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NEW EXHIBIT and LECTURES!

St. Bridgets Church

Iron Faith: Celebrating the History of St. Bridget Church

Co-sponsored by the Cornwall Historical Society and the St. Bridget History Project.
The history of the St. Bridget Church is the story of immigrant laborers, missionary priests, industrial philanthropists, dedicated pastors and faithful parishioners who built a carpenter Gothic church on the banks of the Housatonic River.

The exhibit will run from March 21 through May 31. Exhibition hours are Saturdays from 11am to 3pm.

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Please Join Us  at Two Lectures at the Cornwall Historical Society in May

Presentation/Q&A by Dr. Andrew Walsh, Trinity College
Sacred Community Transformed: Disestablishment and the Rise of Religious Pluralism
in Early 19th Century Litchfield County


Saturday, May 15, 2010 2:00 pm
Location: Cornwall Historical Society

Presentation/Q&A by Sr. Dolores Liptak
The Early Catholic Church in Connecticut
Saturday, May 22 2:00 pm
Location: Cornwall Historical Society  t

Funded through the generosity of Sheila Lafferty, Director/Reference Librarian, 
University of Connecticut, Torrington 

Lecture Series and Exhibit are Free & Open to the Public