Lordship Elementary School

June 24, 1948 - BISHOP SETS UP LORDSHIP AREA AS NEW PARISH: Rev. John F. X. Walsh Is Named Pastor of Our Lady of Peace Church: Three new pastors have been named and a new parish has been created at Lordship, it was announced by the Most Rev. Henry J. O'Brien, Bishop of Hartford in The Catholic Transcript today. Two other pastors have been transferr... ed, one to a permanent rector ship. The new parish is Our Lady of Peace, Lordship, which until now has been a mission chapel included in St James parish, Stratford. The first pastor of the new parish will be the Rev. John F. X, Walsh, who has been assistant at St. Peter's Church, this City since 1936. The new Lordship parish will comprise an area bounded by the Housatonic River, on the south by Long Island Sound, the west by the Stratford-Bridgeport town-line and on the north by the Bridgeport airport and Chance Vought plant. The church was dedicated as a mission chapel by the late Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe in 1940. Father Walsh, the new pastor is a native of Hartford, where he received his education in St. Joseph's Cathedral school. He studied at St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, and at St. Barnards Seminary, Rochester and was ordained by Bishop McAuliffe in St. Joseph's Cathedral May 1, 1930. His only assignment before coming to St. Peter's was at St. Joseph's, New Britain. July 23, 1948 : NEW OUR LADY OF PEACE RECTORY PURCHASED: The former Aiken home at 207 Maple Street will become the rectory of Our Lady of Peace Parish. Announcement of the purchase was made this week. The Rev. John Walsh, first pastor of the newly created Lordship parish will take up residence there the first part of August. Father Walsh announced to his congregation Sunday that the former chapel will now be known as Our Lady of Peace Church. The church which was erected ten years ago was until recently a mission chapel of St. James Church, with services being conducted by priests from St. James. August 10, 1948 - TESTIMONIAL GIVEN REV. J. F. X. WALSH: The presentation of a gift climaxed the ...Read More