Originally part of St. Charles Parish in Bridgeport, the people of Nichols petitioned Bishop Lawrence J. Sheehan for their own parish. In 1955, the parish was established and Father Edward Halloran was named the first pastor. Initially, Sunday Masses were celebrated in Hooker School in Bridgeport and later at Nichols School. Ground was broken for our Church in August 1957 and dedicated a little over a year later on September 21st, 1958.

Recognizing the importance of teaching our children their Catholic faith, the parish had by 1964 grown to the stage where a school could be considered. Father Halloran was very fortunate to obtain a commitment from the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who serve the school to this day. Construction began simultaneously on a school building and a rectory for our priests. Great strides were made in 1965. Three classes were started in the Church Hall in September with seventy-one students enrolled in grades 1, 2 & 7. The school grew steadily with two additional classes added in 1966, and two more in 1967 until the school reached its full capacity of eight grades and 250 students in 1968.

During the next twenty years, less dramatic, but very important projects were completed. A side parking lot was built, the school enlarged, the Church air-conditioned, and the mortgage on the church and school eliminated.

In the 1990's, we continued to meet the needs of the parish: a new roof was placed on the Church, as well as new exterior doors, our beautiful stained glass windows restored, the Church basement upgraded, the school building was completely refurbished and a Pre-K classroom was added. In 1996, a major undertaking was the renovation of our worship space. And, just last year, the Halloran Pastoral Center, was completed to provide our dedicated staff with desperately needed office space and storage for parish records.

Today we have over 1100 families in our parish community and the parish continues striving to serve the religious, spiritual and social needs of its parishioners.

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