We are building a "time-line" history of events in the histories of Calvary
Church and St. George's Church. If you have any pictures, newspaper articles,
old bulletins, anything of significance, please bring it to the parish office.
We will scan it and include it on this website, so that it will be available for
all.
Please help us expand this record of events by sending your information to
info@calvarystgeorges.com. Or better yet -- bring it to church with you this
Sunday! Thanks!
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CALVARY |
ST. GEORGE'S |
| 1895 |
Calvary Episcopal Church is founded. |
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| 4/9/1899 |
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St. Agnes' Episcopal Church in Bridgeport is founded as a mission of St
John's Episcopal Church |
| 9/28/1899 |
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Mission requests a change of name to St. George's. |
| 1901 |
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Communicants: 170; Church School: 185; Total offerings:
$1,130. |
| 9/20/1902 |
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Bishop Brewster constitutes the Mission as a Parish with
the Rev. George A. Robson as Rector. |
| 1902 |
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Original building sold. |
| 6/9/1903 |
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Parish admitted to Diocesan Convention. |
| 9/8/1903 |
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Land at corner of Colorado and Maplewood Avenues bought for
$4,800. |
| 1/1/1906 |
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Basement or "Crypt" on new site occupied. |
| 9/30/1906 |
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The Rev. George A. Robson preached his last sermon. |
| 11/18/1906 |
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The Rev. Howard B. Ziegler becomes the second Rector. |
| 5/2/1909 |
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The Rev. Frederic R. Sanford becomes the third Rector. |
| 3/27/1910 |
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The Rev. Ellis Bishop becomes the fourth Rector. |
| 11/1910 |
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Church Building completed and the basement becomes the
Parish House. |
| 6/21/1911 |
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The Rev. Henry Erskine Kelly becomes the fifth Rector. |
| 5/1/1916 |
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Land at the corner of Clinton and Beechwood Avenues bought
for $12,000. |
| 10/1916 |
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Church building moved to new site without disruption of
services. Cost of moving, $700. Cost of new basement, $4,000. |
| 10/15/1916 |
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First service in the old Church building on the new site. |
| 5/1917 |
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Bradley House on Clinton Avenue near Fairfield Avenue
purchased for $600 for the purpose of being a rectory; moved to its present
location for $500. Remodeled at a cost of $2,400. |
| 5/10/1918 |
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Rectory occupied. |
| 9/15/1918 |
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Leave of absence granted to Father Kelly to serve as
Chaplain in the United States Army. |
| 1929 |
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Work begins on the new sanctuary. |
| 11/30/1930 |
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Last service in the old Church which became the Parish
Hall. |
| 12/7/1930 |
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Dedication Service in the new $80,000 Sanctuary. |
| 12/3/1933 |
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Dedication of the Reredos Mural. |
| 7/13/1935 |
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Father Kelly conducts his final service as Rector. |
| 11/15/1935 |
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The Rev. Delmar S. Markle becomes the sixth Rector. |
| 9/29/1939 |
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Dedication of the Narthex Tablet in honor of Father Kelly. |
| 5/25/1947 |
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Consecration of Church as a result of liquidating all
financial encumbrances. |
| 1950's |
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The Holy Cross Chapel and
office building are completed. |
| 11/15/1965 |
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The Rev. Markle retires because of ill health. |
| 9/1/1966 |
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The Rev. Hobart Jude Gary becomes the seventh Rector. |
| 12/15/1967 |
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Instgallation of Casavant Freres Mechanical Action Organ,
purchased from the Montreal Expo ’67, making
possible the institution of an annual Music Series. |
| 6/30/1975 |
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Inauguration of Perpetual Endowment FUnd with $10,000
legacy from the former Mrs. Henry Erskine Kelly. |
| 10/16/1977 |
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There is a celebration of
the 75th anniversary of the parish. The Most Rev. Donald Coggan,
Archbishop of Canterbury, sends greetings and his apostolic blessing. |
| 1982 |
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The Rev. Raymond Cox
becomes the eighth Rector. |
| 1983 |
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The parish jopins with St.
Peter’s Roman Catholic and First English Evangelical Lutheran Church to
establish a Neighborhood Covenant, the first of its kind. |
| 1991 |
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The former choir of St.
Peter’s Roman Catholic Church and their organist begin leading the
liturgical music at St. George’s. |
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| 5/1/2001 |
The Rev. Douglas Nissing is appointed as Priest-in-Charge of
St. George's Church. |
| 7/1/2001 |
Calvary Church and St. George's Church begin a new endeavor
in shared ministry; both churches share clergy, and also begin to share
programs, mission and ministry as the Rev. Douglas Nissing is appointed also
as Priest-in-Charge of Calvary Church |
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| 8/1/2001 |
The Rev. Charles Fish begins his ministry as Assistant for
Program and Pastoral Care |
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| 1/16/2003 |
The Rev. Ellen Kennedy begins her ministry as Associate for
Program and Pastoral Care. |
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| 4/12/2003 |
The Rev. Ellen Kennedy is ordained as a priest at St.
George's Church, believed to be the first ordination to take place at that
location ever. |
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| 10/26/2004 |
The Rev. Douglas Nissing is appointed as Vicar of both
Calvary Church and St. George's Church. Bishop Suffragan Wilfrido Ramos-Orench
presides at the liturgy. |
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| 10/22/2005 |
Calvary Church and St. George's Church are united through
merger by action of the 221st Convention of the Diocese of Connecticut. |
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