Rosary Rally​ Planned at St. Joseph's Church in New Haven

NEW HAVEN, CT - A peaceful Rosary Rally is planned at St. Joseph's Church in New Haven on Saturday.

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There was an attack against St. Joseph’s Church on Thursday morning. The church was defaced with satanic and anarchist symbols sometime overnight on Wednesday night and into Thursday morning. Click to read the National Catholic Register coverage of the attack.

The Archdiocese of Hartford posted this reaction on July 16 on their Facebook page.

Between the hours of 9 PM last night and 6 AM this morning, a person or group of persons had painted anarchist and satanic symbols on the doors of St. Joseph Church in New Haven. This follows an apparent trend of desecrating Catholic spaces throughout the nation, as evidenced by incidents in Chattanooga, Queens, Boston, Sacramento, and Ocala. The underlying motive of these sacrilegious attacks is clear: to intimidate and instill fear in the hearts of those who worship Christ. However, our cherished Catholic faith has survived for 2,000 years in the faces of many different oppressors, and it is not about to yield now. Therefore, we remain unafraid and resolute in our faith, and we will pray for a conversion of the hearts of those who wish to terrorize us.

Today, even in the midst of anti-Christian sentiment and actions, however, we do not answer hate with hate. To the contrary, these attacks make our love and unity stronger, and our prayers ever more steadfast. For as we learn in John’s Gospel, we cannot truly love God if we do not love our brother.

Let us pray today to Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Her feast day for deliverance from our distress over these attacks, and let us look to Jesus Christ in His perfection as a model for love in a sometimes unloving world.

Michael Miller, a member of the Knights of Columbus that began at St. Joseph's, wrote:

This type of attack is becoming increasingly frequent in recent weeks, picking up in frequency, not only in the United States, but throughout the world. These are direct attacks against God and His Church.

These attacks, besides the obvious intention to offend God, Our Lord and Our Lady, is intended to terrorize the Catholic faithful and cause some to want to hide away in fear. These type of blasphemies need to be repaired and our Rosary Rally will console Our Lord and Our Lady.

Catholics need to show evil that it cannot intimidate us through terror and vandalism. We need to show them we are still alive and willing to sacrifice ourselves to defend our faith and Church.

A peaceful Rosary Rally of reparation will be held this Saturday, July 25th at 12:00noon. Participants will assemble in front of the Church.

Where: St. Joseph’s Church, 129 Edwards St, New Haven, CT 06511
When: 1:00pm to 1:00pm, Saturday, July 25th

Everyone will practice social distancing.