New Haven merges 8 parishes to strengthen Catholic community
The new parish is named for Blessed Michael McGivney, who founded the Knights of Columbus in New Haven in 1882.
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The new parish is named for Blessed Michael McGivney, who founded the Knights of Columbus in New Haven in 1882.
Seven Catholic parishes in New Haven, Connecticut, have been merged into one and named for Father Michael McGivney
In the same city where Father Michael McGivney once gathered a small group of parishioners in a church basement to establish a charitable order, what would become the Knights of Columbus, there is now a parish named in his honor.
A priest on the road to sainthood, who has united millions of Catholic men across the world, is drawing faithful together in the town where he first served.
Archbishop Leonard Blair of Hartford chose the new parish name from a list of suggestions that a committee of New Haven parishioners picked after extensive co...