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History of St Bernard Parish
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The
first Mass in Tariffville was celebrated in 1846 by Father
John Brady.
Priests
from Hartford, such as Fathers Brady and Peter Walsh, served
Tariffville until Father Luke Daly of New Britain assumed this
duty in September 1848. In
1850, Father Daly undertook the building of a church on
Mountain Road and named it St. Paul’s Chapel.
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| On December 10, 1856, the Tariffville chapel
became a mission of St. Patrick, Collinsville.
In 1876 this church was replaced by a new, larger church and
dedicated to St. Bernard on November 23, 1879.
This church was located where the present St. Bernard
Cemetery now exists. On
May 1, 1881, St. Bernard was made a parish with Father John Quinn
appointed first pastor. In
1892 the Winthrop Street church mysteriously burned.
Land was purchased on Maple Street across from the
present-day cemetery where Bishop Lawrence S. McMahon blessed the
cornerstone of a new church on September 25, 1892, later dedicated
in 1895.
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