial production began in the National Heritage Area recognized the 1820s. By the 1850s, forges and iron historical importance of the immigrant works were booming on both sides of story, largely Irish in Litchfield County. the Housatonic River with jobs for more Together they initiated a St. Bridget than a thousand workmen, many Irish History Project to uncover, preserve immigrants with and without families and interpret the immigrant and indus- among them. St. Bridget’s church — Cornwall trial heritage in northwestern Connecti- The Ames Iron Works alone employed cut. After considerable research, the 800. Jobs were available too at other first two resident priests of St. Patrick’s project produced A Walking Tour of St. smaller forges and furnaces, in the hills in Falls Village in the town of Canaan, Bridget Parish. Walking is italicized in cutting trees, and on the railroad. Falls the first parish in the northwestern the title because in fact touring to its Village itself had three general stores corner of the state. sites requires a motor vehicle. Fr. Kelly said the first Mass in Kent in and seven saloons. One store employed Sources: National Register of Historic 30 clerks and was open 24 hours a day. 1852 and in Goshen in 1854, and mar- Places, Falls Village CT. History of the ried blacksmith John Ryan and Maria Catholic clergy followed where they Catholic Church in the New England Kelly in Warren. Both St. Patrick’s in were needed. Fr. Christopher Moore States. St. Bridget Marks 150 Years, by Falls Village and St. Bridget’s in West and Fr. Peter Kelly, who was the first Kathyrn Boughton. Online, A Walking priest ordained in Hartford, were the Cornwall were built in 1854 and St. Tour of St. Bridget Parish. Columcille in Goshen in 1856.
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