In March, 1882, he was an assistant pastor at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven and founded the Knights of Columbus with a small group of parishioners. While McGivney was born in Waterbury ...

NEW HAVEN >> If only the longtime parishioners of St. Brendan Roman Catholic Church could have had a last Mass to say goodbye to the stately building on Whalley Avenue, it would have eased the pain.

Parishioners filled the pews of two New Haven churches for a Sunday mass celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV. At St. Martin De Porres church, attendees received ...