Published May 16, 2022
Restauranteur Rod Cornish has purchased the vacant former Apostolic Cathedral of Hope, at the corner of Green and Starr streets, and plans to use it to host weddings, banquets, brunches and other special events.
Published September 25, 2021
Rev. Jesus Garcia, 47, has left Puerto Rico and taken his community-minded spirit to New London, where he will lead the Church of the City.
Published April 15, 2021
At Church of the City, about 100 people — members and nonmembers of the church alike — got a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Published February 17, 2021
Parochial Vicar Father Henry Agudelo sprinkles ashes on the head of a parishioner during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 in New London.
Published October 12, 2020
While Congregation Beth-El is much diminished, the Jewish community in the city — knit together by a history of oppression and a shared culture — still includes numerous city business and civic leaders.
Published October 11, 2020
Josué Rosado knows firsthand how immigrants and newcomers feel when trying to settle into an unfamiliar community.
Published August 1, 2020
With a global pandemic that has resulted in loss of life, sickness and economic hardships, as well as a movement calling attention to racial injustices in America, Minister Letitia Nolan felt compelled to unite the community.
Published March 17, 2020
Bishop Michael R. Cote announced Tuesday that all public celebrations of Mass in churches of the Diocese of Norwich are temporarily suspended until further notice.
Published March 14, 2020
Congregations are grappling with how to keep people apart and yet still connected to the spiritual support of their faith community.
Published January 18, 2020
Hundreds of parishioners gathered to see the doors to St. Michael Church open to them for the first time in nearly eight years.
Published November 17, 2019
The church and its 1,000 members led by Bishop Benjamin Watts are engaged in spiritual healing, education, community work and other services.
Published May 7, 2019
Volunteers from the Caring for Creation Committee and Sunday School students at St. James Episcopal Church are planning a cleanup and beautification project at Ye Antientist Burial Ground from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
Published December 25, 2018
Hundreds turn out for turkey and togetherness at Saint David's Church annual Christmas feast.
Published December 16, 2018
On Sunday, pastor Josué Rosado of Oasis de Restauración celebrated two milestones with his congregation: the church’s 58th anniversary and the dedication of its new $1.2 million worship space.
Published November 18, 2018
When Tanecia Foster first walked into New London’s Redeemed Christian Church of God in 2015, she said she knew she finally was home.
Published November 10, 2018
A vacant and condemned Connecticut church that has become a frequent target of vandals is now up for sale.
Published November 2, 2018
LGBTQ members and their allies filled St. James Episcopal Church in New London on Friday night to protest the federal government's push to define gender as an unchangable biological condition determined at birth.
Published September 13, 2018
United Congregational Church will host a 100th anniversary celebration with a special service at 3 p.m. Saturday in the church sanctuary at 87 Broadway.
Published May 26, 2018
The ceiling of a centuries old Massachusetts church has collapsed, raining thousands of pounds of wood and plaster into its sanctuary.
Published December 21, 2017
St. James Episcopal Church hosts this year's Homeless Memorial Service in New London, remembering homeless and formerly homeless people in the community who died this year.
Published November 24, 2017
The Start Fresh Kitchen was created by the all-volunteer humanitarian resettlement group known as Start Fresh, which co-sponsors families through New Haven-based Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services.
Published November 3, 2017
Father Dean Panagos, who led the congregation at St. Sophia Hellenic Orthodox Church in New London for more than a decade, has taken a three-month sabbatical, resigned from the church and fueled speculation among parishioners about the reason for his sudden departure.
Published October 3, 2017
A historic Boston church is asking a developer to pay $19 million to compensate for shadows cast by a proposed tower.
Published September 21, 2017
Manuel Sanchez, a senior at Norwich Free Academy, ran his finger over a map of Puerto Rico tracing the path of the eye of Hurricane Maria, showing that his hometown of Jayuya in a mountainous region took a direct hit.
Published August 22, 2017
More than 100 people representing diverse ethnic groups, religious and political affiliations stood outside Norwich City Hall on Tuesday evening and declared that hatred of any one of them would not be tolerated in their city.