Baptism Genealogy Request Form Please submit a separate form for each genealogy request. Contact Name (First & Last) Contact Email Contact Phone Number Sacrament Choose an option First & Last Name of Person Baptized First & Last Name of Communicant First & Last Name of Confirmand First & Last Name of Deceased First & Last (Maiden) Name of Bride First & Last Name of Groom Church Location Choose an option Do you know the date the sacrament was administered? Choose an option Please enter the date of the sacrament Please enter a six month window within which Notes or Questions End date of six month window Start date of six month window Notes or Questions Submit Request Thank you for your request! We'll get back to you as soon as we can.

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St. Francis Church Established 1868 Irish immigrants had been gathering in Fair Haven well before the mid-19th century. Mostly impoverished laborers, they initially celebrated Mass at St. Patrick Church with its pastor, Father Matthew Hart. In 1864, he bought the centrally located Clark property on Ferry Street as a future church site. St. Francis parish was born on October 4, 1868, when Bishop Francis P. McFarland appointed Father Patrick A. Gaynor as first pastor. A basement church was ready for dedication on October 4 to coincide with the pastor’s appointment. On August 1, 1869, the congregation, which by now was mounting to 1500 people, witnessed the dedication of their upper church. ​ Father Patrick Mulholland added to the parish plant in 1881 with the opening of a school, the cornerstone of which was blessed by Bishop Lawrence S. McMahon on July 10. The Sisters of Mercy staffed it until 1985. The School Sisters of Notre Dame served in the parish from 1987 to 1988. In 2020, the school was merged into All Saints Catholic Academy (ASCA) by the Archdiocese of Hartford. In 2017, the church was merged with St. Rose of Lima Church to form our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, and is now home to a thriving Spanish community.

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Live Stream Mass Mass is live-streamed at 11 AM on Sundays in English at St. Mary, and at 11AM on Sundays in Spanish at St. Francis. Watch English Live Stream On Facebook On YouTube (or use the viewer below) ​ Watch Spanish Live Stream On Facebook

About Us On July 1, 2023, the parishes of Saints Aedan and Brendan, Saint Anthony, Saint Martin de Porres, Saint Mary, Saint Michael, Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Stanislaus merged to form a new parish to be known as Blessed Michael McGivney Parish of New Haven, Connecticut, in accordance with canons 121 & 515 §2 of the Code of Canon Law. Though these Churches span different cultures, languages, and traditions, all are united in the Body of Christ and join together as one vibrant Catholic community. ​ In beginning this new chapter for the Catholic Church in New Haven, we respect the great history of prayer, faith, development, and change that has assisted in the formation of each of the churches that have been brought together into the new parish. As we look forward to a revitalized and vibrant Catholic experience in the city, then, we also continue to remember and value the esteemed past of these parish communities. St. Aedan Church St. Anthony Church St. Francis Church St. Joseph Church St. Martin de Porres Church St. Mary Church St. Michael Church St. Stanislaus Church

Urbi et Orbi Blessing Urbi et Orbi denotes a papal address and apostolic blessing given by the pope on certain solemn occasions.