Mr Speaker. it is with great joy that I bring to the attention of the House of Representatives and the American public the celebration in my congressional district of the 90th Anniversary of Holy Rosary Parish in Ansonia. Connecticut. In the very early 1900s. the rather large Catholic Italian community of Ansonia was served by another local parish that was first formed by Irish immigrants. Church leaders in Hartford recognized the distinct cultural and language differences in the existing parish and moved to create a new one. And. on October 4. 1908. the Feast of the Holy Rosary. Reverend Bonforti celebrated the first Mass for the Ansonia Italian community and took the name.
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