Catholic dating in Connecticut
Catholic dating in Connecticut: Blessed Michael McGivney's New Haven, Latin Mass oratories, Maronite and Melkite parishes, young adult groups, and UConn.
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In 1882, in the basement of St Mary's Church in New Haven, a young assistant priest named Michael McGivney gathered a few laymen and founded the Knights of Columbus. The Knights tell the reason plainly: he wanted to strengthen the faith of Catholic men and their families and to protect them when the breadwinner died, because, in their words, "keeping families together assisted both temporal and spiritual needs".
His whole life fits inside Connecticut. He was born in Waterbury in 1852, is buried at St Mary's in New Haven, was pastor in Thomaston from 1884 until he died there in 1890, and on 31 October 2020 was declared Blessed in Hartford, in the Cathedral of St Joseph. Each stop is under an hour's drive from the next.
Twenty places are listed below, each with an address and a link to its own page or its diocese's: the McGivney sites in New Haven and Thomaston, the cathedrals of Hartford, Bridgeport and Norwich, two oratories and three parishes of the traditional Latin Mass, Maronite and Melkite churches, Masses in Twi, Vietnamese, Spanish and Haitian Creole, two parish young adult groups that name an age, and UConn. They are not every parish; they are the places whose pages we could read.
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Catholics in Connecticut
The state has three Latin dioceses: the Archdiocese of Hartford across the centre and north-west, the Diocese of Bridgeport in Fairfield County, and the Diocese of Norwich in the east. Each keeps a trace of McGivney. Two of his younger brothers were later pastors of St Charles Borromeo in Bridgeport, and the Knights list a church in Norwich among the memorials to him.
The traditional Latin Mass has a firm place here. The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest has two oratories, St Patrick in Waterbury and Sts Cyril and Methodius in Bridgeport, with a High Mass every Sunday. St Martha in Enfield has it on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday and on first Fridays, St Michael in Pawcatuck on Sunday, and St Augustine in North Branford a Low Mass in the Extraordinary Form on Tuesday evenings.
From the Vatican's, the Knights', the dioceses' and the parishes' own pages, opened 24 September 2026
Connecticut's Catholics pray in many languages. The Ghanaian quasi-parish of St Isaac Jogues in East Hartford has its Sunday Mass in Twi; two of the three Sunday Masses at St Mark in West Hartford are in Vietnamese; St Charles Borromeo in Bridgeport celebrates in Spanish, Portuguese and Haitian Creole as well as English. Danbury has both a Maronite and a Melkite church, and there is a second Melkite parish in Waterford.
Where the community gathers
The twenty places fall into five parts of the state: New Haven, Hartford and the centre, Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Fairfield County, and the east.
New Haven
New Haven holds three: St Mary's Church, the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center and St Augustine in North Branford.
Hartford and the centre
Hartford and the centre hold five: the Cathedral of St Joseph, St Isaac Jogues in East Hartford, St Mark in West Hartford, St Stanislaus Kostka in Bristol and St Martha in Enfield.
Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley
Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley hold two: the St Patrick Oratory in Waterbury and St Thomas in Thomaston.
Fairfield County
Fairfield County holds six: the Sts Cyril and Methodius Oratory, St Charles Borromeo and St Augustine Cathedral in Bridgeport, St Aloysius in New Canaan, and St Anthony and St Ann in Danbury.
The east
The east holds four: the Cathedral of St Patrick in Norwich, St Thomas Aquinas at UConn, St Ann in Waterford and St Michael in Pawcatuck.
Meeting places worth knowing
The church, dedicated in 1874, where the Knights of Columbus began in 1882 and where Blessed Michael McGivney is entombed, open for prayer every day and with Sunday Mass at eleven and five.
5 Hillhouse AvenueNew Haven
CT 06511
A centre about a mile from St Mary's, with relics of Father McGivney, galleries on his life and the Knights, free admission and free parking, open from Wednesday to Sunday.
1 State StreetNew Haven
CT 06511
A church of St Pier Giorgio Frassati Parish with a Low Mass in the Extraordinary Form on Tuesday evenings and a Sunday Mass in Latin at eleven.
30 Caputo RoadNorth Branford
CT 06471
The cathedral of the Archdiocese of Hartford, dedicated in 1962, where Michael McGivney was beatified in 2020, with Sunday Mass at half past eight and eleven.
140 Farmington AvenueHartford
CT 06105
The Ghanaian Catholic quasi-parish of the archdiocese since 2019, with a Sunday Mass in Twi at eleven.
1 Community StreetEast Hartford
CT 06108
A church of St Gianna Beretta Molla Parish with Sunday Masses in Vietnamese at half past eight and half past twelve, and one in English between them.
467 Quaker Lane SouthWest Hartford
CT 06110
A parish founded by Polish immigrants and dedicated in 1919, with a young adult group for ages eighteen to thirty-nine that meets on Thursday evenings.
510 West StreetBristol
CT 06010
A church of St Jeanne Jugan Parish with the traditional Latin Mass on Wednesday evening, Saturday morning, Sunday at eleven and first Fridays, alongside Masses in English and Spanish.
214 Brainard RoadEnfield
CT 06082
An oratory of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest in Father McGivney's home town, with a Low Mass and a High Mass every Sunday.
48 Charles StreetWaterbury
CT 06708
The parish Father McGivney led from 1884 until his death in 1890, on the street now called Father McGivney Way; the present church was dedicated in 1908.
1 East Main StreetThomaston
CT 06787
An apostolate of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, with a High Mass on Sunday at a quarter past ten and a Low Mass every weekday.
79 Church StreetBridgeport
CT 06608
A parish whose Masses are in Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole and English, where two of Father McGivney's brothers were pastors.
391 Ogden StreetBridgeport
CT 06608
The cathedral of the Diocese of Bridgeport, with Sunday Masses in English, Spanish and, in the afternoon, Vietnamese.
399 Washington AvenueBridgeport
CT 06604
A parish with a young adult ministry for ages eighteen to thirty-five, meeting for Bible study on Monday evenings at the parish office, 40 Maple Street.
21 Cherry StreetNew Canaan
CT 06840
A Maronite parish founded in 1932, among families who had come to Danbury to work in its hat factories, with Divine Liturgy on Saturday and Sunday.
17 Granville AvenueDanbury
CT 06810
A Byzantine rite Catholic parish, with the Third Hour at half past nine and the Divine Liturgy at ten every Sunday.
181 Clapboard Ridge RoadDanbury
CT 06811
The cathedral of the Diocese of Norwich, with four Sunday Masses and a Miraculous Medal Novena Mass on Monday evenings.
213 BroadwayNorwich
CT 06360
The Catholic centre at UConn, with Mass every day of the academic year, a chapel open all day and free suppers that are open to all.
46 North Eagleville RoadStorrs
CT 06268
A Melkite parish near New London, with the Divine Liturgy on Saturday at five and Sunday at ten.
41 Cross RoadWaterford
CT 06385
A parish at the Rhode Island line with four Sunday Masses, the last of them the traditional Latin Mass at a quarter to twelve.
60 Liberty StreetPawcatuck
CT 06379
Some places appear without a card. The Syro-Malabar church in West Hartford and the Maronite church of Our Lady of Lebanon in Waterbury are listed by their dioceses, but we could not find their times. New Britain has Polish Masses at Holy Cross, and Waterbury has Our Lady of Fatima, with Mass in Portuguese.
Distances that decide everything
A diagram, not a map. Driving times, as in the text.
McGivney's road is short: Waterbury to New Haven is about half an hour, New Haven to Thomaston under an hour, and Thomaston to Hartford about forty minutes. The two oratories of the Institute, Waterbury and Bridgeport, are about forty minutes apart.
Norwich is under an hour from Hartford, and UConn about forty minutes from either. The two Danbury churches are less than ten minutes apart, and New Canaan about half an hour from Bridgeport.
So Catholic Connecticut is close: from almost any parish on this page, most of the others are a weeknight's drive away.
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Young adults in Bristol
St Stanislaus Kostka's group, for ages eighteen to thirty-nine, in the Bartlewski Center.
Bible study in New Canaan
St Aloysius's young adults, eighteen to thirty-five, at seven.
Pasta supper at UConn
At the Catholic Center, free and open to everyone.
Low Mass in North Branford
The Extraordinary Form at St Augustine, at six in the evening.
Blessed Michael McGivney's feast
The day the Pope set for him after the beatification in Hartford.
The McGivney Center
In New Haven, from ten to four, with free admission.
Dating as a practising Catholic in Connecticut
A High Mass in Waterbury, a Maronite Liturgy in Danbury, a Mass in Twi in East Hartford and a Vietnamese Mass in West Hartford: Catholics in Connecticut pray in many ways. cana.love asks which is yours.
Mass, fasting and Scripture, each asked
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Parish and meaning, in your own words
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Spanish is one of five languages
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Meeting safely
- Choose daylight and a public place for the first meeting, and agree when you will leave: coffee after Mass, a café near the Green in New Haven or in West Hartford Center. Tell a friend where you will be and, if you are driving I-84 or I-95 home after dark, when you expect to arrive. Keep your address to yourself for now.
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Common questions
Who was Blessed Michael McGivney?
A priest of Connecticut, born in Waterbury, who founded the Knights of Columbus at St Mary's in New Haven in 1882, was pastor in Thomaston until his death in 1890, and was beatified in Hartford in 2020.
Can I visit his tomb?
Yes: he is entombed at St Mary's Church in New Haven, which is open for prayer every day, and the Pilgrimage Center nearby is free.
Where is the traditional Latin Mass?
The Institute of Christ the King's oratories in Waterbury and Bridgeport, St Martha in Enfield, St Michael in Pawcatuck, and St Augustine in North Branford on Tuesdays.
Which young adult groups name an age?
St Stanislaus Kostka in Bristol, eighteen to thirty-nine, and St Aloysius in New Canaan, eighteen to thirty-five.
Are there Eastern Catholic churches?
St Anthony, a Maronite parish in Danbury, and two Melkite parishes, St Ann in Danbury and St Ann in Waterford.
Can I use cana.love anywhere in Connecticut?
Yes, from eighteen, in a browser, with nothing to download.
Next steps
Visit St Mary's in New Haven and the McGivney Center on the same afternoon; in Bristol or New Canaan, go to a young adult evening. And to learn how someone practises before you meet, not after, open a free cana.love profile and read theirs.
Reviewed on September 24, 2026.